WEBVTT - Press Pass: Ravens NFL Draft Day 1 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.040 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The first round 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.520 of the NFL drafts is complete and with their first 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:13.040 round pick, the Ravens selected cornerback Nate Wiggins out of Clemson. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.080 The Ravens took Wiggins at pick number thirty and they 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:20.040 were fired up about this edition. Wiggins gives them a talented, 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:22.720 up and coming cornerback who Eric Tacosta said was the 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.799 best cover cornerback in this draft class. After the first 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:30.120 round was complete, we heard from GM Eric Tacosta and 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:31.600 head coach John Harbaugh. 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.920 Well, guys, thanks for coming in. We're very, very excited 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.880 to draft Nate Wiggins, one of the in my opinion, 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.839 the best cover corner in the draft. Highly athletic, fantastic 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.280 feat really, in our opinion, a guy that can grow 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:54.440 into being a true shutdown type corner. Ecstatic that he 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:59.680 fell to us, And we'll take questions, got. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.760 Erdy, you actually had a lot of that corner. 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.280 Was there a compensation or was it we cut under 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:08.840 reward that we didn't do there? 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.560 Well, we had a couple guys that we really liked. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:15.399 We were hopeful, so hopeful we figured that like this draft, honestly, 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.560 we had to come out of the first round with 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.080 most likely a corner or an offensive lineman if we could, 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.640 and uh, you know you always hold your breath for sure. 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.759 Uh Honestly, I didn't think that Nate would be there 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:31.399 for us. You know, as the draft started to unfold 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:33.640 and we started to see all those offensive linemen come 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.800 off the board, we thought there might be a chance. 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:39.600 And then you start to see the run on corners 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.520 in the twenties, you know, I think Philly might have 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.480 taken Mitchell and then Arnold went, and then we started 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:49.080 to get antsy. You know, the phone was ringing. We 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:54.120 had a lot of different potential trade possibilities, but for us, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.600 it was always if Nate was there, we were gonna pick. 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.720 And you know, if Nate wasn't there, you know, there 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.400 was an other guy we liked, but we also were 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:02.800 going to look at possibly trading out. 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:09.000 The offensive players went I think thirteen. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.119 Or run not really. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:11.840 We kind of looked at it and it was an 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.720 offensive draft. I mean, there's more offensive players in this draft. 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.120 It's just stacked on the offensive side this year at 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.520 some positions. I mean, we knew the quarterbacks we're gonna 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.240 be picked high, and we had a strong inclination that 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:26.639 offensive line we're gonna go to. So if you take 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.440 the seven offensive linemen in the six quarterbacks, there's thirteen 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.160 players right there. So you know, we weren't surprised. 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:34.720 I don't think Johan. 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:38.639 Wishing idea about playing maybe feel like he's a day one, 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:40.000 plug and play type of guy. 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.120 Do you see him inside or outside? How do you 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:43.000 envision use it? 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:43.320 Yeah? 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.440 I mean I think you see him as an outside corner. 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.360 That's kind of where he's made his say, but he 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.640 plays inside as well, and he did it in college. 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.280 I think we'll just continue to be versatile. Do those 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:56.040 dbs moving around and playing different spots. It gives us 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.880 another quality starting corner. I'd say we've got three, you know, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.200 legitimate starting corners. He's got to come and improve it 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.480 and do it and all that, but we expect him 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:06.680 to do it. We were excited, we were we were looking, 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.720 we were looking for Nate. You know, that was something 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.480 that we kind of We were in the defensive room 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.680 actually in Chris Hewitt's office, meaning about five of the 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.720 defensive coaches before the draft started about about seven forty five, 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.480 and it came up, you know what if Wiggins falls 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.639 to us. Wo, wouldn't that be something? You know, We're like, nah, 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:28.119 that'll never happen. That couldn't happen, But how good would 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.320 that look in our defense? And it worked out and 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:31.800 came true. So we're excited. 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.160 Did you bring him in here? Was he in a 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:35.280 pre draft process? 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:36.680 He was? He was. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:40.560 He's I mean he's he's very slender. 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.160 I mean, how does he project and sort of the 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:44.360 run defense or things. 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:44.640 For what he does? 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.040 Yeah, we watch the tape. He comes up and smacks people. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.240 That's what he does. He's not afraid of the physical 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.440 part of it at all. You know, he's he's pretty. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:52.440 He's a complete corner. 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:52.640 You know. 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.200 First of all, he's ranging, he can run, he's got 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.120 very good fee. He changed his direction. He puts his 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.360 hands on people in press and he runs up and 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.360 tackles people with some physicality. So, uh, the weight doesn't 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.280 doesn't imped him at all. And he's gonna put on 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:06.800 a way. I think he's over one hundred and eighty now, 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.720 so he's a young guy. He's he's twenty years old 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:10.080 right there. 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.600 Yeah, he'll you know, he'll he'll he'll gain weight. 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:13.880 I mean, if we get up there, with some of 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.960 the scouts. You know, he'll pack it up pretty quick. George, 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.120 getting with Manny, getting with Manny in the kitchen. You know, 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.160 we we we got a we got a plan for him. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:29.640 You mentioned, uh, obviously his cover instincts. 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.360 And John's you're saying he's a big corner. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.320 How much did the big plays kind of factor into 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:40.440 your desire to draft Nate? I mean obviously, well right 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:40.960 at the goal. 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.080 Line where he's going down. I mean, do you feel 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:44.400 like there's something about. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:47.479 The big plays that Nate had in college that defines 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:48.880 him as a player. 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.760 Well, when I think of Nate, I just think that 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.400 he's he's a ridiculous athlete, very very quick footed, efficient, 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.360 He's fast, he's tough, he's competitive. You know, in our vision, 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.039 we play a lot of really good receivers and you've 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.760 got to get off the field and their downs and uh, 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:08.080 we were blessed last year to have a lot of 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.640 depth in the secondary and it and it really helped 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.839 us quite a bit. And this is a guy that 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.080 can come in here and play meaningful football right away 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:16.240 for us. We're excited about that. 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.000 John, you touched on the versatility a little bit, but 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:22.000 being able to add Wagan's playing on the outside. How 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.360 big is that in terms maybe move Marlin around. Just 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.600 being as versatile as you guys were last year with 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:28.360 some of the depth you. 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:29.039 That no question. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:30.760 I mean, Marlin's gonna be able to slide in there 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.440 and play inside. Brandon can slide in and play inside. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:36.040 You got Kyle coming down, you got Kyle going and 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.720 playing the diningbacker. Possibly, Uh, we we can do. We're 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:41.239 just gonna have a lot of options. I mean, Zach's 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.240 gonna be He's gonna be working on that versatility pretty 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:45.679 probably tonight. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:50.120 Arthur had a heck of a season last year. Yeah. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.480 I know, you guys trusting your process and you don't 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.680 really do the whole comparison thing. But I know you 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.279 guys were high on Manuel Fores last year, and this 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.920 is another kind of skinny fast guy does his struggles 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.279 to kind of look at your factory in any way 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.360 to how do you think about what I might work 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.599 over from College city NFL level. 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.600 I think, you know, it's a good question, Jonas. I 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.360 think we just we look at everybody differently. You know, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.359 we just kind of study the player for who he 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:17.039 is and what he does and what he puts on tape. 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:19.400 Look at his skill set. We talk to people, which 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.200 is a very important part of the process. We follow 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.000 the guy around and I think at that position, it's 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:25.760 a very hard position to play. You know, a lot 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.440 of guys can't do it. The biggest thing is, and 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.080 John always says that you've got to actually cover people. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.280 You've got to guard people. It's a hard thing. And 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.680 they just proven that he can do that very very well. 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:37.479 He's a young player. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:38.479 We love that about him. 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.240 He's twenty years old, one. 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.240 Of the fastest players at the combine, silky smooth, and 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:47.200 he will compete. He does tackle very well. People at 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.520 the school are high on him. We were getting texts 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:54.919 from the head coach. Dabbo was texting us during the 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:59.320 first round, please take this guy. So we're just very 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:00.000 excited about him. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:01.920 He was kind of. 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:07.120 Again, more about team than But do you remember your 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.520 reaction with a man that. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.679 Fort I mean it was, yeah, I was, I was excited. 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.600 I mean I wasn't as fast as Worthy. My reaction 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.080 went Worthy Ram, but you know, you know, I mean 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.320 he've read at four two eight, I think so yeah, 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.480 I mean it's a great workout. He didn't do much 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.480 after that. But to see that speed, you know, uh, 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.880 super impressive. We had him in here, we met with him, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.840 we met with him at the combine, spent a lot 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.680 of time with him, and uh, we're very excited to 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:34.080 get him. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:35.760 You mentioned that the pre. 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.040 Draft uh news conference and depth, especially in the offensive 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:40.160 line and wide receiver. 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.640 Did did you see him or did you feel. 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.080 A bigger sense of urgency to identify quarterback and attack 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:46.960 up position early. 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.000 Yeah, that's that's an excellent question, and that's something that 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.200 you know, honestly kept me up at night, just because 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.960 there are a lot offensive linemen in this draft. There 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:59.880 are you know, a pretty good pool of receivers. But 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.720 as I would go through and work on all these 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:07.000 different you know, simulations, it became apparent that if we 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:10.000 didn't get a corner in the first round, it was 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.520 going to be challenging to get a really good corner 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.320 in the second round, third round, four round who could 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.880 help us right away. So, you know, not to say 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:18.720 we wouldn't have taken a receiver. We would have. We 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:22.080 would have taken an offensive lineman. But I think for us, 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.520 if you're talking about all the different combinations, how we 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.840 can be the best team we can be. I think 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.920 just getting a corner at this point, like Nate, is 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.160 probably the best way we could have start this weekend 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:35.960 in there. 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:37.880 Do you think there would have been a lot of 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:39.840 options to trade down, or at least some options to 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:40.280 trade down. 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:41.560 We had a lot of options. 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.160 I had the phone rang a lot this year, and 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.040 more so than it has in the last couple of years, 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.040 and we honestly, I can honestly say that. 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:51.880 We've probably had. 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.560 Eight different potential trades that we could have investigated. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.960 Back and forward or just that well we didn't. 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.160 We know, we're not really a forward team, you know. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.200 So all one team did call us about coming up, 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.760 we just were kind of like, oh, thank you, but 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.160 that's not really something that we do, you know, Like, 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.160 so yeah, it was trading back. 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.440 You guys have done a really good job at taking 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.440 some of these young players twenty one. 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:20.800 Twenty in the drafts. 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.600 I guess how him does that kind of you factor 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.880 into your evaluation of them? And why do you think 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.439 you guys have done so well getting you know, as 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.480 Queen Mark, guys who are not quite basically mature but 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.160 having development really good players. 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:35.360 That's a great question. 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.040 I think Eric said it earlier. 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.080 It's kind of probably more about the individual player, but 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:41.120 you get the right kind of guy. He's coming out 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.960 for a reason. He's a first round pick for a reason. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.680 He's very talented, he's ready, thinks he's ready. I know 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:47.920 his head coach felt like he was ready coming out. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.560 And you know, he's a young guy. But that's opportunity. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.360 I think the way we look at it, and he's determined. 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.040 I mean, he's a motivated guy. He's talking about he's 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:58.520 talking about that he has a lot to prove. He 0:09:58.559 --> 0:09:59.960 got we got both got on the phone with him, 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:01.720 talk to him, and he's talking about what he what 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.120 he has to prove. So you know, our response was, 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.560 all right, let's coming here next weekend, let's get to work. 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:07.840 Let's get started on it. 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:08.000 You know. 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.600 And I think, uh, he's he's planning on being a 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.840 hard worker, and uh, if he does that, you know 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:15.240 we've got we've got a path for him. You know, 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.120 we kind of got a plan for him and we'll 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:17.840 have him ready to go. 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:20.600 Eric, as you look at that to day too, do 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:23.319 you still see a lot of offensive Lemon who couldn't build. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:23.640 Me right away? 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:24.080 I did? 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:30.640 Yeah, York and you're seeing that you're not much of 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:31.880 a move forward. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.800 Type team, but you know, a couple. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.880 Of trades eating that in those pen picts right in 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.760 front of you as you as you're sort of holding 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.600 a button on maybe some other guys you like, was 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.520 there any temptation to kind of move up as there 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.840 was as you're saying, a lot of people stilling during 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.720 I'm sure throughout the league, was there a temptation to 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:54.600 do something dramatic as you were just waiting and seeing how. 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:55.200 It would chick out? 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.079 Yeah, I'm just not really a trade up type of 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.080 guy generally. I mean, it hasn't. I mean, we we 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.240 we have. I mean we traded up, traded up to 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.680 get Lamar, we traded up to get Joe. But in 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.720 most cases, I just feel that your chance is to 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.000 really maximize your draft or to stay where you are 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.439 and or or or go back and so you know 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:16.160 a lot of research. 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:17.760 You traded back. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.800 Yeah, well we traded back and then we traded up. 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:21.840 Was that how it went up? 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:22.960 Then back back, then. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.720 Up, back then up, which, which, for the record, who's 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.880 on first? I was not necessarily in favor of that 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.360 trade back up. However, I was out voted. 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:32.960 That's right, I do. 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.679 Yeah, I was getting you not voted by voting by two. 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.440 Well two people were staring at me. But it's fine. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.720 It's good. You know it's good. It's good. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.959 It worked out. So I mean, I'm not saying it 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:45.960 can't work out. You can trade up to get guys. 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:47.160 It was only seventeen years ago. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.200 You could be very successful doing it. But in general, 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:58.400 I think it's just a risky business. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.480 What was altimately the. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.440 Reason plays in the city. 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:05.199 A good player and. 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:11.720 Process well name Derek Yam credit. Derek works for me 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.319 upstairs and analytics. He does a great job with modeling 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.840 and different things, and he was convinced that we would 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:22.440 get a player in our range of between thirteen to twenty. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.360 In our sequence, we're picking thirty. 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:26.560 I didn't think it was going to happen this year, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:29.560 but he was right. 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.360 And so when you get a player that you have 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:35.439 highly rated, who you love, who fills the position in need, 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.760 then you got to take them. 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:40.240 Well. 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.000 Also had a chance to hear from Nate himself. He 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.840 was celebrating the news with his friends and family, and 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.240 we had a chance to hear from him on a 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:47.760 zoom call with the local media. 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:56.079 Hey, Nick, congratulations. Did you with your interactions with the 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.520 Ravens and when they came up with number you know, thirty, 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.480 what was kind of your feelings? Do you think there 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:03.360 was a really good chance that you were gonna go 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:03.960 to the Ravens? 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.160 Yes, sir, they always told me like if I was there, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:08.760 if I was available, they won't take me. 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.079 So it was just what will I be available? 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.280 All right, We'll go to Garrett Downey. 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.160 And they congratulations. How would you just kind of describe 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:21.800 the emotions of this night. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:25.640 I mean, there was a lot of emotions going on 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.520 to it, just thinking I was gonna go to early 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:29.720 Dain Foster thirty. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.840 I mean just I mean, it was a lot of emotions. 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.160 But I'm happy to be here, man, I'm happy to 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:37.160 be in Baltimore, So I mean, I can't be more happy. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:43.400 Cliff Brown, right. 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:57.000 If I think you're mured, sorry about that, Nate Cliff Brown, 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.360 Baltimore Ravens media coach. Harball was just talking about on 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.000 tape how he would come up and smack people on 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.960 film and people talk about you know, your your size, 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.800 being a slender guy. Just talk about your confidence about 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.960 how you'll be able to you know handle tackling guys 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.640 and playing defense at this level. 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.160 I just feel like it's just was the weight thing. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.720 So when I get my nutrition, I don't feel like 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:22.880 it's gonna be a big problem. 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.200 So I feel like it's gonna uh, it's just take time. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.960 I mean I'm twenty years old, so I ain't really 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:32.280 already stretched out yet, so I know when I when 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.880 I get somebody gonna be scared. 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:42.800 So we'll go Child's Walker and then Gianahan, congratulations. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.080 You know er Eric Taicassa told us that he felt 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.440 like you're the best cover corner in the draft. What 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.320 is it about your your mindset and your physical tools 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.760 do you think that that makes you so comfortable on 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:56.760 the outside like that? 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.920 Just my speed and my instinct uh, and my my 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:02.800 physicality has just been on that island. 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.040 It's uh. I mean. 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.440 This man, man, no man, I feel like I'm the 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.200 best man on man corner on the best corner in 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:09.520 the dress. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.280 So I mean, yeah, it taste speed boys. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.440 Gianna, congrats. 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.360 Just curious, what do you know about the Ravens defense 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.360 or style play and how do you feel like your 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:27.239 own brand of play fits in with the Ravens. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:29.400 I just know they have bog and they get a 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.080 lot of turnovers, and I know that. And in the 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.640 past season there was the top top defense. So I 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:39.000 know my place, my place, my competitis in my fiure right. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:40.280 Right along with the great defense. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:42.480 Brian Whacker. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:51.280 Any congratulations, Just curious. Two things sounded like Dabbo was 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:55.280 texting with the Ravens all night about telling them to 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:58.520 pick you where you were that or what do you 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.920 think of that? And secondly, what was what do you 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.680 remember about your visit here on your Top thirty visit 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.320 and when what kind of stood out to you. 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:11.480 I really didn't know about the devil takes and pas 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.880 the Ravens situation, so I don't know about that. But 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.720 the vision, the vision went well, it was a good visit. 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.760 I feel like I was home. I mean they invited 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.240 me in so well, so flight was home. So I 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.600 know when I go back up there, it's gonna feel 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:26.720 like it's gonna feel like home again. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.760 Grita Parks And then Ryan mink. 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:36.080 Hey, Nate, congratulations. You talked about the emotions of this 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.560 night and this is really not only a life changing 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.000 night for you but also your entire family. Can you 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:46.160 just reflect on what this means to you from that standpoint, Uh, I. 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.400 Know, just come coming wrong, come from a lot of 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.400 folks don't make it. So, I mean there's a lot 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.520 of motion going on in building right now. I'm just 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.240 glad to be here, so that's all. 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:03.880 Ryan Nate, congratulations. Wonder if you when when were you 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.359 the fastest guy on the field and do you have 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.119 any good stories about your speed? 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.119 I always been the fastest guy on the field. 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.200 I mean I don't really always been fast, so I 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.040 really I don't really have a question about speed. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:23.119 But uh yeah, we'll go Kyle Goon and then jeff'suriback. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:28.440 Hey Nate, congratulations. Just wondering what was your reaction when 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:32.639 you see, you know, thirteen offensive players come off the 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:37.040 the board initially and then you know, what, what is 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.560 it like kind of realizing that you might be going 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:43.240 towards the end of first round to a really a 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.440 team that's already been competitive and good. 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:48.960 I mean, it was, like I said, it was emotional. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.320 It was just thinking I'm going earlier. But I mean, 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:54.679 the best player that got had playing for me. So 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.159 we're here now, so I can't I can't wait to 0:17:58.160 --> 0:17:58.760 make the best of it. 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:06.440 Jeff and then Kevin richardson two part question date, how 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:07.640 much do you think the. 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:13.160 Ravens defensive attitude kind of fits your playing style? And 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.400 have you gotten a chance to talk to Treton Simpson 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.040 and and do you think he's a guy that can 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.119 kind of help you along here as you make the 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:21.240 transition in the NFL. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:26.600 I feel like I feel in perfect with the Ravens 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.520 defense is just like like I said before, the competitiveness 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.040 and just their mindset. 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:32.400 They want to go get the ball and they want 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:32.600