WEBVTT - Brandon Stephens, Jalyn Armour-Davis, John Harbaugh, Dennard Wilson: Training Camp 8/7 Press Conferences 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.320 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Monday, 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:08.840 August seventh, and the Ravens are back on the practice 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:14.000 field today after having an off day on Sunday. After practice, 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.120 we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:22.040 defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson, cornerback Jalen armor Davis, and 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:26.079 defensive back Brandon Stevens. Let's kick things off with coach Hardball. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.720 Okay, good to see everybody here. We sure appreciate you 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.080 being here. Had the Governor out today, so that was 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:35.000 a big honor. Governor Moore was here and he's a 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.559 football he's an athlete football and a baseball guy, so 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:44.280 we sure appreciate that. Good tough practice today, Pads hot humid, 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:49.120 and I thought our guys were very intentional about bringing 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.880 up the winning football aspect of what we're doing and 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:53.920 staying out of that realm of you know, below the line. 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.440 Did a really good job of that, a lot less 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.600 mistakes today than the world over the weekend. I was 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.640 just really happy with that. And our guys are just 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:02.960 saying they're they're locked in. It matters to them. They're 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:04.720 going very hard and I'm proud of them for it. 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:08.319 What questions you have John Fuller Dell with the. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.559 Fields were and you're going to watch them roll over. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:11.120 His now anything? 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:14.040 Yeah, just a just a rep account, you know, he had, 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.920 he had enough, his numbers were there, worked hard, had 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.760 a great day, I thought, And we're just gonna monitor 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:21.720 that as we go. Like we said, we'll be smart 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:25.720 about it. There's no injury, hard and. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.000 Things, a something A lot of the offensive line. 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:29.360 That is that something that we do. 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.520 We're looking at that. We're looking at that. You know, 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.360 it's just a multiple role kind of thing. I mean, 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.280 Pat's quite a quite an athlete. You know, he can 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.920 do a lot of different things, and uh, maybe we 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.600 expand his role just a little bit for a little 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:43.880 bit of time here and see how he does. So 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:44.600 we're gonna look at that. 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.760 So the first day or so with this, you left 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.200 bar with soda and sens. 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.160 And have anything with for both of wos. 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.200 That went really well for both of them. Thanks. I mean, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:56.880 you know, it's just there's nothing now think it's anything 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.280 to read into it from a depth chart standpoint. It's 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.440 more just, hey, let's give John a chance with the ones, 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.760 to give solid chance with the twos and continue to 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.480 get reps. They both had the same number of reps, 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.120 so I thought they both did very well today. 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.880 John had noticed any sort of pick up an intensity 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.040 person to prepare for an actual game this weekend. Did 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:16.560 you notice the change to the guys at all? 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.200 I thought the intensity stayed at the same level. I 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.160 thought we picked up in intentionality in terms of trying 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.320 to be on point, you know, fewer mistakes, those kind 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.520 of things, and that's what camp should be. You know, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.600 we've just got to keep improving steadily every single day 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:32.440 in those areas, and I thought they did a really 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:33.080 good job of that. 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:36.799 Let's say practice where you are preparing for the Saturday's game. 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:40.000 No, we really don't ever prepare for the preseason games. Really, 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.799 it's just we're getting ready for the regular season. 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:50.760 Kind of slipped a little it off back some time 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:52.720 him the air for what he's actually some sort of 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:53.720 post a kind of thing. 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.200 Yeah, he's okay, I mean he just you know, it's 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.520 it's hot. It's towards the end of practice. You know, 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:04.080 sometimes I get like, Okay, we're good, We're good. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:06.560 You don't haven't prepare for the preseason game. 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.400 But know the record is haven't lost to a lot 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:09.679 of time. 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.040 Give the players the credit. That's that's who deserves it. 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.880 You know, they've done a great job over the years, 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.440 and I believe it means a lot to the guys 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:20.720 that have played in those games. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.280 Got obviously you got to. 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:31.240 Kicks on the seven games, get the emergency practicing. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.280 Jordan's out in their funeral, just to in case that happens. 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.680 Their game or right, That's exactly what it is, you know, 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:38.960 and Jordan's The good thing about Jordan is he did 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.560 in college for a while, so he can do it. 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:44.440 You saw he kicked great. That was a great kick, right. Uh, 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.920 the operation was really good, So you gotta be prepared 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:48.800 for everything, right. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.960 I saw the part up there and he just kind 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.200 of hanging around the offensiveronmenthere. We're going to practice the 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:58.560 chicks will take some repster or can maintain a world 0:03:58.560 --> 0:03:59.560 of the ten gas. 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.080 Well we're just talking like like bo Assids saying there's 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:03.680 a chance he'll take some reps there. We just want 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.400 to look at it right now, see what it looks like, 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.200 and if you feel good about it, then then then 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.120 keep moving with it. And it's kind of late. You 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.360 know what I mean. So he'd have to really he'd 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.360 have to really really look good for us to do that. 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.599 But with Pat you never know. I wouldn't count him out. 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:20.600 I thought, you've had some other quarterbacks banged up in 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.680 the practice, but someone like Brady Stevens. You'd seen him 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.440 at safety, you know, Nickel playing outside filming today and 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:26.560 he's valuable. 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.760 Is it to have something like that, especially in a 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:29.800 game day set. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.320 In where you get up, a couple of guys go down. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:35.120 And it's right to look hugely valuable for Brandon's versatility. 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.960 He can play every position and be good, you know, 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.360 and be very good. So we're just talking to him 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.560 in the walkthrough this morning about it today before practice 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.039 about it. You know what a what a blessing that 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:50.520 is a plus for our team. Sounds great, Thank you. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.160 That was head coach John Harbaugh. And now there's a 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.400 lot of focus on this secondary going into this season, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.880 especially at the cornerback position. Defensive backs coach Dinard Wilson 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.160 talked about that today. 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.920 First ball for the opportunity. 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.240 For again because he just coming back in some privilege 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:12.880 being back in Baltimo, being back in the state of Maryland, 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.479 Maryland where I'm from. So you know, I'm excited to 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:16.919 be here. Man. I'm honored to be a part of 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:17.840 the Baltimore Ravens. 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:18.400 Uh. 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:19.760 Any questions you guys have. 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.520 Talking about the process and you can coming back audience, 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.640 and I just like to talk about a new infensive 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.840 coordinator openings around the league. How did this kind of 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:29.920 opportunity coming about? 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.360 Well, you know, unfortunately I didn't get the defensive coordinator 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:37.400 job there. You know, it's just another step, another learning experience. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.120 When I didn't get the job, things kind of transpired. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.880 I won't talk about all that, but when it all transpired, 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.719 Coach Harrorball gave me a call, said would I be 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.559 interested in joining the team, And you know I jumped 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:51.800 at it. I mean to be a dB coach for 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.720 the Baltimore Ravens organization. You can't beat that, all right. 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.960 It's a standard that's set here. And you know I 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.200 was blessing and fortunately that he gave me a gave 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:04.080 me a call, I could figure that opportunity. It was 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:08.920 a quick turnaround, obviously, you know, we went out separate 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:09.719 raised in Philly. 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:11.200 I had a couple of other. 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.040 Teams reach out to me at the same time. I mean, 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.680 obviously I was just up the road an hour or so. 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.240 My family was. You know, my family's there trying to 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.280 get situated, and I have family. I'm coming back home. 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:22.599 You know. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.320 It's a dream for me to be be a raven. Uh, 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.240 coaching professionally in the state that you grew up in. 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:31.000 You can't beat that. So it was it was quick. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.480 And uh, it wasn't a hard decision for me to make. 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:35.640 If you come out with a Stofford obviously with a 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.760 secondary hunches work, you got pretty much did you guys 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:40.599 kind of close right up? 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.359 Well, you know what, we started doing things that I 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.320 like to do, things that Chris likes to do. We 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.480 kind of blended it. One thing about this defensive staff, 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.240 everybody's tight en it. There is no egos. We are 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:52.960 here for one purpose and that purpose is make the 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.360 players players as best they could be. So for me, 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.080 it's not about an ego. I'm not gonna be selfish. 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.920 Chris wasn't selfish. We attack the day every day, were 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:02.960 trying to get these guys better and at the end 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.080 of the day, the way they play is the way. 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:05.680 We're gonna coach them. 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:15.280 Take sat time, Well, the big thing, you know, our 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.400 big thing is this, The ball travel further and fast 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.400 in the air does the ground. And we got to 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.920 eliminate the explosive plays. We got to keep the passing 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.320 yards down. But the biggest thing is tacking the ball 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.440 with violence, all right. We got to create way more 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.280 turnovers and take the ball away for our offense. The 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:33.400 two big winning factors in football is explosive plays and takeaways. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.240 So we got to stop the explosive players and. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.720 We got to get a ball back to our offense. 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.200 I said, then, like coaching some of these versatile players 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.480 that could play in all the positions like Kyle Hamilton, 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.000 Brandon Steve has has played in corner and shim Ye 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:45.440 as well. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.880 Well, it's great because you know, you know, in this game, 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.800 the more you can do is better. And those young 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:52.920 men they can pick up things, they grasp it fast. 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.720 They are real intelligent football players. So they'll come out 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.560 there when they switch positions, that might be a mistake 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.000 or two, but they get it corrected, they come back, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.080 they get better every day. It's a blessing to be 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.160 able to coach a guy like Kyle Hamilton, like he 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.480 has endless potential and as a coach, it's our jobs 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.600 to get everything out of him so he reaches his 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:11.120 full potential. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.760 Rock how currently got to get backs. 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.400 Look, competition makes everybody better. It's like iron sharp and 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.680 iron right. So when those guys come out here, we 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.400 want to see who can consistently do the right things 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.880 over and over again. It's not always about the flash plays. 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.400 It's about the technique and fundamentals where their eyes at. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.480 If they can build on the small stuff and each 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.520 day they started to get better and better, the battle 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.840 will itself will take care of itself. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:41.040 You know what I mean. 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.400 So with Rock being out, that provides opportunities for young 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:45.520 guys to get more reps and it makes us a 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:46.000 better unit. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:51.960 Well, Taylor has all the tutors. You know. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.680 He has good footwork, he has good he has top 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:58.000 end scheme. The biggest thing with him is his consistency. 0:08:58.160 --> 0:08:59.240 And any great. 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.960 Playoff good player in that football league, they're consistent on 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:02.840 a daily basis. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:04.920 So some of the days that he comes out. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:06.720 Hey, we need to ramp it up a little bit more. 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.839 And he's gaining confidence every play when you notice he's 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.560 always in position. Now it's about finishing when the ball's 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:12.960 in the air. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.560 You see where your ear starts to take a lot 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:15.960 of the first. 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:20.960 Team pretty but him there a eighties versatile. You know, 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.559 he has outstanding speed. He's a good athlete, he's quick. 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.880 The thing about him he's a smaller man, but he's 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.199 still physical, so he gives you a lot of versatility 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.680 the line up in the small against the smaller slot receivers. 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:35.280 International talk, you coach the tact the secondary last year 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:36.160 and the death year. 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.320 What have you learned about Marlin about seeing the house 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:40.240 in that pre game? 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:41.640 What makes sense about him? 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:46.320 Marland isn't comfortable where he's at. You understand what I'm saying, 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.200 And players when they get comfortable, they kind of fall 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.000 to the wayside. Since I've been here, Marlind has been 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:55.560 a sponge. He asks a lot of questions. You know, 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.520 he'll revert back to some of the players I've coached 0:09:57.520 --> 0:09:59.640 in the pass and how did they do this? 0:09:59.720 --> 0:09:59.880 How? 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.040 So he's trying to incorporate everything in this game. Marland 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.079 wants to be the best in the business and he's 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:05.920 working every day. 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:06.520 To try to get there. 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:08.960 And uh, he has high goals for itself and so 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:10.280 do we do we for him? 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:21.200 Coach one of the lower us horse how utten how 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.920 much of the point of number fie that it's a huge. 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.360 Spot point of everdessis. Look, in this game, the fourth 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.400 quarter and the way you finish defines you as a 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:31.400 football team, period, no matter if it's the first quarter, 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:35.240 as matters played on the ball, it's it's about finishing. 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:37.680 So we had you know, we obviously had the conversations 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:39.640 talking to the young men when they get in a 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.240 situation like that, in two minute situations, red zone, they 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.520 got to slow their heartbeat down. They got to focus 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.040 on the little things to keep the main thing the 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.920 main thing. And when they do that and they play 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.480 with their eyes faster than their feet, they start to 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.760 make players. And that's where we've been hitting with the guys. 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.400 And each day Coach Harball does a great job of 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.800 situational football and they're getting better at it. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.280 Right, you come up with different aspects to make these 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.959 guys better than they're ground up against the recess or 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:07.360 like I. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.560 Said, iron shop as iron right. If you get a 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.679 chance to go against Odell every day, you get a 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:14.200 chance to go against Zay all the guys that we have, 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.840 of course you're gonna get better, Right, it's they're gonna 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:18.920 challenge you, They're gonna make their fair share of plays, 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.840 and we're gonna make ours. But if you can make 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.480 players against Odell on a consistent basis or down, and 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:27.640 then you get better as a football team or football player. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.120 So having those guys there and then Odell's been great. 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:33.160 You know, there's certain things that Marlon might do that 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:35.120 Odell will come to me and say, hey, Marlin should 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.120 probably keep doing this, all right, because he's better against 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:40.360 me when he does this. So it's good having guys 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.240 like that. That's right, freight from wrong. 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.800 But Philly I think has a different approach, and again. 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.840 From all team practices. I guess it's kind of stuck 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.960 out to you have maybe John this year listings here. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:55.560 Different from well, you know Philly. Yeah, Philly does have 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:59.800 a different approach, not as many reps, but here with 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.600 the reps that we get, the young guys get a 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.920 ton of reps here, right, So with the young guys 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.520 getting you developed those players faster, you know, the Vets, 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:09.719 they might have their certain amount of plays and then 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.520 we're able to get them out and let these young 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.480 guys come in there. So I think the way this 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.320 schedule is you're kind of building, you building your front 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.640 line of guys, but you're building the back line up too, right. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.520 So it's been great being here. Uh it's kind of 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.000 like I'm used to when I first was in this league, 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:26.120 and I love it. 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:32.760 Thank you. That was defensive backs coach Denard Wilson. And 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.920 also when you look at this cornerback group, it's gonna 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.280 be really imperative for some of the young guys to 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.320 step up and potentially move into bigger roles. And somebody 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:45.520 who fits that bill is second year cornerback Jalen armor Davis. 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.080 He hardly played as a rookie last year because of injuries, 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:50.959 but he could be in line for a big role 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:56.680 in his sophomore season, and he talked about that today. 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:59.440 Up the christ reps out there. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.240 I mean that's always a positive thing. Uh, any player 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:04.800 that's I mean, that's what we play to do. I mean, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:09.160 we all want to play. It's always competition across the board. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.440 I mean it's always a great thing. But right now, honestly, 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.760 it doesn't mean anything to me. It's a long camp. 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.160 It's a lot of reps to be had, So at 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.080 the end of the day, regardless of what team playing on, 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:20.960 you got to try to be your best and build 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:22.160 on consistency. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:26.880 What ultimately real perspective and that and how did you your. 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:28.400 Guys into a channel. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.840 A lesson for sure, it was. It was some ups 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.480 and downs, a little more downs and up, but at 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:37.760 the end of the day, it was things that I 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:39.000 learned from. At the end of the day, I was 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:42.240 able to experience some things and was able to pick 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.000 up on things things I did well, things I didn't 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.040 do well, and things that I would want to fill 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:47.600 again and things I would never want to fill again. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:48.640 So at the end of the day, I was able 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.040 to learn from it and build on it going into 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:55.960 the next year. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:55.560 The first. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:06.280 And so, like you said, growth, just growth as a player, 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.800 being healthy, just you know, as a defensive back technique. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.520 My biggest thing is trying to build on consistency, you know, 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.760 having ups and downs. It's it's nice we make a 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.200 good player every now and then, but you can't, you know, 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:20.440 give up play. So my main thing is being consistently 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.240 rising and you know, no ups and downs in the heartbeat, 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.160 just trying to consistently go up. That's my main thing. 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:26.960 Jacon, what's have been like going. 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:30.520 Up against some of these wide receivers. That's bringing added 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.440 background the flyers, gives a different look thing. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:35.680 Yeah, no, it's definitely challenging. 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:35.800 Man. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.440 They all bring something different to the table, not just 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.520 the first team, but all three teams. Really. Man, it's 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.640 a very talented room. But it makes practice great. I mean, 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.480 that's what we're here to do. Iron shoping is iron 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.520 and I definitely think that's what they bring to the table. 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.880 A lot of explosiveness, and of course with our quarterbacks 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.680 as well. So it's great competition. I mean that's what 0:14:53.800 --> 0:15:05.920 you live for for sure. Very quick, very explosive, very 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:07.600 really building proference. 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.640 So when you miss a lot of comments up me 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.480 and reps matter a lot, do you really feel that 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.120 with that practice every day when you. 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.320 At one hundred percent. 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.520 Like I said, that's really my biggest thing right now 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.760 is just building every single day, even if you don't 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.200 have your best day, learning from whatever you did wrong 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.560 that day and just building on not bringing the negativity 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.520 to the next day. And even from last year, just 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.640 even when I wasn't playing, just coming out to practice 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.000 every day, finding something to learn from whether I was 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.560 playing on Sunday or just practicing throughout the week, just 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.840 find something to build on. That's been my main thing 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:48.840 since I since I got here. Really, I wouldn't say so, 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.920 not necessarily. I mean we're really just trying to take 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.040 it a day at a time, just really being with 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.320 our feet are Today, which is is Monday, so we 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.520 were focusing on Monday practice, not really talking too much 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.200 about Saturday. I'm pretty sure the closer we get, you know, 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:01.760 the more we'll talk about it. But today we're just 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:02.480 trying to get better. 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.640 You're on separate celebray after Saday. 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:11.480 Second, Uh, not necessarily like after practice or anything like that. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.000 I mean, at the end of the day, the offense 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.760 was in a tough situation. It was situation of football. 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.120 I mean, we did we were supposed to do, so, 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:19.600 you know, we're not gonna really blow it up too 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.400 much or anything like that. But uh, I mean, to 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.640 do that is always exciting. At the moment, we were 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.320 pretty excited about it. But at the end of the day, 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.240 we understood, you know that the offense is their back 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:30.920 was against the wall the entire day, and we knew 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.240 that coming into the practice, so we didn't we don't 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:34.160 really blow it up too much. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:38.160 College, the rest of the towns. In the Cornall tractor 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.560 b I go to see playing pay stock her even 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:41.840 learning more a little more. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.560 If you have to pump inside the nickel, you're how comfortable. 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.160 Fil uh nickels? It's not really too much of a 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:48.680 problem for me. I mean when I was when I 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.520 was at Alabama, I really kind of I played everything. 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:55.440 I played outside, left, right, I played the nickel. In 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.000 the National Championship game, I was playing down. So I've 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.280 kind of had some experience, you know, at any point. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.560 So whenever I'm out here, just wherever the coaches asked 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.080 me to be, I'm prepared to be able to perform 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.000 at a at my highest level. So it doesn't really 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:11.360 matter too much of me. 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:23.400 If you want to talk about that's not such a lot. 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:24.760 Oh man. 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.040 He just knows how to attack the defense, you know, 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.399 and uh he shows different things. It's not really a 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:33.800 steady of just a single dose of certain thing so 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.720 that you can just game plan for it. It's gonna 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.439 come in different directions inside, outside, motions, you know, all 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.520 kinds of things that you you gotta be disciplined with 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:43.639 your eyes, you gotta be disciplined with your technique, or 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.719 it can be very explosive. So he brings a lot 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.439 to the table. So I'm excited for it when the 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:58.200 season starts, for sure. Yeah, they're like Saturday, we made 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.840 some money. We made we made our own money back 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:02.119 at the end of the day, because it's up to 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.200 the things that we do wrong, we have to put 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.080 it into a pot. So you know, if we play 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.160