1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not going to take back what I said. I 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: meant what I said. I feel like this defense that 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: we have now is very very good, and if we 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: play the way that we're supposed to play, we're gonna 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: do some great things. This is the most important year 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: of my career. This is where I could really step 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,639 Speaker 1: out and make a name for myself. I'll just be 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: making a lot of place. Just know that. Alright, alright, 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: I like it. Welcome into Lounge for a great episode 10 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: of the Lounge. After the week off, we're bringing the heat. Yeah, 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: we had last week we had Jimmie McLain. This week 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: we have safety Tony Jefferson. So we got some good ones. 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: We got some good ones in a lot of people 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: wanted to talk to Tony since you know, you signed 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: a big contract this office. I think people are gonna 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: love watching this guy play. He's gonna have a huge 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: piece of this defense. So we're gonna jump into that 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: just real quick. As always, if you guys have emails, 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: you can send him to the Lounge at Ravens on 20 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: NFL dot net. You know, there were some emails that 21 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: came in, but none of them that made us say 22 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: we have to read that. So this is up your 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: email game. This is us calling out the listeners to say, 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: you gotta step it up if you want to get 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: your email. Everybody's listening to this right now and be like, yeah, right, 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: you guys just didn't get an email. But that's not 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: the truth. We just want better emails. Yeah. So with 28 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: that said, here's Tony Jefferson. We gotta start out talking 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: about the NBA Finals because I know you were laying 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: a lot of attention. Hopefully by the time this runs, 31 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: the NBA Finals are still going on. But you are 32 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: full team Lebron Cleveland Cavaliers, and there's been a lot 33 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: of chatter between you and Eric Weddle, you know. I mean, 34 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: you guys are getting along on the field, but things 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: might be breaking up. Just tell us about about your fandom. 36 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, so I really and mc hughes Lebron James fan. 37 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: He's my favorite player ever. Um acts a little older 38 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: than me, so he was able to watch George and 39 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: all that. That was it. That wasn't that. That was 40 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: an old person joke. Yeah, it's a joke, but it's serious. 41 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: He always says that Jordan's way better than him. But 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: to me, I didn't get to watch Jordan's right, So 43 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: Lebron is my favorite player, and I put up. I mean, 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: I watched highlights of Jordan, but I still think Lebron 45 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: James is the best basketball player to ever play the game. 46 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: All Right, I knew I liked Tony before, but now 47 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: you just kind of find a few ladders. So what 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: what is the big Gold State guy? Who else is chirping? 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: He isn't wettal He's a Kobe guy, right, Yeah, he's 50 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: a Laker fan. So he's he's like, he's like me, 51 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a Phoenix Suns fan. Yeah, ironically I 52 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: was in Arizona right when I was a Phoenix Suns fan. 53 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: But we haven't been. We're not going to the playoffs anytime. 54 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: So I figured I go to my favorite players team 55 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: and that's the Cast. So alright, alright, postseason I'm a 56 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: Cast fan. There we go, and Garrett, you were a 57 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: Lebron guy who then took a leak on his jersey. 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: He went down, Guy, you're back. Yeah, I have I 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: have the proof. I still have the jersey that I got. 60 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: Has it have the stands on high school? It's got 61 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: staying some use I never left it held on Lemonade. Okay, 62 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: So just talking about you know, you interacted with these 63 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: guys on Twitter. What's it like in real life? I mean, 64 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: how's it been fitting into this secondary because it's a 65 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: really tight group even before you got here. Yeah, what's 66 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: it been like for you? It's been very nice, very cool, mellow, 67 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: smooth um. Everyone just gets along And I kind of 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: came from that culture over in Arizona where everybody was 69 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: tight and we hang out. Like tonight, I'm having everybody 70 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: over for the game to watch the calves and win. 71 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: So that's just what we do. And since I've been here, 72 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: I've probably been hanging out with the dvs and even 73 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: other position groups like every weekend. So like it's kind 74 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: of cool for me, you know, being the new guy 75 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: and being able to hang out with everyone. Is that? Uh? 76 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: Is it rare? It just seems to me like when 77 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: I see you interacting with guys around the locker room 78 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: and just around the building, it seems like you've been 79 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: here for like five years, you know, and you've been 80 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: here for three months or whatever. It is, Like, are 81 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: you surprised by that how quickly it's been? Uh? No, 82 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like just me personally, there's always 83 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 1: been like a person who can adapt to whatever the 84 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: scenery is. And when you're surrounded by great guys and 85 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: good dudes, like it's just it's just natural that you 86 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: just men with them. And then that's just how it's been. 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: Like everybody's like you said, I feel like I've been 88 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: here for a while already, right, Is it strange coming 89 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: in When you were in Arizona, you come from the 90 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: draft and you gotta work your way up and all that, 91 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: you know, but then you come here and you're the 92 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: guy with a big contract and other guys are looking 93 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: to you. Is like, Okay, this guy is going to 94 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: be one of the key pieces of the defense. Is 95 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: it weird being kind of at the top now? I 96 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: mean I kind of last year, um my last year 97 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: kind of it was that's when I first got to 98 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: feel and we're like new guys were coming in and 99 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: they were just like looking up to me and like 100 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: asking me questions and stuff. So I kind of got 101 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: to hear out of that on my belt. So now 102 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: I'm kind of used to, you know, being that kind 103 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: of that guy, you know what I mean, Just I 104 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: just got a better contract. There's nothing wrong with that. 105 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: What's it been like for you on the field, I mean, 106 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: is there much of an adjusting process? Is this defense 107 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: similar to what you guys are running the Arizona? What's 108 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: have been like this defense? Is it's a lot more 109 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: Like I told my dad when he's asked me, it's 110 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: a lot more sexy. Like we do a lot of 111 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: more luxerious things, and it's kind of kind of fun. 112 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: And over where I was at, we were kind of 113 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: we weren't basic, but we are. Rules were line up 114 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: and go go win. Right here, we're, like I said, 115 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: we're a little more sexy with our stuff. And um, once, 116 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: once you're in the league and you've been in there 117 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: for a while and you learn the playbook, everything is 118 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: pretty much the same. It's because there's only a certain 119 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: amount of coverages you can run. You just have different 120 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: maybe responsibilities on certain things. But like that's why I 121 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: feel like it. I knew it wasn't gonna be hard 122 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: to get the playbook because cover threes, cover three, cover ones, 123 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: cover one. So what do you like we might see 124 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: you line up at like d end or something really crazy. Yeah, 125 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: you probably will. I mean, I've done it before. What 126 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: is what is like one thing in this defense that 127 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: you feel like now you're gonna be able to do 128 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: that maybe you hadn't done that really excites you. I 129 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: won't be you can't. Yeah, leave it, not to give 130 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: anything but interesting enough to you know, peak our interest. Yeah, 131 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: I'll just be making a lot of place. Just know that. Alright? Alright? 132 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: Like what I want to go back to the sexy 133 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: defense thing? Like what does that mean? Like what do 134 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: you like? Is that just disguising coverages? Is that? Like 135 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: what does that look like? In me? Um? Just different? 136 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: There's different Like like I said, there's only a certain 137 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: amount of coverage you can run, Like there's cover one, 138 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: but there's different ways you can run to cover one, 139 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: or there's different ways you run the cover three and 140 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: different responsibilities and like we have like certain blitzes. It 141 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: opens up opportunities for other players. And when I when 142 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: I say that, it means, like I said, I'm gonna 143 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: be making a lot more place. So you talked about 144 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: I think you went on the f on network, wasn't it, 145 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: and you said this defense could be legendary, which definitely 146 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: drew some headlines out there on the internet. Just what's 147 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: kind of your reaction to see seeing that blow up, 148 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: and is it something that you're like, yeah, that's right, 149 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: I said it. I'll say it again. What's kind of 150 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: your reaction? I mean, people were saying, yeah, we're like 151 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: you said, we're like being legendary, blah blah blah. I'm like, yeah, Like, 152 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: I'm not going to take back what I said. I 153 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: meant what I said. I've been around good defenses and 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: I feel like this defense that we have now is very, 155 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: very good. And if we play the way that we're 156 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: supposed to play and continue to mold and how the 157 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: right chemistry, we're going to do some great things and 158 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: in the end that could end up being legendary. And 159 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: that's what I meant when I said that, and I 160 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: don't take that back. So, you know, when I look 161 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: at the secondary, you know, obviously this is your first 162 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: year here, but we've been talking about the secondary for 163 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: really several years here, and there's been some years what 164 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: it looks like it's gonna good and then it gets 165 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: hit hard with injuries. When I look at the secondary, 166 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: and obviously the injury to Tavon, you know, no one 167 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: wants to see that and that sucks. But as a 168 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: as a whole, this group just looks as good as 169 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: I've seen this secondary. Look, do you get the sense 170 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: that this this, this secondary is going to be really good? 171 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: I mean that that's the feeling that you have. Yeah, 172 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: and we don't expect anything less than that. Um, we, 173 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: like I said, we get when I look around the 174 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: locker room or when I'm on the field and I 175 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: look around the guy I said around me, I can 176 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: I can literally get goose bumps because I got a 177 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: bunch of legendary guys around me. So, like I said 178 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: when I said that we have opportunity be legendary, we 179 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: really do. So I don't want to go back and 180 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: just talk about kind of your rise and go from 181 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: an undrafted guy, which was just because of the forty 182 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: time won't I've done? Even So, I mean, what was 183 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: it like for you when you feel like you're going 184 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: to be a draft pick, like a mid round, earlier 185 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: draft pick or whatever, you go undrafted? Is that something 186 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: that even now with the contract, with everything, that you 187 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: just still look out there and say, you know what, 188 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: I gotta prove it. I gotta show everybody that they 189 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: were dead wrong about yeah, not getting drafted is probably 190 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: like one of the worst things that ever happened to me. 191 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: So regardless of how much money I make, or regardless 192 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: of any accolades I get, I'm still going to be 193 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: upset that I didn't get drafted. And it's always going 194 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: to be that chip on my shoulder, um every time 195 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: I go out him step on the field. And you know, 196 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: I still got a lot to prove to everyone else 197 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: who didn't draft me, even even Hardboughts. I tell them, I'm, 198 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: like I said, of drafted me could have got me 199 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: a lot to exactly. I still have a lot to 200 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: prove though, And like I said the other Davin, I 201 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: was talking to my friend, like, this is the most 202 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: important year of my career. This is where I could 203 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: really step out and make a name for myself, make 204 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: an impact on the league, maybe hit the top NFL 205 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 1: top on hungry NFL networks. So we'll see, then you 206 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: call it. I don't know too much about those votes 207 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: that they're talking about. So have you ever voted? They 208 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: say it's all players, like I don't want to get 209 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: into it, when when I voted, I put my name 210 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: on every slide, So I don't know how everyone else 211 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: did it. But I doubt, like there's just a bunch 212 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: of people just putting guards and tackles and stuff, right 213 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: when you only can pick twenty players. So what makes 214 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: what makes you say that this is the most important year? 215 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: Why why do you feel that way? Um? Because now 216 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: you have the expectations on you, you know, when you 217 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: get a contract like that. Um And, like I said, 218 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: this is an opportunity for me to actually step out 219 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: and be a household name, especially for an organization like 220 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: this where we're built on defense and where like I said, 221 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm surrounded by great players. It's time for me to 222 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 1: get my name out there and and do it that way. 223 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: It's kind of crazy. And this is a roundabout thing. 224 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: But when you talk about the pain of not getting 225 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: drafted and say that's one of the worst things, and 226 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: that still motivates you. You still feel like you're proving 227 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: people wrong. Do you think that you would be in 228 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: this position had you got drafted, you know, would that 229 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: motivation still be a strong if you had gone in 230 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: the fourth round? Yeah? I mean, because at the end 231 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: of the day, I'm still football player. I love football. 232 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: I don't think getting drafted would have changed that. UM 233 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: And I mean being undrafted obviously motivated me more. But 234 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: like I said, it's still a football I feel like 235 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: I would have what I was second round, third round 236 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: like because I still would have been doing what I 237 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: was doing, probably would have has some more respect on 238 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: my name instead of doing that way. But you know, 239 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: being undrafted, you don't and you don't get as many 240 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: reps as a drafted guy. So I really dug in 241 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: my book, I was really trying to stay focused. Um, 242 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: maybe in that aspect, maybe my focus may have been 243 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: a little more off, but when it comes to football, 244 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: that's just what I do. So did you have a 245 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: big draft party? Do you remember like the day like 246 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: so I had like these newscasts because in my hometown, 247 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: like not to hoop to my own horn, but like 248 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: people like really, yeah, people enjoyed me. So newscasters they 249 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: want to come in and watch and do all that stuff, 250 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: and thank god, I said no, I just want to 251 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: have my family or so I just had my family, 252 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: my best friend there and uh, thank god because we 253 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: were waiting for a few days, name never got called. 254 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: So um, yeah, I was happy I didn't do that. 255 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Do you remember feeling like angry? I was pissed because 256 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: my mom was all crying. Kids were like super emotional, 257 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: so she was distraught. My dad was mad. I was mad. 258 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: I was upstairs with my brother watching like the seventh round, 259 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: and I'm on the phone with Brex Ryan and he's 260 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: trying to He says he's trying to talk to the 261 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: GM to see if they can draft me. But they 262 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: end up taking a fullback and I'm like, oh my gosh, 263 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: do they still use fulbacks? I know that use safety. 264 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: Do you remember how my safeties went? I think it 265 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: was it's like twenty ones or or something like that. 266 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: Way too many. Yeah, here's here's what I would be 267 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: curious to look up. We should do this where if 268 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: any of those safeties have gotten bigger contracts the one 269 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: that you just got already. I just I looked like 270 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: the other day. It's actually on my Instagram. Um, I 271 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: mean Cyprian he got a nice one. Kenny macaro he's 272 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: going to get one. Um didn't get as big as 273 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: you though. No, Um, I don't know if Eric Reid 274 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: is going to get on right, but like, yeah, yeah, 275 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: I know I remember first round, thirty second pick. I 276 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: think first of him. Yeah, yeah, Because the crazy thing 277 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: was during that draft process, I was telling my agent 278 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: that I wanted to get drafted by the Ravens. Ye, 279 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: And that's I, Ronnie, because I already knew coming out 280 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: like this is a defensive team and that's where I 281 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: wanted to be and I felt my style fit here. 282 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: Is that because like you'd watched ed and he was 283 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: leaving or not, I just watched football. Yeah, why, I 284 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: actually rarely watched the ball when I did watch football, 285 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: And I've seen the black helmets with a purple First off, 286 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: the uniforms are just fired and then like the defense 287 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:05,359 Speaker 1: is amazing. So so, speaking of uniforms, you use MAD 288 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: to pick the Ravens of free agency? What what other 289 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: unis look nice? Like? What were you between here in 290 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: terms of unis? Yeah, So to set the record story, 291 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: obviously that didn't really that wasn't really the reason. I 292 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: was just a little promo for Madden. You know that 293 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get one so I can get the nice 294 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: ratings the next one. So but nah, I did do that. 295 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: I sent it to The crazy thing is I sent it, 296 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: uh when to what when we were talking like in 297 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: the off season, and I sent it to him just 298 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: playing around. He's like bro, you look nice. And the 299 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: funny thing is I was number two. I put number 300 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: twenty tho. It's funny, it's crazy, but yeah, I did 301 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: look nice in the Patriots. You think that maybe blue 302 00:15:54,520 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: and gray. We're glad that didn't happen. Terrible Which which 303 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: uniform for the Ravens? As you go with? Did you 304 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: go with all black? All gotta go? All right? That 305 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: needs to become the primary? Yeah, I know that. Send 306 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: me in the primary. There's nothing besure than the all 307 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 1: black look on a night game. Oh yeah, I know. 308 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: I'll play the Eagles, Yeah I think so. Yeah, I 309 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: played them with that. We've played the Steelers, you know, 310 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: number of games over the un Stealers with all blacks. 311 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: So so, Tony, I want to get a little bit 312 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: back into your background as well. You could have been 313 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: a boxer now, you could have been like a pretty 314 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: nice boxer. Tell the listeners about your boxing background and 315 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: your dad and whatnot. Yeah, my dad was Olympic boxer, 316 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: is super heavyweight. My dad's huge, like six four right now, 317 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: it's probably like two eighty little overweight, but he's losing 318 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: weight so he shot in the gym. Yeah, but nahum, 319 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: we used to do this little. Even at my school, 320 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: we used to have this thing called t K boxing. 321 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: Totally illegal, but we should just go to the parking 322 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: just fight, like set of fights too. And like I 323 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: was just I punched some kids so hard. His name 324 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: was Adrian. I punched so hard his ear started bleeding. So, yeah, 325 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: that was the last time I did that. You were 326 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: you wearing gloves? Yeah? Yeah, we were on boxing gloves. Yeah, 327 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: used to go to the part. It used to be 328 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: on YouTube, but they took it down. It's probably a 329 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: good thing, yeah right, but yeah, sect limitations on that. 330 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: There's there's nothing like being in boxing shape. And I 331 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: felt like being in boxing shape helped me during the 332 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: football season because I've never when I played. I always 333 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: played offense and defense, and so I never really got 334 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: tired because when you're in boxing shape, you're literally running 335 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: all the time, moving all the time, getting built in 336 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: a stronger neck and all that stuff. So right, you 337 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: gotta help me because I had some boxing plates in 338 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: my basement when I was like in high school. He's 339 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 1: the kid that got Bunch of the Year and had 340 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: this year. So we play with this like blow up 341 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: inflatable and the rock of stacking myself. Right. I remember 342 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: a kid like just going like this, you know, he's 343 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: just slinging wow, And I had no defense for that. Like, 344 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: what's the defense for the kid who's just swinging crazy? 345 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: Just wait, you gotta be patient. I like guys just 346 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: like that just kind of tire out, all right, just 347 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: maneuver you gotta, but you gotta be quick with your 348 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: head and that all that goes into it. But and 349 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: then it's one knockout shock. Yeah. I usually just wait 350 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: because I'm a counterpuncher, so I'd like to wait and 351 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: see because eventually the wild ones, that aggressive ones that 352 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: they give their they give their face up a lot. 353 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: So I do remember the glove deflating a little bit, 354 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: so it's pretty much down the knuckles and best friends 355 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: in the stomach and he didn't have to go puke. Yeah, 356 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: that was like my kind of thing. Still, hold on, 357 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: that's the close I've ever come to an actual fight. 358 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: When's the last time that you box? When's the last 359 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: time you punched somebody? Boxer punch? I don't want to 360 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: go punch now. I gotta fight in high school. But 361 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: it was necessary. He punched me first, So yeah, tell 362 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: you sh exactly exactly. So I also got to talk 363 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: to you about your ghost history because you you were haunted. 364 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I was haunted at the U was that 365 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: West Virginia, West Virginia? What was that hotel? The Hotel Greenbriar. Yeah, No, 366 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: there was really a ghost in there, and I was crazy. 367 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: I hope. I mean it was a nice hotel, but 368 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 1: I'm straight off not trying to go back there. Is 369 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: that is that where you gets a training camp? Yeah, 370 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: it's where we played. Uh we were playing back to 371 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: back games in Troit Pittsburgh, Detroit, Pittsburgh. And what was 372 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: the weird stuff that happened? I was hearing a little 373 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: girl's voice in the closet. What's she saying? So I 374 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: don't even know, but I was spooked and I couldn't 375 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: go to sleep, right, So you see a little scoops 376 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: right now. That was her name was Carol. She knew 377 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: her name. She said her name. That's freak. That's crazy. 378 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: Has that like do you have other like into anything? 379 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: So you didn't go into it believe in ghosts or nothing. 380 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: They had told us that it was haunted and like 381 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: the workers were telling that like they see like they 382 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: see ghosts and stuff like when they're going to like it. 383 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: It's really like a creepy spot, especially at nighttime, like 384 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: because there's like these big like hallways and it's crazy. Brod, 385 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: you can do room? Huh? Did you change rooms? Nah? 386 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: I just kept I literally slept with the lights on 387 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: every now and the TV so I don't have to 388 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: hear nothing. How did you play the following week? That 389 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: was Detroit to Detroit to Pisburgh? We lost to Pittsburgh, 390 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: So it's the ghost the ghost? All right? Well, my 391 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: last questions to you, we've got to solve this. You're 392 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: an in and out guy, so it's not five guys. 393 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: There's no chance with him. I'm not an in and 394 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: out or I'm not five guys fantasy. I don't mind 395 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: five guys, but it's just not better than in and out, 396 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: Like I would say five guys definitely is heavier on 397 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: the stomach. It leaves you a little like when you 398 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: get the bag and like the fried it's and you're like, 399 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ingest that it doesn't look like a good idea. 400 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: They only even like if you ask for a small cup, 401 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: they literally just scoop up a large amount of fries 402 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: and they're stowing in your back. So like when you 403 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: get a small, you really get a large. When you 404 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: get a large, get like it like a big bucket 405 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: of fries and two filling like a bag of po tatis. Yeah, 406 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: and last one, pumpkin beer versus like a summer light 407 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: kind of beer, like a white I p a something 408 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: like that. What are you going with? I don't know 409 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: what any of that means. I just drink Corona is 410 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: in like Miller lights and stuff. Oh, we gotta improve 411 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: your beer time, you gotta, we gotta help you out 412 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: here all that like wheat stuff like, don't do all that. 413 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: I don't want to be crazy. I don't want me 414 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: knows the employee of this. You know sometimes the off 415 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: season when you guys are a beer what kind of 416 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: straight I don't drink during this season or stuff because 417 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: dries up your soft tissues and that's that you get 418 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: soft tissue injuries. So FRO appreciate. Thank you, all right, Well, 419 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: thank you to Tony as he leaves just an awesome dude. 420 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: Not only are people going to enjoy watching him on 421 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: the football field, but you gotta give this guy a 422 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 1: follow on Twitter. I think he shuts it off during 423 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: the season. I think that's what I heard. But anyway, 424 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: just a really interesting guy, like a cool personality. He's 425 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: going to fit in here really good. Yeah. I think 426 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: he's really come into his own kind of being here. 427 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: And I thought it was interesting him hearing him say 428 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: that he feels like this is his most important season. Um, 429 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: usually guys say the most important season is the year 430 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: before the contract. He's not after, but he's he's motivated, 431 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: and I think that I do think that probably some 432 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: of that stems from the whole not getting drafted thing, 433 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,199 Speaker 1: and um, you know, he's he's eager to show what 434 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: he can do this year. Dude, we should have asked 435 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: him who would have won in a boxing match between 436 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,719 Speaker 1: you and I? That would have been easy. You already 437 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,479 Speaker 1: laid out your cards that I could just come at 438 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: you with a crazy I have the strategy, and then 439 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: I come with the stomach punch makes you yak in 440 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: the corner. Right this these abs the six pack of 441 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: steel you break your hand. You maybe have a one 442 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: pack six of you break your hand if you try 443 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 1: to do that. Well, thank you for listening to everybody 444 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: on that. We will be back there working on Benjamin 445 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: Watson just to toss it out there. I think we're 446 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: gonna get him. Yeah, we've been on the hunt for 447 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: to get Benjamin. We're gonna get him. So thanks for listening. 448 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: As always, reached out to us at the Lounge at 449 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: Raymond's dot NFL dot net and we'll be back the 450 00:23:51,119 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: next week. Backs, Backs Baks Time