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Speaker 1: but I do know that I'm about to quote. Here
Speaker 1: we go. You can't win right now, but you can lose.
Speaker 1: The words earlier today from Pro Bowl running back James Connor,
Speaker 1: who brings both the attitude and perspective, how about it
Speaker 1: talking to the media after an ota earlier today, In fact,
Speaker 1: did you see where the Cardinals tweeted out Ron Wolfley
Speaker 1: and I quote here, it's a beautiful day for OTA's
Speaker 1: high temperature today by the way, officially one oh nine. Yeah, Polly,
Speaker 1: I did see that. What's your point. It's host You know,
Speaker 1: guys are out there, they're getting used to the heat.
Speaker 1: You know, you get It's there's a difference of opinion
Speaker 1: perhaps amongst some guys. J J. Watt, for example, says
Speaker 1: he loves how the heat feels on his body and
Speaker 1: the natural turf at Cardinals practices. Of course, he probably
Speaker 1: didn't love going viral when he tripped over in bag
Speaker 1: during one of the d Line drolls earlier today, Down
Speaker 1: goes JJ Watt. It's one of the coolest things, Polly,
Speaker 1: just watching that, I mean J. J. Watt not going
Speaker 1: down it was I mean that just watching him work
Speaker 1: his way through that drill, Polly, I mean, that was
Speaker 1: to the wall, as we used to say back in
Speaker 1: the day. That was that was a guy that was
Speaker 1: going through those bags and he was doing it with
Speaker 1: intent and that's why he spilled it right there. But
Speaker 1: I love the fact he poked it himself. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: a little. He did one on Twitter he had some
Speaker 1: fun with it, right, he owned it, and that's nothing Wolf.
Speaker 1: I mean, that kind of embarrassment is nothing coming from
Speaker 1: a guy. Correct me if I'm wrong, who once upon
Speaker 1: a time lost his cookies on the boots of John
Speaker 1: bon Jovi. Yeah that was me, Polly, Sorry, Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know what, Oh John Bond. Actually I didn't hit his
Speaker 1: boots ball, but it was really really close and he
Speaker 1: backed away. As a matter of fact that I looked
Speaker 1: up after puking all over the field and yes, Paul,
Speaker 1: there was John bon Jovi. And by the way, Polly,
Speaker 1: he had a blonde on his arm. I'm just say it, right,
Speaker 1: befitting John Bond. Okay, I get it. Well, look, it's
Speaker 1: the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert.
Speaker 1: We are santan Ford and we will have outside linebackers
Speaker 1: coach Charlie Bullen joining us momentarily. I mean, if you
Speaker 1: have questions about where the Cardinals and how the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are going to generate a pass rush, well we're going
Speaker 1: to talk to one of the guys working on that.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about Chandler Jones. The absence thereof the emergence
Speaker 1: of Dennis Cardak, the rookies. The scheme will cover all that, right,
Speaker 1: just like we're going to cover the week that was
Speaker 1: as we get towards the end of the week. Here
Speaker 1: on Big Red Rage, was Kyler at OTAs this week? No,
Speaker 1: he was there last week and he's expecting next week
Speaker 1: for the mandatory mini camp. In between, we heard from
Speaker 1: zach Ertz on the Dave Pash Podcast Wolf And here
Speaker 1: was zach Ertz the tight Ends answer when asked about Kyler.
Speaker 1: Kyler is the most talented player I've ever been around,
Speaker 1: player player period. There is no doubt. There's nothing he
Speaker 1: cannot do on a football field. He can be like
Speaker 1: La R. Jackson and take off and run for a
Speaker 1: hundred plus yards in a game, or in my opinion,
Speaker 1: you can sit in the pocket and not even worry
Speaker 1: about his legs and just dinking dunk all the way
Speaker 1: down the field. He's super, super accurate, and there's just
Speaker 1: nothing he can do. I don't know that. I can't
Speaker 1: really explain it. That's pretty strong. On the Dave Fash Podcast,
Speaker 1: your reaction what zach Ertz said about his quarterback. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the first thing you have to look at is he
Speaker 1: could have easily qualified it PAULI. He could have qualified
Speaker 1: it by saying he's one of the most talented players
Speaker 1: I've ever played with. He could have qualified it. He
Speaker 1: did not qualify at all. He said he is the
Speaker 1: most talented player that I've ever played with. Now, Paul,
Speaker 1: let me just caution you, though, and I think zach
Speaker 1: Ertz would agree with us. When you say somebody's the
Speaker 1: most talented, it doesn't necessarily mean he's the best player
Speaker 1: I've ever played with. There's a big difference, I think
Speaker 1: between that. But the talent is certainly there with Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: That's something we've all known. Meaning there's still a ceiling, right,
Speaker 1: I mean exactly, there's still potent. She'll be realized and
Speaker 1: we get it. He's got three years in the league,
Speaker 1: he's still twenty four years of age. He has two
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls under his belt. And for all that, here's
Speaker 1: what DJ Humphreys told the media this week when asked
Speaker 1: about whether Kyler is the future or not. And let's
Speaker 1: just say, the left tackle and former namesake on this
Speaker 1: show had a message for all those Kyler doubters. If
Speaker 1: you think that Kyler is not our future, you are
Speaker 1: a plumb fool, you know, what I mean. I just
Speaker 1: I said that again. If you think that he's not
Speaker 1: our future, you are absolutely and you just start out
Speaker 1: on the drinking in the daytime, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Like I know Scott Stale big on Sunday Funday, but
Speaker 1: you got ditted back a little bit. You know. Well,
Speaker 1: do you first off, in all the years we've done
Speaker 1: this show with DJ Humphreys, do you remember him using
Speaker 1: the phrase plumb full? That's the South Carolina in him. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: that It certainly came out right there. And Paul, I've
Speaker 1: never heard him say plump full. I laughed out loud
Speaker 1: when I first heard that. I don't know about you, Paul.
Speaker 1: Anybody plumb full. I haven't heard plump full and a
Speaker 1: long long time. Yeah, It's like belongs in a John
Speaker 1: Steinbeck novel or something. It was good. That was good.
Speaker 1: I think. I think what DJ is saying once again,
Speaker 1: Um yeah, there's no doubt about it. The organization, I
Speaker 1: think we all agree they're going to extend Kyler Murray.
Speaker 1: They're going to do it this summer at some point
Speaker 1: in time when that is, I don't know, Polly, I
Speaker 1: said June twenty eighth, I just picked the number out
Speaker 1: of the air of you. What say you, Polly, I
Speaker 1: don't know when thirteenth, the day before the mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 1: I don't like my odds at this pet okay. June thirteenth,
Speaker 1: the day before the mandatory mini camp. Yes, indeed, And
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury says, by the way, he expects Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: to be there, correct, Polly, he does so for me.
Speaker 1: Once again, there's no doubt about Kyler Murray and his talent.
Speaker 1: There is no doubt whatsoever they are going to extend
Speaker 1: him here. He is the future of the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: I do want to see him continue to develop and grow.
Speaker 1: You know, we had a chance to talk with Trace
Speaker 1: McSorley earlier today ninety eight seven FM, did we not,
Speaker 1: the third string quarterback, And one of the things he
Speaker 1: said about Kyler is his ability to find guys in
Speaker 1: space and zach Ertz's ability to use space and find openings.
Speaker 1: And what do you think about the potential of those
Speaker 1: two now that they have a full off season, because
Speaker 1: we remember zach Ertz arrived in a trade and they
Speaker 1: had to ramp things up in a hurry in the
Speaker 1: middle of his season. When we talk about potential. We
Speaker 1: always talk about Kyler to d hop or Kyler d
Speaker 1: aj Green and now Hollywood Brown obviously, but what about
Speaker 1: Kyler to zach Ertz. Yeah, no, PAULI it's a great question.
Speaker 1: I think zach Ertz is going to have a massive year.
Speaker 1: And one of the big reasons why is in week seven,
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins is going to come back. It's going to
Speaker 1: be Marquis Brown and DeAndre Hopkins on the outside for
Speaker 1: all we know. Listen, Rondelmore, that is a question mark
Speaker 1: right now, Rondelmore, will he take that step forward? Will
Speaker 1: he become the vertical threat that I was hoping he
Speaker 1: was going to be able to do last year. I
Speaker 1: don't know. That remains to be seen. He's got a
Speaker 1: prove it mentality right now, and I would love to
Speaker 1: see him go out there and get the opportunity to
Speaker 1: prove it. Because listen, if you've got guys that are
Speaker 1: on the outside, you're not going to be able to
Speaker 1: double a zach Ertz. You're not going to be able
Speaker 1: to do it. Paul. If you're doubling Marquis Hollywood Brown
Speaker 1: and you're bracketing DeAndre Hopkins on the other side, or
Speaker 1: Rondel Moore for that matter. On the other side, guess
Speaker 1: who's one on one in the middle, you know, and
Speaker 1: I like the odds of zach ERTs winning one on one. Well,
Speaker 1: think about it. It It was the Houston game where zach
Speaker 1: Ertz had to catch across the middle, turned it up
Speaker 1: the far sideline and went a good thirty yards to six. Right.
Speaker 1: That tell me, if I'm wrong, was a byproduct of
Speaker 1: all the attention being paid to DeAndre Hopkins, and he
Speaker 1: just found a massive opening in the middle of the
Speaker 1: third level of the defense and then he housed it
Speaker 1: so and then to hear zach Ertz tell Dave Pash
Speaker 1: also that there might be some confused durations where he's
Speaker 1: out at the X and he's way wide, which he
Speaker 1: did for Doug Peterson once upon a time in Philly.
Speaker 1: That's intriguing if they get creative minus de hop Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: it is, Polly. And there are so many weapons on
Speaker 1: this offense right now. I mean it. I was thinking
Speaker 1: about this the other day. You and I were talking
Speaker 1: about it today, Polly. But when you think of nuke,
Speaker 1: you think of DeAndre Hopkins. And again I realized he's
Speaker 1: gonna miss the first six games of the season. Yet
Speaker 1: when he comes back, that means he's gonna play in
Speaker 1: eleven Lord Willing, He's gonna play in eleven, Polly, and
Speaker 1: then of course you got Marquis Hollywood Brown, Rondale Moore.
Speaker 1: We all expect him to take that step forward. A
Speaker 1: j Green, a guy we talked about a guy that
Speaker 1: had almost nine hundred yards receiving last year and he
Speaker 1: was disappointed he didn't get a thousand yards receiving last year.
Speaker 1: He felt like he left that on the field. As
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, you got James Connor, you got
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, Hello, Kyler Murray. And then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: you're gonna tell me you got zach Ertz as well, Paulvis.
Speaker 1: This offense is absolutely stacked. It's got everything that it
Speaker 1: needs to be one of the best offenses in the league.
Speaker 1: But I don't want to hear about it. I don't
Speaker 1: want to. You know what, go prove it, Just go
Speaker 1: do it. That's what I want. That's the mentality I
Speaker 1: want to see them adopt. JJ Watt coming off the
Speaker 1: injury last year, he has been a mainstay at the
Speaker 1: Cardinals headquarters. What Ever, since Day three of the off season.
Speaker 1: I mean, he has been there almost every single day,
Speaker 1: and he was explaining the media why it's important to
Speaker 1: him now. He pointed out to start that there are
Speaker 1: a number of players, not just Kyler, a number of
Speaker 1: players not with the card not only the Cardinals, but
Speaker 1: around the NFL who have not been attending voluntary the
Speaker 1: offseason sessions. And so with that in mind, here's what
Speaker 1: JJ Watt had to say being here with the guys
Speaker 1: at OTAs. I think that being on the field is
Speaker 1: extremely valuable because I don't think you can get better
Speaker 1: at football without playing football. Taking advantage of every single opportunity,
Speaker 1: taking advantage of every rep, all the individual drills and everything.
Speaker 1: Camaraderie and getting the guys together I think for me
Speaker 1: personally is very big. And I think that obviously we
Speaker 1: have a new dealne coach this year as well, so
Speaker 1: making sure that we're on the same page and making
Speaker 1: sure that we're we all know what the expectation is
Speaker 1: and we all set the culture that we want to set. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Matt Burke, the new defensive line coach. It was interesting
Speaker 1: to hear him, you know, getting after the guys early
Speaker 1: in OTAs this week, yelling at him get the weekend
Speaker 1: audio and then putting him through drills, and and like
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier, JJ Watt is the first guy
Speaker 1: up in every drill, as you might expect a three
Speaker 1: time NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He's just a
Speaker 1: guy who sets the culture on the defensive side, not
Speaker 1: unlike how James Conner sets the culture and the physicality
Speaker 1: on the assee offensive side. And then there's jj Watt
Speaker 1: and what he does on the social media side. Did
Speaker 1: you see his shout out on video where he captured
Speaker 1: Rondale Moore and him near the Cardinals weight room roll
Speaker 1: that everybody's Rondale's birthday. I'm sure you say that birthday
Speaker 1: to Rondale. We're just having all this time for our baby.
Speaker 1: And they said it's bigger than him already tell more, Oh,
Speaker 1: Mike Bolton, he didn't want any anymore. That video on
Speaker 1: social media from jj Watt, I mean, come on now,
Speaker 1: slam there dominion of Americans like Rondale Moore. I thought
Speaker 1: those a little un called for. Albeit entertaining, No, you
Speaker 1: know what, it was entertaining, And that's the one thing
Speaker 1: JJ Watt understands. He knows how to entertain. But then
Speaker 1: I love the fact he was talking about focusing on
Speaker 1: the process. That's what when you hear him say every day,
Speaker 1: the opportunity that you have on every rep to get better,
Speaker 1: to go through it and do it with intent. Man,
Speaker 1: he's telling you right now to focus on the process,
Speaker 1: not the end result. Focus on the process, and you
Speaker 1: have a chance of actually getting to the end result
Speaker 1: if you do that. Day Pash Podcasts recently featured JJ Watt,
Speaker 1: most recently zach Ertz. As we mentioned, wherever your podcast,
Speaker 1: find the Day Pash podcast or on Twitter via at pashpod.
Speaker 1: All right, do we all have questions when it comes
Speaker 1: to generating a pass rush? You bet. Let's talk to
Speaker 1: one of the coaches working on the answers, Charlie Boland,
Speaker 1: outside linebackers coach. Next, when we return the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by Satan Ford and Gilbert, we are Satan
Speaker 1: four garapolo three steps, drop steps up, gets hit and
Speaker 1: sack back at about the thirteen yard line by Marcus Golden.
Speaker 1: When you need a play forty four is there? Star
Speaker 1: Barkin get the Robinson running right and met by Cannard
Speaker 1: who got off a block and stuff the play, hands
Speaker 1: it off nowhere to run between the tackles. Devon Knard
Speaker 1: back to throw Flacco sacked by Gardck. Oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: what a move by Dennis Gardak. The barbarian Flacco in
Speaker 1: the pocket, gonna get hit and sacked. Dennis Gardak got
Speaker 1: him again. Dennis Garda got up and did a little
Speaker 1: barbarian dance around the fire. I'll pick up where Dave
Speaker 1: Passion Ron Wilfully left off there. Those three names all
Speaker 1: have one thing in common at least, and I'm not
Speaker 1: just talking about the position. Actually, those three names and
Speaker 1: their position coach all have one thing in common, and
Speaker 1: that is the super extra energy that everyone feeds off. Up. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're talking Dennis Gardeck, Marcus Golden, Devon Kanard, and Charlie Bullen,
Speaker 1: the outside linebackers coach who joins us now on the
Speaker 1: big red rage. Charlie, how are you doing? You worked
Speaker 1: us in between meetings? Good? Great? You know you're running
Speaker 1: the up tempo as an assistant coach here, durn OTAs
Speaker 1: you know, how's everything going right now? In mid June?
Speaker 1: Everything is good. This is a good time of year,
Speaker 1: you know, back out there with the guys. It feels
Speaker 1: good after a couple shortened off seasons for various reasons
Speaker 1: over the last two years to finally get back out
Speaker 1: and do what we love, play ball. There's no you know,
Speaker 1: there's no stress who wins and loss yet. So we're
Speaker 1: just as we like to say, we're crafting our time
Speaker 1: of year to get better, get back in the lab,
Speaker 1: as we like to say, and focus on fundamentals. So
Speaker 1: it's all ball and it's all good. Can guys really
Speaker 1: get better in OTAs in your opinion, and of course
Speaker 1: I mean mentally you can understand the offense better, the
Speaker 1: defense better, or covering a kickoff mentally you can understand
Speaker 1: all a bit better. But can you actually get better
Speaker 1: as a football player, Yeah, for sure in my opinion. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: You know, it's the it's all about repetitions, and you
Speaker 1: know this time year, wherever they come, whether they come
Speaker 1: in a non competitive environment in individual drills or a
Speaker 1: competitive environment seven on seven team walk throughs, this time year,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, it's all about repetition. So guys getting
Speaker 1: them now we'll pay off in the season. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's funny, there's there's things that happen in practice that
Speaker 1: we're looking at right now. We're talking about we're reflecting
Speaker 1: on and they happened last year in games, you know,
Speaker 1: and as a group and a coach and players, we
Speaker 1: pointed out to each each other, Hey, this is no
Speaker 1: different than week you know whatever against this particular opponent.
Speaker 1: Here it is again in June, and it's the same situation.
Speaker 1: We're getting the same training. So it's another shot on goal.
Speaker 1: And you know, I always say it's amazing as much
Speaker 1: football as you know, some of these you know players
Speaker 1: have played. There's yourself included, Wolf, long career in the NFL. Right,
Speaker 1: there's no chance you've defensive perspective. There's no chance you
Speaker 1: fit every run or defended every pass concept in the
Speaker 1: NFL versus every play call you have in your defensive scheme.
Speaker 1: So every every opportunity is an opportunity to get a
Speaker 1: shot on goal, as I say, And that's where we're
Speaker 1: at this time year. So yes, Wolf, for sure I
Speaker 1: can approve it. Coach outside Linebackers coach Charlie Bulling our
Speaker 1: guest in the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford
Speaker 1: and Gilbert Well. As J. J. Watts said the other day,
Speaker 1: you can't get better at football without playing football, without
Speaker 1: practicing football, and I'm guessing, Paul pencil Neck over here,
Speaker 1: I'm just merely guessing that if, for example, you need
Speaker 1: to develop a counter move as a pass rusher, now
Speaker 1: is the time. This is where it comes in, right, Yes,
Speaker 1: for sure, and you know something of that too, you know,
Speaker 1: before you get to the counter move, you know, this
Speaker 1: is a time where you're where you can train perfect
Speaker 1: muscle memory. So we're out there, you know, going through it,
Speaker 1: working our fundamentals, working our pass rush moves. And then
Speaker 1: when you get sped up in competitive environments, you either
Speaker 1: got to hit it quicker or get into your move quicker,
Speaker 1: or you end up getting into your pass rush moveing
Speaker 1: from in an unorthodox way that you don't necessarily train.
Speaker 1: But it's the it's the reps right now in the
Speaker 1: training of the move that gets you ready to react
Speaker 1: at that particular time. It could be a counter move
Speaker 1: or that type of thing, but for sure, at least
Speaker 1: we're training the baseline fundamentals, you know, so that when
Speaker 1: we get sped up in competitive situations where we're ready
Speaker 1: to roll with that muscle memory. Charlie, what does not
Speaker 1: having Chandler Jones out of the field, What is that like,
Speaker 1: and what does that do? And how do you replace him? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Thing for starters, you can just you can't replace him, um,
Speaker 1: you know, at least for a long period of time,
Speaker 1: franchise sack leader, you know, great shot at the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. You can't replace the guy like that off
Speaker 1: the jump. You know, love chan, miss him dearly, wish
Speaker 1: him the best, you know, And it's a great opportunity
Speaker 1: for our group to step up and take these steps,
Speaker 1: you know, to replacing that production as best we can.
Speaker 1: You know, when Marcus is a great rusher who's produced
Speaker 1: a lot of years, so we expect, you know, him
Speaker 1: to pick up right where he left off last year.
Speaker 1: And you know, to to replace Chandler's production. It may
Speaker 1: be by committee, you know, or you know, somebody may
Speaker 1: step up in a big way, you know, and uh,
Speaker 1: that's where we're at, you know, to be, you know,
Speaker 1: And we lost Chandler in twenty twenty and kind of
Speaker 1: we're in the right. He had one sack in that
Speaker 1: season and you guys still finished number five in socks
Speaker 1: per attempt. Yes, you know, so that was kind of
Speaker 1: a similar you know, you know deal. We had to
Speaker 1: have other guys step up Hassan Reddick had his breakout
Speaker 1: first year, Dennis Gardak had his breakout years. So we
Speaker 1: may have to piece it together, you know, you can't.
Speaker 1: You can't replace that production from a great player like him.
Speaker 1: And if we do, we at least feel comfortable that
Speaker 1: we've been there before. You know, it's amazing. I just
Speaker 1: saw this stat again that season after Chandler Jones went
Speaker 1: down early in the game against the Jets Week five.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals ended up with an NFL high eighteen players
Speaker 1: who had at least one sack in two twenty and
Speaker 1: an NFL leading dozen players who had two or more sacks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so yeah, what do you attribute to that too? And
Speaker 1: to what degree can the Cardinals replicate that? Well? Scheme
Speaker 1: for sure. I mean, you know, um, this scheme going
Speaker 1: back to you know, um advances time in Denver, the
Speaker 1: there have been guys that have produced in this scheme
Speaker 1: and we always you know, some characteristics. We look for
Speaker 1: tough guys who can just attack off the ball, you know,
Speaker 1: and at the outside back of position. Those have been
Speaker 1: two traits that have translated to production, you know. And
Speaker 1: what's been really kind of cool, you know, having been
Speaker 1: the coach of this group the last two years is
Speaker 1: even just body type wise. You take Chandlers six to five,
Speaker 1: you know about two sixty, all the way down to Dennis,
Speaker 1: you know who six feet two hundred thirty two thirty five,
Speaker 1: and all the way in between, from Marcus to Hassan.
Speaker 1: You know, different body types, different skill sets have produced
Speaker 1: in this scheme, and the common denominators have been tough
Speaker 1: guys who just attack. The pressure. Packages are really complex
Speaker 1: here for this team. You have to have smart guys
Speaker 1: as well, because you have a tendency I think defensively
Speaker 1: of bringing five guys a lot. You just don't know
Speaker 1: which five are coming. Does that make sense? Yeah? Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: you definitely you definitely have to be smart to play
Speaker 1: in this defense. You know so obviously toughness is the
Speaker 1: first component, but you also have to be able to
Speaker 1: process and remember your defensive calls and execute because like
Speaker 1: you said, it is complex. How about seven sacks in
Speaker 1: ninety three defensive snaps for a healthy Dennis guard at
Speaker 1: unbelievable in two twenty What I mean in fact, that
Speaker 1: game where he got injured against Philadelphia, that was week fifteen,
Speaker 1: I believe, twenty twenty. In that game before he went
Speaker 1: down with a season ending injury. He had three tackles,
Speaker 1: he had two sacks, he had two tackles for loss,
Speaker 1: he had two quarterback hits, and then two more tackles
Speaker 1: on special teams, and then he went down with the
Speaker 1: season and any knee injury. In fact, he was asked
Speaker 1: the other day, what did you learn while you were
Speaker 1: out and rehabbing. Here's what he had to say. I
Speaker 1: don't like the guarantee. When I first tore my ICL,
Speaker 1: I was going through that, I was like, I guarantee
Speaker 1: I'm coming back stronger and this and that, And I
Speaker 1: found that it's so much more inspiring and it pushes
Speaker 1: me so much more understanding that it might not it
Speaker 1: might be done, it might be over. And I think
Speaker 1: that's why being on the fifty three is my number
Speaker 1: one goal. Just understanding the sense of urgency and that
Speaker 1: kind of pressure, I thrive. And that's in response to
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury saying that Guardek literally won't talk to him
Speaker 1: because he thinks a Guardeck thinks he's gonna get cut
Speaker 1: every single day he's out on that field. There is
Speaker 1: no bigger question mark that Dennis Gardeck is there nobody
Speaker 1: knows whether to figure whether twenty twenty was a fluke.
Speaker 1: Can you count on him this year? What is your
Speaker 1: response when you're trying to figure and factor him into
Speaker 1: the equation this season? Yeah, well, you know, it's a
Speaker 1: good sound bite by him. No guarantees, of course, you know,
Speaker 1: and it's obviously a testament to his humble mindset. But
Speaker 1: you know, the one thing about Dennis last year. First
Speaker 1: of all, a lot of times it can take two
Speaker 1: years or fully come back from an injury like that.
Speaker 1: Whether it does or doesn't, I think that's individualized, and
Speaker 1: Dennis felt his way back through it for a little bit,
Speaker 1: i'm sure last year. But the one thing that I
Speaker 1: look at, there's some things he did on film last
Speaker 1: year that we're outstanding. You know, they didn't result in
Speaker 1: a sack. But a lot of times when somebody on
Speaker 1: the defense gets a sack, there's other guys across the
Speaker 1: ball or wherever they're lined up that do a heck
Speaker 1: of a job that contribute to that sack. He was
Speaker 1: involved in a lot of situations last year where he
Speaker 1: was an integral part of the pass rush group that
Speaker 1: led to a sack for somebody else. So to me,
Speaker 1: I look at that he did his job. Last year,
Speaker 1: they didn't result in the sack numbers all good, and
Speaker 1: so this year, hopefully he just picks up where he
Speaker 1: left off and you know, the numbers will be what
Speaker 1: they are. And as we like to say in the industry,
Speaker 1: you know, sacks come in bunches. Sometimes your numbers called,
Speaker 1: sometimes it isn't. But last year he produced at a
Speaker 1: high level doing what he had to do. The numbers
Speaker 1: just weren't there. So, coach, you got some young guys
Speaker 1: coming in or, as my old coach used to say,
Speaker 1: some fresh meat coming in here. My j Sanders of
Speaker 1: course and Cameron Thomas. Talk about these two young guys
Speaker 1: right now, and do you coach them any differently than
Speaker 1: some of the other guys in the room. Yeah. First
Speaker 1: of all, they fit the profile. They're tough guys that
Speaker 1: love ball and they attack. You know, two of their
Speaker 1: distinguishable traits coming out of college was their motor play,
Speaker 1: speed and effort. So that's number one for us. They
Speaker 1: passed that test. They're both great people and they worked hard,
Speaker 1: so it was they were easy decisions for us in
Speaker 1: that regard. And um, so that's the first step. You know,
Speaker 1: skill set wise, they're they're really different. You know, they're
Speaker 1: both long, you know six five and six four six
Speaker 1: five Cam six four. Um, so that's good. We got
Speaker 1: some length there. Body type wise a little different. Maj's leaner,
Speaker 1: a little longer. Cam's got a little more power. So, um,
Speaker 1: they're built the right way from an intangible standpoint. And
Speaker 1: then skill set wise, they both bring past rush to
Speaker 1: the table a little a little bit differently, but um,
Speaker 1: we're fired up to have them. And um, you know
Speaker 1: they've they've been they've been great so far. Yes, Wolf,
Speaker 1: coach them a little different, coach them harder. Man. They're
Speaker 1: they're rooks. They haven't earned anything yet. Yeah, fresh meetings,
Speaker 1: it was Quitin Harris, VP of player Personnel, said that
Speaker 1: my J. Sanders missed at least seven sacks a year
Speaker 1: ago at Cincinnati, just just didn't finish. And then someone
Speaker 1: else told me that he's just a walking question. He's
Speaker 1: always asking questions. My J. Sanders really curious, really wants
Speaker 1: to get better. Is that your only impression on him? Yeah?
Speaker 1: For sure, high football IQ, which is part of it.
Speaker 1: He understands the game, which is good. You know, the
Speaker 1: rookies though they got it there's a lot of information.
Speaker 1: They got a process and compartmentalize. That's the phase they're
Speaker 1: both in. But from a football IQ standpoint, high IQ,
Speaker 1: he wants to know, he wants to ask questions. So yes,
Speaker 1: you know that that part is accurate, so OTAs that
Speaker 1: is one level in the off season, of course, and
Speaker 1: one level of intensity. I say for the most part,
Speaker 1: you got mandatory mini camp coach that is coming up
Speaker 1: right here. Do you increase your intensity level on purpose?
Speaker 1: Do you increase it at all? As a matter of fact?
Speaker 1: Do you change how you coach? Do you become more vociferous?
Speaker 1: Do you become louder? In other words, I'm saying, well,
Speaker 1: if I start out, I start out in one in
Speaker 1: April the same way I'm gonna be in in so
Speaker 1: it never changes that intensity level. Not for me. We
Speaker 1: start out as high as it can go. We'll check
Speaker 1: this out. Our man here, Okay has a bachelor's degree
Speaker 1: from IOWA in finance and a master's degree in sports management.
Speaker 1: Charlie Bulling here, can you investigate the rams and see
Speaker 1: how they're getting around the salary cap and how they're
Speaker 1: paying all this cash? That's what I want to know.
Speaker 1: My goodness, what's going on around here? I'm gonna I'm
Speaker 1: gonna stay away from that question. Is how about this question?
Speaker 1: What is the best thing about being an assistant coach
Speaker 1: in the NFL? You know, I think it's funny. Maj.
Speaker 1: Sanders asked a similar question that on his visit here,
Speaker 1: and I've never you know, I don't, I don't think
Speaker 1: about it all the time, but it as I did
Speaker 1: reflect on it, it is collective results with people that
Speaker 1: you love and respect, who are on the same grind
Speaker 1: that you are. When when your blood sweat and tears
Speaker 1: with those people throughout the process and you have opportunities
Speaker 1: to achieve great things. Nothing better still about the competition.
Speaker 1: It's still about its being a group and being on
Speaker 1: a team and trying to accomplish something. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: I think I mayrimnod have been passed the numbers. I
Speaker 1: want to Chandler sax in Week one against Tennessee. So
Speaker 1: there's nothing better for me than when my guys have success,
Speaker 1: our defense has success. Team, you know, But it's it's
Speaker 1: just it's the best. Speaking of the Titans in week one,
Speaker 1: the joint practice that's coming in August, you look forward
Speaker 1: to that yeah, those are well, no, those are In
Speaker 1: my experience, those are good because it's a little break
Speaker 1: from the Manatia training camp and when you're when you're
Speaker 1: competing against another team, the intensity always goes up. So
Speaker 1: the one question you'd love to have answered by the
Speaker 1: end of the preseason the end of August with your
Speaker 1: position group would be what is there an easy answer
Speaker 1: to that is the music is rolling? Is there an
Speaker 1: easy instant answer to what question you really want answered
Speaker 1: by the end of the preseason. I don't have one, Paul,
Speaker 1: I don't have a question right now. You know it's
Speaker 1: all the same, That's all the same, all the same, Charlie,
Speaker 1: thank you so much, Buddy. Absolutely. I mean we got
Speaker 1: an Aeron man here. He did seven years with the
Speaker 1: Dolphins South Florida summers now Arizona summers with the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Charlie Bolin, the Cardinals outside linebackers coach. We continue with
Speaker 1: a big red rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert
Speaker 1: hands it off. No running room off the right side
Speaker 1: and back of loss up two on the play. Saban
Speaker 1: Collins the first guy there, and that is a big
Speaker 1: man coming down from the week's side shooting the gap.
Speaker 1: Saban Collins again throws over the middle, tipped into the
Speaker 1: air and in complained he was going for his tight
Speaker 1: end pass was off the mark. Xaban Collins at coverage
Speaker 1: that time, and it's fourth down. Saban Collins bats that
Speaker 1: ball into the air with all of that great white
Speaker 1: use check in motion. It is a quarterback drop the middle.
Speaker 1: Lance's head drives the legs forward, Gonna be close. The
Speaker 1: forty nine ers are short. Zaven Collins with the tackle.
Speaker 1: Savan Collins, the rookie at two sixty playing downhill, came
Speaker 1: in and laid some lumber baby six four two sixty.
Speaker 1: That's more like an inside linebacker from your era, Wolf,
Speaker 1: is it not that sort of size and just velocity
Speaker 1: from a Xavin Collins? And your question of Charlie Bullen.
Speaker 1: In the last segment here on the Big Red Race
Speaker 1: presented by Santan ford in Gilbert, the Cardinals outside linebackers coach,
Speaker 1: he answered right away when he asked him, can a
Speaker 1: player get better in the off season, Yeah, he said,
Speaker 1: absolutely for sure. And if there was one guy you'd
Speaker 1: love to see them make the most progress in the
Speaker 1: off season, it'd be hard not to choose Zaven Collins.
Speaker 1: I would imagine now, right, Paul, listen, and this is
Speaker 1: exactly when you want Zaven Collins out on the field.
Speaker 1: And you have to remember he wasn't given that luxury
Speaker 1: after his rookie year. For the most party, wasn't given
Speaker 1: the ability to do it, Paully, and I should say
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons was not given the ability to do that,
Speaker 1: and I think that really kind of set him back
Speaker 1: a little bit. And Zaven Collins, to me, this is
Speaker 1: the guy, Paul. If there's one guy in training camp
Speaker 1: that I want to follow around, it's Zaven. I love
Speaker 1: the kid, I love his qualities, I love the talent
Speaker 1: he's been given. But man, he's got to develop mentally,
Speaker 1: and let's hope that happens. Yeah, and he was annointed
Speaker 1: the starting middle linebacker from day one, right after the
Speaker 1: draft round one April of last year. But it quickly
Speaker 1: became apparent that pe in the quarterback of an NFL
Speaker 1: defense in a very advanced and complex scheme like Mans Joseph,
Speaker 1: that was a lot to ask. So you saw Jordan Hicks, obviously,
Speaker 1: who got the most defensive snaps of any player on
Speaker 1: the Cardinals defense. He was voted to team captain by
Speaker 1: the locker room, okay, And there was Savin Collins, and
Speaker 1: we saw him in different roles, and you also saw
Speaker 1: him banged up at times. And he met the media
Speaker 1: today and he was forthcoming out everything. In fact, he
Speaker 1: was asked, Okay, first and foremost, what are you working on? Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know last year didn't go as you know everyone want.
Speaker 1: But that's that's part of life, just learning from those mistakes,
Speaker 1: applying him to now and trying to get better, which
Speaker 1: I have. I think that I've done a really good
Speaker 1: job in some of the areas that I've messed up
Speaker 1: as far as you know, mental errors or you know,
Speaker 1: stuff like that. I mean, Wolf, I'm just going to
Speaker 1: take a guess that. Yeah. His primary objective right now
Speaker 1: is to gain the absolute trust of his coaches, of
Speaker 1: his defensive coordinator. If nothing else bans, Joseph has to
Speaker 1: trust the guy wearing the green dot and calling the
Speaker 1: defense and making the checks right. Yeah, no, Paul, you're right,
Speaker 1: You're you're right on this. But it's also his teammates, PAULI.
Speaker 1: He's got to earn the trust of his teammates, the
Speaker 1: guys that are out there. They have to be able
Speaker 1: to trust him that he is going to make the
Speaker 1: right call, that he is going to make the right check.
Speaker 1: And you got to remember it's not just him. There
Speaker 1: are some other guys that are out there as well.
Speaker 1: I think a Buddha Baker, I think of Jalen Thompson.
Speaker 1: I think of these guys that are also making calls
Speaker 1: in the secondary. But you get you need that green
Speaker 1: dot in the box. You need that mic linebacker in particular.
Speaker 1: You need him to actually be the guy who's getting
Speaker 1: everybody lined up and getting him lined up correctly. So
Speaker 1: his teammates got to trust him to polly. Yeah. In
Speaker 1: an ideal world, the two first round inside linebackers are
Speaker 1: playing side by side and they're just rocking and rolling
Speaker 1: all season long. Obviously, Dance Joseph was asked about Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons and Zavan Collins a little bit earlier this offseason,
Speaker 1: and here was his response. It's their time. You know,
Speaker 1: Isaiah's going into his third years, Avan's going into a
Speaker 1: second year to first round picks to have to help us,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's heading that way. You know. I've
Speaker 1: been proud of his Zaven, how much time he's put in.
Speaker 1: Isaiah has always been a good worker. You know. It's
Speaker 1: the next step for him. Obviously watching him last year,
Speaker 1: he made plays, you know, but now he has to
Speaker 1: make consistent plays and not give up play. You know.
Speaker 1: That's this next challenge and for Zavan to stand healthy
Speaker 1: and keep learning. But both guys are physically gifted, you know,
Speaker 1: so we have to get those guys ready to play
Speaker 1: because we need him. What'd you think of vance Joseph there,
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator, what he said first about Isaiah Simmons
Speaker 1: and just he has to make those consistent plays. That's
Speaker 1: the next step for Isaiah in year three. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: just has to play more consistently. There's no doubt. And
Speaker 1: I think the fact that he's actually getting an off season,
Speaker 1: I think dad really an offseason where he's actually on
Speaker 1: the field, Paul, I think that's going to help Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons a lot. Having said that, listen, there's there's no
Speaker 1: two positions that are more important than the inside linebacker
Speaker 1: position for the Arizona Cardinals, the mic backer and of
Speaker 1: course the weak side inside linebacker. Paul, those two guys,
Speaker 1: Zaven Collins and Isaiah Simmons. I believe this is just
Speaker 1: my opinion here. I believe they hold the keys to
Speaker 1: the kingdom of defense for the Arizona Cardinals. If you
Speaker 1: tell me they both take a step forward, that they
Speaker 1: both get better, that they're they're they're guys that are improving,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now, the Arizona Cardlos have a
Speaker 1: chance to be good defensively. If those two guys don't
Speaker 1: take a step forward and don't improve, now, all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, there's a question mark there and they're gonna struggle. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Think think about the division itself, right, Kyle Shanahan has
Speaker 1: he hell been on running the ball? Absolutely does, even
Speaker 1: have a very complex scheme where he keeps a defense
Speaker 1: on us. Yes, it's always a challenge going agains the
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan designed offense and run game. The Seahawks come on,
Speaker 1: they basically have no choice but to run the ball,
Speaker 1: and they have a couple of really stout running backs
Speaker 1: they're gonna do it with. They've invested heavily there. And
Speaker 1: then of course we know about Sean McVay and how
Speaker 1: he keeps a defense on us, and with Cam Akers
Speaker 1: healthy and the way they transition to more of a
Speaker 1: run oriented offense last year, all the way to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl title. It's a task. So I completely agree
Speaker 1: with you how Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins go, There's
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Now. Here's the thing. As Craig
Speaker 1: Grielou told us earlier today, Isaiah Simmons has been in
Speaker 1: a lot of the safety drills. So as much as
Speaker 1: the coaches in these last two years have told us
Speaker 1: about how Isaiah Simmons is an inside linebacker, the game
Speaker 1: film would belie what they're telling us, because he seemingly
Speaker 1: is that X factor Wilf Isaiah Simmons. They use them
Speaker 1: in a whole variety of positions. Yeah, you know, Polly,
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering right now because the pads aren't on,
Speaker 1: right the pads aren't on. Because the pads aren't on,
Speaker 1: they want him to learn maybe playing in the secondary
Speaker 1: and what that's like, because I think they want to
Speaker 1: move him around. You know that, Polly. They still want
Speaker 1: to make him that X factor right now, So listen,
Speaker 1: if the pads are on and he's still continuing to
Speaker 1: work out with the safeties, that I will get a
Speaker 1: little concerned with I will, Paul, because that means, Okay,
Speaker 1: what are you telling me that he's actually gonna be
Speaker 1: a safety. Well right now, you don't think of the
Speaker 1: Arizoto Cardinals needing a safety. You just don't. Now. Of course,
Speaker 1: you can play with three safeties. There are defensive personnel
Speaker 1: groups where you're gonna do that from time to time,
Speaker 1: no doubt. But man, that weekside inside linebacker, that's the
Speaker 1: position I want Isaiah Simmons to really focus on and grow.
Speaker 1: And PAULI, I will tell you right now, the pad's
Speaker 1: not being on. Maybe that's why they got him in
Speaker 1: the defensive backfield. Maybe. And Jalen Thompson told the media
Speaker 1: today that both him and Buddha have the ability to
Speaker 1: play in the slot if needed. So if all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, there's a ten personnel scheme and all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, boom, you know, Buddha or Jaalen Thompson drops
Speaker 1: into the slot and then all of a sudden, you
Speaker 1: see Isaiah Simmons in center field, which we saw at
Speaker 1: times last year. Who knows, there's a lot of possibilities.
Speaker 1: To your point, they're trying to coach everyone up at
Speaker 1: every position. But for Zavn Collins, it's that mic linebacker spot.
Speaker 1: And here's what he had to say today coming off
Speaker 1: year one, it's not going to be a Cinderella story always.
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's a it's it's life. That's what
Speaker 1: it's what it is. You know, if everything was easy,
Speaker 1: then you know it'd be two get to be true.
Speaker 1: You got to go through something, and you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: that's if that's the hardest thing I have to go
Speaker 1: through it in my NFL career, I think, you know
Speaker 1: we're going to be all right, because there's no doubt
Speaker 1: he has the skill set. He has that ability at
Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty pounds to be that thumper, to
Speaker 1: really fill the A and B gap and really be
Speaker 1: that stout run stopper. But at the same time, we've
Speaker 1: seen him run. They used him on the edge of
Speaker 1: times last year. He can run with the tight end
Speaker 1: or cover the back out of the backfield. He is
Speaker 1: that complete linebacker potentially. Well. I do like the fact
Speaker 1: that he has said that he has cut down on
Speaker 1: his mental errors, that that part of his game has improved,
Speaker 1: and that's what he needs to do. Man going forward,
Speaker 1: he needs to be in the playbook big time. He
Speaker 1: needs to be watching tape big time. He needs to
Speaker 1: be sitting down with Vans, Joseph and Billy Davis and
Speaker 1: going over a lot of these schemes. And I think
Speaker 1: that's what he's doing right now. But don't quit. Don't
Speaker 1: ever quit on Zaven Collins and Zaban. Don't you ever quit.
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Speaker 1: than the big red rage presented by satan Ford in
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Speaker 1: catch the runs right to the ten of the five
Speaker 1: into the end zone. Four of the touchdown. James Connor
Speaker 1: stabbing a ball that was an errand passed. This is
Speaker 1: the part of James Connell's game that nobody on the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball saw coming. Remember when he
Speaker 1: first signed and well, we had James Saxons on right
Speaker 1: and we asked him about him as a pass catcher
Speaker 1: and his line was one of the great all time lines. Well,
Speaker 1: you don't put an elephant on a sailboat. Can he
Speaker 1: catch the ball? Is he a threat out of the
Speaker 1: backfield to catch the ball? Yeah, I mean, but I
Speaker 1: don't think you want to ask you elephant, you know,
Speaker 1: ride in a sailboat. Well that sailboat was just out
Speaker 1: on Michigan and it just went twenty three yards of
Speaker 1: the one hit of graph. It was in Cleveland, actually,
Speaker 1: Chicago is what it was. He was great all year long.
Speaker 1: And you know what it was in Chicago where he
Speaker 1: had Cliff Kingsbury screaming down the Cardinals sideline to the
Speaker 1: end zone and just dapping up his Pro Bowl running back.
Speaker 1: No one appreciated the skill set of James Connor more
Speaker 1: than coach Cliff. It's a big Red Rachel PRESENTI by
Speaker 1: Santan Ford in Cleveland, and I'd tell you, Wolf, I'm
Speaker 1: not sure there was a player I enjoyed watching more
Speaker 1: last year than James Connor. Maybe because of the struggles
Speaker 1: in short yardage and goal line the year before, but
Speaker 1: everything he did, not just the power run game, but
Speaker 1: the complete running back he was and how he ended
Speaker 1: up in the Pro Bowl. Yeah, you know, PAULI, it's
Speaker 1: amazing because I know that the Pittsburgh Steelers, I know
Speaker 1: that Mike Tomlin really liked James Connor. Of course, I
Speaker 1: still think to this day there could be there could
Speaker 1: have been a schism between Kevin Colbert, of course, who
Speaker 1: as a general manager at the time for the Steelers
Speaker 1: not thinking maybe that James Connor wasn't every down back,
Speaker 1: and then you had Mike Tomlin thinking that he was
Speaker 1: and every down back. Those guys got along very very
Speaker 1: well together. I'm not saying they were yelling at each other,
Speaker 1: screaming at each other in the front office, I am.
Speaker 1: You know what James Connor said today that it's all
Speaker 1: about fit for any player in any offense, and that
Speaker 1: if you find the right fit that can maximize your
Speaker 1: skill set dot dot dot. So that's kind of curious
Speaker 1: based on what you just said. No, you're right about that,
Speaker 1: and I do believe the fit here is great. You
Speaker 1: think about it, man, this is an every down back.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, James Connor is at every down back.
Speaker 1: He might be the definition of it in today's NFL.
Speaker 1: The fact that he can actually hold up and pass protection,
Speaker 1: the fact that he is good coming out of the
Speaker 1: backfield in terms of being a receiver and then running
Speaker 1: the ball. Never forget this, Paul. His three point seven
Speaker 1: yard average last year was brought down because how many
Speaker 1: times that they give him the ball in third and
Speaker 1: one situations. How many times that they give him the
Speaker 1: ball in third and goal, fourth and goal on the
Speaker 1: one yard line? How many times did you see that
Speaker 1: happen to him? This is a guy that's averaged over
Speaker 1: four yards of kerry his entire career. Cliff Kingsmary asked
Speaker 1: today about his Pro Bowl running back and just the
Speaker 1: options having that knowledge conceptually throughout the offseason, you can
Speaker 1: put in new plays for him, pass plays for him,
Speaker 1: things they get him isolated or last year we didn't know,
Speaker 1: you know, he had that in him. So it's definitely
Speaker 1: opened some things up in the playbook that we can
Speaker 1: get to using him as a pass catcher. I guess
Speaker 1: here's my question is how much is too much of
Speaker 1: James Connor. You have a seventeen game regular season. He
Speaker 1: has the capability of being every down running back. You
Speaker 1: certainly don't want him every down and you have a
Speaker 1: deep running back room now with Darryl Williams. You know,
Speaker 1: Benjamin who got a shout out from coach Cliff today,
Speaker 1: is having maybe the best offseason of any player on
Speaker 1: the roster. Jonathan Ward has been dynamic at times and
Speaker 1: is a tough runner as well who can catch the
Speaker 1: ball So if you're coach Cliff, I mean, and we
Speaker 1: know he wasn't one hundred percent in the playoff game
Speaker 1: James Connor, which another tough aspect of that loss at
Speaker 1: the Rams. So you're gonna have to choose your spots
Speaker 1: to some degree, aren't you. No, Yeah, Paul, I mean honestly,
Speaker 1: when you think of all the talent on that side
Speaker 1: of the ball, it truly is pretty incredible. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: I know they're not going to have DeAndre Hopkins for
Speaker 1: the first six weeks of the season, but man, I yeah,
Speaker 1: I think about spreading the ball ball, Yeah, with all
Speaker 1: of those weapons out there. I love the fact that
Speaker 1: James Connor can be that every down guy, But you
Speaker 1: know what, you don't want a running back to have
Speaker 1: to be and every down guy. Even Derrick Henry is
Speaker 1: not an every down back with the Tennessee Titans, even
Speaker 1: they like to mix it up. And you know, I
Speaker 1: think it's important that the Arizona Cardinals really monitor the
Speaker 1: reps that James or gets. No, that's that's a really
Speaker 1: good point in terms of the reps in the usage.
Speaker 1: You know, Coach Cliff has said and he said again
Speaker 1: this week that you know what, when the Cardinals offense
Speaker 1: was really rolling, they were running the ball. Yes, they
Speaker 1: now have Darryl Williams, they you know, you know, Benjamin
Speaker 1: and Jonathan Ward. I mean, so what Degredia think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a rotation or just in general? Do you
Speaker 1: believe him when he says, you know what, there might
Speaker 1: be a renewed emphasis on running the ball. No, I
Speaker 1: totally believe that, Paulie. It's got to happen for the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. You have to attack the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: You go back and you watch the tape. You go
Speaker 1: look at it, paul I'm telling you right now, for
Speaker 1: the first ten or twelve weeks of the season, they
Speaker 1: were attacking in between the tackles, and that's when their
Speaker 1: offense was the best. In particular, go back and look
Speaker 1: at the first five weeks of the season when you
Speaker 1: had a stud tight end by the name of Max
Speaker 1: Williams who was out there and playing well. Man, you
Speaker 1: didn't know. The defense did not know what the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals were gonna do with a football. They didn't know
Speaker 1: if it was a run, they didn't know if it
Speaker 1: was a pass. It didn't matter what the down and
Speaker 1: distance was the personnel group. They didn't know if it
Speaker 1: was a runner pass, and they had to respect both.
Speaker 1: And when you try to respect both, you're in trouble.
Speaker 1: The two wins with Colt McCoy, what did the Cardinals do?
Speaker 1: They ran oh yo ball, oh yeah at the forty
Speaker 1: nine ers at the Seahawks ran it down their throw
Speaker 1: about the Browns game, poh yeah, without Cliff Kingsbury as
Speaker 1: a play caller, right, And what they do the is
Speaker 1: got on, went out there and just physically manhandle the
Speaker 1: Browns came straight off the ball and went straight ahead
Speaker 1: with that run game. So I think they learned a lot,
Speaker 1: not just about James Connor, but just the value of
Speaker 1: the run game. Mike Burcovici told that to you recently
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