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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers and those Super Bowl rings, Ron Wolfley, that
Speaker 1: is that is so last year. Forget the cowboys and
Speaker 1: hard knocks, that is so last month. Straight ahead the
Speaker 1: Cardinals season opener in fact less than three days away.
Speaker 1: Tick talk, and it's gonna get extremely real. In Nashville,
Speaker 1: we're talking steel guitars, stiff arms, and regular season football.
Speaker 1: I mean, what's not to like here on the Big
Speaker 1: Red Rage presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Probably I could
Speaker 1: just tell when I woke up this morning it was
Speaker 1: game week. There's no denying it. You could just feel it.
Speaker 1: It was game week. Yes, Wednesday had come and gone,
Speaker 1: and we all know that Wednesday typically is the first
Speaker 1: day that you really start game planning, when you go
Speaker 1: out and you practice game plan hard, and then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, Thursday you follow it up and you
Speaker 1: specialize it a little bit more, but you still your
Speaker 1: game planning super hard for the opponent. Wednesday and Thursday's, Baby,
Speaker 1: those are two heavy work days. And I am all
Speaker 1: jacked up right now. He can feel it. Not only
Speaker 1: the fact that Arizona Cardinals are going to play the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Tits, one of the most brutal teams in the
Speaker 1: National Football League, on Sunday. But we already got football
Speaker 1: going on right now, baby, Yes, we do. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like you have a handle on the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: one Cardinals? Do you feel like you know what's coming? No?
Speaker 1: I honestly do not, Polly, do you not really? I
Speaker 1: mean I look at him on paper right and they're loaded.
Speaker 1: I mean I really, I really like what I'm seeing. Now.
Speaker 1: There's holes, there's flaws, but name a team that doesn't
Speaker 1: have all the above. I like what I'm seeing. I
Speaker 1: liked what I saw at camp. But once again, Ron willfully,
Speaker 1: there is the unknown. You have a physical Tennessee team
Speaker 1: that played three preseason games not too plus they had
Speaker 1: a week of joint practice with Tampa, who's playing right now,
Speaker 1: so they seemingly have had a much more physical August
Speaker 1: you now, is that going to translate on game day?
Speaker 1: I mean, are they going to come out there and
Speaker 1: the Boomer's a stiff arm to the Jahn all of
Speaker 1: a sudden. All the X in the world, it doesn't
Speaker 1: matter if you're getting physically beat down. Yeah, Polly, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I do know this right now. The Tennessee's Titans,
Speaker 1: I think are one of the more physical teams in
Speaker 1: the National Football League in that offense, might be the
Speaker 1: most physical offense in the National Football League. But that's
Speaker 1: what I know. And if the Arizona Cardinals wanted to
Speaker 1: test their physicality, something that we know in the off season.
Speaker 1: They made it something they wanted to accomplish by going
Speaker 1: out and getting the likes of a JJ Watt to
Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson, even in Malcolm Butler, who was a very
Speaker 1: physical corner when they brought him in here and going
Speaker 1: out and getting guy is that we're going to be
Speaker 1: physical football players and all of a sudden, man, that's
Speaker 1: gonna get put to the test. And you know what,
Speaker 1: they had a similar test last year, did they not?
Speaker 1: On the road against the defending NFC champion forty nine
Speaker 1: ers who are healthy and known for a physical defense,
Speaker 1: and they came out victorious. We know that. So how
Speaker 1: about JJ Watt? What does he know? He talked to
Speaker 1: the media today. Where are the Arozona Cardinals going into
Speaker 1: Week one? I think this training camp, these practices leading
Speaker 1: up to this week, I think it's been awesome. I
Speaker 1: don't know if we've had anybody late to anything. I
Speaker 1: think we've had guys at their lists. We've had guys
Speaker 1: at the practices working their ass off. We've got guys
Speaker 1: staying after doing extra work. We got guys studying film
Speaker 1: in the cold tubs after practice and calling each other
Speaker 1: talking about plays in text and saying Hey, I know
Speaker 1: we got this play tomorrow. Can you talk me through
Speaker 1: your technique? Like I think that the leadership on this
Speaker 1: team and the guys that have been voted the captains
Speaker 1: have been doing an unbelievable job of making sure that
Speaker 1: everybody understands the goal and understands what the standard is here.
Speaker 1: And by the way, as JJ Watt himself noted, he's
Speaker 1: played the te and this team twice a year for
Speaker 1: a decade. DeAndre Hopkins talked to the media today, he
Speaker 1: has more catches and more receiving yards against the Titans
Speaker 1: and any opponent in his career. So at least you
Speaker 1: have that going for you. Two guys very experienced, minus
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler, who you thought might be in the fold.
Speaker 1: But it's intriguing because JJ Watt said, you know what,
Speaker 1: he shared a lot about what Mike Vrabel is all about,
Speaker 1: and especially that offense. And we'll see if that makes
Speaker 1: a difference on Sunday. No, you're right, Polly, Honestly, that
Speaker 1: offense again, it's really really simple. They attack the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. Polly. We've been talking about this all off season,
Speaker 1: but the Tennessee Titans attack the line of scrimmage over
Speaker 1: and over and over again, until you're so conditioned you're
Speaker 1: attacking the line of scrimmage because you don't want to
Speaker 1: get run over by King Henry. And then suddenly here
Speaker 1: it comes the play action. I mean, it's a simple concept.
Speaker 1: Now we're going to throw the ball and typically because
Speaker 1: you've got that second level sucked up to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage to stop Derek Henry and rundown situations, now
Speaker 1: it makes it easier to throw the ball over the middle. Hey,
Speaker 1: you mentioned Tampa's playing right now. What are the odds
Speaker 1: that Tom Brady and Bruce Arians What are the odds
Speaker 1: they're targeting Micah Parsons, the rookie middle linebacker and trying
Speaker 1: to exploit him. Because you know, we talked to Cliff
Speaker 1: Kingsbury this week as we recorded game plays Weekly TV show,
Speaker 1: and oh yeah, Cardinals coaches very much expect them. It's
Speaker 1: a game of matchups. They will target the rookie Zavin Collins,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it, and they'll do it in
Speaker 1: a physical fashion. Here's the head coach, Cliff Kingsbury physical team.
Speaker 1: You know, they have been really, really good the last
Speaker 1: few years. Coach Babel was done a tremendous job building
Speaker 1: that culture, and they fly around the football in all
Speaker 1: three phases. And you know, have one of the best
Speaker 1: running backs in the game, just inquired one of the
Speaker 1: best receivers. The quarterbacks have been playing at a Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl level the last few years, and so it's going
Speaker 1: to be a huge challenge. I mean, they were top
Speaker 1: five in offensive year ago. Wolf they were second to
Speaker 1: Kansas City and a lot of key categories and all
Speaker 1: by the way, they added who Leo Jones. So there's
Speaker 1: a lot of predictions in the we remember that whole
Speaker 1: big day are Paul. I mean, that's the That's the
Speaker 1: thing about the Titans that are a physical lot. I
Speaker 1: mean even their quarterback is a former wide receiver, Paul
Speaker 1: and Ryan Tannehill. He has seven rushing touchdowns himself. Right,
Speaker 1: this is a big, a big dude who can totally
Speaker 1: run and will run and hammer you. And then all
Speaker 1: of a sudden you have Derek Henry and then you
Speaker 1: have that offensive line. Then you have the two tight
Speaker 1: ends a really good blocking Titan, and then you have
Speaker 1: two wide receivers that are big dudes. Man A J.
Speaker 1: Brown is no slouch whatsoever. He's like the Hulk, and
Speaker 1: then you got Julio Jones, who's what six two two twenty.
Speaker 1: Both both Julio Jones and A. J. Brown are two
Speaker 1: twenty plush goods. Get ready for that? U? I mean,
Speaker 1: thank goodness. The Cardinals added the likes of a JJ
Speaker 1: Watt and Rodney Hudson. And oh, by the way, tonight's
Speaker 1: guest James Connor can play himself a physical brand of football.
Speaker 1: By the way, with the advent of legalized sports wagering today, well,
Speaker 1: if I have a pauly prop bet for you, Okay,
Speaker 1: who's gonna get the first sack for the Arizona Cardinals
Speaker 1: shoes between JJ Watt and Chandler Jones. Did you hear
Speaker 1: what Vance Joseph said about Chandler Jones today? He said,
Speaker 1: Chan's been all in. He looked great this week. I
Speaker 1: think Chan is back to what he was two years ago.
Speaker 1: He's in great shape, he's rushing the passer, he's playing fast,
Speaker 1: he's motivated. Van's Joseph and Chandler Jones. You know what, Honestly,
Speaker 1: I'd have to go with Chan, no offense to JJ
Speaker 1: Watt whatsoever. I'd have to go with Chan because I
Speaker 1: think he's going to be given the opportunity and then
Speaker 1: coming off the edge as much as he will. And
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe J J. Watt is coming off the
Speaker 1: other edge. I don't know how vance Joseph is gonna
Speaker 1: use him yet. It's gonna be fascinating. Tell me that
Speaker 1: first QUARTERBALLI is not gonna be incredibly fascinating to watch it.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be leaning out the window up in the
Speaker 1: booth watching that first quarter. Just what kind of personnel
Speaker 1: groups are they going to use, What kind of coverages
Speaker 1: are they going to use, What are the corners that
Speaker 1: are going to be on the field. I mean, I've
Speaker 1: got so many questions and I cannot wait to watch
Speaker 1: it right now, Paulie. But there's no doubt, man, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a slug fest. And I think Chandler
Speaker 1: Jones gets at first sack and you've been all over it. Aunt.
Speaker 1: Joseph also said today that Jordan Hicks will have a
Speaker 1: quote huge role for our team. So don't be surprised
Speaker 1: if Damon Collins is out there with Isaiah Simmons and
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks. Yeah. It's episode seven of the Day Pash
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Speaker 1: aforementioned James Conner. He is next on the Big Red
Speaker 1: Rage presented by satan Ford and Gilbert we Are satan Ford.
Speaker 1: Hodges gets the shotgun, snap, gives it to Connor, sweeps
Speaker 1: the left side, got a block of the ten. Connor
Speaker 1: to the five down. James Cotter sweeping the left side,
Speaker 1: takes it in for twelve yards out. Hodges will throw
Speaker 1: the Connor out of the backfield, makes a man missing.
Speaker 1: It's at the twenty. Cotter down the sideline of the
Speaker 1: ten and he's gonna walk it in and for the touchdown.
Speaker 1: About that rushing and receiving a touchdown each against the
Speaker 1: Chargers back in two thousand nineteen courtesy Westwood one right there,
Speaker 1: of course, two thy eighteen his Pro Bowl season and
Speaker 1: Wolf you know the answer to this. In fact, he
Speaker 1: was a former guest, and we'll hear from him in
Speaker 1: a little bit. His running backs coach back with a
Speaker 1: steel is two thousan eighteen was James Saxon. Yes, was
Speaker 1: the running backs coach whole spider of his time over
Speaker 1: there looking something else. What did you say? Exactly? Thought? Okay,
Speaker 1: you know what you were asking me a question. We've
Speaker 1: been doing this too long. It's like you know when
Speaker 1: you're talking your spouse after twenty years and they just
Speaker 1: tune you out. That's exactly. That's exactly what happened right there.
Speaker 1: Let's ask it. Okay. So look, when you assigned, James
Speaker 1: Conner said, I feel brand new. How's he feeling right now?
Speaker 1: Let's find out because he joins us here on the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert James.
Speaker 1: How we do? How's your focus right now? James? My
Speaker 1: focus is great. It's at an all time high right now.
Speaker 1: So and the focus is there on the preparation is there.
Speaker 1: I'm just excited about what's next. James, Man, I'm doing good, buddy. Seriously, Um,
Speaker 1: I can feel the intensity right now, right I mean,
Speaker 1: do you do you feel it on Wednesdays and Thursdays?
Speaker 1: Do you do you abide in that intensity and like it? Absolutely?
Speaker 1: You know, especially with willing Days and Thursday that the
Speaker 1: last time we were you know, kind of going full
Speaker 1: speed and you know, just simulating actual game. So you know,
Speaker 1: I feel the intensity for sure. And you know, I
Speaker 1: just had a good practice today and just compute the
Speaker 1: rolling and say Sunday for Oaks, who wonder, Okay, the
Speaker 1: first team offense got nine total snaps and there was
Speaker 1: a trio of three and outs, and they wonder about
Speaker 1: a physical Tennessee team. How do you answer that question
Speaker 1: as to whether the Cardinals are going to be regular
Speaker 1: season ready? You just you answered by letting them play,
Speaker 1: you know, do the talking. And so that's the best
Speaker 1: way we can do it is just you know, show
Speaker 1: whether than talk about it, you know, talking where he
Speaker 1: does nothing for us. So you know, everybody to for
Speaker 1: the physical Tennessee team in the world political team as well,
Speaker 1: and so we embrace the challenge and everything that comes
Speaker 1: with it. And James, do you have any idea how
Speaker 1: the reps might be distributed between you and Chase Edmonds
Speaker 1: in this game against the Titans. You're just gonna see
Speaker 1: both players getting involved in getting active, you know, um,
Speaker 1: and both ask us of the game, Chase running and catching,
Speaker 1: me running the catching. So um, you know, I see
Speaker 1: us playing a team game and win it. That's the
Speaker 1: most important thing. And in fact, here's the head coach,
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury because he's been asked more than once Wolf
Speaker 1: as you know about that one two punch of James
Speaker 1: Connor and Chase Edmonds. You know, James brings a tough, physical,
Speaker 1: downhill running attack that he's been approven uh, you know,
Speaker 1: tough yard runner in this league since he got into it.
Speaker 1: And the thing I like most about him and Chase
Speaker 1: their approach to the game. There's as serious as you
Speaker 1: can be out on that field. Ultra competitors, and they're
Speaker 1: gonna push each other and give us a real one
Speaker 1: two punch that I thinks can really help us. In fact,
Speaker 1: we do a TV show every week for Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 1: and we asked him flat out, are we're going to
Speaker 1: see these two running backs on the field at the
Speaker 1: same time and he nodded and smiled. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a variety of roles for both of you guys.
Speaker 1: I know Chase mentioned that we're going to even see
Speaker 1: you in the slot at times in this offense. Man,
Speaker 1: we both great football players, um, and we're put in
Speaker 1: great position to make you know, big plays or coach
Speaker 1: Bury well. And so when you when you coach well,
Speaker 1: you have the ability you're available. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's planning to go around, and it's you know, it's
Speaker 1: a beautiful thing. And so we're both grateful for this
Speaker 1: opportunity of what we have and we will make the
Speaker 1: most of it. James, what are you and Chase talking
Speaker 1: about right now? In regard to the upcoming game. It
Speaker 1: doesn't really have to be the opponent, but just the
Speaker 1: way you guys want to go about your business. So
Speaker 1: what are you guys focusing on? What do you talk
Speaker 1: about throughout the week? Throughout the week? You know, we
Speaker 1: were close friends, you know, me chasing all the running backs.
Speaker 1: You know, we talk about what we don't grab something
Speaker 1: to eat at you know, we talk about practice, when
Speaker 1: getting better, We talk about some of everything. Everybody's focused,
Speaker 1: everybody's locked in and and everybody's excited and everybody you
Speaker 1: knows for one another. So, man, just a great group
Speaker 1: of running backs who's excited and ready to play. You know. Eno, Benjamin,
Speaker 1: we're on board by the way, with James Connor, Cardinals
Speaker 1: running back both you know, Benjamin and Jonathan Ward told
Speaker 1: the media, unprompted, how helpful you have been with them
Speaker 1: and imparting a lot of advice and wisdom, et cetera.
Speaker 1: Can you give us a sense of what you've tried
Speaker 1: to convey to those young guys. Man are trying to
Speaker 1: be a leader, you know, veteran in that room, and
Speaker 1: so just you know, my presidence and just how I
Speaker 1: approached the game. Um, you know, I feel like there's
Speaker 1: a lot. Uh, there's a lot for me. But man,
Speaker 1: they those young guys that helped me as well, you know,
Speaker 1: and uh, and so we just really learned from each other.
Speaker 1: But I just try to be there and be a
Speaker 1: friend uni first of all. And then as the friends
Speaker 1: then you know football obviously we're in the building and
Speaker 1: we're at practicing in meetings, so you know, questions come up.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, you just got
Speaker 1: to be a friend first, and that's how relationship and
Speaker 1: advice and all that type of stuff, you know, gets
Speaker 1: the ball rolling. James, would you rather be in the
Speaker 1: que position behind Kyler Murray with your toes at six
Speaker 1: or seven? Or would you rather be offset and the shotgun? Oh,
Speaker 1: don't have a preference, really, don't you know? This is
Speaker 1: the National Football League and and so you got to
Speaker 1: be ready and so that opportunity ers to be out
Speaker 1: there and uh, you know toes that seven or offset,
Speaker 1: I think that is both dangerous and incapable of explosive players.
Speaker 1: Both mentioned Kyler. Uh, and you know, if you had
Speaker 1: to pick a quarterback who is diametrically opposite of Kyler,
Speaker 1: you might go with Big Ben. Now what, Big Ben's
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, He's just very different than a
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. And I'm curious what is Kyler's running ability
Speaker 1: and the threat that you can rip one for forty
Speaker 1: yards at any moment, what does that do for a
Speaker 1: running back? And and and the fact the defense has
Speaker 1: to respect the quarterback. I definitely believe it opened things
Speaker 1: up for sure. Like you said, you know, defense has
Speaker 1: to respect him. You know, every other team in this
Speaker 1: league respects you know, K one. And so when you
Speaker 1: got a QB like that who's super dangerous you know,
Speaker 1: through the air, on the ground, a special player, man
Speaker 1: with really gifted, really talented, and also focused. You know.
Speaker 1: So that's that combination right there. He's going to do
Speaker 1: big things and he you know, he does a good job.
Speaker 1: Would open everything that receivers backs tight end, you know,
Speaker 1: he does special. You know for me, James, you are
Speaker 1: a three down back. There's no doubt about that. But
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people who just assume you are
Speaker 1: a power runner. Um, is that something that bothers you
Speaker 1: at all? It doesn't, you know, it truly doesn't. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm in my lane, I'm in my journey.
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying it. Um. The early part of my career
Speaker 1: in the NFL was you know, in Pittsburgh running and
Speaker 1: all that. And so now I get the opportunity to
Speaker 1: come out on the West Coast being the Arizona Cardinal
Speaker 1: and be able to show what I can do in
Speaker 1: the past game and continue to show what I can
Speaker 1: do in a running game. So, you know, my, my,
Speaker 1: my career, in my journey. Everything is uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm just on my path and I'm enjoying it. So
Speaker 1: I'm just sitting ignored the noise. And James, you don't
Speaker 1: mind picking up a blitzing linebacker, do you? No, not
Speaker 1: at all. That's good answer to that one. Hey, that's
Speaker 1: the grease. Baby. What's amazing is you look at his
Speaker 1: bio and he was a standout defensive lineman in high school.
Speaker 1: Both think about that for a minute, all right. In
Speaker 1: addition to be in a scholarship running back. Right, he
Speaker 1: was a defensive lineman in high school. So to Wolf's point, there, Wolf,
Speaker 1: how many career receptions did you have again? Twenty one?
Speaker 1: He was twenty six and ten years I see, So
Speaker 1: are people sleeping on your ability to catch the ball, James,
Speaker 1: because even Chase told him me and he said, hey,
Speaker 1: he's got soft hands. And I know, just this is
Speaker 1: my sense that you would look forward to being a
Speaker 1: target in the past game. Correct, Yeah, definitely looking forward
Speaker 1: to it. And I say, no, Now I'm over here
Speaker 1: and I'm able to show what i have to do.
Speaker 1: And you know, it doesn't matter what people say, you know,
Speaker 1: Sunday Sunday, we'll be here sooner en us. And we
Speaker 1: got a great opportunities ahead of us, you know, to
Speaker 1: show what we often do a team. And so I'm
Speaker 1: excited about me. I actually am. You know, no matter
Speaker 1: what the pass you know was, or what people are saying,
Speaker 1: we got an opportunity on Sundays to do everything we
Speaker 1: want to do. So we're excited. I tell you, I
Speaker 1: think of James Connor, and I think of the other
Speaker 1: weapons of Cardinals have added, and I think red zone.
Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals in the red zone. And now
Speaker 1: in addition to d Hop you have six foot four
Speaker 1: a j Green, you have a Onell Moore. We know
Speaker 1: Chase and his ability, his knows for the end zone
Speaker 1: and the pylon. And then and then there's James Condon
Speaker 1: when it comes to short yardage or goal line. James,
Speaker 1: give us a little sense as to your mindset. You
Speaker 1: know in those situations it's third and short, fourth and short,
Speaker 1: what's your mentality? The mentality is first and foremost as
Speaker 1: always protect the ball, you know, scoring, scoring and brand
Speaker 1: zone and get ready scourse. So protective ball first, first
Speaker 1: and foremost, and then be physical and then also just
Speaker 1: you know, following football in the right place, you know,
Speaker 1: following the offensive line who set its home each of
Speaker 1: them play and so you know the physical, protective ball
Speaker 1: and put the right spot on it. Your mindset. Just
Speaker 1: give points on the ball. James, have you shown them
Speaker 1: that you are a three down back? Because I know
Speaker 1: you believe you're a three down back. Do you think
Speaker 1: you've shown the Cardinals that you are a three down
Speaker 1: back in practice? I truly believe so. Yeah. Every every
Speaker 1: time I go out there and I try to play
Speaker 1: my best football, and we have a great camp, and
Speaker 1: you know, and I'm I'm learning the plays and I
Speaker 1: feel like I'm doing, you know, everything I can do
Speaker 1: it in my power to show you know, how the
Speaker 1: vocball player I am, and it's how a teammate I am.
Speaker 1: And so the work is almost done, and so I
Speaker 1: definitely believe I have How's it going with a playbook?
Speaker 1: I've heard it said before that's actually easier in the
Speaker 1: regular season because you're only taking chapters or slices of
Speaker 1: the playbook and putting it in for that particular opponent.
Speaker 1: Does it become a little more manageable? Now? Yes, for sure.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just like anything. You just put times
Speaker 1: to your review it and you know your game prep
Speaker 1: and game playing. So you know, I believe everything's going
Speaker 1: in the right direction for sure. All Right, we'll tell
Speaker 1: you what. We'll continue to talking with James Connor and
Speaker 1: we'll get ready for the Tennessee Titans. And in fact,
Speaker 1: we're gonna ask him. You know what, if you're in business,
Speaker 1: it's called best practices, right, you study other businesses and
Speaker 1: things that work. Well, you know what's other running backs?
Speaker 1: Does he look towards and does he admire because we asked,
Speaker 1: you know, Benjamin that question a few weeks ago, remember
Speaker 1: that Wolf and how did oh where? He said, Mary
Speaker 1: and Barber. Yeah, and we didn't expect that one. Marry
Speaker 1: and Barber. What a good blair he was, though understated?
Speaker 1: And what does what does James Connor think of Derrick Henry?
Speaker 1: And you know what would James Connor want to deliver Wolf?
Speaker 1: Maybe one of those Derrick Henry stiff arms, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe get Wolf's attention off the top of the segment.
Speaker 1: You know that could work too. So we'll continue here
Speaker 1: with James Connor on the Big Red Rage presented by
Speaker 1: satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford of bang
Speaker 1: Bot of Boom, great protection for Kyler Murray. The pocket
Speaker 1: has been really, really sound. This is where you gotta
Speaker 1: feed the butt guts now, baby, you gotta let those
Speaker 1: butt guts line up and eat. Get a little greasy.
Speaker 1: They like it greasy. You had the bud guts come
Speaker 1: off the ball. Get movement at the point, baby. Yes.
Speaker 1: Ron Hoefley carts color analyst who's always had an affinity
Speaker 1: for the old line. Does that go back to the
Speaker 1: fact that your older brother want to ring with the
Speaker 1: Steelers and played a dozen years as a starting guard,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it, Bellie. Honestly, my brother Craig, you
Speaker 1: know the affinity, the affection I have formed, the love
Speaker 1: that I have form he and all offensive lineman because
Speaker 1: I basically was a want to be offensive lineman. Yeah,
Speaker 1: as a former fullback. And we'll get to another member
Speaker 1: of the fullback club, James Saxon here in a minute.
Speaker 1: Our guest is James Conner, another former Steeler and Cardinals
Speaker 1: running back. We can't wait for Sunday in the season
Speaker 1: opener at Tennessee. And look, James, you tell us about
Speaker 1: the old line. I mean, there have been plenty of
Speaker 1: teams over the years, the Cardinals included, who have had
Speaker 1: a lot of town, a lot of weapons. But if
Speaker 1: you don't have that old line, the odds are you're
Speaker 1: not going to go very far right, Yes, for sure.
Speaker 1: And our offersive line is great and great people and
Speaker 1: also guitar workers. And I watched those guys approached to
Speaker 1: practice day and in day out, and you know, all
Speaker 1: throughout training camps everything, I just seen a bunch of hard,
Speaker 1: hard workers who you know, complain about nothing, practice hard
Speaker 1: and so and run behind those to be side especially
Speaker 1: with everybody that added and all the veterans that have
Speaker 1: been there. It's exciting. James. How much of the power
Speaker 1: scheme are you going to run as opposed to the
Speaker 1: zone scheme or are you just gonna mix it up?
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not the one called them plays, you know,
Speaker 1: but um, we've got a nice balance of a lot
Speaker 1: of things in there, you know, in a lot of
Speaker 1: ways to you know, to get yards, and that's really
Speaker 1: all the game of footballs the bouts, skin yards and
Speaker 1: victories and so um. You know, I don't know how
Speaker 1: much we're gonna be were won't be doing. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see. But you know, this offense is
Speaker 1: explosive and we have a lot of special runs too,
Speaker 1: so you know a little bit of everything. Well, twenty eighteen,
Speaker 1: you had nearly fifteen hundred yards from scrimmage, you had
Speaker 1: thirteen touchdowns, and You're running backs coach was James Saxon,
Speaker 1: and we had them on the Big Rider a few
Speaker 1: months ago during the off season and we asked him
Speaker 1: about you. So here he is the Cardinals running backs
Speaker 1: coach on his new former running back James Connor. You know,
Speaker 1: this guy is a pro and it's been fun. You know,
Speaker 1: it was fun to be around him for the first
Speaker 1: two years in the league, and then it was fun
Speaker 1: watching him from afar and you know, just to get
Speaker 1: a chance to be a back a round. I guy.
Speaker 1: You know, there's no words I can use to describe,
Speaker 1: you know, how I feel about that kid. 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 to you know,
Speaker 1: ride in a sailboat. That was that was That was
Speaker 1: one of the all time best quarts of the off season.
Speaker 1: Wasn't not w it was? That was good. Have you
Speaker 1: heard that before? James? Is that while you're laughing, No,
Speaker 1: I never heard that one before. But doesn't surprise you know.
Speaker 1: Coach had a couple of different sayings say so, you know,
Speaker 1: that's just another one to add through this. Okay, the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. I know that you guys have broken it down.
Speaker 1: I know that you guys heavy a planning on Wednesday
Speaker 1: and thursdays. Of course, you've seen a ton of film
Speaker 1: on the Titans. Are what are your thoughts about the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans in that box, specifically, like everybody's been saying.
Speaker 1: You know, it's a physical team, it's a big team. Um.
Speaker 1: You know know they added Buddy Free from the Stillers, my
Speaker 1: former teammate, and so you know, I know he's he's
Speaker 1: excited and ready to go for the season. You know,
Speaker 1: crept out a big year. So, um, you know, they
Speaker 1: they're talented bunch inside of D line linebackers. Linebacker has
Speaker 1: been there for some years. You know, they got to
Speaker 1: experience in and you know, together they play well. And
Speaker 1: so you know, just like about the physical teams got
Speaker 1: to bring the fight to him. How aggressive are they?
Speaker 1: How how exotic are they? Bringing numbers and bringing pulitz
Speaker 1: is what do you expect there? Uh yeah, I definitely
Speaker 1: expect them to bring pressure. Um, you know third downs
Speaker 1: and uh just what you expect. You know, their planning
Speaker 1: to be more physical than us, and so we can't
Speaker 1: let that happen. And so they're never really not trying
Speaker 1: to trigg us too much. You know, they're just trying
Speaker 1: to play you know, physical football. I their style, James,
Speaker 1: are they a man covered team for the most part,
Speaker 1: closed the middle of the field and play man underneath.
Speaker 1: I do it. They'd show a couple of different coverages.
Speaker 1: You know, some zone, some man, you know, some covered
Speaker 1: two looks um, you know, switched up in the red zone.
Speaker 1: So um, you know we're we feel prepared to be
Speaker 1: able to handle it. Can make their asses and look,
Speaker 1: we know it's a game of matchups on board by
Speaker 1: the way, with Cardinals running back James Connor here on
Speaker 1: the big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert
Speaker 1: and look that Titans are gonna go after Zavian Collins.
Speaker 1: Even Cliff Kingsbury knows that. Conversely, you look at the
Speaker 1: Cardinals old line and the one surprise there is Josh
Speaker 1: Jones at right guard and he had a great camp
Speaker 1: and he earned the spot. But I'm guessing that Tennessee's
Speaker 1: front seven, we'll try and target him and test him early.
Speaker 1: Would you expect the same? Oh yeah, but Josh knows that,
Speaker 1: you know, and you know he said he earned it.
Speaker 1: He h he's ready for it. I've seen his approach.
Speaker 1: I've we ever seen his group all the way through
Speaker 1: training camp and so uh, you know, the young young
Speaker 1: guys in this league, that's what you know, that's be expected.
Speaker 1: And you know he has veterans, you know, surrounded him.
Speaker 1: Who got his back and who's going to be with him,
Speaker 1: you know, in those trenches. So you know, he put
Speaker 1: his tags on and we get to work. James, I
Speaker 1: look at your offense and I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: more established players on the offensive side of the ball
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals than the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, you're going to be playing
Speaker 1: some very young players on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: Of course, because of that, I honestly feel like the
Speaker 1: onus is on the offense to go out and score points,
Speaker 1: produce points, score more points than the Tennessee Titans, because
Speaker 1: the Titans, as we know, they've got a great offense,
Speaker 1: might be one of the best offenses in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, if not the best offense in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The onus, I think, is on the offense to go
Speaker 1: out and win a game. In a gross simplification of
Speaker 1: the truth, we all know that all three phases have
Speaker 1: to play together to win a game. But if you
Speaker 1: had to put an emphasis on it, are you willing
Speaker 1: to say the Cardinals offense has got the responsibility of
Speaker 1: going out and winning this game. You know, everybody needs
Speaker 1: to take responsibility, and that's how we approach the game. Um.
Speaker 1: But for us on the offensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: you know, we just need to get first downs. We
Speaker 1: need to score touchdowns, possess the ball, protect the balls,
Speaker 1: you know, don't give it away, don't turn it over.
Speaker 1: And so um, if we're giving if you know, we're
Speaker 1: marching the field, we're getting first downs, and we're putting
Speaker 1: points up on the board. You know, then we make
Speaker 1: it easy on the defense. Defense make the easy on us,
Speaker 1: and so you know, you just play off for one another,
Speaker 1: all three phases. Special team is gonna be a big
Speaker 1: phase you know for us this week, in each week
Speaker 1: after this week, and so um, you know what if
Speaker 1: that's what it is, you know what'll take full responsibility,
Speaker 1: you know. But we got a solid defense, and more
Speaker 1: than solid, you know, we got great leaders and that defense,
Speaker 1: a lot of captains over there, Um, guys who are
Speaker 1: just ready. You know. You know, it's not a bit
Speaker 1: to to to to play football on that defense side
Speaker 1: of the ball. So it's gonna be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: But as that's on the offense, like I said, we
Speaker 1: need to get first down and score the ball and
Speaker 1: just play for one another. Cards running back James Connor
Speaker 1: our guest in the big Red Rage, you know, and
Speaker 1: to that effect, guys Cliff Kingsbury talked about it the
Speaker 1: Titans prowess and minimizing possessions for the opponent because they
Speaker 1: control the clock and they possess the football. Kyler talked
Speaker 1: about it this week that you know what, when you're
Speaker 1: an up tempo team and you go three and out,
Speaker 1: ivan sometimes thirty or forty five seconds, a lapse off
Speaker 1: the clock and all of a sudden, the defense is
Speaker 1: back on the field. And so yeah, that is all
Speaker 1: a consideration. And what do you think of the up
Speaker 1: tempo by the way, James, how new has that been
Speaker 1: for you? And what do you think of it so far?
Speaker 1: When you're rolling? I think it's definitely an advantage, you know,
Speaker 1: after big explosive plays that everybody's you know, nobody's walking
Speaker 1: to the ball. We're getting there, we're getting said, we're
Speaker 1: trying to you know, we're getting lined up and we're
Speaker 1: running in the next play. And so that's how you
Speaker 1: be an explosive offense. And so I like it. I
Speaker 1: like it canna be a weapon for us. We just
Speaker 1: have to execute. You got goals, James, Are you a
Speaker 1: big goals. Guy, you know, I believe the story is written.
Speaker 1: You know, I believe you know, I'm guided from above
Speaker 1: and so you know, I just I just walked the walk.
Speaker 1: I just prepare like you know, like like I know
Speaker 1: how to and play like I know how to and
Speaker 1: thing's always unfold so you can set goals and all
Speaker 1: that and I have in the past, but um, you know,
Speaker 1: really this year, I'm just going in and just wanted
Speaker 1: just to my best football and I know that things
Speaker 1: will take care of it. So you know, if if
Speaker 1: I if I be my best, my best meet beautiful
Speaker 1: as we wrap things up with James conn or. Something
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and no other team did a lot of
Speaker 1: last season was pump crowd noise in during practice. And
Speaker 1: I know you guys worked at you worked the silent count.
Speaker 1: How good is it gonna feel to have fans back
Speaker 1: in the stands and and what does that do for
Speaker 1: a road team, because let's face it, we talked about
Speaker 1: it last year byoe bring your own energy. There were
Speaker 1: times where it was hard for the Cardinals as the
Speaker 1: road g to get up because it wasn't you didn't
Speaker 1: have that feeling, right James and me on the road
Speaker 1: last year like it was you against the world. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, you just that's what that's what it is,
Speaker 1: you know, and that's the mindset it was last season.
Speaker 1: But this year, you know, full house and so uh,
Speaker 1: that's that's the energy that we gotta we gotta match,
Speaker 1: you know. You know when you look forward to to
Speaker 1: going into somebody else's you know, somebody else's spot and
Speaker 1: uh and playing big time football and we'll just complete
Speaker 1: be prepared for it and uh, you know, we embrace
Speaker 1: it all. You know. Do you like barbecue? Do you
Speaker 1: imagine yourself maybe going out getting a little barbecue in Nashville?
Speaker 1: By the way, James Wolf, I enjoy barbecue. I do.
Speaker 1: I do. I don't know how much I'll eat before
Speaker 1: the game, you know, right, you know, you know before
Speaker 1: the game. Not this club to take off. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: don't ask Wolf how many orders of burn ends he's
Speaker 1: gonna have on Saturday Saturday night. Pot it that way,
Speaker 1: let me ask. I'll use this as a launching point,
Speaker 1: but I'll bring it back to football. Uh. Do you
Speaker 1: enjoy any other running backs games? Is there a guy
Speaker 1: whose game you admire? And we're with Derrick Henry Rank?
Speaker 1: You I don't see how you came for them all.
Speaker 1: You know, you lead a league in Russian, you know,
Speaker 1: as a running back. I feel like that makes you
Speaker 1: the best in the league. Now that's it's my opinion
Speaker 1: of it. And so with him leading the league in
Speaker 1: Russian last year two thousand yards, you know you've never
Speaker 1: once I definitely you know, respect, respect his game, love
Speaker 1: his game. Um, but there's a lot of there's a
Speaker 1: lot of talents, you know in this league right now
Speaker 1: at the running back position. So I'm really a fan
Speaker 1: of of a lot of guys. You know, it's hired
Speaker 1: to see say corn And and Alvin and Lee and
Speaker 1: Christian and Dalvin. He's just you know, the list goes on,
Speaker 1: the list goes on. Aaron Jones, I almost named it
Speaker 1: all thirty two you know starters, you know, well, respect
Speaker 1: from one and we're looking forward to seeing your debut
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Thank you, James, I appreciated. There you go,
Speaker 1: James Conner. I'm the Big Red Rage presented by santan
Speaker 1: Ford and Gilbert. At the one the Titan gets it
Speaker 1: to Henry. Henry bounces it outside five ten fifty stiff
Speaker 1: bar twenty twenty five thirty forty stiff arb fifty forty thirty.
Speaker 1: He's on his fate taste running fifteen ten five Tuckstown
Speaker 1: t What a run, Derek ken Ray, I'm gonna tell
Speaker 1: you something. That was prone man. Run right there. He
Speaker 1: was not going down. That stiff arm was as beast
Speaker 1: to move as I've seen in the open field at
Speaker 1: his former Cardinals head coach Dave McGuinness. How about coach
Speaker 1: mac right there are gonna be good to see him
Speaker 1: in the press Fox on Sunday Mike Keith, part of
Speaker 1: the Titans Radio network. A ninety nine yard touchdown run
Speaker 1: against Jacksonville twenty eighteen. I counted three. I counted three
Speaker 1: big time stiff arms during that run. Bone, and you're
Speaker 1: talking about the back to back NFL rushing champion, the
Speaker 1: eighth player in NFL history to go over two thousand
Speaker 1: yards rushing. That's what he did a year ago with
Speaker 1: sixteen touchdowns. The last player, by the way, to lead
Speaker 1: the NFL and rushing back to back, Ladamian Tomlinson. It
Speaker 1: is the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in
Speaker 1: Gilbert Hall, calvc Ron wilfully special thanks to James Connor,
Speaker 1: Cardinals running back, a running back edition here of the
Speaker 1: Big Red Rage. And can I just say one thing
Speaker 1: about James Connor. Unlike most of the other Cardinals acquisitions
Speaker 1: the offseason, this guy is not in his thirties. He's
Speaker 1: in his mid twenties. Yeah, he just wrapped up his
Speaker 1: rookie deal with his Steelers, and so he's on a
Speaker 1: one year proved deal and he's in his prime. And
Speaker 1: same deal for Chase Edmonds. And so these guys, I
Speaker 1: figure are going to be pushing each other all year long.
Speaker 1: And I have some pretty eye expectations of the Cardinals
Speaker 1: running game. I expect there'll be a renewed emphasis an
Speaker 1: investment in the run game because if he hit zoom
Speaker 1: out the end of twenty nineteen, then beginning in twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: when the Cardinals had a potent running game not named
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray, guess what they were a really effective top
Speaker 1: ten offense. So, Polly, is that what you're going to
Speaker 1: be looking at? Is that what you're going to be
Speaker 1: watching for the very first thing? What are you going
Speaker 1: to be looking at, Polly? When the Arizona Cardinals line
Speaker 1: up against the Tennessee Titans. Well, obviously, the first thing
Speaker 1: is how are they going at Zaving Collins. I fully
Speaker 1: expect him to target Zaving Collins, There's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: Just the line of scrimmage. How are you holding up
Speaker 1: on both sides of the line. We know the physicality
Speaker 1: and that's straight ahead run game. And are the Titans
Speaker 1: gonna start ripping off nine, ten, eleven, twelve, fifteen play drives?
Speaker 1: Are they dominating the clock in the first half? You know,
Speaker 1: how is it trending? And I think you'll know right
Speaker 1: away in a lot of those areas. That's that's great observation, Bali.
Speaker 1: I think, honestly, I'm looking at two things, one offense,
Speaker 1: one defense. On the offensive side of the ball, I'm
Speaker 1: looking at Kyler Murray and the chemistry that he has
Speaker 1: with the wide receivers. Talking about DeAndre Hopkins of Growers,
Speaker 1: talking about AJ Green, talking about Christian Kirk and Rondel
Speaker 1: Rondelmore ball. I'm just wondering what personnel groups is Rondel
Speaker 1: Moore in and how are they going to use them
Speaker 1: and what kind of chemistry do we see between Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray Pro Bowl Kyler Murray and those wide receivers. That's
Speaker 1: what I want to watch because you know what Pauli.
Speaker 1: You can practice it and practice it and practice it, man,
Speaker 1: but as you know, it's practice and you the live
Speaker 1: stuff in a game is completely different. So I'm going
Speaker 1: to be looking at that offensively. Defensively, I would have
Speaker 1: to say the point of attack, the point of attack,
Speaker 1: This defensive line has got to get penetration. Of course,
Speaker 1: it's got to play together. You want to talk about
Speaker 1: gap integrity this game, you better have gap integrity or
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is going to expose you. That means JJ Watt,
Speaker 1: that means Richard Lawrence, that means Zach Allen, that lecky
Speaker 1: foe to all foe to gap. Forget about the two gap.
Speaker 1: There's got to be some type of penetration into that
Speaker 1: backfield and you can't allow Derrick Henry to get a
Speaker 1: run at the line of scrimmage or that's a scary
Speaker 1: proposition for anybody. But the point of attack on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. In the chemistry with Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray offensively, all right, Calvic Consulting says, whatever the Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens did in the playoff win against ten See last year,
Speaker 1: try and emulate that, Try and replicate that, because they
Speaker 1: somehow held Derrick Henry to forty yards rushing on eighteen
Speaker 1: carries and guess what, Tennessee lost decisively. Yes, so it
Speaker 1: can be that simple. That's why they went out and
Speaker 1: pursued Julio Jones. So let's just say, Polly, why why
Speaker 1: do you think they did that? Why? Yes, to keep
Speaker 1: a defense honest, be so they have other options obviously. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So Wolf, to what degree do you sell out to
Speaker 1: stop Derrick Henry? Now that they do have Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: can you do what the Ravens did? Yes, you can
Speaker 1: if you've got corners, Polly, seeing that is it? No, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you can do that if you got two corners that
Speaker 1: you can you can actually hold up against the likes
Speaker 1: of Julio Jones and A. J. Brown. Are you kidding me,
Speaker 1: paul Yeah, you'll do that all day. I'll put nine
Speaker 1: in the box if I have to just stop Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: If you can have corners that can hold up on
Speaker 1: the outside, Oh my goodness, what a scary proposition that
Speaker 1: is when you think of those two wide receivers. And
Speaker 1: to your point, Paulie, that's why they went out and
Speaker 1: they got Julio Jones, because they said, if we get
Speaker 1: these two guys. Can you imagine what it's going to
Speaker 1: be like to put eight in the box to try
Speaker 1: to stop Derrick Henry. They want to see those two
Speaker 1: safeties high, and if they see it high, they'll check
Speaker 1: out and they'll give him the ball. And you know what,
Speaker 1: It was interesting because Vance Joseph, Cardinal's defensive coordinator, met
Speaker 1: the media today. He was asked about the corners and
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, they're not nearly as deep with
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler on the retired list, and it's not final,
Speaker 1: not yet. Who knows what's going to be happening. He
Speaker 1: hasn't officially ended his career, so we'll see about that front.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna be there on Sunday. And Vance Joseph said,
Speaker 1: that's on me. I got to devise a scheme so
Speaker 1: our corners aren't in coverage for three four seconds and
Speaker 1: so we'll see you exactly what he has in mind.
Speaker 1: I think we both agree, we both expect to see
Speaker 1: a lot of Jordan Hicks. Yes, he's going to be
Speaker 1: out there and that three inside linebacker said a lot
Speaker 1: of people liking it to a four three look. And
Speaker 1: then Isaiah Simmons is able to play in space a
Speaker 1: little bit more off the edge, which a lot of
Speaker 1: people think suits him better perhaps than being inside the
Speaker 1: box exclusively. In fact, here's Isaiah Simmons when he was
Speaker 1: asked what's the biggest key when facing Derrick Henry, I'd
Speaker 1: probably say the biggest key is just, you know, keep
Speaker 1: him off of our secondary. Of course, we see if
Speaker 1: a monster stiff arm he has, so trying to keep
Speaker 1: him off of our smaller guys as much as we
Speaker 1: possibly can. Now, the good news is you do have
Speaker 1: corners who will tackle, yes, Byron Murphy, Robert Alford, and
Speaker 1: we see Marco Wilson he'll come up in o'll hitch.
Speaker 1: So that's good. But anytime a corner against King Henry
Speaker 1: D that's bad. That's bad. By right, it's good that
Speaker 1: they're willing is bad if it happens. Yes, And you know,
Speaker 1: PAULI well that that goes back to the point of
Speaker 1: attack again, and it goes back to those two inside linebackers.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. I Am going to be
Speaker 1: glued to those two guys in rundown situation first and
Speaker 1: ten second and one to six because of what the
Speaker 1: Titans are gonna try to do. They try to attack, attack,
Speaker 1: attack the line of scrimmage with a guy who's two
Speaker 1: hundred forty five pounds paul and runs a four five,
Speaker 1: A legitimate four five forty Are you kidding me? Six
Speaker 1: three two forty five and you want a four to five, Paulie.
Speaker 1: I have no idea if you've ever been hit by
Speaker 1: a car, but I'm telling you right now that's not
Speaker 1: too far off. Let me tell you that is a wreck.
Speaker 1: I was smiling on the inside when Buddha Baker was
Speaker 1: asked if he'd ever seen a running back like Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: and he said, the only other time was a guy
Speaker 1: played on Madden when I was like eight years old,
Speaker 1: and he couldn't remember the name. And I wanted to
Speaker 1: shout out, but I was in the way back and
Speaker 1: somebody did Brandon Jacobs of the Giants six four two sixty. Yeah,
Speaker 1: those are the two guys in my two decades field
Speaker 1: level where I have said, on this cardinal sideline, what
Speaker 1: is the defensive end doing playing tailback? Yes, it was
Speaker 1: Brandon Jacobs and now Derrick Henry. But for all that Wolf,
Speaker 1: I just find it. They were saying, ohme, jays the Titans.
Speaker 1: This well, okay, wait a minute, now, let's give a
Speaker 1: few advantage Cardinals in these matchups, Like how about Taylor
Speaker 1: Luwan who's coming off the torn acl and his right knee.
Speaker 1: He only got a handful of snaps. There have been
Speaker 1: various reports on how he looks. He's going to be
Speaker 1: out there at left tackle against Chandler Jones and or
Speaker 1: JJ Watt. That's a matchup to watch. Yeah, you know, PAULI,
Speaker 1: but I'm going to flip it over to the other
Speaker 1: side once again. The onus is on the offense to
Speaker 1: go up and light up the Tennessee Titans. That's what
Speaker 1: I want to see right here, the chemistry of Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray and those wide receivers, because again, you're talking about
Speaker 1: a Tennessee Titan team. Now, I know they went out
Speaker 1: and got Genoraus Jakins. I know they went out and
Speaker 1: got Bud Duprie. They needed to go out and get
Speaker 1: those guys because that defense against the pass was absolutely awful, Paul.
Speaker 1: And they were dead last in sacks in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, dead last and third down defense, Paul. Do
Speaker 1: you think that's an important stat They couldn't get off
Speaker 1: the field, could not get off the field, PAULI. So
Speaker 1: the onus to me is on Kyler Murray and these
Speaker 1: wide receivers, these wildly talented wide receivers for the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: When you think aj Green might have turned back the
Speaker 1: clock to twenty fifteen, and it certainly looks out way, man,
Speaker 1: I can out wait to watch him and watch him
Speaker 1: run and see what he does out there. When you
Speaker 1: got Christian Kirk is your number three, and rondel Moore
Speaker 1: is going to be your number four, and we expect
Speaker 1: him to play an awful lot. Oh my goodness, you've
Speaker 1: got to attack the Tennessee Titans, protect Kyler Murray and
Speaker 1: attack the Tennessee Titans through the air and make them
Speaker 1: prove they can actually stop a pass. I want this
Speaker 1: on the record about the second round rookie, how to
Speaker 1: produce rondel Moore because players know players, and on two
Speaker 1: different occasions in the last three weeks, I've talked with
Speaker 1: veteran players about another topic and rondel Moore happened to
Speaker 1: walk by and they both stopped and just out of
Speaker 1: nowhere pointed and said, that kid is going to be
Speaker 1: really good. That's the second guys, that kid is going
Speaker 1: to be special, and so that goes a long way
Speaker 1: with me when when other veteran players are just pointing
Speaker 1: that out out of nowhere. So I'm real curious to
Speaker 1: see what Rondale Moore is all about. And let me
Speaker 1: throw this at you as well well, because we know
Speaker 1: there were some excruciating losses last year that were decided
Speaker 1: on the kicking game. Yes, Tennessee as employed seven different
Speaker 1: kickers over the last two seasons, and Matt Prador looked
Speaker 1: pretty dang sharp in the preseason, so I would look
Speaker 1: going in, I'm thinking advantage Cardinals and we haven't said
Speaker 1: that in a long time when it comes to the
Speaker 1: kicking game. Yeah, no doubt, pol. I love that right there,
Speaker 1: the fact that you brought that up. Matt Prador, Man,
Speaker 1: I'm expecting him. This is a grizzled veteran to go
Speaker 1: out and make some clutch kicks, and he certainly isn't
Speaker 1: Sam ficking. No they, I mean only the Vikings have
Speaker 1: had more issues with a kicker than the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: And once again, you know there's gonna be fans in
Speaker 1: the stands. Cardinals energy will be up on that sideline.
Speaker 1: There's no chance it's the opener. It's just like the
Speaker 1: Niners a year ago. There's no chance of a letdown
Speaker 1: or any of that. So very curious to see what
Speaker 1: they look like. Think of all the things we haven't seen.
Speaker 1: We haven't seen JJ Watt and Chandler Jones, especially together.
Speaker 1: There's DeAndre Hopkins did not play. What's he gonna look
Speaker 1: like now that aj Green is over there? And then
Speaker 1: our guest Tonight Special thanks to James Connor. Remember when
Speaker 1: he was signed he told the media, I feel brand
Speaker 1: new was his quote. Well, guess what Cardinals are looking
Speaker 1: forward to unwrapping in unleashing the big back they haven't
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