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Speaker 1: There's the radio that Kyler used on Saturday to call
Speaker 1: on the plays Wolf to the other. QB's right. Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury talking today, saying with a smile out quote, I
Speaker 1: just wanted him know that, Hey, this stuff ain't easy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: every now and then quarterbacks will shake their heads when
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Speaker 1: all right, go ahead, big dog. There you go, and
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Speaker 1: the next hour. Let's see here at show number five
Speaker 1: seventy one all time in the History of the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage, presented by santan Ford and Gilbert we are
Speaker 1: santan Ford, Paul Calvc here or on wolf Ley there.
Speaker 1: You know what's beautiful about it as well, Paulie, we
Speaker 1: actually have some things to talk about that's pertained to
Speaker 1: the game of football on the football field, though we not.
Speaker 1: Paul I was about to say, let's see here ninety
Speaker 1: plus players in camp and about ninety plus storylines in
Speaker 1: the span of a week. I mean storylines. We have
Speaker 1: headlines a little bit. We've got the return of guys
Speaker 1: we didn't expect, like, oh, Max Williams to start off today,
Speaker 1: hashtag mustache. Love seeing Max Williams out there, I mean,
Speaker 1: wolf PAULI, what was that? Honestly? First of all, before
Speaker 1: you go off of Max Williams, what was that mustache
Speaker 1: that he had gone right there? Paul, You, from time
Speaker 1: to time have been known to grow a nasty looking mustache,
Speaker 1: I might add, what was that all about? Well, first off,
Speaker 1: you have the full Back Club. I'm not gonna say
Speaker 1: you know anything negative about the full Back Club like
Speaker 1: you do about the Mustache Club. You know, the likes
Speaker 1: of a Drew stand in the PASSA Carson Palmer was
Speaker 1: the worst, I said earlier, the leader right now, all
Speaker 1: you know across the country the mustache power Poles, Matt Carpenter,
Speaker 1: the Yankees. Google that up. The infielder, yes. And then
Speaker 1: you had Max Williams say Wolf, I mean, there's always
Speaker 1: got to be that guy who keeps it light during
Speaker 1: the drudgery right in the of a training camp. And
Speaker 1: that guy is Max Williams. What he says, what he's
Speaker 1: wearing on his upper lemp. You know, it's so amazing
Speaker 1: about it too. You're talking about one of the most
Speaker 1: dangerous human beings on the face of the planet when
Speaker 1: he's actually in between those white lines. Max will light
Speaker 1: you up. Paul, I know you've never been let up. Polly.
Speaker 1: I know that you don't know what that really feels like.
Speaker 1: It's not a very nice experience, let's put it that way.
Speaker 1: And honestly, that mustache is nefarious. Don't maybe break out
Speaker 1: the high school game film from our game against Sanatory,
Speaker 1: Ronnie Lott, so please don't do that, Paul. They activated
Speaker 1: Max Williams off the pup. We see that. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of stuff flying around today. So that
Speaker 1: started the day in terms of personnel. To end the day,
Speaker 1: they signed a wide receiver by the name of Marcel Eightman.
Speaker 1: Because we also have some injury news mixed in there,
Speaker 1: like Antoine Wesley looks like he's gonna miss at least
Speaker 1: the next week because they try and evaluate his growing
Speaker 1: in his hip. He's had an MRI. Zach Ertz left
Speaker 1: the field today with a calf strain, so we'll see
Speaker 1: what's up with that. Speaking a tight ends, Tray McBride,
Speaker 1: he missed his second straight practice. Doesn't sound like it's
Speaker 1: a big deal with a back. They want to make
Speaker 1: sure he's good to go for the preseason opener next
Speaker 1: week at Cincinnati. Marco Wilson dealing with a groin. We'll
Speaker 1: get to more Marco Wilson and what the head coach
Speaker 1: had to say about him. So yeah, well, if there's
Speaker 1: a lot going on. And then there's the former host
Speaker 1: of this show, DJ Humphrey's putting the big in a
Speaker 1: big red rage with a big dollars how about your
Speaker 1: reaction to his contract extension. You know it, Polly hum
Speaker 1: In the National Football League in the Year of Our
Speaker 1: Lord twenty twenty two, you need three offensive positions. You've
Speaker 1: got to address three, and you've got to have three
Speaker 1: really really good ones if you want to have a
Speaker 1: good offense. Number one, as we all know, Polly, it's
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback, right, say, you would agree with that, of course,
Speaker 1: even you, Polly, you would agree with that. You know,
Speaker 1: you need a franchise quarterback if, in fact you want
Speaker 1: to have a good offense. Well, I think the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals have that, of course in Kyler Murray. You also
Speaker 1: need a wide receiver one, Polly, you need a guy
Speaker 1: in today's NFL where you're throwing the ball and they're
Speaker 1: making the rules so easy to throw the ball and
Speaker 1: easy to protect a quarterback and protecting the quarterback literally
Speaker 1: when he's getting hit or sacked. Yeah, there's no doubt
Speaker 1: about that. You need a wide receiver one out there,
Speaker 1: and I think the Arizona Cardinals have that in DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins when he's healthy and ready to go. Yeah, thank you,
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, team MVP of the Cardinals three years ago.
Speaker 1: And Polly. You need an offensive tackle, you need a
Speaker 1: left tackle to be precise. And that's what the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals have now with DJ Humphreys. They locked him up.
Speaker 1: Of course, they added what three more years onto his contract.
Speaker 1: Right now, when you find a left tackle that is
Speaker 1: better than average, let's put it that way, when you
Speaker 1: find a left tackle that is in the top third
Speaker 1: of the league, you go ahead and you sign him
Speaker 1: to an extension. He started forty nine to the last
Speaker 1: fifty games, so the Cardinals. In one game he missed COVID.
Speaker 1: He's a two time team happening. But think about dj
Speaker 1: MP dog ball, Yeah, and think about dj mpre's always
Speaker 1: a rookie twenty and fifteen when he's a first round
Speaker 1: pick and by his own admission, was immature. Yes, he
Speaker 1: was asked in front of the media if the two
Speaker 1: fifteen version of DJ Humpreys would have believed you just
Speaker 1: earned yet another contract extension. Definitely surreal. I think just
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, thinking back over the whole thing,
Speaker 1: you know, if you had told me this in twenty fifteen,
Speaker 1: that first, you know, I mean that first Rickoy minicap,
Speaker 1: that this was going to be the case. Eight years later,
Speaker 1: I probably would have laughed at you, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. But being on this side of him, man,
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely sweet man, being able to you know,
Speaker 1: secure my future here and no, I'll be able to
Speaker 1: be here. I always wanted to play for one team,
Speaker 1: So knowing and I'm able to be in that position,
Speaker 1: they continue to keep that dream alive. It's huge for me.
Speaker 1: So the reports say he set to during this season
Speaker 1: twenty one million, that's up from fifteen million, but they
Speaker 1: lowered his cap hit for this coming season to twelve
Speaker 1: and a half millions. That creates almost another seven million
Speaker 1: of cap space for this year. Yeah, so what does
Speaker 1: that mean? Are they going to extend some of the
Speaker 1: current guys like a Byron Murphy or a Jalen Thompson,
Speaker 1: or might they go out on the open market looking
Speaker 1: to bolster another position might be from the outside, yeah, Polly,
Speaker 1: or might they even look for at Marcus Golden and say, hey,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, maybe we're gonna do something
Speaker 1: right there. I have no idea, Polly what they're gonna do,
Speaker 1: but it is nice that they freed up some seven
Speaker 1: million dollars right there. You know what, I love Polly
Speaker 1: in regard to this offensive line as well, this is
Speaker 1: a veteran offensive line, yet it's not decrepit by any
Speaker 1: any stretch of the imagination. This is a veteran offensive line.
Speaker 1: Yet you can look at these guys. Think about it, Polly,
Speaker 1: four the five of course coming back. Four the five
Speaker 1: from last year coming back, and then three of the
Speaker 1: five they've played together four years. When you think about it, right,
Speaker 1: DJ Humphreys and Justin Pew and Calvin Beecham, now they've
Speaker 1: played four years. I really really liked the continuity on
Speaker 1: that offensive line and the new addition of Will Hernandez
Speaker 1: alongside of Rodney Hudson. That really fills me with an
Speaker 1: awful lot of good feelings, PAULI, because they needed to
Speaker 1: shore up that interior old line. You said it earlier.
Speaker 1: No QB no chance in the NFL. That's one A.
Speaker 1: One B would be no offensive line, no chance, and
Speaker 1: offense doesn't matter how many weapons you might have. If
Speaker 1: you have a terrible offensive line, you're going nowhere. So
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury knows the importance of a left tackle like
Speaker 1: DJ Humphreys. He brings a lot of juice, a lot
Speaker 1: of leadership to our team and offense, and he loves
Speaker 1: to play the game, so you can fill that out
Speaker 1: there with offense and really big fan of DJ. When
Speaker 1: we got here, I think people were still trying to
Speaker 1: figure out if he's gonna make it in this league.
Speaker 1: And he's really taken off and become a real integral
Speaker 1: part of what we're trying to do here. And you
Speaker 1: mentioned it. He's a dog. I mean, as big as
Speaker 1: he smiles and as good a time he has in
Speaker 1: as great a sense of humor he has during the
Speaker 1: week Monday through Saturday. On Sunday, he is a different
Speaker 1: dude down on the field between the white lines. And
Speaker 1: now he has company in that regard in the new
Speaker 1: right guard, Will Hernandez. A fact, you at a moment
Speaker 1: with Will Hernandez earlier today or last couple of days, Right,
Speaker 1: didn't you sit down with Will Hernandez? Yes, as a
Speaker 1: matter of fact, paul I believe that was today, Yes,
Speaker 1: there it was today, no doubt today. Is Pauli three
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six pounds. He told me what his
Speaker 1: way was. I was like, are you three forty because
Speaker 1: I like him at three forty five. I'm just joking, ball,
Speaker 1: are just joking, but the three forty it sounded really
Speaker 1: really good when you looked at him because of the
Speaker 1: refrigerator like structure of Will Hernandez and the body that
Speaker 1: is a square dude, Paul. You know, I talk about
Speaker 1: this all the time, how square a dude is. Will
Speaker 1: Hernandez is a square dude, man, a wide butt. What
Speaker 1: was your old saying that this is back in the
Speaker 1: day and this is old school football. But you got
Speaker 1: the advice from your older brother who had already spent
Speaker 1: five years with the Steelers as a rookie, what was
Speaker 1: the advice, Wilf and I don't get off it. Just
Speaker 1: this the basic piece of advice going into camp as
Speaker 1: a rookie. Well, Polly, it was number one, shut your mouth.
Speaker 1: Number two he told me respect everybody. And then number three,
Speaker 1: Polly said, pick a fight with the toughest guy on
Speaker 1: the team, because Will Hernandez just had a skirmish with
Speaker 1: JJ Way. I'm just saying, if you want to pick
Speaker 1: somebody out on that field ninety nine and you want
Speaker 1: to make a statement to your new teammates, they got
Speaker 1: into it. I mean they're rooting in a tune a
Speaker 1: little bit right. It wasn't quite wamping in a stomp
Speaker 1: and they cut it off. They were yeah, you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: but you know what, Polly, that's gonna happen. You know what. Honestly,
Speaker 1: football is an intense game. You're literally trying to drive
Speaker 1: another dude into the ground. That's your intent, that's what
Speaker 1: you're trying to do. When you're you're doing it with malice,
Speaker 1: dare I say, And if you're not, what are you
Speaker 1: doing out on the field? And you know what, he's
Speaker 1: also doing a solid for the starting left guard. Here's
Speaker 1: justin Few asked about the arrival of Will Hernandez earlier today.
Speaker 1: I love having Will here. Will will replace me in
Speaker 1: New York and he was the scrapper there. It must
Speaker 1: be like if you played left guard in New York,
Speaker 1: you just have to fight, because I was. Now I
Speaker 1: don't have to fight. Will's taken over that role. Man.
Speaker 1: He's the enforcer out there. Let my old ass, you know,
Speaker 1: take a couple of plays off and having a beat
Speaker 1: up d lineman. Um, it's been awesome. He's a great dude,
Speaker 1: great personality, great in the locker room. I couldn't say
Speaker 1: enough good things about Will. I'm real happy he's here.
Speaker 1: I've kind of three scraps, so Will Hernandez against three
Speaker 1: different guys at three different times. In fact, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: come up with a new hashtag. You know they like
Speaker 1: to say Detroit versus Everybody, It's Will versus Everybody. That's
Speaker 1: my new hashtag. I didn't get it. I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: a T shirt going forget to prove it every day
Speaker 1: t shirt. I'm going with Bill Will versus Everybody? And Polly,
Speaker 1: did I tell you he was a brawler? I told
Speaker 1: you exactly when he showed up. When when the Cardinals said,
Speaker 1: you know what we're signing Will Hernandez, I said, you know,
Speaker 1: they just signed a brawler. This is a guy that
Speaker 1: is known for his run blocking. Of course he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to continue to work on his pass sets. I
Speaker 1: think is really helping him. Talking to Will Hernandez today,
Speaker 1: he was talking about how much help he's really got
Speaker 1: from this veteran offensive line bringing him along where he's
Speaker 1: the baby on this offensive line. He at five years
Speaker 1: in the league. Think about that, Paul, Will is the baby.
Speaker 1: He said, he's learned so much from all these other guys.
Speaker 1: They've helped him so much. And I man that resonates
Speaker 1: with me because I remember being in that running back
Speaker 1: room when you had guys like Otis Anderson and Stump Mitchell.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about pros pros. I'm talking about some of
Speaker 1: the best to ever do it. Man. They helped me
Speaker 1: so much inside of that locker room. And Will Hernandez
Speaker 1: here he is at five years in the league. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is a veteran offensive line and I'm bullish on it.
Speaker 1: And look for all the needs we talked about in
Speaker 1: the offseason Wolf the last five months, corner and pass rush.
Speaker 1: Right guard was a need that was a liability last
Speaker 1: year Justin Murray went down and the Cardinals never had
Speaker 1: a solid answer at right guard, and it showed up
Speaker 1: at the worst times, including the playoff game. And so
Speaker 1: when you're in a vision with Aaron Donald, you gotta
Speaker 1: solidify that position, period and the Cardinals like to think
Speaker 1: they've done just that with Will Hernandez. Hey Episode thirty
Speaker 1: four The Day Pash Podcast featuring Cardinals running back the
Speaker 1: pro bowler James Conner, available now wherever you get your
Speaker 1: podcasts and be a Twitter at pashpod. All right, speaking
Speaker 1: of pass rush, Yeah, I mean you're asking yourself, where's
Speaker 1: it going to come from minus Chandler Jones. Well, it
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be from the edge, doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be via the blitz. Are we all forgetting about a
Speaker 1: difference maker? Who might be that guy? This year? He
Speaker 1: is next on this edition to the Big Red Rage
Speaker 1: presented by Satan Ford in Gilbert Snap to Lance. He's
Speaker 1: gonna rush up the middle and he's brought down by
Speaker 1: Zach Allen at the twenty two for a loss of
Speaker 1: three on the play snapped the staffer. They get the
Speaker 1: playoffs straight dropped back as time pumps, doggets hit at
Speaker 1: sacked by Allan back in the twenty nine yard line
Speaker 1: and the Cardinal's force upon plants to throw from the
Speaker 1: pocket now steps up, gets hit by Zach Allen and
Speaker 1: sacked at the forty six yard line. Big number ninety
Speaker 1: four has made a couple of plays here today. Back
Speaker 1: to throw Dalton at the screen and it picked off
Speaker 1: Allan on the firesides, got it at the thirty, at
Speaker 1: the twenty, at the fifteen, it tackled by Dalton at
Speaker 1: the eleven yard line, and the fall comes out and
Speaker 1: it's scooped up by Zach Allen at the five and
Speaker 1: indie ends up before the touchdown. Well, we're definitely putting
Speaker 1: the big into big red rage right now. The aforementioned
Speaker 1: Zach Allen joining us all brought you by santan Ford.
Speaker 1: We are santan Ford, Paul KELBC, Ron Wolfley and the
Speaker 1: Cardinals Big d Lineman and Wolf. I feel like we
Speaker 1: should go full disclosure right off the top, considering that
Speaker 1: you tried to book Zack's dog, what are you talking about?
Speaker 1: Your first request for this segment was actually being Zack's dog.
Speaker 1: But we can get through to the publicist, you know,
Speaker 1: after Cardinal's flight plan and the whole Instagram page and everything, Zac.
Speaker 1: So I mean, the popularity of your dog these days
Speaker 1: is remarkable, is it not. Yeah? No, it definitely has
Speaker 1: popped off. I did not expect any of this, so no,
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty funny to see it. What kind of
Speaker 1: dog are we talking about? Sorry, Paul, because I did
Speaker 1: not see what you're talking about. Sorry, z Yeah, No,
Speaker 1: I have a burning Doodle. So he's half Burnie's Mountain
Speaker 1: dog half doodle. So it's nice because he doesn't shed,
Speaker 1: but he's awesome. Oh my goodness, is a big dog? No,
Speaker 1: he's only like forty pounds Okay, yeah, he's not too
Speaker 1: too big, but he acts big. He jumps around everywhere.
Speaker 1: He still thinks he's a lap dog. But what do
Speaker 1: you attribute the popularity too though? I mean, seriously, come on, no,
Speaker 1: I mean he's adorable. I think it's impossible not to
Speaker 1: love him. So yeah, talk to us a little bit
Speaker 1: about training camp right now. How's your training camp going, Zach?
Speaker 1: It's been great, No, it's awesome, I think, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's been really cool for me personally, just coming off
Speaker 1: the surgery and you know how much better I feel
Speaker 1: compared to you know how I felt last year. You know,
Speaker 1: it really cleared up a lot of things for me.
Speaker 1: And then also working with coach Burke has been awesome
Speaker 1: just learning his style and you know, using what he's
Speaker 1: been teaching us. I think, you know, it's given me
Speaker 1: a lot of successful so far and helping me with
Speaker 1: a lot of productions. So you know, I definitely am
Speaker 1: excited to you know, use it in the games. Now.
Speaker 1: How much did the injury impact you last year? I mean,
Speaker 1: now you can tell us so how many games were
Speaker 1: you dealing with that? So I really had it the
Speaker 1: whole season, so it was kind of stem from the
Speaker 1: high ankle spring that I had my second year in
Speaker 1: the league, and then I just kind of rushed back
Speaker 1: into it too fast because I wanted to get back,
Speaker 1: you know, So I really was supposed to be like
Speaker 1: a six to eight week injury, but I came back
Speaker 1: in three that second year, finished the season, and then
Speaker 1: I just wanted to, you know, really build off the
Speaker 1: momentum because I started playing well towards the end of
Speaker 1: the year, so just you know, full off season and
Speaker 1: it just kind of you know, wear and tear. And
Speaker 1: then finally when we got to, um, you know, that
Speaker 1: Christmas game versus Indianapolis, it was kind of like, okay,
Speaker 1: I think we need to take a look at it,
Speaker 1: and we realized how bad it was. But you know, luckily,
Speaker 1: um you know, we got a lot of tape and
Speaker 1: we got a lot of to roll, so we're able
Speaker 1: to make it work, you know, because we heard the
Speaker 1: montage there. I mean, you made a lot of plays,
Speaker 1: despite the fact you said, I think earlier in this
Speaker 1: camp you felt flat footed a lot of last Yeah, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I really did, like it was it was. I mean,
Speaker 1: after playing a game I legitimately couldn't walk on Monday,
Speaker 1: you know, so I would be you know, my girlfriend
Speaker 1: would have to help me down the stairs and then
Speaker 1: you know, just it was kind of a mess, but
Speaker 1: you know, just trying to get it ready, and towards
Speaker 1: the end of the season, I wasn't even practicing, you know,
Speaker 1: it would be kind of hopefully that Friday practice at
Speaker 1: least get some reps in. But yeah, no, it was.
Speaker 1: Now it's it's it's amazing, um and I just I
Speaker 1: feel like an athlete again. You know. Last year was
Speaker 1: kind of like the fact that I was able to
Speaker 1: kind of do what I did with it was you know,
Speaker 1: obviously gave me some confidence about, you know, playing this league.
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm so excited about this year. You know,
Speaker 1: knock on wood, stay healthy and just show what I
Speaker 1: could do with you know, with all this progress. You know,
Speaker 1: when I came into the league, I had a really
Speaker 1: really good coach. I had good coaches around me, and
Speaker 1: yet at the same time, the impact that some veterans
Speaker 1: made on me, some veterans inside that running back room,
Speaker 1: what they made on me was significant. I know J J. Watt,
Speaker 1: you're really tight with J. J. Watt. Talk about his
Speaker 1: impact on you. Yeah, he's helped a bunch obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: from the football standpoint obviously, I mean he knows as
Speaker 1: much about you know, football and being productive in this
Speaker 1: league as anybody that's ever played. But a lot of
Speaker 1: you know, the off the field stuff, like you know,
Speaker 1: with my surgery. It was kind of funny he had
Speaker 1: his surgery and then a few months later I had mine,
Speaker 1: So he basically kind of walked me through everything he
Speaker 1: did because I mean his recovery was pretty remarkable to
Speaker 1: come back and only a couple of months from his
Speaker 1: shoulder surgery. So I kind of picked his brain and
Speaker 1: you know, he helped me out a bunch. Um I
Speaker 1: got my surgery and was in Wisconsin, so he was
Speaker 1: giving me, you know, all of his best cheese curd recommendations.
Speaker 1: But um no, I really definitely you know, he know,
Speaker 1: he knows what he's doing it, um you know, on
Speaker 1: and off the field, and you know he's it's nice
Speaker 1: that he's not, you know, kind of being shy about
Speaker 1: that knowledge. He really you know tries to teach us,
Speaker 1: and um, I think that's why he's such a good leader.
Speaker 1: D Lyman Zach Allen, our guest on the Big Red Rage.
Speaker 1: So where were you when the scrap broke out between
Speaker 1: JJ Watt and Bill Hernandez the other day. It was
Speaker 1: funny because that was like the so JJ and I
Speaker 1: were in together and that was our last play like
Speaker 1: before you know, we were going to switch it out.
Speaker 1: So I started walking. All of a sudden, you just
Speaker 1: hear the you know, the horns going, So I was like,
Speaker 1: what the heck? So you obviously you're going to go help,
Speaker 1: and you know the D line. We're a close group,
Speaker 1: so everybody you know, starts running in. But it was
Speaker 1: probably one of the softer fights. I'm not gonna lie,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean they just you know, it was
Speaker 1: just a big push in match and you know, no
Speaker 1: punches were thrown. So you haven't had a good scrap yet,
Speaker 1: so I mean, obviously coaches don't want that, but you
Speaker 1: know it's always good to have one or two. Did
Speaker 1: you like hockey? You know baseball you kind of grab
Speaker 1: someone in your ship, Yeah, you try to grab from behind,
Speaker 1: just break it up. But I don't think anybody was
Speaker 1: really serious about fighting. So so here you are. Now
Speaker 1: you're you're getting ready, of course to enter in two preseason.
Speaker 1: I know we've got another week here to go before
Speaker 1: you're actually going to play a preseason game. But are
Speaker 1: you a goal guy? Are you one of these guys
Speaker 1: that say, you know what I'd like to do A
Speaker 1: B and C this year? Do you set goals for
Speaker 1: yourself personally? I mean, obviously I have expectations, but I'm
Speaker 1: not necessarily like I need to hit this number, this, this, this,
Speaker 1: because for me, it's a big like if I look
Speaker 1: too far down the road, then I kind of get
Speaker 1: lost in it and you're just overthinking things. So for me,
Speaker 1: the thing that I found the most successful is literally
Speaker 1: taking it day by day. So you know, if we
Speaker 1: have practice today, that's my focus. Is what am I
Speaker 1: working on in practice today? What's my goal for? You know? What? Pass?
Speaker 1: Rush movie? Do I want to work? What do I
Speaker 1: want to work in the run game? What's this? And
Speaker 1: then kind of go from there and then you kind
Speaker 1: of just let it stack and build and hopefully you
Speaker 1: just stack a punching so you go in whitecrol instead
Speaker 1: of mat Yeah. No, once you think too big, I
Speaker 1: mean you kind of you know, it's just too general.
Speaker 1: I feel like, So I love that because this is
Speaker 1: a big year for you. It's a contract. Ye, So
Speaker 1: if you start thinking too much big picture, I could
Speaker 1: mess you up, I would assume. Yeah. Yeah. And the
Speaker 1: thing that's kind of cool too is, you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, guys, there's a bunch of us that are
Speaker 1: kind of in the same position, so we're able to
Speaker 1: kind of calm me down and calm each other down
Speaker 1: and bounce ideas off each other, you know, especially you know,
Speaker 1: like my class, you know, draft class with JT. Murph.
Speaker 1: You know, we're all really close. So it's nice to
Speaker 1: talk to guys like that. So talk to me a
Speaker 1: little bit about that defensive line room and some of
Speaker 1: the guys in there and your expectations, because there's a
Speaker 1: lot of people looking at it now. And when I
Speaker 1: say this, I'm talking about experts quote unquote on the
Speaker 1: outside that are looking at the Arisulta Cardinals defensive line
Speaker 1: and consider that to be a weakness, to which you say, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's just wrong. I mean, I think, honestly, we the
Speaker 1: thing is just I think, you know, it's been unfortunate.
Speaker 1: We were really young for the past couple of years.
Speaker 1: I would say, I think in this league, especially to
Speaker 1: play you know inside, it's so much different than college,
Speaker 1: and like in college, if you're a wide receiver or
Speaker 1: a corner, you're faster, you're fat. Like you know, speed translates,
Speaker 1: you know, at the here, it's just the speed and
Speaker 1: the side. It's just something that you just know what's
Speaker 1: really seen before. So even the best offensive and defensive linement,
Speaker 1: it usually takes a couple of years for them. And
Speaker 1: like especially in my draft class, if you look at
Speaker 1: a lot of the top D linement, a lot of
Speaker 1: them it took kind of late second year, third year
Speaker 1: to kind of figure it out and put the pieces together,
Speaker 1: you know. So that's just the way football is. But
Speaker 1: you know, I think we got a lot of great
Speaker 1: guys in the room, and I think we're a really
Speaker 1: deep room. Obviously, Lecky, Richard, Mike, I think this offseason
Speaker 1: they absolutely killed it. So it'll be you know, really interesting. Obviously,
Speaker 1: have JJ being JJ, and you know, then there's a
Speaker 1: lot of other guys that are you know, in the
Speaker 1: same spot. I think we just have a lot of
Speaker 1: guys that are you know, really excited to play ball
Speaker 1: and play play fast and it's going to be a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. And it's not just the D line.
Speaker 1: There was an analytics site. I think DVOA the other
Speaker 1: day that projected the Cardinals, who finished number six in
Speaker 1: overall defense last year, and their analytics, their metrics, they
Speaker 1: projecting be twenty eighth this year. I'm like, Wow, what's
Speaker 1: going to dictate whether you finish top ten or bottom ten?
Speaker 1: You think as a defense, what's going to be most
Speaker 1: important for this d You think, Yeah, I think if
Speaker 1: we just execute, you know, I feel like last year,
Speaker 1: you know we will after kind of you know, doing
Speaker 1: this self scout this offseason. You know, when we were
Speaker 1: had eleven guys doing their jobs, I mean, no one
Speaker 1: could do anything on it. Where we got into trouble
Speaker 1: is you have an m A here and mister Simon here,
Speaker 1: you know, making mistakes here here here. That's kind of
Speaker 1: where it killed us. So this offseason, obviously, guys are
Speaker 1: really focused on knowing their job and performing at a
Speaker 1: high level. And for a lot of us, I mean
Speaker 1: this is now year four in the defense, which is
Speaker 1: you know, really encouraging, and I think, you know it
Speaker 1: will be as we've seen in camp so far, it's
Speaker 1: been a lot smoother and I think the way we're
Speaker 1: playing defense is it's just a lot faster and it's
Speaker 1: just a lot more physical, which is great. As you
Speaker 1: well know, Zach, over the last couple of years, you
Speaker 1: guys have gotten off to some pretty good starts over
Speaker 1: the last couple of years and some really bad finishes
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. Why do you think
Speaker 1: that is, Zach? And can you do anything about it
Speaker 1: as well? Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know, I'm a
Speaker 1: young player. I mean this is technically year four, but
Speaker 1: I missed my entire first year, so I mean I've
Speaker 1: been around some ball. I haven't been around, you know,
Speaker 1: as long as some other guys. I might not be
Speaker 1: the best guy to answer that question, but I just
Speaker 1: know that, you know, for us, talk is just you know,
Speaker 1: day by day doing our job. And I think, you know,
Speaker 1: if this year we really embraced that, you know, I
Speaker 1: think we'll, you know, we'll do good. And I think
Speaker 1: also last year, I think we had so much success,
Speaker 1: like so quickly. It wasn't kind of it kind of
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say it came overnight, but you know,
Speaker 1: you go from eight and eight to all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: you know, you start a season seven that's you know,
Speaker 1: doesn't really happen a lot. So that kind of gets
Speaker 1: in your head now that we kind of have that
Speaker 1: wake up call. How you know, you have to be
Speaker 1: on point throughout the entire season. They're not just you know,
Speaker 1: there's no easy games. I think that will be Uh,
Speaker 1: that was kind of you know obviously you know you
Speaker 1: wish he did better last year, but I think that
Speaker 1: will help us a lot this year. Boy, that really
Speaker 1: resonates with me when I listened to Zach say that,
Speaker 1: because honestly, that is so true right there. It's one
Speaker 1: thing to talk about it, but actually having it happened
Speaker 1: to you, boy, that really is a learning opportunity. Well,
Speaker 1: and some other guys I mentioned it's some other team leaders,
Speaker 1: Budda Baker and so forth. Maybe the attention to detail,
Speaker 1: maybe it waned a little bit of ten and two, etc.
Speaker 1: So Yeah, considered a lesson learned. You you would hope,
Speaker 1: uh you you hear him before you see him, your
Speaker 1: new d line coach, Matt Burkey. He's really vocal. What's
Speaker 1: upen like having that new voice around. It's great and
Speaker 1: honestly has been a seamless transition. Um. You know, he's
Speaker 1: really high energy and you know, just the style that
Speaker 1: he's teaching, it's a lot of fun to play in.
Speaker 1: It's just you know, go fast and they'll be violent,
Speaker 1: and you know we'll correct all the mistakes after, you know,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, obviously, you know, we all really
Speaker 1: like Buck and you know, appreciate everything he's done. But
Speaker 1: you know, it's like you go from one great D
Speaker 1: line coach to another great D line coach. So we
Speaker 1: were really fortunate to have him, and um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's been awesome to play for him. Are you particular
Speaker 1: as to what side you'd like to play? Right side,
Speaker 1: left side? That where exactly? Do you like to be
Speaker 1: across the front seven? Yeah, honestly, I mean just the
Speaker 1: way our defense is, you know, you kind of got
Speaker 1: to know everything and you play uh, you know across.
Speaker 1: But I know, um now I probably you know, become
Speaker 1: a little bit more comfortable playing on the right side,
Speaker 1: just because JJ more comfortable on the left, and um,
Speaker 1: you know it works out well that you know, we're
Speaker 1: both in our most comfortable spots. You like being over
Speaker 1: the guard or over the tackle, um or over the
Speaker 1: center de yeah did it all last YEA, Yeah, No,
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of a mix whatever, you know, it
Speaker 1: depends on the look that down obviously, you know, you
Speaker 1: know the certain looks where the play is going to
Speaker 1: be made, so you obviously try to cheat it a
Speaker 1: little bit. But yeah, and as we wrap it up
Speaker 1: with Zach Allen, who's the guy you would least want
Speaker 1: to fight on this roster or who's the guy you
Speaker 1: would want on your side as your wingman if you
Speaker 1: walked into a biker bar full of Hell's Angels, who's
Speaker 1: the dude you'd want with you on this team? I'd
Speaker 1: take Lucky like he's a big boy's, you know, three
Speaker 1: pounds of torso, So we'll take that. All right. That's good.
Speaker 1: You got Lucky and you got your dog being so
Speaker 1: you know, life is good these days. Yes, there you go,
Speaker 1: Zach Allen. Everyone on the Big Red rage As Weekend,
Speaker 1: seeing you all brought to you by Satan Forard. We
Speaker 1: are Santan Pord snapped the Lawrence Hilt throw short set
Speaker 1: looks left, throws left and broken up incomplete, nearly intercepted
Speaker 1: on the far sideline by Marco Wilson, who stepped in
Speaker 1: front of Marvin Jones. What a great play by Marco Wilson.
Speaker 1: Right there, Michelle running left and then he's cut down
Speaker 1: on the far side of the ten yard line by
Speaker 1: Marco Wilson. Oh my goodness, what a great tackle by
Speaker 1: Marco Wilson. The corner dumps it off short left. It
Speaker 1: has caught at the twenty five yard line. A huge
Speaker 1: hit on the far side by Marco Wilson. He absolutely
Speaker 1: levels the receiver. Marco Wilson comes up and I mean
Speaker 1: delivers a blow. Oh pro Sprang Grasshopper, the fourth Brown
Speaker 1: rookie out of Florida last year, ended up playing starter
Speaker 1: snaps pretty much the entire season. We know he has
Speaker 1: a talent in the measurables. You know he has a pedigree.
Speaker 1: I mean his dad coaches dbs for a living. His
Speaker 1: older brother has been an NFL dB as well. The
Speaker 1: question is, okay, can he show that sort of consistency.
Speaker 1: Can he take the next step to really appease the
Speaker 1: decision makers and make him a bona fide starter from
Speaker 1: maybe the next seven or eight years potentially the Cardinals
Speaker 1: have a need? Can he fill that need? And guess what?
Speaker 1: We got some news on the Marco Wilson front earlier
Speaker 1: today that we'll get into here on the Big Red
Speaker 1: Range presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley.
Speaker 1: We're just joined by Zach Allen. How about some impressions
Speaker 1: real quick on Zach Allen? How about I mean, how
Speaker 1: about by the way, and kudos do you wolf? He said,
Speaker 1: you know, the coaches don't like the fights, but in
Speaker 1: his words quote, it's always good to have at least
Speaker 1: one real fight. That's right, boy, I mean, honestly, once again,
Speaker 1: you'd heard me talk about it all the time. It
Speaker 1: really sets the tone in the tempo, of course for
Speaker 1: a football team, and a lot of times it will
Speaker 1: relieve some pent up pressure inside of that locker room.
Speaker 1: I know it doesn't seem like that would be the case.
Speaker 1: I know that you would think, my goodness, you're gonna
Speaker 1: fight one of your teammates. You're gonna fight him? Are
Speaker 1: you kidding me? You're gonna fight You know what happens
Speaker 1: the vast majority of the time after you fight him,
Speaker 1: you totally hug it out after it's over, and you
Speaker 1: kind of laugh at each other, and then all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, everyone just the respect level returns to a
Speaker 1: locker room. I just listen. I know that I talk
Speaker 1: about it all the time, but yeah, that certainly can
Speaker 1: happen inside the locker room, and I think Zach Allen
Speaker 1: kind of alluded to that. They said their new D
Speaker 1: line coach, Matt Burke, his one messages go be fast,
Speaker 1: be violent, We'll fix everything later. He wants a physical
Speaker 1: D line and it was amazing to me. My last
Speaker 1: takeaway was just how banged up he was last year
Speaker 1: with that ankle that on Mondays he needed help from
Speaker 1: his girlfriend to get down the stairs. He could barely walk,
Speaker 1: and somehow he was still playing on Sundays. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: if he's fully healthy, because we know his rookie year
Speaker 1: was wiped out by the neck injury. For the most part,
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a guy who can really take
Speaker 1: that next step, I know it's year four, but I
Speaker 1: just get the sense Attack has so much more ceiling
Speaker 1: to reach and productivity to bring to that defensive front. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The other thing too, I liked about our conversation was
Speaker 1: the fact that he likes playing on the right side
Speaker 1: of the defense and J. J. Watt, of course likes
Speaker 1: playing on the left side. That's very very interesting, right
Speaker 1: there two guys that are very similar. Right, So the
Speaker 1: two cornerbacks that we went into camp thinking, all right,
Speaker 1: these are the two guys, Byron Murphy Junior and Marco Wilson.
Speaker 1: And what's been interesting, Wolf is we've since learned and
Speaker 1: we started the off season this direction, and then the
Speaker 1: tragic passing to Jeff Gladden. You figured that, you know what,
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy was going to be an outside corner even
Speaker 1: though they prefer him inside. Well, guess what, Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: has been pretty vocal, they would really prefer Byron Murphy
Speaker 1: Junior to be a slot corner, which just heightens the
Speaker 1: importance of a Marco Wilson being one of those outside corners.
Speaker 1: But earlier today, here's what Cliff Kingsbury had to say.
Speaker 1: And the setup on this to some degree is that
Speaker 1: some of the younger corners were wearing mits, as in
Speaker 1: they let's just say, they have been holding and grabbing
Speaker 1: and so they put somemits on him so they couldn't
Speaker 1: do some of that, and that was sort of what
Speaker 1: the question revolved around. And then listen to where Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury took it. I think that's a position that where
Speaker 1: guys got to step up. Really like some of the veterans,
Speaker 1: we have a different positions on defense. Murphy's really come
Speaker 1: a long way, Marco. We want him to step up
Speaker 1: and be in every down starter, but we'll see. I
Speaker 1: think the jury is still out and the rest of
Speaker 1: as young guys, somebody's got to step up and help
Speaker 1: us out. Paul. As soon as I heard that, man,
Speaker 1: I just want to jump in here. As soon as
Speaker 1: I heard Cliff Kingsbury say that, you know what, Marco,
Speaker 1: we want to see him actually step Bob, you know
Speaker 1: we want we want to see this right here. You
Speaker 1: know what I thought of immediately, Polly was Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: and the development of Cliff Kingsbury as a head coach.
Speaker 1: It was the PAULI, this is what a head coach
Speaker 1: is going to do. He's going to let some veteran
Speaker 1: guys from time to time know that, hey, listen, you
Speaker 1: know what, your reps maybe getting caught. He's got to
Speaker 1: do that. Now. I'm not saying he's doing it here
Speaker 1: with Marco Wilson. What I am saying young guys, young
Speaker 1: guys that they want to continue to develop, You're gonna say,
Speaker 1: you know what, Hey, he's got to stop up. He's
Speaker 1: got to prove it to us. Basically, this is what
Speaker 1: he's saying to Marco Wilson right now. I think it
Speaker 1: is a tactic that a coach use, especially a head
Speaker 1: coach uses to get young guys to develop, to challenge
Speaker 1: young guys and make sure they don't get complacent. Paulie,
Speaker 1: stop and think about it. Marco Wilson, through two thirds
Speaker 1: of last season, I'll even go three quarters of last season,
Speaker 1: he was as good as a rookie corner could possibly be.
Speaker 1: And then he kind of tailed off at the end
Speaker 1: of last year. And I don't think they want him
Speaker 1: getting complacent at all. He was a starter and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden he tailed off at the end. I
Speaker 1: don't think they want him to get complacent. I know
Speaker 1: that that's a thin cornerback room as well, and maybe
Speaker 1: that's what it is. Maybe they're trying to ring a
Speaker 1: little urgency to Marco Wilson because he can look around
Speaker 1: that cornerback room as well and see that he doesn't
Speaker 1: have a packed room in terms of competition, because when
Speaker 1: camp started, it was early in camp and Cliff Kingsbury's
Speaker 1: feeding a lot of basic questions about, Okay, how where
Speaker 1: the competitions on this roster, and he said Marco Wilson
Speaker 1: was quote in the mix to be a starter. He
Speaker 1: was not giving him a starting job, even though he
Speaker 1: did exactly that most of the last year as a rookie.
Speaker 1: He said he has to earn that job. And then
Speaker 1: Vance Joseph was asked if Marco Wilson needed a big camp,
Speaker 1: and Vance Joseph told him me, well, I don't really
Speaker 1: necessarily think he needs a big camp because you know,
Speaker 1: he played so well last year, So it's almost like
Speaker 1: a good cop bad cop going on between the head
Speaker 1: coach and the defensive coordinator. But then Cliff Kingsbury doubled
Speaker 1: down again today after Marco Wilson missed with a groin injury. Look,
Speaker 1: I think there's some I think there's some general frustration
Speaker 1: with the position itself, just in general. Last couple of days,
Speaker 1: the head coach was irritated all the corners grabbing and
Speaker 1: holding hens. He saw the mits out there in three
Speaker 1: different guys at least today, But then hit zoom out
Speaker 1: as you said, the position depth isn't there. I mean,
Speaker 1: God forbid, the Cardinals have a real injury to one
Speaker 1: of their primary guys a corner. They could really be hurting,
Speaker 1: so the time is now. Otherwise there are guys out
Speaker 1: in that market that I imagine might be a kind
Speaker 1: time sign. Yeah, you know what, Polly too. Once again,
Speaker 1: I just don't gloss over this. This is a big
Speaker 1: moment for Cliff Kingsbury to come out and say that
Speaker 1: about a guy that was a starter for the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals last year in a room that is thin this year.
Speaker 1: For him to actually say that, to challenge Marco Wilson,
Speaker 1: this is a Grove spurg from Cliff Kingsbury. As far
Speaker 1: as I'm concerned, I can almost hear Bill Belichick. Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick used to do this same thing. He would let
Speaker 1: he would let people know in the media, of course,
Speaker 1: you know, ask me about this position, or ask me
Speaker 1: about you know, what kind of battle we've got going
Speaker 1: on here in the you know, in side linebacker position
Speaker 1: or whatever it may be. He would set it up
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden he'd just give you
Speaker 1: a very dry answer, and it was always about, you know,
Speaker 1: he's got to play, he's got to step up and play.
Speaker 1: He's got to prove it to us he can do that,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And that's all he would say, Paul,
Speaker 1: and then he would back it up. It is. This
Speaker 1: is a growth opportunity right here for Cliff Kingsbury. And well,
Speaker 1: if you spent ten years in the league, does a
Speaker 1: message from the head coach to the media get to
Speaker 1: the player in the locker room? Yes, yes it does,
Speaker 1: Paul Okay, think think of two hosts of this show,
Speaker 1: The Big Red Rage, Klais Campbell, he was going to
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls. Remember Bruce Arians was low to give Kleis
Speaker 1: a real compliment, Yes, and then DJ Humphreys and what
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians said, DJ Humprey's rookie year, Paul yep, which
Speaker 1: to this day DJ does not appreciate. Correct. So, yes,
Speaker 1: there have been many messages sent through the media, and
Speaker 1: you would qualify today's comments about Marco Wilson in that
Speaker 1: position group when he says the jury is still out
Speaker 1: and someone has to step up and help us out
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Speaker 1: big storyline, big position, We'll talk about that next on
Speaker 1: The Big Red Rage presented by Satan four. In Gilbert,
Speaker 1: they run Henry off the left side and he's tumped immediately,
Speaker 1: and it's Isaiah Simmons knifing into the backfield to take
Speaker 1: him down. I want to play by Simmons. You want
Speaker 1: to talk about playing Downhill. Isaiah Simmons coming from the backside,
Speaker 1: the weak side, inside linebacker making a play. I'm king
Speaker 1: Henry Baby. Tan Hill takes the shotgun, snap backs up
Speaker 1: as time steps up, throws over the middle to fleck
Speaker 1: it into the air, and it is intercepted by Isaiah
Speaker 1: Simmons at the forty five yard line. Sayah Simmons with
Speaker 1: a heads up play. And one of the first questions
Speaker 1: after he was a first round pick in your mind
Speaker 1: Wolf was all right, how physical is he? We know
Speaker 1: he's an athletic freak, a unicorn, but will he put
Speaker 1: his nose in there and stick his face mask in
Speaker 1: there into the fray? And the answer to that right
Speaker 1: away he realized was what, yes, yes, he would. Ball
Speaker 1: was the first thing I was looking for. And you
Speaker 1: know what's interesting about that if you talk to Bill Davis,
Speaker 1: that was the first thing that the inside linebacker coach
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals was looking for as well. Interesting. Interesting,
Speaker 1: So okay, there you go. He answered that question. Now
Speaker 1: the question is where exactly is he going to play
Speaker 1: and what does that mean for the Cardinals defense? What
Speaker 1: does that mean for the opposition? Because us media types
Speaker 1: were there at camp the last week or so, like,
Speaker 1: wait a minute, there's I say, Simmons on the edge.
Speaker 1: There he is in the slot. There he is in
Speaker 1: the middle of the defense. There he is in the
Speaker 1: back end of the defense plane, center field, safety. All right,
Speaker 1: So Vance Joseph, the defensive coordinator, was asked just to
Speaker 1: describe position exactly is he playing? Coach right now, he's
Speaker 1: a star you know, I was starbacker or safety, whatever
Speaker 1: you want to call him. Um, he's playing well, you know,
Speaker 1: but but we'll see. That's what camps for to kind
Speaker 1: of figure out how far we can go with him
Speaker 1: playing certain spots. A starbacker is a guy that plays
Speaker 1: a linebacker, a little bit of safety, a little bit
Speaker 1: of dime. I mean, he's a star position and in
Speaker 1: this scheme, it can be a lot of places. Your
Speaker 1: thoughts on that sounds like where needed, where he's going
Speaker 1: to be the most lethal and effective is where he's
Speaker 1: going to be. Yeah, Paully, first of all, let me
Speaker 1: just say this quickly right now, Um, I I no
Speaker 1: longer have these dreams of him being the week side
Speaker 1: inside backer. Okay, where he's just you're gonna put him
Speaker 1: there and he's going to be Thomas Davis. They're gonna
Speaker 1: move him around. This is something that they have already
Speaker 1: come to a conclusion about. They're gonna move him around today,
Speaker 1: just today and today's practice. Polly, you already said it.
Speaker 1: I saw him on the edge. I saw him in
Speaker 1: the lot as a corner. I saw him lineup as
Speaker 1: in the slot as a corner. I saw him as
Speaker 1: a week side inside linebacker. And I saw him playing
Speaker 1: safety in the middle of the field, man free. He was.
Speaker 1: He was the deep safety in the middle of the field,
Speaker 1: man underneath on a blitz. They had blitz six guys
Speaker 1: and he was the free safety in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field, man free. It is. It is hysterical to me.
Speaker 1: I don't care where they put him now. I just
Speaker 1: want Isaiah Simmons to make plays, plays that change games,
Speaker 1: games that can be won because Isaiah Simmons is making plays.
Speaker 1: That's what I want to see from this young guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: be a playmaker, be a difference maker. But you're right,
Speaker 1: he's not exclusively an inside linebacker. And it doesn't sound
Speaker 1: like he'll ever be so you know, I mean, we
Speaker 1: might want to fire up, let it go from frozen
Speaker 1: at this point. Ball okay, ball, And that's what I've done.
Speaker 1: I have let it oh, just so make place. They
Speaker 1: asked him Isaiah Simmons about his star backer role. It
Speaker 1: feels like what it was last year, not too much more,
Speaker 1: not too much less. I like the new name for it, though.
Speaker 1: I feel like it's kind of fitting so um. I
Speaker 1: feel like it's a lot of similarities to Clemson. So
Speaker 1: obviously that's how I got here, and that's what I
Speaker 1: was comfortable with during all my college career. So being
Speaker 1: able to do it at the highest level is I
Speaker 1: guess a lot of courtesy to VJ, you know, for
Speaker 1: allowing me to do that, and you know, also the
Speaker 1: team for working with me, and you know, being able
Speaker 1: to help me out. Guys like Buddha, guys like I mean, JJ,
Speaker 1: everybody helping me out on all different levels, just to
Speaker 1: be the best version of myself. The only thing better
Speaker 1: than starbacker would have been grudgebacker. Paul all Right, the grudgebacker.
Speaker 1: This guy's got an edge. Have you noticed Paul all
Speaker 1: Isaiah's got an edge? To him. I mean he got
Speaker 1: into it with DeAndre Hopkins, somebody he says is like
Speaker 1: his best friend on the team, which was really intriguing
Speaker 1: to hear, because I mean Dap was hot. He fired
Speaker 1: the football at Isaiah, him square in the back between
Speaker 1: the numbers and the tune. Why was that, though, Paul?
Speaker 1: Why did he do that? Because Isaiah came over and
Speaker 1: was john at him. He's got an edge, Paul. I
Speaker 1: saw a little check down to Eno Benjamin and there
Speaker 1: was Isaiah Simmons. He was playing inside linebacker. He dropped
Speaker 1: into a zone cover. They checked it down in front
Speaker 1: of that zone to Eno, and he went whacked him, Paul,
Speaker 1: and then throw him chucked him after you know I did.
Speaker 1: He didn't have to do that. All he had to
Speaker 1: do was come up and tag him with both hands.
Speaker 1: He didn't have to chuck him the way that he did.
Speaker 1: And yet Isaiah dead. He's got a little something something
Speaker 1: coming down the side of his neck. Paul, I use
Speaker 1: a hockey term for him. After this CAMPU would've witnessed
Speaker 1: so far, I'm calling him an instigator. You're from Buffalo Wolf,
Speaker 1: you know, the guy in hockey who skates around and
Speaker 1: he just sees just starting stuff. You know, he's giving
Speaker 1: guys elbows, and he's a hip check here and a
Speaker 1: face wash there. That's Isaiah Simmons. And and just like
Speaker 1: some of the coaches, you hear him before you see him,
Speaker 1: because he's always chirping and yapping and starting something. And
Speaker 1: it's just the way he plays. It's it's it's is
Speaker 1: adrenaline going. Yeah, Pauline, can I also say this too?
Speaker 1: I was filled with hope, hope because I really today
Speaker 1: was a day where I saw Isaiah Simmons and Zavan
Speaker 1: Collins playing inside linebacker together. It didn't matter what the
Speaker 1: down and distance was, Paully. They did it in run
Speaker 1: down situation first and ten second and one to six.
Speaker 1: They did it in third and obvious pass situations. They
Speaker 1: took more reps together today as the inside linebacker. Now
Speaker 1: they moved Isaiah all over, don't get me wrong, but
Speaker 1: they took more reps today together as inside linebackers in
Speaker 1: certain down and distances and personnel groupings. It didn't matter.
Speaker 1: They took more reps than I have seen them take
Speaker 1: in any other practice as the inside linebackers. By the way,
Speaker 1: did we not see Zaven actually fill the hole really
Speaker 1: and react in a couple of drills. Correct, Yes, he did,
Speaker 1: especially the inside drow where his eyes were on the
Speaker 1: inside man. When he sees it and knows what to do,
Speaker 1: he's a force. I was encouraged watching Zavin. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean just like, look, remember what Jordan Hicks told us
Speaker 1: last year. They're now departed middle linebacker and team captain,
Speaker 1: and he said he would sit in the meeting rooms
Speaker 1: look at Isaiah Simmons and look at Zavian Collins. Callan,
Speaker 1: We've got a couple of legit freaks here. I mean,
Speaker 1: these guys are huge, they're fast. So if you can
Speaker 1: get Zaven Collins up to speed, now they got a
Speaker 1: play like in Paulie all right, special thanks as always
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