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Cardinals training camp update: July 25 with Howard Balzer

The Cardinals held their first public practice in front of fans on Thursday at State Farm Stadium. Howard Balzer was there and saw and heard it all. He brings us this training camp update, discussing the scuffle between Will Hernandez and Mack Wilson, some of the big plays that were made on offense, how the offensive line looks and more.

Duration:: 16m
Broadcast on:: 26 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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Well, when he began his career with the Cardinals in 1985 in St. Louis, I was living in St. Louis and still was a younger guy. Ten years ago, after the Cardinals moved to Arizona, Wolf ended his career in St. Louis with the St. Louis Rams in 1995. And here now, this many years later, he's still in Arizona. And I've been here now on my fifth season of covering this team. Well, listen to Wolf on the radio on the Cardinals affiliate 98.7 Arizona sports. And you you always get a fill of him talking about the way it used to be in the NFL with hitting, with violence, with all those things. It's still a violent sport, but certainly it's not the same as it was when Wolf was playing many years ago. So maybe it's no surprise that on Thursday morning, prior to the second day of camp, that Will Hernandez, the Cardinals' right guard, visited with Wolf and Luke Lipinski on their show on 98.7. And at one point, Wolf, Wolf, Wolf asked Herd Andes, "Well, have you been in a fight yet?" Day two, day one was low tempo. Well, of course, Will responded to that by saying, "Hey, you kind of got me on the second day and we haven't even got pads on yet, so you got to give me some more time." Well, he didn't need that much more time. Now, I'm not going to call this a fight, but in the practice, which was only a few hours after that appearance, there was a play near the right sideline in a very high-tempo Cardinals practice on this day two of camp. Players were getting after it, defense was getting it after it, running backs were running hard, but all the quarterbacks were doing a nice job with receivers and the defensive backs were competing. So on a running play to the sideline, James Connor had the ball, looked like he was just going to go out of bounds when all of a sudden there was a mad scuffle near the sideline. And before you know it, Will Herd Andes gave the rookie, oh no, he's not a rookie, he's a rookie in Arizona, his first season, Mac Wilson, senior, the new inside linebacker. And Mac kind of got pushed out of bounds, stumbled, he didn't take kindly to that. And Mac can be a pretty volatile guy, and I'm sure Wolf probably got a kick out of the way he reacted. He came up, tried to get after Herd Andes, but his teammates would have nothing of it. They held him back, Zaven Collins was in on it, holding him back, holding him back. And it didn't amount to much. And we'll admit it afterward when he talked to the media that, hey, it got a little carried away. After all, it's been many, many months of no football, and you get back into it, sometimes that's what happens. But the point is, check yourselves and make sure we take care of our teammates at the end of the day, because I need him and he needs me. So that was one, I'm not going to call it a high point of the day, but hey, we're all watching practice. It's not that long a practice, but we always kind of like it when players mix it up a bit. But of course, you don't want to take the chance of anybody getting hurt. But maybe it was all meant to be after Wolf asked him that question in that interview this morning. I mentioned the way the offense looked during this practice, and they were big plays throughout the day. One of the biggest cheers from the fans came with, came when Kyler Murray slid a little bit to his left and hit Marvin Harrison Jr. on a nicely threaded pass, just past the arms of rookie Max Milton, Harrison made the catch, and the fans really responded to that. They responded to a pass from Murray to Trey McBride on the right sideline, also to Michael Wilson. So that first team offense looking pretty solid. And the one thing about it also is that the offensive line looks the way it has been throughout the off season with no real surprises, with Paris Johnson moving the left tackle, Jonah Williams, of course, on the right side. Yelled the frohold at center and Hernandez at right guard. But the left guard continues to be and looks like it'll be unless there's a stumble somewhere, Evan Brown. And frohold, who is becoming one of the best quotes on the team, was talking about Evan Brown afterwards and said how good it is that he has a center's eyes, and that can help me. He started a bunch of games in this league at center, and the center of course responsible for a lot of things, recognizing the defense, calling some things out, maybe seeing some things that others don't see and making sure everybody else knows. And Yelleder was saying how it's good to have him next to me because he has those center's eyes, and sometimes he'll have a better view of what's going on on his side than I can see. So we'll see how that develops during the season. I mentioned that frohold has become a pretty interesting quote. And one of the things he said about Paris Johnson, when he was asked about the new left side of the line, he said, man, second season as a pro, he's already trying to be like a cool vet, which is super annoying. But maybe the best quote came when there's been a lot of questions about his relationship with Kyler Murray, center exchange and all those things didn't have a chance to work on it all that much last year until Murray began practicing in October. And then when the games started in November, where Kyler started the final eight games. And when he was asked today about everything is being said about, Oh, what do they have to work on? What do they have to do? What do they have to, you know, how are you working on it? And he just kind of chuckled and said, Hey, there's not really too much complicated. It's not like we sit down every day around the bonfire and talk this out. So those are only a couple of examples of his quotes and his kind of fun way of looking at things. In the coming days, I'll have a good, good tale that he told about some rocks that he wants to get built that will also serve as weights, as he's always, you know, looking to get bigger and stronger. So those are, those are a bunch of things that, you know, from today's practice, which were, you know, which was good, which was good to see also had a chance to talk with John Gaines the second, who of course was reported to not start training camp on the physically unable to perform list, had a chance to talk with him privately in the locker room. And he talked about the grind of working back, send a lot of shout outs to all the trainers and the strength people and the coaches that he had to work with, but also sent out some kudos to Kelvin Beacham and DJ Humphreys for how much they helped him through it after he suffered the torn ACL against the Vikings in the final preseason game. Of course, DJ ended up tearing his ACL near the end of the season is no longer with the team, but during the season, while Gaines was beginning to work on it, Humphreys was giving him a lot of, you know, good advice about just keep working, just keep working. There's going to be good days, there's going to be bad days, but just keep working hard every day and things will work out and they have and he's back on the field on a limited basis. But happy, obviously to be there. Speaking of beacham, what a veteran to have on this team, a guy who can play left tackle or right tackle, the oldest player on the roster at 35 years old. And in fact, he's one of only five players on the entire roster and three position players on offense or defense that are 30 years or older. That's it. Thank you. Right now, a 90 player roster and only five that are 30 or more. Two are specialists, of course, Matt Parader and Aaron Brewer, and then you've got beacham and the new wide receiver, Chris Moore, who are 30 plus. And then one on defense, Dennis Gardec, who right now is what? He's about 13 days away, August 9th from his 30th birthday. That's all the players on this roster that are 30 or more. And when beacham was asked about being an elder statesman on the team, he laughed and said, well, it's good to be in a locker room where you see such exuberance. You see such passion for the game. It's always good to see a younger injection of that passion on the team. So beacham back again and is expected to be a big part of this team, especially with that depth at tackle on either side of the line. We'll close with some discussion about the three quarterbacks. Kyler Murray, we mentioned Desmond Ritter, of course, in Clayton tune. What will the Cardinals do at that position when it comes time on August 27th to cut the roster to 53 players? Will they keep three quarterbacks? Will they try to sneak Clayton tune through waivers and get them on the practice squad? What will they do? Ganon was asked about that and what a tough decision that could be. And then pointed out that it's not only about keeping two or three quarterbacks, but every decision you make, if it's a third quarterback, that can affect a defensive back or a wide receiver, whatever the numbers are at other positions. So all of those things are interrelated. One interesting note, though, is when Ganon was talking about Israel Wolfork, the quarterbacks coach, working really well with Ritter and tune, who Ganon said are doing very well. He said, well, he's done a good job with those guys and they know it's a healthy competition that's going to be competitive for the two, three spot. Hmm, almost sounded like he was giving a hint that they're leaning towards keeping three. A lot of time between, well, maybe it's not a lot of time. It's not that much time between that decision. And that's going to be one of the interesting choices that the team has to make when that roster is cut to 53. Well, that wraps up this Cardinals camp update from State Farm Stadium. This is Howard Ballzer for the Rise Up Sea Red podcast. We'll be back again soon. You've heard of Pizza Hut $7 deal lovers menu, right? All these delicious items for only $7 each when you buy two or more, but something's off. I mean, pizzas, melts, boneless wings, bacon, cheddar cheese, sticks, oven baked pastas, cinnabon mini rolls. And that's not even the whole menu. I'll keep eating or digging. You should too. 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