1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan in 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: down with Rashad Bateman. And Rashad, we all know that 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: you're a big fashion guy. But there's another fashion guy 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: entering the wide receiver room this year, DeAndre Hopkins. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: Did you see his met Gali luck? 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 3: DeAndre put it on. 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 2: Deandre's got some style. So what do you think? Is 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: he like val. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 3: Approved? 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 4: Is the receiver room the most fashionable room in on 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 4: the team? Like, what's what? 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: What? 14 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 4: What's your take? 15 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? 16 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: I was, I would say, so what's what's a's fashion game? 17 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 5: Fashion game is if it speaks where he's from, Like 18 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 5: it's like he from Florida and he dressed like he's 19 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 5: from Florida. Lamar from Florida and he dressed like he's 20 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 5: from Florida. Well that's cool because based on what people where, 21 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 5: you can kind of tell like where they're from. 22 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, very cool. 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: Midwest? Yeah, exactly where am I from? 24 00:00:59,400 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: Midwest? 25 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: Music? Midwest? 26 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: Dad? 27 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 4: Right here? 28 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 3: I commit today because I lived there for Yeah. 29 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: Yeah it is so Hey man, congratulations on the contract. 30 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: I'm really excited about that. 31 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: And just how meaningful was it to you to get 32 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: that extension worked out? 33 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: Is it? 34 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 5: It's always a blessing. It's something that all of us 35 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 5: dream of. And you know, I knew about this something 36 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 5: more so than I knew about the last one. So 37 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 5: I mean, it's a blessing to be here, you know, 38 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 5: to get rewarded for, you know, the work that you 39 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 5: put in. And it shows that your teammates, you know, 40 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: trust and believing you in the organization and coaching stuff 41 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 5: do as well. 42 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 3: So I'm definitely not complaining. 43 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 4: When you know, you said that this was something that 44 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 4: you felt like what was coming more than the last one? 45 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 4: Take us behind the scenes, like, what is it like 46 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 4: during the last however long these contract talks were going on, uh, 47 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 4: leading up to the announcement a couple of weeks ago, 48 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 4: when when it was announcing, you got the you officially 49 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 4: signed the deal, Like what was going on by behind 50 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: the scenes and how are you handling that? 51 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: It was? 52 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 5: It was it was stressful from a personal standpoint, just 53 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 5: because you know, not anything to do with the rademas 54 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 5: or anything like. It's just like you just never know 55 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 5: what's going to happen your career, your life is up 56 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 5: in the air, you might have to move or however 57 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 5: that looks or or works out. But you know, had 58 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 5: good conversations back and forth, and it's only in some 59 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 5: ways you know, we can say, but it all, you know, 60 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 5: it all went well, and you know we got it done. 61 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 4: I'm curious, like, of course, so the report's out there, 62 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 4: like about potentially looking for a potential trade partner of 63 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: these teams calling the Patriots, calling the Packers, calling the 64 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: Cowboys calling about potential trade. Like when the season ended 65 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 4: and you're going through this, like, were you thinking I'm 66 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 4: going to be back in Baltimore this year, no question? 67 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 4: Or were you just like, I'm on sure, I don't 68 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 4: know what's going to happen. 69 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 5: No, I wanted to be back in Baltimore. I know, 70 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 5: I wanted to be back in Baltimore. But I've seen 71 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 5: the business and you just like obviously you just never know. 72 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 5: But it all worked out to be here. 73 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: You know. 74 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 5: That's the first thing I told thea Costa in the 75 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 5: mature way when we first you know, got on the phone, 76 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 5: you know, with all the respect, I want to be here. 77 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 5: That was the first thing I said, And I think 78 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 5: that helped us get to this point that we have today. 79 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: Cool, that's awesome. I mean going through the arc of 80 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: your career now sign through twenty twenty nine, you know, 81 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: and to have kind of a lot of those questions 82 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: just put to bed. You know, you're going to be 83 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: here for a very long time. How big of a 84 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: relief is that just kind of taking all that off 85 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: your shoulders. 86 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 3: I mean, it definitely feels good. 87 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 5: Last year, they blessed me enough to you know, not 88 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 5: have to worry about, you know, certain things. And obviously 89 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 5: like this is another level, but the main thing for 90 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 5: me is like it's it's cool and all, but football 91 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 5: doesn't change for me. I'm just excited that I get to, 92 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 5: you know, continue to provide for my family, you know, 93 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 5: take care of my mom and you know, baby, you know, 94 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 5: live life that we never had, and you know, just 95 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 5: continue to do great things. 96 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: You know. 97 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: So when this contract is done, I don't know if 98 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: you do this, but you'll be the longest tenured Ravens 99 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver in franchise history. 100 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 2: Pretty cool. 101 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 3: I've seen that. Yeah, I've been seeing that. 102 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, what's your reaction to that. 103 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 5: It's definitely an honor because the receivers here we all 104 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 5: know the the rep that we have or or get. 105 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 5: So I mean, I don't even know if I knew 106 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 5: that honestly until you know this, but it's an honor 107 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 5: and I'm gonna definitely wear it proudly for sure. 108 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 4: I want to go back to something you said. You 109 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: said that you you told the cost so you I 110 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 4: want to be here, like I want to be here, 111 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: and I think that that's like you've said that many 112 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: times in your career, but like there was questions, right 113 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 4: and like but but what was it that made you 114 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 4: feel like this is the place like I want to 115 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 4: be and that like despite like outside noise, like you 116 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 4: wanted to be here. 117 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 5: I just think it goes to show that like a 118 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 5: lot of people don't truly know me. You know, what 119 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 5: is the fans or reporters or whatever is agenda that 120 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 5: was created about me. I went through a hard time 121 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 5: and anybody's going to have, you know, struggles and you know, 122 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 5: problems with that. But it's just so much respect that 123 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 5: comes with the team that you know drafted you and 124 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 5: just like continue to invest in you. And that's something 125 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 5: that I've always valued. Before I even got into the NFL, 126 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 5: I never wanted to you know, be traded to another 127 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 5: team or I have to like move or anything like that. 128 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 5: So I mean it just kind of for me, it 129 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 5: just goes back to like my morals, you know, and 130 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 5: what I believe in and stand for. And it was 131 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 5: so much adversity that I went through here, and it's 132 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 5: like I can turn it around, and you know I 133 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 5: did that, and I'm going to continue, you know, to 134 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 5: do that God's will. 135 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: It seems like loyalty is a big thing to you, 136 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: you know, loyal to your family, loyal loyal to this team. 137 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: Is that Where did that kind of come from? 138 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,119 Speaker 5: This as how I was raised, you know by my mom. 139 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 5: My family is big. Kind of went through the same 140 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 5: situation with my college decision Minnesota. You know, everybody thought 141 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 5: I was gonna flip, but after all the other offers 142 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 5: came in. But Minnesota was the first Power of five 143 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 5: schools even offered me a scholarship at the time, so 144 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 5: you know, I knew they offered me for a real reason, 145 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 5: which was a football reason. I know, all the other 146 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 5: schools offered just because Minnesota offered, so and you know, 147 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 5: I stayed true to myself in and it worked out 148 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 5: there too. 149 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 4: So so I want to go back to that. So 150 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 4: you're you declared Minnesota coming out of high school becausey 151 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: were they were firstday that offer you a scholarship, first 152 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 4: five school, first Power five, and then basically everyone else 153 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 4: starts calling Yeah, and but you just felt like the 154 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 4: loyalty aspect, like they were first and that like that 155 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 4: mattered to you for sure. 156 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, it matters and it always going to matter. 157 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 4: Interesting. I'm also when you talk about this, like, Lamar 158 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 4: comes to my mind because you've talked about him many 159 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 4: times in your career and talking about how the connection 160 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 4: you have, the way he like sets the tone stands 161 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 4: by guys. And I remember when Ronnie Stanley wrote a 162 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 4: piece this offseason about coming back from his injuries, and 163 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 4: he made a point in the piece that he wrote 164 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 4: that Lamar was a guy that was like always had 165 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 4: his back, always stood by his side. I'm curious, like 166 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 4: hitting hearing you talk about all this was playing with 167 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 4: Lamar and continuing your career with him, was that at 168 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 4: all part of the equation and just building all what 169 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 4: you've already started. 170 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: With him one thousand percent? 171 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 5: Because I feel like, no matter like what I went through, ill, 172 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 5: I always knew that, like you know, I could be 173 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 5: like a weapon for him. He always told me that 174 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 5: on the side, always supported me. You know, even like 175 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 5: last year before I got paid, he looked at me 176 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: before the season start and said, we're gonna get you paid, 177 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 5: and you know, shout out at him because you know, 178 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 5: I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him, you know, 179 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 5: for you know, trusting me and you know, believing me 180 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 5: to go out there and make plays. But I mean 181 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 5: he called it and before I did, honestly, just looking 182 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 5: back at everything, So he's definitely a big reason why 183 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 5: I want to be here. 184 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 3: You know, everything that he stands for and represent for 185 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: sure was that. 186 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 4: What does that mean to you when he said that 187 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 4: to you? 188 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 5: I mean a lot because I mean, obviously we got 189 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 5: gms and owners, but in the football where Lamar is 190 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 5: technically like our boss, you know what I'm saying. And 191 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 5: if I mean, if you don't treat it like that, 192 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 5: then in this lead, I think you're for Rood Awakening. 193 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 5: You got to have respect for your quarterback, and you know, 194 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 5: I think that's how you're going to continue to develop 195 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 5: the chemistry and continue to win. 196 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: Like we've all seen your talent from the minute you 197 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: stepped onto the field, right, And it was always a 198 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: matter of injuries and overcoming those and whatnot. And I 199 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: know you've always known what you've been capable of, But 200 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: to do it last season, to have a healthy year 201 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: and have the production and the big plays that you 202 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: had last year, what does that do for you? Does 203 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: it do anything? Or You're like, I always knew that 204 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: was going to happen, you know. 205 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, I mean I definitely knew that was 206 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 5: going to happen. But it just felt good to like 207 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 5: prove people own for sure. And it felt good to 208 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 5: prove the cost of right. It felt good to prove 209 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 5: hards right. It felt good to, you know, prove my 210 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 5: teammates right, because they go out on the media and 211 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 5: speak on me as well, and they speak highly of me. 212 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 5: So to be able to go out there and back 213 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 5: that up for them, I think, I think that's what 214 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 5: is most important to me. 215 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, what was it like for you going into the playoffs? 216 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: I mean, unfortunately they suffers the injury and regular season finale, 217 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: and man, it's it's on you, you know, like you're 218 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: the yeah yeah, and making big plays in the playoffs, 219 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: including in Buffalo and whatnot. You know for you to 220 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: kind of step up in that way. To me, it 221 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: was also another big like man, Bait is here for sure. 222 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, it felt good. 223 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 5: I mean, uh, the one is just felt good to 224 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 5: be playing in the playoffs and then be engaged in 225 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 5: those type of games. You know, the receiver you want 226 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 5: to be. You want to play, but you also want 227 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 5: to be you know, a part of the game plan, 228 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 5: like engaged and you know, help out the team the 229 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 5: best way you can. And I hate as they went down, 230 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 5: And I honestly think if you want to went down 231 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 5: that we probably you know, you know it wouldn't be 232 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 5: in the situation that we were in. But you know, 233 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 5: I trained hard for for those moments. You know, I 234 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 5: was prepared for those moments. And you know, I just 235 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 5: think that, you know, it's just old when it did 236 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:49,319 Speaker 5: so bab. 237 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 4: I remember last year we sat down with you on 238 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 4: the podcast, like right around this time a year ago, 239 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 4: and I remember coming out of that like you were 240 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 4: so open and talking about how there was the physical 241 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 4: side that you had to overcome and then there's also 242 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 4: the mental like aspect of overcoming the injuries and working 243 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 4: your way back. How important, like was the mental side 244 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 4: of things beyond just like getting healthy, but that aspect 245 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 4: of things and getting you to the point where you 246 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 4: are today. 247 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 5: It was definitely the probably the biggest thing, honestly because uh, 248 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 5: I mean, when you're in your head about certain stuff, 249 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 5: it calls the other things where it injury with its 250 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 5: stress or what the you know, whatever it may be. 251 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 5: But being able to you know, now be on the 252 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 5: other side of that and flip that mindset. I think 253 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 5: that's why I can continue to you know, at sale 254 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 5: now no matter what happens, you know, no matter if 255 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 5: I have a bad game or drop the ball. Uh, 256 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 5: because I'm not perfect, and I'm the most probably imperfect 257 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 5: person there is. And you know, when you come to 258 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: an understanding of that, you know that, you know, life happens. 259 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 5: And I came to a realization of that because I've 260 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 5: never been hurt before, never you know, being injured before. 261 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 5: And then on top of that, you know, I just 262 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 5: really wanted to, you know, help this team because when 263 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 5: I got drafted and my press conference, I said I 264 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 5: was gonna be everything Lamar needed. That's what That's what 265 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 5: I said. So to be able to come in and 266 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 5: not be able to, you know, provide that they don't 267 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 5: feel good, you know what I'm saying. So just being 268 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 5: able to flip that script, for sure. 269 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: That's incredible that that stuck with you, what you said 270 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: in your first press conference when you arrived here, that 271 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: really you carried that with you. 272 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: Yeah for sure. Yeah, because I mean what I say 273 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 3: to the world, they keep it too, you know what 274 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 3: I'm saying. Yeah, they keep the riceis too. 275 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 5: And you know, I know they are. They are aware 276 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 5: of things that you know, us as athletes saying what 277 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 5: we promised that we can do and stuff like that. 278 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 5: And obviously I'll never be perfect, and we all can 279 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 5: be perfect. We can't be perfect. But when I am 280 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 5: a healthy you deb you'll definitely see that I can 281 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 5: play I can play football. Yeah, and when I am 282 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 5: on the field that it's there. 283 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 4: Prove like you've you that comment and like what you 284 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 4: said even in this conversation, like proven your teammates right 285 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 4: matters to you. 286 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure. I don't care about nobody else's opinion 287 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 5: besides my teammates. Even like when I did go through 288 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 5: the negativity from the fans, even our own because they 289 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 5: was I never talked about it, but it was bad. 290 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 5: It was It was my families, my people, and you 291 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 5: know it was I ain't really expect that, you know, 292 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 5: I wasn't really used to that. But I think in 293 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 5: that moment, the only thing I cared about, like what 294 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 5: my teammates ought of me, because those ones that I 295 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 5: go to work with, it was the ones I you know, 296 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 5: it's real war, those those your brothers, you know what 297 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 5: I'm saying. So because then it's like the GM now 298 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 5: here to go find somebody else and do this and 299 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 5: make all these moves when that's just not what nobody 300 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 5: planned for, you know, So I don't want to be 301 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 5: that person. 302 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: What's your advice to young aspiring athletes about about social 303 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: media and how you handle that? 304 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 5: Man, I would just say, take away a grant in 305 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 5: salt and honestly find a way to enjoy it. It's 306 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 5: honestly a happy place if you find a way to 307 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 5: laugh about stuff and once you quickly realize that you 308 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 5: know a lot of people necessarily don't know what they're 309 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 5: talking about, or you know, people just and also the 310 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 5: end of the day, people gotta have a job, you know, 311 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 5: people got to somehow put on the plate. 312 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 3: And if that's creating. 313 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 5: Agenda, then you got to learn how to you know, 314 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 5: navigate those things and you know, just. 315 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 3: Let it be. 316 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 4: Who did you lean on during the hard times? 317 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 5: You know, I actually got it. I just got a 318 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 5: good group of homies, you know what I'm saying. I 319 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 5: got a good group of friends. And you know, my 320 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 5: mom has always been my best friend and my strongest warrior. 321 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 5: I've seen that lady go through so much that you know, 322 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 5: that's worse than my injuries. So it's like, why can't 323 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 5: I like pick myself back up and get out that hole? 324 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: And she was there, you know, every step put away, 325 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 5: you know, every surgery, and you know, she definitely helped 326 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 5: encourage me to you know, continue down this path for sure. 327 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: Taking it on the field. I mean, as we talked 328 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: about a huge season for you last year, but of 329 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: course I'm sure you see it and you're like, all right, 330 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: I still I got to get even better? 331 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 5: Right? 332 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: Yeah? 333 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 3: Yeah? 334 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: When you look at your tape and your film, where 335 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: where do you want to still make the next strides? 336 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: Like what are your goals for this upcoming season? 337 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 5: I mean, I'm such a nitpicky guy when it comes 338 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 5: to myself, so it's just hard to say whatever it is, 339 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: you know, I just myself home trying to do everything 340 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 5: and want to do everything. So this off season, I 341 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 5: just feel like I need to go, you know, just 342 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 5: turn it up or not. You know, last year I 343 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 5: turned it up a notch as far as you know, 344 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 5: how I trained it not much I trained, and it definitely. 345 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 3: Played off because I trained. I'd like to train. 346 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 5: I like the workout, but I feel like it hurt 347 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: me when I first got in the lead because I 348 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 5: feel like I overtrained and it's like I had to 349 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: cut back a little bit to try to find like 350 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 5: a groove and like I feel like now that I'm 351 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 5: back on you know myself, I cannot like continue to 352 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 5: you know, ramp up. You know, my my workouts and 353 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 5: you know how I go about doing stuff. 354 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: I think I saw a video of view kind of 355 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: running routes in the grocery store. 356 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: Is that right? 357 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: Are you constantly, like in your everyday life just running routes? 358 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: Yeah? 359 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 5: It is man's I mean, and most athletes do it. 360 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna lie to you, even if it's a 361 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: quarterback girl alignment. Like you just you find yourself at times, 362 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 5: just you know, you know, working working on your craft 363 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 5: when they even you know you don't even know you're working. 364 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 3: Or supposed to be working. 365 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 5: But that definitely keeps me, you know, in the game. 366 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 5: It keeps me, you know, motivated to continue to play football. 367 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 5: Oh for sure. 368 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 4: I'm excited about this trio at watershar with you and 369 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 4: Zay and DeAndre Hopkins. And Hopkins just made this point. 370 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 4: He had a press conference, uh just a little bit ago, 371 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 4: and he said that you guys are all different receivers, 372 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 4: which I think is a good way of looking at it. 373 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: Like you all warn different skill sets at the table. 374 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 4: How excited are you about this group as a whole, 375 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 4: what you guys can do. 376 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 5: I'm excited, man, And you know it starts with you 377 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 5: know Jay, you know saying Jay, he's he's one of 378 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 5: I ain't never seen a receiver like him, and you know, 379 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 5: I know he'll continue, you know, to Sean and bring 380 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 5: his element to the game. And honestly, that's my that's mine, bro. 381 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 5: If they want for to say, I want to got paid, 382 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 5: you know what I'm saying and being able to, you know, 383 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 5: come into an organization and have a partner, you know, 384 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 5: because that's what the game has transferred to. 385 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 3: Now. 386 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying, It used to be a 387 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 5: one receiver game where you throw it to him, but 388 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 5: now a lot of people if they want two dominant 389 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 5: receivers and tight ends and you know, and now having 390 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 5: Hop come in and doing his thing, it's a I 391 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 5: mean we say it every year, it's gonna be tough 392 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 5: to guard, and you know what I'm saying, it should 393 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 5: be tough to guard. And I think that we just 394 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 5: got to go out and execret out plays because everybody 395 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 5: can still you know, play in a move at a 396 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 5: high level right now. 397 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 4: Why do you say that you would have got paid 398 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 4: if it weren't for day, Like, I'm just you know, 399 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 4: it's a lot of teams there seems like there would 400 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 4: be competition amongst water. She was like, I'm the guy, know, 401 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 4: I'm the guy. 402 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: Like it's so many factors that go into like one 403 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 5: person being successful, and I can never like say that, like. 404 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: Oh that was me. 405 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 5: Obviously I made them play and I'll take all the 406 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 5: credit for that. But I mean, Tyler got to snap 407 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 5: the wall, Runnie has to block Lamar, I got to read. 408 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 5: They got to run this route so the defenders can't 409 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 5: worry about him. Then they're gonna pack the box and 410 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 5: worry about Darren Henry. Now was way more room for 411 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 5: me to create separation and you know, and for Zay 412 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 5: to create separation. So all of us have each other 413 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 5: and you know, if you understand football and you want 414 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 5: to talk, so there's a football, that's how it works. 415 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 5: And it's never not one person just doing these amazing things. 416 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 5: There's so many different factors because if one of those 417 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 5: go wrong, I ain't got none of it, you know 418 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 5: what I'm saying, honestly, shout out to Lamarrow. No matter 419 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 5: what we do, we can kind of clean clean up 420 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 5: a lot of stuff for us. So it's definitely not. 421 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: Working out now those A's only entering year three, so 422 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: he's got you know, a couple more years left or whatnot. 423 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: But how much do you want to see help Zay 424 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: get paid? Now? He's an excellent So yeah, twenty nine 425 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: for both of you. 426 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 3: Guys, you know, now, hopefully that we don't end up 427 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 3: in that situation. 428 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 5: Hopefully get him done and soon and you know, but 429 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 5: his time is coming and I'm excited for it like 430 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 5: he is not. 431 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 3: We got to me and Zay connect, We got the same. 432 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 3: I just went on the floid and worked out with him. 433 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: Not so long ago. 434 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 5: We've been cool and close, like you know, ever since 435 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 5: we've been here, and now two guys is going to 436 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 5: like lead the room. 437 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 3: You know, that's what you want. 438 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 5: And we got a lot of similarities when to come 439 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 5: to our mindset and where we've come from. You know 440 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 5: what I'm saying in the grind and you know I 441 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 5: respect that for show about say. 442 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: I'm just curious just to go back to the extension 443 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: real quick. You know, there's so many guys on this 444 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: team right now are deserving of contract extensions. I mean, 445 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: it's it's the list is like a scroll that goes 446 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: down to the floor right now, and yours got done, 447 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like what did that mean 448 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: to you? Because you know that there's a line of guys, 449 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: you know what I. 450 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 5: Mean, And that's kind of part of the negotiation thing. 451 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 5: There was just so many like stuff to get done. 452 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 5: And I told that to him, like, bro, I know 453 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 5: you got you got more stuff on your plate than 454 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 5: I do right now. So you know we'll figure this out, 455 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 5: you know as the time goes. You know, I don't 456 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 5: know who's up next. I know who's up there, hopefully, 457 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 5: like we got it's too many people. 458 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: It's a long list, yea eventually and Hamilton yeah. 459 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 3: Face coming up. 460 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, so the cost in beside it. 461 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 1: We are sorry. 462 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 2: It's a good problem. 463 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 3: It's a good problem. 464 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 5: I mean that they're doing a good job, you know, 465 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 5: drafting players, and that's why a lot of play just 466 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 5: want to come here. A lot of people say players 467 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 5: come here to die, but I mean players come here 468 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 5: to like win championships. Even from a far. Raven has 469 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 5: always been a respected any organization. So it's honor to 470 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 5: play for a team like that. 471 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: What's d Hop been like so far in the receiver 472 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: room and you know, just a veteran, uh kind of 473 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: sharing his knowledge with you guys. 474 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 5: D Hop is definitely a real a real veteran, and 475 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 5: we all just get to know him, you know what 476 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 5: I'm saying as far as like we get on the field, 477 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 5: but you could just tell where it's going to go 478 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 5: and how he's going to lead and like help us. 479 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 5: He's been in the game a long time and he's 480 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 5: very you know, he he know who he is, you 481 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 5: know what he's done, and he's just always willing to 482 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 5: you know, voice is opinion, like help us out. 483 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,360 Speaker 3: So I know that's going to be you know, very 484 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 3: valuable to us. 485 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 4: I know you're a guy who does like to like 486 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 4: make too many Bowld predictions and gass up like the 487 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 4: team or yourself before season too much in terms of 488 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 4: what you say. 489 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 2: I keep the receipts. 490 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: That's why I know, I know. 491 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 4: I mean, you remember what he says during his introduction 492 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 4: with press conference. But like what the offense was so 493 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 4: good last year, Like it was the best offense in 494 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 4: Ravens history. It was one of the best offenses in 495 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 4: NFL history. And now you're going into year three with 496 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 4: Monket and a lot of people think it could be 497 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 4: even better, which is like hard to fathom, but a 498 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 4: lot of people do think it could take even another jump. 499 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 4: What do you think? What what is your impression of 500 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 4: what this offense could be. 501 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 5: I think that they will continue to take the nets 502 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 5: jumps in a good way because all the guys here 503 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 5: are you know, committed to being better, and you know, 504 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 5: coach Monk and Damas, you know, perfection out of us, 505 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 5: you know, which goes a long way. You know, I'm saying, 506 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 5: everybody come to work and want to be better, and 507 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 5: from a football perspective, we don't know if that's going 508 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 5: to be you know, the run games is gonna get better. 509 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 5: Of the past game is going to get better. What 510 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 5: it's going to get better. I just know the offense 511 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 5: will continue to you know, evolve in a lot of 512 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 5: different ways because you know, we got the players to 513 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 5: do that, and you know, you go back and you 514 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 5: WIT's tape and it's like, oh, we can do this. 515 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 5: We can do this with him, or you know, Derek 516 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 5: can do this, almar I can do this. So seeing 517 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 5: you know Monk can do that, and from you're one 518 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 5: of your two with the coaches and stuff that we 519 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 5: got on staff right now, I truly believe that we'll continue, 520 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 5: you know, to take the right steps. 521 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: Just hearing you talk, it's clear that like you hear 522 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: you've heard the Twitter noise about Ravens wide receivers and 523 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: talk about like where guys go to die, and I. 524 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 3: Know everything everything. 525 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 5: I don't want to see hands say that I'm not. 526 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 5: I don't because we see it, like we all. It 527 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 5: ain't nothing that we speak on. But it's obvious. 528 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: Right right, So how fun is it? I mean you 529 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: already did it to agree last year's they became the 530 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: first Pro Bowl wide receiver you had your breakout season 531 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 1: and now like how excited are you now also with 532 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: d hop to be like, you know what we're going 533 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: to show, like we're going to be one of the 534 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: best trios in the league. You know what I mean, 535 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: is there a part of your brain that's still there? 536 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? 537 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 5: I mean, honestly know, like honestly know, like because I mean, 538 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 5: I'm just really hungering the fact that a lot of 539 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 5: people don't know what they're talking about, you know, and 540 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 5: I don't want to waste my time, you know, trying 541 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 5: to prove those people wrong or you know, have other 542 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 5: guys worrying about it, because it's just me. People get 543 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 5: paid to z oak and you know, they might be wrong. 544 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 5: They might be right, but and they might be they 545 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 5: might know they be wrong, you know what I'm saying. 546 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 5: But it's it's a tricky game, you know, when it 547 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 5: comes to the media and. 548 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 3: Stuff like that. 549 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 5: But you know, I just letting them people, you know, 550 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 5: do they thing, and I'm gonna keep doing my thing 551 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 5: because obviously they were wrong about me, you know what 552 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 5: I'm saying. They was wrong about Lamar, they was wrong 553 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 5: about Derek, and they was wrong about Jay and it's like, bro, 554 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 5: y'all just want to keep being wrong that the protection 555 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 5: and the perfection is just is just so high in 556 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 5: what they expect of us that you know, a lot 557 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 5: of stuff that other people say is obviously. 558 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 3: You know, not reality. We live in reality, and we're 559 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 3: going to continue to do that. 560 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: Right Well, I do have to say, and Garrett, you 561 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 1: can attest to this. Okay, when we drafted you, I 562 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: wrote down on a piece of paper, Rashaan Bateman's gonna 563 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: put up a thousand yard season as a raven. He did, 564 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: I put I put it active up in my cube, 565 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: I said, market Then we moved. 566 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 4: Offices and then he couldn't find it, and so now 567 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 4: we never will never know if it's true. Credit. 568 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 3: If that's true, I think this year might be Hell yeah, 569 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 3: I think this year. 570 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 4: And like it's it's just just because like you have 571 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 4: to be unselfish on this offense, like there's so many 572 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 4: good players. That's the tough part, right thing, Like you 573 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 4: have to I mean, Munkts talked about it, and I 574 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 4: love his attitude. He's like, I want guys that want 575 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 4: the ball, Like I don't want to be an offensive 576 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 4: coordinator for an offense or guys like, no, I don't 577 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 4: want the ball like. 578 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 5: He like what competitive nature like do you have especially 579 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 5: as like I mean a person like you know, a 580 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 5: lot of us come in as the best player from 581 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 5: my college team, and I think a lot of us 582 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 5: have a hard time, you know, accepting that there's a 583 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 5: lot of good players right now that we got to 584 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 5: get the ball to. But that doesn't change the fact 585 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 5: that we want to make plays and you know, we 586 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 5: want the ball. But in our offense, like even say, 587 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 5: like when we really talking reality and we talked football, 588 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 5: like he's what he's doing in the league is beyond 589 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 5: you know, special to me because of how we play football, 590 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 5: of how the Ravens play football. It's not like we're 591 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 5: you know, just targeting targeting Jay and put them on this. 592 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 5: We do what's best for the team and how we play, 593 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 5: you know, is they could have thirteen hundred yards easy 594 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 5: if that's what we wanted, And if if that was 595 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 5: the goal, every Henry you can rush for two thousand 596 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 5: easy if that's what we wanted, if that's what the 597 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 5: goal was. But it's just never the goal. And I 598 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 5: just kind of like wish people you know, understood that. 599 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 5: But it's such a statistic world and game that it's 600 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 5: kind of hard to you know, separate that from like team. 601 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 4: You know sometimes like you left yourself out of that, 602 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 4: but same for you. I mean you could have that 603 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 4: thousand yards if that was like if that was the goal, 604 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 4: Like you could have that thousand and I think it 605 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 4: takes like kind of a it takes a unique team 606 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 4: in order to buy into that, Like you need all 607 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 4: these guys to buy into that in order for it 608 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 4: to work. 609 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 5: And I mean even when the Ravens like won a 610 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 5: Super Bowl, I mean they had good receivers like and 611 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 5: like amazing recipt but it was it wasn't no Jerry 612 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 5: Rice's or no you know, the guys that are put 613 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 5: on this pedal stool. They won a Super Bowl with 614 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,479 Speaker 5: a good football team that was well round it and 615 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 5: the guys made plays when you know they were supposed to. 616 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 5: So it's like, now, what's the difference? 617 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. 618 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 5: It is like you got guys that technically don't got 619 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 5: to respect. That's the other receivers around the league. But 620 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 5: you know, we still do what we need to do 621 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 5: by our team. Obviously we can be better and we're 622 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 5: going to continue to be better. But I mean, you 623 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 5: only really speak on the game. I really know what 624 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 5: we do in here, So it's hard for like somebody 625 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 5: to judge what we do out there if they don't. 626 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 3: Know what happened like in these walls, right. 627 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 5: I think that's kind of a crazy concept to think about, Like, 628 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 5: how can you talk about our football game if you 629 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 5: wasn't in the. 630 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: Meeting, right, if you don't know who the play call 631 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: was exactly. 632 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 5: How it was technically supposed to be ran? Did you 633 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 5: talk the monk? I'm pretty sure it didn't go like that. So, 634 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 5: I mean, you just got a set reality and it's 635 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 5: part of the game. It's entertainment. It's supposed to be 636 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 5: like that. It's supposed to be controversy and stuff like that, 637 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 5: but make it all fun. 638 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 639 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: Well, I'll put myself out there and say, I think 640 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: this is the best wide receiver group that we've ever 641 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: had here. So excited to watch it this season. 642 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 3: Man, I am too. 643 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 4: I appreciate it all right, awesome, thanks babe, appreciate you. 644 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I appreciate it. 645 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 4: Yep. Welcome back into the Lounge podcast. We are coming 646 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 4: to you from the Seat Geek Studio. We also want 647 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 4: to mention our partners with Draft Kings Sportsbook. They are 648 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 4: an official sports betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draft 649 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 4: King Sportsbook. The Crown is yours Well. Thanks to Rashade 650 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 4: Bateman for sitting down with us. He's one of my 651 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 4: favorite guys to talk to on the team. So he's 652 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 4: honestly just so open and transparent and somebody that's been 653 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 4: through some highs and lows yep in his time, and 654 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 4: he's open to talk about all of them. So I 655 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 4: give him a lot of credit. And it's it's great 656 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 4: to see him playing at a high level and healthy 657 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 4: and just in a really good spot. So he's a 658 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 4: great player. So it's all signs are pointing up for Bait. 659 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 660 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm really excited to watch him. And you know, 661 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: in this offense, there's just so many guys that it's 662 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: like any any of them could go off in any 663 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 1: game at any time. And that's really what makes the 664 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: Ravens offense so dangerous. You know, when you get to 665 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: the season's end and you look at the numbers that 666 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: might not be like, oh man, this guy's got whatever, 667 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 1: thirteen hundred receiving yards like he was talking about but 668 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: like at any time, any of them can burn you, 669 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 1: and you can be game plan specific an opponent and 670 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: match up specific and things like that. That's what made 671 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: the Ravens offense that the stat that matters the most 672 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: at the end of the year is where's the offense, 673 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: well beyond wins one, but particularly exactly beyond wins, but 674 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: where's that offense rank? And last year at rank number one? Yeah, 675 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: that's what you want. 676 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 4: And I just think, like the point that I made 677 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 4: to him, like in order for that to work, you 678 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 4: do need a team to buy into that concept. And 679 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 4: I give these players like for Bait to be like 680 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 4: I got paid because of all the things that Zay 681 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 4: can do and like be like it starts with Zay. 682 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 4: You know a lot of guys don't defer because they 683 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 4: they want to be the guy. And there's like this 684 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 4: this attitude and I think that, like I give him 685 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 4: a lot of credit for having that mindset. Well when 686 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 4: I think of knowing that he could go off at 687 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 4: any point. 688 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, to me, I think it's point of like these days, 689 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: it's not you can't just have the guy if you're 690 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a good offense, Like to me and they're 691 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,959 Speaker 1: different players, certainly, but it reminds me a little bit 692 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: of the Eagles situation that they have going on right 693 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: now with AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith. Right, Like those 694 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 1: guys both premiere wide receivers. You know, either one of 695 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: them can get you. That's what the Ravens have right 696 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: now with Rasha Bateman's a Flowers are now add and 697 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: tehap on top of it, and they compliment each other 698 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 1: so well, So it's gonna be fun. 699 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. I think this offense is gonna be scary good. 700 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 4: I think Baitman's gonna have another big season and I 701 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 4: can't wait to see what he and the Ravens have 702 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,959 Speaker 4: a store for this year. So we appreciate you watching 703 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 4: and listening, and we will be back with you on 704 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 4: the Lounge again soon