Tyler Drake | Arizona Cardinals Reporter

Tyler Drake, who is fresh off another preseason podcast about Europe even as time for Tyler welcomed after hours you're on CBS sports radio. Are you done with your podcast yeah my final post got it right out your book, probably after we get off. Thank you for squeezing us in on what is a busy Sunday.

I guess a precursor preseason for the media as well just to be there and and kinda be going through game day progressions, what with the spear like for this preseason game against Baltimore. You know I we will back Arnold rock there are black helmet so that lot is often their only use a few times this season. How come, yeah, I really don't know.

I think the that that should be a primary helmet to be on really really clean. I think with the color red uniform little pop even more black pants on and and yeah, for sure, but definitely one of those changes that I think everyone in Arizona was waiting for an overhaul of the uniform.

I think a lot of people be happy. Yes, it's a product improves as well or if they can start out ANO would actually maintain that through the course of the rest of the season so Tyler, it's been an interesting off-season for Kyler Murray, Cliff Kingsbury, to say the least. He was once again calling plays in street clothes.

Therefore this preseason game, but how happy is QB one for the Cardinals now you can feel like he's not really thinking about all the outside more about football and and yeah I think one of those things okay will give you a little bit of another chance to do something will keep you involved in the often will have you not play but do something worthwhile will sit on the sideline and honestly it paid off pretty good but had two scores with them running the show and Cliff came away impressed even said that you know if he could have his way not call the plays, but that would be the way that you would not get paid so that this can't happen.

Absolutely nothing to do with that language that was in his contract mandating film study and wanting him to see the game a little differently and paid more attention to it will about the funny thing is I think people you could maybe think that way.

I think with the whole study clause in it being in the contract and being out of the contract and kind of everybody's questioning of you know is he that leader is he the guy studying film, and I think this is a way to come and show out that is ingrained in doesn't what's going on is understanding more than just going to go out and throw and try to win the game is seeing more of the formations he was run over or just talking to guys and and that's Cliff you talk about after the damages in taking over more of a leadership role. If you guys are trying to come up in front of Piper roster spot is taking more of that and I think you can. I mean if it was if he really didn't want to do it.

You wouldn't be as emotional as he will sideline complement when they ended up I'm finally scoring in thinking work at the end but like you said it's preseason nothing counts but don't collect rave felt like I don't say much ado about nothing but that so much more was made at that language. In his contract when it became public, but what was your perspective on initially anyway. The Cardinals mandating a particular number number of hours watching film from my perspective.

My thing was another just another thing to talk about much was the greatest thing but I you know it's one of the things that is pretty much unprecedented. It's one of those just the language of it was just very bizarre and at the end of the day got taken out, but still doesn't fit with the fact that it was in there so I think maybe this is a way to show like hey he is doing what he should be doing, but were not you were doing a little bit more of a subtle way than saying hey you need to go spend four hours of film studies, though it was a very, very, very, very weird, very, we are partly off but honestly Arizona as a whole. It is just business. Start Tyler Drake is with us from 98 seven AZ sports Arizona sports following the Cardinals preseason game under the lights against the Baltimore Ravens. Yes the ravens did extend their winning streak now 22 games. I wonder if they're going to curl up in a fetal position and cry when the streak is over. I've no idea. But I wouldn't put it past them. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio other than Kyler now that that appears to be settled, and he seems so happy.

What are the major questions about the Cardinals as they kick off the season you know I think one of the biggest one structure opposite of Marcus golden when the season starts and I don't really think it's good to be one guy to be a collective guys but who, out of the you know the rookies came in Thomas my potatoes and their menu got pictured in the KG didn't start a and Oxnard so is a lot of candidates for it. I think it's to come down to like maybe if three guys getting a rotation, more so than just one guy thinking over but maybe somebody shines in.

It looks like Micah Sanders had the traits to be that guy get up to speed camera. Thomas can bulldoze people, but I think the same thing with my J. Victor Dimmick is usually thing out to me this preseason just what class and I think he's really taken it upon himself to take the off using you know physically where he needs to be using Canon and start to show for sure and it's just another jump out of that line tonight, but he still played well and I thought he stuck another good game and had a pretty eventful couple weeks, a snake in his bathroom and test positive are coded so he was unable to be with the team tonight wasn't on the sidelines not traveling to Tennessee for next week's practices or the game against the Titans when is he going to rejoin the team yeah yeah you would think. I mean with Kyler. I believe they waited for five days before he came back so I would assume you would be clear if the symptoms anything like that. I will be cleared to be good and five days maybe, but also knows and but at the same time either to be in Tennessee, there can be used during practice of the Titans so there was really no point of him going up there in a room in my opinion to begin with the team, but you think I'm dealing with baby snake in the series of event think you know. Thank you to either. Well, I think I'd rather have cowritten baby snake in my bathroom.

It was on the funny thing. The funny thing was that the next day I found a giant scorpion in my house so I that yeah how big are we talking about. Oh size probably know not what I thought of my house like half like maybe a little over half 30. I had to collect myself little bit you got it out of the house by doing what I covered it with a cup and then found a piece of paper put that on mix went from there. Glad it did not state what was hearing it outside. That is impressive. Once I found a snake in my basement bathroom but in my basement and my mom after I started screaming involuntarily call my mom still screaming, I suppose, and she said you grabbed the broom and dust pan and you sweep it into the dustpan and flip it outside so that's what I might not get the first time I went to flip it outside.

I didn't throw it hard enough.

I was just so freaked out that it only landed like 2 feet from my back door so I did go sweep it up again and throw it even farther out the outside because I want to come right back in the road was absolutely gross. Tyler Drake is with us from the desert. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio. We know that James Connor is a pro bowler, but he's the top running back who do you think has the advantage in that spot behind him. Then someone to spell him and be the number two guy, you know, for me at this point I would have to say you guys been talked about on between him and Darrell Williams, but out of the two a lot of conversation of you know and really unprompted from Cliff and need us to stand up not eat you know Benjamin, so you definitely taking that next step.

I think they want to see little bit more recent games time you have a couple. Cannot Darrell implement one so I think that competition deathly something to watch them behind them. Jonathan Ward running back Dr. the Cornel this year and it's good to see who stays on a dozen. I think it really comes down to special day between Ward in the room but right now you James Connor and many IIa you know to be Darrell Jonathan Ward Kathy Road be my my file I was looking at the Cardinals schedule and the NFL did not do Arizona any favors in kicking off the season this for people who don't have it memorized. I didn't either, but I'm sure Tyler that they start seeking the Citi Card in Arkansas the Cardinals the kids any cheese at home or on the road at Vegas against the Raiders. The new look Raiders their home to the Super Bowl champion Rams.

They go on the road.

Carolina, which everything on a playoff team last year but then back home to take on a team that was a wildcard out of the NCE/season the Eagles before hitting the road and have a tough place to play division game at Seattle. Wowsers. What you make of those first six games murder Rollo you… That alone like that, it may matter when you go to the Raiders and just to be trying to suck Tyler everything was Chandler Jones or nobody.

Well, that's the univariate thing one in and yeah it's just got the Rampton and we saw what happened the last time they played each other in that was really really rough in and again I mean Carolina yeah like you said might not of been the best you master but they for some reason have a Cardinals number last couple games so that's another game that you really can't just circle in the wind right now but I think if they can get through the first 16 3342 that you got pretty good with it and they get the help that I think that's the kind of joke that they might that could help in the second half of the season, whereas last four years we seen them just fall apart so 334 and to do that. I think the season is very much in the him in there and got back I was a forgot about him, but I haven't heard his name mentioned a lot since I was in the Cardinals have no they were to be without him for the stretch while he suspended how much did his injury have to do with their limping to the finish line. Last season, all map about that you from, you know, general manager Q, owner Michael Bidwell and coach. At one point or another. They all said yonder hopping injury was one of the biggest reasons why they fell apart while you're in there to the leadership from both sides that also picked it so definitely definitely definitely really feel Cliff manages everything without him there because I mean that was the biggest kind of what are you doing when every game. It just seem like they were falling apart even more and it really didn't seem like changing so much in the office so I think Cliff saw couple things you like the other day were you actually got up for what is that of Toronto more aged green yonder hopping Marquis Hollywood Brown and he said that would like pick it up on the patent so we seven will be the earliest we could see that considering the money they came to Kyler Murray and they must face that they put behind him with the finances. What are the expectations for him personally, but also for the team after last year, making the postseason as a wildcard, but really fizzling once I got that point yet now you know ending on a high note. Getting the playoffs not just saying you made the playoffs and falling apart. Beginning of playoff morning. At least the game difficult the progression.

I think I think that'll that'll eventually you know help them move along closely with that with contract and a lot of people are so thrilled with the number yet, the number of dollars but at the end of the day.

They want to get you, but he also games like calamari canning. He has the ability to, you know, kind of go off script and win games when other quarterbacks can't do that so I think it would be done.

I think they probably could save money if they were got it done earlier biopsies and that the consultant businessman. It went how it went. It was awkward. It was weird into the day got done and it seemed like all moved on. I believe even you.

Time went on recently and said you know he's like a different player different person so maybe that's a good thing. Maybe receiving a new more leader oriented Kyler Murray, do you think the expectations are realistic the contract, notwithstanding, yeah, yeah, I think, for sure. I think after seeing the laughter.

I mean they had in historical I mean just here without thought.

I think if maybe Hopkins doesn't get hurt or do you want to hurt they might be able to get a little more momentum and actually make some noise. I just yeah I think very much very possible that they could definitely build off of last year, just getting through really the beginning of the year and back with some of the stars is your phone blowing up my notes not it might be. I do know I can. I have not checked it. I feel like we can hear the vibrations because you are extremely popular and busy right now and probably have no matter it's it's just vibrations is not beeping everything. I know you have got other stuff going on your podcast to so we present a couple minutes.

You can find Tyler on Twitter team to rank for sports number four sports 98 seven AZ sports and not only on the air but also with the podcast and the web as well and covering the Cardinals as they kick off 2022. It's great to get that when you think you're making time for us on the show live Tyler yeah no problem you want to talk about the ground but you love it doing great and having fun doing it.

That is the name of the game.

Thanks Tyler will talk soon