Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens had
Speaker 1: the preseason opener Friday night, August ninth against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: The Ravens drop the opener sixteen to thirteen, came down
Speaker 1: to a last second field goal by the Eagles. After
Speaker 1: the game, we had a chance to hear from head
Speaker 1: coach John Harball.
Speaker 2: All Right, good to see everybody.
Speaker 3: It's good to get the season kicked off and play
Speaker 3: a game, get a chance to see the guys in action.
Speaker 3: The young guys went out there, played hard, fought, competed.
Speaker 2: Happy with that.
Speaker 3: Many good things and many things to work on. So
Speaker 3: that's the thing I told them in there. The great
Speaker 3: thing about a first game is you get an opportunity
Speaker 3: to see exactly where you're at. You get to get
Speaker 3: to see some good stuff, and you get to see
Speaker 3: you're exposed and what you need to work on. Sometimes
Speaker 3: it's hard to see that in practice. So happy about that,
Speaker 3: and we got work to do. Give the guys a
Speaker 3: day off tomorrow and we'll be back at it on Sunday.
Speaker 3: So what questions you have, John? As far as any
Speaker 3: updated I really don't have any updates on anybody's status
Speaker 3: right now.
Speaker 2: Uh, we'll get we'll find out more tomorrow when they
Speaker 2: get tested. We expect to see gave it a job over.
Speaker 4: He did not play on him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he wasn't cleared by the doctors to play in
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 1: Kay, John Helpes.
Speaker 3: Where you to see Wigans have three pass break ups
Speaker 3: on that opening drive, you know, rookie.
Speaker 1: First round pick, first action.
Speaker 2: Nice to see him test and didn't answer that. Uh,
Speaker 2: very happy to see that.
Speaker 3: I thought they kind of went at him a little bit,
Speaker 3: which was good to see. And heck, yeah, when you're
Speaker 3: a corner, corner of his caliber, he wants.
Speaker 2: That, you know.
Speaker 3: So I think he was excited about that and came
Speaker 3: up and made that hit later and uh, played a good.
Speaker 2: Game seem today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean a lot of great stuff flies around.
Speaker 3: Trend's a guy that you know, he just he loves football.
Speaker 3: He wants to be great at everything he does. I
Speaker 3: promise he's not happy with it when he played. You know,
Speaker 3: he thinks he can play a lot better, right, and
Speaker 3: he'll be. He'll be looking to improve between now and
Speaker 3: next week. But that's a good start for him.
Speaker 2: Uh. He's never gonna be afraid. He's always gonna fly
Speaker 2: around throw it in there. So he's our kind of guy.
Speaker 5: He go things that make some confidence for Tavi and
Speaker 5: Larry starts down.
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, I mean it's good to see made some
Speaker 3: good decisions. Uh we we gotta get on the same
Speaker 3: page a little more. Some of the routes he had
Speaker 3: had some guys not running right routes all the time.
Speaker 3: That's tough, but uh uh, I thought he started. It
Speaker 3: was a good start for him.
Speaker 6: You mentioned, uh Baco Center, biggest plus from what you
Speaker 6: had to think. Cleveland's in there to day.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we'll see, you know, I gotta look
Speaker 3: at the tape to kind of get a feel for that.
Speaker 3: I'm not exactly sure how those guys did specifically too much,
Speaker 3: but we had we we were pretty solid, look like,
Speaker 3: So we'll see what looks like on tape.
Speaker 2: That's the thing.
Speaker 3: You just can't wait to get to the tape and
Speaker 3: and really break it all down and see where you're at.
Speaker 1: What.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean he's you know, he feels
Speaker 3: bad about it, but he's just starting out learning experience
Speaker 3: for him. I think you the speed of this game
Speaker 3: is a little different, you know, and going in there
Speaker 3: that first snap, you know, it's uh, that's a tough
Speaker 3: situation to be in.
Speaker 2: So uh So I don't know, it's he'll learn from it.
Speaker 2: It'll be fine.
Speaker 3: It's preseason, you know, we we learn, try to learn
Speaker 3: as much as we can from these situations, and he'll
Speaker 3: be better for it. He's a he's a conscientious guy.
Speaker 3: He wants to do well. He's a good dude, really
Speaker 3: works hard. Uh, you know, one of those guys that
Speaker 3: takes responsibility for all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2: And he'll be fine.
Speaker 7: Any of me would take aways from the the special
Speaker 7: team return and changes and uh, Eagles had one pretty
Speaker 7: decent return to anything else can cuss home?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean r L three didn't do a great
Speaker 3: job of getting in there on his leverage on that one.
Speaker 3: So I I that's the one thing I did notice.
Speaker 3: The rest of it, as far as what the play
Speaker 3: looks like and all that stuff, it's like kind of
Speaker 3: done commenting on that.
Speaker 2: You know, it is what it is. Ever you all
Speaker 2: saw it.
Speaker 3: So we just gotta try to get as good as
Speaker 3: we can at it. So we'll be we'll be looking
Speaker 3: at that really hard and trying to trying to keep
Speaker 3: keep improving there and see see where we were right,
Speaker 3: and things we thought about in terms of how we
Speaker 3: are teaching it and things that we can learn from John.
Speaker 7: You had declared the jobs in the back up pretty
Speaker 7: early on on what what.
Speaker 3: Did you see from him tonight that you know not most.
Speaker 5: Person light and see for him?
Speaker 2: When was the last part?
Speaker 3: I just seemed like, you know again up the time
Speaker 3: even Yeah, I mean it's preseason. I think if you
Speaker 3: watch all the preseason games, you're gonna see the same thing,
Speaker 3: you know. So, Uh, I thought he handled it, handled
Speaker 3: it well, made some real good throws, the timing and
Speaker 3: that sort of thing. Yeah, it's tough to evaluate, cause,
Speaker 3: y you know, the guys aren't out there. It's not
Speaker 3: it's not always gonna look real great. But I thought
Speaker 3: he handled him suff really well. He made some really
Speaker 3: good throws and uh, protected the football like you want
Speaker 3: him to do, and got us in the right plays,
Speaker 3: made some decisions on which plays to get us into,
Speaker 3: which is part of our offense. So uh, that's kind
Speaker 3: of where it's at. Any first persons seeing Andrew Morgy's
Speaker 3: out there the first time actually going up against now
Speaker 3: in students, Yeah, it seem good. You know, I'm I'm
Speaker 3: looking again. I'm looking forward to seeing the front of
Speaker 3: the lineman on the tape. You know, probably next time
Speaker 3: we have a press conference, I'll probably have a little more.
Speaker 2: To talk about with that. But I thought they were
Speaker 2: pretty solid.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: I'd like to see us.
Speaker 3: Running the ball a little better, uh, a little more
Speaker 3: consistently than we did.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 3: Pass protection seemed okay for the most part. So uh,
Speaker 3: you know, that's all I know right now. All right,
Speaker 3: all right, good thanks.
Speaker 1: We also heard from second year linebacker Trenton Simpson. He's
Speaker 1: in line for a big role and he had a
Speaker 1: good amount of action in this game. He talked about
Speaker 1: the value in those preseason reps and what he learned
Speaker 1: from the experience.
Speaker 5: So what did you think of you know, you know, being.
Speaker 7: Able to get out there for today?
Speaker 5: How man? I feel like it was an awesome opportunity
Speaker 5: to get out there today and play as a young linebacker.
Speaker 5: I feel like a getting its many reps, It's is
Speaker 5: a blessing. It's more the more you see at this
Speaker 5: position is the more you learn, uh, the faster.
Speaker 2: You can play.
Speaker 5: So being able to get out there today get reps
Speaker 5: under my belt and just I feel like I have
Speaker 5: to just continue to prove on some things. Get back
Speaker 5: in the drawing board me with he oh Sunday we
Speaker 5: got practice against So just continue to get better and
Speaker 5: build from this game.
Speaker 2: What did look into improvement?
Speaker 5: I can say everything. I mean, I feel like in
Speaker 5: every game you turn, you take something, you learn from it.
Speaker 5: But uh, just run fits communication wise, and uh, just
Speaker 5: continue to just play fast and like I said, like
Speaker 5: the more you see the more the game slows down.
Speaker 5: And I just appreciate the reps they're giving me. So
Speaker 5: by the time week one come, I'll be ready to
Speaker 5: row for sure.
Speaker 2: And co course said you wouldn't be happy with your performance.
Speaker 2: So if you're critiquing yourself, what were you not happy with? Uh?
Speaker 5: I say, man, uh just uh a couple of run fits,
Speaker 5: you know, sh uh, shooting my gaps, being a little
Speaker 5: bit more aggressive. But I mean for the most part,
Speaker 5: I mean it's a blessing because I can go, you know,
Speaker 5: go look at them tonight. Get ready to play here
Speaker 5: and we got another game, another two more preseason games,
Speaker 5: so just continue to grow up and be ready by
Speaker 5: week one.
Speaker 2: I just resolve a lot of you in the INSOURD
Speaker 2: game in the last season. Uh is there any parts of.
Speaker 7: The game that feel, you know, more under your control
Speaker 7: now that you've had the sort of whole off season.
Speaker 2: This frontways impossible starting.
Speaker 5: A line back, Yes, sir, definitely confidence wise. Uh, going
Speaker 5: out there every day and practice, just continue to compete.
Speaker 5: Gaining the respect from my teammates and my coaches is
Speaker 5: my goal. And uh that's that's just a daily quest
Speaker 5: for myself, Just trying to go out there every day,
Speaker 5: prove my teammates right, Uh, give them the trust in me,
Speaker 5: and then just continue to believe in myself. I believe
Speaker 5: I belong here, and I'm just ready to show you guys,
Speaker 5: and just continue to get better every game and every
Speaker 5: time I'm out there.
Speaker 7: And you played a lot today, how value want?
Speaker 2: Did your preseason rush for you?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 5: Man, it was awesome, Cause Uh the more I see,
Speaker 5: the more the games slowed down, the more comfortable.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 5: Today was my first day with the Green Dot, so
Speaker 5: uh having everybody on the same page, Uh was awesome.
Speaker 5: Now I see what rocun deals with, you know, getting
Speaker 5: that call. But man, I had a great time. Uh
Speaker 5: that Green Dots showed me that I'm I'm ready for
Speaker 5: that and I had a great time just continue to
Speaker 5: build and get better every game they.
Speaker 6: Put with injury, but which you think of going costs
Speaker 6: to me?
Speaker 5: Oh oh man, they played great, great. Uh just to
Speaker 5: see him fly around. I was so happy to see
Speaker 5: him get his uh pass break ups, come make some tackles.
Speaker 5: That's what it was like at Clemson, and I'm excited
Speaker 5: to see his contin uh his career to continue to grow.
Speaker 5: He's gonna be a special guy for us for sure.
Speaker 5: But just go on working with Ross in this game
Speaker 5: from Jeordian brus Uh, Man, it was awesome cause you know,
Speaker 5: me and Ross last year on Skelling Bones well scout
Speaker 5: team for the offense. So uh, just that comm it's
Speaker 5: k communications in that year together. It was great and
Speaker 5: I feel like we practiced together.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 5: It's a lot of rotation and practice. So just being
Speaker 5: on the same page and just you know, trusting my
Speaker 5: guys and them trusting me, and we just going out
Speaker 5: there and trying to execute the playing with the coaches
Speaker 5: give us trends.
Speaker 2: I know it's which is the pre season, but what's
Speaker 2: kind of motions out there when at the end of
Speaker 2: the game, when you see the kicker hit the upright
Speaker 2: and you think, okay, you kind of U allude to
Speaker 2: that that one and then all of a sudden things
Speaker 2: happen in and you and you lose a game. Man.
Speaker 5: That's tough, uh cause you you definitely go out We
Speaker 5: practice to come out here and win and put on
Speaker 5: a great performance. But uh it's a learning lesson. You know,
Speaker 5: we go get back to the drawing board. We got
Speaker 5: practiced Sunday, so you know, we'll get back to it,
Speaker 5: continue to grow, attack it, and you know our next
Speaker 5: preseason games, go out there, dominate and uh hopefully we'll
Speaker 5: be proud of our our winner. Victory was like, ah,
Speaker 5: it was awesome. He had a lot of energy, uh
Speaker 5: with him being with the Green dot, him yelling, you know,
Speaker 5: getting me fired up. But it was awesome man. Uh
Speaker 5: just to see him from my linebacker coaching, my defensive coordinator.
Speaker 5: And then for me going from year one to year
Speaker 5: two with the same guys, it's been awesome for me.
Speaker 5: And I feel like the trans and being able to
Speaker 5: you know, ask questions on and off the field, and
Speaker 5: him knowing me as a person and as a player,
Speaker 5: it has been awesome for just my growth as a
Speaker 5: player for sure.
Speaker 2: More zactly on the Green job is.
Speaker 1: He just mostly calling the players or you said, he's
Speaker 1: got a lot of emotions. He kind of get me
Speaker 1: fired up.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, he was getting me fired up. He's like,
Speaker 5: let's go send like you know, but also giving me
Speaker 5: the call. But uh, just that energy and that confidence
Speaker 5: he has in me. I just wanna continue to go
Speaker 5: out there and make my teammates proud, my coach is
Speaker 5: proud of you know, just go out there and deliver.
Speaker 5: For sure.
Speaker 2: What's like hearing that that man?
Speaker 5: I love that man, you know, cause that I gotta
Speaker 5: send that message to the other teen guys out there
Speaker 5: on the field with me. But uh, just getting that
Speaker 5: green out for the first time. It gave me a
Speaker 5: lot of confidence. Having those guys looking for me and
Speaker 5: waiting to hear what I got to say and related
Speaker 5: call was awesome. And I feel like communication wise, after
Speaker 5: the game, I was asking could everybody hear me? And
Speaker 5: I got good remarks. So, uh, just continuing to grow
Speaker 5: and learning every practice, every game, and I'm excited to
Speaker 5: see what my career is gonna have for sure. Thanks yup,
Speaker 5: Thank you all for great.
Speaker 1: Even another player who had a strong showing in this
Speaker 1: game was running back Owen right he's competing for a
Speaker 1: spot on the roster. He had a solid show and
Speaker 1: he talked about that with the media. For you today,
Speaker 1: what would you kind of comeing, What did you come
Speaker 1: into this game and kind of wanted to show and
Speaker 1: how did.
Speaker 4: You feel like, Yeah, coming into this game, I really
Speaker 4: just wanted to show that I was consistent. I can
Speaker 4: make plays on special teams and on offense. You know,
Speaker 4: obviously there's areas for improvement, like Trent was saying, as
Speaker 4: your competitor, you always feel like you want to improve
Speaker 4: on something. So at the you know, I'll go back
Speaker 4: and look at film and see what I can improve
Speaker 4: on and be ready for next week.
Speaker 1: I mean, how about these stabs, these reps for you
Speaker 1: to be able to get.
Speaker 2: Out there and getting this experience.
Speaker 4: Yeah, huge, getting these reps and everything, and especially on
Speaker 4: special teams, just trying to be you know, places where
Speaker 4: I can help the team out the most, you know,
Speaker 4: sacrifice and do all that kind of stuff. Yeah, that's
Speaker 4: it's huge, especially in the preseason, showing people what you
Speaker 4: can do and how you can display your talents anywhere
Speaker 4: and your abilities.
Speaker 2: It's big. Over your emotions, your.
Speaker 6: Your name being called the starters, are announced and getting
Speaker 6: that startup offs.
Speaker 4: It was honestly a dream coming true, especially being for
Speaker 4: Maryland playing Baltimore. It's it's huge, especially for my family
Speaker 4: being here too. It was really a blessing I wanna
Speaker 4: remember forever. Honestly, do you feel like you might.
Speaker 3: Be competing with al of you for one spot or
Speaker 3: is that not really how you look at this whole process.
Speaker 4: I think we just we're a team and you know,
Speaker 4: whoever is the best is gonna you know, play, and
Speaker 4: you know, we just come to work and we just
Speaker 4: compete every single day and just try to make each
Speaker 4: other better honestly, and not really focused on all the
Speaker 4: uh the other things. We just try to be the
Speaker 4: best we can be as a running back group. Doesn't
Speaker 4: matter who it is.
Speaker 5: What's the difference for you, you know this time now
Speaker 5: compared to this time.
Speaker 4: Last year, obviously catch definitely uh a year under my
Speaker 4: belt just you know, seeing the whole speed of things,
Speaker 4: understanding you know, the schemes and the concepts and everything
Speaker 4: a little bit better. Like I said, having that year
Speaker 4: under the belt is is huge, especially for me learning
Speaker 4: this offense offensively.
Speaker 2: What do you think is kind of the the big
Speaker 2: takeaway from.
Speaker 4: From the sea, I think we we did a lot
Speaker 4: of stuff. Well, like I said before this, you know,
Speaker 4: as an offense, we just gotta, you know, gl go back,
Speaker 4: look at the tape and see how we can execute
Speaker 4: a little bit better. Some guys made some plays, and
Speaker 4: you know, sometimes it goes your way, sometimes it doesn't,
Speaker 4: and we'll be back next week. And that's what sport
Speaker 4: it's all about.
Speaker 2: So, yeah, when you had a flitz pick up on
Speaker 2: a third down, Uh, you know, practices a training game,
Speaker 2: but the physicality is.
Speaker 6: Never what it is a real game.
Speaker 5: Just what did that feel like, giving blitz or like that?
Speaker 4: Yeah, No, I mean it felt great. I think our
Speaker 4: defense and practice and just our defense over all gives
Speaker 4: us a great look. It's the hardest defense I've ever played.
Speaker 4: I think they give us a great look in practice,
Speaker 4: and when it gets to the game, it's I think
Speaker 4: it's as easier to pick up than in practice, honestly
Speaker 4: because of our defense.
Speaker 7: Okay, thanks, thank you guys.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is a big focus and talking point
Speaker 1: for this team. Ben Cleveland started at center. He's in
Speaker 1: places of Tyler linn Obaum's dealing with an injury right now.
Speaker 1: Cleveland talked about the refs that he got in this game.
Speaker 2: I can but you to that. Yeah for sure.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, you know it's it's gonna take a
Speaker 8: second to get you know, in a groove and things
Speaker 8: like that. You know, I think he did a good
Speaker 8: job overcoming a little bit of struggle at the beginning
Speaker 8: and really pushing his way forward and you know, being
Speaker 8: being really productive and really efficient for.
Speaker 2: Us moving the needle. Like a trust with the coaches,
Speaker 2: Oh for sure.
Speaker 8: I mean, you know, whenever you got a guy that
Speaker 8: shows up every day and just does what he's supposed
Speaker 8: to and you know, works as hard as he does,
Speaker 8: I mean.
Speaker 6: It's or to not trust a guy like that, and
Speaker 6: you got to work on it during the week. But
Speaker 6: how did you feel just as center tonight?
Speaker 8: No, I felt really good. And I mean all of
Speaker 8: our communication everything was good. I mean I felt very
Speaker 8: comfortable there. You know, I think we were all on
Speaker 8: the same page all the time. So I mean I
Speaker 8: felt really good about how I did.
Speaker 5: They're not.
Speaker 1: Another really important player along the offensive line is Roger
Speaker 1: Rosengart and the second round pick. The rookie offensive tackles
Speaker 1: competing for the starting job at right tackle. He talked
Speaker 1: about his first NFL action and the competition for that job.
Speaker 4: Speaking to it.
Speaker 1: But what did you think of the NFL action and
Speaker 1: I would you think of it?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's the NFL, so it's the best
Speaker 6: of the best, and you know, that's a weekend week out.
Speaker 6: That's all I could ask for is going against the best,
Speaker 6: and that's just going to improve myself as a player.
Speaker 6: You know, I'm going in, So I'm excited going in
Speaker 6: the next preseason game and hopefully build off that.
Speaker 1: How would you kind of describe the feeling of taking
Speaker 1: the field for the first time and I don't realizing
Speaker 1: your dream?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it was awesome being out there in
Speaker 6: the NFL uniform, especially with the Baltimore Ravens such a
Speaker 6: historic organization, so you know, first game it felt really
Speaker 6: good and definitely got some things to work on, but yeah,
Speaker 6: I'm excited.
Speaker 7: Did you know what the plan was for you coming
Speaker 7: into into tonight in terms of like what kind of
Speaker 7: series you would go before it was just kind of
Speaker 7: playing by year.
Speaker 6: With Yeah, for me, it was all played by year.
Speaker 6: That's the information I got. I was expecting to play
Speaker 6: all four quarters, so you know, the times I did
Speaker 6: go into the game and got the drives I did.
Speaker 6: I wanted to play hard and work on some things,
Speaker 6: but yeah, I was excited.
Speaker 3: If you are called upon to be the starter of
Speaker 3: the Week one in Kansas City, do you feel like
Speaker 3: you're on track to feel good about doing this?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 6: Absolutely, you know that's uh. I take everything and it
Speaker 6: starts in practice, you know, starts in the starts in
Speaker 6: the boardroom, and it goes to transfers of practice and
Speaker 6: that's where I build my confidence at. So just going
Speaker 6: into these next preseason games, you know, I'm excited for those,
Speaker 6: and i'd going into week one, so yeah, I'm excited
Speaker 6: to build off that, like any any pointers you got
Speaker 6: from those have been here before their first time to
Speaker 6: for this first game. Funny, that's I mean. I lean
Speaker 6: on I lean on the vets a ton because they
Speaker 6: they've done it before me and they know what it
Speaker 6: is weekend week out and tips and tricks. So I
Speaker 6: mean that's all I can do. I'm building off the
Speaker 6: confidence already have. And then the guy's already next to
Speaker 6: next to me is they help out so much.
Speaker 2: So I know you don't know any more.
Speaker 7: Than us, but you know, Hartviell told us that, uh,
Speaker 7: Wiggings is going in for testing tomorrow. Just a guy
Speaker 7: that you came in right, has made the kind of
Speaker 7: games that he has. What kind of goes through your mind.
Speaker 7: He's kind of seeing a guy like that in the
Speaker 7: first game.
Speaker 6: I mean, you know, it's a physical game, you know,
Speaker 6: I know, I know one thing about Nat is that
Speaker 6: he's gonna come back from it because, uh, he's he's
Speaker 6: also my locker maate. So we we sit there next
Speaker 6: next to each other each day and out, and the
Speaker 6: guy works hard and he performed super well. So I'm
Speaker 6: excited for him, and I hope everything's okay. So, yeah,
Speaker 6: he'll be back.
Speaker 3: How big of a difference was the goal from you know,
Speaker 3: obviously having a lot of reps in training camp, but
Speaker 3: then in a preseason game, help, what was it kind
Speaker 3: of the.
Speaker 6: Big big change for you? Yeah, I mean the big changes.
Speaker 6: You know, I didn't I didn't get a single drive
Speaker 6: out there, but the drives that did go in it's
Speaker 6: just playing hard, you know. So I transferred my practice
Speaker 6: reps and going and trying to make practice as perfect
Speaker 6: as possible, because if I make practice harder, then the
Speaker 6: games come easier. So that's the kind of mentality I
Speaker 6: have and we'll continue to build off that.
Speaker 7: So it's a nice knob out there and sy percent community.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was. It was definitely humid. It was like,
Speaker 6: I'm from Colorado and then back at school and in Seattle.
Speaker 6: I've never felt community this intense before. So yeah, I'm
Speaker 6: interested to see what my parents have to say about
Speaker 6: it too, because this Baltimore humidity is an no joke.
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