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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We are thrilled

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Speaker 1: to sit down with the newest Raven Dereck Henry and

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Speaker 1: I got to start here, is Eric, you know that

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen playoff game. There's been a lot of Ravens

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Speaker 1: Titans matchups, but you know you ran all over the place.

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Speaker 1: You even threw for a touchdown. Why'd you have to

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Speaker 1: do it so dirty in that game?

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Speaker 2: That's the question.

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, uh, the right number one see that year.

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Speaker 2: So we just don't rub it in.

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Speaker 4: You rubbing it in a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I understand that. It was just we knew it was

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Speaker 3: gonna be a big game.

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Speaker 5: We knew we had to come win it that week,

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Speaker 5: and you know we were definitely locked in.

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Speaker 3: I knew I had to be locked in and.

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Speaker 5: Have a great impact to give us give ourselves a

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Speaker 5: chance to win.

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Speaker 3: And glad I was able to do that. But different times,

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Speaker 3: I'm a Raven.

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Speaker 1: There we go, there we go, so you can throw

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Speaker 1: some touchdowns against the other. Exactly is it?

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Speaker 4: Is it at all strange for you to switch teams?

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Speaker 4: I mean, the Ravens and the Titans really became a rivalry.

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Speaker 4: It was way back in the day and over the

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Speaker 4: past few years really with that game in particular, the

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Speaker 4: rivalry kind of ramped up to another level. Does it

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Speaker 4: feel weird to come over to this side of it?

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Speaker 3: Uh, it's it's definitely gonna be different.

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Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, you know, I

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Speaker 5: just asked God to put me where I'm supposed to be,

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Speaker 5: and I think that, you know, me coming here was

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Speaker 5: where I uh, where where I needed to be, and

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Speaker 5: very thing would put this opportunity. We had some great

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Speaker 5: battles over the years when I was in Tennessee. I'm

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Speaker 5: on the other side now excited. I feel like their

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Speaker 5: styff is my style and I just want to be

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Speaker 5: able to add another piece to the offense and you know,

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Speaker 5: and and help this team and any way possible by

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Speaker 5: the way I play and how go about my business.

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Speaker 1: What are your emotions leaving Tennessee, a place that you

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Speaker 1: played for for a long time.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm thankful for my time there. I had some

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Speaker 5: incredible years there. Uh that's that's why I started. I'm

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Speaker 5: grateful for that organization and everybody a part in a

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Speaker 5: part of that organization. But uh, I feel like it

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Speaker 5: was it was probably time for you know, both sides

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Speaker 5: to uh to move on and always have love for

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Speaker 5: this see in Nashville and everybody in Nashville still have

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Speaker 5: to talk the team there. So Uh, I got a

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Speaker 5: little ownership in there. But excited to be a Raven,

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Speaker 5: excited to be coming to Baltimore, be a part of

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Speaker 5: Flock Nation. It's an exciting time for me. And I'm

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Speaker 5: just thinking for the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: It felt like this pairing was just destined to happen,

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Speaker 1: that this was destiny. Uh, even going back to last

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Speaker 1: year's trade deadline and Eric to Costa confirmed that, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Ravens are trying to get that trade done and

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Speaker 1: it was close to happening, it seems. But I'm curious,

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Speaker 1: was there ever a time even before that, even going

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Speaker 1: back to the draft. You know, you're an Alabama running

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Speaker 1: back and Ozzie knew some you know, he knows Alabama

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Speaker 1: players pretty darn well. Was there ever a time that

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Speaker 1: you thought before then that you could have become a Raven.

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Speaker 3: I thought it.

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Speaker 5: Might be a possibility because Ozzy was I think the

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Speaker 5: GM at the time, and uh, when I first got

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Speaker 5: to Bama, C J. Mosey was there and he drafted

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Speaker 5: he drafted him, and you know, coming out of the

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Speaker 5: coming out for the draft, you know, I wanted to

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Speaker 5: go somewhere that had the same mentality asma that that

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Speaker 5: running to run the ball, and that were physical, and

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Speaker 5: I feel like the Ravens. The Ravens did that. I

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Speaker 5: didn't know they were gonna draft me. I would have

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Speaker 5: been happy if they did. But everything happens for a reason.

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Speaker 5: I'm glad, I'm I'm here now and you know, have

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Speaker 5: a chance to be a part of the history and

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Speaker 5: uh to see the history of this organization.

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Speaker 3: With Ray and and uh Ed Reid and I.

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Speaker 5: Actually for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, I ran

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Speaker 5: into Jamal Lewis and got to talk to him for

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Speaker 5: a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I was a big fan of his growing up.

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Speaker 2: As similarly similar Silent.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and got to spend some time with Ray at

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Speaker 5: the Pro Bowl. So I just felt like it was

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Speaker 5: just all coming fruition that is eventually gonna happen because

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Speaker 5: the sounds just important to me being a Raven.

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Speaker 1: So it's interesting.

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Speaker 4: So I'm curious, like, when you talked to Ray at

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Speaker 4: the Pro Bowl or Jamal Lewis at the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 4: what were you thinking at that point in those conversations.

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Speaker 4: Of course this year, you knew you were going to

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Speaker 4: be a free agent, but did you feel like it's

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Speaker 4: looking like you're going to end up in Baltimore or

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Speaker 4: was that part of your thought process when you were

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Speaker 4: having those conversations with those guys.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, talking to Ray at at the Pro Bowl, you know,

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Speaker 5: with the trade happening and being so close to almost

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Speaker 5: coming here during that time, you know, I just wanted

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Speaker 5: to ask Ray about the organization and how he felt

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Speaker 5: he possibly becoming a Raven and this possibly happening, and

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Speaker 5: the passion that he spoke with about the organization, and

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Speaker 5: you know how he still feels about the organization now

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Speaker 5: that he's retired, he still feels like, you know, he's still.

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Speaker 3: Playing for it by the way he speaks about it.

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Speaker 5: And you know, Ray, it is always known for his passion,

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Speaker 5: but it just it just spoke to me. And then

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Speaker 5: seeing Jamal and for the first time and meet him

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Speaker 5: and talking to him, I just felt like, you know,

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Speaker 5: it was just a perfect match and it made sense,

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Speaker 5: and I was just glad that it worked out for

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Speaker 5: me to be able to finally be a Raven.

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Speaker 2: That's awesome.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious, were there any other teams that approach you

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Speaker 1: in free agency? What were Who were some of the

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Speaker 1: other teams that were talking to you.

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Speaker 3: Really really was the Ravens Houston.

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Speaker 5: They uh, they poked around a little bit, but that

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Speaker 5: would have been a touchy situation going over there to Houston,

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Speaker 5: a division rival. But you know, I would just really

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Speaker 5: focus on if I could get here, this is where

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Speaker 5: I wanted to be.

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Speaker 3: We can work through the kinks and get the business sides.

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Speaker 5: Taken care of, then I'll be happy and glad that

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Speaker 5: it happened because this is where I wanted to be.

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Speaker 5: I just feel like it's a perfect fit, and I'm

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Speaker 5: excited for the opportunity.

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Speaker 4: I think that I got to believe that the opportunity

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Speaker 4: to play with Lamar was part of the interest from

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Speaker 4: you said, it's a new brander. You talked about the

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Speaker 4: legacy of guys who've been here. But like when I

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Speaker 4: just see the pictures of you and Lamar Jackson, whether

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Speaker 4: it's from the Pro Bowl or from NFL honors of

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Speaker 4: you guys, and I think about YouTube being in the

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Speaker 4: same backfield, It's scary. I mean, it is scary for defenses.

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Speaker 4: How big of a factor was the opportunity to team

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Speaker 4: up with Lamar in your decision, it definitely.

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Speaker 5: Played a big factor. He's another Florida boy. I'm a

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Speaker 5: Florida boy. And the impact that he's had at his

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Speaker 5: organization has been huge. And you know, the respect he

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Speaker 5: has in his league is huge as well. And what

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Speaker 5: he's done is in this league. I respect his game

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Speaker 5: a lot. He's a dynamic player. I feel like he's

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Speaker 5: one of the best and not the best player in

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Speaker 5: this league. And you know, you got a game planning,

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Speaker 5: any other player. So it's gonna be excited to be

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Speaker 5: plan to stop us. That's that's gonna be exciting as well.

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Speaker 5: And you know, I'm excited to play for everybody on

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Speaker 5: this team. I'm excited getting in the running back room

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Speaker 5: and get to know those guys and compete with them

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Speaker 5: every day and help them get better. Having Pat blocked

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Speaker 5: for me seeing him on film, how how nasty intanectionous

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Speaker 5: he is with his blocking. Mark Andrews. It's a playmaker

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Speaker 5: as well. He's made some big plays. Him and Lamar

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Speaker 5: has have a special connection. And then on defensive side

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Speaker 5: going to against those guys and us making each other better.

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Speaker 3: I'm just excited.

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Speaker 5: Man, It's gonna be fun competing to getting better every

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Speaker 5: day and letting the lead to something special.

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Speaker 1: What was going through your mind down the stretch last

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Speaker 1: season as you're seeing the Ravens make the run after

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Speaker 1: the trade deadline, the Ravens making the run going deep

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, what was running through your mind at

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Speaker 3: I think you know that.

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Speaker 5: You definitely know how I was feeling, but you know,

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Speaker 5: I was being a fan from Afar and uh uh

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Speaker 5: it was uh it was cool to see Lamar flourished

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Speaker 5: in the playoffs, you know, even though they came up short,

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Speaker 5: just as motivation and and fuel to the fires to

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Speaker 3: To get to the super Bowl and and win one.

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Speaker 5: And I know he's he's hungryfore the teams is hung

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Speaker 5: before it, and I'm excited to be able to help

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Speaker 2: Yeah, do you do you feel that way?

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously a lot of things have to come together.

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Speaker 1: It never comes down to one player, But do you

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Speaker 1: feel like coming here? Hey, maybe I am that missing

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Speaker 5: Yeah, hopefully I can be and then as free agency

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Speaker 5: goes on in the draft, add more pieces to it

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Speaker 5: to finally get that to happen.

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Speaker 3: You know, the last time the Rivers.

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Speaker 5: One of the Super Bowl was in New Orleans, and

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Speaker 5: the Super bowls in New Orleans this year.

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 2: We're thinking, yeah, uh, comes.

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Speaker 5: To push and you know, but we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 5: But excited to see what's in store for sure.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's interesting and looking at your career wherever

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Speaker 4: you've been high school, college pros, like you've been ultra productive.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know that there's been a better

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Speaker 4: hasn't been. I mean, you've been at you're at the

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Speaker 4: top of that list, and you have all these records,

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Speaker 4: and you've been an incredible player, and I think that

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Speaker 4: like you just keep kind of defying the odds over

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Speaker 4: the course of your career, and it's been really it's

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Speaker 4: been impressive to watch and painful to watch at times

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Speaker 4: when we've been on the other side of this thing.

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Speaker 4: And so at this stage of your career, I'm curious

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Speaker 4: why do you think that you have been able to

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Speaker 4: do that and how will you continue to be able

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Speaker 4: to do that here with the Ravens.

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Speaker 3: Uh, yeah, I appreciate that. I appreciate your words.

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Speaker 5: I just hold myself to a high standard and I

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Speaker 5: have high expectations for myself, and I'm my my my

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Speaker 5: because I'm very hard on myself and if I don't

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Speaker 5: and I try to work hard to uh to play

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Speaker 5: try to take care of my body, eat the right things,

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Speaker 5: you know, talk to guys who played in this league

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I definitely feel that way, but I know it's

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Speaker 4: Now you mentioned mark Ingram A little trivia for you here.

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Speaker 3: That's going to cool.

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Speaker 4: I mean it's there's a there's a long track record here.

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Speaker 3: Choice choice Troy Smiths from Ohio State. Yeah, yeah, I

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Speaker 3: That's kind of cool. That's cool. Yeah, that's really cool.

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Speaker 1: Hey, I'm curious, you know, everybody when talking about you

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Speaker 1: Are there any that you prefer so I know to

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Speaker 3: No, I don't. I don't prefer none.

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Speaker 1: There you go, Well, you're definitely one of those guys

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Speaker 4: Appreciate the last one for me, and I can't wait

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 5: I mean still to this day, that game was probably

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Speaker 2: You can't wait.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Derek, Thank you, Derek, awesome man. Welcome back

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Speaker 4: but in listening to King Henry here, I just could

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's made a great first impression here

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it kind of goes to it just felt like

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Speaker 1: much mileage as he has and they were scared off

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Speaker 1: by that, or maybe they also thought, you know what,

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. This guy's going to go to the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: So like why.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like he's gonna he's gonna end up in Baltimore.

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Speaker 4: And even Henry said it, they basically he basically said,

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Speaker 4: I felt like I was gonna end up there and

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Speaker 4: then we'll just figure out the contract, Like the contract

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Speaker 4: will work out. We know that this is where we

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Speaker 4: want to be. I want to be here, you want

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Speaker 4: me here? Okay, that that hurdle has been overcome. Now

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Speaker 4: let's just figure out the contract piece of this, which

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Speaker 4: is like kind of a big but it didn't seem

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Speaker 4: to him like it was that big of an issue.

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Speaker 4: It was like, I want to get paid fairly or whatever,

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Speaker 4: and let's just figure out the contract. But I want

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Speaker 4: to go there, and I know that you guys want

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Speaker 4: me here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And he sees the team, you know that he

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Speaker 1: was saw from his couch watching them lose in the

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Speaker 1: AFC Championships, and he knows, hey, you know, maybe I

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Speaker 1: can be that guy that gets them over the humplake.

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Speaker 2: He thought he probably could have been last year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so I think just all those different factors

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Speaker 1: pairing up with Lamar, who he clearly has a lot

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Speaker 1: of respect for, you know, all of that, I think

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Speaker 1: you put it all together and it just made too

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Speaker 1: much sense.

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Speaker 4: The one other factor I would say too, is the

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Speaker 4: last question I asked him, just about experience and playing

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Speaker 4: at MTV Stadium, Like, I think that he felt the

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Speaker 4: energy from the fans in that game. Just you know,

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Speaker 4: that was a night game. It was an incredible atmosphere.

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Speaker 4: Obviously it didn't you know, it was great until the game,

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Speaker 4: you know, for Ravens fans to be honest, and it

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Speaker 4: didn't end the way that Ravens fans wanted. But as

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Speaker 4: a player, to hear him talk like he's played in

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Speaker 4: a million different games, right, playoff games, big games all

481
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Speaker 4: over the place, and for him to talk about that

482
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Speaker 4: atmosphere and how exciting that was and that that made

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Speaker 4: him feel like this is what the NFL is all about.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this is the guy who played Alabama, but

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Speaker 4: in Alabama, he's been in the league for three years. Yeah,

486
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Speaker 4: he'd been like in the league for a while, and

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Speaker 4: it was like, this is what it's all about. And

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Speaker 4: I think that, like that's probably in the back of

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Speaker 4: his mind too, when he's thinking about where he wants

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Speaker 4: to go. And I just think that for all those reasons,

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Speaker 4: it made so much sense. And I really think from

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Speaker 4: a football standpoint, x's and o's wise, you know, I

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Speaker 4: think that it's going to really stress defenses in a

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Speaker 4: million different ways. Like he has the ability to not

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Speaker 4: just be a downhill a hard nosed runner, Like I

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Speaker 4: don't want people to kind of confuse Derrick Henry is

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Speaker 4: just like, oh man, this guy is if you need

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Speaker 4: short yardage or anything.

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Speaker 2: Like that, now he is.

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Speaker 4: He has the.

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Speaker 2: Ability game changer.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that can break an

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Speaker 1: eighty yard touchdown run at any time. That's what he's

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Speaker 1: done over his entire career. And you know opponents are

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Speaker 1: going to try to run, blitz and blitz the snot

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Speaker 1: out of the Ravens to try to the whole key

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Speaker 1: is to slowing down Dereck Henry is to get him

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Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage or behind it, get him

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Speaker 1: before he gets going, because when this guy has a

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Speaker 1: head of steam, he is really hard to stop. Especially

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Speaker 1: if you're.

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Speaker 2: A defensive back.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Right.

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Speaker 1: And the Ravens, because of what Lamar Jackson does and

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Speaker 1: the stress he puts on defenses, are really good at

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Speaker 1: getting running backs heads of steam. Because people have to hesitate,

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Speaker 1: they can't really play as fast downhill, so they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to blitz the Ravens. They're gonna have to load

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Speaker 1: up the box and blitz and that's gonna open up

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Speaker 1: the passing game for the Ravens too. And if they

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Speaker 1: call the wrong run blitz or whatever, then he's gonna

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Speaker 1: if he gets a lane, he might be gone, you know,

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Speaker 1: or really big chunk plays, Like I think that that's

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Speaker 1: what Derrick Henry is gonna bring the Ravens. It's not

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Speaker 1: only that consistent guy kind of pounding turn out five yards.

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Speaker 2: It's like this guy could break one at any time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, totally. And I just think that, you know this,

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Speaker 4: playing in this offense, I think that he's gonna get

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Speaker 4: probably fewer carries than he often did for the Titan.

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Speaker 4: It's just that's kind of runs the ball more. Oar

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Speaker 4: runs the ball certainly more than than Tannehill did. And

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Speaker 4: then Justice Hill can get some carries. And then if

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Speaker 4: the Raves end up adding somebody still in freezy back

534
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Speaker 4: at some point, like it's going to be more of

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Speaker 4: a share. I don't think there's going to be too

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Speaker 4: many games where Derek Henry carries the ball for thirty times,

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Speaker 4: but I don't think he's going to need to carry

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Speaker 4: the ball thirty times.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And that's been the Ravens with some of these

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Speaker 1: thirty plus year old free agents when they brought him in,

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Speaker 1: is try to maintain their snaps a little bit better

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Speaker 1: than maybe when they were in their mid to late

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Speaker 1: twenties at their last stops. Kind of keep fresh legs

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Speaker 1: a little bit, and then we'll get the most out

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Speaker 1: of these guys. You know, while a lot of teams

546
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Speaker 1: are scared off from thirty plus year old veterans at

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Speaker 1: various positions, not just running back, the Ravens have embraced

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Speaker 1: those kind of players and it's all about managing them

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Speaker 1: to get the best out of them at that point,

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Speaker 1: and I expect the Ravens will do the same with

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Speaker 1: Derek Henry. Really, the biggest priority for the Ravens now

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Speaker 1: as we move forward from this signing is building an

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Speaker 1: offensive line for Derrick Henry, Lamar Jackson, and the rest

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Speaker 1: of the offense, and that's where the questions are this point,

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Speaker 1: after the reported trade of Morgan Moses, which hasn't been

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Speaker 1: finalized yet but expect it to be, of course, and

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Speaker 1: then two open starting guard spots. That's the next priority

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Speaker 1: for the Ravens is, Hey, you got King Henry, but

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Speaker 1: you need the blockers in front of them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, So they're going to have their left tackle and

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Speaker 4: their center, but they're still looking for three other starting

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Speaker 4: spots along that offensive line. And Eric DeCosta talked about

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Speaker 4: how you know, that's the focus, and you know, it's

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Speaker 4: just it's a press conference, so take from it what

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Speaker 4: you want, but certainly did not seem to be and

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Speaker 4: hearing from Erica Costa that he's panicking about the status

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Speaker 4: of the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: They had this was part of the plan. I think

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Speaker 1: they knew that they were going to trade Morgan Moses.

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Speaker 1: They knew that, you know, John Simpson was going to

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Speaker 1: sign elsewhere most likely, same with Kevin Zeitler. They didn't

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Speaker 1: sign him before his void years, you know, the void

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Speaker 1: years went into effect. So this is the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the rebuild that they told us about that was coming.

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Speaker 1: And so it's the painful part of the rebuild, right

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Speaker 1: when you're seeing guys leave and.

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Speaker 2: There and there have been no additions. That's the tough part.

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Speaker 1: I Understan Sam from a fan perspective, but just know

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Speaker 1: the plan is that there's a plan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 4: Like they're not as surprised as fans are when these

583
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Speaker 4: moves are happening. So I think that they feel good

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Speaker 4: about their ability to rebuild the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: John Harball said as much. He said, I'm confident that

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Speaker 1: we're going to have a good offensive line this.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they know how important it is and I think

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Speaker 4: that they'll get that figured out. And then you're going

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Speaker 4: to have King Henry coming out of that backfield and

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Speaker 4: that's scary for defenses. So we're fired up about this.

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Speaker 4: I hope Ravens fans are as well as always. You

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Speaker 4: can email us at the lounge at RAVENSOTNFL dot net.

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Speaker 4: If you want to go back and listen to Derek

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Speaker 4: Henry's full press conference where he was joined by John

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Speaker 4: harballt Eric Taicasa, you can head over to the Ravens

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Speaker 4: Press Pass podcast feed. We've got that presser posted for

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Speaker 4: you in its entirety, So thank you so much for

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Speaker 4: listening and for watching, and we'll be back with you

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Speaker 4: again soon