1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: down with rookie Mike Green. Mike, my first question here 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: is how'd you get so good at ping pong? 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: It's crazy? We played literally every day after practice, so 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 2: that's probably what. 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 3: So you didn't grow up playing you just picked it 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 3: up since you've been here. 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I used to play with my brother 10 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: while we're doing the combine training in Arizona. But besides that, 11 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: like we we literally play every day here. 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 3: So yeah, you're you're pretty good. Who's the best player 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 3: in the locker room so far? 14 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: Oh? Probably Teddy Teddy. Yeah, Teddy, he's real good. I 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: don't know how, but uh yeah, he's really good. Like 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 2: nobody could be Teddy. 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 4: For interesting, I was gonna take for viewers or listeners 18 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 4: who don't know, there is a ping pong table in 19 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 4: the locker room and Mike was kind of running the 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 4: table this week. I've seen you like holding court on 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 4: that you're You've. 22 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 3: Been taking that fub a little bit. Looks like you're 23 00:00:59,240 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: getting the best. 24 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. Me and Fudb we go back and forth every 25 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: single day, back and forth, back and forth. But uh, 26 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 2: I think I'm definitely better than fuck though. 27 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 4: Well, you're you're developing as a ping pong player, developing 28 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 4: as a football player both those areas and on the 29 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 4: football field, this week you may end up having a 30 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 4: big opportunity. As we know, Kyle van Noy is dealing 31 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: with a with an injury, so that could end up 32 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 4: creating an opportunity for you. Just how are you approaching 33 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 4: this game against the Lion is a really important primetime 34 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: game for you and for this team. 35 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I kind of mentioned this in one of 36 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: my other interviews, is like when you're the next guy up, 37 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: you're expected to be ready, And uh, I think I've 38 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: just been prepared to be ready when when my name 39 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: was going to be called. And I think this week 40 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 2: is a good opportunity for me to go out there 41 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: and showcase my talent. So we're all excited, we're all 42 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: ready to go, and uh we're we're fixing up a 43 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: little tweaks here and there, so we're actually ready. So 44 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 2: we're really ready to uh to face the lines one day. 45 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure when when you come into the league, like 46 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: any rookie, you're itching to make plays. You know, obviously, 47 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: like Kyle is a great player, you don't want to 48 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: see any you may go down for any period of time. 49 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: But like when you do have this opportunity kind of 50 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: presented to you, what are the emotions with that? 51 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: First Well, of course, you have to to keep it cool, 52 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. You have to make sure 53 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: that you that you're honing into the to the details 54 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: and that you know what you're supposed to do in 55 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: certain situations and things like that. And then you also 56 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: got to be grateful for the opportunity as well. Kyle, Like, 57 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: he's great, he's a great guy, and he's a great 58 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: player as well. Unfortunately he's down right now, but uh 59 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: but hopefully he has a speedy recovery and he's back 60 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 2: very fast. And uh, like I'm ready for this opportunity 61 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 2: and it did presented itself, so so I think I'm 62 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: ready to go. 63 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 4: You look at the Lions, good offense are coming off 64 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 4: a week where they put up a fifty burger last week, 65 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 4: They've got good tackles and just a really talented team 66 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 4: across the board. How do you size up the challenge 67 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 4: going into this matchup? 68 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, very good offense, very good quarterback as well. We 69 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: know how what we're supposed to be doing and and 70 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 2: how we should attack them. And I think this week especially, 71 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: we're our attention to detail is a little is a 72 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: little bit more on edge because we want to continue 73 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: to have this snowball effect on winning and we had 74 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 2: we got our first win last week, and we just 75 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 2: want to continue to win, continue to win, continue to win. 76 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: So this this week was was very important that we're 77 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 2: locked into our details, and uh, I think we're going 78 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: to be ready to go. 79 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 4: As a rookie. You learned so much like you from 80 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 4: the time that you get here, Like it is steep, 81 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 4: there's a steep learning curve and you're taking a lot. Yeah, 82 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 4: and so like, could you describe to me how much 83 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 4: of a different player you are today compared to when 84 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 4: you arrived here after the draft. 85 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's two totally different types of ball college ball 86 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: and NFL ball. And it's just crazy because because what 87 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: I first realized, these dudes are huge, Like dudes in 88 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: college are are are big, But when you gets an 89 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: NFL is like everybody's huge and everybody's very talented. So 90 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: there's never going to be that that weaker fish or 91 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: that that's going to be that you're going against, like 92 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: everybody's going to be a great competition. And that's something 93 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: that stuck out to me when I first got here. 94 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: And uh, and just like the speed of the game 95 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 2: is just so fast, and you got to make sure 96 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: that you're on top of your stuff so you can 97 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: compete at the highest level that your cap of competing 98 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 2: that and and I think just my rookie experience so 99 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 2: far has just been great. Of course, like I'm just 100 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 2: continue to learn and continue to build and get better 101 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: and better and better, but I also want to take 102 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 2: a moment and step back and also just learn and 103 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: just just see how the older guys go about their 104 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 2: days and what helps them out. And I always make 105 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: sure that I'm asking older guys like Kyle and t 106 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 2: Rob like questions that I that I need to get answered, 107 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 2: and they're always there to answer the questions. And and yeah, 108 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 2: so I think it's very important to to have a 109 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: good room of older guys that can also lead and 110 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: mentor youth. 111 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: You were you were this close to getting your first 112 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: sack against the Browns, had Joe flacken by the angles 113 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: when you when you kind of turn around and see 114 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: that he got rid of that ball as he's going 115 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: down the ground. Are you like, come on, man, that 116 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: should have been my first NFL sack. 117 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's crazy because I didn't really realize that he 118 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 2: threw it away until a few seconds after the play 119 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 2: was over. Yeah, but it's gonna come. The time's gonna come. 120 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: The time is going to come. I don't know when, 121 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 2: but it's gonna come. I just got to make sure 122 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: that I'm doing I'm supposed to be doing. 123 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: You did you did the arrow kind of celebration in college? 124 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: Do you have an NFL celebration Plans you carry it over? 125 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: Yeah? 126 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm definitely gonna carry it over. I'm definitely gonna 127 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: carry it over. But I told myself it's going to 128 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: be situationally, so it's it's like it's not going to 129 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: be on every single sack that I get that I'll 130 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 2: do it. It has to be big sacks. It has 131 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 2: to be meaningful plays and and things like that which 132 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 2: will make the celebration. You know what I'm saying better, 133 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: you know right exactly? They just do the same celebration 134 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: every single time. It's like the way. 135 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 4: I feel that I feel that we had Wiggs on 136 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 4: he does the box celebration, and he said that like 137 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 4: he doesn't want to overdo it. 138 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 3: It's the same thing. 139 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 4: You overdo it and then all of a sudden, it's like, man, 140 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 4: this guy just does have one drink. 141 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's just always drawing a box. 142 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 3: So I know that. 143 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: You know, goals are an important thing. Setting goals, you know, 144 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: defensively the meeting rooms and whatnot. Can you share any 145 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: what were your rookie season goals? 146 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, of course, Ricky Defensive Player of the Year 147 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 2: was was my mindset throughout my whole pre draft process 148 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: as well, and still up to this day. That's just 149 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: something that I take a lot of pride in and 150 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 2: I feel like it is achievable for me, and I 151 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: just got to continue to to just to just chip 152 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 2: away the days and make sure that I'm stacking my 153 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,679 Speaker 2: bricks and everything else is just going to fallow along 154 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 2: with it. So yeah, long term goal, yeah, just short 155 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 2: term goal, just I guess, just I guess, fulfilling my responsibility, 156 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: regardless like what it is on the field or or 157 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 2: how big of an impact is going to be. I 158 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: just want to fill my role and and just be 159 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: a service to to not just the team, but but 160 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: the Ravens community. 161 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 4: When you talk about that kind of a goal, I 162 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 4: mean defense player of the Year obviously a big goal. 163 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 4: You're not setting like a low bar here like axe. 164 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 4: Does that Does that speak to the vision of and 165 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 4: the confidence that you have in yourself and what you 166 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 4: can become? 167 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, I put I put a lot of 168 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 2: pressure on myself to do well, and there's also a 169 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 2: lot of outside pressure that's that's on me to do 170 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: well as well. So of course it's good. It's good pressure. 171 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: And I just gotta make sure that that I'm just 172 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 2: playing up to my capability. And yeah, it's just something 173 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: that I always I wanted to to do and achieve, 174 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 2: So uh, I just got to keep on shipping at it. 175 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: So I tweeted this picture. 176 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: There's this photo of you in the preseason game against 177 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: the Colts, this photo which is a good photo, right, 178 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: and I tweeted this photo out and it kind of 179 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: blew up because of your bend. I mean, that's preposterous 180 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: bend and like that the ankle flexion on this how 181 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: do you get so low? We'll even do that's broken 182 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: zoom in my ankle. 183 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 3: Look like this, I'm on the shelf for more. That's 184 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 3: a broken ankle for me. 185 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: How do you? 186 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: How do you do this? 187 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 2: Okay, it's it's actually a good story. So when I 188 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 2: first arrived here, they have us do like these tests 189 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 2: to figure out your mobility and and things like like that, 190 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 2: and it was like you stay in this room and 191 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 2: you're just like moving around and give you certain things 192 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 2: to do to test out how good you move, if 193 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: one side is more uneven than the other side, and 194 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: things like that. So in somewhere in my report it 195 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: was saying that my left ankle was tighter than my 196 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: right ankle. Yeah, yeah, which was which is crazy because 197 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 2: I realized that at at some point, like earlier in 198 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: my football career. I think it was like high school 199 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 2: or maybe the just the beginning of college, like I 200 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 2: tweaked my ankle. So when they told me that, I 201 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 2: was like, okay, yeah, that makes sense. Well, I guess 202 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 2: these little cameras are working and and uh so then 203 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 2: I went to my strength coach. Well, my strength coach 204 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 2: came to me and was like, hey, there's some things 205 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: that we can do. Yeah, and I just been working 206 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: on it, like even just at home before I go 207 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 2: to sleep or after practice, I go in the weight 208 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 2: room and just do like inkle mobility and just stretching 209 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 2: out and things like that. And I got like a 210 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: little ankle program that he literally sent me that that 211 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: I just stick to, and I guess it's been. 212 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: Speak but I mean the bend beyond just like that ankle. 213 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: I mean your ability to bend at your size, I 214 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: think is part of what makes you such a great 215 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: pass rusher. Is that just hey, you were blessed with 216 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: great cheese? How like is that something you can make? 217 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: I think is the mix of two things. Yeah. First, 218 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 2: I think just that's just what I've been blessed with. 219 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: And second, I actually wrestled in high school for a 220 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 2: few years, and uh, that was probably one of the 221 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 2: best decisions I've ever made in my life. Interesting, my 222 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: older brother, Uh he introduced me in it to it. 223 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: He's like, hey, like, let's just go out one day, 224 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: and we actually really liked it, and uh it was 225 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 2: very beneficial for us, and a lot of things that 226 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 2: we did and while we were wrestling carried over to 227 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:58,119 Speaker 2: the football fields, such as leverage and core strength and like, yeah, 228 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 2: like all those types of things. And so yeah, I 229 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: actually I placed like second and third in the state 230 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 2: the last two years of uh that I wrestled in 231 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: high school. Yeah and uh yeah, like it paid off 232 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 2: very well. 233 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 3: You know what we need to do. 234 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 4: We need to set up the in locker room wrestling 235 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: match between you and Tyler Linderbaum. I don't know if 236 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 4: you know this, but Tyler Linderbaum was also like a 237 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 4: state level wrestler at Iowa when he was in high school. 238 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 4: So I think we need to set up this match 239 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 4: here between the two of you guys to see who 240 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 4: can best man win. 241 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's crazy because we actually already wrestled. We 242 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 2: actually already wrestled, and I want Tyler, if you speak 243 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 2: to a few al Alignment, they will tell you it's 244 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: gonna be hard. It might be hard for him to 245 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 2: admit because he was such a great wrestler, but leverage 246 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: has a lot of a lot to do with how 247 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: good you are in wrestling, and the lower guy always 248 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 2: went and the guy that's able to to move around 249 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: faster and and get you in certain situations faster and better, 250 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: it's typically the ones that is the one that wins. 251 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: So I got Tyler. 252 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: You go, yeah, well done. 253 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: Well my last question for you, Mike is you know 254 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: we all saw on Draft weekend how emotional you were, 255 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: you know, with your family. 256 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: It was just it was just really cool to see. 257 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: You know. Can you go back to Draft Weekend and 258 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: take us inside the emotion of that moment when you 259 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: were picked by the Ravens. 260 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was great. It was the best experience that 261 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 2: I've that that I've been a part of in my life. 262 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 2: It was so great that all my family and my 263 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: friends were there, of course, and we got to share 264 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 2: that special moment together. And I didn't really care too 265 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: much about where I got drafted, whether it's going to 266 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 2: be the first round or the seventh. I just really 267 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 2: wanted to get drafted. That's something that I've been dreaming 268 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: about since I was a kid. And uh, it was 269 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 2: just such a great experience. And uh yeah, it was 270 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 2: just just the whole experiences as as the experience as 271 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 2: a whole was just unforgettable. And it's like it's like, 272 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 2: you can't really like explain how Draft Knight is. You 273 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 2: have to be at Draft Knight in order I'll never 274 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: experienced that in order to know how Draft Knight feels. 275 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 2: But yeah, I would have trade I wouldn't trade that 276 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 2: moment for anything. And uh, I've been blessed to get 277 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: picked up by the Ravens, and I'm always going to 278 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 2: be blessed to be a part of this organization. 279 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 4: You grew up not too far from here, like a 280 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 4: few hours away in Virginia, Did you grow up like 281 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 4: with an awareness of of who the Ravens are, the 282 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 4: history of this team, the culture of this team, great 283 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 4: defensive players, whether you're a fan, like, what was your 284 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 4: feeling towards the Ravens when you found out you were 285 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 4: getting picked by him? 286 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: So I didn't really know too much about the Ravens 287 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 2: before I got drafted. When I got here and settled 288 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 2: in and and just like all our meetings and things 289 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 2: like that, like I started to learn more and more 290 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 2: and more and more. So, Yeah, I didn't really know 291 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: too much about like the Ravens history and the culture 292 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 2: until I got here. And it's like it's it's so 293 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: unique that you can't even really put words together to 294 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: explain how like the like the culture and and just 295 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 2: how the organization is like rand because it's just so 296 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: unique and special. But there's a lot of great players 297 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: that came out of here and it's just like guys 298 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 2: like Ray Lewis, h Terrell, Suggs and and so yeah. 299 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 4: Well you like just in the last one for me, 300 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 4: you mentioned Ray Like Ray's been around this year, Like 301 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 4: he's been out here in practice, he was he's been 302 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 4: at both games. Like what has it been like for 303 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 4: you to be around greatness? Like he's one of the 304 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 4: best ever? Uh and to be able to see Ray Lewis. 305 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 4: I feel like everyone has a Ray Lewis story, but 306 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 4: like what was what's your feeling being around him? 307 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 2: It's great because it's just like he's so powerful. When 308 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: he speaks, it's it's insane, like it's actually saying like 309 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 2: like we're done with practice and he comes up and 310 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: he's talking to us, and we're so like dialed into 311 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 2: what he's saying, and we're so motivated. We're like, shoot, 312 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 2: we can practice again. Honestly, let's just go right now. 313 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: But he's he's so powerful with his tongue and there's 314 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 2: the things that he say just gets you routed up 315 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: and and like he's lived through what we want to 316 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 2: live through. So when you have somebody that's special like that, 317 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 2: it's easier and it's it's more comfortable, comfortable two listen, Yeah, 318 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 2: you know. And uh, and so maybe I need to 319 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 2: find Ray Lewis next game and have him give me 320 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 2: a little pep talk. You will have me ready to 321 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: run through a wall if he comes speak to me 322 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: before the game. 323 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 4: That happened. 324 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we gotta make that out, make that awesome. 325 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 3: Well, thank you, Mike, really appreciate it, of course. Man, 326 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 3: thank you, thanks for coming in. 327 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 4: You're listening to the Lounge podcast. We're coming to you 328 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 4: from the Seakik studio. We want to mention our partners 329 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 4: at Draft Kings sports Book. They are an official sports 330 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 4: betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draft King Sports Book. 331 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 4: The Crown is yours. Well, thanks to Mike for joining us. 332 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 4: Enjoyed having a conversation with him and getting to know 333 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 4: him a little bit more. And I do think that 334 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 4: he's going to be a guy here who we see 335 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 4: make more and more of an impact. And you know, 336 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 4: he got close for that first sac against Joe last week, 337 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: and maybe he's able to break through this week against 338 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 4: Jared Goff and the Lions. 339 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: Well, past Rush is going to be really big, you know, 340 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: and disrupting this Lions really talented Lions offense, and Mike 341 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: Green's gonna get his snaps that, you know, if Kyle 342 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: van Noy can't suit up, and so yeah, is this 343 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: the week? 344 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 3: Certainly? Hope so could be. 345 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: And you know, Golf is not the most fleet of 346 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 1: foot scrambling. He's a pocket quarterback. So like the Ravens, 347 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: if they can shut down the run, I think then 348 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to kind of tee off a 349 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: little bit on that on that passing game, that dropped 350 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: back passing game. So Mike Green's gonna be an important 351 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 1: player in this game. And not just you know, we 352 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: talk about pass rush, but the run defense as well 353 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: gonna be huge against the Lions, and you know Dr 354 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: Kaimira Gibbs, Dave Montgomery, it's gonna be a big part 355 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: of it. So but I'm encouraged from what I've seen 356 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: from Mike Green. I think that he comes into the league, 357 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: you know, coming from Marshall, you wouldn't think like, Okay, 358 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: this is going to be a guy who's like pretty 359 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: polished up. 360 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: But Mike has a wide assortment of moves. 361 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: He can win in a ride of ways and then 362 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: when he can bend like he can you know the 363 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: wrestler and Mike Green comes out. You put that all 364 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: together and with his athleticism, and he has something special there. 365 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: You know, He's got a lot of work to do 366 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: to for that ultimate materialize and to achieve his goals 367 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: of defensive Rookie of the Year and whatnot. But it's 368 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: there and now he's gonna The biggest thing in my 369 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: mind was opportunity, you know, because he had so many 370 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: guys in front of him, with Kyle Van Noyoe and 371 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: all these guys like, but hey, he's gonna get an 372 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: opportunity here until Kyle van noy is on the field. 373 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 4: I didn't know that he was a high school wrestler 374 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 4: until you said that. 375 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. 376 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 4: But like the Ravens, if you actually go back, there's 377 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 4: been a number of guys who the Raves have had 378 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 4: in the trenches who wrestled in high school and and 379 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 4: the Ravens like, I'm sure the Scouts knew this as 380 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 4: they went through the process and evaluating him, like they 381 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 4: actually care about that stuff like that type when you 382 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 4: have like a really world class wrestler, high end like 383 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: guy in the trenches like that is something that I 384 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 4: think that they care about. 385 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: Well, now, all I'm envisioning in my head is the 386 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: ping pong table, the wrestling. It's WWE. We got Mike 387 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: Green and tyre linnen Baum going through the table. It's 388 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: got we got to get to the bottom of this. 389 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,239 Speaker 1: We got to track down Tyler Lindar bob Oh his 390 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: version of events. 391 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 3: We're asking him that question. 392 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 4: I wonder if Tyler's gonna have any different perception. I'm 393 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 4: sure he may have a different view on who ended 394 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 4: up winning that match, I'm sure, But just just going 395 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 4: back to Mike and his ability to get after the 396 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: quarterback like he was a guy in training camp. Once 397 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 4: the pads came on, I just felt like he elevated yep. 398 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 4: And he has a good arsenal pass rush moves. A 399 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 4: lot of times, I think what you see in a 400 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 4: young player who comes in at that position, they kind 401 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 4: of have like one trick their speed or their power. 402 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 4: They have one move. 403 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 3: Mike can win with speed or power. 404 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 4: He can do it in different ways. And so in 405 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 4: the in the preseason, he really flashed. I mean you 406 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 4: showed that picture against the Colts, Like in that Colts game, 407 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 4: he jumped off the screen like this guy's like the 408 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 4: best player on the defense in that preseason game, and 409 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: then you go to Week one and like it's another jump, 410 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 4: Like the Week one was a huge jump. You're going 411 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 4: up against one of the best offenses in football, one 412 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 4: of the best quarterbacks in football, and two of the 413 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 4: best tackles you know for their positions, and so like, 414 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 4: that's that's a challenging assignment. And I think that we 415 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 4: saw him breakthrough a little bit again last week against Cleveland, 416 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 4: and I think that he's just going to keep making 417 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 4: strides and keep making progress. So I'm eager to see 418 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 4: what kind of production he has in this game against 419 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 4: the Lions and where it goes from here. 420 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, I am too. I also will give him credit. 421 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 1: He is the best at picking crabs among the rookie class. 422 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 3: I witnessed this first. 423 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: He's not far too far from here, Virginia guy, right son, 424 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: He's like between Richmond and Norfolk was where he grew up, 425 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: and so he was a little experienced, but I'll gi him. 426 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: He was pretty good anyway. He was right in there. 427 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 3: You dove in well. 428 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 4: Ryan's referencing when the rookie class. Jamial McClain, who runs 429 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 4: the rookie development program here, does a great job. One 430 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 4: of the things they did during the off season is 431 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 4: they go around and just got to learn about Baltimore. 432 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 4: That's one of the things that they learned, like off 433 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 4: the field, like skills, but then also part of it 434 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 4: is just getting a feel for the city and the 435 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 4: environment here and what it's like. And so there was 436 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 4: they did today Jimmy Seafood and they did some crab 437 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 4: picking there. When we talked to ma Alchi Starts on 438 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 4: the podcast earlier this offseason, Malchi was like, it's good, 439 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 4: but like I wasn't really into the crap. We're just 440 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: doing a crab cake. He just wanted the crab cake. 441 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 4: He didn't want to do any of the work. But 442 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 4: I guess Mike was pretty good. 443 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: Mike's a worker on those crabs, so credit that's right, 444 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: that's right, that's right. 445 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 4: So anyway, we're excited to see him this week. As always, 446 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 4: we'd love to hear from you. Email us at the 447 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 4: lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Again, it's Monday 448 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 4: Night football this week. It's dark Our Darkness Falls game 449 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 4: is going to be a great atmosphere at Mt bak 450 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 4: Stadium on Monday. We can't wait for that, we are 451 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 4: going to have a podcast that comes out Monday morning, 452 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 4: just our final preview for this game and this matchup 453 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 4: and this we we'll really dive into some of the 454 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 4: specifics in that game to make sure you check that 455 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 4: out on Monday. Thank you so much for watching and listening, 456 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 4: and we'll talk to you again for that Monday night 457 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 4: football game coming up next week.