1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Welcome into lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink here 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit down 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: with quarterback cheetahbay Oozia fresh off re signing a one 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: year deal and Cheeto, we'll start here. According to reports, 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: you signed for five dollars, So thank you for signing 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: such a team friendly deal. We really appreciate it. 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: For the love of the game. 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: You know what he always says, you know, I'll play 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 3: football for free and do this, you know, but I'm 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 3: actually showing it five dollars. You know, they actually gave 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 3: me a They try to get me at McDonald's upstairs 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 3: and they give me the hot and spicy ckchicken. But 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 3: they got me I think a McMuffin. Okay, So I'm 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 3: gonna need another five dollars. 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, So viewers and listeners know. So this 16 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: was Jeff's reback. Our friend at the Athletic accidentally tweeted 17 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: that it was a one year five dollars instead of 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: five million dollars. A little bit of a difference there, 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: a little bit, and you had a little on with that, 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: saying just enough to buy a spicy McChicken yeah, so 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: hot and spicy McChicken. So so you're going to get 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: that though eventually. 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 3: And I'm gonna get a bunch of them. I'm training 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: right now, but I know there will be a couple 25 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 3: of cheap days here and there, so you know, I'll 26 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 3: try to tap do I know, MALAXI I got to 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 3: do with McDonald's. 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: I hope he can get me some free wins. I 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 2: have to make my five dollars. 30 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 4: Just to continue the McDonald's story here for a little 31 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 4: bit longer. Actually, when Joe Flacco signed his record contract 32 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 4: back in twenty thirteen, at the time, it was famous 33 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 4: that he then celebrated and went through the McDonald's drive 34 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 4: through and got you know, something like that. 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 5: So that's like a famous picture there. You So when 36 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 5: you leave here, there's McDonald's right by. 37 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: The facilities there, lest say less. So you know, just 38 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: what made you want to come back here to Baltimore? 39 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 2: Oh man, there's just so much more to do here. Obviously. 40 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 3: How he ended last year, how I ended last year, 41 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: Big chip on my shoulder, and I definitely sense the 42 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: energy just being here today. You know, there's a big 43 00:01:54,680 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 3: ship on everybody's shoulder. There's obviously new coaching staff. You know, 44 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: I think they're they' they're amazing so far. And the 45 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: guys that I met last year on the team, you know, 46 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: we built really strong relationships a lot of young guys, 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 3: and you know, we're hoping to make that next step 48 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: for those guys and also just as a defense and 49 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 3: as a room. 50 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: So I'm excited to be a part of that. 51 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, what did you take away from your first season 52 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 5: in Baltimore? 53 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: It was amazing even though all the ups and downs, 54 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 3: I think that we as like no one ever pointed 55 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 3: the finger at anybody, you know, everything was always guided 56 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: towards success, like how how do we get over the hump? 57 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 3: How do we you know, be consistent? How do we 58 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 3: you know, solve issues? And even though we weren't getting 59 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: the results that we wanted, that energy was there and 60 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 3: the guys, the leaders, everybody you know played a part 61 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: in that. And then obviously just being in the black, black, 62 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 3: purple and gold, you know, it's swaggy. Yeah on this 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: side of it, you know, walking out of the tunnel 64 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: M and T Bank Stadium, the people in Baltimore are 65 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 3: really cool. Yeah, it's just it was it was an 66 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 3: amazing experience obviously, Like I said, we have a little 67 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: taste in our mouth just from last year. 68 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 2: But other than that. 69 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 3: You know, I think that, you know, being able to 70 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 3: come back here, you know, gives us another opportunity to 71 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: do something special. 72 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: You mentioned the new coaching staff. Did you have a 73 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: chance after signing your contract to meet some of your 74 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: new coaches and just what was your impression. 75 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 2: Oh? 76 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 3: No, great energy, very lively, a lot of smiles, a 77 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 3: lot of juice. Could feel it premeating through the building. Obviously, 78 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 3: I was here last year with Hardball and that coaching 79 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: staff and they were amazing too, you know, but uh, 80 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 3: you know coach Jesse, coach Weave, coach Nickens obviously too 81 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 3: still here. You know a lot of these coaches, especially 82 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the ball. You know, I 83 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: just feel a really strong energy and strong pool. So 84 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 3: I'm excited to see how that plays out during the season. 85 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: And then also the coach Lavigne, you know, becoming the 86 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: special teams cordiator, so that's really dope. And yeah, I 87 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: just think it's very young, very a lot of juice, 88 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: a lot of juice. 89 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 90 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: Well, well last year I feel like you you were 91 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: one of, if not the you know, Best Ravens edition 92 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: in the offseason, like just that deal just really worked out, 93 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: you know. And what do you feel like you proved 94 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: last year about your career that you now take into 95 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: this upcoming season. 96 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 3: I mean, really, I was trying to prove to myself always, 97 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: you know, just who I am. You know, entered last 98 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 3: year into year nine, coming off a couple of injuries, 99 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 3: you know, feeling good, but you know, wanting to puy 100 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 3: out some tape, you know, to feel good about myself 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: and like who I am. 102 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: You know, I know who I am. 103 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 3: But at the same time, it's like I want to 104 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: show it on Sundays and Thursdays and Mondays. So I'm 105 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 3: just having an opportunity, you know, when however, they came 106 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 3: to go out there, you know, knock the ball down, 107 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: make some tackles, do some things. You know, it was 108 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 3: really fun and exciting, and I think this year is 109 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 3: the same thing. You know, It's not about anything other 110 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 3: than you know, respect, you know, just trying to go 111 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 3: after respect number one, self respect, and then you know, 112 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: getting respect of the is getting respect on my teammates 113 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: and coaches, and then you know as a team, you know, 114 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: gaining respect as a defense, as an offense, as a team, 115 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 3: you know, all the way up to you know, the 116 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 3: final goal, which is you know, the Super Bowl. 117 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 2: That's always the goal. 118 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 4: So to his point about I thought the signing worked 119 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 4: out really well. You played, You put a ton of snaps, 120 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 4: You played a lot of big moments, You were on 121 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 4: the field lot and the team really relied on you 122 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 4: like you you were a cornerstone piece of this defense 123 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 4: last year and coming in which is which says a 124 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 4: lot at that position for the for to prove yourself 125 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 4: and be counted on in that moment. And so as 126 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 4: you look at this year and building off of what 127 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 4: you were able to do, what do you foresee as 128 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: your goals and expectations for how you build upon what 129 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 4: you did last year? 130 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, just to be consistent, you know, I think you know, 131 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 3: corner is one of the hardest positions to be consistent, 132 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 3: you know, to have like a consistent mindset, mind frame, 133 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 3: consistent process, consistent technique because the results are always going 134 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 3: to change. You know, you could be in the perfect spot. 135 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: These quarterbacks and receivers, you know, they make a lot 136 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: of plays, but you know, if you can make more 137 00:05:59,000 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 3: than fifty. 138 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: Percent of your plays. 139 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 3: You know, you're in good business at Corner, and I think, 140 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,119 Speaker 3: you know, that's kind of my goal. And then also 141 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 3: just to be you know, entering year ten, I want 142 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: to be a leader, you know, to all the guys 143 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 3: who were lied, you know, the young guys, any questions 144 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 3: they have on the defense, on both sides of the ball, 145 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: whatever that may be. You know, I just want to 146 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 3: be a consistent person that they can be like look 147 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 3: at and be like okay, like let me ask Hitto 148 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 3: this question because I haven't really seen him, you know, 149 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: say something and then he don't, he don't do it. 150 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying. I want to be that 151 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: model of consistency. 152 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 5: How did you had you approach? 153 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: Go ahead? 154 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 6: Well, I was just gonna say I thought you were 155 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 6: that last year. 156 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: Like I noticed that throughout the years that even early on, 157 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: I remember being at the Michael Phelps swimming thing and like, 158 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: guys just. 159 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 6: Like gravitate you to you. 160 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: You have this kind of energy, especially with the younger corners, 161 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: and you have this kind of moxie in this area 162 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: about you that it felt like you became a leader 163 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: last year. 164 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: At Wiggins even told us on the podcast that you 165 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,239 Speaker 4: helped him kind of learn the process of watching films 166 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 4: and like he gave you a big lot of credit 167 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 4: for helping him elevate his game and kind of learned 168 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 4: the cerebral mental aspect of the game too, right, I. 169 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: Mean, at the end of the day, it's a game, 170 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 2: you know. 171 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: So like they would say, they say, I'm a twenty 172 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: year old trappan a thirty year old body like that, 173 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 3: because you know, I like that fun. You know, I 174 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 3: could kick it with any age group, whether that's twenty 175 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 3: year olds or you know, fifty year old sixy year 176 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: olds louck on business or chilling or whatever it is. 177 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 6: It's not that oh yeah that Marlow. 178 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: Marlow my age the same draft lass. 179 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 3: But you know, I think it's one of those things 180 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 3: where like, you know, we just you know, life's all 181 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: about connection, lives to our relationships. You want to meet 182 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 3: people where they're at and hopefully they meet you where 183 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: you're at. And yeah, I think on the team, we 184 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 3: just have some really good fun times, you know, funny. 185 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: I'm just thinking about them. I want to smile because 186 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: it's just funny times that we would have together. So yeah, 187 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 3: that's that's what it's about. Football is supposed to be fun. 188 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: So we definitely made a fun last year. 189 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, what do you what do you see for this 190 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: secondary moving forward? You know, now a lot of these 191 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: corners are coming back, talking about Marlow and Nates coming 192 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: back and other guys are coming back. You have, you know, 193 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: the safeties obviously with Kyle and Malachi and some new additions, 194 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: but this secondary is going to kind of largely remain 195 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: the same. 196 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 6: How much can that benefit you moving forward? 197 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: Oh? 198 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 3: It benefits us, you know immensely. I think, uh, you know, 199 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: we'll see the new kinks and everything of the defense, 200 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 3: but I definitely think, you know, the fact that the 201 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 3: room has been, you know, generally the same. Obviously, we 202 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: lost some brothers and you know, shout out to them. 203 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 3: They'll always make an impact on us. But it's like, 204 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: you know, we have to make a leap, Like we 205 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 3: have to make a leap. You know, these windows aren't 206 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 3: open forever, and we know that how much it matters 207 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 3: for us to play good as a secondary, as a defense. 208 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 3: And I think everybody again is like on the same page, 209 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 3: and I think like that's the first step. Is like 210 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: we're already together, We're already close with each other now, 211 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 3: it's just you know the details of the new defense, 212 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: and you know all the things that we want to 213 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 3: do differently or the same or keep the same. And 214 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 3: then he has to continue to get grow tighter as 215 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 3: a unit. You know, I think you know the team 216 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 3: that's usually stands to think and it's the closest team, 217 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 3: the guys who are closest with each other, and also 218 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 3: the most healthy. So those are the two things that 219 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 3: we'll be focusing on. I think as a as a secondary, is. 220 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: There excitement around Jesse Menzer has been one of the 221 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 4: best defensive coordinators in the league last couple of years. 222 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 4: Now he comes here to Baltimore and his defense has 223 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 4: been one that's that's been emulated. 224 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 5: In similar system. 225 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 4: What to what's running out in Seattle with with Mike 226 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 4: McDonald of course came up in this system as well. 227 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: So what's your excitement level of playing for Jesse and 228 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 4: in this defense. 229 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 2: I'm very excited. You know. 230 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 3: He hit me up yesterday and I looked at you know, 231 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 3: we had actually had a text thread before because you know, 232 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 3: I think before I was gonna. 233 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: Come here last year, the Chargers wanted he was trying 234 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 2: to pull you out a little. We have a little 235 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: tech know. 236 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 3: I mean I think that's okay, yeah, a little text 237 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 3: thread and you know it's like, okay, finally we don't 238 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 3: get to work together. So you know, we had calls 239 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 3: back then, and you know, now being able to work 240 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 3: with him now, you know, it's just like you know, 241 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 3: it was supposed to happen. So I'm excited to have 242 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 3: like a defensive head coach, you know, secondary head, those 243 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 3: background and all that stuff. I think it's gonna be 244 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 3: great for our room, great for me. And I think, yeah, 245 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 3: like everything right now is in place to you know, 246 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: for us, especially in the secondary, to do our job 247 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 3: and to hopefully get better and make a leap. So 248 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 3: I'm excited for that part of it. I know, like 249 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 3: we're not gonna skip steps. Like there's gonna be things 250 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 3: that we have to get through, whether that's adversity, dealing 251 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 3: with success anything, you know, roles changing, whatever that may 252 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 3: look like. But I think we're all, you know, in 253 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 3: it for the unit. You know, I talked to coach 254 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: Mickens earlier and he talking about something about unit glory. 255 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 3: You know, I think that really just hit my hit 256 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 3: my head, like you know, it's not about your glory. 257 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: It's about the unit glory. And obviously it's obvious, but 258 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 3: you know, in the NFL, people have pride, ego, all 259 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: these things. But like, I never felt that with our team. 260 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 3: I think that we're already like that much closer to 261 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 3: you know, when he implements that message, it'll bring us 262 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: that much closer to like where we need to be. 263 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 5: So that's awesome. 264 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if people know this, but you're a 265 00:10:56,679 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: pretty avid chess player. Yeah, right, So so who do 266 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: you like to play on the team and kind of 267 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: what's your strategy when you're playing chess and how does 268 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: it help you in your game? Like does it help 269 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: you do you take that mindset when you're playing football. 270 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, Chess is an amazing game. It's a great connector. 271 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: I feel like I was in Brazil this off season. 272 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 3: I was playing, like there's people playing chess on the street. 273 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 3: It's like, if you're in any country, you know how 274 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 3: to play chess, Like you're going to find people that 275 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 3: you can connect with you play. 276 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 2: Uh. I told him I would play. 277 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 3: It's like a dude on the corner street and I 278 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 3: was like, oh, we could play, and. 279 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 2: Then I walked away. Then I was down. You know, 280 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 2: I had to go to the beach, to the beach. 281 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: Ye. 282 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, so it was a cool conversation at least. But 283 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 3: you're on the team, you know, I played across. He's 284 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 3: one of the trainers. 285 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 286 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be whipping on him. He's beating me once. 287 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 3: He's gonna be happy. I said that, But he's beating 288 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 3: me once. I'll be whipping on him mostly, but then 289 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: other players play, but he's the one I probably play 290 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 3: the most. And then chess, you know, chess and football. 291 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 3: I think you know just the process of everything. You know, 292 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 3: obviously on chess, pieces have different points. You know, your 293 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 3: rook's worth five, your bishop in night or worth three, 294 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 3: then your queen is worth nine and your king is. 295 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: Like you leave your king, you lose the game. 296 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: And I feel like you protect the pieces based on 297 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,599 Speaker 3: how much they're worth. And I think in life and 298 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 3: football that's priorities. There's things you have to get through 299 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 3: and get towards, and it's like you have to be 300 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 3: in tune with your most important pieces, you know what 301 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 3: I'm saying. So like whether that's a young football player, 302 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: young basketball player, whatever they do, you know they want 303 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 3: to get into the league, and then all of a 304 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: sudden start thinking about what they're going to do after 305 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: the league or start, you know, I don't know, doing 306 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 3: music or something. It's like, okay, but you want to 307 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 3: be be in tune with your star player, like this 308 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 3: is your queen, This is your queen. Here is your queen. 309 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 3: This is what got you the opportunity. You know what 310 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 3: I'm saying. That may be your rook or maybe a 311 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: pond or you know, your family might be the rook. 312 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 3: You know, it's all these different things, those priorities. I 313 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 3: think that if you implement that in your life, I 314 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: feel like it's helped me, like implement priorities and also 315 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 3: pattern recognition, you know, being able to look at a 316 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 3: board and be like, okay, I've been in this position before, 317 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 3: what's the best move? You know, on the football field, 318 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: oh I've seen this formation before. What's the rock concept 319 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 3: that happened? Or what's the possible threats? And all these 320 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: things like what's the best move to make? I think 321 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 3: those are the two biggest things I think Chess has 322 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 3: helped me in life and in football. 323 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 6: Interesting did you. 324 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 5: Grow up playing or when did you learn and start playing? 325 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 2: I was a checkers player. 326 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 3: Growing up, My brother played chess mainly, but I really 327 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 3: started playing on the Cowboys like twenty nineteen when a 328 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 3: Mark Cooper came. I played in college too, but like 329 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 3: I really started playing when the Mark Cooper came. We 330 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 3: used to play every day after practice. And then you know, 331 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 3: you have a rival. You know, we're talking talking stuff 332 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: to each other, and you know, some great conversations too. 333 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 3: So yeah, from there, I just really started playing a lot. 334 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, speaking of past teams, do you have any familiarity 335 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: with Trey Hendrickson my dog. 336 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've been to the Mountaintop together. We came in 337 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 3: the same time to the Bengals. We have a a 338 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 3: bunch of great times hanging out. Yeah, we still be texting. 339 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 3: We have similar interests in different things. So I'm really 340 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 3: happy that he's here. I saw that and I was happy. 341 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 3: I was like, let me hurt at the side my dog. 342 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 3: So I know the Baltimore fans they're gonna left Trey. 343 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 3: You know, he's relentless, he's a closer. You know, he's 344 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 3: getting seventeen sacks every season. He's been like healthy, you know, 345 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 3: so and he's healthy right now, and I'm just excited 346 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 3: to play with him, And have you know a brother 347 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 3: that I've just been a brother on a different team, 348 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: now come again and be brothers again on the same team. 349 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 4: So how does a player like that in front of 350 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 4: you help just make your life so much easier On 351 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: the back end. 352 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 2: It's so good. 353 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: It makes so much difference because you know, there could 354 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: be a play where maybe you're not in the best 355 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 3: position and then the ball don't come in the sky 356 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 3: and you look back, it's like Trey going like this, 357 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 3: it's like okay, bad, like okay, Like I don't have 358 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 3: to be perfect, you know what I'm saying. So, like, 359 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 3: you know, you always need guys like that that can 360 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 3: like you know, cover mistakes and also just you know, 361 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 3: take over a game. Third downs, fourth thouns, important downs, 362 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: fourth quarter, two minute drill, all those times like they 363 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 3: come alive, you know, like those sacks matter, like like 364 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 3: you know, seconde second down sacks, first down sacks. 365 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 2: Like okay, that's that's good. It pushes him back. 366 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: But like when they matter, like that's what I've experienced, 367 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 3: at least playing with Trey Hendricks, and it's like he 368 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 3: gets sacks when they matter, and he'll take over a game. 369 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 2: Remember one two minute drill. 370 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 3: We were in practice when I was on Cincinnati and 371 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 3: it was a long practice, one of those like you know, 372 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 3: dog days of camp, and we had the two minutes 373 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: throughout the end of practice. We're going against the ones, 374 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: and we're like Trey and this for us, man, like 375 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: we don't want to, we don't want to. He got 376 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: to sack three straight plays boom, first second. I was 377 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 3: first down, second down, third down. Then the drill was 378 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 3: over like that, like we were chilling now, you know, 379 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 3: But like that's the type of player he is, So yeah, 380 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: that's awesome. 381 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 6: We you talk about taking over games, man. I remember 382 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 6: in Minnesota, justin Jefferson. 383 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we had a game that Yeah, that 384 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 3: was a hell of a game, man. 385 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: So looking forward to more of that. Garrett and I, 386 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: we do have to pat ourselves on the back. Before 387 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: you resigned, we were like, we want. 388 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 6: To get Cheeto done. We're talking about like a season priorities. 389 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 6: We were like, we want to see Chetah returns. Did 390 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 6: you feel like. 391 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 4: It was it was a foregone conclusion or did you 392 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 4: think that you could go elsewhere? 393 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 2: Like what I had no idea. 394 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 3: Honestly, this year, I like kind of just sat back. Okay, 395 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 3: this was like I'm gonna take it as it comes. 396 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: I feel like I've been through it a couple of 397 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: times and you could be stressed out or you could 398 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 3: be like, Okay, what's gonna happen, or like who's going 399 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 3: to do all this stuff? But it's like this time 400 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 3: I was, you know, I didn't show my process. I 401 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 3: was still training. My sister had like her traditional engagement, 402 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 3: so to say, this past weekend, so I was focused 403 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 3: on that. 404 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, I was chilling. 405 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 3: And then you know, obviously when the opportunity, you know, 406 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: it looked more real, I was like, of course, you know, 407 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 3: and I was excited. So I don't think I would 408 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 3: want to be anywhere else. 409 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 5: Well, big thanks to Cheato for joining the Lounge. 410 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 4: You were listening to the Lunch podcast. We're coming to 411 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 4: you from the Sea Geeks Studio. We want to mention 412 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 4: our partners at Draftking Sportsbook. They are an official sports 413 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 4: betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draft Kings Sports Book. 414 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 5: The Crown is Yours. So busy day for the Ravens. 415 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 4: Cheetah was one of five guys who signed his contract 416 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 4: here today as free agency really took off for the 417 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 4: Ravens today. In terms of the official pen to paper, 418 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 4: he was one. Trey Hendrickson was the other big one. 419 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 4: The Ravens officially signed him to his four year contracts. 420 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,479 Speaker 4: So it's exciting to have Trey Hendrickson here. But it 421 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 4: wasn't just them. John Simpson back in the building, left guard, 422 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 4: signs his contract. Durham smythe tight end formerly of the 423 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 4: Chicago Bears, also signs his contract in Jalen Hawkins safety 424 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 4: from the New England Patriots. All five of them here 425 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 4: signed their contracts and are officially Ravens. 426 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an exciting day when penn is put to paper. 427 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: And so I think that this Ravens free agency has 428 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: been a wild ride and there's been some unexpected twists 429 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: and turns. 430 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 6: But when you have a day like this, it gives 431 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 6: you the. 432 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: Good vibes coming out the other side of that to 433 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: say like, oh, man, like I really like these guys 434 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: that Baltimore added. And of course day one is always 435 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: a difficult day. Monday was a difficult day when you 436 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: have so many departures, you know, seven departures on the 437 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: first day, it's tough. But then you start to make 438 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 1: some additions, right, and the whole Max Crosby thing that 439 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: was a whole wild turn. But you get to this 440 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: point right now, and I like what the Ravens have done, 441 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: bringing in these five guys and bringing back you know, 442 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: Cheeto obviously, and so I think it's a very good 443 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: day here in Baltimore. 444 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that if you would just if you 445 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 4: kind of fast forward to today and you skip six 446 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 4: days prior and like the roller coaster of the Max 447 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 4: Crosby situation and the departure, Like if you just knew 448 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 4: that on the horizon here you're getting Trey Hendrickson and 449 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 4: Cheetah's coming back, like you're getting these additions. 450 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: Here's the crazy part about Trey Hendrickson specifically, is if 451 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: the Ravens had just gone out and not pursued Max 452 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: Crosby at all and made trade. Yeah, and you told 453 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: Ravens fans, we just landed Trey Hendrickson, the top free 454 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: agent available. 455 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 6: On the market at a huge position of need for the. 456 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: Ravens, we'd all be ecstatic, and we are we are now. 457 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: But the whole thing just got thrown off by the 458 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: whole Max Crosby situation and the possibility that we could 459 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: have had both guys and all that, and it made 460 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: for a wonky kind of experience. Now you have Trey 461 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: Hendrickson in the building here today and you see him 462 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: and you see how excited he is and happy he is, 463 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: and you're like, yeah, man, just got Trey Hendrickson. You 464 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: got Trey Hendrickson. Yeah, you know what I mean, this 465 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: guy that's terrorized our quarterbacks for so many years, and 466 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: so it's awesome. 467 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 4: I loved hearing what Chto had to say about playing 468 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 4: alongside Hendrickson. I don't forget these two guys went to 469 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: a Super Bowl together when they were with Cincinnati Bengals, 470 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 4: and you can tell and hearing from him that he's 471 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 4: excited to team up again, that those two guys were 472 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 4: critical pieces on. 473 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 5: That Cincinnati defense. 474 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 4: And Hendrickson just has that kinda he's a difference maker. 475 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 5: He's a difference maker. 476 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: The point that Cheeto made this out to me about 477 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: Trey is him being a closer, and that's what the 478 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: Ravens have needed. Not only have you just needed sacks, right, 479 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens finished tied for the third fewest in the 480 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 1: league last year, so they need to get more pressure 481 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: and sacks overall, but they needed closers because there's been 482 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: too many fourth quarter meltdowns defensively over the last number 483 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 1: of years here. And you look around the league a 484 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: lot of times, what closes out games and doesn't allow 485 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: teams to come back on you is when they're in 486 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 1: pass heavy mode and they got to chuck the ball 487 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: and you got somebody on your side who can take 488 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: down the quarterback and put him in third and twenty 489 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: right when it's Hail Mary prayer time. And that's what 490 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson has shown himself to be over the years, 491 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: and I think that's who he's going to be here 492 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: in Baltimore, and that is a that is a really 493 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: big deal. 494 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I totally agree. 495 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 4: And speaking to Cheeto, look, you and I have both 496 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 4: been fans of him and what he brings, and I 497 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,719 Speaker 4: think that getting him back on a one year, five 498 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 4: million dollar contract is a great move for the Raven. 499 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 6: I thought he could. 500 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: I thought after the year that he had last season, 501 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: that there was the potential that he could parlay that 502 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: into a two even maybe a three year deal and 503 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: and you know, could be departing, you know, and and 504 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: so I think it's a it's a really great thing 505 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: for both sides. 506 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 6: And it's a pay won't for Cheeto. 507 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: You know, he kind of was on a prove it 508 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: deal last year this time, after struggling with injuries and 509 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: all that, and he proved it. You know, he had 510 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: a great season. So I think it works out well 511 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: for both sides. 512 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, And and like five million dollars for starting cornerback 513 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 4: is great market value for the Ravens. 514 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 6: And it's not as good as five dollars, but it's good. 515 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly, it's not five dollars, but it's not bad. 516 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 4: But yeah, he's he's like he's gonna play a lot 517 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 4: of snaps for this team. He's gonna start games, and 518 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 4: he's gonna play a huge role. And and he said 519 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 4: it off the top that just feels like there's unfinished business, 520 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 4: not happy with the way that the season ended as 521 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 4: a team individually, and just feels like he's motivated to 522 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 4: get back to work. 523 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 5: And try to take help this team to the next step. 524 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: I like what he said about the energy that he 525 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: felt in the building with new coaching staff and and 526 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: just feeling that togetherness, that connectedness that Jesse Minter talked 527 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: about in his introductory press conference that it was going 528 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: to be a tenant of his tenure here in Baltimore, 529 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: and it was neat to hear Cheeto already feeling that 530 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: and talking about it and how he feels like, you know, this, 531 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: this dB room and the and the defense as a 532 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: whole is going to be just so together and playing 533 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: for each other and playing for the bigger cause and 534 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: those kind of things. So that's really exciting because you 535 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: you forget, man, there you know, beyond the free agency 536 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: losses and additions, so many on the coaching side, so 537 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: this is one. It's just been an off season of turnover, 538 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: and so everybody's gonna kind of get to know everybody. 539 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: There's frustraces all over the place, and uh, it's gonna 540 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: be really neat and an interesting experience this summer as 541 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: that all that kind of gels. 542 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, you can feel it. There's definitely an energy and 543 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 4: today was an example of that. You have guys here 544 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 4: they signed the contracts or meeting the new coaches, and 545 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 4: it kind of starts to feel like, all right, the 546 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 4: team is coming together. There's a building process moving towards 547 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 4: this season, and that that got me excited. I think 548 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 4: Ravens Sans shortly should be fired up about what's to come. 549 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: A couple moves that we talk about, you know, as 550 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: we continue to break down what's going down in free agency. 551 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: Keaton Mitchell has reportedly signed a two year deal to 552 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: go out with the LA Chargers, and so congrats to Keaton. 553 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 5: Ravens West continues. 554 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: Ravens West, Joe ortiz Man, he those ties that they 555 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: run deep. 556 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 4: Joe longtime front of the lounge, just taking some of 557 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 4: our favorite guys. 558 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 5: What's up Joe, Yeah, you know, he's still a loyal viewer. 559 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 5: I'm sure. 560 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 6: I'm sure. 561 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: So, uh you know, hey, wish keeping all of the 562 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: luck out there, except you know if they go toe 563 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: to toe with us. 564 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 4: So, I mean, nice contract for him, two year, ten 565 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 4: million dollar contract almost and so like this is a guy, 566 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 4: undrafted player then has a devastating, devastating knee injury as 567 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 4: a rookie. As Keaton had said to us at the time, 568 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 4: some of the people that he talked to felt like, yeah, 569 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 4: he may never get on the field again, and so 570 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 4: for him to work his way back and then not 571 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 4: just play again, but play at a high level, improve 572 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 4: himself and then get a contract He's been a guy 573 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 4: that I've really liked, so I don't like seeing. 574 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 5: Him leave, but I do. 575 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 4: He's somebody who I think is easy to root for, 576 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 4: and I'm happy to see him get that contract and 577 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 4: get an opportunity to play in that offense. 578 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 2: Yep. 579 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: And then the Ravens have reportedly agreed to a one 580 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: year deal with Guard Slash Center Javon Gwynn so interior 581 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: line depth. He played with the Atlanta Falcons previously, so 582 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: coming over here with Coach Ledford and obviously a lot 583 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: of good intel there and Eric Casa said yesterday that 584 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: the Ravens could very well be in the veteran center market. 585 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: And so you know, Javon's not a guy who has 586 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 1: a ton of starting experience or really any but I 587 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: think a good depth piece and he can Pete compete 588 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: for the job. 589 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 5: I think it's depth, finness, competition exactly. 590 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 4: And when you're looking at that interior of the offensive line, 591 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 4: especially after the departure of Tyler Lenarbaum, you want. 592 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 5: Both of those things. 593 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 6: And familiarity. 594 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, he knows the system, he knows. 595 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: Yeah what coach led for wants to run, and Coach 596 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: led Forer knows him and what you know, that's sometimes 597 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: when you're trying to find a little bit of a 598 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: diamond in the rough. 599 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 6: You know, hey, I'll vouch for this guy. 600 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: I know what he's capable of doing, even though the 601 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: rest of the league hasn't really seen it on tape. 602 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 4: Very similar situation to durham smythe the veteran blocking tight 603 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 4: end to the rayvend Sign who played last year with 604 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 4: the Bears where Decklan Doyle was the offensive coordinator. 605 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 6: It's fun to seeing some of these new coaches pluck 606 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 6: some of their guys. 607 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, we've seen it. 608 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 4: We've seen guys going up to New York to play 609 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 4: with hardball, guys going out West to play to steal. 610 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 4: Now now we're getting in on the action. And look, 611 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 4: on Friday, we're gonna get a chance to hear from 612 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 4: tre Hendrickson. He's gonna meet with reporters during a press 613 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 4: commerce Friday morning, ten am, and you'll be able to 614 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 4: watch that on our app, our website, YouTube channel. We're 615 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 4: gonna stream it for you live. So it'll be fun 616 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 4: to talk with Trey a little bit more, get a 617 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 4: sense of his excitement to be here in Baltimore and 618 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,159 Speaker 4: then seeing him here today. There's definitely energy that he 619 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 4: has coming here and joining this defense. So make sure 620 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 4: you check out that full press conference tomorrow Friday, ten am, 621 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 4: and we're going to continue to break down everything over 622 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 4: the course of free agency. Thank you so much for 623 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 4: listening and watching. We'll be back with you again soon