1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Wednesday, 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: September seventeenth, and the Ravens are gearing up for a 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: Monday night football game against the Detroit Lions. This is 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: gonna be the Ravens Darkness Falls game where they wear 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: they're all black uniforms. Just a great atmosphere in primetime 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 1: games in Baltimore are something special. The Ravens are twenty 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: two and three and home primetime matchups under head coach 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: John Harball, and today we had a chance to hear 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: from some of the players about what they expect from 10 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: that environment, including outside linebacker Ada fe O Way, how 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: long were you. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: Guys in observe Basra, I mean you got the next 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: man up a mentality. We have a lot of good 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: watchers on our team. Obviously it's gonna impact us. They 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 2: have a guy like kV Vet productive Vet, you know, 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: but we have a lot of guys that can step up. Davey, 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: we have Mike obviously me and myself. Tavis is coming 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: into his own as well, so we should be uh, 19 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: what do you you know? 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: Roquons with name named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: Not a surprise, but the fact that's the first time 22 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 1: he's ever gotten that award. 23 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: That that shocks whatever. Yeah, in the NFC though, or 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: ever NFC NFC Wow, So that's the crime, because you 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 2: know he he definitely has ad games where I'm just 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: looking like, Wow, it's the best player in in our 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 2: division or argument our conference. So kudos to him. He 28 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 2: had a great game, and uh, there's probably gonna be 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 2: many more in his future, to be honest. Yeah, when 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: you think of it, Monday night, people want to. 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: Be a experience, you get. 32 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I love prim Zone games, you know, fun, 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 2: everyone's watching. Obviously we're gonna get a great opponent to 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: good tackles too as well, and then we have a 35 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: we have a the challenge for us. We dropped me 36 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: at some uh guy on our defensive line that you 37 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: know is productive. Obviously we're gonna have to raise our 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: level of play. So why not do it on prime 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: time where everyone's watching. 40 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,279 Speaker 1: How does that have a bad ADS year? The energy? 41 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it really does, honestly obviously, cause you got the 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: the fans I play at Penn State, I feel like 43 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: it's and they they hold like what one seventeen? We 44 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 2: hold like more than sixty. I feel like if our 45 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 2: our stadium is louder than uh Penn State, so you 46 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: know that gives a lot of energy and obviously like 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: everyone's watching, so you wanna perform well, you wanna represent 48 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: the name on you know, the Ravens and the name 49 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: on the back of your jersey pretty well too. 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, but I know you don't want to see you 51 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: get hurt. But what do you make of the number 52 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: of four backs of the parties and that knocked. 53 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: Out a gay? 54 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: Yeah? 55 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: Uh, I mean it's crazy. You know, it's crazy, especially 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 2: with all the the rules that they have to protect 57 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: them as well, so it sucks. But you know, we're 58 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: trying to impact the QB as much as we can. 59 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: We're not trying to injure anybody, but it definitely is 60 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 2: crazy and crazy. Namely, I saw someone almost try to 61 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 2: hurt Lamar the last game too, so let's I don't 62 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: want any anyone else to be injured, but I want 63 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: for sure Lamar not to be answer. So yeah, I 64 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: don't know. Uh, I think someone tried to rap his 65 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 2: ankle twisted some the wrong way like that. They might 66 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: get fine, but at least it's not one of our guys. 67 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I'll please for you with this defensive. 68 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 3: Performances on that ego. 69 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 2: I'm very impressed and we bounced back pretty well. Uh 70 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: A lot people are doubting us, and they probably still are, 71 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: but this is a step in the right direction. And 72 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: you know, if you guys play really well and we 73 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: still have a bunch of more guys that can make 74 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: more impact as well. 75 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 4: Start you gonna ask, but y, if you could describe 76 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 4: the bank on a in a prime time what's it like? 77 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: Oh? Loud, you can't hear the guy next to you. 78 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: I feel like the ground shakes a little bit. I 79 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: love when the the lights go black and you see 80 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: the lights in this and that and the stands and everything. 81 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: But it's electric, I'll I that's how i's I's I'll 82 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: describe it. Huh. 83 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 4: How tangible is the different center beings like just in 84 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: in getting you guys kind. 85 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 2: Of go very We live for the fans and we 86 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: love the loudness. We love the loudness after a big 87 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: player and everything. So yeah, it's big and obviously it's 88 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: prime time stage where you can not show up and 89 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 2: show where you are. 90 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: So we also heard from rookie blindbacker Teddy Buchanan. 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,239 Speaker 5: Things like work on I mean I really said everything. 92 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 5: You know, I've played two games in the NFL, so 93 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 5: there's a ton of improvement for me, and I feel that, 94 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 5: you know, every single time I step on the field, 95 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 5: every time I take, every single time I step on 96 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 5: the practice field. So yeah, it's a it's a gradual 97 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 5: thing for me, for sure. 98 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: I think it is. 99 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: Do you think the experience last year of going into 100 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: a due place and sefinitely big pretty quickly is helping. 101 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 5: You trying to do the same thing a little bit? 102 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 2: Yeah? 103 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I've talked. I've talked about this with other people. 104 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 5: I think back to when we played Auburn last year 105 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 5: at Cal and that for me was a huge moment, 106 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 5: just you know, coming from an FCS school, never really 107 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 5: played and sec environment. You know, we were on the road. 108 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 5: So I think back to moments like that in other 109 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 5: big games last season, that being a jump and then 110 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 5: you know, just doing another jump this year. 111 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: Uh. 112 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: I definitely do think those experiences helped lot. 113 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 3: This is the biggest difference, scream right now, from you 114 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: fit to early days spend here after being drafted, Nicky 115 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: many Camp, all that to right now, where do you 116 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 3: think You've made the biggest stride. 117 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 5: I would just say getting more comfortable. You know, you're 118 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 5: a rookie coming into an NFL team, NFL locker room, 119 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 5: it's different, and so just adjusting to that, getting to 120 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 5: know the guys, getting to know uh, you know Baltimore, 121 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 5: and you know, just everything everything it was was completely new. 122 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 5: So uh, just getting acclimated in really every single way 123 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 5: has kind of been how I've. 124 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: Progressed so far. 125 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 5: How much resources is a year, It's uh invaluable. Uh yeah, 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 5: I've talked about him many times. Row is you know, 127 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 5: he's a quarterback. He's the quarterback of our defense, and 128 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 5: you know, standing right next to him, I get to 129 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 5: hear everything he's saying, and obviously, you know, I'm taking 130 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 5: whatever he says and it's helped me a ton. 131 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: The idea that I mean, obviously as defensive player of 132 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: the Week for Row, I'm not a surprise the first 133 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: time in his career. 134 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 4: That's a big surprise when you hear that. 135 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 5: What's your I mean, I'm not surprised that he wonted 136 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 5: this week, and you know, I'm happy he did, and 137 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 5: he probably should have wanted it earlier. 138 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from more of the guys. Tomorrow's the 139 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: Ravens really ramp up their preparation for that Monday night 140 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: football game, so make sure you come back tomorrow. Also 141 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: head over to the Lounge podcast feed and make sure 142 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: you subscribe there as well. Thank you so much for listening, 143 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: and we'll be back with you again tomorrow.