Big Red Rage - Getting To The Next Level

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You know the world is sideways when trading Deshaun Watson takes a backseat to trading stock in game Stop in AMC and Nokia in these I mean you thought Houston, the Houston Texans were a distressed operation, a failing operation

that was forced to trade. Well, that is nothing on what we've seen on Wall Street and right about now, Texans ownership is hoping somebody inflates and pumps up the value of the Texans franchise like we've seen on Wall Street with some of these others out of you realize that, Paula, you are the king Wolf. How can you not correlate the big trade news that's out there with Deshaun Watson

and the other trade news on Wall Street. Don't act like you don't sit around in your zubas all day in day trade Wolf, Come on now at the compound. We know no, don't do that. Are you kidding me right now? But you are right about the quarterback. So the commodities that are the NFL quarterbacks that are out there right now? What do you want, Paula? You want old? You want young, you want new, you want old? What is it ball? I'll tell you what I don't want.

I'm going to reverse engineer the answer to that question here right off the top on the Big Red Rate presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford, Paul kelvcre Ron Wolf of there our reverse engineer that as long as Deshaun Watson doesn't end up with the Niners, I'm good that will crush me. I'm with you on that one. BALLI. Can you imagine if somehow, some way Kyle Shanahan and that offense and dare I say that defense gets Deshaun Watson as our quarterback? Right now? Wait?

What can we do? Paul? That is the question I've got. What can we do to make sure that never happens? Is there anything you can think of? BALLI? Is there anything you can do to segue on that one? Well, we could get Robin Hood to come in and stop trading. I mean, you know you could get you get these Wall Street trading platforms to come in and stop trading on the Deshaun Watson to San Francisco. Obviously there's something nefarious about Deshaun Watson ending up with a nine er.

So you know, the sec in Wall Street needs to step in. We can't have that happen. There's no way. I agree with you, Pollie the Robin that was really good as well. Well, let me just say this, what is Miami doing right now? What are the Dolphins doing? Will you start acting here? I want to see Brian Flores start acting here like a head coach who went ten and six on the season. They're in dire need. Would you trade I mean to a tongue to buy

Lowa for Deshaun Watson. Basically, yes, absolutely, yes, you would do that. Now Listen, they'd get a lot of draft picks as well. But still I'd be all over that if I were the Miami Dolphins. Miami might have to get in line behind Carolina. Do you see the report from the NFL network late today that Carolina is quote going to aggressively pursue Deshaun Watson, bring him back to the Carolinas obviously give them an identity for pretty much a no name team. Now would they have enough? I mean,

would they have any interest? What's however? And Teddy Bridgewater and what could they have? The number eight pick overall?

Would that be enough? But once again, Wolf, what you need to fear is mounting speculation that because Nick Caserio, former New England executive, a guy who is key in drafting Jimmy g oh No, now that he is running the Texans, he would have significant interest in bringing Jimmy g to Houston, both as his quarterback and as an example of the sort of New England asked culture that he would want to establish with the Texans, and that

would be the launching point. Jimmy g in a trade with the forty nine ers they would put to Sean Watson with the I just I just can't believe in what are the forty nine ers really gonna give? What would they have to give up their next three first round picks, their next four? I mean, honestly, what would

that be? Paulie nick Bosa. Well, here's the thing, though, Deshaun Watson has a no costs So to what degree can he just deny some of these other trade partners and dictate the direction the team to which he's traded. And so if he wants to go to the West Coast and he wants to be in a Kyle Shanahan system's polly, he's hurt their leverage. He's hurt the Houston Texans leverage. Fight coming out and making this public that

he's demanding a trade. By the way, we'll talk to a guy who spent his career chasing quarterbacks, Sam Acho, the former Cardinal, will join us on the Big Red Rage. Just getting roll and all presented by satan Ford and Gilbert. We are Satanford first and ten on the Cardinal twenty snapped to Murray, drops back the throw looking deep, airing it out middle of the field. He's got Kirk. It's

caught at the forty Kirk and the thirty. The twenty fifteen ten five tout down toun eighty yards strike Tyler Murray to Christian Kirk two touchdowns for kerk 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'd say if there wasn't a guy named DeAndre Hopkins who had an array of ridiculous catches this season, that might have been

the catch of the year. Christian kirk you think wolf the fact that he caught it on a dead sprint and remember the late hands. He called it right, just shot him out there at the very end and got it by the by the tip of the football. Yeah. Absolutely, bally, especially at first half of the season. For the most part, Christian kirk Man was odd fire and then he kind of faded in the second half. And that's something we're

going to talk about tonight. Yeah, that was the game at Dallas and Cardinals one thirty eight ten to the first three possessions, three punts, and then they scored touchdowns on their next four possessions and ran away with that game. But as Wolf mentioned here on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan barn and Gilbert, we are Santan Ford. There was DeAndre Hopkins and everyone else basically the second half of the season when it came to receiver production,

and because of that, the Cardinals made a change. Sean Jefferson is the new wide receivers coach. A guy who played the position for nearly a dozen years, a guy who's coached the position for more than a dozen years. You tell me, Wilf, I mean, what sort of cred does he bring to being a receivers coach considering all his experience at the position. There's no doubt about it, Paulie. This is a great thing, especially when you're talking about

the skill position. When you're talking about the skill positions and the National Football League, both offense and defense, the further you get from the ball is when you start considering the skill right when you start talking about wide receivers, and I would say cornerbacks dbs in particular, right there, those are the skill positions. To me, running back obviously quarterback obviously, but that's a whole different animal in and

of itself. The wide receiver position. I think you need that credibility that Sean Jefferson has that he played the game thirteen years. This is a guy that was a contemporary Balie. This is a guy that I know, Sean Jefferson. He was a great pro Paul. This was a good football player, a guy that had a long career, and that definitely I think is going to resonate in that room with the wide receivers that he has. Well, Look,

players know players, players know the coaches who played. You just commented on that, and Bertrand Berry had something to say about that earlier this week on the Red Sea Report. To have somebody in there that has been through it and done it, that holds a certain amount of weight, and that holds a certain amount of cachet. Dee Hobbin and Kurt and all those guys are going to really try to better themselves. And what better way to do that than learned from a guy who played as long

as coach Jefferson did. Last couple of years with the Jets, he was also the assistant head coach to Adam Case and Wolf, I'm guessing that I think I tackled him a couple of times. Paully, I think if I'm not if I'm not mistaken, I think Sean Jefferson actually a return punts for the Chargers, and I think I tackled him on more than one occasion. Paul, you know you

know what that reminds me of. I'm gonna take everyone back to the introductory press conference of one Ken wizzen Hunt and Ken wizzen Hunt finishes a press conference, he comes off the stage, walks down the aisle, sees Wolf. He stops going Wolf, don't hit me that Ken Wizen. Well, we had some battles, wizzon. I there's no doubt about that. Pollie. I think he still has a bruise on his sternum. So once again you get the change at the position coach, right,

Whizz you know I love you. If you're listening for some reason, I love you. And if Dave Pass was here, he would confirm what I'm about to share now is whenever Wolf runs into a former teammate on the road or at a stadium, we always Dave usually asked Wolf afterwards,

did you fight that guy? Did you fight that guy, I know exactly, but you know there was something too it, Polly, right, there is something the experience in knowing that this guy that is coaching you has he's been through the fire man. He has been through the fire, he's been through the hardship. That listen, Paul. They always say this, you got to reach somebody before you can teach somebody. The fact that Sean Jefferson played goes a long way towards reaching somebody,

opening them up and then being able to teach them. Okay, so are they trying to reach Andy Isabella? They're trying to reach Christian Kirk. To what degree? Is this a message for that wide receiver room, the players in that room. Yeah, there's no doubt it is, Polly, It's a message. I

cannot help but think a Christian Kirk. Paully, you know how much I love this kid, and I know you like him as well, And how, oh my goodness, he's talented, this guy, this guy, I think the first half of the season showed exactly what he could do, and all of a sudden you're thinking, this is it. This is the breakout year for Christian Kirk. And then the second half of the season, and for whatever reason, he faded

in the second half. And I don't know, but I think Christian Kirk fading in the second half had a lot more to do with David Rye being let go than even Andy Isabella. Well, he's too good, he's too skilled to be a non factor too often. It just it just didn't make sense. There were too many games that ended and either he didn't have enough targets or he didn't have enough production, and you gotta just let impact the gas. So and that's a pair of second

round picks and Christian Kirk and Andy Isabella. So obviously they're looking for more return on investment. So look, if they can maximize their skill set, that's a great fit for this clipkinks very passing offense. You got a figure, we'll get an idea of what you know? An outsider, thinks a former insider. How about sam Acho, the former cardinal not just a former linebacker, a speaker, a writer, that's all. Next in the Big Red Rage, Tom steps up gets sacked at the twenty six yard line by

sam Acho. It was Acho that came in and leveled a quarterback and forced the fumble, and he brought the Tomahawk rhythm steps up, gets head and sacked. It's Sam Macho again, his second sack of the game. While Sam Macho have a day and the ball comes out of the thirty yard line, it's recovered by Ajo. Acho forced to fumble and he recovers it at the twenty eight yard line, his second force fumble. He also has two sacks and now a fumble recovery man and gets rid

of it. Tip picked off Byacho at the twenty five yard line. Ryan hit as he grows, deflected and pittercepted Byacho at the thirty three yard line, Pondered to pass with time pumps, rolls left being chased and ball flutters and a diving interception Byacho at the twenty nine great play by Sam Hacho. Three career interceptions. By the way, it says here on his staff's page, Wolf, I think of Sam Macho. I think a big plays in big moments,

big impacts, starting his rookie year, seven sacks as a rookie. Smile, yes, big smile. I mean you know on the field, in the locker room, that impact. We know the difference he's made in the community, that is on question. And then not only with the media, but as a member of the media. Wolf. In fact, this might be our last edition of the Big Red Rage because of the time we're done. You know, they'll probably offer the show to

Sam Macho, Right, Sam, welcome. How are we doing, man, Paul? Well, I am doing great and I am so glad to be back on with you all. This brings me great joy. Yes, hearing the highlights that brought me great joy, but man, hearing y'all's voice is really great, great joy. Sammy, Man, so much love and respect for you and I can I can literally feel the smile coming thro yes on this broadcast. Brother. How's the family doing, man, We're doing great.

We're doing great. Ever since that rookie year with seven sacks, Since then, I've played the last the next nine years in the NFL. I got married after three kids, a six year old, a four year old, and a two year old solo. Life has changed in a lot of ways, but one hundred percent for the better. That's awesome, Sammy. So you're running the up tempo with three young kids at your house, there's no doubt about absolutely absolutely what

you got left. Sammy. You gotta play left for when you give me one I don't know, but I don't know. I don't like that, you know, I don't. I don't want to give away my play. Like a good defensive coordinator or a good coach, I'm not going to give away my plays. But I'm gonna tell you what you

show you what we got, and then we'll go from there. Now. Wait, didn't you sent out a tweet within the last few days something about Tampa and the first team ever to host the Super Bowl in their home stadium and you know you're available of Ba's in need. Oh yes, I absolutely sent that tweet. But there's more to the tweet. I wish that Twitter had more than one hundred and forty characters, because here's the deal. Wolf and Paul exit

interviews last year, twenty nineteen season. I just finished up with Tampa Bay and I'm sitting down with BA. Mind you. BA was my coach in twenty thirteen and twenty fourteen with the Arizona Todd Bowles was my coach as well, so we had a relationship. They had me come to Tampa played well. Exit interview. BA looks me in the eye and says, hey, Sam, we love what you did. We want you back next year, and so I'm like, all right, let's go. Now this is pre Tom Brady,

before Tom got signed. I'm like, all right, this is exciting, this is good. Well, then all of a sudden, Tom Brady becomes available and they decided to sign him. And Gronkowski becomes available and they decided and LaShaun McCoy and Leonard Ford and all these guys are Letterford that become and they decided to sign him. And so anyways, I'm still waiting on that call. So I tweeted at BA and I said, hey, BA, you said you wanted me back.

I'm available. I'm ready, I got my jersey. Whatever you need, just one game and I'm ready to rock and roll. No, that's great. What did he say back? He hadn't responded yet. I'm notout. Have an army if people like retweet it so that he can get it. I made a video. I think I'm kidding. I made a video with my Buccaneers jersey and my wife was like, send it to BA, and I'm like, I don't know, you know, And so I'm I'm plotting. I'm plotting. I'm getting ready. But I tweeted,

I tweeted it. I tweeted it a few days ago. I got the video ready. I'm gonna send it to at least the linebackers coach Larry Foot. You remember Larry Foot, of course he was my COACHNA send it to Foot, see what happens. I'm gonna send it to Coach Bowls. And then lastly, BA will be the last place I was gonna say, Sam, don't bea off the hug. This fat to the fire, and you know what, we'll get it.

We'll get into the Super Bowl a little bit later, we'll get into your book that's out, your brand new podcast. It's gonna drop. But but give us some thoughts on the Cardinals two twenty. I know you know it's from Afar, but as a former Cardinal and a guy who knows the game inside and out, do you have any takeaways

from this year in the Cardinals eight and eight campaign. Yeah, it was well so obviously former cardinal and now I've been in the media a little bit, so I've been announced, I've been I've announced games, I've watch games, and and for me it was exciting seeing the the the ability, we'll call it that, the ability of Kyler Murray. Right, He's unbelievably talented. But then you've got you have to

go through that matturation process that we saw. If you remember what Russell Wilson went through from his year one to hear's your two. In twenty twelve, Russell Wilson's first year, he was a solid quarterback, right, wasn't doing outstanding, was trying to help, trying to figure out how to read defense as well. Twenty thirteen, fourteen fifteen, he became this expert at reading defense. And I think that's where Kyler

Murray needs to grow now. Obviously, being an Allen in high school in Texas right where I'm from, winning championships and then going to college winning championships, not losing games. It's good, but there comes a point where you get to play the biggest and the baddest and the best of the best, and you have to up your game.

Talent alone will no longer get you there. And so what he needs is to kind of help, just just film watching and helping having someone teach him how to read defense and not get trapped by you know, I'm you know, look at the Patriots game right getting getting trapped by good coordinators. I think that's that's an area he can improve offensively because his offensive starts and stops with him obviously having hoped there was amazing, and then

defensively as well. Right Like, I feel like I feel like Patrick Peterson obviously is phenomenal, and and Buddha Baker. You got all these guys. But the part that gets me this is more of like a general manager perspective. But man, there's so many talented players who left, right Chelais Campbell's, Tie Matthews, even the Tony Jeffersons. There's so many talented players who left. And I understand we have young rookies who are solid, but I just feel like we got to find a way to keep the talent

here in Arizona. Speaking of keeping the talents here in Arizona, Chandler Jones, what are your what are your thoughts on Chandler Jones? Now, obviously you missed the entire season, but so what do you think you of Chandler Jones as a pass rusher when you watch him on tape? Oh, he's phenomenal at one point in his career, and probably if he would have been healthy, you could always make the argument that he's one of the best pass rushers

in the game and obviously Marcus Golden on the other side. Like, there's so much talent there and so the injuries don't help, right, We talk about that injuries don't help. But man, when Chandler Jones is out there and he's doing the same thing in New England. When he's out there, he's a dominant force. And so there's no if, hans and buts about it. You need him out there. His son Reddick and we're on board with Sam Acho, former Cardinals pass rusher, as Son Reddick is a guy who exploded in his

fourth year. His fourth year in the league, there was a position switch. He's back to the edge. He doesn't have the prototypical size, but he's put on wade and you look at some of the analytics and he was top ten in most every category at his position, a position you know, real, well, what should the Cardinals do now that because Son Reddick is bound for unrestricted free agency. Yeah, well, he's a guy you gotta keep, right like, he's a guy you have to find a way to keep. And

obviously people talk about hometown discounts. As a player, you never want to take a hometown discount, right, I understand we care about the team, but you want to do the best for you and your family and your future. But I think that when you when you look at what her son, Reddick was able to do, multiple multi fack games, changing the game, helping Arizona win, I think you have to find a way to keep him. He's at a natural position, he's at outside linebacker number one.

And yes, people say it's it's not necessarily he's not the prototypical size, but neither was Dwight Freeney. Neither was Robert Massis. There's no real, in my mind, prototypical side. It's all about how effective are you as a pass wresturant. Yeah, James Harrison comes to mind right there. That's an zebrical guy right there. Sammy, What about physicality? Is it still in vogue in the National Football League to be physical on the line of scrimmage? Do you still have to

be that in order to win? Oh? Absolutely absolutely. In twenty eighteen, I was a part of the Bears defense that was a number one ranking defense in the league. And obviously in twenty fourteen and thirteen our Cardinals defense with Todd Bowles, we were a top five defense in the league, and it all started in stopped with not only physicality as you mentioned Wolf, but also with fundamentals. Physicality and fundamentals, and it's boring, right, no one wants

to talk about the fundamentals. But you can be as big and as fast and as flashy as you want to be, but if you're not fundamentally sound, you're not going to be able to be a solid defense weekend in a week out. You might be able to flash and have some great games, but you're not going to be able to be solid weekend and weekend and week out.

And so I think no matter what defense you are, we could talk about Arizona for sure, but you have to be physical, yes, but also you have to be fundamentally Can you go into the fundamental Sammy for people that are listening right now, a way of example, what are you talking about? Yeah, so, by way, by way of example, so much offense and let's use let's use La rams for an example. So much offense is predicated

around these jet suites or any fly emotions. And you might be watching at home and say, okay, what's the point of that motion? They're just running around wasting time and wasting energy. But no, the reason that offense is run these jet sweets and these fly emotions is to mess with your eye as a defender. And so when I say fundamentally sound, I mean looking at the right thing.

If you're an inside linebacker and your job is supposed to be the a gap, you don't need to be looking at the fly sweet, because all of a sudden you start looking there and you're you know, out of Coach always says eyes, hands and feet. Your eyes follow

your hands, your hands follow your feet. And so if you're looking around and you're moving around and all of a sudden there's a huge gap that people are running up the middle for, then they're hitting their head on the goalpost and so and so that's when I say fundamentally sound, I'm talking about your eyes. What are you looking at? Look at your responsibility. Right then we talk

about the physical part, that's your hands. So we talk about JJ Watt all the time and how he's a phenomenal pass rusher and football player and outstanding, but also j JJ Watt can tend to jump around gaps at times. Right. Calais Campbell's Cardinal's Great had this issue as well, And yes it can be effective. But man, there are times and that really hurts your defense because you're jumping around

the block and you're not using your hands. And that's not to deter them from doing that because sometimes it's what you need to make a play, but it can't be every time. Right, physical hands right out of coach who also said, man, win first contact. What that means is be the first one to touch the guy you're going again, So eyes, hands, and then finally see right. So going back to inside linebackers as a perspective, right, it's all about people talk about shuffling your feet and

then falling back into your gap. So many players, just in excitement and eagerness to make a play, they'll start running and crossing their feet to go make a play. Then all of a sudden, the running back will cut back and once again hit his head on the goalpost. But when you want to be fundamentally sound, you've ignored the jet suite. You keep your eyes on on your work, which maybe it's the running back, maybe it's the guard. Keep your eyes on your work when you're coming up.

You be the first to win first contact, and then your feet will follow. That's what I mean by being fundamentally sound and having a physical style of play, doing your job. Sam Macho joining us on The Big Red Rage, former Cardinal, former Tampa Bay buccaneer. Last season with BA and Todd Bowls, So what can they do to slow

down Patrick mahomes that Kansas City offense. We'll visit that next and we'll somehow, somehow with everything going on and three young kids, Sam found the ability to write a book. I mean, that kind of productivity is borderline un called for, but we're gonna talk about it. Yeah, I mean, and it's a blueprint for taking off our masks. And he's not talking about COVID. He's not talking about something you know, literal right, it's in another way and we'll get into

that next. Sam out to our special guest on The Big Red Rage, presented by satan Ford and Gilbert. We are satan Ford. There comes say fake end aroun and Brady gets sacked by Acho. Came over the top and brought down the quarterback. He was not fooled by the fake end the round and Brady loses about ten yards on the play. Tom Brady is one of the best play actors in all of the National Football League, but

sam Acho was not fool boys. He is smart, alert football player, one of the smartest guys on the field and off. It was at two thousand and twelve win at Foxboro a week two where the Cardinals went in as two touchdown underdogs and pulled out a wayn twenty to eighteen against the Patriots, and there was a lot to like about that game, including that sack by our guest sam Acho. Sam what is it like to sack Tom Brady? I mean, you know, at what point are you gonna get the kids on your knee and tell

them all about sacking TV twelve? Oh, trust me, I already have. I already have. There is no greater feeling, at least as a football player than sacking Tom Brady. If you remember at the NFC and the playoff time came around and so many players wanted to get Tom Brady. Right, takes you on with one of these guys that I want Tom Brady. And so for me, that's a highlight, right like the highlightings the highlight. There's no infans of us about it. So he said he's so hittable? Is

he not saying? I mean it's bad. It's a great target that back. I don't know all by you, but just looking at it, it's very rectangular. Yes, yes. And the thing is like people talk about these great quarterbacks, and yes they are great. Tom bradyes, Aaron Rodgers, Rogers is of the world. Um, But man, like, when I think about it, like that play specifically, for me, it

was all about the offensive line. I knew they had a specific play where they would pull the guard and it wasn't a run play, and I'm thinking, Okay, I'm gonna go take that one. I see it and I took it right. And there are other plays where it's like, Okay, they don't they they don't run it reverse, right, this is a fake verse pass. I'm gonna take it. And so for me, it's about offensive line. It's about scheme

sometimes more than just who is this quarterback? And look, Kansas City's offensive line obviously compromise, probably missing their starting tackles. What does that mean for a Bucks team that has a pass rush going five sacks again in this last game and Todd Bowls, you know aggressive he is having played for Todd. Tell us about what the Bucks can or will do to slow down Patrick Mahomes. Oh yeah, well those outside linebackers specifically are ready to eat. Some

people say they're ready to hunt like they are. Not only their focused, but like I've been in that outside linebacker room, I've been in the room. I was in the room last year with Shack Barry, who's had a few sacks, with Jason Pierre Paul had a few sacks in the game last week. Those guys, their confidence level is through the roof. Larry Foot, the outside linebacker, is telling them, guys, if y'all don't have three, four or five sacks each this game, you don't need to be

in the NFL. That's what he's telling them. So he's telling them that they're going to be the ones to change the game. And you know why he's telling them that, because it's true. BA gets it too. Todd Bowles gets it too. You got to put pressure on Patrick Mahomes if you want to stop them. Earlier in the game, earlier in the season, when Tampa Bay faced Kansas City, you saw Carlton Davis the defensive fact the corner get burnt by Tyree Hill. Todd Bowles is telling Shack and

telling JPP. If you do not get to this quarterback, this loss is on you new rule boy. That is big right there, Sammy Tom Brady, is he a dinosaur? Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Big Ben Roethlisberger. Are these guys dinosaurs? No, No, they're not. I think what I would say is, if forty is the new twenty, right, the forty is the new twenty in the NFL. They're not dinosaurs. But the game has changed so much to allow quarterbacks an extended lifetime,

if you will. In the NFL, there have been new rules put in places you know well that you can't go too low on a quarterback, but let's not so out there. You can't go too high on a quarterback and being penalties. Yeah, you gotta get to the strike zone or the hit zone, right. That extends quarterbacks lifespans in the NFL. But it's not just quarterbacks, so no,

it's also defensive players as well. These the new CBA that was signing and not the recent one, but in twenty eleven, I believe that helped extend the life spans of NFL players. Cam Haywards thirty one, thirty two years old. He's a defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers, just signed an extension right, Kyle Rudolph tied end thirty something years old. He's still got three years left on his contract. You're seeing all these players who are quote unquote getting older.

Klais Campbell prime example, at thirty, he signed a five year deal. Right. If you're seeing all these players that are quote unquote older, thrives and it's and it's it's it's yes, it is because they're taking care of their bodies, that's part of it. It is because you know they're they're they're eating better and sleeping better, and analytics and all those things. But it's also because the rules have changed in the n f L. Hey, we're on with

Sam Atro, former cardinal and a former buccaneer. What's it like playing for Bruce arians Tom Brady said earlier today, And I think a lot of media were surprised, I mean how much he's enjoyed playing for BA, because we know how he called out Tom Brady at times in the first half of the season. We've heard him call out guys like Kalais Campbell who was making Pro Bowls.

So what's it like as a player to play for BA? Well, you get no greater joy, at least in my opinion and playing for BA because you know he's gonna keep it real with you. So many coaches they'll say one thing and they'll do another. And I'm talking about it both sides of my mouth right now, because the BA said he was going to sign me. He has to sign me. For so many coaches they say one thing to do another. Boy Ba, he keeps it real. He

keeps real. Hey man, you're not good enough. He's to always say, hey, I need our five star players to play like five star players if we're gonna win. He'd call you out right, Calais, you're a five star player. We need you to shine. It's five star player, we need to shine, Tie Matthew, right, five star players. There was no there was no confusion on what it was

going to take to win. Right. He'd also put up the you know, after a game, right after each practice, put up the mistakes that you made, so you knew the whole team would see who players, which players offensively and defensively, had missed assignments and mental errors because he knew those causs those those are the reasons why people lose. And so BA keeps it real with you, keeps it up front. You have no you have no confusion or

no doubt of where you stand with him. So, Sammy, when you think of Super Bowl fifty five between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs, where do you think the worm is going to turn in this game? Where do I think? Where do I think the game is going to be turned? Which he's going to win the game? Yeah? Where's the worm going to turn in this game? What do you think the matchup is going to be that is going to decide who wins this? Oh wow, that's a great question. I think it's going

to be the Tyron Matthew versus Tom Brady matchup. That's really what I believe. So Tyron Matthew is a field general for that team. And yes, Kansas City had a phenomenal offense, but they weren't winning Super Bowls till ty got there. And so I think that ty Matthew if he gets his hands on that football, talking interceptions, I'm

talking force fumble, We're talking fumble recoveries. Then then then then Tampa Bay didn't have a chance, I think, Sammy, I think Tampa Bay's gotta play like almost a perfect game. I mean, it just seems that way. You've got to score when given the opportunities. You're special teams units have got to go out there and control field position and not give up any big plays. Your your defense has to take the ball away from the Kansas City Chiefs.

I think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to play a near perfect game to beat Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. But I think timpa Bay will do those things. You talk about turnovers, Tim Bay is one of the league leaders in turnovers. You talk about stopping the run, Tim Bay is one of the league leaders and stopping the running out. But now now Tom Brady has been a little bit I don't want to say careless, but not ask care full with the ball. But that's part of

Ba's system, right, no risk getting no biscuits. So I think that Tampa Bay will play well offensively in defensively, Special teams has always been a hiccup for Ba's team. So we'll see. But man, I think Timpa Bay is gonna play well. But I think that time Matthew can and will be the difference. Right now, now, obviously Mahomes and Mahomes right, there's no its fans of us about that as its Tyree Hills as, it's Nicole Hartman as its Travis Kelsey as is all those guys. But we

about who always has their hands around the football. It's time, Atthew. Let's wrap with Sam Acho and his book that is out. It is titled Let the World See You, and you describe it as a blueprint for taking off our mass. What do you mean by that? Yeah, well, this book is really for I wrote this book before COVID happened, right, and so people think about masks and it's like, oh, let me take my mask off. No, this book is about why people hide, right, Like what are we hiding from?

And what are we afraid of? But more than anything, this book will change you. This book will change you. When you read this book, your life will be changed because you'll understand, Oh wow, I can be me. I can be me. The subtitle of the book is let the World See You. How to be real in a world full of fakes. I don't have to pretend anymore. I can be me and I can be real. And

that's what this book is all about. I tell stories from my cardinals days of times where I was me and the benefit that came, but also times where I hit and some of the hard things that came from that at still time, from my Chicago Bears days. They're definitely some football examples. But it's not a football book. No, it's a book for anyone whoever felt like they had to hide and they didn't they felt like they couldn't be themselves. If that's how you ever felt, this book

is for you. Everyone who's read this book has seen their story in this book, and I believe the reader, anyone who reads it you will be changed by the book. Sammy, can you tell us why why you wanted to write this book? I mean there had to be something that was driving you behind it, right, Yeah, I think honestly, I just felt this way that I had to pretend and I had to fit in and I had to try and be someone I wasn't and I had to

you know, at this way or act that way. And even as an NFL linebacker, you gotta do these you know, you gotta be this big, bad, tough guy. You got to be inaccessible and no one can talk to you and no one could touch you. Yet at the same time, I'm a guy who loves relationships. Yeah, I want to get to know the fans. I want to get to know my teammates. Then it would always seemed like that

was never what you were supposed to do. Yeah, And I realized that as I started to put on this mask and act like I thought people wanted me to act, it wasn't me and they were. The weight became too heavy, and so I decided, you know what, I'm gonna try out letting the world see me. I'm gonna try and be me and just see what happens. And you know what happened, Wolf people became free from that. I received freedom,

but other people will receive freedom as well. Being you isn't just for other people being you as for you as well. You will be changed when you're you, and you'll free up others. At the same time. We like you, Sammy, like you, Buddy Well, and I have a feeling everyone's gonna like your podcasts. The premiere episode drops tomorrow Athletes for Justice, so we look forward to that. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google podcasts, and the book once

again is titled Let the World See You. It is out. It is at sam achobook dot com. That is sam achobook dot com for all the information. Sam we can't thank you enough for your time and insight. Paul, thank you so much. We'll man, I appreciate you, absolutely love you. Sammy, God bless you and your family. Okay, appreciate you. Coming on, man, there we go. Sam Acho, who's been making an impact since this rookie year. And I'm not just talking about the seven sacks, as you said, Wolf from the smile,

from what he's done in the community. I mean, we need a three hour podcast just talk about the community aspect. We continue at the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. Right after this third down, the Homes takes an ee and that is it. The Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl. The road to repeat for Kansas City will run through Tampa. The matchup is set for Super Bowl fifty five. It's the Chiefs and

the Buccaneers. Kansas City is trying to run it back, and they get it done in the AFC Championship Game as they knock off the Bills thirty eight to twenty four courtesy Westwood one. Right there, that was the final call. So it is official. The Chiefs trying to become the first repeat Super Bowl champion since two thousand and four. Special thanks to Sam Acho for joining us on this edition of The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford

and Gilbert. We are Satan Ford, Faull, kelvc Round Wolfley and a Chiefs team that wolf It's amazing that they're back in the Super Bowl. They're defending chants and to a man, they still talk about in the locker room how they haven't had that breakout game. They they don't feel like they've played their best game. Yeah. Yes, so I get the feeling that you're thinking Tampa's gonna have to play its best game to even have a chance.

Polly Beware the team with the slippery tongue. Okay, I'm just saying, because right now, what do you mean you haven't had that pout game, whatever it is. I think they're trying to demoralize people when they actually say that. I look at the Kansas City Chiefs poly in this game right here, and they apply so much pressure on their opponent. I was talking to Sammy about this, Sam Macho, who we were talking to earlier in this beautiful broadcast, and man, you've got to play almost perfectly in all

three phases. Your offense has got to protect the ball. You cannot turn the ball over if you're in the minus and the turnover margin when you play the Kansas City Chiefs. I don't know what the stats are, Paul, but I would imagine they're astronomical the odds that you're gonna win that game, because it's just it's not gonna happen. Your special teams can't give Pat Mahomes and that offense short fields. You can't do it. Your defense has got to step up. Everybody has got to play almost a

perfect game to beat the Kansas City Chiefs. If the Chiefs just go out and play their normal game. I just can't wait to see what Todd Bowles has in mind in terms of a game plan on Super Bowl Sunday against Mahomes and all those weapons and that lethal offense. Although minus they're starting to les both and you heard Samacho mentioned it, that could be a real liability, especially against that Tampa defense has got a lot of production from their age rushes. Yeah, you're right about that, there's

no doubt. Jason Pierre Paul is getting it. And Shaq Barrett, of course, we know they've got the age out there, PAULI, But in the first meeting where the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I think it was back in November, or yeah, I think it was November. But twenty seven, twenty four, they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They didn't even really try to run the ball in that game, PAULI. They threw the ball fifty times against

the Buccaneers. They ran at sixteen times where they actually handed the ball off to a running back and they averaged about three point six. Now, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that's the one thing they do really, really well, exceptionally well number one in the National Football League is they will shut down the run. And I know that the past defense has really come along, especially over the last

five or six games of the twenty twenty season. The Aampa Bay Buccaneers defense what Todd Bowls, has really improved defensively in terms of their past defense. But you know, again, I don't I don't know how much the Kansas City Chiefs are going to try to run the ball. Is there anything the Cardinals offense can take from the Chiefs offense? And I know everybody is going to scout in the offseason,

all the other teams especially the Super Bowl champion. But considering Mahomes and Kyler their baseball backgrounds and their ability to throw from all the different arm angles, and what Kansas City does with Mahomes and you heard you heard sam Acho talk about Kyler and where he needs to improve, just like Russell Wilson improved in year two and year three reading defenses. Is there only that stands out when you look at Kansas City, say, man, that might apply

to the Cardinals. Yeah, can we go get Tyreek Hillbaul, can we get him right here? Because you watch him once again, it's it's it's stunning to me. It is stunning. You heard sam Ocho talking about the eyes and the jet sweep and how how linebackers and second level in DBS their eyes are drawn to a guy on a jets. It's it's tenfold with Tyreek Hill. This guy dictates what happens to the defense even when he doesn't get the ball. It is an unbelievable thing to watch that secondary move

where Tyreek Hill is, wherever Tyreek Hill is. So much of the time the Kansas City Chiefs either paid off and get him the ball, or it's the exact opposite, wherever he is, they go the opposite direction of him, and it works beautifully. I'll tell you what Aaron Rodgers struggled in the red zone against that Buccaneer's past defense. You mentioned how they improved. He was just two to nine passing in gold togost situations. So we'll see, we'll see if you know, Tampa come put up a pretty

formiable defensive effort. We'll come back. We'll talk about Tampa and what exactly the Bucks might have to do in this one. We continue with the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Pord and Gilbert. We are Satan four, Brady under center, champon spin a second, Zeros on the clock. The Buccaneers a beaaten the Packers. Tom Brady has beaten Aaron Rodgers, and Tom Brady will take the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl for the first time in eighteen years.

This is the tenth Super Bowl in Tom Brady's Hall of Fame career and the final is in Buccaneers thirty one. The Packers twenty six. Westwood won Kevin Harland there and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers become the first Super Bowl team ever to play in their home stadium. They've now won seven in a row since losing. You mentioned it Ron Wolfley to Kansas City at home. That was in late November when they lost twenty seven twenty four, got down early after an unbelievable first quarter by the Chiefs, and

then made it a game late. And it's that defense for everything that Tom Brady has done. And we'll get into that. You know, you have seven takeaways by that Buccaneers defense this postseason, leading to forty one points. Todd Bulls has them dialed in, doesn't he. Yeah, there's no doubt, Pauline. That's exactly what they're gonna have to do to be Kansas City. Sorry, I was talking about this in the last beautiful part of the program, Paulie. But Crazy Carl,

Crazy Carl's gonna have to show up. They're gonna have to go out there and protect the ball, not turn it over. They're gonna have to score points when given the opportunity, meaning touchdowns when they're in the red zone. They're gonna have to play very very well in the

red zone. They're special teams are gonna have to be nails, not give up any big plays or short fields to the Kansas City Chiefs and then that defense has got to go out there in somehow, some way turnover Patrick Mahomes in the Chiefs and that's not an easy thing to do, think about it. Tampa hasn't been to the

playoffs since two thousand and seven. Wow, they haven't any playoff wins since they're Super Bowl chanionship year of two thousand and two, and BA this week talked about Tom Brady and the impact Tom Brady has made in the quote from BA was the belief he gave everybody in this organization that this could be done. It only took one man. That reminds me a lot of what Kurt Warner did when he came in. It changed the culture

and the Cardinals made their Super Bowl run. Yeah, you know what, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to have to run the ball. The bashion Bomb offense is not quite the bashion Bomb with Tom Brady, but they are throwing the ball down the field more than they have to me. They gotta run the ball and run it well or else they have no chance to win this game.

Had the gun from seven and five at one point this season to Super Bowl fifty five, Tom Brady, who had forty three years of age, Yes, the oldest Super Bowl quarterback and Bruce Arians at sixty eight, can be the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl. Special thanks again to Sam Acho for joining us a former Cardinal, for Jim I'll Monter and Cody FINCHROMP, Paul KELBC and

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