It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We know we're right at the heels of the start of the NFL season. And right now we're being joined by a 13 year NFL vet, someone who doesn't just get the job done on the field for the Arizona Cardinals, but also does a good job, a great job in the community.
And we'll get into a lot of that. It's Kelvin Beauchamp. Kelvin, how are you, man? I'm doing well, man. Good to see you again.
It's like this is a regular occurrence, man. Every year around this time, we find a way to get on the phone. We got to connect good people doing good things. We'll talk about everything you got going on with World Vision. How are you doing heading into the season, man? Going well, man.
Just at the last preseason game yesterday. So, you know, 1100 people will lose their jobs over the next two days. So it's never an easy task by any means. But when you put it in context, man, it is a violent game. It's a hard game. It's an emotional game. A lot of dreams will either be made over the next, you know, 24 to 48 hours or some may be crushed.
But that's what comes with this game. And I've been fortunate to be, you know, in this sport for a long time. And hopefully good news comes out over the next couple days. So just trying to make sure I'm doing my part and I put my best foot forward.
Let things let things go from there. Calvin Beecham is here with us. 13 years, man. Year number one to year number 13. The league has changed. Your body has changed. The amount of preseason games have changed.
The reps have changed. Do you feel different heading into the season? You know, every year you have to evolve. Every year is different. Every year there's some type of change that's happening. You know, I remember when I came into the league, we used to have wedge busters where there used to be a wedge on kickoff. And then they took that out. And then, you know, they move the kickoff back, you know, where it wasn't as close.
Now you got the new kickoff that it is today. It's just so many things that have changed since I've been in the National Football League. But there's always change. It's always evolving of the game that's continuing to take place. Evolve, involvement of the players, the environment of the players, how strong they are, how fast they are, you know, these 21 year olds that are walking into the locker room and they build a little different, you know, and it's fascinating to see.
But it's also a pleasure to have some wisdom and some experience to be able to now so into the next generation of players. Kevin, you talk about 20 year olds walking into the locker room. Your team picked up one, the son of a great and Marvin Harrison Jr. How's he been looking on offense, man? He looks like a beast out there.
Man, he's looking good, man. I'm excited to see what happens when we go to Buffalo. It's going to be a phenomenal environment. I love playing in Buffalo. It's a great place and a great football city to play in. So to see his talents on display, I'm looking forward to it.
And I've told a number of folks this as of late. When the ball is in his vicinity, he ends up with the ball and however you want to call it or however you want to, you know, measure it or quantify it. Whenever the ball is in his vicinity, he's usually the guy that's coming out with the ball.
And that's a good trait to have. Kelvin Beecham is here with us of the Arizona Cardinals. It's the JR sport re-show, coast to coast. The man who's going to be throwing him the ball is hopefully clear of all injury, moving around great. A couple of weeks ago, he says nobody's talking about the Cardinals. How's Kyler Murray looking? He's doing good, man. I really feel that he's really starting to master this offense, to be honest with you. And when you have that ability from your quarterback, when he has great command of the offense, he can master the offense. He knows where things are supposed to go. He knows, you know, if the play call happens to come in wrong, how to put everybody in the right position.
That is a skill in itself. And I really believe that he's really taking steps forward to be able to master this offense and put himself in a position to be the franchise quarterback, which we all know he can be and execute in that limelight and execute within that obligation. So we're really excited to put and see him put his next, his next, you know, kind of series of games together to continue to pad his resume and continue to be, like I said, the franchise player that we all know he can be. Delvin Beecham is here with us on the JR sport re-show.
This seems like a little bit of a refresh. We talk about the incoming wide receiver, a healthy Kyler Murray. How is Coach Gannon moving now that he seems to have all the pieces together?
It's fun to be around JG, man. His energy, his love for the game, his process, which I've been a huge fan of since he's walked into the building, his ability to talk about the process. Knowing that the outcomes will come and we will have the results that we do desire, but it's about the process. And when you play this game and you play this game for a long time, you look at some of the great teams and some of the great coaches, they've always been about the process.
And if you can get the process right and you have the roster that, you know, that Monty has put in place, you can start to put things in place to put yourself in a position to be successful. Because those who can't say enough good things about JG, the energy that he brings, the tenacity that he brings, the process orientation that he brings to this team and this organization, which I think is so needed right now. Well, you guys have had to deal with the injuries and the reset. What message do you want to give for the Cardinal fans who are listening in the metro area and all across the country?
Man, you know, the thing is, I'm one of those guys, you know, I let the bandwagons, you know, start to pick up when they need to. There's not much to talk about. You know, I'm a show me person, so we got to put it on film. We got to put it on tape. But when we put it on tape, you know, don't don't don't start talking crazy.
That's all I got to say. Well, listen, we know when it comes to the community, Kelvin, you've been outside and you've been doing a lot of showing your man of action. What's going on with you, especially as we got people all over the country getting ready for school? You know, I've always done back to school type of events and back to school type of activities for for a number of years. World Vision has been a phenomenal partner of mine. I mean, we're going on, I think, eight, eight years or so started back in 2016.
So we've been with each other for a long time. They've done a phenomenal job with the teacher resource centers all over the country. We do a lot of work and I do a lot of work with them on a global scale, working with things as a potential access to clean water. But here in America, it's always about the teacher resource center and being able to make sure the kids have the supplies that they need to go and execute. We have the equipment that we need to go and execute on Sundays. I need to make sure these young people have the equipment to execute as they go into a new school year. And, you know, here in Arizona, they start school at all times. My kids started school back in mid-July. You got some kids to start school here in mid-August. You got some kids that are starting school at the end of September after Labor Day, which is when I used to go to school and I would imagine you went to school, you know, back after Labor Day.
But, you know, things have changed quite a bit. So it's just being able to, again, be able to evolve with the times and understanding that these teachers need support and the kids need support. I'm a huge proponent of making sure that teachers have the support. I feel our teachers in America don't get enough credit for the babysitting that they have to do day in and day out with our young people.
I got three minions that I call them and I know the teachers that they have are special people to deal with my minions. So to make sure that the teachers have the proper resources to be successful and their kids in those classes have the proper resources is something that I'm a huge proponent of. World Vision has been a partner of mine and we've done work together in a number of different cities across the country to be able to execute on making sure that young people have the necessary tools and equipment to go and, you know, have the year that they need to have.
Kelvin Beecham is here with us, Arizona Cardinals. Where can people find out more information if they want to get involved? Because I think most of us like kids. Whether we have them or not, we want to support kids and teachers. Where can people find out more information? You know, you can always go to WorldVision.org.
That's a great place to start. You know, you have my social media platforms as well that are out there. Kelvin Beecham Jr. on IG, Kelvin Beecham on LinkedIn, Kelvin Beecham on Facebook. And then X, I think it's Kelvin Beecham on there as well. So it's pretty simple.
Just type my name on any of those social media platforms and be able to find me. I hear that. And on the way out of here to let you go, man, SMU getting a lot of attention.
I know they got going over the weekend, but they're in a bigger and better place than what they have been. What are your thoughts on that, man? It's your school. You know, you can't you can't you can't do all this talking and then raise all this money, you know, over 200 million dollars raised. And then you go out and lay a egg, you know, and then lay a egg.
But you can't go to you can't go to the bar to half-step. And, you know, I was in a group chat with a couple of guys and, you know, I was I was in meetings and my phone has been blown up. You know, it's two minutes left in the game and then SMU down, you know, more than a field goal. And, you know, it's just one of those things you you you applaud your alma mater for being able to get into the ACC. It's ACC, right? And it's all these all these acronyms.
Everybody moving. But you can't you can't go out and do that like that and not execute and not perform like you need to. So we'll see.
It's Nevada. A win is a win. You know, they don't they don't all have to be, you know, blowouts. They all don't have to be pretty at the end of the day when you're when you have more points than the other team. That's what matters the most. So we'll see what happens is that you're ready to head into the next one. But that was not the outing with the type of capital that we raised to go and, you know, put that type of product on the field. But I'm just an alumnus, man.
I have no dog in the fight. I just want to see SMU be successful. I want to see the young people take over, you know, take over the, you know, the mantle of of being bringing, you know, SMU back to prominence.
But that wasn't that I wanted to get they want to get out in for the first of the first one of the year. There's a lot more football ahead for SMU. Calvin is a lot of football ahead of you with the Cardinals. I wish you nothing but the best. And we'll talk to you down the line. Thank you so much. Tell everybody one more time where they can follow you. Calvin Beecham Jr. at on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook. Again, so good to see you, brother. We got to find a way to talk offline at some point.
