WEBVTT - Vorhees, Mekari, Hill, & Harbaugh: Ravens Training Camp 8/1/24 Press Conferences 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast. It is Thursday, 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:08.480 August first. The Ravens held another training camp practice today 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:10.560 and afterwards we had a chance to hear from head 0:00:10.600 --> 0:00:11.640 coach John Harball. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:21.400 Really really appreciate you all being here, hot and crisp. 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:25.440 That's a good conversation for fried chicken and for this 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:26.240 practice today. 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:28.400 That just came to you right there? Is that all right? 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:29.600 It was? 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:31.400 It was tough, and our guys responded and it was 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:32.320 a very good practice. 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:38.120 Very happy with the guys. What questions Jael about things? 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.320 That's that's why you had seen and words. 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:41.800 That it is. 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:44.240 We decided we wanted to kind of shorten up exactly 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:45.479 a little bit of the time that they were out 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:46.680 here with the humidity and everything. 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:48.080 So I think it helped. 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:51.960 You guys having the later day tomorrow. 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.000 How to seem opening the season on Thursday or. 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:56.680 Guys, is it too kind of furrow out to think 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:02.880 you guys are going to be later day process. 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:04.679 It's a good question, I would say both. 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:06.399 You know, we are it's not really enter our mind 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.600 per se, but it's in the back of our mind certainly, 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:10.840 and we are trying to prepare for the first game 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:12.600 because that's the first game that matter, so we're not 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.360 preparing for the preseason games with that. There's a lot 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:17.080 of things that we need to do in between there 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:18.360 to build our team. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.680 Right, So both John, we'd. 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:24.480 Be watching tonight more so just the scene. 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:25.759 To kick off the game. 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:28.640 It would be good to that television on kickoff and 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:30.640 kickoff return. I want to see what happens. We had 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.160 a kickoff kickoff return practice today. What you guys saw, 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.720 had the NFL officials here. We'll look at it tonight 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.800 with those tonight with our coaches, and tomorrow morning we'll 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:39.959 look at it with the officials in. 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:42.640 There with our players and see what they see. So, uh, 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:44.280 it's gonna be very interesting. 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:46.479 We saw a group. 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:48.800 So what Dak Henry could do today room where Harry's 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.040 what kind of challenge is gonna post teams when he 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.000 gets downhill to that second level. Well, I think everybody 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.000 that knows football knows the challenge Dereck Henry poses when 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:58.800 he gets going downhill with the football, you know. So 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.080 our goal is gonna be to get him going downhill 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.360 with the football. That's what we want. And Derek did 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:05.200 a nice job today. I thought all of our backs 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:06.720 did a nice job with that today. 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.720 God, it's obviously a new test from the pads have 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.120 come on over the last week. So with that being said, 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.760 what do you see him from Borden's and Rosengarten now 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:17.960 as they are compete in the offensive going right? 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.000 Yeah, they've been I would say steadily improving, you know, 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.800 and I mean it's steadily improving, then something will happen. 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:25.400 I think, you know, Andrew will be mad about the 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:27.840 play today where Travis Jones had the great pass rush 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.840 on him, but he had I don't know, numerous numerous 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.120 other very good plays thought Roger. Roger's been doing well, 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:35.600 deserved a shot with the ones. You saw him get 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.840 a shot with the ones today. So we'll just kind 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.040 of keep working through that and let it play out. 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.880 John past they've talked about You've talked about playing the 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.079 best five. I want to get the best five offensive lineman. 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.120 And how tough is it in the situation of carry 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.480 balancing how much he means as a swing guy inside 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.680 that six offensive lineman. Rolling the port of that with 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:57.600 trying to get the best five on. 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.200 The field certainly part of the challenge, Jeff. I mean, 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.960 that's that's part of it. You know, Pat's Pat's greatest 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.880 strength is his versatility. It's also probably his greatest the 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:09.920 thorn in his side a little bit, so he didn't 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:11.920 get a chance. Always a lockdown at one position. But 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.320 that's a good problem to have, and we're trying to 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.840 work through that too. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:20.119 As sting garden a bunch. Do you think that's something 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.480 you guys want to john him. 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:25.519 In the midst Well, you know, it's certainly something we've 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.120 done before. You know, we have rotated offensive linemen before, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.120 which is we're probably one of the probably the first 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.560 team to do it, and I can remember, so it's 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:34.120 it's in our it's in our we. 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:35.000 Have a track record of that. 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:37.640 Related. 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.880 No, he got his head banged a little bit, so 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:45.800 he's in there. But I'll be evaluating that tonight Paris. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.560 And he's the guy you've been. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.160 How you development. 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:59.240 Idea? Well, that's a great question, Malik is that guy? 0:03:59.360 --> 0:03:59.560 You know? 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.520 Same same almost like Pat. On the other side, he 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.280 plays inside backer, both of them. 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:05.040 He plays. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.320 He plays outside back on our in our in our 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.760 base package, he plays defensive end. Also in our sub packages. 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:14.280 He plays every special team very valuable player, and I 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.640 see him playing all those positions during the season, just 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.680 as as it as it comes up. But he's done 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:23.760 a great job. Really really proud of mely, you know. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:24.640 Marcine. 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:33.159 Really wouldn't say I feel like that's pretty even built. 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:35.240 I do. 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.400 I feel like he and have have had it kind 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.159 of from the first day. That tends to be the 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.160 case with good players and great players and great athletes. 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.279 They see the they figure each other out pretty quickly, right, 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:47.240 Guys like you and me go out there and there's 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:48.719 no chemistry. 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:58.640 So yeah, what if you see to take you to 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:02.000 the next level? Good question. I think he's going to 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:03.200 take exactly what he's doing. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.200 You know, he's a guy that h every day, comes 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.520 in with enthusiasm unknown the mankind, and he gives it, 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:13.080 you know, everything he's got with a great attitude, a 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.400 high work ethic, always talking ball. So to me, you 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:20.160 know that process pays off. And when does it pay off? 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.279 You know, I guess when the opportunity comes, So looking 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:23.960 forward to seeing it. 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:28.360 Asking about Justice, what have you seen over the last 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.479 few years, the evolution of of him as a player, 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.120 and then what we're looking for from him this year? 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:39.040 Behind Derek right, great great point. The evolution of Justice 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.479 as a player is that this guy has become a 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:44.560 starting back in the National Football League. I mean, if 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.600 you watch him play, look at the championship game. Uh, 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.000 he is a he is a high caliber running back. 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:54.720 So to have him along with with Derek, along with 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.200 the young guys, I think it's it's just it's it's 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.359 really great and he's gonna give us a little different 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.040 style than there Henry. So I see him as a starter. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.839 I think he's gonna play a lot and kind of 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:05.440 do it his way. 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.880 Oh go, that's kind of top practice today with snoozy 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.200 games things. Just how have you seen the rookie kind 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.960 of settle in defense as the team? 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.320 Yeah, Sodus is another guy just kind of a steady guy, 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.839 grinding every day and then comes out today with pads. 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:21.880 Come on, it's a physical practice and he shows up 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.640 to see that kind of what we expected. I'm looking 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:26.120 forward to see him in the games, you know. But 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.120 very steady, h very conscientious player. 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:35.400 Jam He replaced Roskins spot with Quincy, wrote Elise Rossick spot. 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.080 Are you good with outside linebacker dat or do you 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.400 think it's something you're gonna have to continue to evaluate 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.279 whether you need other bodies here. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.960 Well, we'll definitely continue to evaluate every spot, including the 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.480 outside backer spot, because you just never know from one 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.160 day to the next week, especially in camp, because you 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.599 want to have enough guys to practice at a high level. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.159 But you know, Adis is gonna get back here some 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.200 point in time soon. It's been nagging him. But I 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.760 do think he'll be back sometimes soon. So that's another 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:01.640 depth piece. I got it. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.880 We'll count on so but to see where it goes. 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.480 For a little bit of a later question, I saw 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.080 you dropped maybe your practice script or something, and drop 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.160 scooped it up. What do you do when a player 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:13.000 steals the script? 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.000 Well, he knocked it out of my hands, you know, 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:19.320 so my my script security was wanting there very badly, 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.560 and I was embarrassed by it. He scooped and scored. 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:23.960 But then he handed it back to me, which I 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.440 appreciate him. So that's where we're at. And he gave 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.400 me a look, you know, he was disappointed in me, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:39.600 and I felt that a minor soft tissue deal that 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.960 he's should be finer soon, very soon. 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.200 John, Maybe I'm impreciated the moment, but it seems like. 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.080 More in the quarterbacks had then more for the flat 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:53.240 technic hearing me at all kind of kick the ball up. 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.560 To the guys's face to Yeah, I don't know if 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.600 it truly, I wouldn't say it's an emphasis per se. 0:07:57.720 --> 0:07:59.160 I think they're doing a good job of going through 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.680 their progressions. We spent a lot of time, you know, 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:03.600 we spent all we spend this you're watching practice all 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.120 kind of time in passing, game progressions, defensive concepts, how 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.440 we play out the defense against all the routes. And 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.280 I just think they're they're they're getting really good at 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:17.840 reading stuff out and making quick decisions. 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:24.480 Next up is running back Justice Hills. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:25.880 It's a working relationship. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:30.040 Been Mike Ki looking on that looked like, you know, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:31.800 having some fun on the sidelines. 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.480 Out bro, let's go over. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:35.959 We're just having fun on we're working. We try to 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.120 get better every single day. And and that's what he 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.800 brings to the room too. He's just serious making sure 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.400 we're working and getting better every day, and that just 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.120 fees throughout the whole room. And then when we out here, 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.520 we're just having fun. I mean, it's a it's a game, 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:49.400 and we just try to have fun with it. I 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.080 mean It's easy to get caught up in all the 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:57.080 business side and stuff, but we're just having fun too. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.880 I mean, it was one of the best running backs 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.120 to ever play in a game, and I like just 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.079 to be able to play alongside 'em and learn from 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:08.040 'em and watch how he approaches each and every day. 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.319 I mean I was a static you know, y, I've 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.600 been lucky to have some good vets around here, from 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:16.640 from mark Ingram to Gus, and I've learned so much 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.680 from all those guys, and so I just being here 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.520 f with with Derek the last couple of months, I've 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.480 already learned so much and so uh, it's just gonna 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.120 be excited to see what we do throughout the year. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.680 And j you gonna have fun that you've. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.960 A little bit earlier said at the starting. 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.320 And when you hear something like the guy who's been 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:34.240 placed story waiting and. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:39.559 Sets, uh, I mean, it mean it means a lot, man. 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.920 I mean you just work hard, you just enjoyed the process, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:43.480 and That's what I've been doing since I've been here. 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.480 I mean, obviously everybody would wanna come in and uh 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.160 be a starter right off the bat, but you know, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.480 everybody has a different journey, and I've just been enjoying 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.440 my journey getting better every year. 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:53.719 And uh, I've just. 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:57.080 Been enjoying just doing that. And so just to hear that, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:58.719 I mean that that means a lot. But we still 0:09:58.760 --> 0:09:59.640 got a lot more to do. 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:01.240 And I just want to go out there and prove 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:01.880 everybody right. 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.120 How difference does it feel coming into this year knowing 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.480 how about you have relied upon if the end of 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.439 last year, now being you know, the guy right behind 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.679 Derek and starting pla the back, how different does it 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.000 feel this year? 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.480 As you wan guy, I mean, it doesn't feel any different. 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.160 I mean we come to work every day and everybody 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.640 in the room, every single person, everyone back in the 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.120 room has that mindset so where if their name is called, 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:28.040 they're gonna be ready to go. 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.600 And that's my mindset. Since I've been here, I've always 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:31.240 been ready to go. 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.160 And so just being able to get those opportunities and 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.560 take advantage of those opportunities has been It's been great, 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.120 and so I just want to continue to do that 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.600 and just have a great year, have a fun year, 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:40.920 and go. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:41.680 And win for. 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:45.000 Charlotte again. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:55.440 You can see those guys, man, they come and work. 0:10:55.520 --> 0:11:00.600 I mean, they're they're young guys, but they have mindsets, 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.960 you know, and that's really what you need, just to 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.640 be able to come in and work through the ups 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:09.679 and downs of the injuries or. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.199 Whatever situation you're going through. You know. Definitely with boy, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:11.960 he's just the injury. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.719 Just fighting through that and being strong mentally, it's been 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:16.600 it's been awesome to see how he approaches each and 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.679 every day and he's just gonna continue to get better. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.440 I mean, we got one of the best d lines 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:22.440 in the league and being able to go up against 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.680 that and practice is gonna make the games so much easier. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:26.280 So he's been doing well. 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.040 They've both been doing well, and just to see their 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.679 progression from springtime to now getting the pads on, uh, 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.679 it's gonna be exciting to see him get to the season. 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.160 This specifically in the right game with the old line 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.880 and guys kind of moving, figuring out in different spots. 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:41.880 And still trying to find that Nick, what what has 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.120 been the most impressive. 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.520 Progression to you since camp started? 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:47.880 What do you think that you guys are gonna use 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.200 You know, if the rest of camp and the reass 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:51.840 the game is kind of playing to us. 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.280 When they land on that to start up. 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.679 Uh, I think just the mentality Jody the old line coach, 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.200 you know, he brings a certain mentality to where they're 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.240 gonna work hard every day like they're gonna work and 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.920 he's not gonna let anybody slack off. And so with 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:07.680 that kind of leader at the front of the coach 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.439 at coaching spot, it's kind of hard to even see 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.560 any time to downturn offen the line, no matter who 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.679 is in there. And every single day they come in here, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.360 they're fine off the ball, working, working on pay level, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:22.120 getting strong, and I mean it's gonna be exciting to see, man, 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.120 because those guys always know how to move people off 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.640 the ball, and uh, they're gonna just continue to do that. 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.000 So uh, no words with those guys. They just gonna 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:29.800 continue to do their thing. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:31.760 What was it like today? 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.120 See and Derrick Henry get going downhill a little bit 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.280 more and yourself it's more contact. 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.040 Can see some looty s flying. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.720 A little bit. I mean that's football. I mean that's 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:41.480 the fun stuff. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:43.920 Like when we're out here in the spring, when we're 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.680 out here with no pads. Obviously it's fun to be 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.160 out here doing the plays, but once you actually get 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:51.480 the pads on rocking and rolling. I mean, it's nothing 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.040 better than that because that's football, and so it's definitely 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.640 it's just fun. It's just fun. I say that at 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.440 the end of it. I mean, I just love coming 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:58.720 out here and having fun. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.040 It's another was to improved every off season. 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.280 There's something that you you wanted to focus on the course, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.920 the officers that wanted to computing. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:07.760 Or. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.719 I mean, every part of my game I want to 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.840 improve on. So it's not just one single area I 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:16.679 can point out, but. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.720 Everything. I mean, from running to blocking to receiving. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.160 I've been working on all these teams tirelessly, and so 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.120 it's just it's fun to see how the progression goes. 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:28.440 Each year. 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.640 I feel more confident just because I've been putting in 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.040 that work. And then the more work you put in, 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.319 the more confident you get. And so here's gonna be 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:35.800 a fun year. 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.559 Yeah, that's the corn such as unique type run him back. 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.400 Is there any thing you can get from me? Is 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.240 you're sharing any secret like and sticking the buff of anything, 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:47.679 you know? I know, got died that. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.480 Anything you can get from being for a. 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.640 Guy like that, Yeah, I got I got some stuff, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.120 but I can't tell I can't tell it. 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.160 I mean, he definitely, he definitely giving me some gyms. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.599 It's something I'm replying, but I just keep down the 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:01.599 wraps until y'all see it. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.679 But then y'all seem like, Okay, that might be. That 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:04.520 might have been something there. 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.280 It might It's all so, uh yeah, you definitely don't 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:11.480 give me some wisdom, just kind of trying. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:14.559 To morgam. 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.640 Ravenson is still then need to be a survival in 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.600 the NFL, like five six seventy. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.400 Eight years three supposed up for that or the least 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.680 not being a Special Teams contribute as well. 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:28.920 I really think it's actually a special thing to do 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.400 when you come in because it teaches you the game. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.040 I mean, like before, I've never played Special Teams before 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.120 I got here, and so I never even realized it 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.000 was a part of the game. Like you obviously you 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:40.280 know it's a part of the game, but you don't 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:41.360 realize how important it is. 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:44.000 To the game. And it teaches you so much technique. 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:46.120 It teaches you things that you can apply to offense, 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.200 a lot of defense, and even though you're not getting 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:51.760 those reps on offensive defense, doing things on special teams 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.360 helps you improve as an offensive and defensive player. And 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.880 so the thing that they do allowing people to go 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:01.120 in and start on special teams and cultivate careers that way, 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.800 it prolongs to everybody's career offensively and even if you 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.320 just stay on special teams. So it's definitely a great 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.280 skill set that I'm glad I've got the opportunity to develop. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.200 We also heard from some of the offensive linemen, including 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.120 versatile do it all lineman Patrick McCarry. 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.160 We've we've seen you move all over the offensive line 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:25.680 over the years. 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.520 What has it been like to the start of camp 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.280 where you've kind of been able to focus in on 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:30.880 right tacks for the top ten. 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.280 Oh, it's been good. It's been good. It's been good 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.360 to uh stack days, focus on one position and get 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:39.320 better every day, seeing what I need to work on 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.520 and just continue to improve. It's been good. 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:57.720 Desire values, Yeah, I. 0:15:58.040 --> 0:15:59.720 Just want to play and I want to help the team. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.280 I'm whatever way that looks like, Uh, that's up to 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.680 the coaches in the front office. But like I said, 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:05.960 I just want to play and help the team, and 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:07.280 that's for them to decide. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.520 Because you got how different do you fill your leadership 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.920 roles in the room after Kevin and Morgan, you know, 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.320 obviously go on to other spots. Is it just feel 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.680 like we're losing around and seeing just a lot of 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:19.880 guys looking back up at you. 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.320 Yeah, I mean Kevin Morgan, we're great, great leaders. John 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.120 was awesome too to have in the room. But yeah, 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.280 as the years go on, I just I keeping there 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.120 or I continue to be the older and older guy 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.320 in the room and take more of a leadership role. 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:35.800 And that's good. And the younger guys if you like 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.400 to look up to me and Ronnie and Tyler and 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.200 uh some of the other guys, and it's it's good 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:46.720 to be in a mentorship role and really guide these 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:48.720 guys up. And they're doing it. They're doing a great job. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:53.360 So yes, Patrick, you obviously were a mentor for Tyler 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:54.120 Lender Bowen. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:55.800 And now you have Roger Roseguard. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:57.760 What are your impressions of vim as we've gotten to 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:58.200 know they. 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.240 Haven't watched him with good m Yeah, Roger has been great. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.200 You know, he's he's really immersed in the meetings, really 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:07.960 locked in at practice. He's a pro working to get 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.720 better every day. I like what I'm seeing, so he's gonna, 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:12.800 he's gonna, he's gonna get it done. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.119 You gotta have a chance, being nice to be in 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:20.159 one spot and work there, but you also know that regardless, 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.240 you're probably gonna wind up playing different spots in the 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.639 dards of the season. At what point do you have 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.440 to get other reps? I mean, how many reps do 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:28.480 you need out of the other positions given in something 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:29.640 you've done for a lot of years. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:33.520 And yeah, you know, I do need the reps right now. 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.280 They have me at right tackle and that's where I'm 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.760 focusing on day to day. But when the time comes 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.680 and they asked me to move around and do other things, 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.200 and I got to lock it in on that position 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.479