WEBVTT - Big Red Rage - Cardinals Prepare For Cap Challenges 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:04.920 Strap on the boots and scrape up the knuckles. Oh 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.680 what ahead, he got jacked. This is the Big Red 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:14.160 Ray presented by Santanford in Gilbert. Harry's gonna score touchdown 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:17.079 and so for bets goes up and makes the game. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:22.439 When it catch Flurry Luncheon does it again. The Rage 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.400 is brought to you by satan Ford in Gilbert. Are 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.800 you Satanford State Farm? Talk to an agent today at 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:36.280 eight hundred State Farm and buy Arizona Cardinals podcasts, Visit 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:42.040 acy Cardinals dot Com, Slash Podcasts, The Rods Rising Guard, 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:49.239 Temperaturizing Vision, Flurry Rage taking it over. Here's Paul KELVC. 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:52.239 Get the popcorn ready. It's gonna be a show, and 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.320 Ron will flee. It doesn't get any better than that. 0:00:55.640 --> 0:01:02.240 Horsh unleash the fiar. You know, Wolf, if you really 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:06.399 think about it, it's truly amazing that here we are 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.760 eleven days or so after the Super Bowl, otherwise known 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:15.720 as the dead zone on the NFL calendar, especially without 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.679 a combine. Right, yeah, Paul, it is a little rough, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.760 but Wolf, earlier today did we not have a touchdown? 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:29.080 A touchdown with clapping and cheering and a standing ovation 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:36.640 as Mars rover perseverance makes a successful landing on the 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.760 Red planet. I mean, is there a better intro here 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.680 for the Big Red Rage brought to you by santan 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:47.440 Ford and Gilbert than to have perseverance? And I believe 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:53.160 the exact words or mission control were touchdown confirmed. So 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.200 you know you're all over this thing right now, right, 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.920 I mean, let me tell you this has potential for 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.680 you and Dave Pash does not. I mean, as if 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.760 I have to do everything around here already, you guys, 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.160 this is your new touchdown call. It's now Dave Pash 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.760 can yell out touchdown confirmed? Yes? Okay, you know what, Honestly, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.160 I don't know if we want Pash being involved in 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.880 what's going on on Mars at all. You know, the 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.280 Pash factor is real, BALI I don't know if we 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:21.880 really want to go down that road. Well, he deals 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.000 with Mars pretty much every college basketball broadcasting leans with 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:28.919 Bill Walton, So you know it's the craziness there. Dave 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.280 gets out on a regular basis. But seriously, I mean, 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:35.320 how about that, how about this saying on the wall 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.640 in Michian Control. Did you see what the saying in 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.160 Big Block letters. They have it up there all. No, 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.720 I did not. I'm sorry I miss this. You know 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.400 what the nap does to me, Paul. Okay, these are 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.080 words to live by, as the motto on the wall says, 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:53.440 Dare mighty things. Okay, I like it. Dare mighty things, Bobby, 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:55.519 I mean, you know, why not adopt that? Why not 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.200 adopt that as a marketing model twenty twenty one for 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.720 your Arizona Cardinals, ron Wolf. You know what, there, mighty things. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.360 I love it, Ball, I love where you're going on 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:07.240 this thing right here, dare mighty things. The mighty Kyler Murray. 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.440 Of course, first of all, that that plays into it. 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.919 I like that. Has he trademarked that? By the way, 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:13.520 has he done that? Polly? Do you know if he's 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:17.120 trademarked that yet? At the mighty Kyler Murray right there? 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:21.320 I think Pash might have gotten an invoice. You better ask. Okay, So, 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:23.800 dare mighty things? Is that what you just said? Polly? 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.520 Right there? They're mighty things. That's what I said every 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.799 time I covered a kickoff, Paul. That's exactly see dare 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.720 mighty things. Because look, everybody, it's a three hundred and 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:38.280 twenty five pound man standing in a wedge. So you actually, 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.320 I mean wolf for the first time ever, you have 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.640 something in common with those Pocket protect Or geniuses over 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.640 at Caltech in Pasadena. You know, the whole dare Mighty things. 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.600 You guys live by the same motto. Apparently you know, 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.560 these are the guys getting the perfect score. And so, Paul, 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.240 you're saying, they're sticking the landing in Mars and I 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.040 was sticking the sternum with my face mask. Is that 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:00.840 what you're saying? Well, not exact. Actually, I guess what 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.920 I'm saying is while they're looking for signs of life 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.080 on Mars as we speak right now, you know what 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.440 I mean, how tough can it be to find find 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.240 a couple of corners, find an edge rusher? You know, 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.000 can you find some interior alignment? You know, a number 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:19.000 two wide receiver? Okay, this is our mission here in 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:22.920 the offseason. If you're part of this Arizona Cardinals project 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.400 that I don't know about you, Polly, but I think 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.200 this first beautiful part of the program right here is 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.600 off the RELs because for me, there it is they're 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.520 trying to find life on Mars, and I was trying 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:40.920 to damage life as severely as I possibly. No. Let 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.480 the record reflect that. Jim On Mohndro play the music 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.440 on you while you were talking, not me. Okay, what 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.880 I've just brought was captivating you, Polly. I mean it was. 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:54.080 It certainly was poignant. It was relevant as well. It 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.680 just hadn't seen any of it. Okay, Well, things we'll 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:01.280 get substantive and we'll get extreme real when we bring 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:05.120 on Kyle Otigard. Momentarily, we're going to get into what 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:09.279 Michael Bidwell told you and Doug today. Oh, let me 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:13.719 get this straight. You guys had two interview segments earlier today. Yeah, 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.440 that's right, Paulie. We did, actually had two. A lot 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.919 of topics discussed with the owner of the Arizona Cardinals, 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.640 Michael Bidwell. There you go, the direction of the Arizona 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.920 Cardinals hanging in the balance. That's next in the Big 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:32.880 Red Rage. The clock hits triple zeros. The Arizona Cardinal 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.719 season is over. They lose the play in game eighteen 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.880 to seven of the Rams. The Cardinal season is over. 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.599 You know, it's execution, I think inconsistency and you know, 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:48.880 especially around penalties, the attention to detail and penalties really 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.680 hurt us, and I think we've got to eliminate those penalties, 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:56.120 especially the senseless ones, and get back to great football. 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.560 And that's all within our control. Yeah, when you lead 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:03.240 the end up ellen penalties, guess what, that's not a surprise. 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.800 When the owner of Michael Bidwell went asked during the 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.799 Dug and Wolf Show today ninety eight seven FM Arizona Sports, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.960 where do you want to see improvement this coming season? 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.760 That you would start with something that is most definitely 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.719 within your control, and that's the flax, the penalties that 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.440 were so costly all season long. It is the Big 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.800 Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.960 santan Ford, Paul kelvc Ron, Wolfley and Wolf. That was 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.040 just one of many answers. We'll get into a lot 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:32.599 of different aspects, will name names. We'll talk about the cap. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.919 Kyle ort A guard is right around the corner. But 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.240 in terms of where he is setting the bar and 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:44.480 his expectations for the upcoming season, he was pretty straightforward 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.520 and he wants to go where he thought the team 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.960 was going this year, and that's the postseason. Yeah, POLLI, Yeah, 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.800 I think we all actually thought that this roster going 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:57.480 into the season was playoff worthy, and I give Steve 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.640 Kyman his staff an awful lot of credit for that, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.760 because I do believe this team should have gone to 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.920 the playoffs last year. That was my expectation. And then 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.640 when you've got two weeks, the final two weeks of 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:10.680 the season, you just got to win basically one of 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.920 those games right there. To me, when you're taking on 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:17.640 a third string quarterback and a quarterback in the last 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.800 game of the season that had not thrown a pass 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.040 on the National Football League, that to me, Man, those 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.200 are red light games. You've got to win those games, Pauli. 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.360 And the fact that they lost to both of those 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.160 games such a massive disappointment on the season. But I 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.640 do believe the talent is there to be a playoff team. 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.080 They were a playoff team the first half of the season. 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.640 It was almost two seasons and one. It was the 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:47.080 six and three start with the high flying offense, and 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:51.000 then it was the two and five finish where there 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:55.000 were so many costly errors. There was at times a 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.040 lack of urgency and intensity. And that's not us, that's 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.920 the head coach, even that's Kyler Murray. Here in the 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.720 off season, saying you didn't know which team you would 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.200 get week to week, and then the team you got 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.520 in week sixteen, to your point, looked more like a 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.600 preseason game. And against the Niners, going against the third 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.840 string quarterback at third string running back that nearly ran 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.040 for almost two hundred yards in that game. And yeah, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.160 and then of course we know how it all finished. 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.360 So you know you saw it over the first half 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.360 of the year. The big question, at least to me, 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.920 is why didn't you see it in the second half 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.080 of the year And how do you diagnose that exactly? 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.080 You know what, Paul, I don't know. I think that 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.480 is a question that these professional coaches are sitting around 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.080 the big rectangle talking about. Right now, how are we 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.960 going to fix the problem? What was the problem? You 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.960 have to be able to identify that problem first before 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.040 you can actually fix it. And for me, Polly, honestly, 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.800 this is just me. This is my observation, period. This 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.800 is a team's got to get more physical. And the 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.240 way you get more physical as you bring in more dogs. Period. 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.959 We were talking to herm Edwards as a matter of fact, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.520 right from ASU we were talking to him and he 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:04.160 was talking about the fact that you need those guys 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.480 to come in and set the tone for everybody else. 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.640 You need three or four guys on the offensive side 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.520 of the ball, three or four guys on the defensive 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.440 side of the ball that bring that intensity and that 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.959 expectation and the accountability that you're gonna go out there 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:21.120 and you're gonna smash somebody, You're gonna bash him, You're 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.440 gonna go out there and you're going to be more 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:28.280 physical players, keep players accountable. Never ever forget that you 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.000 can have a coach PAULI up there. First of all, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.960 Bill Belichick. Bill Belichick never talked about being physical, never 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:38.160 talked about being physical at all, never said never. Paul 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:40.720 never said that. You know why, he didn't have to, 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.200 and he knew he didn't have to because he was 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.959 bringing in players that he knew were physical. This is 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.240 just me, it's my belief. I think the Arizona Cardinals 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.920 have all the talent you could possibly need. They've got 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.000 the guys, they've got the talent to be a playoff team. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.839 Now they need some dogs. Now they need some guys 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.200 that are going to be really physical on the line 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.280 of scrimmage. It's just my opinion. Paul Well look at 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.960 the last game we saw in the NFL, the Super Bowl. 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:13.080 Would you say Tampa despite having all the name recognition 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.960 that Tom Brady's and Gronk had a couple of touchdown catches, 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.439 and even Antonio Brown for all the star power though 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.800 was out there, would you say the key to that 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.920 game was that Tampa was more physical on both sides 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:25.800 of the line. There's no doubt about it. Bully, Yeah, 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.160 I mean, we'd all agree on that right there? Are they? 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.840 The Kansas City Chiefs, to me, did not take advantage 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.160 of the fact that they had two edge rushers out 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:38.240 there and Shack Barrett of course and Jason Pierre Paul 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.800 that really were just up the field rushers for the 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.160 most part, and they had two tackles that were backup 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.880 tackles starting in the Super Bowl. To me, light up 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.560 and hammer the ball, run the ball, and when the 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:56.280 Chiefs did, they had success. Clyde Edwards Hilaire averaged over 0:10:56.360 --> 0:11:00.200 six yards per carry. He had success running the ball, 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.160 and I thought that was just a massive mistake. We've 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.599 talked about that as well, but there's no doubt about it. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.600 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers one Super Bowl fifty five because 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.280 they won the line of scrimmage. Well. When Michael Bidwall 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.040 was asked her in the Dug and Wall Show Today 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:19.280 if it's playoffs or bust for the other two decision 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:22.960 makers in that trio, Clip Kingsbury and Steve Kim, he 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.600 said it was about improvement, was the word he used repeatedly. 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.160 Didn't actually want to make a playoff proclamation, but out 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:33.000 of improvement, Yes, obviously that is the next step for 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.400 this team is the postseason? How do you get there? 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.679 We'll cover that next. Kyle Odergard, Cardinals Insider. Next on 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:42.120 The Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford and Gilbert 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:49.839 we are satan Ford Alan backed to throw looking for digs. 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.319 It's that steps up throws deep. Vindle picked off Peterson 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.040 got that one. He's in his forty yard line thrumming 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.600 far side of the forty five and down there. Had 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.760 he got Allen that time. He's gonna be a offseason 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.480 upstairs management and is going to be It's going to 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:06.280 come down to guys make some tough decisions. So you 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.160 got a lot of key guys that's that's going to 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.000 be free agents, but you also got teams that's not 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.560 going to be able to spend the money like they have. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.880 It's twenty eight future free agents for the Arizona Cardinals 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.280 at least going into the offseason. That's Patrick Peterson. You're 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.640 the interception against Buffalo one of three this season. But 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.920 you also heard him talking about the reality that both 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.120 sides are facing Ron Wolfley. It is the big Red 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:34.079 Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert. We are santan Ford. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.720 Think about a total attendance last year, because of the 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.360 pandemic total attendance throughout the league the entire season one 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.280 point two million. Do you know what attendance was in 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:49.120 twenty nineteen during a normal season, seventeen million? Okay, so 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.960 from seventeen million fans being able to attend total figure 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.920 to one point two million. In other words, guess what, 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:00.120 there was a massive revenue hit and that's going to 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.320 be reflected in the salary cap figure. And we got 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.079 news on that today. And because our hashtag Ron Wolfley 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.640 is no math around here, at least yours truly, we 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:10.839 bring on Kyle outor guard because when it comes in 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.920 of the numbers, we bring in Kyle Cardinals insider. We 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.480 say good evening to Kyle and we ask him to 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.640 break it down and Kyle, what was the headline today 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.160 when it comes to this salary cap. Yeah, I think 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.800 you're right. I'm always ready to talk some math. The 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.840 salary floor is moving up to one hundred and eighty 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.839 million dollars, and before the bottom it could have been 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.400 was one seventy five, so we know that it will 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:39.360 be at least one eighty. Michael Bidwell talked the Arizona 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.000 Sports and said he doesn't think it's going to go 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.840 much higher than that. So my guests, my best guests 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.480 would maybe be one eighty to one eighty five somewhere 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.040 and there. But either way, it's a lot lower than 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.200 projected before COVID came because we were talking about maybe 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.200 two hundred and ten million dollars cap. So, you know, 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.640 twenty twenty five million dollars difference, that's a pretty big deal. Kyle. 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.960 That is a big deal. There's no doubt about it. 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.480 What do you think it's gonna do just big picture overall, 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.640 heading into free agency, what do you think it's gonna 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.600 do to free agents in the free agent period? Yeah, 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.960 And the way we looked at it with the superstars 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:18.240 during the season, they still got their big money deals. 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:22.040 Jalen Ramsey a Buddha baker. These guys still got paid. 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.360 So I think your elite Pro Bowl players are still 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.920 gonna get a nice contract. But those second tier guys, 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.280 I'm worried that the free agency is gonna be a 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:34.120 big bust for them because teams just can't pay that 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.360 eight to twelve million dollar range. I think those guys 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.440 are gonna get hurt hardest. Where you're a solid veteran 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.120 in the NFL, you've proven your worth, you think you 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.720 should get a solid deal because you're a starter. But 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.160 I just don't think there's gonna be enough money going 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.160 around to pay a lot of those guys. So I 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.080 think there's gonna be that first wave of free agency 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.800 that we see every year, and every other year has 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.040 come the second and third wave. We might not get 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.400 that for a while. It might be, you know, a 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.080 week until these guys realize, hey, I'm not going to 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.240 get the deal I want. And maybe there's a lot 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.880 of one year deals guys saying all right, I'll bite 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.160 the bullet this season and then hopefully I can cash 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.520 in next year. Speaking of if you go to AC 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.320 Cardinals dot com, you can see a little bit of 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.920 a breakdown and what Chase Edmonds tweeted out this week 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.360 Cardinals running back, and I'll just quote loosely. He said, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.840 there's gonna be a lot of really good players taking 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:29.120 one year rentals. Free agency is gonna be wild, and 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.040 he threw out the term super teams in the NFL 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:37.560 and NBA type development that we've seen over recent years. Kyle, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.760 is that realistic? And because guys might be looking to 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.920 twenty twenty two and beyond a really cash in, how 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.480 much more apt are they to take that one year 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:49.760 rental as Chase Edmonds calls it. Yeah, I think the 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.440 one year deal is going to be a big part 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.600 of it. And you look at a guy like JJ 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.000 Watt who's made a ton of money and maybe he 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.120 goes somewhere and that's where the super team idea comes 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:01.760 into play. But I personally feel like for the vast 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.360 majority of free agents, they're just gonna take the best 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.560 contract that's on the table. NBA is a little bit different, 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.000 where these guys have the guaranteed money, these long term contracts, 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.400 they can kind of pick and choose and team up together. 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.040 But in the NFL, as you guys know, you can't 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.640 just have three guys and all of a sudden have 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.160 a contender. You need a full team, and I think 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.760 without a lot of guaranteed salaries with lower money this year, 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.600 I feel like these guys are going to find the 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.160 best deal that they can and then grab that, no 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.360 matter if it's on a team that just won the 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.160 Super Bowl or made the Super Bowl, or it's a 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.400 team that's rebuilding. So, Kyle, it doesn't sound like you 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.920 believe there's gonna be a bottleneck at the end of 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.840 free agency, that there's a bunch of people, a bunch 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:44.400 of guys players that are holding out to the very 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.480 end hoping to get oh, I don't know, an extra 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:51.160 million thrown in at the end. You don't think there's 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.320 gonna be a bottleneck. You think pe players are going 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.760 to go ahead and grab the best offer immediately and 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.640 go with it. I think we'll, like we heard from 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.000 Patrick Peterson, come into the segment, the players realize what's 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.200 going on, They know that the salary cap is lower, 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.560 all the teams don't have as much money as they 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:13.080 did in past season. So I do feel like they're 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.920 gonna shoot for the mood originally and everybody wants this 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.639 lucrative contract, but I think reality will set in after 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.320 that first wave and these guys are going to realize 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.199 that the money is drying up quickly and I'm just 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.960 gonna have to take a deal because the longer you wait, 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.200 that means other guys are signing and there's even less 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.000 money in the coffers. So I do feel like guys 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:37.600 will sign pretty early still in March and then April, 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.040 but I don't think there's going to be as many 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.720 waiting because they realize it might not be smart to 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.520 wait this year. There just isn't enough money to go around. Well. 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.280 The league Gears starts March seventeenth, and Michael Bidwell, team owner, 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:50.760 was asked a ninety eight seven FM Arizona Sports This 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:55.680 Morning by Doug and Wolfe about just negotiations and expectations. 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.840 Here's Michael Bidwell. We've got to cram a lot more 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.320 salary that salary cap, so it's going to be difficult, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:04.719 you know, I think for every team to manage all 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.239 these things, and we hope our veteran players work with 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.879 us on that because the salary cap for the first 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.360 time ever will be going down and that brings us 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:18.360 back to Patrick Peterson for example, right Wolf, So, I mean, 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.640 here's a guy who's used to making eight figures. That 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.480 doesn't seem realistic either because of this year, the point 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:27.880 in his career, what's the market going to be? How 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:31.200 longer guys willing to wait? I mean there's a lot 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:32.960 of there's a lot hanging in the balance here in 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.359 timing seems to be everything right now, Kyle, what do 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.800 you think about what Paul just said in regard to 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:40.879 Pat pe What do you think the odds are that 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.720 he comes back as an Arizona Cardinal? Yeah, I think 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:48.199 it's definitely kind of wait to see what happens. I 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.560 don't have a great feeling either way. I mean, on 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.760 the one hand, Patrick Peterson probably isn't the same perennial 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.359 All Pro, Pro Bowl type player that he was in 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.960 his prime. But on the other hand, if the car 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.359 let him go, what are they doing with their number 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:05.280 one cornerback spot? And that's a big question. And even 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.000 though Patrick Peterson might not be completely elite anymore, he's 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.000 still a solid cornerback and you need those guys on defense. 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:13.840 So I think a lot of it comes down to 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.320 what his expectation is, what the Cardinals are willing to pay. 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:20.000 I think if they're in the same ballpark, it seems 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.639 like both sides want to work it out. But Patrick 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:25.040 Peterson might also feel like, Hey, I'm a free agent 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.400 for the first time. I really want to see what's 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.120 out there. And if he does that, the Cardinals can't 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.720 just wait around and see what happens. They need to 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:36.320 make some moves too, because they don't have their number 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.000 one cornerback and Drake Kirkpatrick as a free agent two 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.879 their number two cornerbacks, so they're gonna have to be 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:44.919 decisive as well in making decisions. So I think Patrick 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.159 Peterson is definitely the most intriguing free agent among the 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:50.520 Cardinals to me, because I really have no idea what's 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:53.040 going to happen. And Wolf didn't Michael Bedwolves say that 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:57.280 they've had a quote number of conversations. Yeah, so what 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:59.000 does that tell you? Doesn't that tell you? I mean, 0:19:59.200 --> 0:20:01.119 we know pat P wants to stay. He said as 0:20:01.240 --> 0:20:04.080 much after the season. It seems like the feeling is 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.720 mutual if they can agree on a number, Yeah, exactly, Paul. 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:09.840 I don't know what the market is going to be 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:12.639 like for Pat P. I really don't know what that's 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:15.240 gonna look like. In because of that, I have no 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:20.600 idea what somebody might offer. My natural inclination is to say, 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.520 there's gonna be a team that's gonna come in hard 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:24.600 on pat p of course, and they're gonna make an 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:27.760 offer because they know this guy's still an above average 0:20:27.800 --> 0:20:32.040 corner and maybe he's gonna rebound like many corners have 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:35.200 into their mid thirties. Maybe he's gonna rebound, So maybe 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.399 you're gonna go ahead and give him a bigger deal. 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.320 Not a huge deal, but a bigger deal. And that 0:20:41.640 --> 0:20:43.680 at the same time, as soon as I say that, Paul, 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:47.760 I just don't expect that to be the case. I 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:50.320 still you know what that scenario, to me plays out 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:52.680 is more likely to play out with a son Reddick. 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:55.240 I fear that with a son Reddick at twenty six 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:58.560 years of age, someone coming in with Olivier Vernon money. 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.119 And there are a few teams, Kyle, I mean, for 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:04.040 example today's trade, right, I mean, Philly's going to absorb 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:07.040 thirty nine million and dead money on their camp this 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:09.919