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It 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:58.080 doesn't get any better than that horn. Unleash the fiar. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:04.880 You know that movie with the ending, that plot twist 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:09.360 that you never saw coming read the book? Was that 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.800 not the Cardinals game against the Vikings? And the final kick? 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.160 That was not the kick to the gut for Minnesota? 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.200 How about I mean, Wolf, I don't know if you 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.319 have any plans and just floating through this show, you 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.800 know you might come out a little flat and you 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.160 think you can finish strong and pull out a win 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:31.760 at the end. But just like the Vikings, I have 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.640 no plans on taking it easy on you. Okay, I'm 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.200 not taking I hope you packed a lunch. I mean 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.440 you're gonna wish you applied for the USC job by 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.240 the end of the show. To stop it right now, Paul, 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.759 A mean, honestly, you're starting to bore me. Like watching 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.800 you eat dinner and taking your fork and moving it 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:49.560 all around the plate. Dad, forget it, Paul, when you 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.480 just eat the salad, listen, I don't want to listen 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.880 to you, Paul. I want to revel in the fact 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.680 that the Arizona Cardinals right now are two and oh okay. 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:00.840 As an analyst, does it matter how you win? Heck 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.840 yeah it does as an analyst. Doesn't matter how you lose, 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.000 all of course it does as an analyst. As a 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.000 former player, Poulin, here's the players. This is the player 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.400 coming out of me right now. You take two win, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.840 oh baby, and you run laughing off that field. You 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.760 take it and you run, baby, unless they've changed it 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:24.160 in the last thirty seconds. Um, there are two columns 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:28.960 that matter, win and loss. There's there's no extra column 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.880 per dominant win. Oh, there is a tie, Paul. We've 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:36.040 experienced that, Yeah, Cliff Kingsbury. Yeah, we just dismissed those though. Okay, 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.519 there are two that are relevant. There are two that matter. 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.480 There's win and loss. There's no dominant win column. There's 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.880 no close loss. You should have one column. No, that 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.080 does not exist in the NFL. So you're right, And 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.960 like BA used to say, it's just as easy to 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:54.640 correct your mistakes after a close win then a close loss. 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:56.880 You've got that, right, Paul. And once again too, when 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.720 you look at these three games right to the games 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.240 that have been of course, and the game that Lord 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.960 Willing will be coming up with the Jacksonville Jaguar. That 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:09.800 first week, the Arizona Cardinals were underdogs going into would 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.799 you say they were underdogs? Paul? Going into that first week? 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.079 Were most people saying the Arizona Cardinals are probably going 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.760 to lose to the Tennessee Tite. Just flip on any 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:23.120 talking head across the nation. Absolutely, they were underdogs. Well, 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.000 of course, Paully. And what did they do? They went 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:29.440 out and they railroaded the Tennessee Titans in week number one, 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.440 and then of course the Minnesota Vikings game, and you know, 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:34.840 they came out to end in that first half. The 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.080 offense was up big time. I would say the offense 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.600 was up overall for the most part for the game. 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.560 And yet the defense came out a little flat. Well, 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.800 they came out flat, frankly, and that first half right there, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.640 it's the one half of football that they have not 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:54.080 played well. But again, every playoff team, Paully, go back 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.320 and look at every playoff team, they win one or 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.680 two of those games, just like that, a game that 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.160 maybe you should have lost. And it was a chip 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.560 It was a chip shot field goal for the Vikings 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.840 kicker at the end of that game, a thirty seven yarder. 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.800 You expect an NFL kicker to make that kick on 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:18.400 a regular basis. He didn't. Hey, listen, you make no apologies. 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.640 You take it and run. And now coming up against 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:25.000 the Jacksonville Jaguars, of course, the Arizona Cardinals are going 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.680 to be favored heavily to win that game. They should 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.640 take care of business. Let's see if they can complete 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.120 the triffect them. For everyone out there who is now 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.720 being bored by Wolf, the good news is tight end 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.560 Max Williams will join us momentarily just around the corner. 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.680 Even better news right now, we're gonna hear from Kyler Murray, 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.600 because yeah, there was a lot left the Cardinals left 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.839 out on that field. Yet somehow they still managed to 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.600 put up thirty plus points and four hundred plus total 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.960 yards for the second straight week. Here's Kyler Murray. I'll 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.160 tell you all the time. I mean, it comes down 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.000 to shoot ourselves in the foot, topping ourselves. We score, 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:04.680 it feels easy and it feels fun, and then we 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:08.599 you know, turn the ball over negative plays. It's like, damn, 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.320 you know, it feels ugly, but um, you know it 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:12.960 is what it is. We have to we have to 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.760 continue to get better and continue to practice. So the 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.680 head coach, Cliff Kingsbury counted eleven negative plays. We know 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.039 they took d Hop out of the game after the 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:28.120 first quarter. There were obviously protection issues with Kyler Denil Hunter. 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:29.599 I mean, just give that guy a spot on the 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:31.800 All Pro team right now. I mean, on this show, 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:33.960 how many times as DJ Humphreys over the years told 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.120 us Denil Hunter might be the most underrated dude in 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.000 the NFL. We saw evidence of that. So, yeah, there 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.400 is a lot to clean up. Yet you know what 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.479 Kyler Murray's and Chandler Jones have cleaned up on the 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.600 Player of the Week awards. Kyler's your NFC offensive players. 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.520 So think about that. Think about the numbers they put 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:55.279 up and they weren't even clicking for the most part. Yeah, Paul, 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:57.400 you stop and think about this right now when you're 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.440 talking about Kyler Murray. He's played, Paul. I think it's 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.920 thirty four games, Paul. As a matter of fact, Paul, 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.479 he let me do it. Thirty four games. I'll say 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:09.120 it with certitude that Kyler Murray has played. He's won 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:13.280 the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award five times, 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:15.920 and he should have wanted in the first week of 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:20.160 the season, all right, five times He's wanted fifteen percent 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.880 of the time that he has been a pro. I mean, Paul, 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:28.920 it's honestly, what this kid is evolving and developing into 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:32.440 right now, nobody knows. But I'm telling you it's starting 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.080 to clear up the picture of Kyler Murray, is it not? Yeah, 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.800 come for the arms, stay for the legs. And now 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:41.560 it's fear the mind. If he's beating you, if he's 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.640 beating you by deciphering your defense, and he's gone through 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.880 his progressions and you see his escape ability, you know, 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.400 I mean JJ Watt talked about that today, asked him 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.159 about Kyler. He said, let me tell you, there's nothing 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.080 better and being a defensive lineman and sipping on your 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.200 gatorade and watching the JumboTron and you see Kyler extending 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.160 to play for forty seconds and then throwing his up 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.839 in the seven yard touchdown, and you realize, Okay, I 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.360 don't have to be the guy dealing with that. The 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:09.720 offensive players like that first down, moved the chain stuff right. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.360 Bruda Baker after the game, after the Cardinals were torched 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:16.040 on the ground in the first half and they had 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.440 to make some serious halftime adjustments. Here's boot on how 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.760 the Cardinals won that game. And that was definitely an 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.840 ugly game, but sometimes you got to win those ugly games. 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.680 You know, our offense did a great job putting so 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.520 much points on a board for us and the defense. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.720 You know, we gotta be better, especial teams. We gotta 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.800 almost blocked punt, got that penalty, you know a lot 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.920 of penalties. We can we can be better. But when 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.080 is a win win? In no mentality, cars win that's 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.000 all right, man, you take it and run Paulli. Okay, 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.080 But if we're in the trust tree right now, there 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:47.920 are two words I don't like, Paul, get out of 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:52.040 my tree. Gap integrity. I think a gap integrity. I 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.880 start thinking of Robert Kidici and some of those defensive fronts, 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.920 and you just can't have it. You just can't have 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:00.760 the whole advance. Joseph said it again today that it 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.160 was an issue, and so all right, is that a 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.960 matter of focus. They made the adjustments at halftime. Buddha 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.280 went on in that postgame interview and I asked him specifically, 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.720 what was the adjustment. He said, we went jumbo quote unquote, yes, 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.440 not exactly sure how you define jumbo. If they went 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.480 with an extra defensive lineman. They were going four and 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.920 five defensive. I'm not exactly sure. But they managed to 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.040 nuize Chandler Jones as well. The Minnesota Vikings did, and 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.960 Kirk Cousins had a clean pocket almost the entirety of 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.440 the game. Yeah, no, Polly, I think they did. They 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.280 actually brought in an extra defensive lineman. I think that 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.320 is exactly what the Buddhi's referring to. But they did it. 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:40.520 Against some power personnel groups as well. But they did 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.920 play a lot better in that second half period against 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:47.240 the run. The first half was just an abomination. It 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.880 was that, there's no other way to actually say it. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.760 That is right now. The defense, you look at the 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.720 defensive side of the ball for the Arizona Cardinals, they 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:59.800 have played three really good halfs and then they played 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.840 one bad half of football. So far. The offense for 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.480 the Arizona Cardinals, for the most part, I think has 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.760 been fairly consistent. Over all. The special teams has got 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.680 to play better. That has always been a strength since 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.840 Jeff Rogers showed up here he's an excellent special teams coordinator. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:20.040 That Cardinals have had a good special teams except for 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.600 a field goal here and there. And that's an important thing. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:25.880 I don't make this. I don't mean to make it 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.760 sound like it's not important. Matt Prador though now of course, 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:33.280 has really shored up that part that phase of the 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.679 game for the Cardinals. Man, I'm telling you right now, 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.520 if they can get more consistency out of the defensive 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.960 side of the ball, this is gonna go real. Nas. 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:46.120 Did Minnesota just put a blueprint out there against the 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:50.320 Cardinals defense, one that the Jacksonville Jaguars might follow with 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.920 James Robinson, who by the way, was fifth in rushing 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:54.880 yards a year ago. For some of you reason with 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.480 a rookie quarterback, he's been underutilized, just sixteen carries in 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.520 two games. I know they got behind, but they really 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:02.679 haven't been blown out. That's sort of a no comprendo. 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.400 I mean, if I'm Jacksonville and Daryl Beble and I'm 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.560 looking at the Cardinals, I'm coming out with a similar approach, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.640 and I'm going to run it straight up the middle. 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.600 And it was shocking wolf A based on what the 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.960 Cardinals defense did in Tennessee, obviously, but then b that 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.800 interior oh line from Minnesota was nothing to write home about. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:24.240 They were exposed against Cincinnati. They're using backup tackles. I 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.439 was shocked. I think the staff from Craig Greley figured 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.360 it out. In the first half. There were six runs 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.319 by Dalvin Cook of ten yards or more and I'm 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.240 telling you every one of those. I think he was 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:38.320 untouched until the second level. Yeah, Paully, And once again 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.200 that was the real disturbing part to me. There were 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.720 two parts of it. Number One, it was the first 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:47.880 half and how the defense played in that first half, because, honestly, 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.240 coming off Week one and what they did against Derrick Henry, 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.560 I wanted to see them put the hammer down on 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:57.480 that questionable offensive line for the Minnesota Vikings. And then 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:00.720 it was the endgame scenario where the offense could not 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.200 run the time out, take the rest of the four 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.400 minutes and win the game, and the defense couldn't keep 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.920 the Vikings from going down and trying to attempt a 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:13.000 field goal, a makeable field goal. So if you're on 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.000 the Cardinals side, you hope that all those things you 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.640 have to correct actually got the player's attention and you're 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:19.760 not paying attention to the fact that Jaguars have lost 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:24.400 seventeen straight games. Good news. Max Williams had a career 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.200 game and he joins us. Next the Big Cardinals tight 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.760 end on the Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:38.920 and Gilbert we Are. Satan Ford throws to the right, 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:40.920 Max Williams with a cat to the forty breaks attack 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.480 on forty five fifty into Viking territory at the forty seven, 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.880 throwing down the scene, it's caught by Williams. It's tide 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.079 of ten and out of the eight yard line of 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:52.880 beautiful throw by Kyler Murray play action, Murray in the pocket, 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.319 try to dump it off. It's deflected and caught by 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.520 Max Williams of the forty and the forty five of 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.079 the fifty in the Viking Territory where he's finally he 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:04.520 got down. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. See the 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:09.000 man cuts the ball that's batted into the air. Max 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:15.880 Williams with Shotty on the spot. Baby, I understand the music. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.360 I thought it was like a blooper real music. I'm like, 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.320 what are you talking about? These are great catches, But 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:21.760 I see, well, if you were sort of going with 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.200 a circus theme, is what you're going with the day 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.120 Pass on Arizona Cardinals Radio Network. Correct, there's no doubt 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.280 about it, Bully, That's exactly what it was right there. 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.920 Stop right up, ladies and gentlemen. I mean the ball 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.880 was batted what twice and Max just acted like, you know, 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.160 this is nothing. Man just snatched it right out of 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.720 the air. Yeah, tip drill. It was in the second quarter, 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:46.880 second and ten thirty plus yards and the man himself 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.360 joins us. Last we left big tight end Max Williams, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:50.920 who was in the Cardinals locker room in the postgame 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:54.080 radio interview, your phone with a Minnesota area code was 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.080 blowing up. Max and if memory service you were denying 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.280 you had ever said the words you bet you? So 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:01.680 you know what kind of week have you had? Welcome Max, 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.200 Thanks for joining us on the big red rage. You 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.760 know it's a typical game week for me. That's the 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.360 way I've treated it. Gotting to work all week now 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.720 and we appracted tomorrow morning, then we fly out and 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.319 just getting the best and most prepared I can get 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.240 for Jacksonville. Max, you at a big day, there's no 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.240 doubt about that. And you were heavily involved in the offense. 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.439 But you are every week. It's not a situation where, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.680 you know, the Arizona Cardinals move the ball without you contributing, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.600 not only in terms of catching the ball from time 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.720 to time, but also when you're run blocking. What do 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:36.320 you take more pride in? If anything? Do you know? 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.360 I think it's a tight end. I try to take 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:41.280 pride and everything we have to do, and that's obviously 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.480 being on the line of scrimmage, being in the run game, 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.800 game dirty with those old linemen in the trenches. But 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:47.720 we also got to take pride, and we still have 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.760 to be able to run routes win man routes, so 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.360 we actually it's a lot of perfecting our craft on 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.040 both ends of the ball. So I think we've taken 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.320 pride in knowing that tight ends we have to be 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.920 good at doing both of them. Yeah, a career high 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.640 and catches with seven, the career high in receiving yards 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.200 with ninety four. Is there anything you can bottle up 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.200 from that game and take going forward? Meaning what did 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:10.400 you like about how that game went for you? You know, 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:13.600 for me, I like, obviously it's great gain the sun catches. Obviously, 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:15.120 I think I made some good blocks, but there was 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.200 things I knew I had to clean up, things that 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.480 you know, just normal people wouldn't know watching because our 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.080 schemes and stuff. So really, for Meili this week, what 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:23.920 I take from that game is try to improve on 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.600 the things I did wrong or not up to my standards, 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.600 and then just prepare to be the best I can 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:31.920 this week. You know, this is a question that I 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.000 love to ask every player that we have on, But 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.200 do you tend to pick at yourself? Max? Are you 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.800 somebody that really you move yourself onto the magnifying glass, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.080 and you don't want to talk about, you know, your successes. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.960 You want to talk about your minuses. You want to 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.800 talk about those things that man, every player goes out 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.680 and experiences gets a negative of course when he's being greated. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.440 Do you focus? Do you have a tendency of focusing 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.360 on the things you need to fix? You know? I 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.960 think after the season and the off seasons win, it's 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.640 a good time to look back and reflect on the 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.480 good games and the bad games, and that's when you 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.920 can really enjoy the good moments that you had. But 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.600 for me, right now, it's a brand new week, and 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:12.920 everything that happened in the last two games you got 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.000 to forget about. You got to put them out of 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.280 your head, and you gotta get your mindset for the 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.320 next game. Because it's the NFL. Every week, something new 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.880 can happen. It's a new team every week, it's new defenses. 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:23.760 And then if you don't put the time in and 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.120 the work in and forget about your success and failures 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.360 in the past, you'll let it be prepared for the 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.120 next week. All right. If MAXI Willians won't talk about 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:34.160 Max Williams, then we'll ask Cliff Kingsbury about his tight end, 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.960 and that's exactly what happened earlier this week. Here's the 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.640 head coach. They've played a bunch of two show defense, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.480 and we knew that he'd have a chance to work 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.200 down the teams and across the middle of sum and 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.560 he had a really nice game. The deflection that he 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.880 caught when we were really stagging on offense, I think 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.480 really woke us up and got us go on and 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:51.960 that was a huge playing the ball game, all right, 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.240 Cliff Kingsbury on the why and the how and can 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:56.920 you tell us Max? I mean, when a tight end 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.920 is effective in the passing game in a Cardinals game, 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.000 is it usually down the seams? And you have a 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:05.560 sense when you're game planning during the week, Oh okay, 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.280 these are a few coverages, and this is a sort 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.040 of team where a tight end really could be a 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.760 big factor in the passing game. You know. I think 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:13.720 a lot of that goes down to credit to the 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.520 Cliff and the coaches, because ultimately they're the ones that 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.080 are going to make the game plan, and our job 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:20.760 is to go out there and execute the game plan. 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.320 So for me, it's more get the game plan, get 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.920 what we're going to want and then apply it to 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.000 the defense that we know we're gonna be playing against. 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.960 So i'd say each and every week it's more trying 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:33.960 to apply what our coaches want us to run against, 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.480 what defenses we're going to be playing. Max, do you 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.360 feel that you're taking on more of a leadership role 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:43.520 inside that locker room? You know, I always try for that. Obviously, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.440 I'm in my seventh year now, and I know there's 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.960 guys older on the team, But I think in our 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.040 actual locker room right now, there's so many guys that 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:54.040 are leader of our team that aren't per se our captains. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.120 I mean, there's guys like Christian Kirk, Chase, all those 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.840 guys that do every little detail, push every single person. 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.320 So really, I would say there's so many leaders in 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.200 our locker room. We all try to elevate each other. 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.120 Max Williams Our guest Cardinals tight End and the Big 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:11.159 Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert It's all 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:12.880 about you. You know I'm gonna ask you a question 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.040 aj Green was asked earlier today. The question was along 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.080 the lines of look what d Hop and Christian Kirk 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.880 and now Rondale Moore, there's so many other receivers, you're 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.280 probably getting less attention than ever, especially as years in Cincinnati, 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.440 whereas in number one and getting double teamed all the time. 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.480 How about you as a tight end, just the tight 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:32.480 end in this offense with all the receiving weapons, I mean, 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.600 that position could be a consistent target. It might be 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.800 an afterthought, but but for Kyler, considering you know, all 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.040 these receivers are gonna beginning all that attention, it could 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.240 be really effective, don't you think. Yeah, I mean I 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.160 agree percent with that. I think with all the weapons 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.119 that we have on offense and all our receivers that 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.680 they have to worry about, including our running back room, 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:55.280 I mean, I think it's opportunities for tight ends especially 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.399 but all the other receivers across the board, because teams 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.680 don't have enough guys to cover all our receivers, so 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.800 someone's always going to be open. And I think that's 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.920 a luxury that we're going to try to keep going 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.879 forward and building on it to try to become an 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.000 offense that we want to be. Max. I think you 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:13.040 are so integral to the success of this offense because 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.600 I think especially an eleven personnel one back, one tight end, 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:20.120 three wide receivers. I think the run pass ratio has 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.520 really evened out a little bit, and you are really 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:27.200 keyed to that because I think you're an excellent blocker, 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:30.680 especially at the point of attack. How how much pride 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.200 do you take in that, Max, because I don't think 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:35.960 you could run the same offense without a guy that 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.760 could come off the ball and be physical like you are. 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:41.960 You know, I think allow of that's credit to my 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.400 tight end coach here, Steve Hyden, because when I got here, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.440 I think I was half the player that he's turned 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:50.000 me into. I give all the credit in the world 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.960 to him in my run blocking and the technique I use. 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:54.600 And I take a lot of pride in that now 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.800 because up until obviously both this year, I haven't guys 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.560 many pass catches, and I turned more into a blocking 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.320 tight end after getting her in Baltimore getting here, So 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.960 really I took pride in that because I knew that 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:06.800 was my chance to make a difference for our team. 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.040 So really, that's what I strive for. The fact your 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.800 dad spent a decade in the NFL as an offensive alignment, 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:17.439 you know how, I mean, you gotta take pride in that, right. 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.440 I mean, that's in your family DNA. I mean, I 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:22.439 try to say it's in my family in DNA to 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.520 be a snapper because my dad did field goals. So 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:26.240 I really take the heart that I should have been 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.359 a long snapper if I'm really gonna follow my dad's footsteps. 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.000 But no, it's it's it's great having him obviously for 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.520 him playing so long being an old lineman. Well, I 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:36.679 especially when I was really getting becoming a tight end 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:38.560 in college and all that, it's great to have him 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:40.960 in my corner just helping with the little things. So 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:43.720 I'll it's I'm so close to my dad. It's it's 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:45.840 unbelievable have him in my corner. And I love having 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:47.760 him here for every game. You know what is so 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:50.600