WEBVTT - Press Pass: Ravens Rookie Minicamp Press Conference (5/4) 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:07.160 Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast. Ravens Rookie Mini 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:11.080 Camp practices have concluded, and today after practice we heard 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.000 from head coach John Harbaugh and a handful of rookies. 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:20.480 Good to be here with everybody, appreciate you coming out 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:25.159 first really practices of the twenty twenty four season with 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:28.840 a rookie mini camp. This is our second practice. Tomorrow 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:33.279 will be a weightlifting session, conditioning. We'll have meetings this 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.760 afternoon until five o'clock. And the guys have been doing 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.040 a great job. So really happy. Great to see him 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.760 all here. Fun to get on the field and we've 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:42.239 enjoyed it. 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.680 So what questions you have with Andrew warheas I think 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:47.479 it's probably the first time you've seen him out in 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.559 the field. How has he looked, I know he's been 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:51.640 in the program for about. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:51.919 A year now. 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.480 Yeah, yeah, he looked. He looked well trained, very well trained. 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:54.960 He is. 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.959 He's been you know, he's been here as you know Jamison, 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:02.280 just basically working out for a whole year. And he 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.679 was already a strong guy. He bench pressed without without 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.000 an a c L last year and almost set a record. Right, 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.080 and uh, he looks strong man. He looks great. I'm 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.280 looking at him right now. He's big, he's strong, moving 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.039 his feet. Well, he's been studying for a whole year, 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:16.920 and I thought he looked like you'd expect him to look. 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.200 Because what you have a message for these guys that 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:21.039 to get frustrated by to speed the game because it's 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.800 such a jump in college to prove Yeah, I mean, 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.520 I think the biggest message is that you know you're 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.160 here for a reason, you know, and uh, not just 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.760 you're in the NFL for a reason, you know, and 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:37.360 uh and don't underestimate your your your ability to to 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:42.080 to fulfill your dreams. Don't underestimate that possibility. 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:42.759 Uh. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:44.320 And guys they genuinely don't. 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:44.520 You know. 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:46.679 Guys are confident, they're excited. And then know that you're 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.880 here with the Ravens for a reason. You liked us, 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:50.840 we liked you, you know, and everybody understands how we 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.480 play and what we how we what we believe in. 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.440 You know, they know our identity and that's your identity. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.200 That's why you're here. So be great, a great be 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:02.360 great at that and see where it takes you. Yeah, 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:02.880 you'll win. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:04.120 It's a young draft for you. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.880 HIOA some talk for the draft to your tight end 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:08.720 is your pull back? 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:12.560 You view him as a defensive guy, Kenny cross screen, How. 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:12.960 Do you guys? 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.880 Yeah, probably all work in progress, kind of figuring that out, Jeff. 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.440 I mean, he looked good. We were playing with an 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.440 outside linebacker in this mini camp and he looked good 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.040 quick fast. I could see where he could be like 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.360 a move tight end or more of a fullback type guy. Also, uh, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.800 the more he can do, obviously he's gonna be a 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.600 special teams factor as well. So he looked he looked 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.240 good out there. I'm he's also a guy you kind 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.000 of think when the pads come on, you're really gonna 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:37.639 see even more. 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.200 I know, it's exciting for these guys to put on 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.120 the jerseys for the first time in the helmet and 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:44.919 get on the field. What is it like for you 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.959 to go from seeing these guys that you've down scouted 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.200 for so long and now finally, you know, get them 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:50.680 on the field. 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.440 It is, It's a big deal. It's uh, you know, 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.360 people say it's kind of like, you know, Christmas, you know, 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.560 and you get to open up those presidents, and I 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.840 don't know, I really like Christmas a lot, so I 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:00.600 don't know if it's quite as good as Christmas, but 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:01.679 it's up there. 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:01.919 Man. 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:03.760 It's a it's a it's fun to see the guys 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.840 that you've been talking to and interviewing and watching tape on. 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.560 You see them come in and they're in they're ravens 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.040 and they're in your colors. We're in your helmet doing 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.520 what they do. It's it's very meaningful. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.680 You send nerves from them, and how do you kind 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.560 of measure what they can do versus any kind of 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:21.760 nervousness that they have? 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.960 Great question, bo, you didn't you saw the nervousness like 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.280 in the meeting room in the cafeteria, guys come in sometimes, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.440 don't everybody sit with and sitting by themselves, kind of 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.880 looking around like like anybody you go to college for 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.000 the first time, first time in high school, you know 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.800 all that stuff is. Yeah, I watch it. My heart 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:39.760 goes out to them because you see it every single 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.520 year and it's just it's a human thing. But football wise, 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.600 you don't see it as much. Once they get out 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.360 on the field, they seem like they're pretty comfortable in 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.800 that environment. They start running around and they look like 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:50.640 they know what they're doing. Coach. For some of the 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:53.520 other guys, it's kind of like a talent. 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.800 Show, but trying to impress you and show their best 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.640 so they can win you over in advance to maybe 0:03:58.720 --> 0:03:59.440 the next round. 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.040 Yeah, absolutely part of it, Jerry. I mean the guys. 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.760 There are guys here on every level. You've got everywhere 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.600 from your first round pick through to your to your 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.240 recruited free agents to your trial guys, you know, and 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.440 everybody kind of wants to make a good first impression. 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.640 Every single guy wants to make a good first impression, 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:18.520 and so they all do their best to do that. 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:20.880 And then some guys are trying to, you know, earn 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.080 another shot, you know, and come back tomorrow. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:24.880 Was the first impression of your first round pick. 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.080 He looked good, He looked good. They look good. He 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.560 but you know what, with a guy like that, it's 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:35.000 it's not so much about coming back tomorrow. It's about 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.840 being better tomorrow and making a transition to the pro game. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.520 So as good as he looked technique wise, there are 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.719 so many things that he needs to get better at 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.080 and he's open to that, and that's part of that. 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:45.800 He goes. 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.360 Do you see some similarity from Wilson garn Pat McCarry 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:51.560 adding the value playing. 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:58.480 Left and right with Roger uh that way, that versatility. Absolutely, Yeah, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.000 there is a lot of similarity that way. He brought 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:02.600 is a really good athlete and so is Pat moves 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:04.760 his feet really well. You saw that out here. You 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.160 see it on tape and then you see it in 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.600 person because I hadn't watched him work out. I saw 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.400 him in person in the Championship game a little bit, 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.680 but that's different to see him in person out here 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.520 moving his feet. I'm like, Okay, he's everything that we 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.200 thought he would be athletically, So that's a big part 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.600 of it. I hate good I hate to ask you 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.479 an injury question on day one, but he knew he 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.680 was coming with Russian lee. What's We saw him running 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.080 a little bit here, but I know he's coming off 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:28.039 and injured the Super Bowl. 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.200 What kind of is his map? 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:31.920 Yeah, they say he's gonna be able to do more 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.280 and more as we go here in the off season, 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.120 so I think they just want to protect the biceps 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.960 so it doesn't get grabbed and you know, reinjured and 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:40.880 as soon as they're comfortable that that won't happen. Like 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.840 he's doing all the on air stuff. Uh, then when 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.800 they're comfortable with that, I think he'll be out there practice. 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:47.719 There's a chance he could be seeing some OTAs. He'll 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.560 certainly be more than ready for training camp. We had 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:55.640 some other guys have some issues. Bow rolled his ankle yesterday, 0:05:55.680 --> 0:06:00.440 so he didn't see him today. And yeah, Isaac had 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:02.560 a little kind of tweaked his hammy just a little 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.640 bit yesterday, So that kind of stuff happens. Was there 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:06.320 any other ones? 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.680 How do you think, coach you brought in a couple 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:10.760 of guys from the pud Aficion two and Divident three 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.960 level into camp Noble one is different to all Americans, 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:17.800 Chris tali Er, what goes into signing those guys who 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.280 maybe haven't proved themselves at the highest levels but you 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:21.680 think can make it in the NFL. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.039 Well, it's a great question, and really and that level 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:29.040 of play is important, but it probably helps you evaluate 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.080 at a little more apples to apples kind of a deal. 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.479 But great players come from every single level of college 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.880 football and it's really how you transition to the NFL. 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.480 Accounts in Chris's case, I mean, he was a dominant 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.120 player at that level and you expect him to be 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.080 to be able to play in the NFL. He came 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:45.560 out here and looked like he belonged to him. He's 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.320 quick and fast and strong and just looks the part. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.640 So he's gonna have a chance to make the team 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:52.600 just like everybody else. 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:56.240 He looked really good, Jose, small school guys along those lines, Like, 0:06:56.560 --> 0:07:00.200 how has that changed in the you know, sixty pay 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.800 whatever years you've been doing this in terms of just 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.560 that talent level and here on more of those guys 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:07.760 and and sort of how. 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.120 You've look at against ran. 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:13.040 It's a great question. I don't know, like I don't 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.400 know the fine numbers on it, but honestly, I think 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.480 there's fewer guys now coming out from the from you know, 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.440 the quote unquote smaller schools than there were just because 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.600 now because the transfer portal, so a lot of those 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.640 guys are transferring up before they get into the draft. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.119 So you'll see, hey, he was here here in Boom, 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.120 he was. He was at another level. Like I was 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:34.160 talking to the coach at Miami, Ohio yesterday, Chuck Martin, 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.640 and then they won the MAC Championship last year, and 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.120 Miami puts guys in the NFL in camps pretty much 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.840 every year over the years. I'm kind of proud of that. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.240 But but now they're putting guys like they're transferring to 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.600 the SEC before they come or the Big ten sometimes 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.360 before they come to the NFL. Then he's getting guys 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:53.240 transferred over to So it's it's kind of a different deal. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:55.360 So I think you'll probably see more of those guys 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.320 getting a year or two at the highest level before 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:59.680 they come to the NFL most likely. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:01.960 And told out of Morgan to day, I think he'd 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.640 only about up here. What did you think from him 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:06.520 and what did he like about him? 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.560 Well, first of all, his tape is really good. You know, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.520 he's he's a very productive player. Then we had him 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.040 for the workout and he looked really good moving around. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.520 He's he's a big, strong guy and he moveswell. He 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.120 is the defensive back. He looked really good the last 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.920 two days. I just think he's an instinctive player who's 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:23.640 got high level of ability. So, you know, we like 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:27.080 those guys, especially those guys from around here. There's five 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.080 really good programs in this area that we have a 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:29.880 lot of respect for. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:31.000 Coach, how much do. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.959 You seek out and value the feedback of current players. 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.320 For example, a Lisa played with ad a Penn state, 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:38.559 would you did you go to. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.360 Him about Padisa and get any feedback? 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:41.560 And I guess. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:41.720 What was that? 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.720 Now, that's a great question, going to your players for 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.640 feedback for guys that they've played with. We absolutely do that. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.880 That might be the most important one, you know, more 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.960 so even than the coach. You know, you get you 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.080 get a guy that played with somebody. You know, sometimes 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:55.679 you ask other teammates on the team, you know, who 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.360 would you bring with you? What player would you bring 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:58.920 with you if you could, And you get a really 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.520 good answer that way too. But but of course Adapa 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.719 he loved he loved the DCE Isaac. I mean he 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:08.360 just loved him and he he You can see why, John. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:09.679 I think you said you looked at something. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:11.920 Part of your assignment was wide receivers in the draft. 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.000 I think, wasn't it when we were looking at guys 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.680 Tess Walker guy in here? Where where did you think 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:19.640 kind of when you were evaluating him in the free. 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.600 Drug Cause yeah, you know, you knew he's gonna be fast, 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.760 and you knew he was gonna, uh uh you know, 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:26.800 be big and fast. I was impressed and that he 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:28.480 showed that. I was impressed with how well he moved 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.640 changing direction. You know, I didn't know if he was 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:32.559 gonna change direction quite as well as he did the 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:35.400 last two days. So caught the ball really well. So yeah, 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:36.920 he's off to a great start. 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.559 Oh no, I mean, you know, you guys were best 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:43.880 player available drafting team, so maybe this would have happened anyway. 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.800 But a little bit with the two corners and sort 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:50.600 of contrasting you know, corners and then like different strengths 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:53.160 and stuff. How how attractive is that when you look 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.240 at that coming forward, that you know, Nate Wiggins and 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.160 and TJ kind of have different streands and all that, 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.600 and how well do you think they could kind of you. 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:02.079 Know, mix. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:04.960 It's probably a great observation. You know. It's not something 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.680 so much that we were thinking about that we wanted 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.920 to get two guys of a certain style. It just 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.240 kind of came to us. And now when you look 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.040 at the roster, you kind of evaluate that from the 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.120 perspective of we have both these guys and who are 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:17.880 they you know, and and uh, and how do we 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.160 use their talents? I mean they're both long and rangy, 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.280 they both use their hands really well and pressed they 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:26.480 both they both can move really well. But uh, you know, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.280 obviously they're just a little different in their style of play. U. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.560 Tj Is very physical, very physical with hands. Uh, plays 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:37.720 all the split safety stuff on the edge really well. Also, Yeah, 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:39.720 I think it's going to factor into how we build 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.120 our defense. You've got a couple of players here who 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.839 have been around the team before Owen Wright Sean Ryan. 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.280 Do you have higher expectations for those guys because they've 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.360 been around. Yeah, you could see it out here. It's 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:50.760 a good point. I mean they've been they've been to 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.320 practices for a year, so they were obviously. I mean 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.719 they talked to the guys, broke the huddles after the 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.640 after the after the practices, and they kind of told 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.000 those guys, I said, you know, these guys are going 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:01.920 looking at you for how to do it, so you know, 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:03.560 don't let them down, you know, And they didn't. They 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.480 look good, and those guys are fighting for Rostersponts. 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.720 I think one of the US surprised from the draft 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.640 or just not took them away with the guard. And 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.840 then among the young draft did players, the one that 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.520 was named that was an interior offensive line work for guard. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.240 Just is that a lot of Steven the two confidence 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:22.880 and like four keys and some of the players that 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:24.880 are already on the rosters that the period that you 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.480 guys get more confident and maybe the public perception. 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.000 Yeah, I mean, I just feel like it's cool, you know, 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.480 you get it's the same understanding. Whatever you don't get 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:36.640 in the draft, it's like, you know, well they failed, 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:37.959 they failed in the RAF because they ain't get that. 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:38.920 You know, you can't get everything. 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:39.440 You know. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.160 It's I always, I always. We always want more picks, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.160 you know, it's always there. How many more picks would 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.120 be Like two more picks, two more picks would be perfect. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.680 No matter how many you have. It seems like guys 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.520 can always play for two more years, guys can always 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.000 coach for two more years, and you can always use 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.160 two more picks. So if we had two more picks, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.120 we'd probably have two more guards, I guess, you know, 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.000 but the drafts got to fall a certain way, and 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.959 we Okay, that's the first part of the answer. The 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.720 second part of the answer is, yes, we have very 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.840 much confidence in those guards we have. It wasn't like 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.200 we felt like we were desperate, we had to draft guards. 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:12.480 You know. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.240 Uh, if the right guards were there at the right time, 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.679 we certainly were gonna take them. The right corners happened 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:18.920 to be there at the right time, So we took 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.040 those guys as an example, and uh, I know that 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.400 those guys that you're talking about are gonna are gonna 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.440 play great football for us. So and then Eric, you know, 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:29.720 if we need to do something else, we will. You know, 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.560 there's still guys available out there to. 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:34.960 Thee for twelve three years. 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.200 If you're all as that that you know where you're looking. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.959 At off there at construction and then when you're hiding start. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.199 It's a real subtle and a very good point because 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.720 you don't have to run down, you don't have to 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.280 run as much on kickoff and kickoff returns. So it's 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.840 gonna be it's gonna take. The four to three teams 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:53.600 would always have a little bit of advantage on special 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.360 teams in those phases because they had one more guy 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.120 that could it was a runner, and the the the 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.840 odd teams like us in Pittsburgh a little bit disadvantaged 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.680 because those big outside backers weren't weren't those space runner 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.520 type guys. Now those big outside backer type guys are 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.320 going to be more valued because they they run five yards, 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.360 but their length and their strength is going to be 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:13.880 a big part of that play. So you know, we're 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.400 kind of looking forward to seeing how that plays out. 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.400 But that's going to be a big part of the 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.160 of our evolution with the play. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.920 Iues should say, I obviouls sayf the with definit Leary 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:26.720 that the arm strength is there, the experience is there, 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.200 but you know, I guess the thing that held against them, 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:30.160 which is the inaccuracy. 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.440 How much of that do you think is developable, fixable 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.080 and what are you kind of expectations for this first offs? 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.040 Yeah, I mean I think it's very fixable in the 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.800 sense that, like the arm strength is there, and I 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:44.160 think he's an accurate thrower, you know, but he unfortunately 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.040 threw it to the other team too many times. You know. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.280 So he and I had that conversation. I said, I said, well, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:51.120 you know, what's your trait? He goes, well, you know, 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.960 I really work hard and I'm tough and I got 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.320 you know, I'm dedicated and I know I know, but 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.480 I mean, what's your football trade on the field? He was, Oh, 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.959 I got a great arm I'm like bullseye, you can 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.000 throw the ball. What's the biggest thing you need to 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.480 work on? He goes, I need I need to cut 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:12.200 down the interceptions and turnovers. So he knows, and that's 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.000 something I think you can get better at. You know, 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.880 gets in the offense, executes the offense, the decision making 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.440 part of it every single day. You start with armtown. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.600 That's a good place to start. So with him, it 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.600 starts with armtown. Plus he's super hard worker, so we'll 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.200 see how he does. 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:31.320 You just heard from head coach John Harbaugh. And next 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.920 up is first round draft pick at pick thirty, cornerback 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:36.360 Nate Wiggins from Clemson. 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.000 What is the biggest difference you can perceive from college 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:44.040 into NFL? 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:48.880 Ani can really just a temple practice for just quicker 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.560 and faster at that moved at a fast speed. 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.520 What do you think of the facility. 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.200 Coming from Corffe like, it's a good I mean, I've 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:00.280 visited a lot of teams, you know, a lot of 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.360 teams ain't got good facilities, but I feel like this 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:04.920 one of the best ones. So I feel like that 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:05.840 it's great. 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.720 How has this process been for me so far? Just 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:12.320 be drafted going through Could you remember, like you know, 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:13.080 leading every one? 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:13.840 How did you expend? 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.080 Uh, it's been It's been a long time. But I 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:17.760 mean I brace it cause I I mean, this is 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.960 my dream. So I mean I just to brace it. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.040 Let let everything come to me and I just have 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:23.160 a time and just be me. 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.800 Cause anything surprised you go on the way or I 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.400 don't know what your expectations were like, but what what 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:31.200 is sort of felt? 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:35.040 You get surprised? You very good? Been most exciting to 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.240 you in the projects. 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:39.200 By most excited me. Uh, I just say, I mean 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.880 gave number two. I mean that was my childhood number. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.120 So I feel like, uh just one number two. I 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.520 just feel like they feel like I'm just it's just 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:47.080 me for real. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.600 So wh why was it too? What was your number? 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.680 And that's just the first time I had Yeah. 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.560 Yeah, So have you been able to talk to any 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.480 of the veterans on the team to this point? 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.200 Uh ya, I talked to Marling uh raight coin Uh 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.680 so yeah that I We've been texting, so I fuh 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.120 we gonna have a bit great uh great relationship. I 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:07.840 knew Marlin from aj Terrell camp back in Atlanta. Well 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:08.960 we met like two years ago. 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:12.760 So yeah, early in this process and anything specific that 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.320 you're working on, you're at. 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:15.040 Work, committing camp. 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.680 Uh really just get my head around and uh stop 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:18.560 grabbing a lot. 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:18.840 You know. 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.400 Uh NFL you uh can't touch the receiver after five yards, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:24.040 and college you could touch 'em all way down the field. 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.200 So we were just getting adjusted to that for real. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.520 You feel like that's kind of one of the big adjustments, 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.760