WEBVTT - Season Review With John Harbaugh & Eric DeCosta 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:06.000 Welcome into Ravens Press Best. This is your credential to 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:10.000 all Ravens interviews and press conferences with players, coaches, and 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.600 front office members. There's gonna be a rotating cast of hosts, 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.120 but mostly just a no frills, quick and easy way 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.680 to listen to all Ravens press conferences and other media availabilities. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.040 We'll kick off the first episode with head coach John 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:25.599 Harball and general manager Eric Takasa as they reviewed the 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.360 twenty twenty two season and looked ahead to the off 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:32.320 season to come. So I just want to welcome everybody here, 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:37.360 really appreciate everybody coming out. Eric and I are we're 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.400 looking forward to doing this and kind of start off 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.320 the twenty twenty three season in terms of what our 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.680 hopes are, our vision, where we're planning on going. And 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:51.239 with that, I think every ending is a beginning, and 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.880 where we leave off from the twenty twenty two season 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.520 and where we begin in twenty twenty three season is 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.560 really right now, and we've had an opportunity to talk 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:01.960 a little bit, and there's a lot of things going 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.480 on where things are moving fast, as you all know. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:07.280 But the thing that I feel, I know Eric feels 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.880 the same way. I feel great excitement and great hope 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.600 for what we're what we're heading into, for the challenges 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.600 in front of us and the opportunities in front of us, 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.720 because we have a really good football team and we're 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:19.800 a kind of on a curve of building this football 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.600 team right now. We have been on it for about 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:24.840 three years, i'd say, and putting this thing together, and 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.280 you can see the pieces coming together. You can see 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:29.039 it coming together on the field in terms of scheme 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:33.319 and process, personnel in coaching, and a lot of hard 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.360 work has gone into it, and I think it's starting 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:38.600 to become apparent where we're going. So I'm really excited 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.039 about it. Eric's excited about it, and we're excited for 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.200 whatever questions you might have. So with that, Eric, yeah, 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.520 I think it was a you know, certainly a disappointing 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.360 ending to a season, a long season with a lot 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:52.520 of different challenges, But we're also excited by I think 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:55.960 the potential of the off season everything that goes along 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.480 with that, the draft, free agency, it's my favorite time 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.400 a year. We're excited to start up negotiations again with 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:07.800 Lamar Jackson. We're excited to attack this roster to make 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.320 it the very best it can be in the hopes that, 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.280 you know, we'll be a championship team at some point. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.240 And I want to thank John and the coaches and 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.400 the players for all the work they did this offseason. 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:20.400 We overcame a lot of different adversities along the way. 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:22.920 Very proud of the team. It wasn't the ending that 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.280 we wanted, but as John alluded to, I think we're 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:34.040 on the right path. You mention, what is your confidence 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:40.280 level one getting the chief, Well, it certainly takes two 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.600 to tango. But I think Lamar and I have a 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:47.079 great relationship. I think we communicate quite often. We spent 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.160 some time together today. As a matter of fact, we've 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:55.239 spoken throughout the season multiple times. And you know, these negotiations, Jamison, 0:02:55.440 --> 0:03:00.240 they all happened differently. You know, Ronnie Stanley's contract about 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:05.560 a year and a half. Mark Andrews contract took probably 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.320 three or four days. You know, we did Roquin's contract 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.560 over the span of six days, over the course of 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.720 one month, basically is what we did. So they happen 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.800 in different ways. UM, I wouldn't characterize the percentages of 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.839 getting any deal done or how long it's going to take, 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.760 except to say that we'll communicate effectively, we'll be as 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:26.240 fair as we can be, and we'll try to hammer 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:27.600 out a deal and hopefully we can get to that 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:34.800 point of this team for years to come. Is that 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:38.480 as much the case today as it was said? One 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.200 hundred percent? You know, two hundred percent, There's no question 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:46.280 about it. Uh, Lamar Lamar Jackson is our quarterback. I 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.560 mean he's been our quarterback. Everything we've done in terms 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.240 of building our offense and building our team, how we 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.800 think in terms of people and put people around them, 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.320 is based on this incredible young man in his talent, 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.880 his ability, and his competitiveness. You know, he and I 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.480 were talking today too, and the things about Lamar that 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:08.040 to me stands out. He's an incredible competitor. I mean, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:11.200 Lamar Jackson, all he wants to do is win at 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.440 everything he does. You know. Yeah, he's got a lot 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.640 of talent, he's a very bright guy, he's got a 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.240 big heart. But he's just a massive competitor. And that's 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:19.960 the kind of guys we want to build this team around. 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:22.640 Guys that love football and guys that love to compete. So, uh, 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.599 that's not hasn't changed, it will never change. You know, 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:29.880 we I've loved Lamar, Eric loves Lamar, and it's not 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.520 going to change in the future. So you know, I 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.720 don't know anything about the details of the whole thing, 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.080 but I know one thing. I'm like all the fans 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.159 out there and everybody else. You know, I'll have my 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.000 fingers crossed and my toast cross and I'll be saying 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.800 prayers and I have every faith that's going to get done. 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:44.960 And uh, and we've got the best people in the 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.160 world doing it. I mean, Eric de Costa is nobody better. 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.359 And Eric wants him here, I want him here, Steve 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.880 wants him here, and Lamar wants to be here. So 0:04:54.040 --> 0:05:02.360 it's gonna work out it exactly. I just can't see 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.800 that forty five minute Peloton workout not to do an 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:14.120 advertisement for Peloton. But it's no joke. Yeah I did, 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.680 I did already. Yeah, thanks, uh, thanks for pointing that out. 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.440 You know who else who else but VITTI you know, um, 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:25.200 of course, I mean, you know, Greg and I spent hours, 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.920 you know, talking about this. You know, in the last 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.400 couple of days, let alone. You know, every day when 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.400 you're together for four years. You know, the challenges that 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:37.320 Eric's talking about Uh, you become really close you know, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.680 as coaches and scouts, and uh, this is something that 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:42.760 you know, is something I think is is good. You know, 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.239 it's an opportunity for him, uh to move in some directions. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.040 With the things he accomplished here, we're kind of we're 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.599 pretty historical. You know, they're they're a record set here 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.719 you know in the National Football League. They're gonna stand 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:55.920 for a long long time. So uh, you know, we're 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.320 all really proud of those things. And and Greg's a 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.200 great coach and he did the best he could every 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:04.160 single week, every single day. Great family, Uh, you know, 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.599 another great competitor. So you know, I I you know, 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:08.640 I leave, I leave. We leave that era kind of, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.400 you know, we're move into the next era now in 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.719 terms of our offense. And uh and I did I 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:14.800 did ask Lamar about it, you know, and he will 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.520 be involved in it, you know. I'll keep him abreast 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.000 of what's going on, and I'm sure he'll have some 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:20.680 input along the way. But I know his focus, like 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.800 he told me, he's gonna be on getting himself ready 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.279 and getting his guys ready, you know, for next season. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.400 Concerning the business side of Lamar and all the different 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.960 tag all those different things that you know, is there 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:37.000 some concern as far as attracting an outside person Robin's 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.680 coordinator knowing that there is uncertainty with his short term 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.520 at all in terms that you know, I think that's 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.720 a great question, Luke, and I would say I would 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.400 say my my answer would be, no way. This is 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.280 going to be a highly sought after job. This is 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.240 one of the top football coaching jobs in the world. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.800 Everybody's gonna want this job. So I'm looking forward to 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.719 getting started, and we're gonna have won't just be me, 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:01.000 you know, It'll be other coaches and scouts involved in it. 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.440 And we're gonna cast a wide net and we're gonna 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.120 look far and wide and close, you know, and and 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:08.360 we'll get the best fit for what we try to accomplish. 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.160 And it's going to be a highly qualified candidate turned 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.440 to the wide receiver position. The production wasn't I'm so 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.440 what you guys wanted to be in even a target 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:20.360 U see the last few all seasons. Do you plan 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.600 to change your approach in terms of how you go 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.520 out killing that position? Well, it's certainly something we're gonna 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.320 look at, you know, obviously, Uh, this season didn't end 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:29.960 up the way we wanted it too. We had some 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:35.440 injuries obviously with Bait and with Devin. Um. You know, Uh, 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.120 we traded Hollywood last year, so we definitely took on 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.480 some water this year at that position. We'll continue to 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:42.440 look at that, you know, via free agency in the draft, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.520 and our role is really just to find the best 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.920 guys that fit our situation. And you know, we hear 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.080 the fans, We hear you guys with the questions. Um, certainly, 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.840 our goal is to build the very best team we 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.720 can build. And you know, last year one of our 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.120 key i think missions was to build the offensive lineback 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.600 and we feel excited about that and the way that 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.120 we're able to do that in different ways. We think 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.560 we're very very close to building a championship team and 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.600 everything that goes with that, and so we'll do that. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.600 We'll do that this offseason, um, you know, and that'll 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:14.920 be through the draft, through free agency, potential trades and 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.000 things like that. But we will build the best team 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.960 we can to compete every single week. I'm talking about 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.200 talking about the extension. We're talking Mr Jacks on extension possibility. 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.400 If it doesn't happen to find the tag that on 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.840 end you tag them. Are you willing to entertain trade 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.880 offers about Lamar Jack? You know that's something that we're 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:37.040 not going to talk about it at this point. Um. 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.720 I talked to Lamar to day, as I said, and 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:41.600 our focus right now is really to get a long 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:45.040 term deal done. That's our singular focus at this point. 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:46.920 It's gonna take some time, it's gonna take some effort, 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.080 it's gonna take great communication, give and take. But I'm 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:51.719 confident that we'll be on the right path to get 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:57.319 that done. And five picks up, D is that challenge 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.160 for You're gonna try and helate more sort of we're 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.959 going to you know, every draft is different. I mean, 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.000 ultimately we'd love to have more picks. I think most 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.560 years we do. UM. Sometimes what we find is if 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.560 you have too many picks over three or four years span, 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:11.600 it's hard for all those guys to make the team 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.959 and contribute. And I go back, you know, it was 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.720 a draft many years ago. I think Ozzie had four picks. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:21.760 One of our best drafts, Um, I think we took uh. 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:26.400 It might have been a callister Brandon Stokely Van Mulitalo, 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.400 and it was one other guy, I think Jamison you 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.880 might know. It was a hell of a draft. It 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.360 was a hell of a draft. Every single guy contributed 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.760 right away. And so my goal, my mentalities, take every 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.400 one of those picks this year and nail every single 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:50.120 one of those picks a year. Getting hurts your conversation 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:59.960 the relationships players point, Yeah, yeah, I think it's It's interesting. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:06.040 Our relationship with Lamar, I think is fantastic. Every single day. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:10.839 Now you can say, well, what's it like negotiating that's 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:14.880 a challenge, you know, because that's a business relationship and 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.280 there's you know, anytime you negotiate with anybody, it's not 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.160 always going to be an easy conversation to have. But 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.040 that doesn't affect our feelings for each other, or John's 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.040 feelings for Lamar, the organization's feelings for Lamar every single day, 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.000 how his teammates team We all understand it's a business transaction. 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.920 That's the challenge really for a player to represent himself, 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:35.880 I think, and we have to keep those two personalities separate. 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.440 The Lamar Jackson the agent versus Lamar Jackson the player. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:46.480 The player is somebody who I hold in extremely high regard, 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.440 and you know, he's a fantastic competitor, one of the 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:52.280 most infectious personalities you'll ever see, one of the most 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.840 talented players in the league, a truly wonderful person in 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.440 the community and everything else that he does. So that 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.520 hasn't changed. That won't change. We'll get put our heads together, 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:07.679 we'll negotiate a contract. I told Lamar that, hey, this 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.720 thing has been a burden for both of us, and 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:11.440 I said, you know, but when this thing is over, 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.640 we are going to feel like a million bucks. And 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.640 that's truly how I feel. There. You go, how much 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.480 has the more expressed a desire for a fully year 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:25.800 indeed contract, and this is the organization willing to put 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.600 that on the table for it. So I told you 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.360 guys last year that, you know, I was willing to 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.640 talk about the negotiation, but I can't talk about the negotiation, 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.160 and so that type of question really is not something 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:41.400 I would talk about. I'm actually really sort of proud 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:45.640 of the fact that for the last year, most details 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.160 regarding the negotiation have not come out. There's been little 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.839 pieces out there that the NFLPA has put out at 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.679 one point last year, but other than that, you know, 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.400 I think our conversations in our negotiations have been very 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.120 very private, and that's a very satisfying thing for Lamar 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:00.640 and me as well. And so I'm not going to 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.520 get into all the specifics of different things and you know, 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.280 what we're looking to do and what he's looking for 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:06.640 in all those types of that would be kind of 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:12.840 productive and that would hurt out a negotiation. It's time 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:20.960 for about sure, Pete. Yeah, I mean I can't. I'm 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:22.400 not gonna be able to take you through every every 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.000 step of the way because it's this ongoing process. I mean, 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.839 we're talking every day throughout the season, you know, and 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.680 these conversations are going on consistently and constantly. So I 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.360 think just after the season Monday, we talked, Tuesday, we talk, Wednesday, 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.719 we talk, you know, and they're just hours of conversations 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.400 at Delvin, all kinds of different things, directions, and we're 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:41.640 talking families, we're talking our kids, you know, we're talking 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.480 the team, we're talking the plays in the game. You know, 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.200 we're talking about everything. And I think just through all that, 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.080 you know, really a couple of you know, we're partners, 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.280 but we're also friends, and um, it just worked its 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.320 way into that place where you know, I think he 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:57.920 felt like that was the best and we felt like 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.240 that was the best too, and we just understood where 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:04.679 we were at. John a two part question about one 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.520 we interview internal and external candidates, and the second part 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:12.360 is has the philosophy of the offense and in your 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.439 mind your vision for how do you want this to 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.120 offense to look? Given Lamar now has several years under 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:21.920 his belt, has that changed all that? Will that impact 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.000 the kind of offensive coordinatory you hire? Yeah, that's a 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:29.160 great question. The first part again was the interview, right, 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:33.079 we will, Yes, we'll interview internally and externally in terms 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:37.360 of the vision for the offense. The identity of the 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.800 offense is what is important in that vision. And we've 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.120 established an identity for our offense. I think everybody knows 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.559 that it plays against us and watches us play. That's important. 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.160 That's a good identity. That's an identity that we're going 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.400 to carry forward. I think it speaks well the organization 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.240 in the city, kind of what we're all about within that, 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.040 the schemes that you run, the formations, the type of 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.640 players you put out there, that's all kind of methodology 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:01.960 and you kind of work through that as you go, 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.559 so I'll be looking to explore into that some more too. 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.920 You know, what kind of ideas come up in these interviews, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.079 you know, what kind of ideas do guys have. How 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:13.079 can they merge you know, their thoughts and their vision 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.320 for for this offense with what's been done here in 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:16.839 the past too, and how does it all fit together 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.400 with the players? You know those all the questions you ask. 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.880 So I think nothing set in stone, nothing ever stays 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.080 the same, you know, everything changes, everything evolves. You got 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:25.920 to keep it moving, you know. So we'll definitely keep 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.600 it moving in ways that fit the players that we have. 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.560 And but it's definitely be within the identity you know 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:44.960 that we have for our offense brings anything you know, 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.840 for you and you know the office guys, it's not 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:54.600 there and when he shows up, you know right well, 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.320 I mean there's no guarantee all go that way, So 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.040 I think you cross those bridges when you get there, 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.680 for sure. It's a great question. It's definitely, it's definitely 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.120 there's a history of that with guys that are given 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.680 the tag. But Lamar is a unique guy too. You know, 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:09.280 Lamar doesn't always he's not. He's not beating to everybody's drum. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.080 You know. He does he does his own thing the 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.280 way he wants to do it. So those things will 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.280 all come down the road as they common will. We'll 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.640 adjust and adapt as we as we face him. Eric, 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.040 if you do put the franchise tag on Lamar forty 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.400 five million dollars, how much would the impact with Drey 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:28.960 would do free agency wary Well. I mean, any any 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.480 deal with Lamar is going to affect the salary cap. 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.280 Whether we get along term deal done or we do 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.440 a exclusive franchise or the traditional franchise, it's going to 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.360 affect the cap. I mean, those are big, big numbers. 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.720 We're fortunate. I think that we have a better salary 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.360 cap than most um. You know, we have a lot 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.960 more room than most teams do, which was by design 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.480 three or four years ago. You know. I think one 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:53.280 of the things that we saw years ago with with Joe, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.560 as when we had to do Joe's deal, we didn't 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:59.240 have enough for room to franchise Joe back then, so 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.720 we kind of planned accordingly. We have a lot of 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:05.440 salary cap room that we can use, so that creates 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.240 some aspect of flexibility with us contract wise and also 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.600 franchise wise as well, gives us a different couple different 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:17.560 options regardless, it's it's not going to be a situation 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:20.280 where the you know, the market's open and we're just 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.080 going and signing guys left and right. That's not going 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.440 to happen in any way. There's really no scenario that's 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.640 probably going to be the case. We'll be selective, we'll 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.040 be targeted. We'll find guys like we always do that 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:30.480 we think can build this team and help us be 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.960 the best we can be. Eric Lamar and Roquan situations 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.920 of different but considerment, and neither of them necessarily have 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:38.920 an agent. Do you feel like getting a deal done 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.800 with Roquon will help you in terms of just your 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.400 own tactics and your own strategy in terms of getting 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:49.040 a deal done tomorrow. You know, everybody has their own 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.440 style and everybody has their own strategy that they're looking for. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:57.040 So the only you know, potential advantage maybe that you 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.320 know we got from getting Roquon's deal, as you guys 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.720 have all written about, as we have a franchise tag 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.160 that we can use and we can keep both players 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.399 if we want to. I mean that's basically how it 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:08.920 factors in. But Lamar has his own style of negotiation 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.760 and what he's looking for in his own personality. Um 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.320 and Roquan had his own personality and style and what 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.440 he was looking for. Totally different animals. Um. I was 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:19.440 very happy to get Roquan done, and I'll be even 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:24.320 more happy when we get Lamar done. Yeah, John and JK. 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:30.439 Dobbins was pretty frustration following the last game. Uh do 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.560 you hear that? Do you have you spoken with him? 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:36.560 And what are your thoughts about him coming as he did? Right? Yeah? No, 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:40.520 I we talked Monday morning and uh, he happened to 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:42.160 be at breakfast. I happened to walk in and saw him. 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:43.359 So I sat down with him, you know, and we 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.040 had a good talk and uh, you know, he made 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:47.960 it very clear to me, you know, what he meant, 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.800 you know, in terms of that versus kind of the 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:52.320 way it came out and where he's coming from in 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.280 the heat of battle and all that. So I was 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.280 real good with that conversation and what he told me. 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.960 There's another guys usually that potentially are retiring, like a 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:06.680 Kalis Campbell, just you have you haven't talked to you 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.720 about what shortly wanting to come back? Would you welcome 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:13.000 to the Magic So well, I did meet with both guys. 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.640 I would probably keep those conversations private, you know, out 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:19.160 of respect for those guys, um. But you know, actually, 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.239 for whatever reason, I met with over twenty players this year, 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:24.000 so I had a long day. Normally it's usually like 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:26.679 five or six m I think John was trying to 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.480 create some time for himself and he would send some 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.840 guys over to me. But uh, you know, they were 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.359 really really good conversations. I enjoyed my time with the 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:37.040 team this week. Um. I did speak with Klis and 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:38.960 just in a lot of respect for both those guys 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.520 the way they played this year and just their whole career, 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.240 really in the respect that they command in the locker 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.080 room and on the field. So you know, those are 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:48.680 the kind of guys you want to have on your team, 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.600 those veteran presences who play well and really back it 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.800 up by how they play, and uh, you know, those 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.760 are the kind of guys you want to add. Are 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:59.560 you sure what you are with? Marcus Peters is come 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.520 a previous cornerback. In general, we clearly would feel pretty 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:07.920 good about Marland, but after that seems like there's a question. Yeah, 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:11.480 well crazy respect from Marcus, one of my favorite guys 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:15.600 on the team, you know, tremendous competitor, and at some 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.920 point Marcus and I'll probably speak, and his agent, Doug 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.359 Hendrickson's one of the best in the business as well. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.000 Regarding the corner position, you know, we're a team that 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.320 always feels like you can never have enough good corners, 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.960 so I would expect that at some point in free 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.680 agency and or the draft, we'll try to augment that position. 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:37.639 I think we've got some good, young, promising players for sure, 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:41.880 Jalen Arma Davis. We drafted Pepe this year as well. 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:44.879 Both of those guys we think hep bright futures. Brandon 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.800 Stevens was playing his best football I think late in 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:51.359 the year, and we're excited about his progression and growth 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:54.840 as well. And you know, we had some other guys 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:56.840 this year that stepped up too as well. Daryl Worley 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:58.600 is a guy that played well. He's a free agent. 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.680 Keevan Seymour, Um, you know, Kyle Fuller, a free agent. 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:07.920 Um played really well Week one before his knee injury. Unfortunately, Um, 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:09.760 there's always the potential that some of those guys could 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:19.600 return as well. Anticipated Patrick, we'll keeping him the club. Yeah, 0:20:19.640 --> 0:20:22.480 we were really excited by the way Patrick played this year. Um, 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:27.560 we think he made a jump. He showed uh, playmaking ability, leadership, 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.399 He just really really, over the course of the season, 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.880 became the player that we kind of envisioned him being. UM. 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:38.399 Specifically speaking to the fifth year option, UM, you know, 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:42.679 I'm probably not prepared to make that announcement at this point. Um, 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:46.520 does it make it difficult to sign him long term? 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:48.240 If he's a great player, We'll find a way to 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:50.160