1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Like you never said it was gonna be it, but 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: like reading between the lines, I was like, this is 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: probably gonna be it. Once I felt good, and then 4 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: it was do I have the desire to keep playing? 5 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: And the desire definitely was always there. All the prehaps 6 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,079 Speaker 1: stuff I do with all by nobody stuff. Yeah, you 7 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: spent a lot of money on all that stuff. I 8 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: think I understand when you look around you on this defense? 9 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: How special do you think this group can be? Very 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We are in 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: minicamp now and all the veterans are coming back to town, 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: well pretty much all of them. Uh and we have 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: a guy who now is back on the field in 14 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Calias Campbell, the most veteran of the veterans. And uh, 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: so we're excited to talk to class today. Obviously a 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: huge piece of the Ravens defensive puzzle and somebody they 17 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: brought back and made it a priority to bring back 18 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: this offseason. So excited to talk to him. Yeah, I mean, 19 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: it's just so, it's just such exciting week. I mean, 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: mini camp is a fun week. It's the one time 21 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: of the offseason. Did you hear at Lamar Jackson's back. 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: I saw that. Did you hear the breaking news? I 23 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: did see that he's back. Yeah, that's good time, That 24 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 1: is good. A lot of people were worried about that listeners, 25 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: but he is here. He is Uh. He looked really 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: good in practice this week, which was encouraging. Um. So 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: I think that's a huge thing. I think, like I 28 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: will say that I felt like the energy and the 29 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: intensity of practice was much different on the first day 30 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: of manicamp compared to O T S. And part of 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: that is. Part of that is I think the biggest 32 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: part of Lamar. There's other guys like Calais of course, 33 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: and other veterans who are out there for the first time, 34 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: but having your starting quarterback, it does just change the 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: energy level around the team. Yeah. I thought the eleven 36 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: on elevens even just you could feel it that was 37 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: more intense. I mean there's some like a little bit 38 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: of trash talking, you know, I would't name names. Was great. 39 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: One one linebacker came over and he was flying to 40 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: make a hit a hit and air quotes they don't 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: actually hit, but he just goes good night, and he 42 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: came up to the guy and the others He's like 43 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: hell no, He'll know you want to like it and 44 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: like it wasn't like like it was like it was intense, 45 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: and uh, it's just cool to see like the intensity 46 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: is ramping up. Yeah. Absolutely, And I thought, um, you know, well, 47 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna give you our full kind of mini camp 48 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: and offseason practice thoughts and uh breakdown for a podcast 49 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: after this one. So we will encourage you guys to 50 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: sending your emails to the lounge at Ravens dot NFL 51 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: dot net. Um, let let us know what questions you 52 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: have as the Ravens have gone through this offseason process. 53 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: But without any further ado, we want to get into 54 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: our interview today with one of the best players on 55 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: this team, somebody who's been doing it longer than anybody 56 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: else on the squad and we're glad to have him back. 57 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and jump into this conversation with Class Campbell. 58 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: Thrilled to have Claiss Campbell here with us and Klaiss. 59 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: Last time we saw you here before Mini camp was 60 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: when you were broadcasting the Super Bowl for Sky Sports, 61 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna lie, I was a little bit 62 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: worried that that was your future career, that you were 63 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: entering our business, you know, and that your football days 64 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: we might be known bird, you know, but thankfully you're back. 65 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: So that's a very good thing. Can you can you 66 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: kind of take us into uh super Bowl broadcasting and 67 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,119 Speaker 1: what you were thinking going into that kind of realm there? Yeah, 68 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: I mean I want to do that when I'm done playing, 69 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: you know, and eventually it's going to be there. You know, 70 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm at least try it out. Seeah, I like it, yeah, 71 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: you know, And so I've been doing all kinds of 72 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: media stuff over the years, you know, you know, been 73 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: you know, kind of working on my my skills, get 74 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: my reps. You know. I've been doing it for you 75 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: probably since my year four or five. Yeah. Uh so 76 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: I always do it and uh you know, my my 77 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: my my team, my PR lady and my marketing team, 78 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: uh chem across opportunity. So I decided to be fun 79 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: to try. Have you put any thought into taking Garrett's 80 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: job on this podcast, because I'm just offering up right now. Yeah, 81 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, if you ready to retire, 82 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, let you well, let you finish another year 83 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: or two and then uh you know, whenever there we go. 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: Should we switch roles? You know, I'll give football, try 85 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: you give the broadcast, try the chair just now that yeah, 86 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: exactly exactly. So you know, it's it's funny like when 87 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: I was watching the sky Sports thing and we all 88 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: saw it and you made the announcement public. I know 89 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: you said this week i'd podium that you uh, you 90 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: had given the Raves the heads up before that that 91 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: you were coming back. I'll be honest, I was surprised because, like, 92 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: over the course of last season, it just sounded like 93 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: it was gonna be it. Like you never said it 94 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: was gonna be it, but like reading between the lines, 95 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: I was like, this is probably gonna be it. And 96 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: then I remember even the last game, like watching you 97 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: guys come off the field and like you sat on 98 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: the bench for a little while and soaked it up, 99 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, like, this looks like it's probably. 100 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: So my question is like, did the decision change or 101 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: or was was I just wrong the whole time? And 102 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: assuming that that was probably, you know, I never really 103 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: um made a decision, you know, I just wanted to 104 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: kind of go through the emotional feel of of just 105 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: you know, finishing your fourteen and it was a very 106 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: emotional year. I mean, you know, to be in a 107 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 1: position number one in the NFC, you know, in position 108 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: to go make a playoff run and then lose six 109 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: games straight, that's tough, you know, and especially because I 110 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: know how good we are, and just you know, it 111 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: just seems like, you know, it was quick saying whatever 112 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: could go wrong went wrong and um, and no matter 113 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: how heart you try to find it get out, just 114 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: it seems like got worse, you know. And so it 115 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: was one of those years where it was just it 116 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: was tough and frustrating, and you know, but when the 117 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: season ended, you know, I didn't want to make a 118 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: quick decision, but you know, it's hard to end your 119 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: career on just on the six game losing street with 120 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: that kind of bad tasting your mouth. And so the 121 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 1: biggest thing was just want to say my body felt, 122 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: you know, I mean because obviously during the season's first 123 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: time playing seventeen games, um and just really feeling that, 124 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: you know, just your body just feeling different. You know, 125 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: It's just like I don't know how I'm gonna feel 126 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: in a few weeks, but let me just settle down, 127 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: let me see how my body feels. And the um. 128 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: But once, once I felt like my body just feeling 129 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: good and I got back to like that a good 130 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: spot where I was okay, you know, I go and 131 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: train and and I'm gonna be good. You know, I 132 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: don't have to like you know, muscle through training, I'm 133 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: gonna be back, you know, felling. And so I think 134 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: once I felt good, then it was do I have 135 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: the desire to keep playing? And the desire definitely was 136 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: always there. It was really more so about how my 137 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: about it is gonna fail? And you talked about your 138 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: desire to win a super Bowl and get back in 139 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: a super Bowl you have you know, you went there 140 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: as a rookie loss of Steelers. That game terrible, terrible game. 141 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: I want to get back there. And uh, you know, 142 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: I guess my what I wonder is how you kind 143 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: of balance that with like also being content with your career, 144 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like, like you want to 145 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: win a super Bowl, but your career has been great 146 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: regardless even if you don't get back to a super Bowl, 147 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like, how do you kind 148 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: of juggle that chase and and knowing when hey, I 149 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: just have to I have to be satisfied with what 150 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: I've done, you know, what I mean. Yeah, you know, 151 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like, um, you know, I mean 152 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: if I don't win the super Bowl and I have 153 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: to retire without win the super Bowl, I mean I'm 154 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: gonna be just fine, you know, like it's gonna be 155 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: something that I'm like, oh man, and like I give 156 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: my best shot, you know, as long as I go 157 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: out there and leave it on the field and give 158 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: everything I have and try to be you know, trying 159 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: to you know, bring my guys along and be a 160 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: good leader. You know. I mean, I have no regrets. 161 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: So um but but you know, I do really want 162 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: to be a champion. I want to win the super Bowl. 163 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: It's been a dream mind since I was a kid, 164 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, win the super Bowl. You know you should 165 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, have those visions and you know, just imagine 166 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: every re enactments of um of of you know, making 167 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: to play to win the super Bowl, you know, getting 168 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: that sack to I played the gain my whole life, 169 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: so sacked to to win the super Bowl, you know, 170 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: on you know fourthro and ten and you know, Donald 171 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: exactly the situation I imagine over and over again in 172 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: my head, right you know. So it's definitely a strong 173 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: desire and you know, you kind of have to me 174 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: because so, you know, what I've done in my career 175 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: as an individual, you know, I feel like I've had 176 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: a pretty fun career. You know, I've had you know, 177 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you kind of you have goals. I hit 178 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: most of my goals, uh, you know. And so I 179 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: mean as individual, you know, I thought I've done well. 180 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: But you know, from the team goal of winning the 181 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, you know, I feel like I've been a 182 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: part of some really good teams and I feel like 183 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: we've had some, you know, opportunities to win, got so 184 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: close and just didn't get it done. And it sucks 185 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: because you know, I mean, those teams are still special teams. 186 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: You enjoy them so much, you know, and it takes 187 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: just I mean, it takes a lot of good fortune, 188 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: you know, and and and a lot of things just 189 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: to go your way. So you know, it's tough, but 190 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: you know, to be in a situation where you know, 191 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: I'm still playing football at a high level and I 192 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: still love the game. My body feels good, and um, 193 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, and and teams that are contenders, you know 194 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: we're calling and one team in particular, you know, the 195 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: Ravens who already knew well, like I just I know 196 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: how the coaches want to use me. I know, um, 197 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: I know you know how you know what my teammates 198 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: and the personalities and how to motivate them, how to 199 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, help you know, help them to be at 200 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: their very very best. Uh you know, and then you 201 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: know my my my family is familiar with the with 202 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: with with the city. I mean, it just made sense 203 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: and it was like, yo, if we're this, we have 204 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, if I believe that we have a has 205 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: to win, you know, if they're both more of us 206 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: have a really real chance to win. You know, then 207 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: if be hard for me to walk away, you know, 208 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: knowing that, like you know, like you know what I 209 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: can add to the table, if I could bring any 210 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: any value to help us have a better chance to winning. 211 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if I can sit here 212 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: and watch the season next year and just be like 213 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna be watching the season and and 214 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: regret thinking like man, I can go out there and 215 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: do something, especially when see a team like you know, 216 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: anything going wrong. It's like you known I could have 217 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: I could have got us together. I could have you know, 218 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: been that spark that could have about the energy I 219 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: could have changed the old ball game, so you know, 220 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: I didn't want to live my life and uh and 221 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: thinking like, man, if I still got more football to give, 222 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, why not? You know, especially when I know 223 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: the team has the pieces in place to be able 224 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: to make a run. It's it's kind of interesting here, 225 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: you'd like talk to that thought process because I remember 226 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: when Marshall Yonda retired. He retired after his twenty nineteen 227 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: season where the team went fourteen and two and was 228 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: so good and he was a pro bowler and had 229 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: one of his best seasons, and then he made the 230 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: decision running the ball great behind him and made the 231 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: decision to retire because he was just like, it's like 232 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: I left it all out there, like and I think 233 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: a lot of people were like, you could have come back, man, 234 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 1: the team was so close, like so close, but you 235 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: kind of have to like separate the team piece of 236 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: it and where a team is. And then also like 237 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: you're individual, where you feel physically how much you have 238 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: left to give your desire and then like once you 239 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: kind of answer that question, then you get to the 240 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: part of like, all right, where's the team is? That 241 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: kind of like the Am I reading that right? Yeah? 242 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: I think so, you know, I mean, and I can't 243 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: speak for for Martial, but I do know that he 244 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: had a foot injury a couple of years earlier, and 245 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: just knowing people, especially later in career, when you get 246 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: those injuries, they nag, you know, just go away. You 247 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: can get back to playing, but you have to play 248 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: through some pain, and so, um, you know, I mean, 249 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: I think that probably played a big role in that 250 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: decision for me. You know, Um, you know, my body 251 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: feels pretty good, you know. I mean, obviously, you know, 252 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: everybody who's you know, who plays a long time NFL, 253 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: you never feel right at this stage. But for the 254 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: most part, though, you know, I've been very, very blessed, 255 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: and I've never had like a major surgery, you know. 256 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: I mean, the things I've had have always been at 257 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: the end of the season, trying to get things back 258 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: in order, you know when you know, but something I 259 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 1: can play through, and so, um, you know, I mean, 260 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: it's just it's a true blessing to be able to 261 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: have that kind of health throughout my fourteen years. Uh So, 262 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: but I think, you know, starting when you want to 263 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: make a decision, if you want to keep playing football. 264 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: It has to be health number one. I have to 265 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: be healthy enough to go out there and perform at 266 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 1: a high level, you know. And and then it's also 267 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: the you know, the there's so much time that goes 268 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: into it, you know, where my you know, my kids 269 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: two years old, you know, I mean if I had 270 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: like a six year old, seven year old, would be 271 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: a little different because now I want to be involved 272 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: in what he's doing, and so he's gonna be doing 273 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: a lot more and so that probably would play a 274 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: big role as well. But you know, I chose to 275 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: have kids later in my career, so you know, I 276 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: mean my little guys at home, I get to see 277 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 1: him still, you know, he's got too busy, uh doing 278 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of interesting things yet, But that definitely would 279 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: play a role, you know. I mean, if I wouldn't 280 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: want to miss my kids, you know, activities, so you 281 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: have time to go home and do puzzles and like that. Now, 282 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: I still sacrificed a lot of time away from him, 283 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: but you know, we get enough time, you know, especial 284 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: on the day off, we get to hang you know, 285 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: he's in score anything yet right right, I'm curious you 286 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: mentioned that there are several teams that were interested in you. 287 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: Was it, uh, you know, did you always kind of 288 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be the Ravens in the end. You you 289 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: can call me, you know, I'm flattered that you're interested, 290 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: but it's always gonna be the Ravens. And and can 291 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: you shed a little light on how many teams or 292 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: any kind of insight on that. I mean, yeah, I 293 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: mean it isn't really matter anymore, but uh, you know, 294 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: And I don't remember all the way how it went 295 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: down any more with her, but I remember my agent 296 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: was asking me, was like, I just want to kind 297 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: of get a fell for when people call, you know, um, 298 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: you know, what's the chances of you leaving the Ravens. 299 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: And I was like, man, you had to be something real, 300 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: real steep, you know, and it'll be it had to 301 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: be with a contender too, so you know, I mean, 302 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it's just it's unrealistic. But 303 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: it's possible to me here to calls and see what 304 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: it goes, you know, just because at the end the day, 305 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: it's it's business. But he was like, Okay, what's the 306 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: number of how much financially, you know, to make it happen, 307 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: and there were some teams that offered more. Um you 308 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: know that, you know, it's just how it goes. But 309 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: I won't say the teams just because you know, I 310 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: think you can add you know, some motivation when we 311 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: play each other and stuff like that. There are teams 312 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: that we do play on the roster this year. Um, 313 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: but it was teams I feel like that are you know, 314 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 1: fairly good. They got a chance to win still. Um, 315 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: But I just you know, I feel like, you know, 316 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't really think there's you know, I 317 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: think if you put you know, if you check runk 318 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: all the best teams, I think, you know, the Ravens 319 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: are just as good as in your team out there, 320 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: you know. And so um, you know, I feel like, uh, 321 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, my wife is happy here, you know. 322 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: And so when I got to talking through my where 323 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: my team and stuff, it was just like, you know, 324 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: I think for me to have to leave the Ravens 325 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: at something where it was like it had been terrible 326 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: at home and then or or a whole lot more money, 327 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: which you know it was wasn't the case, but at 328 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: the time, you know, it had to be a whole 329 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: lot more money with a contender to which is you know, rare. 330 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I'm happy to 331 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: be a raving you know. And I mean I play. 332 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: I don't want to play for money. I played for 333 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: the love of the game, so you know, for me, 334 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: like you know, I'm still making good money and all that, 335 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: and that's cool, but it's just I've wanted enough to 336 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: take care of my take care of my um um, 337 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, take my all the prehaps stuff I do 338 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: with all my body stuff. Yeah, you spent a lot 339 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: of money on all that stuff. He gets more expensive 340 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: every year to year, you know. I mean I'm always 341 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: trying to add somebody or to the team, and you know, 342 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: and for you to get good quality people, sometimes you 343 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: gotta bring up for the whole year, which it gets 344 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: a lot more expensive. So you know, but at the 345 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: end of the day, I mean, you know, if I can, 346 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: if I could pay you know, four thousand dollars to 347 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: win the super Bowl, you know, and know that I 348 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: could play at the high level when that super Bowl 349 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: would be my very best to be to be able 350 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: to make the play to win the Super Bowl. Yeah, 351 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: I probably understand. Is that is that really kind of 352 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: the ballpark of what you're talking about. Well, last year 353 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: I spent like probably to seventy I think is what 354 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: it end up being. And if you kind of like 355 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: the off season stuff, you know, I mean, yeah, it's 356 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: gonna be somebody up there a little bit, you know. 357 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: I think this year is somebody closer to four hundred. 358 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: But I mean that's what I'm budgeting for. It might 359 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: be a little less than that. You know, tell me 360 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,479 Speaker 1: you're not paying for their gas, gas money and transportations. 361 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: I mean, but it's it's you know, we'll see how 362 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: it goes. I mean, I think that's the number. Is 363 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: just why I budgeted, just to be able to be 364 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: at my very very best. But hopefully it'll be a 365 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: little less than that and I can still play at 366 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: a very high level when everything falls into place. But 367 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: you know, if you want quality people, you gotta be 368 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: able to pay and bring them around. So it'll say 369 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: all goes. You're coming up on this hundred sack milestone 370 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: too for your career. How much is that a motivating 371 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: factor for you to get over that one? You know, 372 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: I want it. I want it, bet, you know. But 373 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you know, I mean 374 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm not going to compromise the team or you know, 375 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: or trying to make plays out there. I feel like 376 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: a lot of times, you know, if I want to 377 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: get sacks and just want to rest past every play, 378 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: I can have a hundred sacks easy. I could have 379 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: been and got it, you know. Um. But to me, like, 380 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: I want to play good football, and if good football 381 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: leads to me getting sacks, that's awesome, and I would 382 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: love to get a hundred doing it that way. Um, 383 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: but I'm never going to compromize the defense to go 384 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: out there and make a play. Yeah. So I want 385 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: to go back to this this the care that you 386 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: because this is fascinating to me. Do you think is 387 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: that something a lot of guys do invest that type 388 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: of money into, like having people around like or is 389 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: this is this part of the reason you're playing fifteen 390 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: years in the NFL? Yeah? I think it's Uh, I 391 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: mean I think. I mean, I know Lebron James spends 392 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: like over a million, you know, Tom Brady's plice went 393 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: over a million as well. When you talk to other 394 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: guys who've played for a long time and the kind 395 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: of money is spending, I mean, there's spend a lot 396 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: more to me. Uh but but yeah, I think the 397 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: kind of formula I mean, it's I don't know why 398 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: more people don't do it. Because if you can make, 399 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: if you have another year of making you know, five 400 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: six million dollars after taxis would say three million dollars, 401 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: you know, if it costs you fo to be able 402 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: to do that, you know, and if you but you 403 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: have to still love the game, because there's also a 404 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: mental grind. You know, it's not just the physical part. 405 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: It's the mental grind and the busy schedule and the 406 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: sacrifice and time more from the family and stuff, which 407 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: because there's so many people coming to the house to 408 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: work on me pretty much daily that you know, like 409 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: you know, I'm getting a couple of like you know, 410 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: sports with my son, you know, my wife, and so 411 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: it's kind of definitely is more than just the physical 412 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: part of it. But I think a lot of guys 413 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: do a vest into their bodies, you know, at a 414 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: high level. I mean, I know, uh just you know, uh, 415 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: you know, the last couple of years, I mean, Pronomic Fee, 416 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: Derek Wolf. You know, we all have people that we 417 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: would kind of share at times and you know and 418 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: split the costs making a little cheaper and stuff. But 419 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: you know, I mean a lot of guys spent a 420 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: lot of money in the body. I don't know the 421 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: numbers always very you know, how much people are willing 422 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: to spend. I think that part of that comes in 423 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: how much money they make too, you know, but most 424 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: guys are spending you know, I think I would say 425 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: close to hundred bucks and a hundred thousand hollars on 426 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: a body of the year and most of the players 427 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: over ten years. Can you give us a rundown of 428 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: all the different specialists that you have. I mean, you know, 429 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: I think a lot of it is uh massage therapist 430 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: that I use consistently that is here year round. I 431 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: do by twelve hours of massage a week with which 432 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: is a lot um And then you have acupuncturists, you 433 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: have um uh you know, people like physical therapists that 434 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: do uh mobility uh um you know. Uh. I mean 435 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: there's all kinds of more stuff that you use in 436 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: different people. When there's actually like things that pop up 437 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 1: that you bring along to But you know, I usually 438 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: have probably about three of four people coming, you know, 439 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: either coming up every week or that are living here 440 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: that work in my body consistently. And then there's times 441 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: where you have uh more people have to bring up 442 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: you know, I hav any issues like if something comes 443 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: up that are specialists and that thing so fascinating, can 444 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: you tell me? You know obviously, like we've been talking 445 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: about you've been playing this game for a while, Like 446 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: what advice would you share to you know, your rookie 447 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: self or to a rookie that's coming in, like with 448 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: the Travis Johnes right, like what's one thing that you 449 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: would say, hey, rookie, you know you should know this 450 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: about the NFL. I think that uh you know, I 451 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: mean there's a combination of things that rookies you know, 452 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: uh and and it kind of goes into a bunch 453 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: of different categories. But from a football standpoint, I think 454 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: the first thing try to do something, but their confidence, 455 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, I mean it's the same game. Football hasn't changed, 456 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: you know. You know if you've been I started playing 457 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: at six you know when I started playing at sixth 458 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: to well do now the game is the exact same. 459 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 1: People are a lot more athletic and play with a 460 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: lot better technique, and there's a lot of scheme wars 461 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: more scheme evolved. But the end of the day, you 462 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: see football, go get football. It's not complicated. And so 463 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: I gotta you know, kind of get them to, you know, 464 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: because a lot of Rickies want to get here to 465 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: you know, big eyed. You know, it's like, oh, this 466 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: is the highest level. Got to be so much different 467 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: than you are before, and you're here for a reasons. 468 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: Just do what you've been doing, but just become and 469 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: developed the techniques in the in the skill and learn 470 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: how to watch tape and how to prepare and you'll 471 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: be fine, you know. But the confidence so that guys 472 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: don't like, you know, mentally psyched themselves out before they 473 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: even get the field. So as the first I try 474 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: to get them do But honestly, though I have so 475 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: much advice I give these guys man two hour two 476 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: hour radio session for me to really get you know 477 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: a lot of just the basic level and stuff. But 478 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, I think the main thing though, was just 479 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: you know, getting their confidence right first. Didn't helping them 480 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: work on the techniques and to get better at and 481 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: then I learn how to practice and and then watch 482 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: tape and and and prepare and then uh, you know, 483 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: how to take care of how to like, you know, 484 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: manage their family, you know, how to deal with the 485 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: financial advisors and finances and stuff, and I go through 486 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,239 Speaker 1: it all, you know, and trying to figure out just 487 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: you know, how to help them become you know, because 488 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: other stuff you can take away from football, you know, 489 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: when you get the distractions of family and distractions of 490 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: of the money and everything else, they can take away 491 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: from football. So there, it's like, you know, you definitely 492 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 1: want to try to just make things easy for him. 493 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: But usually you know, they hear it, they kind of 494 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: process it, but it takes a while to understand. You know, 495 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: it takes a year or two before it really clicks, like, 496 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: oh no, that makes sense. You know, I got guys 497 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: calling me, you know that play that play with that 498 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: were you know, probably your four And now I was like, bro, 499 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 1: it makes so much more sense now that you're saying, 500 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: like it was like gibberish fourth second, but it makes 501 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: it much more sense now. So uh, but I do 502 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: know that, you know, sometimes if they don't accept it 503 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: right away, eventually it clicks. Was that something when you 504 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: got here that you felt that you needed to, like, 505 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, to take a little bit of time 506 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: in order to like people to be receptive to. Like 507 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: obviously you had a great career. Everyone knows you when 508 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: you come in, but it's it's still a new team. 509 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: You're trying to kind of find yourself, and there's a 510 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: little bit of like just getting comfortable. I think the 511 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 1: vocal part, being like a vocal leader. You know, as 512 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: soon as you want to like kind of unrespected guys, 513 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: and I know that my pedigree I have, you know, 514 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: just come in with a little bit of respect, which 515 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: is nice, but you know, there's still some level of 516 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: I want to get to know the guys first before 517 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: I come in and try to like act like you know, 518 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: I want to be the leader and you know, to 519 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: do as I say, Well, you don't even know me yet, 520 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: and so I felt like vocally I didn't speak as 521 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: much as I probably would have, you know, uh, you know, 522 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: I tried to let these guys who are already here 523 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: kind of do the vocal leading. And I mean, I 524 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: guy like Pronomic Fee was so good at it that 525 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: you know, there wasn't much you really need to say. 526 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: But I do know that people looked at me as 527 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: a leader. You know, people looked at me because of 528 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: just the longevity I've had and the level of playoffs 529 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: I've been able to put out there, and just knowing that, 530 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: you know, who I am as a person, I like 531 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: people look at me to be a leader. So I 532 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: still there were still some of that that was there. 533 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 1: But now being in year three with the team, I 534 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: feel a lot more confident out there and and uh 535 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: and and really challenge guys and speak a lot more 536 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: confidently and like trying to leave more vocally. But you know, 537 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: naturally I've done a lot of that, but this should 538 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: be at a higher level now, more intense now with 539 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: the additions the Ravens have made on defense, you know, 540 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: specifically in the secondary, you know, and the defensive line 541 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: has gotten guys like we talked about Travis Jones, you know, 542 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: brought in Brent Urban. You know, just when you look 543 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: around you on this defense, how special do you think 544 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: this group can be? Very? Very um you know, I 545 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: think it's a combination of I mean, we have a 546 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: lot of talent. We have guys who played really good, 547 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: but honestly, you know before we have a lot of experience, 548 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: and I got some young guys who are full of potential, 549 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: and I think you need that you need a combination 550 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,440 Speaker 1: of everything, and um, you know, and then it comes 551 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: down to just how hard do you work? And you know, 552 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: Coach Harves is gonna let us just be average. You know, 553 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: he's gonna push us snow to be at our very 554 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: very best and goes to Coach McDonald. You know, he's 555 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: the same way, you know, and he has this young 556 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: bursut energy and he comes with a lot of fire 557 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: and uh, you know it's fun to see and um, 558 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: you know, I love this game, you know, O. We're 559 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 1: doing a lot of similarities, but it's different, you know, 560 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: and you know he put his own spin out things, 561 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,479 Speaker 1: which I think it's gonna be cool because I think, 562 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: you know, it makes you know, teams, you know, they 563 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: don't really know who we all over were going to 564 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: do yet, and so that adds a little bit of mysterious. 565 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's a little more more serious. So it's 566 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: goun be fun. But I think that um, with our 567 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: with our secondary you know what I mean, what what 568 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: what we have, you know, and everybody getting back healthy 569 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: and then the depth we have now and I mean, 570 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna be able with the kind of 571 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: quick package packages that you know, I mean we can 572 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: be able to do a lot of different things, you know, 573 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: and and uh, you know, I want to give away 574 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: too much stuff, but you know, I mean once we, 575 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: you know, start getting those packages and being able to 576 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: put people in the unique places and really be able 577 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: to do more stuff, it's gonna be fun. And uh, 578 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, I think, uh, you know, I was talking 579 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: with uh, with coach McDonald and just like, you know, 580 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: how exciting it must be as a different according to 581 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: have this money, this many weapons that you can kind 582 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: of just what can you what can you think of? 583 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: You know? And he's also really cool. It's like if 584 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: you have any ideas and things that you think, you 585 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: know that you that you really you know, take work 586 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: you want to that you believe in, come talk to me. Man. 587 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: You know this is just we're it's open. We can 588 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: figure it out. And so you know, I definitely you know, 589 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: I guess, I guess this is your opportunity. My last 590 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 1: one is actually about Mike. This is you've got to 591 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: be your first time with the defensive coordinator as younger 592 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: than you. Right, how's that I'm officially that old hard 593 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: saying some joke about guys playing being in elementary school 594 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: when you started in the league. I was like, whoa, 595 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: that's kind of like really well fifteen years in the league, 596 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: So yeah, you have some of these guys, Le Hamilton, 597 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton's I mean, Kyle Hamilton's is like years old, 598 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's like six years old. Man. I would 599 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 1: like they saw the clip of of just like the 600 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: so um, you know, just pretty much talk about expectations 601 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: and what people everybody has their who who their picks are. 602 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: They show like an old clip of two thousand and 603 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: in two thousands, everybody had the predictions. It was August 604 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: two thousand and everybody's predicting who's on one of the 605 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, is gonna win the division? All that, and 606 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: nobody had the Ravens. You know, they had one team. 607 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: One guy had the Ravens in the in the wild 608 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: card and uh and you know that's the other Ravens 609 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: went out there and dominated at the best defence in football. 610 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: And it's just kind of that mentality that like, you know, 611 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: no story had been written yet, we get to write 612 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 1: the story and but but yeah, you know, like you know, uh, 613 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: you know, some guys weren't even alive, but that was out. 614 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: Hamington was one of the guys wasn't it wasn't even 615 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: born yet, you know, I was. I was a freshman 616 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: in high school when this came out. You know, that's crazy. 617 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: I was a freshman high school and you weren't even born. 618 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: That's loud to me. But you know, we're peers, you 619 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: know what I mean. He's like like almost like a 620 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: nephew with a sense of my nephews older than them, 621 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 1: you know them and uh, but you know, uh, it's school. 622 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like, but I take great pride 623 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: in helping those guys man, because to me, you know, uh, 624 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 1: I mean, I like, I'm here to share knowledge, you know, 625 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 1: and the God gave you all this knowledge and all 626 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: this ability to be here, to be able to help 627 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: the young guys in the next generation and help them 628 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: develop so much more just bigger than football, but just 629 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: in life. And so I take great probe in that 630 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: and I can't wait to love on the guys and 631 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: help them grow to be great men. And you know 632 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: it is it is unique though, to be uh, the 633 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: oldest guy in the in the defensive room. I mean 634 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: a couple of other cultures that older than me, but 635 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: for the for the different Acordingy to be younger than me, 636 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: that's kind of unique, you know, but I take great. 637 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: That just goes to show you that, yeah, hard work 638 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: pays off. And for me to be still playing football 639 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 1: high level, man, God is good. And the last one 640 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: for me is, you know, this time of year, everybody's like, 641 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: all right, who's gonna be the breakout player? When you 642 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: look around, but the young guys that you're working out 643 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: working with, like who do you look at and say, man, 644 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 1: this dude people don't really know or he's gonna he's 645 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: gonna do something. Well, there's a lot of them. Yeah, 646 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: you know, Uh, I'll say this, Um, I think justin 647 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: matter BK can be a really really really good player 648 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: in this league. I think he has a Pro Bowl potential, 649 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: pro potential. Uh. You know, he's still kind of putting together, 650 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: you know, but he's shown a lot of a lot 651 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: of growth and I think he has a chance, you know, 652 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: and now he's still he still has the room for growth, 653 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: you know, but he has a chance, um to have 654 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,639 Speaker 1: a big year this year. UM. I also think that 655 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: you know, just in the last last in one practice, 656 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: you know, uh, Kyle Hamilton's looks good, you know, kind 657 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: of spies, you know what I mean, He's just he's 658 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: just kind of really good instincts. But I think, you know, 659 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: it also motivated you know, some other guys too, you know. 660 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: I think Chuck Clark, you know, he was out there 661 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: locking down everybody question that. You know. I think I 662 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: don't think he can have a breakout year, CAU. I 663 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: think he'sid a good player, but you know, from a 664 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: standpoint of like you know, the accolades and stuff like 665 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: that in the outside world, I think people might might 666 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: learn to knowledge him as one of those great players too, 667 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: and the way we're gonna be able to use them 668 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: in different places. I think he's gonna be that spirts 669 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,639 Speaker 1: off in my life that can do a lot of 670 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 1: great things for us. But if I had to pick, 671 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: just like the one guy thinks to have that monster year, 672 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: and it's not anything he's done in the last couple 673 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,199 Speaker 1: of days. We're just just knowing like how smart he 674 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: is and how hard he's been working, and just I 675 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: mean he's going through a hillo puss right now. Yeah, 676 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: but I think he's gonna have a moster year. Yeah, alright, 677 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: you're right. I like cool, Thank you class man. Really 678 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: appreciate it all right. 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I haven't touched it because, 698 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: like I'm the guy, I don't I need to go 699 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: to the doctor and be reminded to go to for 700 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: an annual check up. I don't even do that. I 701 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: don't do the baseline minimum self care exercise. Well, when 702 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: he was mentioned twelve hours of massage, I was like, 703 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: sounds kind of I could use a massage. I could 704 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: use twelve minutes of a massage. Yeah. That comes at 705 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: a cost though, Yeah, and I'm not I'm way too cheap. 706 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: And that's where you're out. Yeah, and that's exactly, but yeah, 707 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: it was. It was great to talk with Calais. I 708 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: mean honestly on that, Like when you talk about a 709 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: VET and like what goes into being a vet and 710 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: lasting fifteen years in the league, And I think he 711 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: probably gets a question like how have you been able 712 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: to play so long? Of course as being big and 713 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: strong and good and all that, of course, but like 714 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: you do have to have a commitment off the field 715 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: that not a lot of guys have, whether it's monetary 716 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: or whether it's just how you spend your time all 717 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: that stuff. Like he was mentioning the family time. I mean, 718 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: that's a sacrifice. When you're home, you're finally not in 719 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: the office, you're back home, and then you have people 720 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: coming into the house to work on you. And I'm 721 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 1: sure you know his kids too, So it's not like 722 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: he's asking a lot of question like you know, where 723 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: are you? You know that kind of thing, Like if, 724 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: like he said, if he was older, it would be 725 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: a different story. Yeah, yeah, well, and I I really 726 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: do think that like having him back is it's kind 727 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: of a difference maker for this defense. Like you look 728 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: at the defensive line. This week, the Ravens announced that 729 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: they reached an injury settlement with Derreck Wolf. So Derrick 730 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: Wolf is no longer on the team. He didn't play 731 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: last year either, But Brandon Williams, you know, as obviously 732 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: he's still he's still a free agent, but he's on 733 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: the squad. So, like that defensive front has gone through 734 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: some big changes, Calais is the anchor of that group, um, 735 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: and there's been a lot of injuries up front and 736 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: when you include especially when you include the pass rushers, 737 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: So like having Kleis as an anchor there in the middle. 738 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: Take of course, there's all like the leadership stuff, which 739 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: is which is a huge piece of who he is. 740 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: But just from a pure football player, like he is 741 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: a difference maker and a really important cog in the 742 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: middle of that defense. So having him back is huge. Well, 743 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: he was you know great at as the Ravens best 744 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: defensive player last season by Pro Football Focus. That says something, 745 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: um so, yeah, definitely still playing at a high level 746 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: and I'll be interested to see, you know, how the 747 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,520 Speaker 1: Ravens can utilize him and what Mike McDonald has in 748 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: store for him, and and kind of you know, we 749 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: got this question I think in mail bag about how 750 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: does the defensive line rotation play out? Right, Like who 751 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,640 Speaker 1: are the starters? You know, I mean Michael Pierce you 752 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: would think, really is the Brandon Williams kind of replacement, 753 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: you know, but when we talked to Pierce, you know, 754 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: he was talking about having more of a pass rushing 755 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: role than he did the first time he was here, 756 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: when he was really just the first second down run stopper. Right, 757 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: But you also just him out of b Gay, you know, 758 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: who Klaas said is prime for a breakout year. Where 759 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: does he fit into that puzzle? You know, Brent Urban 760 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: is kind of the Derek Wolf replacement as a true 761 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: defensive end. But you know, is Urban one of the 762 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: best three linemen that you have. How does rookie Travis Jones, 763 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: where does he fit into that whole puzzle too, you know, 764 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: and then Haba Harbaugh mentioned Robert Washington, who played you know, 765 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: limited reps last year. But in a rotation now, you 766 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: always have a rotation on the defensive line. It's not 767 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: like offensive line where okay, you have your five starters 768 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: and they played pretty much of the snaps right d line. 769 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: It's a rotation. So at the end of the day, 770 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: it's really more a question of what slice of the 771 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: pie and what packages you're in, and you know, as 772 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: to deterrmining how many snaps you play. But it'll be 773 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: interesting to see how they use their depth and really 774 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: what roles they envisioned these different guys being in. Yeah, well, 775 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: maybe Clais is going to drop some of those plays 776 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: because give him the green light to say, let me 777 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: know what you think. So if Clais has drawn up 778 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: the plays, does he put himself on the field for 779 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 1: a h is where he's like, no, not. He wouldn't 780 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: put about that. He would say like, I want to 781 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: make sure I'm fresh at the end of games, at 782 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: the end of the season. Get that Aaron Donald play, 783 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, exactly, Like he'll be out there obviously a 784 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: lot of key situations, but he also knows it is 785 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: a long season and he needs to make sure that 786 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: he's fresh throughout that entire season for sure. So I 787 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: expect him to have a really great year and be 788 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: dominant against the run and what's how many secks for 789 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: class here? So he's gonna get to a hundred nine 790 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: three and a half right now? He needs six and 791 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: a half. I needed to do that math because I 792 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: knew you wouldn't be able to be the half kind 793 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: of throws you off is so bad. I was going 794 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: to be able to do that math. No. Sorry, the 795 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: six and a half, I don't know. That's that's probably 796 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: about where i'd set the over under. Let's see ye 797 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: one and a half last year. For the year before 798 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: that he had six and a half. And with Jacksonville, 799 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: I mean we just had him on as a guest. 800 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: How am I going to take the under? You? I 801 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: think he gets to smack on those right on their 802 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: Week seventeen. It's the old Michael strayhand. Just somebody lies 803 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: down for no for Kenny Pickett, right, Steelers Week seventeen, 804 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: and we end the season it's Week gate teen. Who 805 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: do we end spangles, all right, so Joe Burrow takes 806 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: a little Nat class belly flops on. I'm gonna go 807 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: ahead and guess that Joe Burrow is not going to 808 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: be He's gonna be so scary's shaking his boots. Yeah, 809 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: but he's like he's not giving anyway. You know. It's 810 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:50,320 Speaker 1: it's the huge sack late in the game to seal 811 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 1: the Ravens winning the Division North, clinching. It's it's the 812 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: primer for the Super Bowl. Aaron donnald moment that he's 813 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 1: gonna have. I like that scenarila better. Yes, I like 814 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: my scenario. So look, I do think it's gonna be 815 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: a big year for him. Uh, and I'm excited about it. 816 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: And it was just great to talk with him today. Uh. Listeners, 817 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 1: you can email us of the Lounge at Ravens dot 818 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: NFL dot net sending your questions. We want to get 819 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: into a bunch of the questions. We're gonna do a 820 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: full kind of mini camp and offseason practice breakdown. I'll 821 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: let you know our thoughts after watching these guys on 822 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 1: the field over the last few weeks and three days 823 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: of minicamp practice, all three days of minicamp are open 824 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,320 Speaker 1: to the media, so we're able to watch those in 825 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: their entirety. We'll have our hot hot takes ready, so 826 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: sending those emails and we will talk with you again 827 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:34,439 Speaker 1: soon