Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Sunday,
Speaker 1: August eleventh. Today, after practice, we had a chance to
Speaker 1: hear from head coach John Holball, who gave health updates
Speaker 1: on Nate Wiggins and Kyle Hamilton.
Speaker 2: Thanks for coming out. Great day.
Speaker 3: Really, it's a great day for football, as is any day,
Speaker 3: but day's a great day for a lot of fans,
Speaker 3: and our guys enjoyed being out there.
Speaker 2: Had a lot of great fans out here.
Speaker 3: Very special groups, very special group of families was here,
Speaker 3: so we appreciate that. And then also we just want
Speaker 3: to say that our prayers and our thoughts are going
Speaker 3: for all those involved with the bell Our house explosion
Speaker 3: that happened. I just heard about it, so we want
Speaker 3: to just express that to all the families and all
Speaker 3: the friends who are involved in that right now, all
Speaker 3: the first responders as well, and everything would go well.
Speaker 3: And just encourage everybody. Just encourage everybody and all the
Speaker 3: groups just safety and do the best we can of
Speaker 3: those areas to be safe. So what questions you have
Speaker 3: with John.
Speaker 2: Looked like another Spectacles aphel Isaiah likely out there. What
Speaker 2: kind of trade camp do you think he's.
Speaker 3: Kind of put together, I would says, put together fantastic
Speaker 3: training camp. To your point, I mean another great day.
Speaker 3: We're connected on a bunch of deep balls out there.
Speaker 3: He's been spectacular with their route running.
Speaker 2: Uh details.
Speaker 3: I feel like at the timing has been fantastic with him.
Speaker 3: Is just a very special athlete. It comes to work
Speaker 3: every day and ready to go to work. So we're
Speaker 3: very proud of them and keep going.
Speaker 2: John, we saw it. I don't handles that go down
Speaker 2: like a left leg injury.
Speaker 3: And the update there, yeah, looks stable, looks good. Uh
Speaker 3: you know, obviously we'll continue to do some tests tonight
Speaker 3: and tomorrow to make sure. But first indications are that's
Speaker 3: he's fine.
Speaker 2: Did you guys get a more substantial update that's right
Speaker 2: on Wiggins and where everything?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Wiggins is not a serious injury. Uh has the
Speaker 3: same one that I got yesterday or last week on
Speaker 3: the on the water slide.
Speaker 2: Yeah, look at look at my moviment. I could have
Speaker 2: I went back to for the game. So I think
Speaker 2: we're good son official designation with the water slide injury.
Speaker 3: It is actually yeah, it was actually an a C spraying,
Speaker 3: So I don't even know if this is that very serious.
Speaker 3: So but you know, you know, I would say that
Speaker 3: from an immune system standpoint, there's some superpowers that have
Speaker 3: to do with healing with some people, and I'm just
Speaker 3: one of those guys that just comes back like that.
Speaker 2: So I can't expect that of all the guys. But
Speaker 2: you know, so we'll see how he how he responds.
Speaker 2: I'm ready. I was ready for Friday. I would have.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I might have taken a little shot or something
Speaker 3: to get it done, but we'd have been out there
Speaker 3: if anybody had wanted to be out there. Cut your
Speaker 3: kid definitely the secondary with some guys going down, give
Speaker 3: me that second preseason game.
Speaker 2: Yes, we're in good shape. We don't have h we
Speaker 2: don't have any serious stuff. So we got Arthur.
Speaker 3: That's still gonna be something that's going to go into
Speaker 3: the probably the first couple of weeks this season.
Speaker 2: But that's all we have right now.
Speaker 1: So it Friday's games looked like it's tussling.
Speaker 2: Get the passing offensive stab between now and Saturday, what
Speaker 2: kind of improvements.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think that's just something we got
Speaker 3: chased in practice. I mean in the preseason and if
Speaker 3: you watch all the preseason games, the passing game is
Speaker 3: going to be the biggest challenge. I don't really see
Speaker 3: too many teams out there just you know, dicing people
Speaker 3: up in the passing game because your guys aren't out there.
Speaker 2: So the timing is going to be what it is.
Speaker 2: So we're not too worried about that.
Speaker 3: It's obviously we want to be as good as it
Speaker 3: can possibly be, and we want to see guys step up,
Speaker 3: run good routes, make plays.
Speaker 2: You know, that's that's a work in progress.
Speaker 3: But you're developed. You're talking about developmental guys. For the
Speaker 3: most part, I thought Josh handled that well. You know,
Speaker 3: there weren't always the right routes being run. We had
Speaker 3: a couple of little hiccups and protection with some of
Speaker 3: the younger guys, So just things like that are things
Speaker 3: we worked through. I did think the offensive line played well.
Speaker 3: Go back and you watch the tape from a run
Speaker 3: blocking standpoint and the pass blocking standpoint.
Speaker 2: A man for man, I thought they played well. Just
Speaker 2: specifically get that probably with the position change. Now that
Speaker 2: he's practiced three or four weeks now at like guard,
Speaker 2: how do you think he did in the game. Was
Speaker 2: it a continuation of what you've seen in practice. Now thought,
Speaker 2: I thought you made a jump in the game.
Speaker 3: You know, he passed protection especially, was really good with
Speaker 3: his feet, uses punch, punched well, stage square, stayed in
Speaker 3: front of people. I thought he played well and I
Speaker 3: thought he especially played one pass protection run game he
Speaker 3: was good too. So, uh, you know, that was kind
Speaker 3: of a I'd say that he passed the test, passed
Speaker 3: the first test, and keep building from there and get
Speaker 3: to the next game. We had a big week of
Speaker 3: practice this week to keep building. But I was happy
Speaker 3: with Daniel, I was happy with Seppy, with Bennett center.
Speaker 3: I thought Ben played well at center. Uh maybe he's
Speaker 3: a center, you know, so, but he can also play guard.
Speaker 3: So that was It was a lot of good things.
Speaker 2: I long to say.
Speaker 3: One did you feel like wore he is and Rosengarden
Speaker 3: sort of made a good case that they could play
Speaker 3: well in week one if you decided to go that way.
Speaker 2: I do think so. I do think so. For Heast
Speaker 2: was very consistent and Rose mcguard was very consistent.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: For for Roger, let's get up some more plays next week.
Speaker 2: You know, we were kind of working.
Speaker 3: We had Pat got Pat played well, uh, and then
Speaker 3: Josh played well at left tackle. And then so Rogers
Speaker 3: reps were a little less. We'll get Rogers Moore reps
Speaker 3: next week and practice this week. But he also, I
Speaker 3: would say the whole offensive line passed the test. There's
Speaker 3: nobody really in that group of guys you're talking about
Speaker 3: that didn't look like they could play just.
Speaker 2: One target for a test water at the Point Park.
Speaker 1: What do you think he had to end of the
Speaker 1: n for the.
Speaker 2: Leaks gay, Yeah, no doubt. He's been dealing with the
Speaker 2: rib thing, so he's been a little limited with that.
Speaker 3: So hopefully that kind of it should be good this week,
Speaker 3: and if nothing else happens, I'd like to see him
Speaker 3: get out there and take take a lot more reps
Speaker 3: and and really see what he can do.
Speaker 1: We saw you add a couple of Daman receivers Russell
Speaker 1: Gage at the other side up there to day, and
Speaker 1: you're just looking for a little a little better of
Speaker 1: a presence in his well receiving room.
Speaker 3: Is there's something you're looking for him with these guys,
Speaker 3: You think, Well, I think sometimes you know you're you're
Speaker 3: playing the opportunities. You know, there's an opportunity to bring
Speaker 3: those guys in who've done some things. I mean Russell.
Speaker 3: Obviously he has had a ton of catches in the league.
Speaker 3: Anthony's been in the league two or three years and
Speaker 3: he's a talented guy. Hasn't broken through yet, but you know,
Speaker 3: we we were impressed with his talent, how to work out.
Speaker 3: Looked very good. Looks like he's in great shape. So
Speaker 3: why not take a look at these guys and see
Speaker 3: what they can do and see if they can make
Speaker 3: a push.
Speaker 2: You expect that, we do. We do expect Bait back
Speaker 2: real soon.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and what I want to speak for him,
Speaker 3: but I think he's I think he's real right, he's
Speaker 3: right there.
Speaker 2: He's practicing at eleven on eleven today.
Speaker 3: Kind of his ramp up, and it is a ramp up,
Speaker 3: so it was a limited type of a practice today.
Speaker 2: Uh, looked good.
Speaker 3: Came inside one time, we got pinned inside a little
Speaker 3: anxious to get in there and would have given up contaents.
Speaker 2: I'll talk to him about that.
Speaker 3: But seeing him out there, he chased I think he
Speaker 3: chased Josh around the corner.
Speaker 2: He could see his speed.
Speaker 3: He looks big out there. So yeah, I'm excited to
Speaker 3: have him back out there. I know nobody's more excited
Speaker 3: than he is it's hard come in you're a rookie
Speaker 3: and you know you got to be kind of on
Speaker 3: you're on the shelf for all these months.
Speaker 2: That's tough. So he's really excited to be back.
Speaker 1: As PJ.
Speaker 2: Tample working off the side is already.
Speaker 3: Kind of he's getting close. He's getting close. It's not
Speaker 3: not probably this week, but he's getting close. So what
Speaker 3: you saw the pisa at Isaac out there the second record,
Speaker 3: Horton's ramp up.
Speaker 2: I'm sure what are you see him so far as progress?
Speaker 2: For me, yeah, i'd say right on the schedule.
Speaker 3: This was, as we mentioned, the first kind of the
Speaker 3: first day of a of a of a limited practice.
Speaker 3: So I hope he ramps up quickly. You know that's
Speaker 3: gonna be the hope. I love to get him in
Speaker 3: the game, you know this week if we could, John,
Speaker 3: did you have any updates on Machina leave against see
Speaker 3: how the years us Cain. Yeah, those guys are both
Speaker 3: end up being kind of stinger type guys in the game,
Speaker 3: so they'll go through a protocol with that. They usually
Speaker 3: involve those guys in the concussion program. I don't even
Speaker 3: know if they're in the concussion protocol to be honest
Speaker 3: with you, I'm not sure, but but they'll be fine.
Speaker 1: He said, you were comfortable and.
Speaker 2: Our persons are kind of playing the first week.
Speaker 1: How close do you think you ordered me?
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I'm comfortable that they took the steps
Speaker 3: that they showed us that they have a shot to
Speaker 3: do it. They haven't been you know, they're not there yet,
Speaker 3: but we still got three weeks, you know, have work
Speaker 3: to do. So I think they're very much in the mix.
Speaker 3: And how close were we to name in it? Probably
Speaker 3: you know, another game, maybe two games. Honestly, do you
Speaker 3: think a job the Woods here to play? I do
Speaker 3: think he will be, but that's up to the doctors.
Speaker 3: You know, they decide that. So they just didn't player
Speaker 3: in for this game. But uh, in anticipating he will be.
Speaker 3: But we'll see if he's practice full speed today.
Speaker 2: So it looked pretty good.
Speaker 1: John Woof, you.
Speaker 3: Thought of one Bright in the preseason opener in his
Speaker 3: training camp as a whole.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Owen has been one of those guys.
Speaker 3: You know, he's he's a he's an explosive guy, and
Speaker 3: I thought he ran the ball hard north and south.
Speaker 3: You know, he's hit it up in there was explosive,
Speaker 3: pretty pretty solid pass protection, ran the routes well. I
Speaker 3: thought he made a case for himself, so we'll see
Speaker 3: going forward. I really thought all the guys did Collier
Speaker 3: and you know, didn't get many reps and Ali Olli
Speaker 3: ran in there hard. Now you know, he was aggressive
Speaker 3: and he's got that speed and explosiveness. The one he
Speaker 3: popped around the edges. Kind of good to see that burst.
Speaker 3: And I promise he's got good hands. I mean he
Speaker 3: shows good hands out here in practice. You know he
Speaker 3: had the one drop. I'm not gonna panic about that.
Speaker 3: He's got good hands.
Speaker 2: Got only your person looked at the new kickoff for any.
Speaker 3: Of your assessments with it in life, Yeah, I would
Speaker 3: say it's hard to see, you know, all all the
Speaker 3: little stuff because everything is at the same time, and
Speaker 3: you got a bunch of guys like running into each
Speaker 3: other close quarters at the same time, and there was
Speaker 3: there was a there was a block in the back.
Speaker 3: They don't there's this blatant takedown that went into somebody's knee.
Speaker 3: So I'm a little a little concerned about all the
Speaker 3: all the chaotic injury potential for the play. Uh, But
Speaker 3: I thought it was a lot of fun. I thought
Speaker 3: our guys did a good job with it. I thought
Speaker 3: our coverage was good. We had said one one that
Speaker 3: wasn't great, the rest of them were great. And I
Speaker 3: thought our returns we were blocking people really well, and
Speaker 3: we just got to keep building on it. So I
Speaker 3: would say, probably, if I could, probably, that's gonna be
Speaker 3: my last statement honestly about like what we want to
Speaker 3: think of it, because who cares. Uh, I think it's
Speaker 3: going to be I think I think I want us
Speaker 3: to be good at it, and so we were pretty
Speaker 3: good at it in this first game, so let's let's
Speaker 3: build on that.
Speaker 2: Let's go, all right.
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