1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,199 Speaker 1: If there's one thing that bothers me more than the Patriots, 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: it might be seeing those stupid Pittsburgh Jackets with all 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,239 Speaker 1: the rings, like the Bombardi showpace. Everybody's jealous and me 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: we have the most that really grows through their own way. 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: It makes showing up and is jeans and a button 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: down to play golf. I like driving the cart, drinking 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: some beers and hacking. Yeah. All of a sudden, he goes, 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: I see you over there. I see him there player 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: which project? So we're like, yeah, here, we gotta run. 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge. I can't get enough of our 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: theme song. You know, it's been a while, We've got 12 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: a lot of Lounge episodes, and I picked a great song. 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: It continues to be a great It is a great song. 14 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: That's the best contribution that you've made the podcast. You 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: know what's you know what's funny about that song is 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: someone pointed this out to us, uh is that it 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: was included in a different podcast. There was our guy, 18 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: our guy, Dave Lane, and he who works here in 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: our digital media department, and he pulled up an E 20 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: sixty podcast and randomly interspersed in the middle of one 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 1: of their episodes, was they ripped us off? They ripped 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: us off? What is it the rattlesnake boot. Yeah, like 23 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: hip shakes shop or something like that, shakes up. Anyway, 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,639 Speaker 1: that was a tangent right off the top. We're already 25 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: going down the wrong path here. Um. Anyway, as always, 26 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: we got a ton of emails flooded with emails at 27 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net, and we 28 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: pulled out one from Brian Crawford in which he outlined 29 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: his plan because last episode we went through our whole 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: offseason blueprint and what we thought this team should do, 31 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: and Brian sent his in. So all right, here we go. Hey, guys, 32 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: love the show. I've been listening, you know since he 33 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: again first time setting in an email. Thank you very much, Brian. Uh. 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: He said, just like Garrett, I'm keeping the band together 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: on defense, with the exception of the Darius Smith I'm 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: gonna get. I'm gonna circle back on that later, says 37 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: I'll let Eric Wedtell play out the last year of 38 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: his deal and extend Jimmy Smith to bring down the 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: cost moving him to free safety next year when Wettle exits. 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: Interesting little wrinkle on offense I'm improving the offensive line, 41 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: maybe a center and guard in the draft, letting go 42 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: a Crabtree and Brown, obviously letting go a Joe via 43 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: trade if possible, using that money as signed C. J. 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: Mosley and a free agent wide receiver. Two that are 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,839 Speaker 1: good at the scramble drill to go with snead more 46 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: and lastly long email, hope you guys get this one again, 47 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: love the show, and keep up the good work. Yeah. 48 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: So basically that was kind of our plan for the 49 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: most part. Like for the what he's describing, that's something 50 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: that we are pretty much in agreement with for how 51 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: the Ray we should attack this off season, whether that happens, 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: like there's been a lot that's happened since. For the records, 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: is the last time we did the podcast? Yes, where 54 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: you were? You were out of work last week? I 55 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: was working away from on vacation last week. I was grinding. 56 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: I saw the pictures of your airbnb and the pool. 57 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: Have you ever been a Florida? Have you ever been? 58 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: You think you think that I was in a pool 59 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: here in sub zero temperatures and owings milk. Here's what 60 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: I tell people. We could have stayed. I'm just such 61 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: a good steward to this company. We could have stayed 62 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: at some sort of hotel for three hundred dollars a night. 63 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: A night, we decided, it's Orlando. It's expensive down there 64 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: in Disney work. We decided to stay at a at 65 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: a budget option, which saved the company a ton of money. 66 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: You have three people, you say you share any airbnbu 67 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: more every house down there you have a private chef. 68 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: A private chef we should have. Maybe we should look 69 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: into that for next year. I was stayed in the 70 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: red roof in down there. I see seventy bucks a night. 71 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: I've seen some of the places you stay. The right 72 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: door for the ritz. The owners meetings has always been 73 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: my thing. They say a really nice hore. It tells 74 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: you know where I am. RV Park across the street, seriously, 75 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: not far from it. It's oh yeah. I was jealous 76 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: last week when I was freezing my butt off coming 77 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: into the work car barely right. So I'll tell you 78 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: it was honestly, the weather was great one day. The 79 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: rest of the week it was a but that weather 80 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: seems a lot better than now here in Baltimore. But Sunday, 81 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: Sunday was terrible. Sunday was terrible. Credit. It was poured 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: rain for twelve hours. My clothes were completely soaked, shoes, socks. 83 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: It was awful. It was awful as a mud pitch, 84 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: I'll give you credit. And you busted your home down there. 85 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: You were getting those interviews, are all right? That was 86 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: another tangent um. But there's been a lot that's happened. 87 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: So there's a pro Bowl with John Harball signed the extension. 88 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: Eric Costa got introduced as a new general manager. He 89 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: took questions for the first time since moving into this 90 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: new role. So there's been a lot that's happened in 91 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks. So based on what the 92 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: plan that we sort of lined out and what Brian 93 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: is kind of saying the same thing, how likely do 94 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: you think that plan is? I think that it's pretty likely. 95 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: You do? Yes? Um, well, I old on, let me 96 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: take that back. I don't know that wet All is 97 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: going to be here next year. You know, he certainly 98 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: changed his tune from the end of the season and 99 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: indicated that it may not be the case. And I 100 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: kind of have the same feeling for Jimmy Smith. Actually, yeah, 101 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: so I my eye caught in the scenarios, and I 102 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: also don't think he's gonna be back. But no, you're right, 103 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: I actually don't agree with his plan at all. I mean, 104 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: I liked the plan, but I don't think it's gonna happen. Um. Yeah, 105 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: I just I think the rains are they're ready, I think, 106 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: to enter this new era that they've talked about and 107 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: kind of turned the page and get in better standing 108 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: salary cap wise, and that means kind of getting out 109 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: from some of these veteran contracts more putting their money 110 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: into ascending players, which I think c J mostly is 111 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: one of them. So I do agree. I think bringing 112 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: CJ back is a piece of that puzzle. That also 113 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: leaves interesting questions about Sadarius. Is Zadarius an ascending player 114 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: or is he a player that's hit his his cap 115 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: I thought that Eric's answer on that was really pretty 116 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: honest this week, where he basically said, look, oftentimes the 117 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: market for pass rushers is out of control. We'll see 118 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: what the market bears out, Like what do we like 119 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Sadarius back? Sure, but we're probably gonna let him test 120 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: the market, see what the market bears out, and if 121 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: he's willing to come back here for a price that 122 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: we have in mind, then sure we do that, but 123 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: let's see what the market says there. But on the 124 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: other hand, I thought, there's he contradicted himself a little 125 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: bit in this. In another instance he said, you know, 126 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: one of my biggest regrets over the years has been 127 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: losing good young players because we see them hit the market, 128 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: the number explodes and we're all like, that's crazy money, 129 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: and we don't bring him back. And it turns out 130 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: that what the market says the player's worth is what 131 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: the player is worth, right, And they scoff at it 132 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: and then collect you assembly, for example, goes elsewhere and 133 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: goes to a pro Bowl. It's like, what do you 134 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: want to sell your house for? Well, I want to 135 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: sell my house for five dollars. Well we're gonna offer 136 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: you three, so your house you can say whatever your 137 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: house is worth exactly. So um. So on the other hand, 138 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: you know, if if you if the market explodes for 139 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: Zadarius and you say, well that's a crazy number, that 140 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: just means you don't you don't want him at that number, right. 141 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: So whereas I think the Ravens are more likely to 142 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: be willing to pay whatever the market says C. J. 143 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: Mosley's value is I will say this too. I thought 144 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: Eric did a really good job of not tipping his 145 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: hand in any direction like he didn't he would say 146 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: the question do you plan to bring back seg most? 147 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: He made it clear I think that they want to 148 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: bring back mostly. They definitely do it. But but then 149 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: when you get into like okay, Eric Weddle and Torell 150 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: Socks and just didn't say much. He didn't say much. Basically, 151 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: his answer on everything was we want to keep our 152 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: good players and at the same time, we want to 153 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: make sure we're responsible their salary cap. Well, why didn't 154 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: you are off the follow up? Are they good players here? 155 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: You know that's the follow up? Is payers? Right? So Eric, 156 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: can you tell us who all the good players are? 157 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: But but to your point about losing players have the 158 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: raid is really lost guys that have gone out there 159 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: and thrived elsewhere, Like you bring up Collettio seven, those 160 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: kind of the exceptions of the rule. But he has 161 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: he thrived, like he did go to a Pro Bowl. 162 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: He did go to a Pro Bowl. It's been pretty dark. 163 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: He's been pretty good this year and he's a guard. 164 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: I mean, how much attention do you really get No, 165 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: I know you go in the PF right now, don't 166 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: you know. I'm not going to PFF. I'm just going 167 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: to NFL dot com to see how many games and 168 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: what his So in sixteen and seventeen he started fifteen games, 169 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: and the sixteen games he started eleven games. This year, obviously, 170 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: the Raiders were one of the worst teams in the league. 171 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, like what I mean, what I prefer 172 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: to have questions about his back. There were questions like, 173 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: would I prefer to have Colletio Assembly on the team? Yes? 174 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: What I pay him? Is he better? Is having him 175 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: better than having Eric Weddell and Brandon Carr? Probably not that. 176 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:11,719 Speaker 1: So it's fair. It's fair, Um, I mean, I'm trying 177 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: to think of one other players that they've lost over 178 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: the years that really did I mean an Kuan Bolden. 179 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: They didn't pay They asked him to take a pay cut. 180 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: We don't need to go down that rabbit hole. So anyway, 181 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: I think that the point of the of it being 182 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: that Eric wants the ability to keep some of these 183 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: guys that they end up losing, and who knows if 184 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: the Ravens have kept some of those guys, maybe they 185 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: would have done better in Baltimore than they did elsewhere. Um, 186 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: and he wants the ability to be able to, I think, 187 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: strike when the iron is hotter, when they see somebody 188 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: that they want right. I mean, so many times the 189 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: Ravens have been really tight against the cat not had 190 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,119 Speaker 1: much space, been really kind of finnaggling, extending, renegotiating contracts 191 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: in order to get some room to be able to 192 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: do something, as some veterans um. And they want to 193 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: I think be a little bit more aggressive now that 194 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: they have Lamar Jackson on a rookie deal for the 195 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: next presumably four years. I think they want to take 196 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: kind of the l A Rams approach, or at least 197 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: they can, in which they you keep your best players. 198 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: They signed Girly to a huge deal, and you can 199 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: go out Aaron Donald exactly, and you can go out 200 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: there and add some other pieces as well via trade 201 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: or for your agency. Well, the Rams to me are 202 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: sort of the shining example right now of how you 203 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: want to build a team when you have a quarterback 204 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: on his rookie day. Jerry Goff is in his third 205 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: year and the Rams basically said we're gonna go all 206 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: in and and keep the really good players, the girly 207 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 1: the Donald And then in addition to that, we have 208 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: salary cap space to go and sign in Dominican Sue, 209 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: and get Marcus Peters and get Brandon Cooks. Like these 210 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: are some major assets that they've added to their team 211 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: who are going to play significant roles in the Super Bowl. 212 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 1: I mean, and Dominican Sue has been great for them 213 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: in the postseason. Brandon Cooks has been great for them 214 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: this year. Marcus Peters has a start corner. He's been 215 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: a little bit up and down, but he's been a 216 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: overall a good starting corner. Like, so they get these 217 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: guys that they have the freedom to go, and I 218 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: think that part, like when Eric talks about having fun 219 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: building the roster, I think that there's there's a lot 220 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: of excitement about having a quarterback on his rookie deal. Now, 221 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: I will say this though, the Ravens aren't quite where 222 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: the Rams are this year in the sense that not 223 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: like you knew more about Jared Goff than you know 224 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 1: about Lamar Jackson right now. Sure, that's definitely case, but 225 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,599 Speaker 1: also they don't like the Ravens are still gonna have 226 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: money on the books for Joe Flacco this year. It's 227 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: not like that is completely gone exactly next year in 228 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,079 Speaker 1: two thousand twenty, depending on if they how they give 229 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: them all the postgame one. But yet I don't know 230 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: if they can spread that out over two years and 231 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: then be totally free of Joe's contract one or how 232 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: it's gonna work. But yeah, and Eric even alluded to that, 233 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: he said, I think that we will become more uh 234 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: balanced or whatever, have more flexibility on the style you 235 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: have this year. That will be the beginning of the 236 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: process us and next year will be another step in 237 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: that process. But I mean, we all know what he's 238 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: talking about. He's talking primarily about Joe now, but some 239 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 1: of these veteran defenders in the same way. And we 240 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: were just talking about this before. You know, when the 241 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: Ravens had Joe in two thousand and eight, Starting in 242 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight and they had their their starting 243 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: quarterback on a rookie deal, they were able to keep 244 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: more and sign more veteran pieces and whatnot, and to 245 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: add some of those who's around him that ended up, 246 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: you know, propelling them to the Super Bowl Championship, um 247 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Changship. That sounds like they're watching football to 248 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl title. They really had a great home 249 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: run that year anyway, But at the same time, they 250 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: still had some of those veteran contracts on the books, 251 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: like ray Lewis, like every they had some of these 252 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: big bloated I mean bloated may not be the right 253 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: expensive guys, makes sound bad, but they had some expensive guys. 254 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: Now this year, if they turned the page from guys 255 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: like Sugs, Wettal Jimmy Smith, you know, now they're looking 256 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: at really just having some of these young players in 257 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,599 Speaker 1: their prime. Those are the guys that they're paying. So 258 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: you're even you even have kind of more room and 259 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: more flexibility than you did back in two thousand and eight. 260 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 1: Uh So, the possibilities Eric Coss has a lot of 261 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: different options, and I think that's also why he was 262 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: kind of vague, is you know, he it's not like 263 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: he's relishing. The opportunity is seeing Eric Weddle or Thrill 264 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: Sugs walk out the door. They're good players. You would 265 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: like to keep them all ideally, but there are a 266 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: lot of factors in play here, you know, I mean, 267 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: who else is going to become available? Who else do 268 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: you want all that stuff. They're going to keep as 269 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: many of those guys as they can to make their 270 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: team better, but at the same time they want to 271 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: free up some space. Yeah, I I totally agree, and 272 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 1: I think that he's vague just because he likes to 273 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: be bige. That's also part of it. Does like toy 274 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: so with the Super Bowl is speaking, who are you 275 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: rooting for? I mean it's kind of a weird, like, 276 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: you know, you gotta first of all, you gotta Patriots 277 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: back in the Super Bowl? Obvious Obviously. The gut reaction 278 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: is I'm reading for the Rams. I mean, why root 279 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: for the Patriots? Yeah, we all hate the Patriots, obviously. Correct. 280 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: Somebody brought up an interesting point on this, and that 281 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: is that if the Patriots win the Super Bowl, they 282 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: are now tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for all time 283 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowls one. And if there's one thing that bothers 284 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: me more than the Patriots, it might be seeing those 285 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: stupid Pittsburgh Jackets with all the rings like the Bombardi space. 286 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: How many are you jealous? You know everybody's jealous, and 287 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: me we have the most of any team in the league. 288 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: That really rows me the wrong way. So you know, 289 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: if there's one thing that we can all agree to 290 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: hate more than the Patriots, I think it's the Steelers. 291 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: So see Steelers fans grieving kind of like you know, 292 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: after after we won the Vision this year and he 293 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: saw his videos as the Steelers players on the field 294 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: watching the end of our game, right, that might have 295 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: been even better than winning the Vision. The feeling of 296 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: that even better than Jay's pick. So if I can 297 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: see Steelers fans gloomy, oh my, that is great. But 298 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: the Sunday you're watching Tom Brady hoisted and talk about 299 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: we're still here and talk about putting out these videos 300 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 1: of him and Gronk bad boys for life. Well, but 301 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: I've seen a million times like, what's one more for them? Whatever? 302 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: They every news are good, So what's one more? I 303 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: think I'm rotting for the Patriots? Oh all right? Yeah 304 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: for this reason though, No. I So if you go 305 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: back and and I hated the Patriots, and I think 306 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: that Boston fans in general are really obnoxious. They're they're 307 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: most vile on social media. They are incredibly just obnoxious. 308 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: They're obnoxious. And so when you maybe it's because it's 309 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: been a while since we've gone toe to toe with 310 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: him in a big stage like it was. The last 311 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: time was feen and so I'm a little bit removed 312 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: from that. But I've just grown to really respect with 313 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: the Patriots do. Like I used to just hate Brady 314 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: and Belichick and and there. You know, there was the 315 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: cheating stuff that this flate gate and all that to me, 316 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: so I was like that kind of mars it. But 317 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: to me, I just got a ton of respect for 318 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: what they do. Every year people say that they're done. 319 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: You included I would like to add I would like 320 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: to add that in there. It's like week sixteen, weeks seventeen, 321 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: and you're saying, if we play the Patriots in the playoffs, 322 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: that's an easy win. Go ahead, chalk it up, go ahead, 323 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: chalk it up. Was like week fourteen or thirteen weeks 324 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: Gordon was destroying my fantasy team. Rob Gronkowski was doing 325 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: nothing for me in the fantasy playoffs. It was about then, Yeah, 326 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: it was probably around that time, but you were like, 327 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: they're done. And so when Brady goes out there and 328 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: all he talked about right now is we're still here. 329 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: He's talking about you. You poke the bear. I blame 330 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: you entirely. For getting the Patriots to the Super Bowl. 331 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: Yeah I think that. Yeah, but I do, I honestly 332 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: do have a ton of respect for them, and I'm 333 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: just like I'm marveled. I just feel like there aren't 334 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: a ton of times in sports where you're like, you're 335 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: literally watching It's like watching Muhammad Ali in one of 336 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: his greatest fights. Like sometimes you just gotta sit back 337 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: and enjoy what great and some of it, Yeah, the 338 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: magnificence of one of the best athletes ever. Like and 339 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: I think that's by one of the greatest athletes ever. 340 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: I've watched him scramble. Yeah, that's true. But like, I mean, 341 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: this is like watching Brady is like watching Tiger Woods 342 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: in his prime. At Augusta are watching Ali and flight 343 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: watching Michael Phelps, Like it is that watching Michael Jordan. Plus, 344 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: you're a huge front runner, Yes you are. You're a 345 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: huge Tiger Woods guy, every huge Lebron guy. You're a 346 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: huge mj guy. Well, I mean not great, you're just 347 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: the front runner. First of all, everyone likes Tiger Woods. 348 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: Second of all, I'm probably I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, 349 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: so of course I'm a Lebron guy. That Calves are 350 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: my team. So I'm a CAZ fan and I like Lebron. 351 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: So his jersey though I never did that. That never happened. 352 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: You always say it was burned jersey, Peter Jersey. None 353 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: of that ever happened. But so I've always been a 354 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 1: Lebron guy. So the only front runner that you point 355 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: to his Tiger Woods, and everyone likes Tiger Woods. No, 356 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: I don't really like him. That's because you don't know 357 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: anything about golf. You're just not really You're not savvy 358 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: enough and cultured enough to really appreciate golf. That's a 359 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: gentleman's game, and you, my friend, are far from a gentleman. 360 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: I do ensually having a good beer in your jeans 361 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: and your geese. There was one time we went to 362 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: go play golf and Make showed up in his jeans 363 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: and a button down to play golf. That's wue, that's true. 364 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: What's wrong with that copper? It was like, you gotta 365 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: go to your car and get something to change into. 366 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: I bet I shot better than us, No way, no way. 367 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: I like driving the car, drinking some beers and hacking. Yeah, 368 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: you get your money's worth anyway, I don't. I don't 369 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: hate the rooting for the Patriots thing. I probably though 370 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: my gut, you know, my instincts, my mink stinks. We'll 371 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: just kick in and I'll just be rooting for the Rams. 372 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: Who am I kidding? But it's one of the one 373 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: win situations. Yeah, and Rams are I will say this. 374 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: Rams are a fun team. I like Sean mcphigh. There's 375 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: the number of Baltimore connections there, todd girls from Baltimore. Uh, 376 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: Patriots have two Albert McClelland they have former Ravens players. Yeah. Yeah, 377 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: so yeah, it'll be an interesting game. Who do you 378 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: think she's gonna win? I think that the Patriots are 379 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: gonna win. I agree. I kind of think that the 380 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: whole Rams uh Saints refing thing has just been a distraction. 381 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: I kind of think that it's going to be the Patriots, 382 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: right and then, I mean, and their offensive line is 383 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: playing really well. I think as good as Aaron Donald 384 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: and Sue are, and they're amazing. The Patriots offensive line 385 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: is doing quite well, and they kind of look like 386 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: a well well oiled machine right now. Yeah, so I 387 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: would agree. Well, the other thing about the Super Bowl 388 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: is that this weekend they're going to announce the Hall 389 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: of Famers Saturday night, and I think it's all but 390 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: a lock for ed Read to go in, obviously after 391 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: ray Lewis did last year. I mean, if he doesn't 392 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: get in, that'd be crazy. Yeah, that would be absolutely insane. Yeah, 393 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: he's gotta get it. Yeah, And uh, I'll tell you what, 394 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: Like we just will tell a couple of fun ed 395 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: Read stories, but Ed to me is one of the 396 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 1: most was one of the most fun players to ever 397 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: watch play the game. He just had a knack for obviously, 398 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: like all the football stuff, knowing where to be at 399 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: the right place and the and the he had the instincts, 400 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: and he had the uh flashiness with pitching the ball 401 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: and the return skills and all that stuff. But just 402 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: like from a fun standpoint, he was just a joy 403 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: to watch play. Yeah, I'm an d read guy. I 404 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: was an Dread guy more than a Ray Lewis guy 405 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: growing up being a Ravens fan and working for the Ravens. 406 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: I loved watching Ed play. I mean just unreal, just 407 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: an unreal playmaker where you're just like what what and 408 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: uh and he was just like, you know, working alongside him. Uh, 409 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: I thought he was just like a more relatable guy 410 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,479 Speaker 1: than Ray. You know, Ray was like this larger than 411 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 1: life you know, and like you know, speeches and all that, 412 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: like they ultimately kind of became a character caricature of themselves, 413 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: you know. And uh, Ed half the time I didn't 414 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: also know, just like Red, I didn't know what he 415 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: was saying. He was all over the place. Um you know, 416 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: you you could, but you could have like a twenty 417 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: minute conversation with Ed about like real life, like real things, right, 418 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: and like he was just like a dude, you know, 419 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: he was just Yeah, he was the perfect uh you 420 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: know Robin essentially to Ray Lewis Batman, because not every 421 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: guy would be comfortable letting Ray be the one out 422 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: there like in the spotlight at all times. But Ed 423 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: was more comfortable. Like people have probably heard the story, 424 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: his locker was by all the other guys who were 425 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: practice squad players, like most of the guys that are 426 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: marquee players have sort of the uh the prime real 427 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: estate in the locker room. Ed never wanted that he 428 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: had the locker off by himself in the corner. That 429 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: was because he was trying to avoid all of us. 430 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: Probably probably, but I I do think that he I 431 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: mean he would hold courtback there with all the practice 432 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: squad guys, and he was the only certainly the only 433 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: star back there and really one of the only starters 434 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: that was back there. And I thought that was always 435 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: kind of cool. Um, but he he was again, he 436 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: was a perfect compliment to all that, right was. So 437 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: one of my favorite Ed stories came during before the 438 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl season. And people may have forgotten about this, 439 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: but you know, there's some people weren't exactly sure if 440 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: Ed was gonna come back for another year or what 441 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: his future had in store. And then he set out 442 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: all the O t A s. And he set out, Man, 443 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: it's very minicamp, and it started to become a big thing. 444 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. So, uh one day we're here in the 445 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: office and we looked back on the practice fields and 446 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: there's Ed right and he's got kind of going through 447 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: just a little workout by himself on the field, and 448 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: I think they're, you know, a little message everybody, Hey, 449 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: I'm still around, you know, um. And so we say, well, 450 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: we gotta get this one camera news right and thank you. 451 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: Put this out to the to the world ends back, 452 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, and uh so, but it said Reid and 453 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: you never knew. I knew really what to expect from it. 454 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 1: You know, he was a very mercurial, kind of eccentric guy. 455 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: And uh but anyway, we say big j journalists, we 456 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 1: get a story. So we put Phil Cunningham, who was 457 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: you know, he's one of the nicest, doesn't want to 458 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: ruffle anybody's feathers. We put him on the job. Phil. 459 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: Phil goes to and and you know, I'm like kind 460 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: of putting pimp to you know, I'm like, all right, 461 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: come on, damn, I gotta get this footage. He's like, 462 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, guys, I'll know. Come on, though, So 463 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: he kind of hides in our garage, like we have 464 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: the indoor bubble and there's like a garage that that 465 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: they store all the equipment, and that's next to the 466 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: practice fields. And he kind of gets in there right 467 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: along the corner and he's shooting. End he's shooting, and 468 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: I'm standing there next behind behind Phil, and all of 469 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: a sudden, he goes, I see you him there, I 470 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,479 Speaker 1: see him there player, which project a bunch of creeps 471 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: out there the bushes, right, So we're like, yeah, here, 472 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: we gotta run. But man, we put that we put 473 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: that footage up and you know, Ed was cool with it. Ultimately, 474 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: we weren't exactly positive he was gonna be cool with it, 475 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: but he was cool with it. We didn't know. We 476 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: weren't positive, but you know, we still have her job, 477 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: still still here. We're still here, luckily. So that was 478 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: kind of a crazy editing story. Yeah, that's that's a 479 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: great one. Here's another good one. It's it's not football related, 480 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: but one time I was up here at theacility, brought 481 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: a kid that I meant her up here and we 482 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: went and a Saturday, so I was showing him around 483 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: and Ed was one of the only guys that was 484 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: in the building, and so we were walking out to 485 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: the parking lot and Ed happened to be walking out 486 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: at the same time, and so Ed stopped and he 487 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: took pictures with a kid. It was great. And then 488 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: he was also carrying a couple of a couple of 489 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 1: framed photos of himself that like someone I think our 490 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: team photographer had given to him. And he was like, hey, 491 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: and I got enough pictures of myself, signed the signs 492 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 1: the picture for the kid, and gave it to him 493 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: a couple of pictures and was awesome. And like I'd 494 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: always heard that like Ed was a little bit like 495 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: difficult with autographs and stuff like that, and this encounter 496 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: that I had was could not have been further from that. 497 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he was awesome. That's really yeah. So like 498 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: to me, that's the story that always sticks out to Ed. Yeah, 499 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 1: like I said, ends, it's like a very real dude 500 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: who cares about and Ray does too, like cares about 501 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 1: a lot of things, like he he really cares big 502 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: issues and uh and and he's always also like a 503 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: guy who also kind of cares about the little people 504 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: like you know, if I ever walked past the Ed 505 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: like Ed will definitely liked me up and say hi, 506 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: Like he's one of those guys. So so congratulations to 507 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: Ed because I'm sure that's in order. I'm sure he's 508 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: going to be in Um. I had so so much 509 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: fun watching him play over the years. It was it 510 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: was a blast for sure. Um. So yeah, we look 511 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: forward to that. We're gonna have a crew in Atlanta 512 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: covering all that to make sure because we're gonna get that. 513 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, exactly. And then you have the big guy, 514 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: what's his name, The big guy, He's just gonna be 515 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: hit Baker, David Baker from a big dude. He's a 516 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 1: big boy. So we're gonna be seeing Dave Baker, I'm sure. 517 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: And yeah, make sure you tune in for all of 518 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: our coverage of ed Read. Anyway, thank you for listening. 519 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 1: As always, you can reach us at the lounge at 520 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. And next week tell him 521 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 1: who we have expected to join the podcast. No, that's 522 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: not gonna happen next week. It's it's a couple weeks 523 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: after that. He bailed. Joe Ortus is gonna do it 524 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: right before the combine. He already bail. You know, we 525 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: always it was a soft commit We always you know, 526 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 1: listen out of the year. We're working with the guys internally, 527 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: and Joe, who we love, we'll give him a hard 528 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: time he joins the podcast. He likes to make our 529 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: lives difficult. You know. He never likes to give us 530 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: a specific date. Ye come find me. Never. Yes, Well, 531 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 1: he had a legit excuse. They're starting to have the 532 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: scouts and everybody's coming in for traffickings like Thursday, and 533 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: he has to do a lot of preparation for those 534 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: meetings in the days leading up to that. So right 535 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: after those meetings in before the mine starts, when you 536 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: go on your next vacation, Yeah, Sunny Indianny, Indianapolis in February, 537 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: that's your payback. Yeah, but before you go down to that, Joe, 538 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: we'll come on the pot nice. Yeah, So thank you 539 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: for listening and we'll be back with you next week