Cardinals Cover 2 - A Matchup With The Defending Champions On Deck In Cardinals Home Opener

Uh, the other thing is that you talked about it, even if it's questionable, sometimes you're likely gonna be playing.

And I think that that's kind of the ta- one of the takeaways we got from Mike LaFleur's press conference on Friday when talking about Seattle Seahawk safety Nick Elisei.

Yes.

I mean, uh, h- that guy is one of those guys who you better prepare like he's gonna be out there.

You can, you can downshift, and it's, it's like you better gear up for the 100 mile an hour fastball, and then if the curve comes, then you need to adjust to it.

But I mean, it, you, you better prepare that, l- like he's gonna play because if he's out there and you're not prepared, that's...

It's gonna be hard enough if you've prepared for him.

Uh, if you're not prepared for him, that's a problem.

He, he's one of those players that when opposing offenses are out there, you're circling where he's at on the field because of all the different things that he's able to do.

It's very similar to how a lot of teams view Budda Baker in the way that he kind of just roams around the field.

He could be in that linebacker spot.

He'll be deep in the secondary.

He could be in nickel.

Like, he, he is used kind of in, in a lot of different directions.

He's kind of a younger version of what Budda Baker is and can be.

Uh, again, if you get a guy like a Derwin James, you get a guy like a Kyle Hamilton, I mean, it's always funny because around draft time, everybody's always like, "You don't take safeties high." Um, but if you get the right safety, that kind of chess piece to be able to put in a defense is just ridiculous.

Well, we'll get a little bit deeper into the, into the matchup in a little bit.

It's worth, you know, I think there's been a lot of optimism in this building throughout the week, and you, you had written an article a few weeks ago, or I'm pretty sure it was last week, about ignoring the noise and being above the noise.

Yeah.

Well, the noise is pretty loud right now, and not in necessarily the way that I think a lot of people might have anticipated, um, going into this matchup.

Darren, how do you feel like this team has responded to the noise after a week one victory?

Uh, I mean, I, I think th- they do a good job.

I mean, it, it starts with the head coach.

And if, if anything, Mike LaFleur has made sure that that's not gonna be the storyline, that they're feeling themselves too much.

Just like I'm sure if they had lost, he was not gonna, he was not gonna let them dwell on it.