Big Red Rage - Thompson Ready For Chiefs Challenge

tan by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit Hacy Cardinals dot Com, Slash podcasts, The Rods Rising Yard, Temperaturizing Vision, Flurring, Rage taking over. Here's Paul Calvc. I'm ready. I'm one hundred percent ready. I'm telling you I'm ready, and Ron will fleep. It doesn't get any better than that. Unleash the far with the real King of season openers. Please stand up because we have several heavyweight contenders for that full crown

these days. Ron Wolfley, you realize that the Rams are five and oh in season openers under Sean McBay, and they're trying to make it six and oz as we speak. A matter of fact, I did not know that, Paul. Thank you for telling me that the Chiefs, as we continue to coach you up on the game of football, are eight and one in season openers under Andy Reid, and they're five and oo on the road in season openers with their Chiefs head coach. What are you trying

to do? Cheer me up here? Paul is at it and a reminder about the team you actually cover and once played for. The upstart Cardinals have not lost a season opener under Cliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray, and the last two wins have both been on the road against the NFC champion forty nine Ers at the time and then the AFC number one seed last year Tennessee Titans in an absolute jack stopping. So those are the contenders.

So we can debate those if you want. But what is utterly known for sure, and there is no debate whatsoever, who is who's not the king of Week one and that would be the Cleveland Browns, another team you once played for, who are Paul less. They are winless in Week one over their last seventeen season. For last Week one win was two thousand and four. You've got Paul wa That is incredible. There's no way in the world I thought it would have gone over ten years double digits,

where a team had not one in week one. Never in a million years that I think that was possible. And it's gonna be eighteen seasons in a row because they get Hurricane Baker on Sunday. So they're they're so host the Cleveland probably you know, no way the Browns are looking at that and they're looking their jobs. Now there's a possibility right there they're gonna win one. Hey, it's the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan Ford. You know what, We're winners already

because our special guest tonight Jalen Thompson. How's that sound, Brandy? Really really good ball. Yes, brand new captain, brand new paycheck as they stay in the locker room, new money, Jalen Thompson. So the new money, that's so good ball. We know you come from old money ball, but I love the new money man. I come from squandered money.

That's where I come from. The Wolf. How are you doing, By the way, because it's been going around, the injury report for week one is getting exceptionally large, How are you doing? Because you know they try to take it easy on you in the preseason, put you in the TV booth. They try to give you know and and go go pay you know, soft cupcake for you in the preseason. I hope you're okay. Yeah, Paulli, it was

a little soft up there with Dave. Of course, David putting its makeup on and getting ready to actually get in front of the camera. Of course I'm breaking the camera with my face. But pall, yeah, I'll tell you right now, I am ready. Are you jacked up for a little bit of football right now? I cannot wait here. It is week one, of course, Buffalo already up on the rams. I just absolutely love the fact the NFL season is here. Man, it's time to ball out. Yeah.

There's some marquee matchups across the league, There's there's no doubt about that, including Cardinals against the Chiefs, the Asy against Casey got Mahomes against Kyler Murray. You got Mahomes against his former head coach. In fact, if you go back to May after the schedule release, here was Cliff Kingsbury's initial reaction to facing his three years starting quarterback

from Texas Tech Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, I was really thankful to the schedule makers for giving us a young quarterback that hadn't quite found his way in the league just yet, you know, still trying to figure it out. So no, it's it'll be fun. He sent me like the little Imoji before it even came out, so he'll be rebbed up. Will definitely have some Texas Tech fans tune into that one.

I'm sure where do you begin when you think of the Kansas City Chiefs, Well, Patrick Mahomes is a really good place to start, Paul, especially now more than ever, right after they've lost a few players here and there. Patrick Mahomes with some new receivers across the board nine of ten draft picks made the Chiefs team, a team that won will that's gone to the last four AFC Championship games and won six straight AFC West title. So there's new players, but obviously, if you have the queue,

he's the guy that makes everything work. Yeah, he is man, and you know Apoula, honestly, right now, I'm really really curious to see how this Kansas City Chiefs team looks without Tyree Hill. We've talked about it all off season.

Ball I know that, but this is something that is a game changer to me, or at least has the possibility to be, because Tyree Hill is in a class by himself when it comes to a guy that can open the can as some coaches like to say, or take the top off, or give a lot of receivers room back that secondary up. Tyreek Hill is in a class by himself that changes a defense. Paul, you know what, I'm pretty much in agreement with you on that, if not even maybe more so. Here is my hot take

not hot take with Darren Urban this week. You're ready. Yeah, the Chiefs losing Tyreek Hill will be more debilitating to their offense than the Cardinals losing DeAndre Hopkins the end of last season. Wow. See the thing that makes that so tough, though, PAULI is Nuke. We know how the Cardinals did without Nuke. It was really really bad. We don't know how the Kansas City Chiefs are going to do without Tyreek Hill. That remains to be seen. Hey, maybe Patrick Mahomes is about to find out what Kyler

Murray found out. That guess what, all of a sudden, when you got an automatic double team being drawn by your number one ride receiver, that guess what It's not quite as easy to recoverage. And now when an experienced Cardinals defense, at least under vanced Joseph's system comes in and starts changing things up, and all of a sudden, maybe, Look, all I would say is this with new receivers and guys like Marcus Valda Scanling missing half the preseason and

Juju Smith Schuster dealing with injury as well. Yes, they're veteran receivers, but not in this system, not with Mahomes. If every team in the NFC West has to play the AFC West, I think the Cardinals got a break playing Casey in Week one because they're going to be trying to get it in sync, especially that passing game. Yeah. No, I think you're right, Paul. I've talked about this an awful lot with you as well, not only on the

air but privately. This is a situation where Tyree Hill was one of those guys where he impacted the defense when he didn't get the ball. I mean, think of how important that is right there, when he didn't get the ball, he was impacting defenses and opening up a lot of stuff for Travis Kelsey. And now they have Juju Smith's shoe store as well. Those two guys are going to really be the two guys I think will

be targeted by Patrick Mahomes. But this game, Paul coming up against the Chiefs, it really it's amazing to me. The two offenses are very, very explosive. Would you would you say the offenses dominate third teams the Chiefs and the Cardinals. Yeah, it could be a shootout, yes, yes, yes, And not only that, it could be a shootout play, but I think the defenses on both sides have an awful lot to prove. The Chiefs and the Cardinals, no doubt.

And you know what, it's going to be there for everyone to see because CBS is sent in the A team Nance and Romo. It is a marquee matchup obviously Kyler and Mahomes. And here's what Kyler Murray said this week. Just done the challenge of facing a juggernaut like Kansas City to start twenty twenty two. Yeah, I mean the best of the best, You play the best of the best. I mean that that shouldn't bring the best out of you.

Is the NFL every every week? You know, you look at our schedule this year, it's probably the toughest that you know since since we've been here, every week can get a challenge. You got great pass rushers, so I mean I got like I got be ready. You've got great defenses, great quarterbacks. Of Leaves is getting tougher and tougher. Reflect competition is real close. But at the end of the day, like I said, I I like what we're at. I like who we got in this locker room. I

like us, So I'm confident. You gotta be ready, Paul, like, you gotta be ready right now. And when you talk about being ready, I loved what Kyler said about the readiness, But when you talk about it, you gotta start on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball right now. The Kansas City Chiefs, their defense ball struggled mightily to stop the run last year. Now, a lot of that was because they're trying to keep everything in front of them. They're trying to keep everything in front

of them. They're gonna play covered to two safeties, high five underneath. They're gonna do that the vast majority of the time. They're gonna try to play a lot of zone, but keep everything in front of them. They're not going to jam up the box unless it's a game in the fourth quarter. They're not going to come after Kyler Murray unless it's a situation where, hey, this game is up in the air and maybe we better take some

chances on defense because they're not. They're gonna try to keep everything in front of them, and for the most part, I think the Cardinals might take the same approach. Right. So to your point and what Kyler said there, what was good to see. It was good to see Rodney Hudson out at practice today. Obviously Marcus Golden was out there. The bad news we do not see zach Ertz jj Watt while he was on the side Traymon Mullen. We're

not expecting him to go with that toe injury. And then you can add Cody Ford with an ankle to the injury list and Rondale Moore with a hamstring. What exactly does that mean? Well, stay tuned for the final injury report tomorrow, episode forty of the Day Pash Podcast with Marcus Spears from ESPN. He can follow on Twitter at Pashpod wherever you get your podcasts. So, do the Cardinals have the best pair of safeties in the NFL?

You know what, We're gonna ask one half of that equation because the best answer to typically wolfull tackling in Week one of an NFL season would be Buddha Baker and our special guest Jalen Thompson. He is next. The big red rage was in a by Satan four in Gilbert Dan pass away over the middle and a diving intercepted by Thompson. He gets up at the twenty five, runs left of the thirty and knocked down there. Jalen Thompson with the pick. Thompson with a big time pick,

froze near side. It's high and picked off at the thirty yard line by Jalen Thompson. He's run out of bounds. The ball batted into the air and there was Jalen Thompson. Johnny on the spot, dumps it off near side, patted picked off in the thirty by Thompson running it back to nearside. Went fifteen, ten to five and nine for the Byelot. He's out of bounds inside the ten at the five yard line. But what a huge play by

Jalen Thompson. Playmaker, difference maker. You know last year Wolf there were just five players and only three dbs in the NFL that had one under tackles three picks in five passes defense during the regular season. A single Cardinals defender had one hundred twenty tackles last season. That was a team high, and the only dB with more last year was a two time All Pro by the name

of Minka Fitzpatrick. And there is one player, one player only on an NFL Final fifty three right now, who has acquired via the supplemental draft, and he is our guest on the Big Red Rage for the next half hour. A first time team captain with a brand new contract. Yes, there's a lot to talk about with Jaalen Thompson. Are we doing pretty good? Pretty good? Thanks for having me on, guys, Absolutely, Jalen Man, we appreciated it. So let's talk about that

contract extension through the twenty twenty five season. I'm going to ask you the cheeseball question, but it must be asked. How do you feel about that? It's a big blessing, you know what I mean, something that me and my family we've prayed about for a long time and something that's finally coming true. So I can't thank anybody but the man upstairs. And you celebrated with a big family

dinner I had. I had a nice little family dinner call, call my brothers and you know, shared the whole experience with him. So you know they're happy and ecstatic the same way I am. Is that one of those deals where you say, you know what, order whatever you want? Definitely, definitely dinner. It was definitely on me that night. Did you where did what did you buy for your dinner

with your new contract? You definitely got a nice steak that night, got it, got a nice stay for me and a family in the you know, chilled and talked about some stuff. You know how that goes. Remember Darnell Dockett back in the day, took a first round rookie out to dinner. He had to pay, said, yeah, I just ordered the left side of the menu. That was That was Doc back in the day. Do you feel any pressure because of this contract? Uh? Not really, you

know what I mean. I know what I can do. Um. I feel like my teammates, my coaches, uh, and a lot of the people that have been watching me, they know what I can do. So it's all about going out there and just making the most out of everything that I do and just following what the coaches are teaching me to do and that's going to put me in the right position to make plays. Well. Speaking of your coaches, here's your head coach, Cliff Kingsbury. Recently he

was asked about you, Jalen Thompson. It's incredible. He's everything you want in your organization from work ethics standpoint, the way he practices. I mean, it's one hundred and twenty percent each and every day, each and every snap, whatever drill he's doing, he's going at it. And to be drafted in the fifth round of supplemental draft, ended up starting that year and just get better and better each year. It's just a tremendous story. I mean, I couldn't be

happier prouder for him. I mean, tell us about the supplemental Draft. Yeah, I think a lot of people probably are curious because we see the NFL Draft every year. Yeah, it's huge TV ratings. But the supplemental drift is there? Even like a designated time you're supposed to be home

or buy your phone. How does that work? I think they told me to like be checking Twitter, you know what I mean, check Twitter and see like if you maybe I've gotten drafted So I was scrolling through Twitter and me and my parents just refreshing the page, refreshing the page, and I think they said that I was going to get drafted by the Colts to start off with. And I've seen the Colts around had already passed, so

I'm like, man, it might not happen this year. And then I got the news from the from the Cardinals, and um, you know, parents, me and my parents and my brothers were just going crazy about it. Just a big experience, you know what I mean. Huge, Jaitlin, if you could, you got the Sea man, you got the Sea first time team captain. What does that mean to you? Brother?

It's huge, you know what I mean. It shows that my teammates they trust me, and uh, you know, I'm gonna do everything I can on that football field to make sure that that trust stays the same. But it's not anything that I'm not I'm not used to, you know what I mean. This is something I'm very used to high school college, I was always captain, so, uh, this is something that that's not new to me. You know.

It was a challenge though, you know, getting to this point just based on the fact you really did didn't have a traditional off season for what three years in a row. First do you arrive on July after the supplemental Draft, Then twenty twenty is COVID, Then twenty twenty was abbreviated and socially distanced. I mean, did it sort of make sense the last year was your breakout year

just based on that? Um? I mean yeah, But I feel like a lot of it was just more of an experienced thing, you know what I mean, just being in the league, seeing different types of plays, different play calling from from different coaches, and I feel like that's what really helped me in this third year. Also spending a lot of time with my dB coach Mark Ray, with Buddha, Isaiah Buyering, guys like that, just watching film in offseason, making sure that we got everything locked down

and everything ready to go. Because Buddha was saying today that not only do you know the play calls, but you know the checks everything, you can call everyone on all three levels. That you're even now telling defensive linemen out of position and adjust at times. Ze true, definitely, And that's just one of the things are coaches, especially my dB coachy harps On, we have to be the quarterback of the defense and make sure that everybody's aligned right,

communication is right, technique is right. So that's just one of the things I pride my cell phone when I'm out there at safety. Janlen, can you describe your leadership and how you go about your leadership technique? So really, I'm not I mean, obviously I'm vocal on the field, but I'm really not the most vocal guy. I feel like my leadership style is basically, you know, just go out there and perform to the best of my ability and go out there and give it one hundred and

twenty percent. Like coach Cliff was saying, I feel like guys will follow that when they see that a guy is buying in all the way. So that's just one of the biggest things for me is to set a good example for my teammates. Is the combination of Buddha Baker and Jalen Thompson the best tandem of safeties in the NFL. I believe so, yes, sir, I believe. So. I feel like we're the most versatile um and you know what I mean. I feel like we can we

can do it all. We can do it all. We can play man coverage, zone coverage, we can play deep in the post, play in the bucks, play at nickel, play at corner, um, so many different different things that Buddha and I can do. So I just feel like, yeah, that's what makes us the most versatile in the best safety due in the league. So, guy's real quick. Here's Buddha Baker Wolf just on jailing, you know, the new

deal being named captain. His reaction earlier today, seeing him growing up and seeing him understanding defenses and understanding play calls. So he's doing a very great job. Of course outside of football. That's my bro And uh, definitely life changing for him, very excited for him. And also with that sea on his chest, that's definitely so excited him, so excited. We both have that see and uh, we're just going to continue to get better. He's going to continue to

get better. And sky's the limit for that guy. WHOA that is so cool right there. Who's your closest friend on the team. Uh, it's definitely definitely out of Buddha and uh dt um you got guys Byron Isaiah pretty much the dbs, you know what I mean? Those are my friends and the closest friends on the team. And uh, you know what I mean, And uh yeah, we hang out outside of this all football stuff. We go hang out at each other's cribs and you know, just laugh

it up, talking, you know, have a good time. Yeah. Do you do you talk to any offensive players? I remember, yeah, I remember, you know, back when I played, of course a long long time ago, Jaylen, it was a long time ago. But back when I played, you know, yeah, you you pretty much hung with the guys on your side of the ball, the offensive side of the ball. I was a full back, but I did from time to time get the opportunity to know some of the defensive guys, but it wasn't as close. What's it like

for you? For me, it's it's one of those things whereas obviously, defensive guys are gonna go with defensive guys and offensive guys are gonna go offensive guys. But I, um, I you know, I go against those guys every single day. We're all a family out here on the team, so um yeah. I talked to the receivers a lot, you know, trying to figure out how I can build my game. You know, they talk to me to figure out what they could have done better. I talked to Kyler. You

know what I mean. I talked to jac It's I talked to everybody on the team. It's pretty uh you know. Like I said, we're all a family on the team and we all love each other. So Jalen Thompson is our guest on The Big Red Rage, presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert. All Right, so, is there one thing that you really admire about Buddha's game? One thing you'd like to borrow from his skill set? And if we ask Buddha that question, what do you think he'd like

to take from your game? Um? Oh, that's a tough one. Um. I feel like the most the best thing I like about Buddha's game is how he flies around one hundred and ten percent every single play. Now, crazy thing about that. The first time I've seen Buddha play was my freshman

year in college. He came down to he came to our school at Wazoo, and I had been hearing a lot of stuff about him, like, you know, this is going to be a top safety going into the league in the previous I mean, the next year's coming up. So I just wanted to sit there on the sideline and actually watch him and this guy was flying around

and he knows the story. He was flying sideline the sideline, flying around, getting sex picks, all of that, and I was just like, Wow, this is the guy I need to imitate my game after and try to, you know, try to play like because he's NFL rady. So I got I came here to the Cardinals and you know, obviously got that first firsthand look at him, and I was like, this is how I need to be playing

at all times. And you know, to a certain degree, I kind of tried to mimic my game after him because I feel like that's, uh, one of the top safeties in the league, if not the top safety in the league. One of the things you really have in common with him as well. I think you're one of the best open field tacklers Jay Len, I have ever seen. Appreciate It's what makes you guys, Yeah, what's it's what makes you guys, I think the best safety tandem in

the league. You guys are both very good open field tacklers. Let me ask you, my friend, what makes a good open field tackler? Um? Yeah, have you guys ever heard Buddha say no fear? Yeah? Exactly, exactly. That's the biggest thing for us. And you know we're not the biggest guys, we're not the strongest guys. Um, so we got to go in there and fly and have bad intentions when

we're doing it, you know what I mean. But Wolf, how many times we're calling the game have we all said on air thank goodness for Jalen Thompson and or Buddha Baker on that play because that could have been a home run for a reason exactly. It's interesting because Buddha had the one year under Tyron Matthew, Yeah, which is similar exactly, and we talk about that all the time. You know, Tyring showed him a lot of the stuff, and you know it just gets passed down year after year.

So um, that's what we're doing with the young guys as well as passing it down and making sure that when they're when they're vets, they they're on the same wave, you know what I mean. When we come back, Wolf, we're gonna ask Jalen Thompson if he's figures something out when it comes to interceptions, because he has three picks in his last eight games, does he have a cheat code? All of a sudden and what does he think about the word underrated and is that going to change by

the end of this year? Jalen Thompson as our guests, as we continue with a Big Red Rage presented by satan Ford and Gilbert we are. Satan Ford first to roll the eight Ma Holmes gets the shotgun snapped. Paulson throws for the end zone to Kelsey, but justusting bikes the catch, touchdown the Travis Kelsey with a touchdown in the back right corner of the insol Kansas City wins it forty two thirty six and over time and the Cheeks will post their fourth straight a FC championship game.

It's a remarkable run, no doubt about it. They've won six straight division titles. Heck, Andy Reid is eight and one in regular season openers. As the Chiefs head coach, think about that, think about their quarterback, all the weapons they have, think about KC versus a Z. Week one is upon us. It is the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford and Gilbert, Paul KELBC, Ron Wolfley, and our very special guest, Jalen Thompson, whose middle name recently

has been the word underrated. Now that's nationally I mean wolf around the team. Obviously, we know the value of Jalen Thompson. He got the contract to validate that, he got the c and his chest to validate that. But I mean, do you feel underrated nationally? Jalen? Uh? You know sometimes I do. Last year I felt, you know, a little bit underrated. But this is nothing new. This is you know, I feel like I've been underrated my whole life, from college offers to you know, coming out

of college and you know, figuring out every thing. I just always felt like I've been the underrated player. And you know that kind of keeps the chip on my shoulder, you know, Jaylen, where you want to get into the Kansas City Chiefs here and especially the offense of the Kansas City Chiefs. But I gotta ask you this, what do you do? You got Let's say you got a little free time. What is Jaylen Thompson going to do

in his free time? I'm definitely gonna be listening to music, um, definitely gonna be playing video games, probably with some of the some of my teammates. What video games? Could I ask you that I'm a fortnight Are you gonna say fortnite? I'm yeah, I'm a big Fortnite player. Two K just dropped today as well NBA two K, So okay, you know,

I'll probably be on there a little bit. But uh yeah, I recently just started playing with Marco a little bit in Fortnite, so it's been, you know, pretty fun, pretty fun. Who's the locker room DJ these days? Is it still guardeck Um that he's like game day? He's on the game day. It's probably like Eno Eno or maybe Murphys, you know what I mean? Anybody who don't let anywhere near the ox court? Anybody you just how does that work? He's the guy you need to be afraid of, you know.

Zavin maybe fires up the country music with all the cowboy boots and hat. You don't know, it's really crazy. They um, they kind of don't let me on there because the only thing I'm gonna play is a young boy? Why be so? Alright? So, Jalen, before we get into the Chiefs again specifically, can I just ask you a general question, who's the best quarterback you've played against so far? I'm best quarterback I've played against so far in my game in my opinion. I'm gonna give you guys too

The first one is, uh, Drew Brees. Drew Brees my rookie year. I thought he was great, he knew exactly what we were in. Um. And then I thought Aaron Rodgers last year was extremely extremely good, extremely good. Let's see those are two Hall of Fame Yeah. Yeah, And so what separates Mahomes? What is different about Homes? Obviously the first thing you think about are the arm angles, right yeah. I remember a couple of years ago Patrick Peterson,

it was Kyler's rookie year. Actually is one of the first big practices, and Pat pe came to his locker. He said, these baseball qbs are killing me. Between Mahomes and Russell Wilson and now Kyler or the arm angles. I mean that isn't just for show. That really is an advantage. They can get different throws off from different platforms, right yeah. Um, and really, just another big thing about him is he can he can scramble really really well. He's a nightmare for defenses. Um, you know what I mean.

We have to definitely be sound. He can make any throw that any quarterback in the league can make. Um. So yeah, we have to be on our toes. And when we go against him. So when you look at the Kansas City Chiefs as an offense overall, describe what you're seeing on tape. Um, It's it's a fast offense. They got, they got guys who can do it all. They got obviously Kelsey Finesse player UM. And you know

it's an Andy Reid offense. He's usually not changing too much, you know what I mean because the stuff that he does usually work. So you know it's a fast paced offense. But guys know what they're doing and they know that that offense really will UM. So it's just one of those things. We gotta, like I said, we gotta be ready to go. Jayleen Thompson our guest Cardinals safety Extraordinaire on the Big Red Rage presented by Santan Ford and Gilbert You know who else knows the Kansas City offense?

Darryl Williams, Cardinals running back. How helpful has he been? I actually talked to Ben Nieman a little bit today. Four years as a Kansas City linebacker. I mean, how much can you glean from those former Chiefs players? Us? Just watching those dudes work every day, you could tell why the Chiefs have a good organization, you know, what I mean, those guys come to work. Um, they're always putting an extra time and they're always doing the little

things correctly, you know what I mean. So you could tell why the Chiefs are are a great team. And how about the xs and ohs though, how about the playbook and maybe getting understanding what they might go with? Um, I mean, yeah, they they've came in and kind of helped us out a little bit. I feel like that's more towards our coach's side a little bit, you know

what I mean. They antually came personally to us. But whatever our coaches have cooked up in the game plan, that's what we're gonna roll with, you know what I mean? What do you think, Jaylen, when it comes to the game plan right now, how do you think the best way it is to go about your business and stop the Kansas City Chiefs offense or at least low him down? Um? Really, the main thing we got to get to the QB.

We have to get to my homes. If he can stay back there and uh, you know what I mean, dance around and make any throw like I said that he can make, then it's gonna be a long tough game for us. So that's the biggest thing, I think, just getting to the quarterback. So you wore the speaker in your helmet y much a camp, right, Yes, Isaiah Simmons is going to wear the green down in the game, so that's gonna be new. Yeah, tell us about that. But I mean, obviously, you know Isaiah has a big,

strong voice. That's Van's Joseph saying you know what he speaks. Clearly, everyone gonna be able to hear him. But that's a big deal, isn't it. Definitely definitely And uh, you know, that's one of those guys on our team that's very, very versatile and h He's gonna be all over the field, so I don't think he'll be even be coming off the field, So that would be huge for us, um especially, and just making sure everybody has the calls. Like you said, he's loud. He's very very vocal, so just a it

won't hurt us, you know what I mean. It's definitely gonna be a plus having him as the play caller. You know, you're a guy that I see Vans Joseph being able to move around as well. Um, where do you like to be on the field for the most part. I definitely like to I mean, I like to do it all. I like to be in a box, but I like to be in the post as well. It's in the middle of the field. Yes, he has definitely like to be in the post. Like to see everything

in front of me. And I'm starting to like Nicol a little bit as well, you know what I mean, kind of played it a little bit in in college. But yeah, starting to starting to take it back to those nickel roots a little bit. I was gonna say, with a depth situation in the corner, I mean, you and Buddha might have to be really versatile and be in the slot of times, right Heck, yeah, I mean here and there, here and there. We'll have times where

we come down and play in the slot. But for the most part, um, you know, I'm being in my usual safety position, doing my normal thing. And uh, we'll have some times where I come down and play play a little nickel, play a little corner, you know what I mean, just play all over the field, and that's uh, that's only going to help us as a defense. Another guy that the Cardinals were considering to wear the green dot was Zaven Collins. He's not doing that, of course,

but talk to us about the progress of Zaven Collins. Um. Actually, with Zaven, we've been meeting every morning at like around six six thirty, you know what I mean, making sure we got the plays down, making sure that we're on board, and I feel like, uh, if we do those little things, Zaven is gonna take off this year. Is it's gonna be a real great year for him. He's already very vocal as a middle linebacker. He's he's leading the team and he's uh making sure everybody's in the right place

because there's no doubt he has the measurables right. Yeah, Hey, I mean hit zoom out on this defense. I mean, there's a lot of forecasts that there's going to be some serious regression by the Cardinals defense in twenty twenty two. A lot of metrics analytics say, so, what do you say to that, UM, I say, We'll We'll have to wait and see, because I feel like we'll definitely be uh be on our be doing our job. We got the right coach and staff, We got the right coaches,

the right players for it. UM. A lot of returning guys coming back to the defense, so it should be it should definitely be a good year for us. Definitely be a good year for us. Jellen, do you think the Kansas City Chiefs rushing attack is underrated one one hundred percent just because of all the other guys around it? You know what I mean. They got Kelsey Um, Mikole Hardman, mahomes Uh. You know, they got a whole bunch of guys,

so um. I feel like that definitely goes underlooked. But they can definitely run the ball, you know what I mean, They definitely can run that rock. All right. You want to know about a receiver, ask a defensive back. Tell us about Hollywood Brown and what sort of impact you think he's gonna have on the Cardinals offense this year. He's gonna be real good for us. You know what I mean. His speed is is is crazy, you know what I mean. I feel like he'll be a good,

great receiver for Kylie. They have that connection already, you know what I mean, playing in college together. And like I said, once again, he's fast, so hopefully he can get over top of the defenses in the make some stuff you speaking of This is a ridiculous stat I don't know if you saw this wolf, but in twenty eighteen, Kyler's Heisman year. He threw eleven touchdown passes to Hollywood Brown that season at Oklahoma, they average fifty one yards

per touchdown. Really, really, what can you what is realistic? Do you think go in the NFL? We know how good a deep ball Kyler throws, right, and you know how fast Hollywood Brown is. Yeah, I mean what is possible this season? You think, Oh, the sky is the limit for those two guys in that offense. The sky is definitely the limit, you know, Like I say, he can go over top and get behind any DB's in the league. So um and we see it at practice all the time, you know what I mean, He's so

super super fast. So it's gonna be it's gonna be real good for us, real good. Jaylen, can you talk a little bit about that, Like what kind of impact does that have on a secondary when you know you got a guy out there that's running afore nothing is it is? You know, you hear guys talking about you know what backs you up and it creates room underneath. Give it to us from your perspective, I feel that

same way as well. It definitely creates a room underneath. Um. I feel like the run game will be open a lot more because of that um And you know what I mean, They're just gonna have to respect him. You know, that's that's one of the biggest things. I'm gonna have to respect his speed, and no, we have to keep somebody over top at all the times against him. And that's going only gonna open up other things for other players. And you know what I mean, just open up all

the little stuff. A lot of guys, He's say joke that they can take him in a race, but nobody wants to race him. Hollywood says he has a standing offer with everyone. No one's actually taking him up on it. That was his joke to the to the media. All right, as we wrap this up with Jaillen Thompson, there's a real contrast out on that field Sunday and that none of the Cardinals regulars played a single snap in the preseason. Yeah, Kansas City played a lot of snaps in the preseason.

Now we know what you guys did. Come on out of the gate last year at Tennessee. Jack stopped the Titans on the road. So why doesn't it necessarily matter that the starters for the Cardinals got reps in these preseason games. I mean, well, in my opinion, if you just look at our practices and how we practice, m guys are flying around and taking those rips like their game time rips. Um. You know where we're out there trying to get better each and every day and we're

out there trying to make plays. And uh, I just felt like it's one of those things we really didn't need to show what we could do, you know what I mean, everybody already knows and um, our coaches know what we can do. Are as players, we know what we can do. So it's about just putting it all together, focusing on Kansas City this upcoming weekend and making sure that we were sound on everything that they're that they're doing all right as we say, goodbout a Jaalen Thompson.

You got the captainship, you got the contract. You're gonna splurge on anything? Come on now, you can afford it. Now, you can afford it now, Jail, what are you gonna splurge on? What do you have a weakness for? You think if you went out shopping, maybe you're online, you're clicking around. I mean, is there anything that's tempting out there. Definitely get some clothes, some clothes, and definitely get you know,

maybe a new car, maybe a new car. Car. There you go, somebody called tim Obick here because yes Rocky by santan Ford and gild Jail and man best to luck this season. Really look forward to watching a play ball. Yes, I appreciate you guys. It's amazing how many times we call his name Wolf over the course of a broadcast. All right, we continue the Big Red Race presented by santan Ford and Gilbert. We are santan forward once again.

Jaalen Thompson was our very special guests back right after this, Ki, you are ridiculous. Murray Magick seventy seven yard and touchdown pass. I think obviously started fast. No one wants to start the season off, you know, feeling bad about the performance or anything like death. So focus. Just go out there and play well. Start the season off strong, start shooting fast, and lead with a good foot so for the rest

of the season. So I think that's the focus. Certainly what the Cardinals did a year ago in Nashville, four touchdown passes for Kyler. He ran for a fifth passer rating in one twenty one Cardinals ran for a buck thirty six that came out there and just dominated physically, absolutely mauled Derrick Henry. He was a complete non factor. So now can you do that again? Can you do

it against another AFC power in Kansas City? That is the question week one on Sunday at State Farm Stadium, Paul KALBC Ron Wolfley, and how about that interview with Jalen Thompson there, Wolf it was what stood out to you. I liked your question about the best quarterback he's gone against. He immediately said Drew Brees and then Aaron Rodgers last year. Yeah. You know what really stood out to me as just his intelligence and his humility. Those two things right there.

You know, he wasn't all about himself, Polly. And it's not a surprise when you watch him play. He sacrifices himself many many times. He has no fear, plays an awful lot like Buddha Baker. I do believe these two guys at this point in time, they're right there. When you talk about the best safety tandems in the league,

you got to talk about the Arizona Cardinals. So impressed with him, How about you, Polly, and I loved his story about Buddha where he watched him as a freshman I Wazoo when Buddha was one of the top safeties in the country at you Dub and when his team was on offense, he just walked up to the white stripe and he watched Buddha play the whole game and said, you know what, I need to play like that guy. Yeah, I need to be all over the field just like Buddha.

Baker and then it's destiny. After the interview, I asked him with the commercial break, I said, it sounds like destiny you end up with the Cardinals. He he said yes, indeed, he said because because then I even learned more from Buddha. And then he confirmed how Buddha was taught by Tyrn Matthews. That's an interesting legacy. No, it certainly is. And speaking of that coming up on this Sunday, of course, a shootout I expected to be a shootout. Pol I think

it's going to be a high scoring affair. But the Arizona Cardinals offense, if in fact they're gonna move the ball to the degree in which we think they should. You got to know the Kansas City Chiefs they use a cover two shell Poulli. They try to keep everything in front of them. They're the classic ben but don't break defense. And when you got the offense the Chiefs do,

why would you be anything else? Right, right, You're gonna You're gonna make an opposing offense prove they can move the ball down the field against you without turning it over, without having to punt it. They're gonna prove that you can actually score and keep up with their offense. They play off their offense, Paul. It's incredible and that sort of defense of coverage has given the Cardinals fits in the last couple of years at times. But now they

have the speed factor in a Hollywood Brown. You saw Greg Dort, you saw any Isabella, their standout preseasons and now the injury to Rondel Moore, wouldn't be surprised to see either one of those guys have a big role on Sunday. In fact, Cliff Kingsbury has asked just about the speed factor in his wide receiver room. We gotta find a way to use it. There's a lot of

playmakers in there. There's no doubt even with hops. You know, one of the all time Greats being out first part of the season, I'm excited to watch some of those young guys get their opportunity. Aj looks great, has been back and healthy and gives us some size out there. And then those those little guys can all really run. So we're gonna have a good plan, find a way to maximize all their talents and excited to see how

we can stretch the field with him. Cannot wait to see what Hollywood Brown is going to be capable of doing. And where are they're gonna play him as well, Paul, I wonder if they're gonna play him on the strong side of the formation as the Z. Are they gonna move him as the age in the slot? Are they going to put him at the act by himself. It's gonna be really interesting to see where they use Hollywood. If I could bet, I would go, Polly prop bet,

Here's what I'd wager on. You're ready for this Wolf? Yes, whatever the overunder is on Catches by Hollywood Brown, I'd go the over. Just the chemistry between those two guys, and if no Rondel more on Sunday, I think back to twenty twenty and the debut of DeAndre Hopkins at the forty nine ers when he had a single game record for the Cardinals fourteen catches. Now, I'm not saying it's gonna be fourteen, but I think it'll be significant.

In fact, here's Hollywood Brown yesterday stand in front of his locker talking to the media and he was asked just about the Cardinals offense and the weapons. Yeah, here, I feel like, I mean, we're gonna go toe to toe with any offense in the league. I mean, I feel like we got one of the better groups and they're gonna look forward to showcasing it. Yeah, they gotta run the ball, Polly as well Man. Seriously, they can go toe to toe with anybody, but the Chiefs they're

gonna let you do that. Paul. They were twenty first and rushing yards per game allowed in thirty first and rushing yards per attempt. Wow, loud, thirty first. They're gonna give you the ability to run the ball because for the most part they're playing with a fourteen point lead. You know, it's something that they do on a regular basis. I think the Cardinals need to run the ball and be very balanced because that will help Kyler in the end. And you know, James Conner talking to the media today,

he already at his game face on. He's like, yeah,

don't have time for these interviews, you know. I mean, he was cordial and he was professional, but you could tell he's starting to get really locked in and with that running back room and just the guys we'd ever saw in the preseason that we're just dying to see a James Connor and AJ Green for example, looks so good at different times at Cardinals camping, and then we found out, you know, the end of last season he never truly recovered from COVID, according to head coach Cliff Kingsbury.

So I think AJ Green is a bit of a sleeper this year, but you never know until Week one. I know, man, that's gonna be so interesting. Where does AJ Green get his majority of reps? To me? I thought he was going to go to the X. I thought he was gonna play where DeAndre Hopkins played. I thought they were there were guys that had similar speed for the most part. I mean, d hop is not a guy that's just gonna run by out there. I don't think AJ Green at this point is a run

by guy either. I think he's more about being a scarecrow on a stag ball. It's a matter of fact. Roll them up. They're both guys that catch the ball when they're covered fifty fifty balls. Yeah, you know, I thought aj Green would get the vast majority of reps as the X, and then you would leave Hollywood as the Z to the strong side of the formation. And then just how physical the Cardinals are when you're going against the Kansas City team that got so many reps

in preseason games. Andy Reid beyond that, he ran a really tough camp. He ran more of an old school camp. They did three weeks on a college campus. Guy sleeping in dorms, practicing outdoors in the late afternoons. So I'm sorry, So I always will. And look, the Cardinals on the team right now deal with many more injuries than the Chiefs. Don't get me started on that. I looked at the Chiefs injury list right for guys, and they're all practicing full that's it. But none of that matters until what

we see on Sunday. And so we said all a lot of these similar things about going into Tennessee last year and look at the results did so you just don't know you have done, no idea how this is gonna be playing. You know, just win and I'm in okay, Paul, Just win, baby all right? Special thanks as always Jim Almandro, Cody Fincher, and Zach Larson. Very special thanks to Jayalen Thompson.

You know, I feel a lot better about the wolf of week one tackling around the NFL when you have Jayalen Thompson and Buddha Baker back there as your safeties. But Ron Wolfley, Paul KELBC, We're gonna find out who's regular season ready on Sunday, Cardinals and Chiefs. This has been the Big Red Rage presented by santan Ford in Gilbert, Tall number one kil You've been listening to the Big

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