WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - D'Marco Farr Talks Super Bowl LVI 0:00:01.920 --> 0:00:05.360 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh ahead, 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:10.280 he got Jack. This is the big Red Rain presented 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:14.640 by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown. Slam to 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:17.680 the ground by Buddha Baker Like a torpedo. He came 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:22.959 flying into the backfield. The Rage is brought to you 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:28.880 by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are you Satanford State Farm? 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.839 Talk to an agent today at eight hundred State Farm 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:37.680 and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals dot Com, 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:46.560 Slash podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, Gimperture, Rising Vision, Flurring Rage, 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:50.560 taking it over. Here's Paul CALVC. Get the popcorn ready. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.400 It's gonna be a show and Ron will fleep. It 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:59.520 doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far who 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:05.720 said there's no more Thursday night football. Forget Amazon and 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.680 the big TV deal that's coming. I mean, we are 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.600 the original Ron wilf Lee fifty two thursdays a year. 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.520 We grind it out. And why not us? I mean, 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.000 why not? If the Bengals can make their first Super 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:25.120 Bowl since nineteen eighty eight, If thirty seven year old 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.760 Eric Weddle can come out of retirement, two years out 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.680 of the game, driving his minivan around with four kids, 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:35.119 and then lead the rams and tackles in the NFC 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:40.760 Championship game. If Patrick mahomes QBR in the first half 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:44.240 can be ninety eight and in the second half, this 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:50.520 is not a typo. His QBR was one point four. Yeah, Ben, Ben, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.640 you're darn tooting mall. We can host this edition of 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.680 The Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.760 We are Satanford number one. Thought here PAULI number one. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.720 Those are some halftime adjustments right there. That's same dopetition 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:07.720 is right there, Yes, drop a drop it. It would 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:11.239 be the definition of halftime adjustments right there. That's that's 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.119 number one and number two, Polly, did you get any 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.560 of that Amazon money? Did you get any of that? Paul? 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.680 I'm still angling for one of the seventeen sideline jobs 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.640 I think they're gonna have in there, but they got 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.200 me some cash. Paul Wolf. If you would call your 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.400 guy Al Michael's on his flip phone and put a 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.760 good word in for me, then maybe I would have 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:32.760 a gig. But yeah, that's a poll. L has upgraded 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.440 to a smartphone, you know, that's see. No, I don't 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.480 because I'm down in the sideline grinding it out every 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.320 game and you guys are up there in the press 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.840 box having halftime meals together. So in fact, we'll get 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.240 into the key. We'll get into the key to Super 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.320 Bowl fifty six and dare I say it might be 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:53.400 the itinerary at halftime dot dot dot ooh, I like 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.080 that ball. But this is a big addition because we 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.840 have your guy, DeMarco far the big former defensive lineman 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.080 and RAMS analyst. He is going to join us on 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:03.880 this edition of the Big Red Rage. We'll get into 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:08.839 everything Rams, everything about the matchup the original Aaron Donald. Yeah, 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.120 I might say, Paul Hey, the guy had an eleven 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:13.520 and a half sacks season his second year in the league. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.200 You know that, And you know what We're gonna get 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.079 into what did not happen in the last two matchups 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.720 for the years on the Cardinals against his Los Angeles Rams, 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.919 who once again the Cardinals jack stopped in Week four. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.000 But that's neither here nor there, because going on right now, Wolf, 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.280 among other things, this week, the Pro Bowl in Vegas. 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.040 So in fact, I hope you sold your condo in 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.200 Hawaii years ago, because it's been a long time since 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.320 the Pro Bowl has actually been in Hawaii and used 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.280 to rent it out every Pro Bowl week. Yeah, you 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.160 know what, after a Dub got five Pro Bowls, I 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.320 decided to sell it ball It was it wasn't of 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:47.920 any value to me anymore. Well because don't know, when 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.440 he had one Pro Bowl, I said, hey, Dub, when 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.760 you get four, come talk to me right and that 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.240 he had two, and I was still talking trash that 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.680 he had three, Paulie, and I said, hey, listen, I'm 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.320 gonna hang onto this condo. And then of course when 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.400 he got four and then five, I sold it, paul 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.840 So you did you know what? You spoke it into 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.160 existence your own facial Adrian Wilson just fed it to 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.640 you on that one is he clipped while we're in 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:15.200 the number twenty four by the way, So yeah, taste that. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.400 So Cardinals at the Pro Bowl and uh, you know, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.760 you got Kyler and you got Chandler Jones, and you 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.680 got Buddha Baker, and you got James Connor and DJ 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.080 Humphreys was an injury replacement. A little bit later. We're 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.120 gonna hear from James Connor because we have a crew 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.240 in Vegas, and you'll hear what he had to say, 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.080 not only about the season that was, but about his 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:38.400 cardinal's future. We'll get into that. Okay, what do you 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.680 think of Tom Brady's retirement? This is gonna be our 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.880 segue into talking quarterbacks here, but Wolf, a quick word 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.039 on Tom Brady his retirement. Where are you surprised? And 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.440 what do you think of? First? When you think of 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:51.599 TV twelve? Yeah, you know what? Honestly, I think of 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:58.520 his professionalism. I think of his his unbelievable professionalism and 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:00.560 the fact that he played twenty two years in the 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:05.800 National Football League. Those things are incredible. Twenty two years 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.200 in the NFL, and of course how professional he was 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.360 Tom Brady. But I could see this coming. I don't 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.640 know about you, Paully. I said it at the time 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.480 when he was talking about Giselle, and he was talking 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:21.440 about seeing seeing himself basically through Giselle's eyes, through his 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.640 kid's eyes. When you start talking about others that you 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:29.560 love and their perspective and caring about their perspective, and 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:34.160 when you enunciate it in front of the world, like 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.039 Tom Brady did. I think the handwriting was on the 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.559 wall Yeah. And when he made that one comment about 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:43.240 how he was satisfied with his career to date, that 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.440 was telling yes. And Paully not only that too. Remember 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.760 when he was talking about the safety issue in the 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:52.640 way it bothered Giselle, who else said that? Yeah, Kurt 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:56.599 Warner Graybeard said the same thing. And you put those 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:59.760 two together, Polly, it looked like he was done. Here's 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.760 the other connection to Kurt Warner because when people ask 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.279 about Tom Brady, yeah, we can cite all the stats 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.640 and the rings and the Super Bowl MVPs and all 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.560 that sort of stuff, and Kurt has a lot of 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.400 those accolades as well. To me, it's something Bruce Arian 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.760 said that is absolutely true when he said about Tom Brady, 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.080 and I quote Ba that tom Brady quickly showed everyone 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.960 in our organization what it meant to be the greatest. 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.360 He set a standard, helped create a culture that took 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:30.640 our team to the mountaintop. The best quarterbacks wolf true 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:35.320 or false, create a culture around that locker room in 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.360 the organization. And did Kurt Warner not do that once 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.840 amount of time for an Arizona Cardinals organization that if 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:43.320 you go back to two thousand and eight, might have 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.680 been a little satisfied about just making the playoffs for 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:47.599 a long you know, first time in a long time. 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:52.040 And it's those guys who elevate the expectations and change 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:55.400 the culture in an organization. To me, those are the 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.080 greatest of all time. Yeah, Bali, No, that is a 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:01.440 great observation by you, because it really is the case 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:07.320 with franchise quarterbacks. Franchise quarterbacks like a Kurt Warner, franchise 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:12.200 quarterbacks that go out in impact their teammates and how 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.360 they play. Boy, I'll tell you what they are evident 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:19.200 when you look down through the annals of history in 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.960 the National Football League and some of the quarterbacks like 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:26.360 Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, look at the way they impacted guys. 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.720 Tom Brady, I think comes to mind. First. Do you 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:34.239 remember Tom Brady having a wide receiver that went to 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.640 ten twelve Pro Bowls? Now, listen, he did have Gronk. Granted, 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.680 he did have Gronk, there's no doubt about that at 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:42.800 a tight end, but he didn't have a ton of 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.720 talent around him on the perimeter. Typically, he did have 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.040 Randy Moss. Of course, he had his great wide receivers. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.480 There's no doubt about that. Troy Brown comes to mind, 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:57.400 But it wasn't like they were the best receiver in 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:01.960 the National Football League. And yet Tom Brady up incredible numbers. Yeah, 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.119 Tampa one a game down the stretch, a game winning 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.680 touchdown passed to Cyril Grayson in December. Remember that, I 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:11.559 mean that was the epitome of Tom Brady just making 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.840 it work. Yeah, Kurt Warner find what third and sixteen 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.160 and he finds Steven Spock right the fourth string tight 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:24.640 end for Pete's sake, And about yes, And now you 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.640 have a guy by the name of Joe Burrow in 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.240 year number two, and when he wins a playoff game 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:34.000 after getting sacked nine times, after he delivers the franchise's 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.960 first ever road playoff win, and then he does it 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.680 again on the road and they're in the Super Bowl 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.160 for the first time since nineteen eighty eight. And how 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.160 can you not think of the quarterback who was selected 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.800 the year before, also number one overall and Kyler Murray 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.439 And Drew Stanton was on the Red Sea Report, former 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.880 Cardinals quarterback, and he was talking with Craig Griolou and 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.079 they were talking about just Kyler Murray's potential to ascend 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.720 like a Joe Burrow. Kyler's definitely in that realm of 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.640 possibility next year, right that you look at everything and 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.760 I know that everybody's going to be frustrated. And we've 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.480 talked about on their show before. Okay, so they get 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.640 to eleven wins next year, everybody's gonna beick. Well, when's 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.679 the collapse come in? That's all outside noise and when 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:17.560 next year comes, you've got to be prepared for that. 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:21.640 At the same time, Kyler has that ability to gravitate 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.840 people and pull everybody along with him, and that's the 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.960 most important part of leadership. People believe in Joe Burrow, 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:30.840 people believed in Tom Brady, people believe in Matthew Stafford. 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.840 With Los Angeles Rams, that's one of the biggest components 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.880 of playing this position, that you're never out of a 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.520 game because of who the signal caller is for you. Well, 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.840 if we've seen that before, we've seen quarterbacks starting quarterbacks. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.120 So the Arizona Cardinals over the last twenty years that 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.800 you know what, the rest of the team didn't necessarily 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.600 believe in, didn't necessarily buy into. So I thought that 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.160 was a shrewd observation by by Drew stan You can 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.120 be the number one quarterback, you can be an anointed 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.120 a team captain, you can be deemed a leader, but 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.760 guys gotta follow, and that is so key. Yeah, and 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.120 you know what, honestly, right now, this is where Kyler 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:10.080 Murray can continue to improve, Paulie, There's no doubt about it. Listen, 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:14.400 when you jux suppose his rookie year with year number three, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:18.440 the improvement is dramatic in my opinion. That's just my 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:22.000 opinion right there. He's got to continue to get better 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.480 as a leader, continue to develop in all phases of 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.319 becoming that franchise quarterback. He's got to do that next 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:33.199 year as well, paul Listen, the one in four collapse, 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.679 that's what I call it right now, because the one 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.640 in four is worse than the four and seven. It 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:44.240 is from a winning percentage perspective, it's actually worse than that. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.760 So to me, I'm looking at the one in four 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.320 finish and then of course losing in the postseason that 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.360 playoff game. You got to own it, and it starts 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.839 with Kyler Murray owning it. That's how you start to 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.280 get better. He owns it and then the guy next 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.760 to him and the guy next to him. But Kyler 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.680 has got to lead them out of this funk that 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.480 they are in right now. Just based on that one 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.880 and four finish and then the playoff game again. Kyler 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.920 Murray up in Vegas getting ready for the Pro Bowl. 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.080 A little bit later. We'll hear from James Connor in 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.280 this edition A Big Red Rage up next. How about 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.760 DeMarco far Rams analysts, former Rams great defensive linemen, I 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.960 mean Wolf. You talk about a team evolving, don't forget 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:34.120 the Rams had twelve consecutive non playoff seasons before Sean 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.200 McVay arrived, and look at him now, and they may 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.640 be on a run and poised to dominate the NFC. 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:42.560 We'll talk about that and more DeMarco far As next 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.240 on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:55.120 We are santan Ford, Stafford. This that left leg holling, 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.480 This staff love the shot against the form man rog 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:01.640 and platform Hedia plus side Cook Cup in the end, Zoe, 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:07.720 He's a cheap code touchdown Cooper Cup, Garofolo pocket frontl. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:11.160 He spins out, He's hit, He's wrapped up. He flipped 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:16.960 it board hit dintercepted, hit ditershpt in hit ditercepted, Eric 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:22.480 Donald got quick drug Garoppolo and Travin Howard whitches the 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:27.400 NFC Championship game staff him takes it with the kneeds. 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.760 The Rams will be back to play in Super Bowl 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:36.520 fifty six at so Fine Stadium and they're one went 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:41.400 away from a world title. Twenty to seventeen was the 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:46.079 final the y'all NFC West, NFC Best NFC Championship Game, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:50.200 The Rams knock off the nine Ers twenty to seventeen. JB. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.520 Long There from the Rams Radio Network. Speaking of the 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:57.320 Rams Radio Network, Paul klvc Ron Wolfley is the big 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.240 red rage l our very special guest who is no 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:04.880 stranger too super Bowls. Let's see here um between his 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.280 days wolf as a standout d lineman on those greatest 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:12.080 show on Turf Teams plus plus as a broadcast analyst 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.960 for the Rams. How many Super Bowls would it be now, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.480 DeMarco bar, I'm maybe a little salty. Well, bet, how 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.559 are you doing, DeMarco on? How many Super Bowls? Is 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:26.560 it now? I'm good? I'm good? Paul who going on? Man, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.160 I've got you down for four. This is gonna be 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.760 your four man Rome is awesome if thirty six or 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:38.120 super excuse me, thirty four we won. I was working 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.600 Super Bowl thirty six when when the Rams got beat 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.560 by the Patriots. Uh, and then back to Atlanta with 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.200 Jared Goff when the Patriots beat him again, and now 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.800 this this will be number four. Absolutely. Okay, Yes, you're 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.320 working again. Is that what you're saying? Is you Robert 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.960 and working again? You're working again? You know, aren't you glad? Yeah? 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:57.839 This is this is the one thing I want to 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.520 say to you, Tomarco, aren't you glad? You don't have 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:06.360 to attend to any Super Bowl parties? Oh my god? Right? Both? 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:11.840 You know me so well, you're at the party. I 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.800 have no desire to be famous. I just want to 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.920 go to work and go home. Yes, well, if you're well, 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:19.800 if you're saying DeMarco isn't a guy who's out there 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.720 he wants to be more? You got to add any 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:26.960 more to them anymore to day yet? Oh yeah, back 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.800 in the day. Well, let's not tell those stories, shall wait? 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:35.560 I had an earring. Okay, he was the original Aaron Donald. 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:39.320 That's what I'll tell you, Bally right now? Oh yeah, 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.680 What did you weigh, DeMarco? What did you weigh at 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:46.640 that point in time? Nineteen nine? Yeah, about two seventy six. 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.280 To be honest, I think I had him out way 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.080 back then. Um, he's he's he's not as big as 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.560 you think. Now, there's no body fat on the guy. 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.520 I think inside of every three hundred and ten pounder 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.880 is probably Aaron Donnell, a guy that has nobody that 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.120 work ethic, you know what I mean. But you know 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.080 he's not very big. We see the game from the 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.720 same angle. But you know, I appreciate you calling me 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:12.360 the first guys on real really. Yeah, Hey, you know. 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.760 DJ Humphrey's longtime host of The Big Red Rage, of the 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:16.600 the Cardinals starting left tackle. He's at the Pro Bowl 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.280 right now. He's told us more than once. The first 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.600 time he went up against ninety nine. He stood out 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.600 there on the field, he looked across the line of scrimmage. 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.840 This is DJ talking now, right, six foot six in, 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.720 this guy's tiny. I'm gonna smash this guy. Then and 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.160 then he got an education right as to what makes 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:35.200 him maybe arguably the best player in the league. In fact, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.400 were you down on the sideline when Aaron Donald delivered 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:43.280 the speech that all the Rams players credited with turning 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.760 the tide when the Rams were down seventeen seven, late 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:47.720 third quarter. What did he say? What did that mean? 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.680 I was right there when it happened. They had just 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.600 got scored on. I think it was Kettle that got 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.840 behind the defense, and there was something because I was watching. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.360 I was in the end zone or towards the end 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.920 zone when it happened. And as soon as he scored, 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.640 Aaron Donald snapped his head to the sideline and raised 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.680 his hand like, you know something like maybe the body 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.280 language was why did you call that? Or something? But 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:14.280 immediately a Sean Robinson came down and then Aaron Donald 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.760 right behind him. They shoot away the coaches, they shoot 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.080 away the trainers. Everybody just trying to get water. And 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.040 they huddled everybody up, and Aaron went eye to eye, 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.840 soul to soul, and look everybody square in the eye 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.040 and said, we are better than what we're showing. We're 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.760 gonna win this game because of us. It was awesome. 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.760 And I told woof this for years. A d was 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.720 the worst interview we ever had because he refuses to 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.480 talk about himself. He just won't do it. So I 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.520 am so glad in that moment he stepped outside himself 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.120 and showed you what he's really like, what the players know, 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.440 and let the world see it. So that's what I 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.200 was going to ask you right there to Marco. Was 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.800 this typical of him to do something like that? Is 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:56.200 it typical of him? Just not when we're around. Yeah, Look, 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.000 he's had to do it a few times. This year. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.680 There was an issue Jalen Ramsey and Taylor Rap. They 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.160 had gotten into it. I don't know if you guys 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.879 saw it where Jalen kind of mushed him on the 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.240 field and it was almost a teammate fight. So Aaron 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:11.520 comes off the field, Taylor Rap is fit to be tide. 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:15.760 Even Rode Morris can't calm him down. Aaron Donald put 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.760 him in a headlock and started whispering to his ear, 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.920 and that man like settled down immediately because I think 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.760 he had to. But it was leadership. So he went there, 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.200 took care of that and went to Jalen and talked 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.800 to him and kind of squashed it. These guys were 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.080 still mad, but they played the rest of the game 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:36.440 together because Aaron is the barn boss. It was awesome. Wow, Well, 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.720 I'll tell you what Niners in their last three possessions 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.400 after they Aaron Donald speech, they didn't cross midfield. So 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.520 there you go. DeMarco far As our guest on the 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.200 Big Red Rage, true or false that when the Rams 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.920 were in that three game losing streak mid season, Sean 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.760 McVay went back to the Todd Gurley offense. He got 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.680 rid of Aaron stopped leading the NFL and using four 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.119 wide receiver sets, and he had just the offense and 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.680 they haven't looked back ever since. You know what's funny. 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.560 He went old school the way they were playing. And 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:09.720 I'll just go ahead and say, Matthew Stafford, he was 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.119 turning it over. There was some issues there. If he 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.359 could have taken the logos off the helmet, he would 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.239 have like, you guys don't deserve these right now, you're 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:20.800 not playing football. So it seemed like he took the 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:24.320 offense away from the quarterback and started running the football 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:27.520 with Tony Michelle, we're gonna go back to the basics, 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:31.240 run the football. We're gonna be a little more physically oriented, 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.000 and then we'll start to open it up as we go. 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.480 Remember this football team changed three or four times Bond 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.120 Miller comes on board. That changes things. Then you get 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:44.639 OBJ that changes you lose Robert Woods. That changes a 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:48.560 lot offensively, so they had to retool. Give him credit 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:51.360 for going back to the basics, starting over and then 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.480 opening up the offense when it mattered most So right now, DeMarco, 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:59.000 from the beginning of the season till right now getting 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.800 ready for Super Bowl fifty six, who's the most improved? 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:07.639 Ram the most improved? Well, give Eric Lettle credit. Wolf. 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:14.040 I mean, this guy was on the shelf man. He 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.000 let the team in tackles in the NFC Championship Game, 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.080 two weeks removed from driving a minivan. He's been playing 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.840 less than a month. That's what I'm saying that. It means, 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.679 my god, and it looks like he never left. So, 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:30.399 I mean, that's incredible to watch. The most improved guy, Um, 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:33.199 you know, it's been every single guy, I guess the 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:37.240 offensive line. Give them credit, Um, Leonard Floyd von Miller 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.119 started slow, he you know, turned into a guy that's 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:44.720 been a problem off the edge. A lot of guys. Um, 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.639 Greg Gaines, I'll give you one. The nose tackle he 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:51.320 stepped in for Sebastian Joseph Day when he got hurt. 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:54.200 He was the backup, rotational guy. We didn't know how 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:56.160 he was going to perform as the starter man. In 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.800 some games he was leaving the charge with Aaron following him. 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:03.239 So yeah, I'll give it to great gains. That has 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.080 been a revelation. All right here here here's my question. 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:08.520 Nobody's hiring me, and we're on board with DeMarco far 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:10.440 by the way in the Big Red Rage. Nobody's hiring 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:12.320 me to coach coach the forty nine ers. But how 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.800 does Deebo Samuel not touch the ball over the last 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:17.880 twelve plus minutes of the game. That and how does 0:20:17.920 --> 0:20:21.040 Cooper Cup get single coverage so often against the forty 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:23.560 nine ers? How can Cooper Cup end up with eleven 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:25.680 grabs for a buck forty two and two touchdowns the 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.240 NFC Championship game. How did they let him get off 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.479 when he just won the triple crown or receiving I 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:34.040 did not understand that. First. Give credit to McVeigh because 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:37.200 it's where they put him. And when we say masters 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:39.840 of offense, they're really masters the defense. So they'll move 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:44.240 him around the motion, they'll get the matchup. They won eventually, Look, 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:46.240 every defense is gonna go to go man. That's just 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:47.760 the way it is, no matter who it is on 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:50.879 the other side. But look, if he gets the man covers, 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.359 he's going to win. If you zone him off, if 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.800 you have two guys bracket coverage, then they'll find the 0:20:55.840 --> 0:20:58.800 way to get him open. He can do just about anything. 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.879 So when you talk about triple crown, he deserves it. 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:06.639 He's earned it. He is that guy. Now, Devo, Look, 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:09.000 the one thing that did not happen in the last 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.000 at least two or three games with Deebo Samuel, you 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.520 did not out hit him. He was the bully. He 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:16.920 was absolutely running through you. The forty nine is needed 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.439 six he would get twelve. I mean, just punish you. 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:23.000 So in this game he got hit, he got hit hard. 0:21:23.200 --> 0:21:27.639 Nick Scott almost bisected him across the middle, a great 0:21:27.720 --> 0:21:31.120 legal shot and that changed a lot. That's something we 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:34.479 haven't seen before. So I think Debo may have been 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.640 a little bit banged up coming in and he sure 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:38.880 was sore in that game because they were coming after 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:41.600 him this time. All right, So, guys, Drew stand former 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:44.480 Cardinals quarterback and a guy who won a ring last 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.240 year with Tampa, teammate with Tom Brady was on the 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:51.120 Red Sea Report this week, and here you go, DeMarco, 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.080