WEBVTT - John Harbaugh & Players: Ravens Practice 12/6 Press Conferences 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.200 You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast and it 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:09.480 is Wednesday, December sixth, the Ravens preparing for Sunday's games 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:11.319 coming up against the LA Rams, and today we had 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:13.520 a chance to hear from head coach John Harpon. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:18.360 Okay, good to see everybody. Appreciate you guys being here. 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:22.000 Had a good practice, guys were in high spirits. We're 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:25.079 excited about big challenge with the Rams coming in on 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.080 Sunday afternoon, and we know what an important game it 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:30.160 is and our guys are preparing accordingly. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:32.920 So what questions you have, John. 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:35.280 You know, you pret Aaron Donald a few times and 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:38.239 have become pretty pretty welcome daining him. What's kind of 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:40.560 the key when you're going against it, you know, dominating 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:41.440 cure guy like that. 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:43.800 Well, I mean he's number ninety nine, right, you gotta 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:45.880 know where he's at at all times and try to 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:47.839 get as many people blocking him as you can, you know, 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.479 for as long as you can, which is which is 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.760 a tall order. He's one of the probably the greatest 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:55.800 ever play in their position, and so he's definitely that. 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.120 But not just him, They've got quite quite a few 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.360 really good players on defense. They play really hard. They're 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.240 flying around very disruptive front. So we've got to work 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.800 cut out for us a. 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.240 Little different than some points to come back from the 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.520 momentum and then deal with they laid by week. 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.120 No, I think it's been good for us. 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.120 I mean, our guys are in good spirits that the 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.360 time off will be good for us, I think physically 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:20.760 and you know mentally as well. 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:20.959 So. 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:22.759 Uh, but you know, it's just part of the National 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.920 Football League and we've got a big challenge in front 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:26.560 of us Sunday, and that's what everybody's focused on. 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.120 John, this is an offense that that likes to thrive 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.280 on some big plays. You guys have done really good 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:35.560 and limiting big plays, especially in the past game. What 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.720 do you think about the challenge of trying to keep 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.520 that keep a laid on them. 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:41.360 Right, That's a big challenge. I mean, it's it's number 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:42.080 one priority. 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:42.640 Uh. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:44.759 You have to keep these guys from from the chunk 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:48.080 pass plays. It's uh, whether it's play action drop back pass. 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.040 I mean they're drop back pass rate right now is 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.360 one among the highest in the league, if not the highest, 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.120 in terms of pretty much every situation got a quarterback 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.080 that knows how to do it, knows how to handle protection, 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:59.960 but also the boots, you know, the change, the mystery 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.520 action passes with the run game, so kind of all 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.840 ties together in their system. Matt Stafford knows how to 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.160 do it, you know, as well as anybody as far 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.600 as running that system. A great play caller, so, uh, 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:12.280 all those things come into play. 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:13.839 Tape. 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.480 Did you fund yourself wondering why would do a fell 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.359 and followers and team and the draft up if you 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:19.639 remember doing anything more time? 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:20.960 Oh yeah, I mean I liked him. 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:22.720 He was one of my highest rated guys. And you 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.600 can ask anybody here ask ask the wide receiver coach. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.600 Coach Lewis asked the scouts. He was way up on 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:33.639 my board, so, uh you know, yes I was, Yes, 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.240 I was, he was, And just he's playing exactly how 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.080 I thought he would. So for the record, but he 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:43.000 but the challenge, I mean, to your point, and it's 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.280 not I mean again, they've got a great, really good 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:45.800 receiving core. 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.320 I mean they've got guys you know, all across the board, and. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:50.240 Cooper cups not to not too bad either, you know, 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.960 and uh, Higbe's a really good tight end and DeMarcus 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.720 is playing really well as well, so at well, he's 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.240 he's he's a speed guy. You got to keep an 0:02:58.280 --> 0:02:59.639 eye on him downfield at all time. 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:00.600 So it's a good group. 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.800 John mentioned a couple of weeks ago thought Marcus Williams 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.880 would really gain steam and be closer to the player 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.799 that you know he has been for you guys, I 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.360 guess this season went along. In that last game against 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:15.760 the Rams, he had a couple of breakups. 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:17.680 Is he close? 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.600 How close is he to kind of the healthy player? 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.120 Had his best at And do you think this bye 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:26.200 week is really something that a guy like Dennis really 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:27.079 good a benefit. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.560 From, right, Yes to the last part, I would say, 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:31.480 and then yes to the first part too. 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:32.359 He's he's, he's. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.400 You could see it really starting to kind of come 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.880 together in the last game. And uh, you know, I 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.240 mentioned to him Monday at practice. You know, I just 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.480 feel like I feel like he's kind of ready to 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.000 step out and and uh, you know, go make some 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.080 big plays for us. But he's he's getting he's getting 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:47.480 around the ball now. You know, he kind of showed 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.280 up downfield in front of the ball a couple of times. 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.920 He made a couple of hard hitting tackles and he 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:52.360 looks good. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:53.920 I mean, he's he's a guy you don't want. 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.800 To forget about. He's a great football player. Marcus is 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.240 a great football player, and having him back there is 0:03:58.240 --> 0:03:59.200 a big plus for us. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.880 Weather gets cold in the running game amps, how graz 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:04.800 is to have three guys and Lamar Jackson, he would 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.080 have run the ball through a kind of like that 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.560 part of your game when that part of the season. 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:10.360 Oh, big part of it. 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.400 I mean, yeah, December football, you know, December football, January football. 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.080 The run game is important. Stopping runs massive, stopping doing 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.799 against this team is critically important. Running the ball against 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:20.640 this defense is very important. I mean, it's it's only 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:22.320 gonna it's gonna be that way. We're gonna be saying 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:24.680 that every week all the way through December here, So 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:26.240 big part of it. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:29.239 John O'Dell's went against stam team in the Rams. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:30.279 He wants to bowl with them. 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.120 Uh you know, now we're twelve games and uh you know, 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.839 how would you think with the impact of of of 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.279 odell this year for this time right? 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.080 Yeah, Ode will be a captain forest, one of our 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.800 captains in this game, and he'll go out there and 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.400 do the coin toss and stuff and uh. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.719 And he'll be out there playing. I mean he's he's. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.960 Uh, he's a heck of a football player. I mean, 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.240 he draws a lot of attention, he's making plays. I 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.520 think he's really coming into his own health wise right 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:54.359 now and getting stronger and faster. I mean, it's a 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.200 it's a big road back from where he had to 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:58.320 where he had to come from. And and I just 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.479 you see it every single week you guys watch the games. 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.520 He's an explosive element to what he's doing and he 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.599 can really go and uh and I you know, I 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.120 know he's gonna make a bunch of big plays down 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:06.520 the stretch. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:11.880 Here you're addressed the weather question, but specifically this Sunday, 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.200 it looks like high wins possibly in a lot of 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:19.240 possible rain. Does that factor into preparation in terms of 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:20.600 how you would adjust. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.120 Absolutely, Mark, I mean, you know, wins are a big 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.359 factor in the passing game and the kicking game, you know, 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.240 so we've got to take that into account. Just just 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.960 catching it, you know, whether it's catching upon a kickoff 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.720 or catching a pass. Ball handling is gonna be a 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.599 big part of it. Where a ball handling offense. So 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.080 we've got to handle the ball in wet weather. That's 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.359 gonna be important to us. We'll be keeping that in mind, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.000 and it'll be big for them too. I mean they've 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.320 got to do the same thing. They play in the 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:45.840 same weather we do so well, you know, if we can, 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.640 if we can take advantage of any mistakes they might make. 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:49.880 I mean, that's that's uh. 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.159 You've got to you got to win the game in 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.360 every type of circumstance, and the elements are a big 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:54.800 part of it. 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.240 John, You've got a handful of i mean sort of 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:02.599 less thorld good players, guys like maybe Harrison and Brent Urbin. 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:08.440 A few guys come to mind that have made, you know, 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:11.720 notable contributions and plays, draft reports in the season count 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:15.120 or is it to have those suit of guys have 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.159 a po many things, but that's not really that they have. 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.880 Best with those guys who you know, can you contribute 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:22.760 to make this place draft of course of. 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.160 The season and the successfulces. 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:26.880 Right well, I mean it's massively important for for every 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.040 for for everybody to be a part of what you're doing. 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.159 I mean, football is the consummate team game. It always 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.800 has been, and it's not a one man show. It's 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.880 not a two man show. It's not it's not a 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.440 star system. It's a team system. It always has been. 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.240 I think teams that recognize that, and I think teams 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.440 do recognize that more so than anybody. Probably when you're 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:47.480 in the middle of it, you know that every single 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.720 guy is important, and every single guy is important. In 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.880 the course of a game or the season, somebody's going 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.360 to make a play. Somebody's got to make the play. 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:55.800 And if you're on that field, you have an opportunity 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:57.039 to make a play. In matter of fact, you're going 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.240 to be required to make the plays that that come 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.640 your way, you know, and uh, and you either do 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.120 it or you don't. I think that's what guys, it's. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.080 It's kind of the ultimate meritocracy. You know, you're out there, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:09.680 you have an opportunity, and either do it or you 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.520 don't do it. So our guys have stepped up, So 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.560 many guys have stepped up to your point. Just a 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.720 great point, Brian. That's why you know where where we're 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.320 at right now. So we've got to keep building on that, 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:21.800 and we've got to do it down the stretch. 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:23.320 John, we didn't. 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.480 See Rashan Bateman out there is everything. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.920 Yeah, he had kind of an illness sickness type deal. So, uh, 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:30.720 you know, hopefully we'll be back tomorrow with that. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.120 John, I think your guy that's not been around like 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.400 because our parents watching h Dunk season or is he 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.720 still we're still open for you. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.120 Know, that's a I'll have to get back to you 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.600 on that one. I don't, Uh, I don't know for sure. 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.480 I mean, I don't think he's I don't I'm not 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.960 really planning on being back in all honesty, but let 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:50.680 me check again because it's been a while since I've 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.560 looked into that one about uh, you. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.880 Know, it's starting to have some strobole boating and pretty 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:04.120 safety and its originally starting in the backup on upsitting. 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.640 Right and Matthay kind of goes back to Bryan's point. 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:06.520 You know, it's exactly right. Guys have done that. Geno 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:10.000 no more than anybody right leads the league in interceptions, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.120 you know, and uh, he always knew he could do it, 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.400 you know, and uh, we always pretty sure he could 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.160 do it. We knew he could do it, and you know, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:19.840 guys get a chance and they do it. So proud 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.240 of him, but you know, John guarantee you. One thing 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.640 with Gino's thinking about is he's not looking back. He's 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.800 looking forward. The next next this next next game, in 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:33.120 the next next game is in December, I would. 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.360 Say, go John Harball. Today we also talked with quarterback 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:36.240 Lamar Jackson. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.400 I think it was pretty dope. 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:45.280 It was pretty del man. It's Snoop Dogg. You know, 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.720 I was hype, kind of starstruck, but I was hype. 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.600 For the most fuck they got your first time meeting. 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.880 Now, yeah, person, it was it was cool. 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.839 Are there a lot of moments for you where you 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.200 kind of have a chance to kind of step back? 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:02.840 You said you're a start track. I mean, do you 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:04.800 ever hoop and get you step back? 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:06.280 And like, this is kind of. 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:10.520 Crazy that my life kind allows me to to socialize. 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:10.520 With these people. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.719 I grew up really. 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:13.680 Putting on a pedestal. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.560 Uh, sometimes I do. I pretty much do it right 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.960 in front of 'em. Might just be hyped like a 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:24.320 little kid, you know, and yeah, like sometimes you know, 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:25.679 I I think about it, but like I said, it's 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:26.959 right in front of 'em. I don't think about it 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.040 when I walk away from like I do it right 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:30.319 in front like d make Snoop Dog. 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:32.199 I was like, I was. 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:36.600 Like other people for YouTube, come back from a bike 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.959 week lay by week and know that only five games 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.800 ahead of you guys, and you are you know, you 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.320 have your own destiny basically. 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:46.520 Uh f uh, I feel great, but you know we 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.080 I I felt like, uh going to toot about we 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:49.880 we already do that. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:50.200 You know. 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.880 We just gotta focus on what we can control, and 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.400 that's keep winning games, you know, going out there and 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.720 just putting on a uh better performance than we did 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.200 before the bout we I say, on offense, but just 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.760 keep fighting, you know, each and every game because it's 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:03.600 end the game of Sunday. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.400 This is a tough stretch obviously that you guys have 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.920 to finish out the regular season. In some ways, does 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:10.720 it feel like, you know, the playoffs are kind of 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.959 starting early, just as you you know, knowing what's at 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:14.520 stake over the course of these last five games. 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:16.720 To be hon, I I feel like every week for 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.600 us been a playoff game throughout this season. Uh because 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:23.720 people didn't think uh Texans was that good and I 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.280 believe they pretty good coats, pretty good you know, pretty 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.600 solid teams still as you know, they they putting out 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:32.400 fights in Cincinnati. I mean not Cincinnati, but uh Cleveland. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.280 Every week it's been a playoff game for us. We 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.600 just gotta keep staying locked in and like I said, 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:37.760 focus on what we can control. 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:43.000 It's already a pretty fraught injury picture, especially in HAFC quarterbacks. 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.280 And then you know, Trevor Lawrence and can you pick 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.080 it both go out with injuries this week. 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.760 What's it like kind of watching from apart seeing. 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.520 These teams kind of get hit. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.559 With these injuries, getting the quarterbacks. 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.360 So, uh, we you know, we don't wanna see injuries 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.040 happening in the league. You know, we want everybody to 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.640 go out there and you know, give they all and 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.360 you know when they when we play against teams, you know, 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.760 just hea their best. But you know it's part of 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.480 the game. You know, I went down last year year before, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.880 you know, But it happens in football, you know. But 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.720 we just gotta keep focusing on what we can control. 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:16.679 Wow. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.240 I know you're always talking about striving to get better, 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.680 but going into the bye weeknd nine to three, did 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.000 you have time to kind of assess where you guys 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.839 are as an offense right now? How would you kind 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.240 of assess where you guys are today. 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.160 Man, I stepped back. I I kind of just took 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.160 a break from focusing on football, you know, with us. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.400 But when I got back, you know, today and yesterday 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.200 and stuff like that, I believe our team is just 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.960 locked in cause we know what's ahead of us. We 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.000 know what got us here. You know, we one had 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.160 his team once. I believe, you know, we know we 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:49.440 we chasing little more. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.760 Uh h winds and brain are prepicted for Sunday? 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:53.719 Are there? 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.439 Ways are things you do during the week to prepare 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.400 for that when you see that in the forecast? 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.080 Uh, wet ball drill. I can't do anything about the wind, 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:04.880 but you know we do a lot of wet ball drills. 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:09.000 Put the ball in the uh garage garbage can fill 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:10.439 it up with water and put the ball in and 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.040 just go from there. Just throw the ball. But the 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:14.319 wind we can't domand about the win. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.360 This kind of kind of a left field question. 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.760 But uh, in the locker room, you got your you 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:21.800 got your close friends, snoop on on one side of you. 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:23.600 Uh, you got your left tackle on the other side. 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:24.920 Does it does it matter your a guy who likes 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.160 to hang out of there? Does it matter to you 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:27.240 kind of who your neighbors are. 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:28.760 And in the locker room. 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.760 Nuh we all brothers, yeh, we all brothers. And just 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:35.920 don't be nasty. Just don't leave clothing around. That's about it, 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:36.440 and we good. 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.000 Just going back to the weather question and you said, 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.240 like you don't really like playing and rain all that much. 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:43.199 How do you buck that out? 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:44.760 How do you just kind of focus on alright, this 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:45.880 is the game, this is what it is. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:46.839 How do you deal with it? 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.679 Man? I just go out there and play football. No, 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.920 I can't do nothing about the rain, the wind. Just 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.400 get prepared, you know. Mind ever matter. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.640 Mark uh Adell's gonna be captain and John was just 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.480 telling her for this game kind of against the Rams 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:04.960 obviously won of Super Bowl with the Rams. In the 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:09.480 locker room, does O'Dell ever make references to that run 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.040 he has with him and just for to paint that 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.440 vision for your team that's now trying to win Super Bowl? 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:17.640 Just sit again, that's does he have? 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.240 Does Adele ever reference his run with the Rams. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:21.120 Where he talks to you as mine? 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:24.839 He don't what it has. 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.880 His leadership means to you, guys, can not lead this year? 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.400 Uh a lot, you know He pretty much just lead 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.520 by a zamp. But he you know, he he cool 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.160 with the guys. You know, he talking on us and 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.520 stuff like that like we all do, but he don't. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.000 He don't just try to like charge us up and 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:41.319 stuff like that, try to get in our face to 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.280 pump us up. You know, he pretty much just lead 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.840 by a zample. Go out there, work card be Odell, 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.080 and that's all we need him to do. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.080 We talked to team before the buy and he talked 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.880 about the trust you know that you've built with your 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.640 receivers when it's comes to Obja specifically, do you really 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:57.160 feel like at this point in the season with what 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.400 you've built that you know, when it comes to clutch moments, 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.760 third downs, whatever, reads him like he's a guy that 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:03.319 you feel you have a lot of trust with. He's 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:04.320 gonna come up and make that play. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.720 Absolutely. That's all of our guys, you know, we we 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.840 brothers share. You know, we all wanna win. We all 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.800 know we chase him, like I said earlier, and that's 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.280 all to it. You know, if his numbers called, we 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.240 don't make it happen. Whoever's number callup, we gonna make 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.240 it happen. That's why we just communicate or. 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:22.880 Where you've referenced a couple of times, just you know 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.000 what you're chasing as a team. Do you feel like 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.840 that there's kind of a singular focus in that regard 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.920 that you know that this is this, this group has 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.080 a potential to be special, and that this is this 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:33.280 is a really good opportunity for. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:34.320 You as a team. 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.880 M not singular focus. I believe you know some older 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.800 guys you know who here, who been in the league 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.080 a long time, it's feeling the same way. I'm pretty 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:46.760 much one of the younger, younger veteran guys, and I 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:48.400 just see it, you know, just from being in the league. 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.000 You know, we had a twenty nineteen just fell short, 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.680 you know. But but right now, you know, I'm preaching 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:55.320 it like I feel like I'm preaching to the quad. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.720 But it's like, we gotta take advantage of what we have, 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.560 you know, cause we might not see it again and 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:02.760 f a few years though probably we might we might. 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.080 I ain't gonna say that we might, but you know, 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.080 we never knew so long are you? 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.640 You started by saying you were starstruck by Snoop? What's 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:14.480 it like for you when people are starstruck by you. 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.840 What does that tell you about what your life is becoming? 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:18.000 How do you handle that? 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.400 That's a good christ Uh, I don't know. I pretty 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.720 much I'm down to earth, so I pretty much be 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:28.040 cool with it, you know, tight hugs, long hugs, crying 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.160 and hugs. I'm cool whatever, you know. I love the fans, man, 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:32.560 I love a fans. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.240 John was just talking about. You know, it takes all 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:38.760 the guys in the locker room. H are a lot 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.840 of players for you guys to be successful. Curiously, what's 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.240 a guy like, a less terrible guy like have a 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.760 card for example, you know, meant to you in terms 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.840 of half blocking or even you know, if you about 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:54.160 that Detroit per hear that capture trying to a long run? 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:58.040 W what is those sort of role players? I think 0:15:58.040 --> 0:15:59.920 that's sort of helpful they for for you. 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.560 I don't look at guys like Pattison role player, you 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.920 know cause just like you said, he bucking his tail off, 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.320 you know we need him catch the pass. He doing that. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.920 He's a part of our eleven mile uh fifty three 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.320 man roster, but a eleven guy person there on that field, 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:17.960 so we help us throughout the game, no matter what 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:21.120 the situation is him and whoever else you know who 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.400 may be caught a role player who I feel is 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:27.480 a ultimate, you know, just team guy. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.160 That was quarterback Lamar Jackson. Veteran wide receiver Odell Beckham 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:35.280 Junior also talk with the media about his season so 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.640 far here in Baltimore, his expectations the rest of the way. 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.160 So, go at the team that you won the Super 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.000 Bowl with, how was a gonna feel like? 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:46.240 Doesn't feel like anything. 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:51.080 Nah, it's you know, it's a special bond that U 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.560 half with those guys over there, Coop Stafford. You know, 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.320 I still could hit a little group chat and you know, 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.560 talk some trash to him this week and just it's 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.360 just all love and respect. You know mcveigh's been He 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.040 kind of was the person who or the whole situation 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.880 organization kind of brought me back to loving and having 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:15.200 joy for for football and understanding true professionalism and being prepared. 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.320 And it was just a great. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.480 Experience for me alongside of you know, winning Super Bowl, 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:23.520 but uh, just overall it was one of the best 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:24.640 things that's happened in my life. 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.520 How did they do that and how they kind of 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:28.320 carried over there? 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:32.240 I guess for you, Well, starting with there, it just 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:36.680 was something that you know, there's not to be like, Oh, 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.280 there's been other situations where I didn't feel prepared the 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.200 way that I felt prepared over there, from the way 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.840 that they you know, we come in, they come in 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:46.359 for meetings, in the way that they looked at the 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:50.280 film and dissected each player team these players are gonna work. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:53.960 I just felt prepared going into I think McVeigh does 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:58.800 an incredible job. I remember even the month of November 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.679 we they lost. I don't know what to say. We 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:03.480 are they I'm over here now, so you know what 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:07.080 I'm saying, Like, but we at the time that lost 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.359 three games in a row and I watched him never waiver. 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:11.240 And you know, I've seen some coaches. 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.720 Lose and you see a completely different person. 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.440 So that's always been my biggest compliment about him. He 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.520 knows for sure publicly I've spoken about him. I have 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.800 nothing but the utmost love and respect for him in 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.440 that place over there, in those people I've. 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.240 Seen with the Rams, they've got two receivers, Cooper Cup 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.320 and Cooping the Cord having really good seasons. 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:32.560 You had success over there. 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.719 What is it about Sean mcvay's offense that makes it 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:37.600 so wide receiver friendly. 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.240 He's just a guru like he was around you know, 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:46.199 the Shanahan's and McDaniels, and you know he's one in 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:46.760 his own. 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.360 He he just knows what he's doing. It's hard to explain. 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:56.040 It's a very tough offense to cover a lot of emotions, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.439 a lot of receivers, you know, deceptive things that go on. 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.320 So I know our defense has you know, a tough 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.639 task in front of them, But I think this is 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:07.720 the right defense for the job. 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.640 You know, you talked about sign he win a super Bowl. 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.600 When you back to that, back with this group where 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:15.320 you're sitting right now, do you feel like this is 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:17.200 a team that has a special opportunity. 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.880 Yeah, I think when you when when we could sit 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.160 here today at this point, am you know we're nine 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:25.760 and three and this team's playing the way that they're playing. 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:27.439 It's a lot easier to say it now, But I 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:31.159 feel like before when I was looking at where to 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:33.000 go and who to sign where, then who's gonna have 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:34.240 an opportunity to be here? 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.360 This was you know what I envisioned, not. 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:41.520 Knowing that Harbes, you know, runs this place the right way. 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:43.240 Like I just know I always played against the Ravens 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:44.080 and it was always tough. 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:45.080 It was always difficult. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:49.040 It was a team that you know, was just relentless, 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.560 you know, tough football. And you know, sitting here now 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.280 at nine and three, definitely you know know that there's 0:19:57.280 --> 0:19:58.040 an opportunity. 0:19:58.080 --> 0:19:59.920 But it comes with the same thing that we've been doing, 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:01.520 you know, for the first twelve games. 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.320 It's just finding ways to win football games, finding ways 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.159 to be elite, score points and not allow the other 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:08.040 teams to score points. 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:10.320 But it's definitely a good opportunity. 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:14.239 We have physically, How impactful was the buye for you 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:16.240 just to kind of heal up and feel stronger, And 0:20:16.280 --> 0:20:18.080 do you feel like this final stretch that you're in 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:21.479 a really good position to to you know, make your 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:22.440 impact felt again? 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:25.080 Yeah, I mean I think it's more you just have 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.879 an opportunity. You know, Yeah, your body gets the rest, 0:20:27.880 --> 0:20:29.240 But is you know too much rest? 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:29.480 Good? 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:31.679 Is it too you know? I think it's more of 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:34.800 a mental break. You get to just reset. And to me, 0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:37.520 when I was thinking about or looking at the schedule 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:39.080 and seeing that the bye week came at this time 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:40.600 and the way that the season went. It couldn't have 0:20:40.600 --> 0:20:42.680 came at a better time. You know, now you're going 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:46.359 into a real season. Five games left that are that 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:48.560 are setting you up to be in the real, real season. 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.800 So the bye week was great. I don't think it 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:53.479 could have came at a better time. And it just 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:56.000 you know, allowed you to have some time to breathe 0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:56.439 and reset. 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.879 I mean, you've talked about You've talked about kind of 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:02.760 happy milestones that you've hit this year. The first game back, 0:21:02.960 --> 0:21:05.159 you know, first touchdown back house. Does this feel like 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.920 another little one? You know, going against guys that you 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:10.280 played with, you know, big game in December. 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:12.040 You know you're looking at it to maybe another ship 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:12.640 of all that stuff. 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:14.439 I mean, does it feel like another little It's just 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:16.960 it's just I don't know how to explain. 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:17.440 It's weird. 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:19.480 You know, we're wearing the all purple uniforms. I don't 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:21.600 know if they're wearing the all bone uniforms. And like 0:21:22.080 --> 0:21:23.720 last year I was or two years ago, I was 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.720 over there and I scored a touchdown and win a game, 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:28.000 and you know, now I'm over here. Hopefully I could 0:21:28.040 --> 0:21:29.840 do the same thing and you know, return the favorite 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:33.119 of them. But it's you know, sometimes I have these 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:35.360 days avu moments that go on, you know, mid game, 0:21:35.400 --> 0:21:37.520 after you've played for for so long, you've seen so 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:38.119 many things. 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:40.560 It's just a team that I have a lot of 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:41.560 love and respectful. 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:43.800 Obviously I want to super Bowl with them, So it 0:21:43.840 --> 0:21:47.199 does feel good to, you know, go against them to 0:21:47.200 --> 0:21:48.960 be able to see these guys, you know, I have 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:51.520 a special bond with them, and you know the goal 0:21:51.640 --> 0:21:52.880 is obviously to win. 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:54.440 Now on this side. 0:21:54.680 --> 0:21:56.800 A moment ago, you use the words real, real season. 0:21:57.119 --> 0:21:58.560 I guess we've descotted the postseason. 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:03.000 Did winning a to the Bowl change how you view 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:06.000 the progression of a season? Or is it make you 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:07.560 more impatient to get to. 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:09.120 The playoffs or how does it make you feel? 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:11.639 I just feel like, just like everything in life, like 0:22:11.680 --> 0:22:15.600 you can't speed up the process to get anywhere. You know, 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:18.159 life's gonna it's gonna take twenty four hours to get 0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:20.000 to tomorrow and then we're gonna you know, it's just 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:21.959 a you just gotta stay in at be where your 0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:24.600 feet are at. But I remember my first playoff experience 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:25.360 just being. 0:22:27.440 --> 0:22:28.680 You know, it just was bad. 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:33.040 I wasn't ready for the moment, and I was itching 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.120 and you know, just dying to get back to having 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:38.760 an opportunity. And when I had the opportunity in LA, 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:41.399 I was more than ready for it. And you know, 0:22:41.480 --> 0:22:44.720 like I was saying, the real, real season, it's it's coming, 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:46.800 you know, it's it's gonna be on the way after 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:49.320 five weeks, after handling our business one week at a time, 0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:51.400 trying to go want to know, the same thing, same 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:52.720 mentality we've had all year. 0:22:53.680 --> 0:22:54.840 I just think that's the approach. 0:22:55.000 --> 0:22:57.840 You know, can't It's not gonna get here any faster 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:01.639 if I wanted to, so that uh, you. 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.640 Felt always compared with LA and you haven't always felt. 0:23:04.400 --> 0:23:06.879 That in other region. What's the preparation itself? And like 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:09.680 you're a Baltimore man, definitely prepared. 0:23:09.840 --> 0:23:14.960 You know, uh harps harps on, uh the keys, the 0:23:15.000 --> 0:23:17.119 winning football and you know, these are the little things 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:20.119 that if they're talked about in the wrong manner, it 0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:23.520 seems you know, negative, like we're always stressing a stressingess. 0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:26.600 But he talks about 'em in such a positive way 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:28.320 that you see it come up in a game and 0:23:28.359 --> 0:23:31.080 we we're prepared for that, you know, we we know that, Okay, 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:35.080 we need to get down here. We need to clock it. 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:37.040 We need to you know, do all the the little things. 0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:41.360 So I definitely feel prepared here. You know, great preparation 0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:43.800 leads to us being able to to do what we're doing. 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:45.480 What dos pass. 0:23:45.480 --> 0:23:48.320 And you've chosen the Black health uh, Black Women's Health inheritive. 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:49.920 Is there a particular reason why why? 0:23:50.000 --> 0:23:50.680 It's cos. 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:52.800 I don't know it? 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:53.199 J it was. 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:55.159 It's very hard to pick a cause, you know, but 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:58.560 it's just it's something that's dear to my heart. And 0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:03.720 I'm still working on the cleats. Different situation with my 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:06.080 cleats that you know, I used to be with and 0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:07.800 now I'm you know, trying to make it all up 0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:12.600 so hopefully I can put together something good for the cause, 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:15.359 and you know, I want to try and get them 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:18.800 auctioned off or something for a good price or something 0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:19.040 like that. 0:24:19.080 --> 0:24:19.480 This year. 0:24:20.800 --> 0:24:23.199 Lamar was up here earlier and said how he was 0:24:23.280 --> 0:24:27.720 starstruck being around Snoop as a guy who probably rolls 0:24:27.760 --> 0:24:31.760 deeper than anybody on this team. Are you accustomed to 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:36.320 being in those situations and having people also see you 0:24:36.400 --> 0:24:36.960 as the star? 0:24:38.840 --> 0:24:39.199 Uh? 0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:42.720 To me, it's hard. I think that might be one 0:24:42.760 --> 0:24:45.880 of my bigger flaws. I would say is like, sometimes 0:24:45.920 --> 0:24:49.240 I don't see myself as what the world could portray me. 0:24:49.760 --> 0:24:52.679 At certain moments, I just see myself as you know, O'Dell. 0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:54.600 And I know at moments I could be OBJ or 0:24:54.640 --> 0:24:56.920 whatever you want to call it, Like I'm just a 0:24:57.600 --> 0:24:59.840 It's just how I've always been, how I was raised. 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:03.560 Probably, But you know, I remember a little bit when 0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:04.480 I was younger. 0:25:04.200 --> 0:25:08.119 And after the catch I'll never forget, Lebron was in 0:25:08.160 --> 0:25:10.240 New York and I ended up going to Carbone with him, 0:25:10.240 --> 0:25:12.040 and I was like, this is like my idol, idol. 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:13.679 You know, this is the person who I think I'm 0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:15.480 a little slew for this because of him. You know, 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:17.840 like I really tried to emulate and watch everything that 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:20.639 he did, so I definitely. 0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:21.199 Know what it's like. 0:25:21.280 --> 0:25:24.400 But I just feel like now I've been around it 0:25:24.520 --> 0:25:28.119 so much that I've just had to be accustomed to 0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:28.920 it or used to it. 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:31.200 Even throughout the. 0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:34.199 Season, he brings up winning the school kind of his 0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:35.840 focus whinning the Super Bowl walk game. 0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:37.280 Does he talk about that? 0:25:37.400 --> 0:25:38.840 And you know he talks about that when we talk 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:41.520 about after games with teammates, does he talk. 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:42.640 About does he bring that up a lot? 0:25:44.880 --> 0:25:45.080 Yeah? 0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:47.000 I mean, but he brings it up in a sense 0:25:47.080 --> 0:25:50.240 of when we're talking about a specific route or a detail, 0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:52.480 you know, it's like, oh this, we need to do this, 0:25:52.560 --> 0:25:54.119 that and the third we need to do that that 0:25:54.119 --> 0:25:55.679 way it's going to work out. He's like yeah, and 0:25:55.720 --> 0:25:57.320 then he always injured, was like, I'm trying to win 0:25:57.320 --> 0:25:59.359 a bowl. Come on, Like, that's just how that's just 0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:02.160 the way of harping on theose small details because they're 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:03.879 going to be important and that's what's going to help 0:26:03.960 --> 0:26:07.240 him help us obviously, you know, try and achieve that goal, 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:09.000 but we know that it's a it's a big task. 0:26:09.040 --> 0:26:11.879 It's a lot of small details that go into that. 0:26:12.040 --> 0:26:13.679 But I think we're up for it. 0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:18.440 That was Odell Beckham, Junior. 0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:22.040 We also talked with winebacker Roquan Smith, who this week 0:26:22.440 --> 0:26:25.440 was announced as the Ravens nominee for the Walter Payton 0:26:26.080 --> 0:26:28.480 Man of the Year Award, which is awarded to. 0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:30.800 A player who gives back in the community. 0:26:31.160 --> 0:26:34.719 Rookwand talked about the significance of that honor and his 0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:37.240 expectations for this team the rest of the way. 0:26:39.560 --> 0:26:42.200 So from your days in the NC, do you really 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:44.360 need a scouting report on Matthew Stafford at all. 0:26:45.400 --> 0:26:49.520 No, I definitely, you know, know of Matthew and you 0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:51.280 know know he's been playing a game for a. 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:51.880 Very long time. 0:26:52.000 --> 0:26:53.840 Got a lot of respect to him for Himan as 0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:56.800 well being a dog and whatnot. And yeah, he's definitely 0:26:56.800 --> 0:26:59.119 a gun flinger. So you know, I'm excited for the matchup. 0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:02.120 Played against some ovide years many times, so definitely looking 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:02.680 forward to it. 0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:03.880 They're real quin. 0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:06.359 First of all, congrats on the nomination of Walter bringing 0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:08.680 Men of the Year. What doesn't mean to you represent 0:27:08.720 --> 0:27:09.800 the Ravens that way? 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:10.600 Thank you? 0:27:10.680 --> 0:27:13.600 And honestly, man, it means a lot to myself when 0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:15.399 I think about it, Like I told a lot of 0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:17.840 the guys, you know, like a kid from a very 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:21.040 small town in southwest Georgia, like I told them, population 0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:24.760 of a thousand people, no stoplights, anything like that, And 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:26.919 I just know the impact that it has on a 0:27:26.960 --> 0:27:29.760 community when, like you know, as kids, there's not a 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:32.080 lot that you look forward to besides just like playing 0:27:32.080 --> 0:27:36.560 and then meeting superstars of whatever, influential people that give 0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:39.159 back to the community, and just knowing that the impact 0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:41.160 that it has, and that's just something that I always 0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:44.600 cherished personally, and I think about it from the perspective 0:27:44.640 --> 0:27:48.520 of if I'm only known as a really good football 0:27:48.560 --> 0:27:51.719 player and that's it, like I sold myself short and 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:54.080 everyone else that's done so much for me in my life. 0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:56.840 So I'm just grateful to be in a position and 0:27:57.040 --> 0:27:58.760 I'm just grateful to be able to give back. 0:27:58.840 --> 0:28:01.679 And you know, I don't give back for awards anything 0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:02.080 like that. 0:28:02.160 --> 0:28:04.440 A lot of stuff I don't even really care care 0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:06.720 to talk about is more so out of the goodness 0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:09.720 of my heart, because I truly enjoyed just making kids 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:12.720 families or you know, dose in need, putting a smile 0:28:12.760 --> 0:28:14.760 on their face, just like being a good person. That's 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:17.440 something that I cherish and just something I always want 0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:19.880 to do with this one life that I have. OK. 0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:22.040 I know you just said that you don't do this 0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:24.800 for awards, But coming from the Bears and knowing the 0:28:24.840 --> 0:28:29.120 stature with Walter Payton, you know what what did that 0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:32.240 name mean to you when you were in that organization 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:38.160 and for of being mentioned in alongside you know, his namesake, 0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:41.400 What does that specifically. 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:42.560 Need to do with people? 0:28:42.880 --> 0:28:43.080 Yeah? 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:45.520 Man, have a great deal of respect for Walter Payton 0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:49.200 and everything he done, he has done and did regardless 0:28:49.240 --> 0:28:51.240 if I'm in Chicago or whether I'm here, Like the 0:28:51.280 --> 0:28:53.440 impact that he had on the community there in Chicago. 0:28:53.840 --> 0:28:56.360 Actually seen his name every day I came to work 0:28:56.720 --> 0:28:58.600 in the Walter Payton Center, used to go over there 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:01.520 for practice up Hallis Hall, and then you know, would 0:29:01.520 --> 0:29:05.120 see him running out on Lake Michigan with kids, gifting 0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:05.720 kids with. 0:29:05.800 --> 0:29:07.880 School shoes back to school and things like that. 0:29:07.920 --> 0:29:10.200 And they've just showed what type of person he is, 0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:13.400 and like what he cared about, and how selfless he was, 0:29:13.480 --> 0:29:15.680 and like his family. So I definitely have a great 0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:17.680 deal of respect for them and just all the great 0:29:17.680 --> 0:29:20.480 things he had done throughout his life. And so I'm 0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:23.560 just grateful to be even mentioned by his name, nomination, 0:29:23.760 --> 0:29:24.840 or whatever the case may be. 0:29:24.880 --> 0:29:26.960 So I definitely take a great deal of respect in it. 0:29:27.680 --> 0:29:30.440 You came in midway through last season, fit right in. 0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:32.960 All the guys it seems like he brought in late 0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:36.200 in the game this year, whether it's Derby or Clowney 0:29:36.280 --> 0:29:37.120 or Vannoy. 0:29:37.280 --> 0:29:39.480 Fit right in have lifted the defense. Why do you 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:41.160 think those guys have blended as well as they have 0:29:41.280 --> 0:29:42.760 And kind of what's the art of doing that? 0:29:43.000 --> 0:29:44.880 You know, coming into a situation mission you know a 0:29:44.920 --> 0:29:46.880 little bit later, but you know fitting in. 0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:49.640 Yeah, man, I just think that credits to the coaching 0:29:49.640 --> 0:29:51.480 staff here, the style that we are here, and I 0:29:51.480 --> 0:29:53.960 think it just goes to good leadership and just making 0:29:54.000 --> 0:29:56.680 everyone feel welcome, welcome to be themselves and not try 0:29:56.720 --> 0:29:58.640 to be anything that they're not. And I feel like 0:29:58.680 --> 0:30:02.200 if you express that to end of visuals players, especially 0:30:02.240 --> 0:30:04.000 when they come in here, making sure they know that 0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.360 they can don't have to try to act be anything 0:30:06.400 --> 0:30:08.640 they don't. I think guys just being themselves and it 0:30:08.640 --> 0:30:10.440 makes them play the best version of themselves. And I 0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:12.959 think it's also credit to the coaches for putting us 0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:15.760 in the right situation, right positions and getting us are 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:17.920 one on ones and getting us favorable matchups. 0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:22.080 Lamar and O'Dell will talked about chasing a Super Bowl. 0:30:22.160 --> 0:30:23.720 How that's obviously the goal for this team. 0:30:24.080 --> 0:30:26.000 With where you guys are sitting at this point in 0:30:26.080 --> 0:30:29.440 nine to three and the group of players that you have, 0:30:29.560 --> 0:30:31.560 best young players, do you feel like this is a 0:30:31.760 --> 0:30:34.360 pretty unique opportunity that you guys have as a team 0:30:34.400 --> 0:30:35.640 to try to achieve that goal. 0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:38.640 I definitely think this is a very unique situation on 0:30:38.680 --> 0:30:41.080 a very unique team and a lot of veteran leadership 0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:42.960 and got a lot of younger guys as well that 0:30:43.320 --> 0:30:45.760 are very hungry and like truth be told, going into 0:30:45.800 --> 0:30:48.520 each and every year, there's truly only probably eight nine 0:30:48.560 --> 0:30:50.960 teams that actually have a chance to compete for a 0:30:51.000 --> 0:30:53.200 Super Bowl. And that's on the higher side and just 0:30:53.280 --> 0:30:57.200 knowing that we actually have an opportunity to but we 0:30:57.320 --> 0:30:59.160 just can't get to the bigger picture. We have to 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:01.520 take it one aim at a time, and we expressed 0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:03.520 at each other day in and day out, and it's 0:31:03.560 --> 0:31:05.320 just about going one and know for the week and 0:31:05.360 --> 0:31:07.400 if we feel as we do that and play to 0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:09.600 the best of our ability, disguise the limit. 0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:11.120 But we can't get ahead of ourselves. 0:31:11.160 --> 0:31:14.000 We've got a great matchup with LA this week, take 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:16.000 care of that and then we just go on from there. 0:31:16.000 --> 0:31:18.320 But the big focus right now is just this week. 0:31:18.760 --> 0:31:20.920 Perform defensively. 0:31:21.120 --> 0:31:25.440 You know yourself, Pile, you know, some of those guys 0:31:25.560 --> 0:31:28.400 get a lot, you know, get a lot of attention. Excusy, 0:31:28.680 --> 0:31:31.080 how would you describe I guess the impact of there 0:31:31.120 --> 0:31:33.320 just some of the less earl of guys who you 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:37.080 know have pep snap could have had impacted. 0:31:36.720 --> 0:31:39.400 At moments, whether it's guys in twos or Brian Urban 0:31:39.440 --> 0:31:43.200 and lead push it to guys in terms of fitting 0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:47.920 into that defensive picture and being in helping defensively. 0:31:47.440 --> 0:31:48.120 As good as us. 0:31:48.560 --> 0:31:50.640 Yeah, I think honestly it just goes back to each 0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:52.959 and every god being selfless and every guy knowing their 0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:55.360 role and not trying to be anything that they're not 0:31:55.560 --> 0:31:58.480 and not trying to get salty or upset that what 0:31:58.560 --> 0:32:01.320 someone else is doing. Just also more happy for the 0:32:01.320 --> 0:32:03.560 betterment of the team. And I think that's the mindset 0:32:03.600 --> 0:32:06.120 of the guys, Like whoever gets the success, we all 0:32:06.120 --> 0:32:07.959 get the success at the end of the day, because 0:32:08.440 --> 0:32:10.560 once you do get a ring, we all get one. 0:32:10.640 --> 0:32:13.360 You know, once you do win a title conference or whatever, 0:32:13.440 --> 0:32:16.200 everyone gets recognition, not just one player. And I think 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:18.400 everyone knows that, and we're just all about the betterment 0:32:18.440 --> 0:32:23.320 of the team. And that's basically it clown. 0:32:23.080 --> 0:32:26.280 Everyone's kind of I mean, you know, at this point 0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:27.800 in the career, I think a lot of people are going, 0:32:27.880 --> 0:32:30.480 you know, how much does this guy kind of have left? 0:32:30.680 --> 0:32:32.400 You can get a sense when you're playing. 0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:34.480 With him that that has been a driving. 0:32:34.160 --> 0:32:37.000 Force for him this year Honestly, I don't think he 0:32:37.080 --> 0:32:40.320 think about that, Like he thinks about lining up and 0:32:40.440 --> 0:32:42.760 kicking the man's butt across from him in a sense, 0:32:43.640 --> 0:32:45.920 and like he's been great this year and I'm grateful 0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:47.720 to have him as a teammate. I think he has 0:32:47.800 --> 0:32:49.880 many years left in the tank the way he go 0:32:49.960 --> 0:32:51.680 out and I see some things that he do, Like 0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:54.200 people may say he've lost things in there, but I 0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:56.240 see it week in and week out, like this guy's 0:32:56.360 --> 0:32:58.640 dangers out there and he's could help any team in 0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:00.920 his league be better, and he's definitely helping us. So 0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:03.200 I think it's a great addition and I'm just grateful 0:33:03.440 --> 0:33:04.360 that he's on my team. 0:33:06.000 --> 0:33:07.720 Topic, but it's kind of the topic of the week 0:33:08.520 --> 0:33:12.880 for you watching the college football playoff seeding. 0:33:12.560 --> 0:33:15.800 Live and what was your reaction to Georgia being left 0:33:15.840 --> 0:33:16.640 out of you know. 0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:18.040 Possibly trying to three people. 0:33:18.720 --> 0:33:20.440 Honestly, man, I wasn't watching it live. 0:33:20.560 --> 0:33:23.560 I actually probably found out somebody takes me I think, 0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:26.600 and was like, dang, it's crazy how they did the dogs. 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:29.080 But at the end of the day, I think about it, 0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:31.360 just like Kirby said, like if you say George is 0:33:31.400 --> 0:33:33.600 not one of the best four teams, then you're lying 0:33:33.600 --> 0:33:35.240 to yourself and like, I don't know what you own, 0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:36.280 blue dust or whatever the. 0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:38.880 Case may be, but that is what it is. 0:33:38.960 --> 0:33:41.320 So you know, I definitely think the Dogs are definitely 0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:43.600 one of the four best teams in the land, like 0:33:43.640 --> 0:33:46.080 without a question, And if anyone else disagree with that, 0:33:46.400 --> 0:33:48.600 it just goes back to opinions. But when you look 0:33:48.600 --> 0:33:50.640 at it from top to bottom, for sure, but you 0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:53.880 know it's an opinions with that, So hats off those 0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:54.760 guys are committee. 0:33:54.840 --> 0:33:55.760 I guess that's what they do. 0:33:55.840 --> 0:33:58.480 That's their job, not my job, so I'm not too 0:33:58.520 --> 0:34:01.480 focused on it, but I definitely think the Dogs should 0:34:01.520 --> 0:34:02.040 have been in there. 0:34:02.080 --> 0:34:04.040 In my words, you think the. 0:34:04.400 --> 0:34:07.200 Rams this weekend staff word didn't have any sad last 0:34:07.240 --> 0:34:10.520 week against the Browns, only one the last three games. 0:34:10.920 --> 0:34:13.120 I guess we're challenging for you guys to pace the 0:34:13.200 --> 0:34:14.279 Rams and M and T. 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:17.439 It's a challenge every week you go out there plan 0:34:17.680 --> 0:34:19.759 in the NFL because everyone is good. The parod in 0:34:19.800 --> 0:34:22.600 this league is very small, so any team can beat 0:34:22.600 --> 0:34:24.720 you any given week, and I think that just credits 0:34:24.760 --> 0:34:27.359 to their offensive line, like being able to protect him 0:34:27.719 --> 0:34:29.640 knowing if Stafford is protected. He can do a lot 0:34:29.640 --> 0:34:32.680 of great things with his arm, so definitely gotta get 0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:34.359 out of him though. That's our plan, and we're gonna 0:34:34.680 --> 0:34:36.680 do everything in our power and we're just gonna make 0:34:36.920 --> 0:34:39.080 make sure we come out play our style of defense, 0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:40.759 and we feel if we do that, everything else will 0:34:40.760 --> 0:34:41.520 take care of yourself. 0:34:42.480 --> 0:34:43.120 In a little over a. 0:34:43.160 --> 0:34:45.759 Year since you've joined the Ravens, what's it been like 0:34:45.840 --> 0:34:47.839 working with this coaching staff that you're talking about in 0:34:47.960 --> 0:34:49.160 John Harbaugh in particular. 0:34:49.840 --> 0:34:52.879 Honestly, Man, I enjoyed being here so much. A great 0:34:52.920 --> 0:34:56.000 place to work, Harps, you know, a great leader from 0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:58.200 top then you know more so with Mike dealing with 0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:00.560 him every day. I think he's one of most cerebral, 0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:02.480 brilliant minds in the game, man. And just like the 0:35:02.520 --> 0:35:05.799 way he create matchups, the way he do things day 0:35:05.840 --> 0:35:08.560 in and day out, like and create similar pictures and 0:35:08.760 --> 0:35:11.840 be something different or be the same thing. So I 0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:13.920 think it's it's great, man, and he just knows how 0:35:13.920 --> 0:35:16.360 to attack. And I'm just grateful that a minute and 0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:19.120 plan for such a brilliant mind on the defensive side, 0:35:19.120 --> 0:35:21.640 and also just having you know, Zo in the room. 0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:23.920 Former player All Pro Player as well and all the 0:35:23.920 --> 0:35:26.360 great things hed done throughout the league. Just having that 0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:29.080 constant reminder as well, I think it's great. And being 0:35:29.120 --> 0:35:31.920 playing with another baller man is in PQ, so it 0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:34.960 makes everything a lot better. And then you know, got 0:35:35.000 --> 0:35:36.560 a lot of really good guys around me from the 0:35:36.560 --> 0:35:39.000 defensive line to the secondary and as well as the 0:35:39.040 --> 0:35:41.279 scout team that's giving us look day in and day out. 0:35:41.360 --> 0:35:43.400 So I'm just grateful to be a part of it. 0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:46.120 It looks like the forecast is rainy and ninety seph 0:35:46.200 --> 0:35:49.560 Rayne and to wind. How much do can the elements 0:35:49.680 --> 0:35:51.239 really impact a game? 0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:51.759 Do you feel? 0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:54.480 I definitely feel like it can impact the game from 0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:57.880 an offensive perspective, but from a defensive perspective, Like I 0:35:57.920 --> 0:35:59.719 say all the time, you can know you can roll 0:35:59.760 --> 0:36:03.000 it out out wherever, pavement, trampoline, you want to get 0:36:03.040 --> 0:36:05.279 out there and play. You want to do it in 0:36:05.320 --> 0:36:08.160 the lake water polos like, hey, we all about it. 0:36:08.160 --> 0:36:11.080 We'll go anywhere anytime. We've done it and we don't 0:36:11.080 --> 0:36:13.400 mind doing it again. So whatever the case may be, 0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:14.759 we'll be ready, I can promise you up. 0:36:17.880 --> 0:36:20.160 That was linebacker roku wand Smith in the locker room today. 0:36:20.160 --> 0:36:22.400 We also talk with cornerback Marlin. 0:36:22.719 --> 0:36:27.360 For you, it's you know, meeting after meeting, you know, 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:30.040 rep after rep, practice after practice, and then you go 0:36:30.080 --> 0:36:32.319 into the game and then you're ready to go. So 0:36:32.800 --> 0:36:34.720 we're kind of just looking for it to Sunday, winning 0:36:34.719 --> 0:36:37.799 that game and just continue to control we can control. 0:36:38.120 --> 0:36:40.319 Kyle Willmers this year, and he doesn't really seem all 0:36:40.320 --> 0:36:41.239 that surprised by it. 0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:42.680 I know you've been close. 0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:45.200 Since he got here to baltimoreand what he kind of 0:36:45.320 --> 0:36:46.960 kind of sticks out to you, doubt is confidence in 0:36:47.000 --> 0:36:49.840 the way that he goes about just pursuing new things. 0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:52.640 I think the probably the most interesting thing about Coline. 0:36:52.680 --> 0:36:55.920 He's a how he walks around here is now who 0:36:55.920 --> 0:36:58.640 he is on Sunday. He's a really cool guy, cool 0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:00.799 to hang out with. You would think he plays the 0:37:00.800 --> 0:37:03.000 way he uh he acts. So that's a really cool 0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:04.600 thing to see him turn that that switch on and 0:37:04.640 --> 0:37:07.400 off every Sunday and just become like a he's like 0:37:07.400 --> 0:37:09.439 a he's like a bully. He's like a bully out there, 0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:11.520 uh with the stuff he does. So it's really good 0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:14.360 to see him emerge. I I guess, I mean, I 0:37:14.360 --> 0:37:17.040 think everybody always saw it, even Edec From the day 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:19.759 he was seemed like he was just so excited, not 0:37:19.800 --> 0:37:21.120 thinking he was gonna be able to draft him, and 0:37:21.120 --> 0:37:22.560 then draft day came he was able to get him. 0:37:22.560 --> 0:37:24.400 So I don't think anyone's too surprised. I mean, the 0:37:24.440 --> 0:37:27.920 guys six or four can play literally any position on defense, 0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:30.520 it seems like, so nobody's too surprised. But it's really 0:37:30.520 --> 0:37:32.200 good to see him, you know, flourishing Marland. 0:37:32.200 --> 0:37:33.960 Weather it could be a factor on Sunday. 0:37:34.840 --> 0:37:36.960 How does like, you know, rain and win like they're 0:37:36.960 --> 0:37:39.040 calling for, how does that affect you, know what you. 0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:40.240 Do out there on Sundays? 0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:44.320 And and also like as defensive player, do you embrace 0:37:44.360 --> 0:37:46.560 like a weather game like that this late in the season. 0:37:46.880 --> 0:37:50.520 Me personally, I wanna play it in a game where 0:37:50.560 --> 0:37:53.239 it's ten inches of snow cause then they don't have 0:37:53.280 --> 0:37:55.960 to throw and I just get the tackles. So the 0:37:55.960 --> 0:37:57.640 the the worst of the weather, the more fun for me. 0:37:58.120 --> 0:37:59.840 It's a lot more fun er to the to defend 0:37:59.880 --> 0:38:02.320 the run instead of you know, trying to defend the past. 0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:05.800 So I think I don't. 0:38:05.560 --> 0:38:07.560 Really know the weather, but if it's rain and snow 0:38:07.600 --> 0:38:10.879 and it doesn't really affect me, too much, but if anything, 0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:12.440 it enhances me. Hopefully the ball will be on the 0:38:12.440 --> 0:38:16.120 ground for their team and not our team and we get. 0:38:15.960 --> 0:38:18.439 The job done. Pants. 0:38:18.440 --> 0:38:20.239 When you think about your boys getting another you. 0:38:20.239 --> 0:38:22.600 Know, I hate I hated for f SU. Yeah, it's tough. 0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:24.640 It's tough, but I mean it's it's it's not the 0:38:24.680 --> 0:38:26.719 most deserving, you know, it's it's the teams that are the 0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:27.359 best for teams. 0:38:27.440 --> 0:38:28.000 Is that simple? 0:38:28.360 --> 0:38:28.560 You know? 0:38:28.640 --> 0:38:30.600 I think the committee got it perfect. I mean I 0:38:30.680 --> 0:38:34.040 think they got it perfect. So sorry to FSU. Uh 0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:37.399 sorry to Georgia Ohio State, but you know, the Todd 0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:39.080 is gonna roll. I mean, it's kind of what we do. 0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:43.359 So really excited for the collegeortball playoffs and uh retal time. 0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:48.799 You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. If you 0:38:48.800 --> 0:38:51.799 haven't done so already, hit that subscribe button. Also leave 0:38:51.840 --> 0:38:54.560 a rating and a review. 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