1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by Draft Kings. We have 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: the pleasure of sitting down with running back Gus Edwards 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: and Gus let's start here. So you know, Gus Bus, 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: notice the gust Bus for forever, right. But what I'm 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: seeing out there, like you're making a lot of people 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: miss pretty speedy out there. You know, it's not just 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: running through people anymore. So I'm kind of I'm kind 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: of started working shopping this this morning. You know, we 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: got to work on a new nickname for you. I'm 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: thinking Gus Bugatti. 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 2: What do you think? 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: There? 13 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 3: You go? 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: It just rolls right off. 15 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 4: I like it. 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 2: Do you still roll with Gus Bus? 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: Like? Does anybody call you that? Like in the locker room? 18 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I know fans and social media, but they. 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 5: Said sometimes in the locker room, usually Augusta. 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 4: That's when they really like want to hype me, you. 21 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: Know, right right? 22 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: I saw that the post game, your post game speech, 23 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: you know, when you get a game ball that needs 24 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: a little work. Though, man, you know what, You're not 25 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: a post game speech guy. 26 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 5: Honestly, I felt like enough had been said that day. 27 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 5: I feel like enough has been said pre game before 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 5: I went and I just felt like, man, it wasn't 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 5: too much left to be said, so I just broke 30 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 5: it down. 31 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 4: Man, I appreciate everybody. Yeah, I felt like that was enough. Yeah. 32 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 3: Does it mean something to you to get a game ball? 33 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 4: Yeah? Of course I love it. 34 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 5: And one thing about it, my dad always looks at 35 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 5: the postgame interviews when they give out the game ball, 36 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 5: So as soon as I get one, he loves that stuff. 37 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 5: So whenever I could make my pops frial, you know, 38 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 5: so he appreciates it more than me. But just to 39 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 5: make him proud, I love you. 40 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: That's cool. What do you call your dad? Your parents 41 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 3: have their game and say, you know, hey, I got 42 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: the game He knows before he sees it when we 43 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 3: posted yeah, yeah, it's awesome. And so then he calls 44 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 3: you and text you whatever it says, hey I got 45 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 3: I got the game ball, right or you got the 46 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 3: game ball? I gotta believe I think that sometimes that 47 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: kind of gets lost. Like you guys are NFL players, 48 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: you're the pinnacle the sport, but like you're still like 49 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: it's it's still just like probably when you were in 50 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: high school, when you're in college, like your parents still 51 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 3: get fired up to see you get that accolade and 52 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: make that play. I think that's pretty awesome. 53 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:19,839 Speaker 4: Yeah. 54 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, and then the kid and me like still wants 55 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 5: to make my parents proud, you know, even like speaking 56 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 5: before speaking to them before the game that that gets 57 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 5: me going. And then after the game when they when 58 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 5: they when they give me praises, that that motivation. It's 59 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 5: still motivations you no matter how old you are. Honestly, 60 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 5: it's awesome. 61 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: That's very cool. So talk about this running game. It 62 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: seems like it's really kind of getting cranked up. 63 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: You know that you guys ran the ball really well 64 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: in Cleveland. Just how confident do you? 65 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: And and the offensive line, the whole unit really feeling 66 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: like all right, you know this is a different offense, right, 67 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: It's it's not the Greg Roman offense where it was 68 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: ground and pound and all that. But like our running 69 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: game can still be really official and really strong. 70 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 4: Yeah. I think. 71 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 5: I think as we go on, it is just going 72 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 5: to keep coming together more and more. I think something 73 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 5: that's really been big with us is just how much 74 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 5: guys have been able to step up on the offensive 75 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 5: line and play different roles. I think that's been really 76 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 5: big and that goes underappreciated sometimes, like the job that 77 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 5: they've been doing, just moving around and and just figuring 78 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 5: it out. I feel like we still have a lot, 79 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 5: a lot to go, but we're getting close and we're 80 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 5: making strides every game. 81 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, wasn't an adjustment, you know what was kind of 82 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: the initial thought in the running back room. At least 83 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: when you do have this change, you guys are running 84 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: a lot of three wide receiver and it's not going 85 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: to be so run heavy. You know, like, what how 86 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: do you kind of adjust to a new offense offensive 87 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: scheme like that? 88 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 4: Well? 89 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 5: I think when when when when somebody else comes in 90 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 5: and it's a different offense every with me, I just 91 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 5: want to improve myself again, you know, just to say, oh, 92 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 5: it wasn't because I'm a system guy or this. I 93 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 5: just want to prove myself over again, so that that 94 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 5: gets me going a little bit. And it's been it's 95 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 5: been fun, you know, it's been fun. It is challenging 96 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 5: at times, just the terminology and the language being different. 97 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 5: But it's week five now and it's it's starting to 98 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 5: feel more natural and uh and we we haven't even 99 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 5: reached our peak yet. 100 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's interesting. So I want to go back to 101 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 3: something you just said. You know, when you when you 102 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: plan an offense and Greg Room was offense known for 103 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: being a run heavy scheme and running backs have success. 104 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 3: Quarterback runs have success. But like you felt like it 105 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 3: was important kind of for you to say, like, no, no, 106 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 3: it wasn't just a system, like I'm the back that's 107 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 3: carrying the ball here, like that meant something to you 108 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: to prove that this year not in that system exactly. 109 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: And yeah, why why I'm curious about that. 110 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 4: I don't know if it's something from the if it's 111 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 4: from the outside. 112 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 5: That's just something I deal with personally, just wanting to 113 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 5: always prove myself and always just want to be consistently, 114 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: consistently contributing to it, to to the offensive and the 115 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 5: playmaking that's going on. Uh So that's just something I 116 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 5: just hold myself accountable for. 117 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 1: Is there a thought too, that you know, if you 118 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: are three more three wide like and and opponents have 119 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: to respect all of our wide receivers and all that stuff, 120 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: that like you might get lighter boxes, Like is there 121 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: a part of you that's like, we haven't. 122 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 4: Seen that yet. You haven't seen that, nobody. 123 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 5: Honestly, I feel like defenses don't even care what we 124 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 5: line up, and it's just like no, we're gonna stop 125 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 5: to run like interesting. 126 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I guess as long as Lamar the quarterback too. 127 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: Right, we're gonna see stack boxes. 128 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: You're like, they keep saying it's gonna be lighter boxes. 129 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 5: Went through the whole off season like, man, it's gonna 130 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 5: be fun next year. Man, we're gonna spread them out. 131 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 5: We're gonna see letter boxes. Guys are gonna be backed 132 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 5: up a little bit we get back. Nobody has played 133 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 5: ter so. 134 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: One thing said as always struck me about you is like, 135 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 3: obviously you're like kind of a soft spoken guy called 136 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 3: quieter guy locker room. But you've never lacked confidence. And 137 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 3: I've all that's always stood out to me about you, 138 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 3: Like you're not really a showy type guy, but like 139 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 3: you have supreme confidence. 140 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: It's going to be. 141 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 3: Forgot it exactly, But like, tell me about where that 142 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 3: confidence comes from. 143 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 5: I don't know, uh, just just I know I know 144 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 5: that that I put in a lot of work. You know, 145 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 5: So if you put in a lot of work and 146 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 5: you know you're working on certain stuff like you have, 147 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 5: you should be confident in it. You work on it 148 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 5: until you're good at it, and you don't have nobody 149 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 5: to prove I'm big. I'm always my biggest critics, So 150 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 5: I'm always trying to prove myself right before somebody tells 151 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 5: me I did something wrong, I already knew. I already 152 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 5: know I did it wrong. And just like just I know, 153 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: you can't. You can't play this game without being confident 154 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 5: in yourself. That's something I tell uh my teammate, these 155 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 5: guys in my in the room, like, man, you can't. 156 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 4: You can't. 157 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 5: Never let nobody take your confidence away from you. Without 158 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 5: that is like you take a step back, you know. 159 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 5: So I just always try to stay stay on top 160 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 5: of that, just carry myself with a high standard of 161 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 5: just achieving. I've been in those places where in college, 162 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 5: I've been in those places where just just not being 163 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 5: real confident just it takes a toll on your playing. 164 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 5: So experiencing that early on in my career in college 165 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 5: and seeing what it could do to to my effectiveness 166 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 5: on the field, it just made me know you have 167 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 5: to you have to believe in yourself, and if you 168 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 5: want to be confident, you got to work on it. 169 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 4: Make sure you prepare. 170 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: What was it in college, you kind of shook that 171 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: confidence a little. 172 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 5: Bit, just like just I had a real I had 173 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 5: a real bad injury, and then I came back with 174 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 5: a new coaching staff, and then just just feeling like 175 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 5: certain people, certain people didn't really like I don't know, 176 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 5: if they weren't familiar what I could do, or just 177 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 5: just just just not really like giving me an opportunity. 178 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: Well, it started Miami, and then you had to Rutgers 179 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: and really bald and that's when you kind of became 180 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: lead dog. And then everybody's like, oh, all right, right, 181 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: But I. 182 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 5: Always I always felt like I deserve I'm never not 183 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 5: one felt like I didn't deserve to be to be playing. 184 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 4: You know, I didn't play too much. I played. 185 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 5: I ended up playing a lot my freshman year. I 186 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 5: think I scored like seven touchdowns my freshman year, had 187 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 5: a good sophomore year, got hurt my junior year, and 188 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 5: then that's when things started going downhill. Came back to 189 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 5: a new coaching staff, had to like basically start all over. 190 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 5: And I skipped this. The day that I got hurt 191 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 5: in college with my junior year was the same date 192 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 5: I got named the starter. So I was and it 193 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 5: kind of happened here, you know. So, so I've been 194 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 5: through a lot in my career and it just built 195 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 5: it just helped me build my confidence up, and it 196 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 5: just helped me know that you played better when you 197 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 5: when you believe in yourself. 198 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 4: And I think that everybody should carry that on. 199 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: What's what did that twenty twenty one season here? Do 200 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: you know when JK goes down and then you like 201 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: you're saying you were going to be the guy, you know, 202 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: it was like it's gonna be gus season and then 203 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: you go you suffer the injury? 204 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 4: Right? 205 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 2: What did that do for you as a person and 206 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 2: as a player. 207 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 4: Oh? 208 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 5: Man, you never want to go through it again. But 209 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 5: I feel like me going through it in college where 210 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 5: I got heard I had to miss a whole year 211 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 5: and rehabit. It kind of made me familiar, like there's 212 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 5: no other way around it, but to just just just 213 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 5: fight through it, you know, just fight through it. And 214 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 5: I've been through it before, so that that's kind of 215 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 5: like built me up to just just hit it on 216 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 5: head on and and just try to make the best 217 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 5: out of it. 218 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: What did you feel like yourself again? 219 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 4: When did I feel like myself again? 220 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 5: This year say, I would say this year, going in 221 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 5: the camp, I just felt like every single day during 222 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 5: camp at home, I was able to do more, able 223 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 5: to feel like more confident in my my knee, and 224 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 5: just over the more the more I get out there 225 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 5: and the more I practice, it just things start feeling 226 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 5: more natural, more natural. 227 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: Is that still ongoing? Like each game through the first 228 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: four weeks, if you felt like, all right, I'm getting 229 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: more confident, I'm feeling better, feeling better, I. 230 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 5: Would say last game, last game, like just watching myself 231 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 5: on film and I felt like, yeah, I was moving 232 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 5: a little bit more comfortably. 233 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 4: You know, it's a. 234 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: Big gutty exactly. 235 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: I mean you did say I remember you saying in 236 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: training camp like I feel like this could be my 237 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: best year yet, you know, which says a lot right 238 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: for a guy who's average five yards. 239 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 2: Carrier more every year of his career. 240 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: What is it, you know other than it was it 241 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: just the knee, was it physically or what was it 242 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: that really kind of led you to say that, Oh? 243 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 5: Just just seeing like everything that we could be. It's 244 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 5: with everybody that we have coming back, with the offensive line, 245 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 5: the talent in the room, and then just just knowing 246 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 5: that I have a year under my belt of rehab 247 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 5: and a year of training and just like feeling myself, 248 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 5: feeling like myself again. Last year it was pretty much 249 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 5: a grind. I did have to get step back like 250 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 5: during that season. I came back and then I had 251 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 5: to step back again. So this year it's been different 252 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 5: for me. I feel a lot better. My knee hasn't 253 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 5: been an issue. 254 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: So, right, what what is the feeling? You know? 255 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: You see JK go down in week one, right, and 256 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: obviously it's always painful to see any teammate go down 257 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: with an injury. But for you, obviously it's like all right, 258 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: here we go again. It's like twenty twenty one, this 259 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: is this is my time? 260 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 4: What? 261 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: What? What was your mentality when that happened? 262 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 4: Man? 263 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 5: At first, I was just really like just really sick 264 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 5: for her. Still still are still feel that way, honestly, 265 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 5: but reached out to him. I know he's in great spirits. Uh, 266 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 5: you never want to see it happened to somebody, But 267 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 5: JK is a guy that that that as much as 268 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 5: much time as he played, spending the weight room and training, 269 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: you know, he could if he really sets his mind 270 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 5: to it, which I know he will. He could, he 271 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 5: could come back from it, and the odds are stacked 272 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 5: against him. But I believe in him and I know 273 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 5: that he's in that place where he he knows that, like, yeah, 274 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 5: I have to come back from this, you know, so 275 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 5: just press press to him and it's it's it's real sad, 276 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 5: you know, but yeah, but I feel like the room 277 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 5: we really rallied up. We have a lot of guys 278 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 5: that have been making a lot of plays for us, 279 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 5: and it's kind of been like by committee lately. So 280 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 5: and everybody's been been doing something. Everybody's been from Mail 281 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 5: to Justice to Katie when he was out there alight, 282 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 5: everybody's been doing a little something. So I don't feel 283 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 5: like it's been any like fall off or anything. 284 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 3: I'm curious, Like I'm sure as running back, every running 285 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 3: back wants the ball a ton right football thirty thirty 286 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 3: times a game. But that's not there's not too many 287 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 3: guys in the league that get that type of workload. 288 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: You know. 289 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 3: A lot of it is more by committee, and that's 290 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 3: kind of how it's been here. You know, There's been 291 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 3: certain games where you lead the way in that regard, 292 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 3: But what is the mentality, your thought process of mentality 293 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 3: on like that that shared workload, knowing like all right, 294 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 3: you know it keeps you healthier, you're fresh down the 295 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 3: stretch in a long season. But also balancing like you 296 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 3: want the ball in your hands. The good things happen 297 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 3: when the ball's in your hands. How do you balance 298 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 3: those two things. 299 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna sit here and lie like I don't 300 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 5: want the ball fifteen twenty times a game. And but 301 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 5: like as much as as much as I'm close with 302 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 5: my room and as much as time we spend together 303 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 5: on the field, we grind together on the field, and 304 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 5: we we hang out out of the field, you want 305 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 5: to see them successful. So yeah, you want, you want, 306 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 5: you want, you want the ball all the time, but 307 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 5: you you I get excited and I'm and I'm happy 308 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 5: for my teammates when they make plays as well too, 309 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 5: So as long as we win and I'm good. 310 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: You know when I remember, like before the season, I 311 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: think you were asked who's going to be the breakout 312 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: player this year and you said Justice Hill. Yeah, You're like, 313 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: I really see a big year for him. 314 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 2: Why why? I mean, he looks good out there, we 315 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: see why? But what was it? That made you say that, 316 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 2: just like. 317 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 5: How hard he worked in camp, just the flashes he shook, 318 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 5: he showed, and he's I just see how comfortable he 319 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 5: is and running in and out of his cause he's playing. 320 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 5: We talk about confidence, he's been playing with tremendous confidence 321 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 5: in his in his the way he sees the play, 322 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 5: the way he's protecting, like just every part of his 323 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 5: game has just been he's been he's been looking like 324 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 5: great at it and showing tremendous confidence. 325 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: Very cool, very cool. 326 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 3: And and the last one for me, Gus is one 327 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 3: of the things that I think is one of the 328 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: best aspects of your games is your ability to close 329 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 3: out a game, like if Ravens need a few yards. 330 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 3: You know, we've seen that plenty of times throughout your career. 331 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 3: How much pride are you take in that, like fourth quarter, 332 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: eat it, first down, give me the rock and I'll 333 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 3: go get three tough yards when the box is stacked up. 334 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: Against that's when we needed the game. 335 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: Honestly, Like you know, I mean seriously, though, like how 336 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: much do you put how how much pride are you 337 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 3: take in that aspect of your game? 338 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 5: I love it. I love when I love when when 339 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 5: those situations come up big credit. It's gonna sound cliche, 340 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 5: but be credited to the offensive line. Whenever we do 341 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 5: get in no situation, those guys remind me, you know 342 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 5: what time it is. Marcus always reminded me what time 343 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 5: it is. And just seeing them just like supporting me 344 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,119 Speaker 5: and in a huddle I'm talking about. 345 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: So they're saying to you, like, all right, it's your time, 346 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 3: it's your time. 347 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 2: What do they say? 348 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 4: Just he Mark gets me point is like, oh, hold 349 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 4: on to the wall, let's get it. Hit let me. 350 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 4: They just like boost me up, praises and stuff. 351 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 5: So just seeing that that I'm being trusted with something 352 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 5: so big, just it gets me going and it makes 353 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 5: me want to make a place awesome. 354 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: Last one for me is, you know we talk about nicknames, Gustel, 355 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: You mentioned you guys call you, which for listeners and 356 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: viewers out there might not know that's your your rap name. Right, 357 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: So we got any hits come in anytime soon? What's 358 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: coming up next from Gustell? 359 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 5: So I did make a summertime song that we kind 360 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 5: of missed the summer, but I ended up dropping like 361 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 5: a like a month ago. 362 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, where can people find you gotta promo 363 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: it here. This is opportunity. 364 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 5: Go check out that new gust though summertime. It's on Spotify, 365 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 5: Apple Music anyway. 366 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: You can stream nice all right, we listen, we have 367 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,119 Speaker 1: if we can roll that in I we got the rights. 368 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: Probably not, if we could, we would. Gus appreciate it man. 369 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 2: All right, guys, you so big. 370 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 3: Thanks to Gus Edwards for stopping by the seat Geek Studio. Also, 371 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 3: we're gonna give a shout out to our friends at 372 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 3: Draft Kings Sports Book, which is an official sports betting 373 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 3: partner of the Baltimore Ravens. They've got a limited time 374 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 3: offer that you don't want to miss running right now. 375 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 3: Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app today. If you use the 376 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: promo code flock, you can get a new customer deposit 377 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 3: bonus up to one thousand dollars. Again in the promo 378 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 3: code is flock. At DraftKings Sportsbook. You got to be 379 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: over twenty one and physically present in Maryland to play. 380 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: For help, visit Empty Gambling heelp dot org or call 381 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 3: one eight hundred gamer. So enjoy the conversation with Gus. 382 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 3: I mean, I think obviously the Ravens are leaning on 383 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 3: him in a big way. And I think that, you know, 384 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 3: I think as the season goes along, I think there 385 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 3: will certainly be more. I think there will be more 386 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 3: games where we see him get that twenty plus touches, 387 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 3: you know. I think that there will be those times 388 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 3: where it's like early in the year, you probably want 389 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 3: to think about more of a committee approach, you know, 390 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 3: save guys. But I think that like there could be 391 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 3: some games as the season where's where's along here, where 392 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: they say, you know what, we're giving it to Gusto 393 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: in the second half and we're just going to ride 394 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 3: the bus. 395 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: Like it's cold. You're saying, give it pounding back when 396 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: it's cold. 397 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, sure, sure. 398 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: But I think Justice Hill has played really well, and 399 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: to Gus's point, like, I think he fits this offense 400 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: really well. He's got some wheels. I mean, he would 401 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: have had a big game. It was a kind of 402 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: a weak holding call called back his like fifty five 403 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: yard catch and run. I mean Justice has been impressive, 404 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: as has Gus. I just think that they're really good tandem, 405 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, the thunder and lightning whatever you want to. 406 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 2: Call it, right, And I think I'm gonna disagree with you. 407 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: Big point this yere all. 408 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 3: Right, see this is this you know people like you, 409 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,920 Speaker 3: I'm telling I'm like, point away the big point. I'm 410 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 3: over here saying there's gonna be games where Gus gets 411 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 3: the ball twenty plus times and you're saying no way. 412 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: Uh, I mean I'm not gonna say at all. 413 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 3: And when he had happens, I'm getting gusts, are getting gusts. 414 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: Back on the podcast, all right, I'm going there will 415 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: not be a game. 416 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: There will not. 417 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: Be a game this year where Gus gets twenty plus touches. Boom, 418 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 1: all right, I can't wait to bring that's no Gus. 419 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 2: I can't wait. I think it's like it's a it's 420 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 2: a pretty. 421 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 3: I can't wait for us to get the twenty plus 422 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 3: and then I'm going back on the pod and we're 423 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 3: celebrating your face. 424 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 4: All right. 425 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 3: You know another you said you mentioned thunder and lightning. 426 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 3: Uh they got some more lightning, more lightning in the 427 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 3: forecast here because Keaton Mitchell, yes, the undrafted rookie, did 428 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 3: return to practice. He's been on IR since the season started, 429 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 3: and he was electric. Just throw out all the different 430 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 3: you know it would go. He was electric. In the 431 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 3: preseason and showed some serious speed and so that's another 432 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 3: element to this offense. Who knows when he actually returns 433 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 3: to game action basically by activating him. He's got twenty 434 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 3: one days now to go through practice before the Ravens 435 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 3: have to determine whether they're going to bring him up 436 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 3: to the active roster. Now, they could bring him up 437 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 3: for this game. That possibility exists, so we'll just have 438 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 3: to wait and see. But I think it's good to 439 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: get some more health in that backfield. Justice Hills dealt 440 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 3: with the foot injuries, so good to have some reinforcements 441 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 3: on the way there. 442 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 2: He's definitely flashed his good one. 443 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 4: Good one. 444 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 2: I was really working on it. I wasn't paying attention 445 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 2: to ye, got it? 446 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 3: Uh? 447 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. 448 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: I think it depends on the health you know, Justice 449 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: foot as he works back and all that stuff. 450 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: Housing we see keating MIDI. 451 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, and Melvin Gordon has been activated three times from 452 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 3: the practice squad, so he has no more game day 453 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,239 Speaker 3: elevations he would have available. He would have to be 454 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 3: pulled up to the fifty. 455 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 2: Kenny and Drake slaws two more. 456 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: So you know, I think that as long as Justice 457 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: and gus are healthy, you could activate you know, uh, 458 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: two more times and then maybe Keaton Mitchell becomes number 459 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: three back after that if you feel like, no, we're 460 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: gonna use Keaton Mitchell. You know, he's healthy, a he's 461 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: knocked off the russ B and we think that we're 462 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: gonna use him a fair amount in the offense or whatever. 463 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: Sure you could activate him sooner than that, you know, 464 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: to be the number three instead of Kenny and Drake 465 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: or whatnot. 466 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 467 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's just good to be it's good to 468 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 3: be getting healthier, right. 469 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 470 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: The Ravens, like legitimately, in getting players back now have 471 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: some tougher decisions to make. We talked about the cornerback 472 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: you know, and who plays there. That's a tougher decision. 473 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: You know, you're starting to get some uh potentially outside 474 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: linebacker help if Tyas Bowser, Now he wasn't activated, uh 475 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: for Wednesday's practice, but he told Glenn Clark that soon 476 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: he doesn't feel like he's ready to play a game now, 477 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: but like that he's getting closer and more confident in that. 478 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: He hopes to get some practice this week. 479 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: So we'll see. 480 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: But as you get these guys back healthy, now you 481 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: have these depth players, these kind of backups for lack 482 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,959 Speaker 1: of a better word, who have stepped in the starting 483 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: or or prominent roles, who have played well, and you're like, well, 484 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: what do we do with these guys? 485 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 2: You know, it's you have some good problems. 486 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's always it's good to get healthier. You know, 487 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 3: I think that we don't at this point in the week, 488 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 3: we don't have definitive answers on guys, you know, in 489 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 3: terms of their status. You hope you can get Ronnie 490 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 3: Stanley back in the lineup on Sunday. Yep, that would 491 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 3: be really big. You hope that Marlon Humphrey can get 492 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 3: you know, back on the field and play on Sunday. Badell, 493 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 3: you hope can play Bateman Marcus Marcus Williams potentially. 494 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 1: He was practicing fully at the end of last week's 495 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: you know, I think he has a decent chance. 496 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 3: And then yeah, so those are. 497 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: Morgan Moses is the big question. Yes, yeah, in terms 498 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: of injuries from last week. Uh, and we'll see about him. 499 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: I mean, as we said on Monday, the guy doesn't 500 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: miss games if he can play, So we'll see. 501 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 2: They could use them out there. 502 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: I mean turn the page of the Steelers here and 503 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: looking ahead to this game. They could definitely use Morgan 504 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: MoES out there, because when I look at the Steelers roster, 505 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: the edge rushers really seem like that's what I'm most 506 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: concerned about. 507 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. I mean TJ. 508 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 2: Watt is an Alex Smith. Alex high Smith is He's 509 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 2: really good too, but very good. 510 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 3: T J. Watt is like probably gonna be one of 511 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 3: the top five players and the defensive Player of the 512 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 3: year voting correct when it's all said and done. So 513 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 3: he's one of the best defensive players in the game. 514 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 3: And who's the line up against the right tackle? So 515 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 3: we don't have morek moses their big challenge. Yeah, we've 516 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 3: mentioned it, but who goes over there? Is it mcarry? 517 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 3: If Stanley's back on the lineup, that would be my 518 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 3: guess that McCarry goes from left side to the right side. 519 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 3: They could put fall Ala back out there. I think 520 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 3: it could also be somewhat similar in that to what 521 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 3: they did on Miles Garrett, where you kind of an 522 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 3: all hands on deck approach and you got to scheme 523 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,959 Speaker 3: up some creative ways to limit what he can do. 524 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 3: But it's tough to do that when you got two 525 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 3: really good ones coming off the edge. 526 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's if the Steelers are going to 527 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: pull off what I think will be an upset in 528 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: this game, it would be those guys wrecking the game. 529 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: So the Ravens to your point, I think it's very 530 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: good about the Browns. 531 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 2: You know that was really it was Zidarius and Miles Garrett. 532 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: Right. You had two not just one, but two very 533 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: good pass rushers. You have to limit I expect the Ravens. 534 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: That's gonna be the attention this week for the offenses 535 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: schematically and practice wise. 536 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 2: How do we limit these guys. 537 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: You're not gonna shut them down, but what do you 538 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: do creatively to kind of limit them? And do they 539 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: use more motion like they did to kind of freeze 540 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: Djbot put him in a mind, you know, when he 541 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: has to respect Lamar's legs, he has to respect the 542 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: jet sweeps to say all that stuff. 543 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 2: You put him in a difficult situation. 544 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: I'm sure the Steelers are gonna be looking at what 545 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: the Browns did or didn't do against the Ravens offense 546 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: for some pointers. 547 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. I also think, like I think if the it's 548 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 3: kind of classic, like Ravens Steelers games historically are always 549 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 3: just like a three point game, no matter what the 550 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 3: records are, And like. 551 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 2: How scared are you? 552 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: I mean, because you're always scared about the Steelers. You 553 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: the Steelers, you the Steelers always get you quaking in 554 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: your boots, right, So if we're going one to ten 555 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: right now, and how scared you are, like like you're 556 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: wizzen down your leg one is you're totally fine. 557 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 2: I'm like, where are you at? 558 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 3: I'm like Rokwan, like he said on the podcast at 559 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 3: the start of the year, never scared, never scared. Oh 560 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: you're no, no, never scared, not born scared. I gotta 561 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 3: die scared, never scared, something like he says something like that. 562 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 3: So never scared. However, also respect these also respect everybody, 563 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 3: Respect everybody. So that's how I feel going into this game. 564 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 3: Here's what I think. If the way that you don't 565 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 3: want this game to go is like it's a thirteen 566 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 3: to ten game and it's like really close in the 567 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 3: fourth quarter and you have a bad turnover, like that's 568 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 3: how the Ravens lose this game, It's like sure, it's 569 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 3: it's you know, like I go back, there's been like 570 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 3: these guys are always close. 571 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 2: Close. 572 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 3: Even when the Ravens won the Super Bowl back in 573 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 3: twenty twelve, they lost a home game that year when 574 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 3: they had Charlie Batch as a starting quarterback in that game. 575 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 3: Because it's just like all these games end up being 576 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 3: three point games. 577 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: You know, it's tough to win in Pittsburgh. It's a 578 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: tough place to play. That crowd can get cranked up, 579 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: you know, if they're defensive and all that stuff. 580 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 2: It's tough. 581 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: You also have the Steelers coming off a pretty ugly 582 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: loss to the Texans, Right, Mike Tomlin knows how to 583 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: get his team up. Yes, I think Mike Tomin's a 584 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: really good head coach. Like this is kind of it 585 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: feels like one of those backs against the Walls. 586 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 2: Steelers. 587 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: Everybody's counting us out, are quarterbacks injured, you know, people 588 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: think we're no good this year. Everybody's railing on the offense, Like, 589 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: let's go prove it against the division rival like the 590 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: Ravens who are coming off a. 591 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 2: Really big win. 592 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,400 Speaker 1: Right, and uh, that's the kind of scenario I don't 593 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: really like facing the Steelers in, I'll say that much. 594 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, So that that's I'm with you. I think 595 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 3: you summed it up pretty well there. Now from a 596 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 3: from a football X as a o' standpoint, I like 597 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 3: the Ravens advantage here. I just think that, like when 598 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 3: I go through the roster and I look at like 599 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 3: the advantages that the Ravens have. I think that the 600 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 3: edge rushers are the biggest problem, but I like the Ravens' 601 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 3: ability to have some success against you know, their secondary, 602 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 3: especially if the Ravens have a healthy group of receivers. 603 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 4: Yeah. 604 00:25:57,880 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 2: Well, let's go through it here. 605 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: I mean their total offense, and they ranked twenty ninth 606 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: in offense this year, twenty ninth in rush offense, twenty fifth, 607 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: and pass offense twenty fifth. In points per game, they're 608 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: allowing fifteen and a half. Defensively, it's not a whole 609 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: lot better. Thirtieth overall, twenty ninth against the run, twenty 610 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: sixth against the pass. Yeah, right, So they're not top, 611 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: they're not under top twenty. They're twenty or above in 612 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: every category offensively and defensively except for third down defense 613 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: and fourth down the Yes, so. 614 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 3: This year. 615 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 2: No, No, it's been a tough start for them. I 616 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 2: mean they're two and two. 617 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: Credit them, you know, they're they're still in the mix, 618 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: but like, you know, yeah, it's been tough for them offensively. 619 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: That's there's no secret. 620 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: You know, Pittsburgh fans are all fired up about Matt 621 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: Canada and the direction of this offense. Plus now Kenny 622 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: Pickett is dealing with the knee injury. 623 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 4: Yep. 624 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: The latest on that is, at first it seemed like 625 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: he was definitely gonna be out. Then it's like, well, 626 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: wait a second, it's it's a knee bruise. I think 627 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: a bone bruise, is what Mike Tomlin said, and that 628 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: they're hopeful. I think he's supposed to practice it to Wednesday. 629 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 1: We haven't seen that yet. Injury purt isn't out, but 630 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin's basically saying, you know, how comfortable does he 631 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: feel in practice this week will determine whether he plays. 632 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: My gut still tells me that they're not going to 633 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: send out a hobbled Kenny Pickett. You know, this is 634 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: a prized you know, second year quarterback, franchise quarterback for now. Yeah, 635 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: like he's the guy, and so I don't think they're 636 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: going to send him feed him to the Wolves. The 637 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: Roquan Smith and Peak Wolves when he's not feeling right physically. 638 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: That's my yeah gut, And I don't I don't know 639 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 1: that it mattered. I think Mitch Trubisky is like a 640 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: veteran who's started and played a lot of games, including 641 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: against the Ravens, and I don't know that there's a 642 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: huge difference between a hobbled Kenny Pickett and a healthy Michievous. Well. 643 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I mean their offense has It's not like 644 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 3: their office has been putting up thirty points a game, 645 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 3: you know, with with Kenny Pickett out there, So like 646 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 3: the offense has been struggling. 647 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 2: Right out of the gate. They might view it as, hey, 648 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 2: maybe this is a shot in the arms, a spark. 649 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: Right, But also at the same time, like you can't 650 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 3: overlook the fact that it's back up quarterback. The Raves 651 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 3: know that, yep, you know, and I don't think they 652 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 3: overlook Gardner Rinshew. But I'm just saying like this, it 653 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 3: would be kind of crazy to be the thirst right 654 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 3: game that the Raves will have played a backup quarterback 655 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 3: if Kenny Pickett is not able. 656 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 2: To Welcome to our world, Gus Lamar being out at 657 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 2: the end of the year. The past two years. I 658 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 2: have no sympathy for anybody. 659 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 3: I'm not saying there's any sympathy, but it's just kind 660 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 3: of interesting. 661 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, totally. 662 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: So would you make Mike Tomlin's comments on Zave Flowers 663 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: this week? 664 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 2: I mean, I think he likes him. 665 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: He was glowing saying the guy he's fearless. He's never 666 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: never seen him back down to any I mean he 667 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: he basically said without saying, this guy is made for 668 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: this rivalry, this kind of game. 669 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's watched a lot of Zay Flowers watching 670 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 3: him going back to Boston College. 671 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 2: Well, his son plays played at Boston College with Zay 672 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: last year. Pretty good report on him. 673 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly so, And I don't think that, like, you know, 674 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 3: sometimes you hear that stuff and you wonder, like, oh, 675 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 3: is this just like the opposing coach, like pulling the 676 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 3: smoke pumping, gassing him up the week before a big game. 677 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 2: That was with w Martin Neale special. 678 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, he would often say stuff like that, But I 679 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 3: don't I don't think Tomin is typically to gas him 680 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 3: up type of guy. Like, I don't think that like 681 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 3: over the years, he necessarily goes out of his way. 682 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 3: I mean, he's the guy that's like they're all nameless 683 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 3: gray faces, right. 684 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 2: Right, that's that's his right. It was it was beyond, 685 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 2: it was beyond. It was another step. 686 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 3: And that's normally just like we just played the event. 687 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 3: That's it. And now he goes He went out of 688 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: his way to talk about how much he leg safe Flowers, 689 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 3: a he's fearless and all the intangibles that he brangs. 690 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 3: So I think he clearly likes him. You know, I 691 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 3: wonder if he wanted to draft him. I was like, 692 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 3: did he want to draft Save Flowers? 693 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: Well, I mean there's a lot of talk about that, 694 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 1: about the possibility of that day could go to Pittsburgh 695 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: and as they rebuild that wide receiver room. But they 696 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: ended up trading up and taking Broderick Jones, the tackle 697 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: out of Georgia. Todd Munkin probably knows pretty darn well. 698 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: And you know, Broaderick's not starting as of now, he's 699 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: number two on the left tackle depth start for them. 700 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: Zay obviously is very much a starter for the Ravens. 701 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: He's leading him in receptions, targets, yards, everything. So is 702 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: this one of those ones where revisionist history, you know, Baltimore, 703 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: we're used to looking back and be like Steelers and 704 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: their wide receivers are always drafting these guys and yeah, gosh, 705 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: we take that guy? 706 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 2: Is this and we flipped the script? 707 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:09,719 Speaker 3: Maybe. 708 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 4: Well. 709 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 3: The other thing that's interesting from a draft standpoint is 710 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 3: we spend a ton of time talking about Joey Porter Jr. 711 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 3: The Penn State cornerback who the re Stealers ended up 712 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 3: taking with the first pick of the second round. That 713 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 3: was the trade with the Bears. They got the second 714 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 3: round pick uh back from the Claypool. So that was 715 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 3: a great trade on their on their part, and they 716 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 3: ended up taking Joey Porter Junior. A lot of talk 717 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 3: about him potentially coming here to Baltimore. How much inky 718 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 3: to be spiller? How much time do we spend talk 719 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 3: about Joey Porter for sure on the podcast? And so 720 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 3: he ends up there. You were a big joe I 721 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 3: think he's really good player. I think he's a really 722 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 3: good player. He's not starting right now. They have Patrick 723 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 3: Peterson and so you know, I don't know that we're 724 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 3: going to necessarily see Joey Porter against a Flowers in 725 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 3: this game too much, but I think that we will 726 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 3: see plenty of that over the course of the next 727 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 3: few years. 728 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 729 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: Also talking cornerbacks, Arthur Malette Yeah, uh factor the revenge 730 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: Arthur Mallett game, Arthur mllet boll He made no bones 731 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: about it that he was fired up for this one. Yeah, 732 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: he did not back away from that. Back about it yep, Yeah, 733 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: for sure. The other interesting some other notes to point out. No, 734 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: Pat Friarmuth for the Steelers. The tight end is injured. 735 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: Looks like he will not be playing, you know, not 736 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: ruled out officially yet, but certainly looks that way. That's 737 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: a big deal. He's a good player. No Deontay Johnson 738 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: for them. They're one of their best wide receivers. So 739 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: they're pretty hampered, especially if they don't have their starting quarterback. 740 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: And so you know, an opportunity for the Ravens defensive 741 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: pounce on that, I think for defensively, which you really 742 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: have to to be careful about. 743 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 2: A George Pickens is an excellent player. Highlight reel. 744 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: He can he can make some plays, spectacular plays, especially deep. 745 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: He can't give anything up big to George Pickens, and 746 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: then it's really their run game, right. Najee Harris is 747 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: a guy, very physical back. The Ravens have been a 748 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: good tackling team. I don't expect that to change. I 749 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: think though they could, you know, you could see more. 750 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton around the line of scrimmage is a big 751 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: physical back right, and I think the Ravens are gonna 752 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: want some some dudes up there that can stop him. 753 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: They're back up there, Jalen Warren. I think might scare 754 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: me a little bit more. 755 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 3: He's got a little bit more juice. 756 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 2: See, scared is a bad word, that's your word. I 757 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 2: was scared. 758 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 3: I was scared. 759 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 2: What concerns me? Never scared like you. 760 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, WARN's got some juice. 761 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah he does. So you know you got to 762 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: keep a lid on those. But I think the Ravens 763 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: have been really good in terms of limiting running backs 764 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: in the passing game. You know, the way Patrick Queen's 765 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: flying around, the way Roquin's flying around. They are made 766 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: to kind of they're better suited now with all the 767 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: speed they have defensively to crack down on that stuff. 768 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: And Kyle Hamilton also is just a really good tackling 769 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: in the open field. So I think that is a 770 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: big game for Kyle and he's been playing really well. 771 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it'll be interesting with Kyle Again, we mentioned this 772 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,120 Speaker 3: previously this week, but if Marlon Hmfre's back and if 773 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,239 Speaker 3: Marcus Williams is back, what that defensive alignment looks like? 774 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 3: And we mentioned Arthur Malette, like he's gonna be want 775 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 3: to be on the field too against his old team. 776 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 3: So where does that factor into the equation and who 777 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 3: they end up putting at that slot corner roll? You know, 778 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 3: do they bring Kyle back, do they put him a slot, 779 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 3: do they mix it up within the game. I'll be 780 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 3: curious to see how that plays out. Absolutely, I mean, 781 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 3: I look, I think here's this is like simple, but 782 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 3: I think that like if this offense continues their success 783 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 3: in the red zone like they and they don't turn 784 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 3: the ball over, the Ravens are to win this game. 785 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 3: I just like, this is not going to be a 786 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 3: twenty eight twenty seven game. 787 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: Well, and that's really the you know, I think that's 788 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: a good point. You know, the Ravens aren't going to 789 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: convert an eighty percent all season long in the red zone, right, 790 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: So like you have to play better outside of that too, Right, 791 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: you have to give yourself more opportunities because the law 792 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: of average says you're probably gonna come back to earth 793 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 1: a little bit in the red zone, right, And so 794 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: that's the charge for the Ravens offense, Like you have 795 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: to play you can't have as many three and outs, 796 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, as they did at the beginning of that game. 797 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: You have to move the ball more consistently. I would 798 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: say it could because you can't rely on getting touchdowns 799 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: eighty percent of the time you get down on the 800 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: end zone. 801 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 2: Especially in Pittsburgh. It's gonna be tough. 802 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,919 Speaker 1: It's gonna be cranked up, and Blake John Harball said, 803 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: I thought it was a good point on Monday. You know, 804 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: opponents are going to be digging into the film on that, 805 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: like when they see a team converting in the red 806 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: zone number one in the league, they're going to spend 807 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: a lot of time trying to figure out answers to that. 808 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 2: And the Ravens have to be ahead of that CounterPunch. 809 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 810 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 3: I just I think that, like if the Ravens offense 811 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 3: can put up twenty one points, like I think, maybe seventeen, Like, 812 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 3: I just think this defense is going to be really good. 813 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 3: I think you want to avoid a thirteen to ten game. 814 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 3: That's like that the main thing if you want to 815 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 3: avoid a thirteen to ten game where all of a sudden 816 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 3: to turnover Lake can can sway the game. I think 817 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 3: if this offense can continue to do what they did 818 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 3: last week and put on the ball, run the ball well, 819 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 3: their defense, be efficient, be efficient, and take advantage when 820 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 3: you get into the red zone and don't turn the 821 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 3: ball over, then it's going to be a win for 822 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 3: this team. But you got to do those things. 823 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, the inside linebackers have been the Steelers defensive weakness 824 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 1: for the past years, and they turn that whole room 825 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: over this offseason. It's a whole new group of inside linebackers. 826 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 4: You know. 827 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,439 Speaker 1: Right now they're running twenty ninth and runs events, giving 828 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: up one hundred and forty eight point five yards per game. 829 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: Gass up the bus, gass up the boogad Anyway, I 830 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,399 Speaker 1: think it'll be a good game. Hopefully the Ravens jump 831 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: out to an early lead and kind of don't make 832 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:22,799 Speaker 1: it too good of a game. 833 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 4: Cool. 834 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. As always, make sure you subscribe, rate, 835 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 1: and review. Check out the Ravens Press Past podcast for 836 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: all the press conferences there. 837 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 2: And I would never let you do it because you 838 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 2: know it'd be so weak. 839 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 3: No, no, But here's one last thing before you, one last 840 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 3: thing before you the drums, Yeah, before I run out 841 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 3: of the room. Here is next week, next Friday, we're 842 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 3: going to be in London doing a live taping of 843 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 3: the Lounge podcast at the Counting House Pub there. And 844 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 3: that's all the information on the events taking place while 845 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 3: the team is in London. You go to Baltimore Evens 846 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 3: dot com slash London. One of those events is the 847 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 3: live podcast on that Friday, and that's going to include 848 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 3: Ray Lewis row Woodson. 849 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: Pretty cool, Okay, so that's gonna be very cool. 850 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 3: It doesn't get any bigger than that, right there. So 851 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 3: to two guys who have gold jackets and one of 852 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 3: the you know, should wear our gold jackets. Yes, we 853 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 3: can wear our gold jackets. We can wear our gold jackets. 854 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 2: You have the hideous quarter or what I could wear? 855 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,720 Speaker 2: Make sure you bring that, idiots. 856 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,360 Speaker 3: We'll see if Ray and the Rod wear. There are 857 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 3: two gold jackets. So I just want to make sure 858 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 3: that fans we're going to be over in London, coming 859 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 3: from all across the world, or if you're in the 860 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 3: US making the trip, come out to the come out 861 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,800 Speaker 3: to the pub and check out the live recording of 862 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 3: the podcast War there for sure. 863 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 2: But before we get to that, get ready for the 864 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 2: against A North Rifles 865 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: On the Road