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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. We are fired

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Speaker 1: up today to have Trent and Simpson stopping by the

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Speaker 1: lounge to have a conversation and trenton just this is

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Speaker 1: the time where the off season program's coming to a close.

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Speaker 1: So it's been kind of an eventful few months for you,

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Speaker 1: from training to getting drafted, to showing up here and

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Speaker 1: going through the full off season. So how you feeling

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Speaker 1: right now?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 3: I feel blessed. I've had a great process. Every day.

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Speaker 4: I feel like I've came in here, got better, got

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Speaker 4: closer with my teammates, and I feel like we're grinding

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Speaker 4: and I'm excited for the season.

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Speaker 1: So what was it like just going through this process

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Speaker 1: and kind of your first taste of the NFL. Now

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Speaker 1: you've gone through practices, of course you know that, like

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Speaker 1: the intensity ramps up in training camp, pre season games,

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Speaker 1: all that stuff.

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Speaker 5: But what was kind of the first taste of the

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Speaker 5: NFL like for you?

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Speaker 4: There's definitely another level on the attention to details and

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Speaker 4: just focusing on the small details, dis level because everybody

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Speaker 4: is so talented, So just doing the right things all

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Speaker 4: on my coaches and just being led by my teammates

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Speaker 4: and being a great leader as a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Now, what do you plan to do? I guess between

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Speaker 2: now and the start of training camp, And there was

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Speaker 2: a lot of talk about you were been a great

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Speaker 2: star in college, but you also played special teams, So

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Speaker 2: curious about how you fit in with the special teams

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Speaker 2: you thought, and moving forward, what you think your role

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Speaker 2: be as far as the season.

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Speaker 4: I love my role on special teams are just being

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Speaker 4: able to be first to be able to play on

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Speaker 4: all special teams, and I definitely feel I'm the guy

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Speaker 4: that can come in on third down and get the

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Speaker 4: sacks if you need some spot a quarterback, come off

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Speaker 4: the ball and jump and get some tips stuff like that.

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Speaker 4: Like that's definitely my role. So I'm excited to see

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Speaker 4: what the coaches have for me. But I know I'm

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Speaker 4: gonna come up every day, come ready to learn and

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Speaker 4: just compete, you know, and whatever opportunity I get, make

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Speaker 4: the most of it.

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Speaker 2: There was a lot of talk I know that obviously

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Speaker 2: were a great college player as a linebacker, but that

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Speaker 2: you would contribute special teams with the Ravens as a rookie,

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Speaker 2: So curious how that went and what you see your

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Speaker 2: role might be in that area moving forward.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited about my role just being versative, being able

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Speaker 4: to play. All special teams have an impact on the game.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 4: Special team is a phase of the game, just like

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Speaker 4: offensive defense. So playing a huge role in that and

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Speaker 4: then coming in making big plays on defense whenever they

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Speaker 4: put me in it, if they have packages to spot

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Speaker 4: a quarterback or anything. I'm just willing to every opportunity

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Speaker 4: I get to make the most of it.

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Speaker 1: So, so in college did you do special teams?

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Speaker 4: Remind me yeah, yeah, early in my career, so my

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Speaker 1: Once you got big time at the end of about it,

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Speaker 1: and just what is the mentality because the Ravens you

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Speaker 1: probably have found this to be the case already. Special

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Speaker 1: teams is important here, you know John Harball Farmer special

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Speaker 1: teams coach. So like special teams is kind of in

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Speaker 1: a lot of ways the foundation of the background of

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Speaker 1: this team. And there's been a long history of guys

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Speaker 1: who have played special teams and then taking on larger

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Speaker 1: roles on the defense. So what is kind of your

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Speaker 1: approach and your mentality when it comes to the special

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Speaker 1: teams side of things that.

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Speaker 4: Rep on special team is just supported as a rep

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Speaker 4: starting on defense and the game on the line. You

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Speaker 4: got to get a stop, you know, that's the mentality,

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Speaker 4: Like it's one play mentality and every play account. So

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Speaker 4: I go out there give it all. I got one

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Speaker 4: play at a time, you know, hopefully go out there

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Speaker 4: here in the business every time.

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Speaker 2: So now I know there was talk after the draft,

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Speaker 2: you know, obviously coming to the Ravens, you're joining a

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Speaker 2: couple of really good linebackers of Rokwan Smith, Patrick Queen,

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Speaker 2: roquand you know leader maybe a role model type of guy.

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Speaker 2: Just tell me about the relationship that you guys have

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Speaker 2: had so far, not only but Roquan with PQ and

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Speaker 2: some of the things you've already learned from them since

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Man, since I got here, Roqwan and Patrick definitely

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Speaker 4: took me under their wing. You know, we're working every

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Speaker 4: day competing, and I could say one thing with those

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Speaker 4: two great linebackers, man, is the tension to detail. It's

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Speaker 4: very huge and having pre snap alignments and reason they

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Speaker 4: can put you ahead of the play before the play

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Speaker 4: even starts. Like we always say as linebackers, win the

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Speaker 4: play before the ball even snap you know, have an

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Speaker 4: idea where the ball's going. So just slowly growing and

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Speaker 4: just watching the way they move. I know, I definitely

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Speaker 4: can learn every day and I just come in and

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Speaker 4: I'm young and hungry and ready to learn and get

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Speaker 4: as much not as I can from them.

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Speaker 1: So so I remember when on Draft night you talked

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Speaker 1: about rokwand he was a guy that you watched right

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Speaker 1: like growing up, and that he was he's kind of

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Speaker 1: the model.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I remember watching his Buckets Award year

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Speaker 4: him at Georgia. He was a beast, you know, and

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Speaker 4: just growing up. I'm from Columbus, Georgia, you know, so

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Speaker 4: watching Georgia growing up and see him and his college

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Speaker 4: days is cool. And you know, to be a teammate now,

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Speaker 4: it's truly a blessing. I'm ready to work.

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Speaker 1: When you are a young player and you step into

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Speaker 1: that room and you have Rokwan, who's, you know, the

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Speaker 1: highest payed linebacker in the game. You have Patrick Queen,

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Speaker 1: first round pick, who's he's going to get a big payday.

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Speaker 5: You know at some point in his career, and.

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Speaker 1: You step into that room, do you have to sort

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Speaker 1: of I don't know, is there can you kind of

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Speaker 1: be in awe to a certain extent, and do you

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Speaker 1: have to say, all right, I belong in here too,

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Speaker 1: Like how do you kind of handle that of Like

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Speaker 1: I watched this guy growing up. I respect him incredibly,

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Speaker 1: but also like I belong here in this room, Well,

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Speaker 1: how do you kind of handle all that head?

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Speaker 4: I truly feel like it make me hungry, you know,

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Speaker 4: just just to be able to be in a room

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Speaker 4: with a guy who is the highest paid linebacker and

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Speaker 4: that's where I want to be one day. It makes

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Speaker 4: me hungry to know like that's the standard, Like that's

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Speaker 4: what it looks like to make that type of money.

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Speaker 4: So every day just watching the way he lives, Like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: like we in the raate room, I gotta with lift.

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Speaker 3: It's hard.

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Speaker 4: I gotta take every every opportunity I get to improve

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Speaker 4: to take it like it's my life on the line,

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Speaker 4: just working hard and just trusting my coaches and every

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Speaker 4: day just building brick by brick, I'll get there one day.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, reading up on you since the Ravens drafted year,

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Speaker 2: your father was an army major, not the normal you

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Speaker 2: know profile of all the guys who come through here.

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Speaker 2: Tell me what that was like. You moved around a

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Speaker 2: into the type of football player you are because everyone

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Speaker 2: talks about, yeah, the way you just fly around the field.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Nah.

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Speaker 4: I definitely feel like my father and my family instilled

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Speaker 4: a lot of that in me growing up.

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Speaker 3: Just working hard, you know, playing relentless.

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Speaker 4: Like my fatherwer is telling them, if you play hard,

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Speaker 4: you give it all you got and every rep get

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Speaker 4: you empty the tank out there every game, like you're

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Speaker 4: gonna be happy with your results. So I just try

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Speaker 4: to play as hard as I can, you know, and

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Speaker 4: play for my teammates and represent the last name of

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Speaker 3: So that's my goal.

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Speaker 2: Now. Was your father a strict gun number one? Number two?

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Speaker 2: I've read he jumped out of planes that ever something

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Speaker 3: No, no, no, no.

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Speaker 4: I I definitely heard a lot of cool stories about

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Speaker 4: the stuff he's done in the military, and I'm proud

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Speaker 4: for him to be my father.

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Speaker 3: But now, just for me, it was going to college,

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Speaker 3: give my degree and playing football.

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Speaker 2: I went.

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Speaker 3: Wasn't into that, Yeah, I read that.

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Speaker 1: I mean you spent time on military basis as a kid, right, yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: And so you would bounce around.

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Speaker 5: I've read one story.

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Speaker 1: Tell me if this is true that you would at times,

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Speaker 1: you know, say to some of the fellow Army rangers

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Speaker 1: like ten years old, five years old?

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Speaker 5: Whatever it was. Yeah, is that true?

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Speaker 4: My dad, like when I would come on base, like

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Speaker 4: everybody respected my dad. So, like I was a young guy,

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Speaker 4: feel like get my leadership from and just my willing

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Speaker 4: to lead by example, you know, work hard and then

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Speaker 4: when you work hard, people follow.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, you know, I think it's a really fascinating story,

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Speaker 1: overseas tours as an Army ranger. Yeah, and what was

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Speaker 1: have to say goodbye your dad a lot, and he's

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Speaker 1: some dangerous situations. How did you kind of process and

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Speaker 4: I feel like at a young age it taught me

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Speaker 4: a lot about sacrifice and hard work and dedication. You know,

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Speaker 4: my dad went away to make sure I was able

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Speaker 4: to be provided with things I needed growing up, So

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Speaker 4: it just had like it allows me to have, like

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Speaker 4: I understand where I'm at now in life, like I'm

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Speaker 4: in I've living my dream, I'm in the NFL, But

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Speaker 4: now I've learned like a lot about sacrifice and just

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Speaker 4: him just every day. Like that's how both of my

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Speaker 4: with my football characteris that's where I get it from,

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Speaker 4: Like showing up every play, giving it all I got,

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Speaker 4: you know, empty and the tank every day and you'll

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Speaker 4: be happy with your results every time. So that's something

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Speaker 4: I feel like both of my parents are still to

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Speaker 4: me now.

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Speaker 2: I read you were a run starting out in high

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Speaker 2: school and then switched. How did that come about? Tell

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Speaker 4: So I was running back my whole life. You know,

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Speaker 4: I was always really good. I could score it. Like

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Speaker 4: even my senior year, I was I could run that thing.

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Speaker 4: But uh yeah, I just kept growing and once I

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Speaker 4: hit sixty three. Like my coach in high school, coach

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Speaker 4: Paul Marory, he was just like, man, I need you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's too many. There's not too many six three

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Speaker 1: You know, are you going to be over there saying hey,

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Speaker 5: If you're ever short, you know, I still got these skills.

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Speaker 4: All always say is when I catch a pick, I'm

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Speaker 3: So when I catch a pick, I'm scoring.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah that's good. How did you decide on Clemson.

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Speaker 4: I met with the staff, coach Davosweeney and coach Brent Vinnables,

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Speaker 3: I always all my games.

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Speaker 4: I had like fifteen family members deep, you know, they

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Speaker 1: So you graduated in three years, yes, sir, And was

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Speaker 4: the first generational college graduat and that was a goal

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Speaker 2: So yeah, now you people talk about your versatility, I'm

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Speaker 2: just curious what do you see as your strengths as

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Speaker 4: Like when I'm moving full speed and I'm just playing fast,

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Speaker 4: I was doing it in college. But I feel comfortable

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Speaker 4: like I'm at my best. So yeah, four four three

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Speaker 1: And so when you saw that time at the combine, like,

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Speaker 5: How good did that feel?

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Speaker 4: It was the best feeling because it just solidified how

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Speaker 4: I've always been pretty five, ran track in high school

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Speaker 3: Really put in a lot of hard work.

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Speaker 4: So just to see I worked payoff and to be

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Speaker 4: four four to three was a big deal for me.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's not receivers, you're probably sure probably some

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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I can run, man, it's genetics, you know,

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Speaker 4: got good genetics, you know, and I worked hard, so yeah,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't want to be a running back er

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Speaker 2: No. You you were asked about this after you were drafted,

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Speaker 2: But your reaction after being drafted, I mean it was

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Speaker 2: it was priceless. I guess where did all that emotion

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Speaker 4: It's crazy because going into that night, I promised my mom,

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Speaker 4: I'm like, I'm not going to be emotional, but like

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Speaker 4: when I got that, cause like I've worked my whole life,

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Speaker 4: like you know, and just to get there, Like my

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Speaker 4: she's never met nobody who's had a dream and literally

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Speaker 4: followed it exactly how you dreamed it from when you

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Speaker 4: started it. So it just felt good and have my

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Speaker 4: of confidence and I know I'm going to put in

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Speaker 4: the work so to get drafted and just be able

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Speaker 4: can be done, like NFL is possible. It was the

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Speaker 4: of a lifetime.

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Speaker 2: Sure, you may be the only draft pick who's ever

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Speaker 2: hung up on Eric da Costa.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so me, I didn't know how that process.

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Speaker 4: Well, I thought, like all I heard was this Aria

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Speaker 4: de Costa with the Baltimore Raves, you want to be

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Speaker 4: a raven.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'll put the pick in. And I thought that

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Speaker 3: was it, but you know, yeah, he talked to you

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Speaker 3: about that. Yeah, we talked about it and I told

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Speaker 3: her I apologize. I was just blessed to get that call.

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Speaker 4: And once it came through and he told me he

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Speaker 4: was drafting me, I was just so relieved. I was

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Speaker 4: so relieved. I know my mom was as well. So

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Speaker 4: this is the best feeling in the world.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's awesome.

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Speaker 1: I'm always curious to hear players draft stories because you know,

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Speaker 1: on one hand, you have like this, this great moment,

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Speaker 1: this like high and low where it's like you're waiting,

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Speaker 1: your waiting, You're waiting, you don't know if it's going

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Speaker 1: to happen, and then you have this jubilation.

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Speaker 5: So how do you look back on draft weekend?

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Speaker 3: I would say.

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Speaker 4: I didn't expect to maybe fall as far as I did,

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Speaker 4: and that gave me a lot of like I was,

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Speaker 4: it was a lot going on a night like I

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Speaker 4: was just like I felt like I had a lot

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Speaker 4: of emotions running through me. But like once that call

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Speaker 4: came in, the weight was well worth it, you know.

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Speaker 4: And that's one thing I can truly say about that night,

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Speaker 4: Like during the process when when my phone wasn't ringing,

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Speaker 4: like I was just so frustrated, like I was trying

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Speaker 4: the call did come through, it just like it felt

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Speaker 4: like all the weight off the world like lifted off

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Speaker 4: my shoulder. And that was like the best feeling. Like

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Speaker 4: seeing that that area code pop up on my phone

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Speaker 4: and to be able to talk to the gym, you

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Speaker 4: know and just know that like I'm going to a

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Speaker 4: great organization and a team that wins and you know,

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Speaker 4: have great coaches and great players was the best feeling.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounded and talk you know, and talking with

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Speaker 1: Erica Costa and hearing him after the draft and John Harbaugh,

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Speaker 1: you know, when as they saw the board falling, it

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Speaker 1: sounded like you weren't necessarily so who was on the

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Speaker 1: not like inside linebacker was a huge need here, but

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Speaker 1: it's just you trust the process, and that's something that

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Speaker 1: the Ravens have talked about for a long time. They

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Speaker 1: trust their scouting process, they go through all that, and

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Speaker 1: then once the board is set on draft weekend, they

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Speaker 1: trusted and you were the guy who ended up being there.

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Speaker 1: Did you think that Baltimore was a likely destination? Were

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Speaker 4: It could be completely honest, I was very surprised, but

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Speaker 4: I was super excited about the opportunity, So I was

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Speaker 4: blessed to be here for sure.

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Speaker 5: Yeah. I think they were surprised that you were there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah too.

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Speaker 1: I mean I think it was one of those maybe

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Speaker 1: mutual things where it's like, you know, and this has

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Speaker 1: Coyle Hamilton, they were like, we never expected Hamilton to

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Speaker 1: And I kind of put you in a similar category

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Speaker 1: when you were there, you were the best player on

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Speaker 1: the board, and they say, we can find a way

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Speaker 1: to make him have some splash plays on this defense.

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Speaker 3: Definitely.

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Speaker 2: Now Clemson obviously known for having great teams, great defense.

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Speaker 2: You're learning a new system, just telling me curious about

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Speaker 2: what do you think about, you know, the learning process

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Speaker 2: is it still sometimes like, well, I gotta I gotta

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Speaker 4: I truly feel like I picked up the defense really well.

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Speaker 4: Like the last practice many kind I felt comfortable. I

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Speaker 4: So I feel like, I'm not gonna say it was easy,

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Speaker 4: So I feel like my dedication has allowed me to

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Speaker 4: talk to my coaches, and it's definitely been pretty like

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Speaker 4: a good process of learning to playbook and being able

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Speaker 4: to go out there and execute.

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Speaker 1: So when you were at Clemson, you were a top

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Speaker 1: twenty recruit right in the country, one of the top

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Speaker 1: twenty recruiters. So what was that recruiting process, Like you

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Speaker 4: Was a cool process. You know, I was able to

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Speaker 4: came to my school and came and watched me practice,

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Speaker 4: was building relationships with me. I definitely said that was

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Speaker 4: a great process for me. It was a blessing just

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Speaker 4: to be able to go on these trips, you know,

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Speaker 4: taking official visits things like that.

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Speaker 2: But it was cool.

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Speaker 3: It's a cool process.

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Speaker 4: But at the end, like I knew where I wanted

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Speaker 4: to go, Like it came down to Carolina or Clemson,

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Speaker 4: and I knew Clempson was the best place for me.

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Speaker 2: When we talked to Lamar and the receivers after say

443
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Speaker 2: mini camp, We're like, are you guys going to hook

444
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Speaker 2: up and throw you know, you guys gonna work together.

445
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Speaker 2: What are you gonna do between now and the time

446
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Speaker 2: when we start training camp to get yourself ready for that?

447
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Speaker 4: Oh, continue to stay on the grind. Me, Tavius and

448
00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,120
Speaker 4: Kyu gonna go work. We're gonna get some work in.

449
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Speaker 4: Those are those are my two rookie buddies, you know,

450
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Speaker 4: So we stay together. We work pretty hard, you know,

451
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Speaker 4: and just continue to stay in shape and be ready

452
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Speaker 4: to come back and get to the grind. You know,

453
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Speaker 4: I'm ready to go win a Super Bowl and I'm

454
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Speaker 4: ready to be a part of a winning team, you know,

455
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Speaker 4: going there and maximize my opportunities and Max's my role

456
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,960
Speaker 4: to make sure I benefit this year's team.

457
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Speaker 1: When you were drafted, you know, on that on the

458
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Speaker 1: call when we talk to you, maybe ten minutes and

459
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Speaker 1: it's an emotional time, like we've mentioned, but you made

460
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Speaker 1: the point that you feel like you're gonna be one

461
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Speaker 1: of the greats.

462
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and maybe that's the.

463
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Speaker 1: Emotions flying through you at that time, but at the

464
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Speaker 1: same time, you said it with conviction and belief. What

465
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Speaker 1: made you confident to say that and to have that

466
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Speaker 1: belief that you're going to be somebody that people know

467
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Speaker 1: and remember here for a long time.

468
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Speaker 4: That's just how it was raised. You know, if you

469
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Speaker 4: met my mom, you would see where it comes from.

470
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Speaker 4: You just got to believe in yourself, and that's how

471
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Speaker 4: it was always raised by my mom. Like, if you

472
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Speaker 4: you believe in yourself, that's all that matter, you know.

473
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Speaker 4: And I just feel like I know I'm gonna I

474
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Speaker 4: know I'm gonna put in the work.

475
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Speaker 3: You know, I've done it my whole life.

476
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Speaker 4: I've been like I've started off at the bottom and

477
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Speaker 4: work my way to the top and every faster of

478
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Speaker 4: my life. And that's where I get it from. Like

479
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Speaker 4: I work hard, you know, I put into work. I

480
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Speaker 4: live a discipline life. You know, I do the right

481
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Speaker 4: things on and off the field. So I feel like

482
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Speaker 4: God has given me the talents to be one of

483
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Speaker 4: the greatest. So now go come in here, you know,

484
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Speaker 4: maximize my opportunity to stay healthy. And I feel like

485
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Speaker 4: that when it's all said and done, I'll be proud

486
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Speaker 4: of what I've done as a raven.

487
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Speaker 2: Yeah, look at you. I mean you can tell you

488
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Speaker 2: in great shape. You know the four or forty times?

489
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Speaker 2: Do you ever cheat? Die? Why you eat ice cream? Pizza?

490
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Speaker 2: I mean you like, I like, maybe never does anything unhealthy.

491
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Speaker 4: I'm very, very disciplined on my dight. You know, my

492
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Speaker 4: mom flies in the day, so we might go get

493
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Speaker 4: some insomnia cookies when I'm with my mom's. You know,

494
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Speaker 4: I break my diet here there. But I just know, okay,

495
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Speaker 4: when I eat this cookie. When I come back money,

496
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Speaker 4: I gotta go get some work in and you know,

497
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Speaker 4: sweat it off. And get some work, you know, but

498
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Speaker 4: I don't really try to break my diet is might

499
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Speaker 4: try to stay healthy, stay away from the red meat

500
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Speaker 4: stuff like that. You know, grilled chicken salmon is what

501
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Speaker 4: my normally my go to.

502
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Speaker 5: So yeah, one insomnia cookie in the off season. That's

503
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Speaker 5: all that. Awesome. Man, Well, it's been it's been a

504
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Speaker 5: pleasure to talk with you today.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see you on the field in

506
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Speaker 1: training camp, in the preseason and the regular season.

507
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Speaker 5: I think big things are in store.

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Speaker 1: So thank you so much for the time, sir, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for having me well, big thanks to Trenting for stopping

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Speaker 1: so really enjoy the conversation with Trenton. Yes, I'm just

524
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Speaker 1: excited to hear about, you know, his expectations for the

525
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Speaker 1: upcoming season and what he sees his role as. I

526
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Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a you know, he's gonna have

527
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Speaker 1: an important role on this team. I think it will

528
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Speaker 1: be special teams, but I think that you know, he

529
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Speaker 1: could find his way onto this defense in some certain packages.

530
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Speaker 1: When you run like he does, it's gonna be hard

531
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Speaker 1: to keep him off the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, we know he's fast. We know that

533
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Speaker 2: he has success as a blitzer in college. He can

534
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Speaker 2: cover guys too tight ends running back, So I am

535
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Speaker 2: interested to see how he's used defensively. Yeah, we know

536
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Speaker 2: special teams he's going to flash. But as a linebacker,

537
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Speaker 2: he's had so much versatility at Mike McDonald's like using

538
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Speaker 2: players in different roles. It is going to be fascinating

539
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Speaker 2: to see how he's used as a rookie, and I

540
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Speaker 2: feel he could be one of those guys that the

541
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Speaker 2: longer the season progresses, the more you may see him.

542
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Speaker 2: He's disciplined, said he didn't have much problem picking up

543
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Speaker 2: the defense and that always helps you play fast. So yeah,

544
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Speaker 2: he's kind of an under the radar rookie I think

545
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Speaker 2: to watch this year.

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Speaker 1: Well, we've talked like a good amount about positionless football

547
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Speaker 1: over the past few years, especially on defense, and he

548
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Speaker 1: kind of embodies.

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Speaker 5: That absolutely, like that's exactly what he is.

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Speaker 1: Like he can I mean he talked about I mean

551
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Speaker 1: this was high school, but when he switched from running

552
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Speaker 1: back to defense, it wasn't just an inside linebacker, but

553
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Speaker 1: he was putting his hand in the dirt and basically

554
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Speaker 1: rushing as a pass rusher. When you run like he does,

555
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Speaker 1: he's faster than some of the corners and safeties on

556
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Speaker 1: this team. I mean four four three, it's one of

557
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Speaker 1: the faster players on this team. So you know he

558
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Speaker 1: can he can fly around the field. So like he

559
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Speaker 1: has that speed if you want to put him in

560
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Speaker 1: a role where he has to cover his high end,

561
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Speaker 1: you know you're not gonna put him out there at cornerback.

562
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Speaker 1: But but but he has the speed to cover his

563
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Speaker 1: high end. A receiver and a pinch running backs side

564
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Speaker 1: of the backfield, and so he can just be kind

565
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Speaker 1: of a jack of all trades. Similar and like the

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Speaker 1: things that we're saying with him, we've said with other

567
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Speaker 1: players in recent years, like Kyle Hamilton kind of fits

568
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Speaker 1: that mold a little bit in the sense of he

569
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Speaker 1: played down in the box last year as a nickel.

570
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Speaker 1: Now he's got playing more of a traditional safety role.

571
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Speaker 1: Brandon Stevens is the guy who we've talked about in

572
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Speaker 1: that role, can just do a little bit of everything

573
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Speaker 1: that that just seems to be the way the game

574
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Speaker 1: is moving, and Trenton really embodies that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no question on this defense joining one that has

576
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Speaker 2: someone's talent. I mean as an offense, you look at

577
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Speaker 2: the Ravens defense. You've got ro Kwan flying around there, PQ.

578
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Speaker 2: You know, he's a guy that he's not not going

579
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Speaker 2: to draw double teams, I wouldn't think right away. I mean,

580
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Speaker 2: he's he's a guy that kind of maybe can take

581
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Speaker 2: advantage of playing in a system where he's going to

582
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Speaker 2: be able to do different things and where he's not

583
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Speaker 2: the number one gun who everybody's trying to load up

584
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Speaker 2: on to stop it. If he decides to come on

585
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Speaker 2: a Blitz. So it is I think a really good

586
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Speaker 2: situation for him where he doesn't have to carry a

587
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Speaker 2: major load as a rookie, but if he plays himself

588
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Speaker 2: into a role he can certainly help his defense.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I just I like his mindset, his attitude,

590
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Speaker 1: really likable guy. Enjoyed the conversation with him. Clearly disciplined.

591
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Speaker 1: You know, maybe he'll give himself, you know.

592
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Speaker 5: A cookie during the break here, but that's that's it.

593
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Speaker 1: So discipline, smart player, and I like, I mean, this

594
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Speaker 1: is a guy going into college who was one of

595
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Speaker 1: the top recruits in the entire country. Everybody wanted him,

596
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Speaker 1: everybody wanted him. He's played on both sides of the ball,

597
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Speaker 1: and so I just think that he's going to be

598
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Speaker 1: a really you know, he's a really talented player who

599
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Speaker 1: I think will final role on the team this year

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Speaker 1: and then could blossom into something bigger from there. So

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Speaker 1: I'm excited about him. So, in terms of other stuff, Cliff,

602
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Speaker 1: before we wrap up here today, we also want our

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Speaker 1: listeners to know you can email us at the lounge

604
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: at Ravens dot NFL dot net. We always love getting

605
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,720
Speaker 1: the emails that everyone sends to us, so send those

606
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Speaker 1: in This is kind of the slow time here where

607
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Speaker 1: guys are getting a little bit of a break. Trent,

608
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Speaker 1: like he mentioned, he spending time with his mom here,

609
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Speaker 1: who's coming to visit and show her around. But as

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Speaker 1: we go into this break time and looking at the

611
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Speaker 1: big picture view of where this team stands, just from

612
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Speaker 1: a defensive standpoint, what do you think of where this

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Speaker 1: defense is as a whole right now and what do

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Speaker 1: you like about where the group is.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a lot to like. You know, spend

616
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Speaker 2: a lot of time Mini camp and even OTA's watching

617
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Speaker 2: Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton kind of work together as

618
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Speaker 2: a tandem at safety, something we didn't see a lot

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Speaker 2: last year. I think that's going to be a strength

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Speaker 2: of this defense. Definitely got to see some of the

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Speaker 2: younger defensive lineman, you know, Madam Biek is still a

622
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Speaker 2: young guy coming to his own, Travis Jones, Roderick Washington,

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Speaker 2: kind of a younger defensive line out of Kalais Campbell's going.

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Speaker 2: All those guys look good obviously, ro Kwan p Q

625
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Speaker 2: in the middle and end of Jabo and old Way

626
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Speaker 2: on the outside. Those guys got a lot of time.

627
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Speaker 2: I think this defense is coming together. You know, we're

628
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Speaker 2: still gonna who's gonna be the number three corner. Looks

629
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Speaker 2: like Rocketson's gonna be the guy next to Marlin, But

630
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Speaker 2: that situation is one the watch come into training camp.

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Speaker 2: But collectively, Mike McDonald's second year defensive coordinator. So much talent,

632
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Speaker 2: so much speed on this defense. I like it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I like the speed.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's good to have fast players. Like that's

635
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Speaker 1: a simple way of looking at it. Trenton is someone

636
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Speaker 1: who fits the mold there, but he's not the only one.

637
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Speaker 1: They've got a bunch of fast players who can and

638
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Speaker 1: McDonald can be creative and how he gets these guys

639
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Speaker 1: on the field, the packages that he builds, I just

640
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Speaker 1: think he's gonna have a lot of flexibility and I

641
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Speaker 1: think that's good as a defensive coordinator. So as always,

642
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Speaker 1: you can email us at the lounge at Ravens dot

643
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Speaker 1: NFL dot net, send us your emails and it is

644
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,679
Speaker 1: gonna be This is kind of a break time for

645
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,199
Speaker 1: the players, so a lot of guys are heading out

646
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 1: of town now to get a little bit of relaxation,

647
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Speaker 1: also continue training ahead of training camp starting in late July.

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Speaker 5: So that's it for us, thank you so much. We'll

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Speaker 5: talk with you again soon.