Big Red Rage - Comfortable Reddick A Factor On Defense

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just in Today. Monday Night morphs into Sunday Night Football under the bright lights in prime time times too, card Seahawks, Kyler versus Russell pat P against DK red Sea against the Twelves, Ron Wolfley against Al Michaels or Dave Wman. I like Al, yeah, I just I like that, you know, will the flip phone be there? I love Al, but I like the flip phone even better. Uh, you know, for a guy who's making eight figures and he's still holding onto the flip phone. I love it. I respected

in so many ways. And then of course he has the man crush on our own Ron Wolfley, which is our intro here to the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. You know what, Paul, it is exciting? Is it not just a fact the Arizona Cardinals in Seattle Seahawks. Of course that game has been flexed to Sunday night game, the Sunday night game coming off of a Monday night game. It's just amazing. What name recognition, right, having star talent, what name recognition, a winning record and

a bunch of guys that are competing hard? What that will do for a football team? And you know what, I think it guarantees you will get the utmost in competitive fire and intensity and focus. As if a Seattle game didn't already ensure that, but wolf nobody gets up for a game in the az like the Seattle Seahawks. Yeah,

and the record would prove that. And I'm telling you, whether it's the record and the fact the Seahawks haven't lost since Russell Wilson's rookie year twenty twelve, or just the eyeball test being down in that field and they have no problems celebrating and whooping it up right near the Cardinals sideline. There's a game of an intimidation that's played within the game every time the Cardinals and Seahawks

square off. You know what's so amazing about it? As we all know, the Red Sea, of course, gives Arizona Cardinals a huge advantage. And we know what it's like up there in Seattle. Oh my goodness, Paul, you know bad better than anybody standing on that sideline out of doors, standing on that sideline, you know how loud that place gets. And yet here it is the other owns the other. I mean, the Cardinals own it up there in Seattle,

and Seattle owns it here. Honestly, it's gonna be a bigger challenge than ever to go up to Seattle for the Arizona Cardinals minus the fans, because that's what they feed off, that's the energy they use us against the world in the NFL's loudest road venue for the Arizona Cardinals, and in the absence of that, I'm real curious now, I fully expect them to still be in the playoff

race and there's gonna be plenty to play for. But heck, you go back two years ago the Steve Wolks three win season, the Cardinals still gave them a heck of a game and fought them to the very end. So this will be good stuff on Sunday night after the Monday night game where Wolf did the Cardinals or did they not turn a corner of sorts? Do you think in that game against Alas? Yeah, Paully, honestly, right now, their defense played very, very well, There's no doubt about it.

The rushing attack was there in full fours. Kyler Murray only completed nine passes, only completed one pass in the second half, which still blows my mind, and yet dominated the game. I mean, thirty eight points on the board, and after the Cardinals went up twenty one to three, they attempted six passes after that. Think about that and just that hard nosed football. We saw what happens when and if this offense truly breaks out and clicks and everything.

You know, they start out with three straight punts and then when four straight touchdown drives. We'll get into that game plus Hassan Red. He is our guest tonight on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford. In Gilbert first and ten on the Cardinal twenty snap to Murray drops back to throw, looking deep, airing it out middle of the field. He's got Kirk. It's caught at the forty Kirk in the thirty The twenty fifteen ten five touchdown ton eighty yards strike Kyler Murray to Christian Kirk,

two touchdowns for Kirk now in the game. Oh baby, that was huge right there. Kyler Murray saw Christian Kirk and he just ran the go rob What a great throw. Kyler Murray laid it out there and Christian Kirk what got it? I mean, it's twenty one nothing. Arizona Cardinals prevailed thirty eight to ten, second straight win. They've won four out of six to start this season. And you'll learn something new every week. That was from Big D

Cardinals went on the road on Monday Night Football. The late Hands trick Ron Wolfley, as Cliff Kingsbury called it after the game, What is it? And how did that apply to Christian Kirk right there? Yeah, the late hands, Paul, you run, you run, you run. You run. You don't reach while you're running. You run, you run, you running that boom you stick about, Paul, the stab that's where you stab the pig with your steely knives. Right, you run, Paul, You don't run with your arms out. How many times

do you see a guy actually do that? Right? Running with his arms out? It slows you down. You run, you run, you run, and then you stab it late, sort of like a great outfielder in baseball. Right, run to the spot in the very last minute, boom, you extend for the ball. Yeah. Absolutely, And that's what Christian Kirk did perfectly. Yeah. Well, he had two touchdowns in the game. And the thing is that was just one of nine completions for Kyler Murray. Yet they had three explosives.

The dr touchdowns score right there, the sixty nine yard touchdown run by Kenyan Drake, a sixty yard catch and run by DeAndre Hopkins. How did you assess the Cardinals offense, especially when you look at the scoreboard and they put up thirty eight Yeah, honestly, I mean that ultimately, PAULI is what you look at. How many points are you scoring right now? Right? And the Arizona Cardinals are number two then number two red zone team in the National

Football League. Stop and think about last year in the start of last year, right twenty nineteen, and it wasn't like they got a ton better the rest of the year. Now they got better, But man, the first six seven games of the season last year they were absolutely awful in terms of red zone offense. And now the number two red zone offense in the National Football League, only behind whom the Seattle Seahawks. And think about it, Seattle's

number one in scoring offense thirty four points per game. Guests, who's number two and scoring defense? Your Arizona Cardinals as it goes Baltimore, Arizona Pittsburgh. I mean, that's pretty lofty company. That rut there, you're gonna do that. You're gonna take that eighteen point seven they're giving up right now. Listen, they've got a long way to go to prove that this is going to be a good defense, and they're gonna go forward and make improvements the rest of the year.

They've got a long way to go, especially when you lose a guy like Chandler Jones. But right now, when you look at that, that's situational football right there. That tells me you're giving up less than nineteen points a game. You're number two, number two red zone defense in the National Football League, and oh, by the way, you're still number seven when it comes to third down defense, number

seven and number nine in sacks per attempt. Paula, you put those things together right there, and you've got the makings of a team that could come together. But man, they've got a long way to go before we can say they've arrived. You mentioned the absence of Chandler Jones. Here's Brian Greasy, Monday Night Football analyst on what the Cardinals did in the absence of Chandler in the nineteen sack man and just how they ratcheted up the aggression.

I think on the defensive side, we learned something tonight from the Arizona Cardinals. Vance Joseph called a very aggressive game, which we didn't know how he was going to call it coming in with all the weapons that Dallas has on the offensive side. But if this defense, which was one of the worst in the NFL a year ago, if they can continue to improve now, I think Arizona might have something going in the NFC West. Just how

aggressive was Van's Joseph. How exotic was it? Because there was one time I looked down and there was a three man front with Devon Gnard in a four point stance over the center. He's playing the nose as they rushed three and dropped eight. Yeah. Absolutely, Polly, But that was pretty much for the most part on third and seventeen. I believe third in really long situations where they'd go with a three man rush. What I loved is once

again Vance Joseph went back to his roots, Polly. We were talking about this last week as a matter of fact, but this is who Vans Joseph is. He's a guide that is built his reputation on complex pressure packages. That being five guys bringing five guys. You just need to know which five we're actually gonna come now. He brought six, he brought six. He brought what I consider to be a blitz on more than one occasion, but it was

really the five man pressures. I think Boodha Baker, as a matter of fact, is a great example of that. His sack was on that five man pressure, right. I just think that Vance Joseph did a great job scheming and confusing Dallas Cowboys protection schemes and they're gonna need

that going forward. They're gonna need that kind of scheming from Vance Joseph and execution from everybody that is actually going to rush if they want to get pressure on a que The Cardinals defense came in with three takeaways

in five games. They had four against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night, two interceptions Buddha and Drake kerk Patra, and then you had the two forced fumbles by the way, Buddha Biker NFC Defensive Player of the Week, seven tackles, sack, an interception his first career, the force bumble, two quarterback hits, and then there was another big time standout. How about a guy with a two sack game. He had a pass defense, He had five tackles. He also led the

team in quarterback pressures. Was seven Hassan Reddick, who was back to outside linebacker. Hey man, I look forward to talking to his son. We're gonna spend the next thirty minutes with the Cardinals first round pick twenty thirteen, twenty seventeen, that is thirteenth pick overall, and I mean, in so many ways, I'm looking forward to this conversation and the journey. He's back to where he feels comfortable and where he belongs.

And man is a show out on the field. And Hassan Reddick is next in the Big Red Rage presented by Satan Ford. In Gilbert Dalton back the throw steps up in trouble, hit and sack. Hassan Reddick brings him down. Reddick takes him to the ground. How about that Hassan Redick getting a little Dalton's grace right there? Shotgun staff to Dalton's looking right, gets hit. Dalton's gonna get sacked. There were three Cardinals in the backfield in on the sack,

including Hassan Reddick again, how about that Hassan Redick. Hab a night, Baby, A lot to like Monday Night, A lot to like this season, heck a lot to like Today, Ron wolf leet is the Big Red Rage brought to you by Santan Ford and Gilbert Paul Kelvci. Here there's a big article feature article by Kyle Ottergarden Acy Cardinals dot Com. I love the headline back to living on the Edge. I like what Vance Joseph said today that

he's been playing quote lights out. I like the fact that he's leading the team in sacks and twelfth overall in the NFL with four sacks on the season. And I love the fact that he is joining us tonight on the Big Red Rage. Say hello everyone to Hassan Redicks. We're so good man. How are you doing bad guy? And man, I'm doing good? Are you and doing fantastic? I really appreciate you joining us tonight. Man, you're having a great season. How how do you think it's going

for you? Hassan, just just talk to us about right now, six games into the season, how you think you're doing. I think I'm doing well. Um, trying not to focus on, you know, the past games as you know, preparing for this week. So I'm just trying to give you know, let it lead the past in the past and get ready to go out there and you know, try to have another impactful week for those now a sudden, we go all the way back to draft night, and I

vividly remember the Cardinals making you their selection. The very next day. I remember you coming out in the team helicopter at the draft party, we did the interview on stage, I met your parents and and think about all the years and the seasons that have elapsed since and I forget the fact that you're on your third head coach and in the first three years you had three different systems. Did you not this is the first time in your career you've had the same scheme one year to the next,

isn't it? Yes? To do so, it's been a big difference and a big help, you know, being in the same system for the second uh here in a row. You know, I just understand the system, understand you know the things that's going on, the thing that you know what my job calls for, and that's the most important thing. Um So it's been, it's been. It's been a very very reverye big help. So hassan obviously Chandler Jones your

thoughts on just Chandler Jones going down? What did you think when you found out that he was done for the year. It's heartbreaking. Um chan is a reverie, revery very big piece to the defense. Uh, one of our captains, one of our leaders, and he's definitely a game changer, definitely makes an impact and you notice when he's out there, you can notice when he's not there, So losing him, you know, it's heartbreaking a guy like that, you know, he's a team guy. He has a very great character.

You know, he's a guy that you kind of looking forward to Chan every day. You know, somebody could talk to jib with last way so and going down it's he's look I said, it's a it's a crusher, Son Reddick joining us on the Big Red Rage. It's all about You, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. I know when Chan went down, DeAndre Hopkins called him a generational talent, and he is. He's so singular in so many ways.

But what do you think you've picked up from his game and his approach, especially now that you're back on the edge a lot man rush angles. You know, uh, Chan always you know when even Channon is a guy, he's always given. He's not a selfish guy. He passes on the knowledge that he has um So it's been multiple times where either in practice or he might or maybe we watch film as a unit, you know it might be I might have a great rush something that he thinks is like, oh man, this is something that

you can use all the time. And he'd tell me like look, look, look a look at what you did here to make the offense to tackle move this way, or you know, look at your steps, you know, look at what you're doing here and he getting in. You know, he gave me an advice before which was like watching you know, I had a great pass rush in training and he was like, watch this rep. Watch this rep. Watch study the steps that you took, you know, the angle that you took, and and use that in your game.

And he was like, this is gonna be a move that you could pull off all the time, and could you want to get signature unstoppable move? So you know, he's always hoping, always go on our knowledge, you know. But the guy that's been in the league as long as he's been, he's has plenty of it. And it's always great to have, you know, a better ran, a guy which is must have the success as he has, you know, giving you those tips, it's something that you have to so can something that you want to hear,

you know. You know it was interesting, Hassan because I heard you say you can tell when he's not there. What did you mean by that when you said you can tell when he's not there? He's just a you know, he tells jokes. Like I said, he's very charismatic, you know, so jokes dancing in practice, all of those type of things. You can miss him six five yeah, yeah, you know, so he always telling them jokes, so you know none that he's not there, you know when you walk in.

Not to say that the complete vibe is different, but you just don't have Chan there telling the jokes, you know, dancey and you know, being the inspirational guy that he is. Hey, whenever we've had Chandler Jones on the Big Red Rage here, basically by the time the show's done, they're offering the show too Chandler and they want to can be and so but we know, we know about the charisma and

the personality. What were they What I want to know is what did you like about the defense's performance against Dallas. We'll get into your game, but what'd you like overall by the Arizona d I like how we played as a unit. Um. I had an interview today and I was telling that I was telling everybody that it was a it's eleven guys on the shields. It is as a team's success, especially on the defensive side of the ball,

as a as a as a collective unit. We played well, Um from pass rush, you know, from from our rusher is getting pressure to our coverage, guys holding up them coverage. Uh. We we we played ball and I think we played really well on all cylinders, you know, help them to ten points, which is always amazing. You know, we got that goal, um, and you can see where we're headed, where we're trending, um, you know, and just got to

keep that level of ball playing up well. And Wolf here's Cluff Kingsbarn how he thought the team played on Monday night. I thought we played hard. I could tell in the locker room. We had great energy, had great juice. Could tell all week and practice guys were locked in and h it carried over. We harped on, you know, penalties and playing a cleaner style of play and it's

getting takeaways and we hit both those categories. It Son, do you feel like you got into a rhythm at Dallas because the box score says yes, with two sacks, five tackles, the pass defense and seven quarterback pressures. Most definitely, U, Like Coote said, the energy was there from the time we were in the locker room, you know, to the time that we took the field and during the whole game.

The energy was just there. H you know, it was prime time football, and it just the energy was amazing and it gave that edge, you know, it gave the edge wanting to go out there and play hard and hoping the team winning. Like you said, you know, had a great game, and he was in the rhythm. Definitely was in the flow and something that I'm looking to carry over into the you know, for the rest of the season. You know, it's really interesting, Hassan, because it

seemed like you guys were scheming more. Is that true? Did you guys come with more five man pressures and even six man which I consider to be a blitz six man pressures? Did you guys bring more and scheme more in the absence of Chandler Jones? I feel like we did some things that were different, you know, most definitely did some things that were different, but nothing too

much out of the ordinary. Um, you know, pretty much stand true to who we are and at the end of the day, that's going out there and put in the standard on tape at the end of the day. UM, not really trying to you know, we're not really trying to do anything different other than b ourselves and play Greek ball. It's so amazing well if you know the story. But we're talking to a guy we start his college

career as a cornerback. I mean the athleticism for him to be able to play corner now eventually changed positions. But come on now, right just the fact they ever go to pie. I want to talk to his sign when we come back, because I've got a com for Hassan Reddick and where his career might go when we

come back. Well, and he's got to school me up because I'm trying to figure out what exactly is the gritty the gritty, you know, I just you know, my curating is suffering right now, so I got to figure this out so I can hang with the younger demo around here. So it's the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Born and Gilbert back right after this more with Hassan Reddick and the Big Red Rage snapped adult three step drop. His pass to the left is tipped in it.

Hassan Reddick deflected it as Reddick was rushing the passer heads up play by the former first round graph pick. He sniffed that out. The instincts, the warning and bells were going off for Hassan Riddick all of a sudden, he was ready. Hassan riddocks having fun. Yes, that's just out there. He's relaxed. The smile is back, doing a little dance after getting the sack. It's a beautiful thing when the game slows down and you can just play

loose and just go. And I think him playing at a more natural position outside linebacker has led to that. That's great, David, that's a very salient observation. But let's go back to the dance. Can we place it is the big red rage presented by Santan Fording. Gop could not move like that if I did it, a million tie could not move like that. Okay, So Hassan, give us the breakdown here, because what we've seen the last

couple of weeks. If you've been scoring at home, Dennis gardack a couple of sacks and then he had what he called turned the ConA and then hit the stroll. Those are the two sack dances. Buddha his first career interception with a cast on his hand, no less. And then he went bowling and turned all his teammates into bowling pins. And then for you, I'm told it was called the gritty and and and I'll tell you what I'm not too proud to admit. I really have no

idea what that is, so please help me out. Uh, it's a dance that has been going. Vira, the young UH wide receiver out of Minnesota from the Minnesota Vikings. He's probably the biggest reason for why it's popular. Um, I think he did it. He did it on his first touchdown justin Jefferson. Yes, yeah, he did it in his He did it on his first touchdown catch up

his rookie career. And it's just something like that. You know, some of the young guys like by Murphy and some of the younger dvs, you know, they've been doing it in practice, and you know sometimes we have find Then we danced in practice and I didn't practice, and you know, we talked about it, and somebody told me that if I got a sack, I should do it. So as I got my second one, I decided to do it. You did it very well too, Yeah, very very well. Listen.

I've got to ask you this, because you're you're playing outside linebacker right now, You're you're more edge. Are you home? Do you feel like you're home? Uh? Yeah, I feel like I'm home, you know, from a position, from a positional standpoint. Um, you know, but I want to continue to get better when you know, I don't think I'm all the way where I want to be yet. Um, as far as you know, the things that I'm doing inside of the position, no matter how well you know

it looks like I'm playing. You know, I've always want to improve, So I want to get you know, I want to get really good at it. You know, I want to become one of the best at it. So look looking forward to keep working day in and day out and you know, trying to get into tree each and every day at it. Well it's interesting, well because Patrick Peterson was asked a similar question about Hassan Reddick today.

The bottom line is, as Hassan was just trying to find his way, you know, you know, just trying to find a natural position for him to where he can just line up and play ball. You want to take the thinking out of the game now putting him in that natural position. Now, now he's just lining up and

playing football. So it's a beautiful thing to watch. Hassan has definitely found his home, playing really really big last week, having two sacks, maybe people don't quite realize inside linebacker outside linebacker, and they don't quite comprehend the vast difference in the two positions to just bottom line, because you can spend an hour talking about it. Probably it's just you're doing a lot less thinking right now, if nothing

else out of familiarity correct, correct? You know it was a way less read m you know, way less people to read you. No, way less pre snap previews that you need to make before the ball is even snap. So you know, like I said, I like and like Pat pishe you know, take just taking something thinking out of it um that way, you know, my natural athleticism and tunis can take over the game foot Hassan, how much weight do you think you could carry? Like? How much weight do you think? Do you want to put

on weights right now? What do you weigh now? And how much weight do you think you could carry right now? And when? About two or forty five? I do think I could put on more a week if I wanted to. I probably could put on about another ten pounds. Okay, you said you said two forty five? Yeah, okay, do you know, Hassan, there's a guy by the name of James Harrison, who once played in the National Football League. James Harrison was six feet two hundred and forty two pounds.

Now he's really really strong, as you know, really really strong. But Hassan, that is a comp for you. I mean that shows that there was a guy that is six feet tall, two hundred and forty two hundred and forty two pounds that has played the edge and played it extremely well. Because you know, there's a lot of guys that look at you and think, and I'm one of them.

I wonder how he's going to be able to hold up on the edge when he starts facing bigger guys and tight ends line up over Ye That's always been my question. And yet there's the comp James Harrison Mark all right, So I'll ask you the dumb guy question because that's what I do best. Does your size matter at outside linebacker? Because here's what Vance Joseph said earlier today. He's played good football, you know, so he's comfortable as an outside backer. He can rush, he can set an age,

you can drop into space. So he is he is the prototype you know for our sam backer in its defense, he used prototype. So you tell us about how your size is a fit for Vance Joseph's scheme. Massie never really mattered to me. You know, in college, I played DN, which isn't even outside line. You know, it was a little bit different from outside linebacker in the in the uh.

You know, as far as dropping in the coverage and stuff like that, I didn't do as much as I was at hand in the dirt d But you know, towards my junior and senior year in college, you know, they started using me to drop more because, like you said, I came from playing cornerback and they realized that I could do it U and it gave another aspect to

our defense. So I ended up doing it more. Um. But as far as size, you know, I was about to twenty anywhere at two twenty on a good day, to run out on a good day, you know, going against guys that was bigger than me, you know, and it never really mattered to me. And now here I him in the same situation where I had twenty extra pounds on me. H, It never really mattered to me.

You know, you know I had a same big doesn't spell bad just because you did doesn't need your bad, right, um, you know, doesn't mean you're a tough guy, and I feel like, if you're bigger than me, then you're not fastening me. You might not, you might. You know. I feel like I'm a pretty strong guy. You might not even be stronger than me. If you're bigger than me, I definitely know you're not faster than me. And if you're faster than me, I know you're not stronger than me.

So I feel like I have an advantage in any type of situation. Therefore, size He's never mattered, Hussan. I can't tell you right out. You know, I love you, buddy, I really do. I You're a guy that I root for. I want to see do well take it from this fat old guy. And that's what I am. It's fat old guy that's doing a broadcast. If I were you, if I were you, Hassan, I would watch. I would grab all the tape I could of James Harrison and watch it this offseason. Just watch watch how hum I

tell you I'm really fond of James Harrison. I watched him a lot when he played for the Stillers. Okay, um, you know, yeah, I'm no stranger who he is and impact that heavy to made on the game himself you know what I'm saying. Yeah, just like you said, definitely could take this film and still learn from home and the Thames that he's done. Just fast forward past one

play and that was before halftime a Super Bowl forty three. Okay, just just don't watch the hundred yard picks sets against the Cardinals before halftime where where the Red Sea was screaming, We're still screaming. Somebody tackled James Harrison, right, don't look at that one as Oh boy. Okay, hey, by the way, speaking of watching film, watch all episodes of Cardinals Flight Plan at YouTube dot com slash Azy. Cardinals will come back. We'll get into the matchup. Oh boy. So let's get

this straight. Well, if a Son Reddick played in his first Monday night game ever and now it's going to be followed up by his first Sunday night game ever, the two premier showcases for NFL football in this country. So what was it like to play under those bright lights? What's gonna be like Sunday night? Especially it's Russell Wilson.

I want to know, has he ever been a spy against Russell Wilson back in the day, and what can he tell us that is next to Son Reddick on The Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford In Gilbert Harbin. Dalton gets hit and jumps it off over the middle, off by LFP bumbles the ball and Jordan Phillips appears to have it for the Cardinal. The ball was stripped by Budda Baker. I'm the tackle Cardinals blitz back to Tordalton gets hit and slim to the ground by Budda

Baker back at the thirty three yard line. Dalton never saw Baker like a torpedo. He came flying into the backfield and smoked Andy Dalton snapped to Dalton, quick throw over the middle, picked off, intercepted by Baker at the fifteen gets up in runs twenty thirty, thirty five, forty fifty, Baker to the forty and tackled there by Elliott. Budda Baker, the highest paid safety in the game, maybe the best safety in the game, did not have an interception until

now one a day. Buddha Baker. Good thing. This is an hour show The Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert Paul kelvc Ron Wolfley. Our special guest is Son Reddy. Because this could take a moment. Let's see here against Dallas, he had seven tackles, a sack, his first career pick you heard there, a tackle for loss, two quarterback hits past defense, and a forced fumble. I mean, think about that just for good measure. Yeah, so that's

Buddha Baker. Oh, let's see the Cardinals win the game and he wins NFC Defensive Player of the Week and Hassan. He also was awarded a sea on his jersey, named a team captain. Now in the absence the season ending injury to Chandler Jones, and you tell us the sort of respect that Buddha Baker gets in that locker room. He's definitely among one of our most respected players. You know, Starling Will with the way he please Hey, you know

you put on that you cut on that taping. You see a guy running around with his hair on fire, you know, everywhere, covers every you know, every body to grass, um and it's constantly around the ball, throwing his body in there. You know, he's he you know, that's what football looks like. You know, you cut on that tape

and you see him. I mean, that's what football looks like. Um. And then amongst the guys where we respected amongst his peers, um, you know, and it's great to see him, you know, and the ass of the chain get the sea on his jersey so much of the time, Hussan, you look at good defenses in the National Football League, they start from the secondary. That's where they start a defensive coordinator. We'll look at the secondary and button it up from

the secondary towards the line of scrimmage. And I think that's where Buddha Baker really helps in that secondary. Right, tell us about the communication with Buddha Baker. There is the communication that normalized since he's returned. Yes, he you know, he the vocals for the you know for the dbs uh, you know, always communicating. He knows his job well and he put and he performs and he performs his job

at at every high level. Um. So he's another player, you know when he's on the field, make an impact and you know he's there. That's just what you're gonna get out of Buddha Uh. You know, gaming game out of day in and day out, you know, practice or day in situation. You know what you're gonna get from him, you know. Vans Joseph Cardinal's defensive coordinator said today that when the secondary plays well, it makes it easy to call a game as ad coordinator because you feel good

about calling certain pressures. That's Vans Joseph talking about the big picture. And then here's Vans Joseph Wolf. Listen to this talking about Buddha Baker. He's pretty laid back. I mean, he's a fun loving guy, but he also has a switch. To watch him throw his body around with his size as it's impressive because it's not natural to run full speed through contact, especially people who are larger than you.

You know, even great players don't have that track to run full speed through darkness and you have no idea what the outcome is going to be. He doesn't care. I mean, I love the way you put it ball through darkness. Wolf Wolf, I'll say this. I'll say this, that was your hallmark and and what you're the only big guy could do. So, Hassan, I'll ask you this, my brother, do you have a switch? Do you think you've got that switch? I definitely have a switch. Um,

you know, I'm kind of on edge. Are always just that just my background? Uh, but you know I'm relaxed, you know, that's joke, a brown um. But when game time comes, man, I definitely turn that switch on, you know. I tuned out all the noise and uh and and I focus on helping the team and just being the best that I can be. You know, every time I testaffs to us. It's fun to do that, isn't it.

I mean, it really is. It was one of the best things about being a professional football player, the fact that you could step in between those white lines now and you could just act like like a nut job out on the field right anyway. I love that and I thank God for the ability to go do it because it just allowed you to tap into that primal side. And then you leave the field and you love people and you respect people and you treat them better than yourself.

It doesn't get any better as a man, does it. No, it doesn't. It doesn't get any better. You know. It's really it's really an escape, man, It's not an escape. You know, to love this game and could play that, you know, at a very high level. On them going there a week weekend and week out, you know, and like you said, it stuck into them, into the mind and you know, turn out all to also a noise from the world and just play a game that you

love is really something now is really a blessing. And now you're gonna have Sunday night football and you're gonna have the Seahawks. Man, So the combination of everything coming together. In fact, we know where you guys did last time you played Seattle. It was a beat down. You guys

went up in Week sixteen. In fact, speaking of what it's like to take on the Seahawks, listen to Buddha Baker who was wired up and this big hit Seahawks run the ball off the right side and a big hit by food A Baker at the twenty six yard line. The Cardinals have been physical than Seattle, crushed that du many you how you doing that? How do you do that?

No fear, no fear. I ain't scared of nobody. It's always great when when Chandler Jones plays on field reporter, he's actually doing an interviewing wired So that's always that's it. But you, Hassan, you tell me about Seattle and especially Russell Wilson. Were you ever a spy back in your inside linebacker days? Did you ever play that role? Uh? No, not really, maybe a player a couple of players here

and there. Uh, but not really, you know, man, But now you know, my job is the chasing all around the field, which is a which is a great thing and something that I'm looking forward to. Um because you Arizona versus Seattle. Man, it's always a competitive game and it's always one of the most fun games. You know, you feel you can tell there's a vibral vival vivral league bible. However, we say they're and you know it's gonna you know, you're gonna get your best from them.

Then you know we give our best to them as well. Man. It's always, like I said, it's always a great a great time, a great game. And I always, you know, I always have the most fun when we actually play them. When you look at Seattle's offense, do you see them? Are they better in rundown situations? And when I say rundown, I'm talking first in ten second and one to six. It may have changed for you since I played, but that was considered rundown situations so much of the time,

first in ten second and one to six. How did they play during those down in distances offensively, Hassan, Uh, Well, you know, they're downhill running team, but uh, you know they can run the ball. But you know, personally watching the film, I think they're best one. Edil Russell had the ball in his hand. He's the playmaker. He's dynamic and he's reversatile. Man. He can he can swing the ball, you know, like the best of them, and he can

run like the best of them as well. So uh, in my personal opinion, anytime you know that guy has the ball in his hand, I think that's when they're at that. Yeah. Did your family and friends like seeing you on Monday night, Hassan, especially your two sacks. Yeah, man, I have to have my dad and uh some of my siblings got in the stands, you know for people supporting me back home as well. So yeah, they definitely love you know, Sammy ball out on Monday night and

you know, just out there having fun. Hasan Man, thank you so much for joining us, taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us for a while. We really do appreciate it. Buddy man. There's no problem at all, and there's always a pleasure any kind of guys have you know on the show. Man is always fun and I love doing so thank you guys. It's well rooting for you, big buddy. Enjoy it so much, Hassan,

all the best on Sunday night. Thank you. All right, there you go, Hassan Reddick and well if I look forward to seeing him, yeah, go after Russell Wilson for four quarters. We'll come back and wrap up this edition to the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford in Gilbert Harrison. Third down and four, they're gonna handle it off. The Kenny's rake up the middle, first down and he's

gonna have maybe a touch down. He's at the forty, the thirty to twenty, the ten, the touched down Kenyan Drake well over one hundred yards with that one icing on the cake, thirty seven to ten, sixty nine yard touchdown run for Kenyan Drake. Hand it off and Kenyan Drake found the sea and that he hit the gas. Baby. What a way to finish this game. We found out later it was the start of the game that perhaps was the key. When Kenyan Drake looked down at his phone,

his caller ID and it said mom doom. And then Mom had something to say and her message was and I'm now quoting Kenyan Drake reiterating what mom told him, Are you going to hit some holes today? You got yeah, yeah. So as the saying goes, mom knows best, and boom there was Kenyan Drake and he looked a lot like

he did in Week sixteen against Seattle? Did he not when he had the eighty yard touchdown run and the card Rules ran it, oh, I don't know forty times or two hundred and fifty three yards and that win against the Seahawks in their last meeting, Paul, I'm telling you right now, if there's one thing, if there's one thing you want to see, one trend you want to see the Arizona Cardinals continue to nurture, it has got to be the ability to run the ball in a

north south direction. Seriously, you go back and you look at that first half against the Dallas Cowboys. Ken you Drake got the ball six times for eighteen yards, Paul, eighteen yards six times in the first half, ran into the pile for two yards, for three yards, for four yards, for one yard, for four yards three He ran into the pile for the most part, and then all of a sudden, his first two carries that second half twenty twenty two and then it turned into eventually sixty nine.

This is what happens when you establish a foundation. It's not your identity, it's just a characteristic of your team. And that characteristic, the ability to run the ball in a north south direction, really helps his offense. So here's my question on the Seattle defense. As we know, I don't want to go, you know, too in depth here, but they're not good. They're dead last in total defense. They're dead last, but they're eighteenth and scoring defense. Okay,

but they're seventh in rush defense. Is that because teams are just thrown all day on them? Or are they fairly stout up from Yeah? No, see, PAULI, that's the thing about it right now. I don't think their defensive line is very talented. They're not. Let's just put it that way. They're not good their defensive line. But I would have a hard time saying their defense is good. Do they have some good players? Absolutely? See Bobby Wagner

and kJ Wright, those two guys. Do they have good players? Paly? Absolutely? Jamal Adams And whether or not Jamal Adams is actually going to play he's missed the last couple of weeks. We'll see how he does, but they've got talent over there. The problem is it's not on the defensive line. Now. Listen, they're number seven Paul in rushing yards per game allowed, number seven, but they're also number seven and rushing yards

per play allowed. So if you put those two things together right there, they don't stink in terms of stopping the run, they don't. They stink right now. Metrically in terms of stopping the past, they're awful. And you know what I remember the most I think from that Seattle win last year out at Seattle Weeks sixteen was Clara Fitzgerald getting the past reception and going straight as an arrow for the end zone and trucking kJ right, j Wright,

who's a good football puss. And don't forget the last time the Cardinals played on Sunday Night Football twenty sixteen. You remember it? It was the six six slugfest against the Seahawks. Yes, so get ready for physicality on Sunday Night for Jim Landro, Cody Fincher, Ron wolf Leypall Calvcs special thanks to a Son Reddick on this edition of The Big Red Rage, brought to you by Santan burd In.

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