Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Thursday,
Speaker 1: December seventh, and the Ravens preparing for game coming up
Speaker 1: on Sunday. It gets the Los Angeles Rams as they
Speaker 1: get ready for that matchup. We had a chance today
Speaker 1: to talk with the coordinators, so let's kick things off
Speaker 1: as Special teams coordinator Chris Horton.
Speaker 2: Good to see everyone today. I hope everyone's doing well.
Speaker 2: We had a goodbye week. Our guys are back, we're working,
Speaker 2: are ready to get this thing going.
Speaker 3: Questions Chris, Obviously the weather predictions aren't very good this week,
Speaker 3: and how do you prepare the returners?
Speaker 4: I mean to go down the stadium, Like do you
Speaker 4: have them field wet punts?
Speaker 5: Like, how do you go about that?
Speaker 2: You know, it's just it's just one of those things
Speaker 2: that we're gonna have to trust, uh that our guys
Speaker 2: with their with their technique just just filling that ball.
Speaker 2: But from a from a snapper to you know, to
Speaker 2: hold standpoint. We there's ways we can work that, uh
Speaker 2: with my wedding the footballs and things like that, but
Speaker 2: it's a little bit harder to get that ball wet
Speaker 2: and then get it to the returners, right so well,
Speaker 2: it's just one of those things. If we utilize our
Speaker 2: fundamentals when filled in the ball, we're gonna be okay.
Speaker 6: I think your particular in a self scouting to a
Speaker 6: little bit of time or reflection that that's stood out
Speaker 6: to you, that you not as much as you could
Speaker 6: share about that for that they would take to advance
Speaker 6: going forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think one of the biggest things
Speaker 2: I really looked at it. I just wanted to see,
Speaker 2: you know, what was called in some of these these
Speaker 2: punk coverage issues, you know, And I think it just
Speaker 2: went back to us just fully executing the fundamentals of
Speaker 2: that of that phase, you know, being in the right lanes,
Speaker 2: having the right leverages, and just guys going.
Speaker 4: Out and make the play.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: And that's that's really been the biggest thing for us
Speaker 2: right Other than that, I think there's opportunities of when
Speaker 2: we start getting again the weather's changing, we get some
Speaker 2: opportunities for the return game. Just being able to kind
Speaker 2: of maximize those opportunities and set our offense up with
Speaker 2: a good field position.
Speaker 4: Coach, Now that.
Speaker 7: We're kind of nearing the end of the season more
Speaker 7: than halfway.
Speaker 2: Through with Tyler Ott and the special teams unit with
Speaker 2: the field goal and Justin Tucker runs down.
Speaker 7: How would you say their chemistry.
Speaker 4: Has kind of progressed throughout the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's been good. When when Tyler got here,
Speaker 2: you know, they spent a lot of time really working
Speaker 2: hard getting Tyler caught up to what we do to
Speaker 2: our standards just from that snapping standpoint. But he's a
Speaker 2: veteran guy. He I think he understood. He snapped in
Speaker 2: his league for a long time. But as far as
Speaker 2: their chemistry between those three guys, they're doing a great job. Obviously,
Speaker 2: we you know, we've had some we've had some missed
Speaker 2: field goals, but those things are those things are technical things.
Speaker 2: Some of those things, hey you know that that fifty
Speaker 2: nine yard that's sixty one yard though, we look at
Speaker 2: those kicks. But other than that, I think these guys
Speaker 2: are These guys are doing a great job for us.
Speaker 8: Christ you feel you have it just maybe an abundance
Speaker 8: or a surpoorts of talent at special teams just because
Speaker 8: with the injuries, you got to call up some guys
Speaker 8: and some guys get left off just the game day off,
Speaker 8: like Jeff Ross as a guy that's really good that's
Speaker 8: a such a teams are we've seen, you know, just
Speaker 8: due to the depth chart issues, you can't quite get
Speaker 8: all those guys.
Speaker 4: You just feel the episode with felling at this point.
Speaker 2: You know, I kind of I kind of don't don't
Speaker 2: look into it that way, you know. Uh, you know,
Speaker 2: it's it's just I always looked at it as whoever's
Speaker 2: out there. Uh, those guys get an opportunity to go play. Man,
Speaker 2: let's go execute.
Speaker 9: Uh.
Speaker 2: They've been here long enough, they understand how we play,
Speaker 2: you know. Obviously, Uh, as those things happen, maybe the
Speaker 2: level of talent might drop off a little bit. But
Speaker 2: but those guys can still go out there and execute
Speaker 2: the way we played football. All right, It's the National
Speaker 2: Football League, And I tell him, you're here for a reason.
Speaker 2: Let's go play football.
Speaker 1: Special teams coordinator Chris Horton. Next up is offensive coordinator
Speaker 1: Todd Munkin.
Speaker 9: How would you assess where you guys are as an
Speaker 9: offense today?
Speaker 7: I think we've come a long way from the beginning
Speaker 7: of the year in terms of process, and we've been
Speaker 7: doing things better. You know, we still have a long
Speaker 7: ways to go, Like, you know, in terms of just
Speaker 7: being consistent but there's a lot of good I mean,
Speaker 7: there's a lot of things we are doing well. And uh,
Speaker 7: sometimes in the by ways you assess things, you got
Speaker 7: to be careful and not overreact because you do want
Speaker 7: to clean up some of the things that you think
Speaker 7: you have a chance to look at and get better
Speaker 7: at and assess where you're at, but remember some of
Speaker 7: the things you're really good at and kind of try
Speaker 7: to build on that. Wow, we didn't see lam out
Speaker 7: there's and give with like a sickness or an illness.
Speaker 7: I think that questions for coach arbon I don't it's
Speaker 7: not my place to speak on players that are aren't
Speaker 7: a practice.
Speaker 8: What goes into scheming against the Rams pass rush and
Speaker 8: Aaron Donald in particular.
Speaker 7: Sure, that's what a tremendous player, you know, you know,
Speaker 7: it's a challenge. I mean, just like every week in
Speaker 7: this league for a player of his caliber and the
Speaker 7: guys around him that have really picked up their play,
Speaker 7: you know, So it's a real challenge. They do a
Speaker 7: great job schematically, they're well coached, they play hard, they
Speaker 7: play well connected together, which is important, So it'll be
Speaker 7: a real challenge Sunday.
Speaker 5: How much can weather affect your game plan.
Speaker 7: Obviously ranger win in the forecast for some time. I
Speaker 7: think weather affects a number of things. But we're still
Speaker 7: you know, a decent amount of time out, you know,
Speaker 7: but obviously until you get there, you know, you know,
Speaker 7: again you're anticipating rain. You know that there's a chance
Speaker 7: you're going to get wins. So that would anticipate anticipate
Speaker 7: your you know, your game planning and certainly your play calling.
Speaker 6: How much is going against Justin Mattabek help you prepare
Speaker 6: for Aaron Donald? Do you feel like I feel so
Speaker 6: often I hear that cop because he's a young upcoming
Speaker 6: Aaron Donald who that helped this week.
Speaker 7: No, I think that's a good comp you know, I
Speaker 7: think from an internal player, you know, we've played a
Speaker 7: good number of edge guys, you know, for Miles Garrett
Speaker 7: Khalil Mack, you know t J.
Speaker 5: Watts.
Speaker 7: Seems like we've played against a good number of you know,
Speaker 7: edge guys, top end, you know, elite edge guys. And
Speaker 7: now we'll get a chance and they move him around
Speaker 7: third downs, you'll see Aaron on the edge and so
Speaker 7: again he's active a player and they've got a number
Speaker 7: of good players around him. I mean, that's for sure,
Speaker 7: so it's a real challenge, but going up against Justinus
Speaker 7: certainly a good comp.
Speaker 1: That was offensive coordinator Todd Monkin. We also talked with
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Mike McDonald.
Speaker 4: How was the bye week Mike?
Speaker 8: Kind of were there any key takeaways that you took
Speaker 8: out of it that you feel like you can take
Speaker 8: into this next stretch?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think he was great.
Speaker 10: Number one, just kind of recouping and kind of recalibrating
Speaker 10: where we're at and where we want to go.
Speaker 4: Things that I talked about last time. We were able
Speaker 4: to get those things.
Speaker 10: And the good thing about this week is now, you know,
Speaker 10: as we're kind of introducing the rams and the things
Speaker 10: that they do, also through the lens of you know,
Speaker 10: our self scout findings with the guys, so good feedback
Speaker 10: on there, and as well, there's.
Speaker 6: A high level nag and Roland Humphrey possed back in
Speaker 6: the lineup.
Speaker 9: What's the act today and what's he give you guys
Speaker 9: as far as death and I'll playmaking ability?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, you guys know Marlin and Marlin at
Speaker 10: his best is uh as good as they come. So
Speaker 10: I'm glad that he's feeling better, you know, and he's
Speaker 10: trying to get to people. But he looks good right
Speaker 10: now out there for sure.
Speaker 9: Mike, what do you think about the challenge of trying
Speaker 9: to contain the big plays in the passing game with
Speaker 9: the Rams? They do a lot of deep crosses and
Speaker 9: everybody talks about Pooka and Cooper cut but we know
Speaker 9: too Tuat well goes deep as well.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean that's the that's that's a million do
Speaker 10: our question right there is you know, how they marry
Speaker 10: their run in their past game with the actions and
Speaker 10: the movements on early downs is definitely a big challenge
Speaker 10: of what you're trying to take away at any given moment.
Speaker 4: So they do it's just as good as anybody in
Speaker 4: the league, and a.
Speaker 10: Lot of it looks the same with the guys, So
Speaker 10: a lot of a lot of it comes down to
Speaker 10: our communication, diagnosing the play, and then you know, obviously
Speaker 10: handling our responsibilities. But with the the formations that they
Speaker 10: create and staying in the same personnel is a little
Speaker 10: bit unique compared to a lot of teams that we've
Speaker 10: played this year.
Speaker 9: Is it a situation considering O'Dell's been with that team
Speaker 9: where maybe you guys talk to him about the way
Speaker 9: that they do things over the offensively.
Speaker 7: Not really.
Speaker 10: We haven't really talked to Odell about them and how
Speaker 10: they operate. Probably should, I guess, No, I haven't talked
Speaker 10: to him about what.
Speaker 2: A little bit about Puka and Coup.
Speaker 6: These guys that didn't have the measurables necessarily coming on
Speaker 6: you high round draft picks, and yet have.
Speaker 8: Come on and just been unbelievable in the NFL.
Speaker 6: What do you see as a you know, just comatic
Speaker 6: and I'm stilling them trying to deal with why are
Speaker 6: they excelled so well?
Speaker 10: Well, the things that pop off the screen to me
Speaker 10: that are unique to most teams is these guys do
Speaker 10: it all and so they have our respect. They throw
Speaker 10: the hat in there. In the run game, they basically
Speaker 10: use like an extension of tight ends. In the run game,
Speaker 10: all the formations are very condensed. Not all receivers are
Speaker 10: willing to do that and do it effectively. So they're
Speaker 10: able to do that. It's very unselfish of them, which
Speaker 10: speaks to their program and how they operate there. And
Speaker 10: then obviously in the past game, you know, they're able
Speaker 10: to get to the spots they need to get to
Speaker 10: I mean, I don't know how fast are going, but
Speaker 10: they look like, you know, they get to the right
Speaker 10: spots to me. And obviously, you know, great players and
Speaker 10: are able to finish plays and catching the ball in traffic.
Speaker 4: So definitely have our hands full with those two.
Speaker 11: Maybe this is putting the cart before the worce, but
Speaker 11: you know, John Harbaugh talked about how with the bye week,
Speaker 11: you guys have some time to you know, just focus
Speaker 11: on the rams, but do some of the advanced stuff
Speaker 11: and with connections, you know, with the Shannon an free
Speaker 11: and San Francisco coming up, Miami coming up, are you
Speaker 11: anyway we'll can't at this as a kind of witness
Speaker 11: test for.
Speaker 4: The stuff that is my head as well.
Speaker 10: You know, I wouldn't call it a litmus test because
Speaker 10: it's such a week to week thing and and it's
Speaker 10: hard to say, hey, we're going to do these things
Speaker 10: X amount of weeks from now just because the team
Speaker 10: changes and what you feel like you're good at is
Speaker 10: it's just kind of a constant evolution.
Speaker 4: However, it is good to know what's coming down the pike.
Speaker 10: And but I can I can assure you fast majority
Speaker 10: of our attentions is spent on the Rams last week
Speaker 10: for sure.
Speaker 1: That was DC Mike McDonald and into the locker room today.
Speaker 1: We also had a chance to talk with safety Cal
Speaker 1: Hamilton's having a great season. He's actually leading all AFC
Speaker 1: safeties when it comes to Pro Bowl voting. So it's
Speaker 1: been a great year for Kyle and he discussed that
Speaker 1: season and his expectations for Sunday's game.
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I've known Hookah, I mean of him
Speaker 3: since we were so we about that like all American
Speaker 3: game together stuff. But yeah, I mean he's coming to
Speaker 3: his own I don't know what ground he was drafted,
Speaker 3: whatever it was, it was, it wasn't early enough. And
Speaker 3: I mean he's doing a great job this season. He's
Speaker 3: we're watching film. He's doing a bunch all over the field,
Speaker 3: and all of them are they're pretty, uh, pretty versatile
Speaker 3: all over the place.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 3: Obviously Card went to school with him. It's one of
Speaker 3: my boys, and he's been going crazy this year too.
Speaker 3: So they provided a bunch of problems on their side
Speaker 3: of the ball, and it's gonna be a challenge, but
Speaker 3: I think we have the guys to do it.
Speaker 6: He looks like it almost with Hyro and they kind
Speaker 6: of go as well. Let's see when he was at
Speaker 6: the offense, it really just didn't kind of spuit a
Speaker 6: little bit with him there, they can do a lot more.
Speaker 6: How much is he the key?
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's he could do a bunch. He can pass
Speaker 3: pro if you need him too. He's obviously gonna run
Speaker 3: the ball and he's a great pass guy, try out
Speaker 3: of the backfield. And I mean, I've seen it since
Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. Both came in as freshman every dame and
Speaker 3: pretty much best friends the whole time there, So it's
Speaker 3: gonna be cool to go against him. We were texting
Speaker 3: earlier this week just talking about how far it's gonna.
Speaker 5: Be, stuff like that. We've been looking forward to it.
Speaker 3: But at the same time, Yeah, I gotta look at
Speaker 3: him as running back that were playing, scouting him, what
Speaker 3: he likes to do, what he doesn't like to do.
Speaker 3: And I feel like the defense as a whole has
Speaker 3: a good grasp with our game plan what we're gonna do.
Speaker 3: Go into it knowing him so well, does that give
Speaker 3: you an edge you think?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 3: Not really, I don't think. I mean, if anything, I
Speaker 3: think we're gonna go harder. Even let me where before
Speaker 3: because we know we're gonna have bragging rights in the
Speaker 3: group chat and.
Speaker 5: Stuff like that.
Speaker 3: So I mean, yeah, he's a great guy, great player.
Speaker 3: He's I'm glad to see him doing last year.
Speaker 6: Looks like it's gonna be all give his Sunday lots
Speaker 6: of rain, windy defensive guy that you're like, sign me
Speaker 6: up for that, or would you rather I feel Sonning
Speaker 6: in sixty five?
Speaker 5: No win.
Speaker 3: I mean it's easy to be like, that's football weather,
Speaker 3: but I mean I think football weather, it's seventy and
Speaker 3: sonny and not a cloud in the sky. But you know,
Speaker 3: from Georgia, so I'm not really used to the cold
Speaker 3: weather stuff, but once a Notre Dame kind of got
Speaker 3: grown out of that pretty quickly. But yeah, I mean
Speaker 3: it is what it is. And there's been rain games
Speaker 3: this year. We've all played in rain games, so it's
Speaker 3: just another element to it. But it's not gonna change
Speaker 3: a whole bunch by we do for you.
Speaker 7: What you would hope you feel the store.
Speaker 6: Do you feel like, all right, you got this five
Speaker 6: game stretching out of close things out?
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 3: I think it's you know, at the end of the
Speaker 3: season when you see it by this week thirteen, you
Speaker 3: kind of like, all right, it's gonna be a bit
Speaker 3: of a grind to get to the buy. But now
Speaker 3: that we've gotten here to this point, we have a
Speaker 3: seem pretty good where we're at. It's awesome to have
Speaker 3: that little break going to the final stretch of this season,
Speaker 3: going to the playoffs and hopefully make a deep run.
Speaker 3: So you know, it just went home chilled for a
Speaker 3: little bit, just got football off my mind, and now
Speaker 3: risay to go.
Speaker 7: Back to it.
Speaker 4: Chris told us last week, he said, you know, don't
Speaker 4: let the baby pay school.
Speaker 11: Yeah, he'll rip your faceball.
Speaker 4: Where does that come from from?
Speaker 3: You?
Speaker 4: How do you flip that switch?
Speaker 3: I mean, I just shaved this morning whenever I had
Speaker 3: I mean, I can't really grow beer for real, but
Speaker 3: I mean, I guess I've always.
Speaker 4: Kind of had a baby face.
Speaker 3: And I've had people tell me since I got my
Speaker 3: haircut that looked like sixteen. So but yeah, I mean
Speaker 3: it's always been a thing. I blame it all my dad.
Speaker 3: He doesn't have a place for real, so that may
Speaker 3: be it. But yeah, I might be an advantage when
Speaker 3: somebody might think soft or something.
Speaker 4: I'd be more of the opposite, But where does the
Speaker 4: aggression from.
Speaker 3: I just can't be whole back, so my mother look
Speaker 3: like a baby. But yeah, I think it's really the
Speaker 3: only way to play, especially in this league.
Speaker 5: My position.
Speaker 3: You know, safety and nicole in the mix a lot,
Speaker 3: and you know guys are across the ball. They were
Speaker 3: gonna be quite in the same way. So I mean
Speaker 3: the match that if not exceeded every playing and I
Speaker 3: was just controlled aggressing at the end of the day
Speaker 3: and applying it when I need to, being cool and
Speaker 3: calling I need to at the same time. But yeah,
Speaker 3: it's definitely time and place for it.
Speaker 4: So the touch is will you do that to hiring us?
Speaker 3: I mean, when it's we're on the field, he's just
Speaker 3: running back with that boy. That's my boy obviously, but
Speaker 3: he's gonna be feeling somewhay.
Speaker 9: How those nickel blitzers have been very successful for you guys,
Speaker 9: whether it's you blitz and offer or that or Marlin,
Speaker 9: what's kind of your feeling when you were at that
Speaker 9: play being called you know, when you know you're the
Speaker 9: guy that's that's getting.
Speaker 3: Yeah, uh, you know, it's fun. It's I didn't blitz
Speaker 3: so much in college and in high school. It's just
Speaker 3: that's the only level that I've kind of been blitzing at.
Speaker 3: And it's funny, you know, go back, their only job
Speaker 3: you have is just go get a sack, go go
Speaker 3: to the quarterback. So it's it's kind of like I
Speaker 3: feel like it's kind of like pressing somebody in football
Speaker 3: and basketball, like hopefully make them nervous, like make a
Speaker 3: bad decision something like that, because when we disguise our
Speaker 3: blitzers really well, and it's kind of a surprising the
Speaker 3: quarterback when we do end up blitzing. So try to
Speaker 3: keep them on their toes and show our blitzers and
Speaker 3: get out of it and stuff like that. But as
Speaker 3: a nickel, I'm sure you guys are at the same thing.
Speaker 4: He'll tell you that it's on the secondary.
Speaker 5: He's played so well all year.
Speaker 9: But it's been kind of rare for you guys to
Speaker 9: have everyone healthy and back there.
Speaker 11: With Marcus and Marlon both Marlin already saying he's good
Speaker 11: to go this wee because.
Speaker 5: There's some excitement. You guys can still hit another.
Speaker 4: Level just because you've got so much depth, you have.
Speaker 5: So much fersatality back there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, I feel like it's uh, it's been kind
Speaker 3: of the theme this whole year, you know, guys in
Speaker 3: and out at all three levels and offense at the
Speaker 3: same time, you know, but I think it's just showing
Speaker 3: how deep we are. You know, guys come in and
Speaker 3: do a great job. Like you know, he's playing out
Speaker 3: a pro bowl level. And I mean obviously before the season,
Speaker 3: nobody was expecting to start, but I mean he was
Speaker 3: called upon and he delivered, So props to him, Props
Speaker 3: the other guys that stepped up as well, you know,
Speaker 3: like Ronald Darby. He's playing really well. At the same time,
Speaker 3: and you know, it sucks with Marlin and Marcus, like
Speaker 3: those guys went down with injuries stuff like that, but
Speaker 3: it just shows that Marcus is right here. But uh,
Speaker 3: I mean it shows how resilient we are as a
Speaker 3: defense to just hold her everything together like seed.
Speaker 5: To be you.
Speaker 3: At this point. Uh, yes, and no, I mean it's cool.
Speaker 3: At the same time, you know, it's we still got
Speaker 3: five games to go until the playoffs. Sorry, and that's
Speaker 3: when our our season starts. In my mind, you know,
Speaker 3: it's just one week's season going to the playoffs. But
Speaker 3: right now we've got to focus on finishing out the season. Uh,
Speaker 3: because realistically, I don't want to play in the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 3: I want to play Super Bow. So that's the mindset
Speaker 3: thing everybody here has. And it'll be cool to be
Speaker 3: nominated for it, for sure, and I'll be thankful if
Speaker 3: that does happen, but not the priority at this point.
Speaker 1: That was Kyle Hamilton. We also talked with veteran pass
Speaker 1: rusher to dave On Clowney.
Speaker 3: The fire that Kyle Hamilton plays with, the kind of passion,
Speaker 3: the physicality, what what stands out to you?
Speaker 4: Does that stand out to you about him?
Speaker 5: Of course every guys plays like it's hair on fire.
Speaker 5: He all over the field, you know, sideline, the sideline
Speaker 5: M I love it. I love playing with him because
Speaker 5: of the way he play the game and he physical
Speaker 5: you run up and hit you, he can cover, you
Speaker 5: can do it just about anything out there. And UH,
Speaker 5: just like playing with a player like that.
Speaker 1: DONI how long boy is it gonna be? You get
Speaker 1: pressure on Stafford for this game? Uh?
Speaker 5: It's very important. Uh. I feel like that's the Uh.
Speaker 5: Every week we play in a game, it's important to
Speaker 5: get pressure on the quarterback. Uh. We take part in
Speaker 5: that up front and uh, we just gonna try to
Speaker 5: do what we can do up front and get after
Speaker 5: of him.
Speaker 3: So cause you have, you've had a lot of good
Speaker 3: seasons in the NFL, do you It's do you feel
Speaker 3: like this one what.
Speaker 4: You've accomplished when you still can accomplish as the Babels
Speaker 4: to be one of your more verable ones.
Speaker 5: I mean, I hope. So it's just it's early, too
Speaker 5: early to tell. Uh, got a lot of season left,
Speaker 5: playoffs around the corner. Uh. I just wanna continue to
Speaker 5: play and to continue to be out there. That's my
Speaker 5: goal is just to play in every game. And and uh,
Speaker 5: if I said if I do that, I I know
Speaker 5: I was gonna have a great series. So I just
Speaker 5: wanna continue to be out there on the field and
Speaker 5: being available for my teammates and my coaches. So I'm
Speaker 5: I'm working on that right now.
Speaker 4: Why do you fish such a good fit for you
Speaker 4: at work? Both from anjoyment standpoint and.
Speaker 5: The production stadywhere ah it's comfortable and Mike put us
Speaker 5: in great positions to make plays and the guy know
Speaker 5: what they doing out there and lining us up. So
Speaker 5: you got a coach like that and called the bass
Speaker 5: pump the ball and give us an extra time to
Speaker 5: get there. And uh, we been making plays up front.
Speaker 5: And uh that's how you can aks for playing on
Speaker 5: Uh with a defensive line like this and a a
Speaker 5: great linebacker court to.
Speaker 4: Build to build on that.
Speaker 6: Why do you think that the four guys they added later,
Speaker 6: you you, Darby Mollett and uh and Kyle have kind
Speaker 6: of been the perfect finishing touches for this defense.
Speaker 5: Well, huh, you know, I can't tell you the answer.
Speaker 5: That all I know is I couldn't work every day
Speaker 5: and prepare and uh try to do it the aksing
Speaker 5: me and go out there and execute the game playing
Speaker 5: doing a at the end of the week and hopefully
Speaker 5: come out of dub That's all I can do.
Speaker 11: Do you feel physically at this point of the year
Speaker 11: and the five week we do pretty good?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 5: I feel pretty good. Uh. I wish we wouldn't have
Speaker 5: no buy. I wish we would have kept that thing
Speaker 5: roll and uh uh I was just in the groove
Speaker 5: and you know you got to stop me then start
Speaker 5: back up. But uh, I feel pretty good. I'm looking
Speaker 5: forward to this game and get back out there and
Speaker 5: get going.
Speaker 2: So do you the talk about your relentless relentlessless out there.
Speaker 5: Wh where do you think? Where?
Speaker 4: How how difficult is that to have it every s
Speaker 4: you know, try to do it every single time round.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 5: Like I said, we got a great group that rotates.
Speaker 5: So when I get my opportunities to go out there,
Speaker 5: I tr I try not to get tired and just
Speaker 5: give everything I got and just put my foot on
Speaker 5: the gas of a many players to aksed me play
Speaker 5: in a row? I how many time them be out
Speaker 5: there in the game. And Uh, I just try to
Speaker 5: take advantage of my opportunities, you know. Uh So that's
Speaker 5: basically what I go out there and do. I said,
Speaker 5: I might not have nobody five or six in a
Speaker 5: row or whatever, but while I'm my head then it
Speaker 5: go crazy. I go balls to the wall so I
Speaker 5: can try to make a play. So that's what I
Speaker 5: be doing. Uh. They hoping the.
Speaker 11: Chuck Chuck Smith said that only Lamar Jackson has had
Speaker 11: a more pressure on him, uh over the course of
Speaker 11: his career compared to you.
Speaker 4: Just what's it been like having that kind of pressure
Speaker 4: and how do you enjoy it?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 5: I feel like I put that on myself for the
Speaker 5: pressure on myself after the season I had last year,
Speaker 5: I got hurt at the beginning of that season, didn't
Speaker 5: say anything and played in Cleveland. What kind of a
Speaker 5: bad elbow for the whole season and uh, and it
Speaker 5: ain't turn out like I wanted to after the year
Speaker 5: I had the first year I was there with nine sacks,
Speaker 5: turn around and had that bad year. So I came
Speaker 5: in this season with like, I just wanna be available
Speaker 5: and be healthy through these games. Let me go out
Speaker 5: here and try to, you know, dominate like I know
Speaker 5: I can, and I'll put a lot of pressure on
Speaker 5: myself and take pride in it. So I know people
Speaker 5: kept me out cause I'm thirty or whatever they wanna say.
Speaker 5: But I just go out there and play, play my
Speaker 5: game and and give you what I got.
Speaker 8: Is it if it gets out like crass cause I'm
Speaker 8: sis your or the only golden season was to ever
Speaker 8: play every game and and remain healthy.
Speaker 4: Just what's been the practice of.
Speaker 10: Of working on that?
Speaker 5: I uh, uh like this team and uh Coach Harball
Speaker 5: do a good job taking care of the guys out
Speaker 5: there during the week, and the ain't too much. It's
Speaker 5: just enough to get to work in and just get
Speaker 5: us prepared for the game and he do a really
Speaker 5: good job of that double digit sacks in the season.
Speaker 5: That is that important for you? Of course? Probably more
Speaker 5: right at this point. I want more just being Hongry
Speaker 5: right now. For me, it's still key and I've got
Speaker 5: a lot of football left. Like I say, five regular
Speaker 5: season game. I just want to go out there and
Speaker 5: be great for my teammates and my coaches.
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