WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Conner Ready For Cardinals Debut 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:05.040 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:09.040 and ahead, he got Jack. This is the Big Red Rain, 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:14.200 presented by satan Ford in Gilbert. Harry's Gonna score touchdown. 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.320 Slim to the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo, 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:22.919 he came flying into the backfield. The rage is brought 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:27.760 to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Santanford? 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.520 State Farm? Talk to an agent today at eight hundred 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:37.240 State Farm, And by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts visit acy Cardinals 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:46.080 dot Com, Slash Podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Temperaturizing vision, flurring, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:50.720 rage taking over. Here's Paul CALVC. Get the popcorn ready, 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.560 It's gonna be a show. And Ron Wolflee. If it 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:58.000 doesn't get any better than that, boy, unleash the far. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:04.400 It's the Big Red Rage and it counts. What's that line? 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:10.759 They're real and they're spectacular. Same deal here. But forget 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.679 the Buccaneers and those Super Bowl rings, Ron Wolfley, that 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:17.880 is that is so last year. Forget the cowboys and 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:22.959 hard knocks, that is so last month. Straight ahead the 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:27.720 Cardinals season opener in fact less than three days away. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:32.680 Tick talk, and it's gonna get extremely real. In Nashville, 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:38.320 we're talking steel guitars, stiff arms, and regular season football. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.440 I mean, what's not to like here on the Big 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.760 Red Rage presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Probably I could 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.760 just tell when I woke up this morning it was 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.120 game week. There's no denying it. You could just feel it. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.520 It was game week. Yes, Wednesday had come and gone, 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.560 and we all know that Wednesday typically is the first 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:58.560 day that you really start game planning, when you go 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.160 out and you practice game plan hard, and then all 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.800 of a sudden, Thursday you follow it up and you 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.400 specialize it a little bit more, but you still your 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:12.320 game planning super hard for the opponent. Wednesday and Thursday's, Baby, 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.320 those are two heavy work days. And I am all 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.920 jacked up right now. He can feel it. Not only 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.280 the fact that Arizona Cardinals are going to play the 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.880 Tennessee Tits, one of the most brutal teams in the 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.880 National Football League, on Sunday. But we already got football 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.360 going on right now, baby, Yes, we do. Do you 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.000 feel like you have a handle on the twenty twenty 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.600 one Cardinals? Do you feel like you know what's coming? No? 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.520 I honestly do not, Polly, do you not really? I 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:45.800 mean I look at him on paper right and they're loaded. 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:48.400 I mean I really, I really like what I'm seeing. Now. 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.120 There's holes, there's flaws, but name a team that doesn't 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.040 have all the above. I like what I'm seeing. I 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.200 liked what I saw at camp. But once again, Ron willfully, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:01.280 there is the unknown. You have a physical Tennessee team 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.160 that played three preseason games not too plus they had 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.959 a week of joint practice with Tampa, who's playing right now, 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.520 so they seemingly have had a much more physical August 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.600 you now, is that going to translate on game day? 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:15.519 I mean, are they going to come out there and 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.799 the Boomer's a stiff arm to the Jahn all of 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.600 a sudden. All the X in the world, it doesn't 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:25.000 matter if you're getting physically beat down. Yeah, Polly, I 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.880 don't know. I do know this right now. The Tennessee's Titans, 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.080 I think are one of the more physical teams in 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.240 the National Football League in that offense, might be the 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:37.200 most physical offense in the National Football League. But that's 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.560 what I know. And if the Arizona Cardinals wanted to 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:45.680 test their physicality, something that we know in the off season. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:50.480 They made it something they wanted to accomplish by going 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.520 out and getting the likes of a JJ Watt to 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.760 Rodney Hudson, even in Malcolm Butler, who was a very 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.120 physical corner when they brought him in here and going 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:00.880 out and getting guy is that we're going to be 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.560 physical football players and all of a sudden, man, that's 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.880 gonna get put to the test. And you know what, 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.800 they had a similar test last year, did they not? 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.960 On the road against the defending NFC champion forty nine 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.560 ers who are healthy and known for a physical defense, 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.680 and they came out victorious. We know that. So how 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.960 about JJ Watt? What does he know? He talked to 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.400 the media today. Where are the Arozona Cardinals going into 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.720 Week one? I think this training camp, these practices leading 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.280 up to this week, I think it's been awesome. I 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.120 don't know if we've had anybody late to anything. I 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.080 think we've had guys at their lists. We've had guys 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.280 at the practices working their ass off. We've got guys 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.839 staying after doing extra work. We got guys studying film 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.480 in the cold tubs after practice and calling each other 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.120 talking about plays in text and saying Hey, I know 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.000 we got this play tomorrow. Can you talk me through 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:48.200 your technique? Like I think that the leadership on this 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.040 team and the guys that have been voted the captains 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.640 have been doing an unbelievable job of making sure that 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.680 everybody understands the goal and understands what the standard is here. 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.360 And by the way, as JJ Watt himself noted, he's 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.760 played the te and this team twice a year for 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.000 a decade. DeAndre Hopkins talked to the media today, he 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.120 has more catches and more receiving yards against the Titans 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.400 and any opponent in his career. So at least you 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.440 have that going for you. Two guys very experienced, minus 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:17.120 Malcolm Butler, who you thought might be in the fold. 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.279 But it's intriguing because JJ Watt said, you know what, 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.920 he shared a lot about what Mike Vrabel is all about, 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.320 and especially that offense. And we'll see if that makes 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.520 a difference on Sunday. No, you're right, Polly, Honestly, that 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.320 offense again, it's really really simple. They attack the line 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.000 of scrimmage. Polly. We've been talking about this all off season, 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.200 but the Tennessee Titans attack the line of scrimmage over 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.960 and over and over again, until you're so conditioned you're 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.160 attacking the line of scrimmage because you don't want to 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.440 get run over by King Henry. And then suddenly here 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:52.159 it comes the play action. I mean, it's a simple concept. 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.080 Now we're going to throw the ball and typically because 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:58.360 you've got that second level sucked up to the line 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:02.560 of scrimmage to stop Derek Henry and rundown situations, now 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.160 it makes it easier to throw the ball over the middle. Hey, 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.000 you mentioned Tampa's playing right now. What are the odds 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:10.840 that Tom Brady and Bruce Arians What are the odds 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:15.400 they're targeting Micah Parsons, the rookie middle linebacker and trying 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.960 to exploit him. Because you know, we talked to Cliff 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.920 Kingsbury this week as we recorded game plays Weekly TV show, 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.360 and oh yeah, Cardinals coaches very much expect them. It's 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.679 a game of matchups. They will target the rookie Zavin Collins, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.680 there's no doubt about it, and they'll do it in 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:33.440 a physical fashion. Here's the head coach, Cliff Kingsbury physical team. 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.320 You know, they have been really, really good the last 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.240 few years. Coach Babel was done a tremendous job building 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.720 that culture, and they fly around the football in all 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.080 three phases. And you know, have one of the best 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.640 running backs in the game, just inquired one of the 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.360 best receivers. The quarterbacks have been playing at a Pro 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.800 Bowl level the last few years, and so it's going 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.240 to be a huge challenge. I mean, they were top 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.440 five in offensive year ago. Wolf they were second to 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.560 Kansas City and a lot of key categories and all 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:02.760 by the way, they added who Leo Jones. So there's 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.360 a lot of predictions in the we remember that whole 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.479 big day are Paul. I mean, that's the That's the 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.920 thing about the Titans that are a physical lot. I 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:14.560 mean even their quarterback is a former wide receiver, Paul 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:18.400 and Ryan Tannehill. He has seven rushing touchdowns himself. Right, 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.800 this is a big, a big dude who can totally 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.880 run and will run and hammer you. And then all 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.560 of a sudden you have Derek Henry and then you 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:28.600 have that offensive line. Then you have the two tight 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.160 ends a really good blocking Titan, and then you have 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:36.600 two wide receivers that are big dudes. Man A J. 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:41.200 Brown is no slouch whatsoever. He's like the Hulk, and 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:46.080 then you got Julio Jones, who's what six two two twenty. 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.880 Both both Julio Jones and A. J. Brown are two 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.800 twenty plush goods. Get ready for that? U? I mean, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.239 thank goodness. The Cardinals added the likes of a JJ 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:58.520 Watt and Rodney Hudson. And oh, by the way, tonight's 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:04.000 guest James Connor can play himself a physical brand of football. 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:07.640 By the way, with the advent of legalized sports wagering today, well, 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.840 if I have a pauly prop bet for you, Okay, 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.320 who's gonna get the first sack for the Arizona Cardinals 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:17.280 shoes between JJ Watt and Chandler Jones. Did you hear 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.920 what Vance Joseph said about Chandler Jones today? He said, 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.640 Chan's been all in. He looked great this week. I 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.240 think Chan is back to what he was two years ago. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.520 He's in great shape, he's rushing the passer, he's playing fast, 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:33.720 he's motivated. Van's Joseph and Chandler Jones. You know what, Honestly, 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:35.920 I'd have to go with Chan, no offense to JJ 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.719 Watt whatsoever. I'd have to go with Chan because I 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.480 think he's going to be given the opportunity and then 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.680 coming off the edge as much as he will. And 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.480 who knows, maybe J J. Watt is coming off the 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.440 other edge. I don't know how vance Joseph is gonna 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.120 use him yet. It's gonna be fascinating. Tell me that 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:58.720 first QUARTERBALLI is not gonna be incredibly fascinating to watch it. 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:02.200 I'm gonna be leaning out the window up in the 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.920 booth watching that first quarter. Just what kind of personnel 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.760 groups are they going to use, What kind of coverages 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.000 are they going to use, What are the corners that 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:12.440 are going to be on the field. I mean, I've 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:16.880 got so many questions and I cannot wait to watch 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:20.000 it right now, Paulie. But there's no doubt, man, this 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.720 is gonna be a slug fest. And I think Chandler 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.880 Jones gets at first sack and you've been all over it. Aunt. 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.719 Joseph also said today that Jordan Hicks will have a 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:34.000 quote huge role for our team. So don't be surprised 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.560 if Damon Collins is out there with Isaiah Simmons and 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.679 Jordan Hicks. Yeah. It's episode seven of the Day Pash 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:43.079 podcast featuring James Rode from Psych and a million little 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.319 things available now wherever you get your podcast or the 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:49.600 latest updates go follow along at pashpod on Twinter. The 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:53.360 aforementioned James Conner. He is next on the Big Red 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.880 Rage presented by satan Ford and Gilbert we Are satan Ford. 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.720 Hodges gets the shotgun, snap, gives it to Connor, sweeps 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.520 the left side, got a block of the ten. Connor 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:11.959 to the five down. James Cotter sweeping the left side, 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.360 takes it in for twelve yards out. Hodges will throw 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.320 the Connor out of the backfield, makes a man missing. 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.480 It's at the twenty. Cotter down the sideline of the 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.199 ten and he's gonna walk it in and for the touchdown. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:27.080 About that rushing and receiving a touchdown each against the 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:31.600 Chargers back in two thousand nineteen courtesy Westwood one right there, 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.040 of course, two thy eighteen his Pro Bowl season and 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:36.959 Wolf you know the answer to this. In fact, he 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.560 was a former guest, and we'll hear from him in 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.920 a little bit. His running backs coach back with a 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:46.120 steel is two thousan eighteen was James Saxon. Yes, was 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:50.120 the running backs coach whole spider of his time over 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:55.280 there looking something else. What did you say? Exactly? Thought? Okay, 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.920 you know what you were asking me a question. We've 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.600 been doing this too long. It's like you know when 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.000 you're talking your spouse after twenty years and they just 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.800 tune you out. That's exactly. That's exactly what happened right there. 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.720 Let's ask it. Okay. So look, when you assigned, James 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.840 Conner said, I feel brand new. How's he feeling right now? 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.240 Let's find out because he joins us here on the 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.240 Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert James. 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:22.360 How we do? How's your focus right now? James? My 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.199 focus is great. It's at an all time high right now. 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.840 So and the focus is there on the preparation is there. 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:34.920 I'm just excited about what's next. James, Man, I'm doing good, buddy. Seriously, Um, 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.360 I can feel the intensity right now, right I mean, 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.760 do you do you feel it on Wednesdays and Thursdays? 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:45.080 Do you do you abide in that intensity and like it? Absolutely? 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.720 You know, especially with willing Days and Thursday that the 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:49.880 last time we were you know, kind of going full 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.719 speed and you know, just simulating actual game. So you know, 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:55.880 I feel the intensity for sure. And you know, I 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:57.760 just had a good practice today and just compute the 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.040 rolling and say Sunday for Oaks, who wonder, Okay, the 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:04.480 first team offense got nine total snaps and there was 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.040 a trio of three and outs, and they wonder about 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.720 a physical Tennessee team. How do you answer that question 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.880 as to whether the Cardinals are going to be regular 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:17.000 season ready? You just you answered by letting them play, 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.400 you know, do the talking. And so that's the best 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.320 way we can do it is just you know, show 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.160 whether than talk about it, you know, talking where he 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.760 does nothing for us. So you know, everybody to for 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.559 the physical Tennessee team in the world political team as well, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.440 and so we embrace the challenge and everything that comes 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.600 with it. And James, do you have any idea how 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:38.400 the reps might be distributed between you and Chase Edmonds 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.800 in this game against the Titans. You're just gonna see 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.960 both players getting involved in getting active, you know, um, 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.640 and both ask us of the game, Chase running and catching, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.000 me running the catching. So um, you know, I see 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.840 us playing a team game and win it. That's the 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.640 most important thing. And in fact, here's the head coach, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.160 Cliff Kingsbury because he's been asked more than once Wolf 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.520 as you know about that one two punch of James 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.920 Connor and Chase Edmonds. You know, James brings a tough, physical, 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:09.280 downhill running attack that he's been approven uh, you know, 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.240 tough yard runner in this league since he got into it. 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:15.000 And the thing I like most about him and Chase 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.200 their approach to the game. There's as serious as you 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.400 can be out on that field. Ultra competitors, and they're 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.839 gonna push each other and give us a real one 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.959 two punch that I thinks can really help us. In fact, 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.480 we do a TV show every week for Cliff Kingsbury 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.160 and we asked him flat out, are we're going to 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.080 see these two running backs on the field at the 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.960 same time and he nodded and smiled. I mean, there's 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:36.960 gonna be a variety of roles for both of you guys. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.400 I know Chase mentioned that we're going to even see 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:43.160 you in the slot at times in this offense. Man, 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.199 we both great football players, um, and we're put in 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.319 great position to make you know, big plays or coach 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.000 Bury well. And so when you when you coach well, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.439 you have the ability you're available. Um, you know, it's 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.079 it's planning to go around, and it's you know, it's 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.079 a beautiful thing. And so we're both grateful for this 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.760 opportunity of what we have and we will make the 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.520 most of it. James, what are you and Chase talking 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.840 about right now? In regard to the upcoming game. It 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:12.440 doesn't really have to be the opponent, but just the 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.920 way you guys want to go about your business. So 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.080 what are you guys focusing on? What do you talk 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:22.440 about throughout the week? Throughout the week? You know, we 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.640 were close friends, you know, me chasing all the running backs. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.080 You know, we talk about what we don't grab something 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.200 to eat at you know, we talk about practice, when 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.640 getting better, We talk about some of everything. Everybody's focused, 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:36.560 everybody's locked in and and everybody's excited and everybody you 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.160 knows for one another. So, man, just a great group 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:43.760 of running backs who's excited and ready to play. You know. Eno, Benjamin, 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.120 we're on board by the way, with James Connor, Cardinals 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.080 running back both you know, Benjamin and Jonathan Ward told 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.160 the media, unprompted, how helpful you have been with them 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.920 and imparting a lot of advice and wisdom, et cetera. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:56.680 Can you give us a sense of what you've tried 0:14:56.680 --> 0:15:00.400 to convey to those young guys. Man are trying to 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.240 be a leader, you know, veteran in that room, and 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.600 so just you know, my presidence and just how I 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.760 approached the game. Um, you know, I feel like there's 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:11.800 a lot. Uh, there's a lot for me. But man, 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.080 they those young guys that helped me as well, you know, 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.600 and uh, and so we just really learned from each other. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.680 But I just try to be there and be a 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.800 friend uni first of all. And then as the friends 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.480 then you know football obviously we're in the building and 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.720 we're at practicing in meetings, so you know, questions come up. 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.000 But at the end of the day, you just got 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:29.720 to be a friend first, and that's how relationship and 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:31.560 advice and all that type of stuff, you know, gets 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.440 the ball rolling. James, would you rather be in the 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.320 que position behind Kyler Murray with your toes at six 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:42.680 or seven? Or would you rather be offset and the shotgun? Oh, 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.480 don't have a preference, really, don't you know? This is 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.160 the National Football League and and so you got to 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.080 be ready and so that opportunity ers to be out 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.920 there and uh, you know toes that seven or offset, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.600 I think that is both dangerous and incapable of explosive players. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.400 Both mentioned Kyler. Uh, and you know, if you had 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.360 to pick a quarterback who is diametrically opposite of Kyler, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.880 you might go with Big Ben. Now what, Big Ben's 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.440 a Hall of Famer, He's just very different than a 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:15.080 Kyler Murray. And I'm curious what is Kyler's running ability 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.080 and the threat that you can rip one for forty 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.280 yards at any moment, what does that do for a 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.920 running back? And and and the fact the defense has 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.280 to respect the quarterback. I definitely believe it opened things 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.320 up for sure. Like you said, you know, defense has 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.200 to respect him. You know, every other team in this 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.600 league respects you know, K one. And so when you 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:35.880 got a QB like that who's super dangerous you know, 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.400 through the air, on the ground, a special player, man 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:42.040 with really gifted, really talented, and also focused. You know. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.960 So that's that combination right there. He's going to do 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.480 big things and he you know, he does a good job. 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.440 Would open everything that receivers backs tight end, you know, 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.480 he does special. You know for me, James, you are 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.040 a three down back. There's no doubt about that. But 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.360 there's a lot of people who just assume you are 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:01.400 a power runner. Um, is that something that bothers you 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:05.000 at all? It doesn't, you know, it truly doesn't. Um. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:06.920 You know, I'm in my lane, I'm in my journey. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.200 I'm enjoying it. Um. The early part of my career 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.520 in the NFL was you know, in Pittsburgh running and 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.520 all that. And so now I get the opportunity to 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.840 come out on the West Coast being the Arizona Cardinal 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:20.639 and be able to show what I can do in 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.719 the past game and continue to show what I can 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.200 do in a running game. So, you know, my, my, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.399 my career, in my journey. Everything is uh, you know, 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:30.440 I'm just on my path and I'm enjoying it. So 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.400 I'm just sitting ignored the noise. And James, you don't 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:37.080 mind picking up a blitzing linebacker, do you? No, not 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:42.640 at all. That's good answer to that one. Hey, that's 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.240 the grease. Baby. What's amazing is you look at his 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:49.200 bio and he was a standout defensive lineman in high school. 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.840 Both think about that for a minute, all right. In 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.399 addition to be in a scholarship running back. Right, he 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.160 was a defensive lineman in high school. So to Wolf's point, there, Wolf, 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.320 how many career receptions did you have again? Twenty one? 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:06.280 He was twenty six and ten years I see, So 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.480 are people sleeping on your ability to catch the ball, James, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:11.400 because even Chase told him me and he said, hey, 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:15.159 he's got soft hands. And I know, just this is 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:17.560 my sense that you would look forward to being a 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:21.040 target in the past game. Correct, Yeah, definitely looking forward 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.120 to it. And I say, no, Now I'm over here 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:24.880 and I'm able to show what i have to do. 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.080 And you know, it doesn't matter what people say, you know, 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.840 Sunday Sunday, we'll be here sooner en us. And we 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.280 got a great opportunities ahead of us, you know, to 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.520 show what we often do a team. And so I'm 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:40.080 excited about me. I actually am. You know, no matter 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.639 what the pass you know was, or what people are saying, 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.800 we got an opportunity on Sundays to do everything we 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.960 want to do. So we're excited. I tell you, I 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:52.000 think of James Connor, and I think of the other 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.320 weapons of Cardinals have added, and I think red zone. 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:56.760 I think the Cardinals in the red zone. And now 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.720 in addition to d Hop you have six foot four 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.000 a j Green, you have a Onell Moore. We know 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.640 Chase and his ability, his knows for the end zone 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:05.840 and the pylon. And then and then there's James Condon 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.639 when it comes to short yardage or goal line. James, 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:11.760 give us a little sense as to your mindset. You 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.720 know in those situations it's third and short, fourth and short, 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:19.679 what's your mentality? The mentality is first and foremost as 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.640 always protect the ball, you know, scoring, scoring and brand 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.920 zone and get ready scourse. So protective ball first, first 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.479 and foremost, and then be physical and then also just 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:31.919 you know, following football in the right place, you know, 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:34.359 following the offensive line who set its home each of 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.480 them play and so you know the physical, protective ball 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.840 and put the right spot on it. Your mindset. Just 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:43.720 give points on the ball. James, have you shown them 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:46.399 that you are a three down back? Because I know 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:48.480 you believe you're a three down back. Do you think 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:50.960 you've shown the Cardinals that you are a three down 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.960 back in practice? I truly believe so. Yeah. Every every 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:56.440 time I go out there and I try to play 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:58.879 my best football, and we have a great camp, and 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:01.560 you know, and I'm I'm learning the plays and I 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.679 feel like I'm doing, you know, everything I can do 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:05.800 it in my power to show you know, how the 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.640 vocball player I am, and it's how a teammate I am. 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:12.040 And so the work is almost done, and so I 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.440 definitely believe I have How's it going with a playbook? 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:17.200 I've heard it said before that's actually easier in the 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.000 regular season because you're only taking chapters or slices of 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:22.679 the playbook and putting it in for that particular opponent. 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:26.640 Does it become a little more manageable? Now? Yes, for sure. 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:28.720 You know, it's just like anything. You just put times 0:20:28.720 --> 0:20:32.600 to your review it and you know your game prep 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:36.040 and game playing. So you know, I believe everything's going 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:38.800 in the right direction for sure. All Right, we'll tell 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.400 you what. We'll continue to talking with James Connor and 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:44.640 we'll get ready for the Tennessee Titans. And in fact, 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:46.879