Big Red Rage - Butler Addition Leads 500th Show

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in your thin blood. Don't tell me you're from Buffalo. You always are wearing a jacket when it's under seventy eight degrees. Buffalo boy, always a Buffalo boy. You can turn off the fog. Lights on your f one fifty because the roster is now coming into focus. You can see ahead where the Cardinals are going. You can see where they have landed. Oh wait a minute, there was a stop for a cornerback earlier. Today there were some tight end news cleared up as well, a little draft

clarification as well. And how about this week in general, Ron Wolfley, you definitely have not been as productive as the airs on a Cardinals this week, as they have addressed multiple spots will get into it. It's not just the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford, Paul Calvc, Ron Wolfley. It is show number five hundred in the history of the Big Red Rage. Wolf Well, you know what, Pobaby, it only seems very momentous that show number five hundred would have

as much news as the Arizona Cardinals have today. I could not believe it, Paul, the news that just kept coming down about the Arizona Cardinals. And here we are, show number five hundred, and we talked about clearing up, heating up. We even have a backup quarterback potentially news. So up and down there's the Indy five hundred and then there's the five hundredth episode of The Big Red Rage, and we're gonna get into it. We're gonna go down

memory lane. We're gonna revisit some of the all time great moments in the history of this show, which goes almost two decades. Now, think about that, and then we're gonna talk about what's front Burner and Wolf. You tell me when they signed Malcolm Butler, that obviously filled the biggest hole that was left at this point in the offseason.

Malcolm Butler come on down a one year deal with the Arizona card Yeah, Polly, it's so interesting because right now, I don't know if you're reading the tea leaves of all of these signings in these moves that Steve Kim and the Arizona Cardinals have made so far, but one thing screams out to me in almost all of these signings, Polly, and that is there's going to be a change of culture inside that locker room. There's going to be a

lot more physicality. When you talk about Malcolm Butler, you talk about him just as a corner, Polly, start talking about him being a physical press man, corner or a guy that's going to be physical and be able to hold up and cover two schemes where you've got that roll up corner and any type of play, any type of perimeter play that comes towards that number two corner, that covered two corner. He's got to force everything inside. You need to feel a goal corner to do that

right now. Top end speed gonna be a little bit suspect with Malcolm Butler, but this is a guy that gets it done via savvy and just being smarter than you are. And starting with JJ Watt, the physicality, the energy, the intensity a Rodney Hudson who is a maller at the center position. Yes, they added up Brian Winters. I mean, the dude is pulling f three fifties, you know, World Strongman competition type stuff. How about you know, purposely going

after and resigning Marcus Golden. All right, Junkyard Dog, You're right, Wulf. There is a pattern here, Darrell Daniels bringing him back as that second tight end, ad move tight end, more blocker than receiver. They're not just building a team, they're building a culture. I agree with you, and we'll get into what Malcolm Butler does for the Arizona Cardinal's next

the big red rage shown number five hundred. The poll is hit the Patriot one the quarterback Wilson is in the shotgun information Lynch will flank into his left two one to the near side, one to the fall. In the shut gun, there's the Snappe's felled high control interston. It's intercepted by Fulcol Butler. Welcome, Butler is intercepting Listen Wilson at the goal line. Twenty second slift. Parler does an unbelievable job getting inside and I'm surprised that Russell

Wilson through it here. Harler read the play perfectly, one behind the pick and ran right to where the slam was going to be prone. Beast Mode was surprised that Russell Wilson threw that ball right there. That's how Super

Bowl forty nine ended at State Farm Stadium. And that was just the beginning of the career of Malcolm Butler, who, if you remember, was an undrafted rookie that season out of West Alabama and a Super Bowl clinching interception to win for the Patriots with the Seahawks at the goal line. Wolf I was at at that game. I was in auxiliary media. You're never It's never good when you're on

auxiliary media seating. I was a good three rows from the top of the stadium and it happened right in front of me, although I had my binoculars watching it from that point. And you've never seen a fan base so distraught. It's one thing to lose a game at the end. It's another thing to lose a Super Bowl

at the very end on the final play. And there you go Malcolm Butler and that's the play of his career so far after one year with Tennessee, signs in the line that has dotted today and he's the newest Arizona Cardinals, not just cornerback, but he's going to be your number one corner going into this season, no doubt about it. Bali, you know, it's so fascinating I knew about this. Is Malcolm Butler. Once again, this guy is a tough, tough dude. He's a tough corner. He's a

pretty big corner. When you think of five eleven one ninety poly that's a pretty good size for a cornerback right there, and once again, tough. A guy that is an alpha male the locker room, the testosterone that is going to be floating around the Arizona Cardel's locker room this year in twenty twenty one is so impressive, it's unbelievable. This guy is a man's man, a man's corner, if you will. Polly, very very physical guy. Once again, doesn't have the top end speed that maybe he once possessed.

He's got average speed right now, I think when you consider the totality of his position, but he gets so much of it done based on knowing scheme, knowing route combinations, anticipation, knowing where to be. This is a very very smart football player. And of all the guys, and I said this, Polly, before this signing right here, I said this. I said, of all the corners that are out there right now and are available, the one guy that I'm interested in

is Malcolm Butller. Well, guess what maybe you spoken into existence because speaking of before this signing, here's Steve Kime on Monday the Arizona Cardinals gym answering a question about the Cardinals corner situation. At that moment. You know, every team has holes, and one thing you don't want to do is you don't want to panic and do things that are put you in a tough situation from a

cap standpoint, So we'll continue to monitor the market. There's different avenues that we can take, whether it's through free agency, trade options, or even the NFL draft. Look, the supply was out there. It was a matter of waiting what would come to him. And if you believe the reports, he signed a one year deal Malcolm Butler with a Cardinals worth a maximum of six million a base of three point five million according to multiple reports. So Tennessee

let him go. He had a cap number of fourteen point two million, So as much as they might have wanted to keep them, it just wasn't feasible under their cap. Yeah, and see was a free agent man. That is a great point, Paul, It really is, because we know the salary pinch. Of course, that is happening with every NFL team, And when you've got a guy that may not be a shutdown corner. And I wouldn't call Malcolm Butler a

shutdown corner at this point in his career. I don't think Malcolm Butler would call himself a shutdown corner at thirty one years of age right now. I don't think he'd do that, Polly. But when you're paying somebody like that fourteen million and you can save over ten million dollars on the cap the way that the Tennessee Titans did. Yeah, in this climate right now, you could see that coming.

I want to say one thing about this Polly last year a bit of a bounce back year for Malcolm Butler in terms of getting his hands on a lot of footballs. I think it's so important when you look

at cornerbacks. How many passes defense does a corner have? Polly, and you would think of Pat P when Pat p came into the league right his first three years in the league, would just say that Pat P was really an exciting developing corner and all right, Paul, Yeah, a lot of his rookie year, obviously he wasn't Pat he the Pro Bowler act corner, but yeah, after that rookie year,

absolutely he was the shutdown guy. The first three years, teams are gonna Tessac Corner, Tessac Corner, tests at corner, and suddenly Pappy by year four he had proven he's one of the best shutdown corners in the game. And he didn't get tested a lot. But the first three years he had thirteen passes defense that tells me a lot. He was targeted. He's a rookie. Go after him. You know what. Thirteen times got his hands on a football, knocked it down in his second year in the league.

Sixteen times Paul knocked it down his third year in the league, another thirteen times got his hands on a football, knocked it down, and then it just drops off the table from that point forward. Why because so many teams were not targeting Pat p Right, Malcolm Butler is gonna get targeted. Nobody's gonna look at Malcolm Butler said, Oh, he's a shutdown corner. Don't throw it over there. They're gonna do it. They're gonna throw it over there. He

had fourteen passes defense last year. Paul, this is a guy who may not physically be a supreme talent anymore, but this is a guy that will get it done with his brain. I'll take that all day. And he has ball skills a feign interceptions last year. He tweeted out today quote I bawled at the age of thirty.

I think I can ball harder at thirty one. And then after the news broke, he tweeted out, can't wait to wear that red, talking about signing with the Cardinals, and he's a guy with a dozen playoff games worth of postseason experience under his belt. Ron willfully so not going to be surprised. Yeah, he's got that going for him. And your point earlier about him being physical. One hundred tackles last year between Robert Alford and Malcolm Butler, and we know Byron Murphrey will put his hat on you.

I mean, that's a pretty physical group of corners. Just another guy that will stick his face into the fire. Darren Urban next on show number five hundred and the Big Red Rage, You're flying solo tonight, But it doesn't mean you don't have big news to announce for trand Berry. Yeah, I just want to I wanted to make this nice special m I wanted to do it here on this show.

This show is very special to me. I've done this show for five years with two great co hosts and the producer that has been great, and they made this show spectacular. They made it part of my life and I'm very thankful for that. And I just wanted to do these guys in honor and letting them know and go publicly that I've played my last game a professional football.

I'm retiring for real. Yeah, there you go, aways and gentlemen, the official announcement right here are the Big Grade Rage for Bertrand Berry falling into a career after twelve glorious seasons in the NFL. And yes, that is deserving. Thank you, Thank you, guys, thank you. I love that. Circa two thousand and nine. It is show number five hundred in history of the Big Red Rage, a show that started circa two thousand and one. That year Ron Wolfley Pat

Tillman was a guest, not the Big Red Rage. Think about that. Think think about some of the hosts over the years. Bertrand Berry five years, Kwami Lasseter, Dexter Jackson and Quan Bolden, Adrian Wilson, Carrie roose Coleis Campbell obviously had a great run. Carlos Dansby was tons of fun. DJ Humphrey's most recently has been so dynamic in so many ways. And tonight presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert.

We are santan Ford. We're talking about the Cardinals news this week today and looking back over the last two decades. Polly I just listened to that right there and tier Rop and knowing what a great guy and how much I love bertrand Berry right, and I know you feel exactly the same way knowing how much he loved the game. I'm tired up right here listening to that all over and then you hit me with Pat Tillman. I mean, what are you doing with Paul? I still have the

still have the jersey? Remember you presented us with autographed jerseys that nice to commemorate his retirement. It was it

was a big deal. And uh, you know he he put his best into this show every Thursday night and we've tried to do the same, led by producer Jim Almahundro and uh, to talk about that and to look at the news from today, let's bring in Darren urban Asy Cardinals dot Com, Cardinals Insider, It's all about You, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert and uh, Darren, you know, whether whether it was Larry packing the house in a Big Red Rage and telling us about some of the

contacts on his phone from Tiger Woods to President Obama, to Warren Buffa, to two guys like to Pat Tillman and to even Max hall Ax. Hall even had an appearance on the Big Red Rage. So it's been a little bit of everything over the last twenty years. I remember when I was working for a newspaper and going over to Jilli's and seeing any last I mean, it's it's amazing, the staying power of the show. And I

do I remember Bert friends night. I may or may not have been tipped off that the news was coming, and I had a I was actually playing in an adult basketball league and I actually was sitting in my car waiting for him to officially announce it so I could post it to the site before I went in and play basketball. But it's really been an amazing run. You guys have done a great job with it, and

here's to another five hundred shows. Hey, there was that one time at Jillies was the final year of Dennis Green and Cardinals were off to a tough start, inc or a one in seven and Bertram Berry made some very pointed direct comments on the big red rage comments and when National I remember that going back to that venue, and then there was National News today. Darren Malcolm Butler is an Arizona Cardinal. Give us your reaction and thoughts

after writing about an easy Cardinals dot com. I'll be honest I'm a little surprised with Malcolm Butler's price tag. It's he's a little bit more affordable than I thought he was going to be. That's why I didn't think he would necessarily be somebody that the Cardinals were going to be able to target. And quite frankly, you know,

is he's still in his prime? Probably not. But I do think that they did a nice job to kind of rebound off of losing Patrick Peterson and bringing in a guy that you figure will probably be able to be your number one cornerback for the time being, obviously only one year deal, and you get him in there, and I think everybody kind of breathe a little bit more of a sigh of relief. I think you can work with the situation better now going forward. And they

may not be done at cornerback. They might get another vetter in here, but if you know you've got Butler there, then all of a sudden, you've got a lot more leeway in terms of what you might get out of Robert Offord, You've got Byron Murphy in the slot. I mean, there's still things to do, there's still a draft to go, but I think you're in a much better place right

now than you were twenty four hours ago. You know, I look at the cornerback position overall, and I am really really encouraged right now because I get to leave Byron Murphy. Of course in the slot. I think that's important. I think you need that third corner or of course that nickel corner. Now is more of a starter. They look at him as a starter. He gets so many

snaps in a game. And to be able to leave Byron Murphy there and have Robert Alfred on one side and Malcolm Butler on another, hopefully, hopefully, hopefully Robert Alfred is going to remain healthy, Oh my goodness, if that will only happen right now. This is a guy that I'm so impressed with his skill set. I love everything about him. And by the way, when he was in training, camping, he was practicing, he was there was nobody that was having a better camp in my opinion than Robert Alfred

before he got hurt. And now all of a sudden, two years in a row, it's been a disaster. I understand that. But if there's somehow, some way he can actually play and hold down a corner, and now with Malcolm Butler, who knows you might be able to get somebody at number sixteen day. I would imagine they're looking at some of these young corners at number sixteen going

into the draft, right, Yeah, you would think so. But you know, the issue is going to be whether one of those guys is still around at sixteen, or in Farley's case, whether he's healthy enough that you want to take that gamble, because I don't I don't know at this point if Horn or Certant is going to be there and you could get a guy in the second round. Obviously, dealing Mason Cole gets you another draft pick, so you've got a little bit more leeway there. Although that's a

sixth rounder. You know again, you've got you've got whatever it is. A month before the draft happens, it's a lot of time between not only being able to draft guys but also sign other free agents, and you know, we'll see. I agree with you on Alford to be nice if he could, if he's able to get back

to where he was. But I mean, even that that great training camp you're talking about, Wolf, I mean, we're going to be talking about two years removed from that by the time I get back to training camp this time, so we'll up to see. I know, Darren Irban, Cardinals insider on the Big Red Rage. As someone pointed out his Pro Football Focus coverage grade, Malcolm Buttner's seventy two point seven would have led all Cardinals defensive backs. Think

about that. Think about the fact Tennis, he was at the bottom of the league in sacks and the Cardinals were number four in sacks. How much does that help a dB A corner right come up better and look better on film when you have that pass rush and the Cardinals looked to have fortified that. How about the other side of the ball, Darren and what the Cardinals did this week and recently here the offensive line today, Let's just start with a trade of Mason Cole to

the Vikings for a six rounder. I mean, clearly, once they got Rodney Hudson in their own trade, they had a blood of offensive lineman, and with as few picks as they had, with all the trade that they had made, it made sense to move Mason Cole. I think they had given him ample time to kind of show what he was going to give them. It wasn't there. I'll be honest, I wasn't sure if they were going to

be able to get a draft pick for him. So the fact that they did even a six, I thought that was a good move by Steve Khan because he just wasn't going to be in your plans and he's going into the last year of his contracts. So I think that's a benefit. Now they've got six draft pick instead of just five, and granted four of them are in those last three rounds, but you can hopefully make some of that work, and who knows, maybe it gives

you some ammunition to do some other things. And you say some money right by Jettasine Mason Cole, Yeah, I mean it's it's the cap space. I mean, I think, I mean, it's it's never bad to save a little money, but the cap space that they're saving, and once you once you figure in him going out and then somebody replacing him in the top fifty one things, it's it's about one point three one point four million dollars in cap space. But we've talked about this a million times, Paul.

I mean, you need as much cap space as you can get at this point, and so that can only help. And I do think if the if the what's out there with what Malcolm Butler's contract is, which was up to six million, which means it's it's worth less than that in terms of guarantees. I think you got him on a pretty good deal and also too right just the fact that Brian Winners and Max Garcia are back

right there. I saw Mason Cole as a guy that might battle for that right guard position, but maybe a guy that was going to back up, be a move guy, a guy that can play center and guard of course, and maybe right now it's Brian Winners and Max Garcia that will cover that. Correct. That's what makes sense to me. And ultimately, if you go into training camp with a bunch of extra gise, you're going to be trying to trade them at some point for a pick when you

realize somebody's not going to make the team. And then by that time teams can could possibly wait you out because they know you're going to cut them. So I think be proactive and getting an extra draft pick in this draft makes a lot of sense. A little bit later on this show, Ron Wolfley, as is the custom on Thursday Nights, will have an update on Larry Fitzgerald. He's just waiting to the very end of the show,

making us wait, what do we know here, Darren? I saw where Bobby Mack had tweeted out that fitz had been part of the Cardinals active roster on the website of which you're very familiar. Now he's not listed. He's now below the active roster line. I mean, in the words of that note an American philosopher Stephen Colbert, you know what that means? Probably something or not? What do

you think? You know? You know, Paul, I know, since you're such a purveyor of conspiracy ferries about fit, since we've been covering this on our podcast of the week. But yeah, I got a new one, by the way, go ahead. Oh no. Sometimes sometimes that person on the website is trying to get twenty five or twenty eight guys and change up their little drop down menu so that they switch on the first day of the league year, and sometimes you miss one person, and sometimes that might

just happen to be Larry Fitzgeld. So sometimes it's just an user error and it means absolutely nothing. So I'm glad you gave me a chance to clear that up. So that's your statement on Lariy Fitzgerald right there. Absolutely nothing is that what you're saying, Deed. I mean, ultimately, well if I mean, I've heard you on the radio in the morning. It's funny that they were trying to get you to text him the other day because I'm not.

Somebody said that after one of the national reporters texted him and they said, how come you're not texting him? I'm like, so what for him to reply and say, I haven't made a decision. I want to save my text to Larry Fitzjoe when I could actually get something out of it and actually have a conversation, and I don't want to, you know, lean on him. And quite frankly, he's He's a smart enough guy. He's not the guy who's going to be giving people stuff on the side.

But he's just not So what's the point. I mean, I think at this point we're just all gonna have to wait it out. And I do think there's probably a small part of him that kind of enjoys everybody wondering what he's going to do. I think Larry's that kind of Sally disagree. I totally disagree what you're making him solid. He's Brett Farve. I just listen. I will tell you guys this right here. Um, I did text him,

There's no doubt about that. And I was like, Larry, I promise you, we'll never ask you anything about it. What you will turn it into a bit. We're we're asking you everything except the question that everyone wants answered, are you going to retire? He said, we'll turn it into a bit. We'll do it funny, right, And he texted back and didn't even acknowledge anything that I had said. He just said, I hope you and the family are

doing well. One time I texted it after I was at the combine and he had just redone his contract and I said, hey, congratulations on your new contract. I'm wondering if you might be willing to give me a comment. And he texted back and he goes, my comment is that I love you, Darren, but not because I worked with you or anything, but because you happen to share the same birthday. Is it's beautiful? Well, I know you

want to know. Well, So my theory last week was because Fitz was snowboarding, he was done because that violates his contract. Thou Shalton not snowboard in the off season. So if you're snow and then it was pointing out to me, well, he's not currently under contract, so he's not beholding or prohibited from snowboarding. So my one this

week was his long lines. And Darren knows this is why all of a sudden and NFL Films put out that ancient reel of Larry Fitzgerald as a ball boy for the Minnesota Vikings, and then shortly thereafter his good buddon golfing pal Patrick Peterson signed with the Vikings. So my latest theory is, wait a minute, is this all in anticipation of Larry finishing his career in Minnesota, in his hometown, going right back to where he used to run drills after practice with Chris Carter and Randy Moss.

And to that, you say, what, Darren, I'm going to say the same thing to you I said on the podcast, which is, you know, I'm enjoying your conspiracy series and it's gonna, I guess continue. But you're a crazy man, no, you know what. Honestly, Okay, speaking of crazy man right here, what do you think of Colt McCoy actually being scheduled to actually come in and make a visit with the Arizona Cardinals. I have to admit I was struck by Colt McCoy at thirty four years of age as a

possible backup to Kyler Murray. It's an interesting name. I do think that they've been on the search for a veteran quarterback since free agency opened, So it doesn't surprise me given some of the names that are already off the board that you're looking at it. I mean, we'll have to see how that turns out. But it's always

nice to have some kind of veteran. I mean, he's been in the league for long enough that you would think he'd be good in the quarterback room next to Kyler Murray and kind of, you know, telling him some things that a veteran quarterback can don't. I don't think that that would hurt the situation at all in terms

of the development of Kyler Murray. I wonder when the Cardinals playing the Giants last year and Colt McCoy seeing action when Danny Dimes went down, if all that film they looked at Colton McCoy getting ready for that Giant's road trip, if they saw something they liked and they said, you know what this guy, and let's face it, if Colton McCoy would have been in the game guys in week seventeen. What do you think I mean? So, I think maybe there's cause and effect there a little bit,

and we'll see. According to the report, he might be an Arizona Cardinal by next week. So Darren, appreciate the time and entertaining our conspiracy theories. And so there'll be one next week hot off the front burner for you.

And as Darren urban all about You, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert Paul, we'll continue with another big Red Rage flashback and we'll get into what's next to the Cardinals this offseason on the boot Red Rage and the Hail Mary by Green Bay was topped by the Hail Larry by the Arizona Cardinals, and I think we need to hear it everyone. Look, come on, wellyo in the University of Phoenix Stadium, Larry, and so you get the

official intro Larry. That's Aryl, A big voice guy. Larry Barnett took over right there and Jim Barnett and Larry Fitzgerald was our special guest. Calais Campbell. That wolf is you remember the Red Sea invaded Marley's Chandler fashion Center the parking lot. Tim Hovic himself actually got government approval from the City of Chandler to put it in the parking lot and the Red Sea five six seven thousand fans strong most definitely put the Big into Big Red

Rage before the twenty fifteen NFC Championship Game. As we continue to go down memory lane here on the Big Red Rage Show number five hundred presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert, we'll leave it up to Timmy. Do you actually pull that off? Right? Paul? And I tell you, you know, there's so many moments that you think about, just snapshots. I think about being up on that stage with a rookie named Tyrann Matthew and Tyrn taking us through his youth and his upbringing, his dismissal from LSU,

and you could hear a pin drop. I mean, the crowd was absolutely silent with it, did every word he said. We'll remember who was. September two thousand and eight and Anquan Bolden got knocked out literally in the end zone at the New York Jets. Yes, I remember his jaw was broken. Broke his jaw. Yeah. Two weeks later he's on the Big Red Rage and his mouth is wired shut. He had just got out of the weight room and he played that week. It was like two weeks he

missed and he was back. I mean, don't get me started on the quane. Well, once I go down that road ball, I'll never never stop. All right, Well, here's one for you. Then we'll kick it to him and Bertrand Berry And if you remember, one of the bigger personalities, wasn't one of the bigger players of the bigger names, Robert Tate. He was known as Top five. At any moment, he would give you a top five list his opinion, top five any category like top five pizza places in

the world, like he'd have it ready. And so here's Bertrand and an Quhan talking about Robert Tad, who was known as a bit of a businessman on the side. When you have a nickname top five, you automatically set yourself up for all kind of ribbon, you know what I mean. And he calls himself one of the top five addresses. He calls himself top five and it actually has boxers with Top five. He's taking his nickname to the next top five called Robert Tate, the locker room hustler,

here's a guy. He rints out his molepad, rents to the family band. After things given, they have the blowout sale. Robert Tate is at Walmart four o'clock in the morning to buy twelve hundred dollars Appliasma TV buys about four of them, comes to the locker room and try to sell him to the teammate for about two three thousand dollars. This is your boy, this is Top five. Who's buying the TVs from Taton, who's renting the mole pad. That's why I want to does he get any business? He does?

JJ Aaronson was a guy who bought a couple of class. That's just getting it done. Polly right there. Hey, do you remember Clark Hagan's Oh god, okay, Clark Hayans. Do you remember Polly when we actually talked to him about, you know, the trips. He was not a very fancy dresser, remember that. And he actually said he brought a T shirt. He brought a T shirt fall and a toothbrush. Tooth I do remember. That reminded me of a guy who played with Steve Everett, who used to be a center

with the Cleveland Brown Steve Everett. We called him Spawnee. He once played a game with two broken hands. He was a center. By the way at Michigan UM. A guy that just was incredible had hair down to his butt. Polly and Steve Everett was just crazy. The same thing. The guy showed up on a groad trip where he had shorts on and a toothbrush was actually stuck in his pocket. And that was it. There we was and once again, this is showing number five hundred in the

history of the Big Red Rage. And there were shows where I think I suffered a rib injury. I was laughing so hard. Clark Haggins was one of them. Larry Foote was another one, talking about all the old man jokes he got from the rookies, and he would tell the rookies in the locker room, Yeah, but I might have dated your mom, so you better back off, and stuff like that. Just the trash talking that's going on.

I remember Adrian, right, Adrian Wilson, a doll bladies and gentlemen talking about Jiffy cornbread, remember that Jiffy, And I had never heard of Jiffy. He was absolutely he was perplexed that I had never heard of that, and then Rex had not a starting guard at the time came on, and when the Jiffy story came up, he was like ready to pound me, like he was offended that I never heard of Jiffy, you know, I mean I was

looking for an exit route at that point. Then there was the one where we had Dominique Rodgers Cromarty DRC, unique guy in so many ways, loved DRC, and we got worried about um. Well, he was a bit of a cook in a very unusual way, and we asked him to tell us about that story one of his favorite dishes. Dominique, did you eman to bring an iron with you? Tell everyone what you do with an iron? And maloney, go ahead, keep going. Tell us how I pressed out on the meat, then I put it on

and eat it. That was that just in college. You still do that to this day. Nice? Nice? How do your shirts not smell like? I forgot two different an actually flatten his? He's I don't know about you, Wolf. In your ten years in NFL locker rooms, I've never ever seen a guy with an iron in his locker other than Dominique Rogers Cormardi. And that was the tell. That was a tip I'm like, DRC one day in the locker room, what's the deal with the iron in your locker? And that's the story we got out of.

What's so incredible about that too, Pauli's just the fact

that have you ever had a fried Bologny sandwich? Because they are good, I mean they are really really good off fried blow he said, which, Paul, And to think of using an iron to warm the thing up, obviously, I'm sure he washed it in between, right, sure, Hey, sometimes you got to get that's the only way to get through college, Wolf, right, you know it's right, I mean, you know that's a And then there were shows as long as you could play press man the way dude,

good right, who cares about your iron? Those were all time shows. And then we had shows and this happened more than once. We had Kurt Warner on and Wolf, you didn't get five words in and that's saying something. So you know, you basically had the night off and we had Kurt Warner on and we're like, well, this

guy's going network, and he did. He did go network, and so, uh, you know, We've had a whole variety of guests over the years on the fig Red words Paul dinner here from Kurt Warren or Old Graybeard, and here they are and soul and soul right so, and he will continue to roll with the ND soul. Yeah. By the way, one footnote on Clark Higins. He also revealed that night that he dressed up as Spider Man for Halloween and was jumping through his neighbor's backyards and

got the cops called on him. We continue to show number five hundred on the Big Red Rage Clark. The Cardinals are trading for Raiders Pro Bowl center Rodney Hudson. I assume the Cardinals wanted him and it wasn't officially released, so they snooped in there and said, hey, before he gets the open market, before we had to, is there any way we can trade for this nice moved by the Cardinals. Cardinals are moving. Seismic shift is what the owner of the Cardinals said a week or two ago

about the salary cap. They're making their team better over there. You got to respect it around Kyler and Cliff Kingsbarger. That's Pat McAfee show. As Yes, the Cardinals made national headlines with that trade for Rodney Hudson, sending the third rounder to the Raiders getting a seventh rounder and Rodney Hudson in return, a trade that, according to Steve Time,

took quote a matter of minutes. He said he was quote shocked to see that Rodney Hudson was about to part ways with the Raiders, and instead of trying to contend with all everyone else out there if he got released, he picked up the phone and called Mike Mayak and boom. That's the essence of a deal. Here on The Big Red Rage, the five hundredth edition of The Big Red Rage, and the Cardinals. They're checking a lot of boxes so far this offseason, are they not, Ron Wolfley, Yeah, Paully,

they really are right now. And once again their offensive line. I'm really excited about the offensive line, in the direction of the offensive line, Polly, because I think it speaks volumes as to how the Arizona Cardinals are going to

go about their business in twenty twenty one. The fact that they got Rodney Hudson for two more years, Pauli at nine and a half and ten and a half, you're talking about a Pro Bowl center right now, a guy that is an unquestioned leader in that locker room, a guy that is going to be a great mentor for Kyler Murray. I am just absolutely stunned. That is Steve Kim's opus, his magnum opus. We know what that is, the d Hop trade, no doubt about that, but his opus,

Steve Kimes opus, has got to be the Rodney Hudson deal. Yeah. I mean you're talking about a guy who's allowed ten sacks in ten years. Think about that, a guy who hasn't had a false start since twenty sixteen, when you had four at that positional loan last year, sobotic Paul. So they're obviously looking forward to that. They identify that as a need. They filled that and maybe exceeded expectations

with a Rodney Hudson. And then we got news this week and he's going to have a new linemate we figure at right guard, although he'll get competition from another guy who they inked as well, Brian Winners and Max Garcia. Here's Steve kind the GM on those two. The addition

of Brian Winners excites me. He's a guy that I've watched for years, dating back to Kent State when he came out really physical player, smart, really good quickness in a short area, and I think he does a great job in pass protection, so he's a guy that certainly will have a chance to compete. And as well as signing back Max Garcia, who can play guard or center for us Hey. Max Garcia played in fourteen games for

the Cardinals a year ago. But Brian Winters Wolf an eight year veteran, He has eighty eight starts under his bell. He started all three playoff games for the Bills last year. What do you think this does for the Cardinals line? Well, it brings an awful lot of experience to the Arizona Cardinals offensive line, and it brings a lot of physicality

as well. Pauli, I would say when you think of Brian Winners, the one thing I think of first is not only how smart he is an experienced he is, but just the fact that he's a very physical player. And there is a there is a theme that is running through this locker room and all of the moves, most of all the moves the Arizona Cardinals have made in Steve Kime, and it is all about the physicality. This team is going to be much more physical, I believe on the line of scrimmage, on both sides of

the ball, going forward. It's a mentality. They've got a foster, it's a mentality they've got to cultivate. And so much of that has got to do with the type of guy you bring into the locker room, Polly, do you bring these guys in and dogs are dogs? Man, and you bring them into a locker room, they start barking? So do you think this is a tell? Do you think this is an indication that it's going to be a different offense this year? I think so, Polly, I do.

I think it's going to We're going to see more traditional elements offensively. I believe that mixed with the new. Of course, Listen, you don't want to handcuff Cliff Kingsbury. You don't want to do that. You want to use all that creativity, all of that intellect. You want to

bring that to bear. But I think, especially with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Polly winning the Super Bowl and winning it the way that they did by lining up and pounding the football once again right in time, Brady throwing the ball using seven man play actions, throwing the ball down the field, the bash and bomb offense with a little more underneath throws and across the middle throws with Tom Brady. Listen, you know what a copycat league this league is, and now all of a sudden, you're gonna

get a lot more traditional elements. I think, a blending of the old and the new. I can't wait to see it, frankly, because I think it's gonna be cool, and I agree with you. But at the same time, you know, these are guys who excel in pass blocking as well. We know Justin Pugh that's his forte. He took the haircut, he went down to four million dollars. He tweeted that out. He took a salary reduction. Okay,

Rodney Hudson, we cited his pass pro stats. Brian winner, Steve Kim, he cited that as part of the scatterport of Brian Winners, he excels and pass blocking. Kelvin Beacham, you'd say, you know what, that probably he's probably better pass blocker perhaps than run blockers. Play action is a great way to go BALLI Play action is a great way to go, and that's where I think they're going

to develop this all offense. Not the RPO was much, but play action well, Kyler Murray asked for it at least via a couple of cryptic tweets, right, so there you go. In fact, he did go ahead and texts Rodney Hudson his new center right away after the trade was completed. We finish up the five hundredth edition of The Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert

Nickcamp the ball he got sicked by Wilson. The ball came out, cardinals, I gotta have a music, yeah, right, Jack in the Box explain that for our radio listeners at all, it was something there, Carlo d As we came up, we kind of to we kinda to Jared Allen's celebration, mixed it with my YouTube, but we kind

of were kind of combined the two. They came up with the Jack about bertrand Berry in the background with the musical sounds and the sound effects right there Adrian Wilson explaining the celebration, and man, that was a moment going back five hundred shows worth The Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley. You know I remember too, is is Adrian Wilson was a guest so many times that Bertrand Berry and so forth.

But then when a Dub hosted in two thy ten Wolf and I think you were the one who asked him, well, a Dub, why did you do this? A lot of people, you know, didn't expect you really to host the show, and he said, I know, because that's why I did it. That's why you guys everyone said I couldn't do it or I wouldn't do it, and he hit it out

of the park. He was excellent. You know, he shows the little personality of Adrian Wilson, does it not Poly the gas man right there, just knowing the player that he was and the way that he used to blow up players. I loved watching a Dub play the game. He was so physical, such a physical, physical presence, and not a shock to actually hear him say that, you know what, I did it because people didn't think I could.

You know who else good? You know who else was excellent when he put on the headset Darnell Dockett, Oh yeah, Doc, Doc, when he wanted to be he was money behind the mic and you know write down to him insulting Paully Pencil next saying I played garden tackle in high school, guard the gatorade bucket and tackle anyone who gets near it. He ripped me in front of the crowd on that one. But Doc was really good when he wanted to be in front of absolutely Polly. I also loved it when

Carlos Dansby right Carlos Dansby. But I just loved his personality. You talk about a guy that was a savant on the football field, but you brought up a quom Bolden earlier and Kuombolden the regard in the respect that I have in my heart for this guy. I love this guy because of the player that he was on the field, A guy that was more of a linebacker than he was a wide receiver, had that line acker mentality, and

he was so funny. He ripped everybody. As you know, Paul, you got ripped all the time by the quad, and all I can remember is hey, hey, hey, right, I mean that was I was a quad. He would say hey, and all of a sudden, here comes a rip. Man. You were about ready to get ripped by Ann klam Bolden a legend. I remember hosting one of his charity events and he still has the most bling per square inch I watch. He was wearing. It was like a

hub calf with diamonds. It was unbelievable. I mean it's like every now and then, Paul, to watch that Larry gave you. Of course you'll wear that every other road trip or something like that. The big, huge piece of metal that could actually be a personal safety device LIE detector just went off. I stepped into that one right down to the pre Super Bowl forty three edition with Clydesdale's and the Hollis Trophy. Man, what a pleasured has

been to host Big Red Rage special. Thanks to Jim Almahandro the executive producer for making it all happen and Dye Fincher. That'll do it for the Big Red Rage Number one. Tyler, You've been listening to The Big Red Rage presented by Santanford in Guildall are you Santanford State Farm talk to an Agent today at eight hundred State Farm and by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts visit acy Cardinals dot com Slash Podcasts. This has been an exclusive presentation of Arizona Cardinals Football Club.