1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: I just want to hit people like hard. You know, 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: I want to. I want to get my assignment done obviously, 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: but you know, first and foremo I want to, Like 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: I just want to. I want to hit somebody. But 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: letting the other team know where we're gonna run the 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: ball and making you try to stop us, I think 7 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: that's what's fun about it. You went shirtless for the combine, 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: which you don't see from a lot of offensive linemen. 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Well everybody else was doing. I was like, maybe shut 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: the shirt because you know everybody takes their pants off 11 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: for aerodynamics or whatever they want to do. That's what 12 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: I did, and apparently at work because that was a 13 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: little bit faster than my first one. So the proof 14 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: is in the pudding. Man, that's exactly right. I understand 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: that you've had squirrel before. Tell me about that it 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: tastes like squirrel. I mean, I don't know how. Planning 17 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: to you, I would imagine a nutty flavor. Now some 18 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: some squirrels, like down on South South Georgia, that'll taste 19 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: a little bit more nutty. If you put enough seasoning 20 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: on it, you can make it tastes like whatever you 21 00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: wanted to taste like. Welcome into the lounge. We are 22 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: still getting to know these rookies and this is kind 23 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: of one of the more fun parts of the year. Man. 24 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: You get like this these this whole delivery of gifts 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: and you just start to learn about these guys and 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: it's just really fun. So one player that we wanted 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: to learn more about is Ben Cleveland, the Ravens third 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: round pick, who you said was your favorite draft pick. Yeah, 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: that was my favorite pick for sure, so we had 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: to bring him in. Yeah, And like the thing about 31 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: the draft is you spend your time leading up to 32 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: it talking about the first round. You know, maybe you 33 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: do a couple of things of like who could be 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: some Day two wide receivers. You know, everyone talks about that, 35 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: you know, but but you don't spend too much time 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: talking about Round three guards and and Day three options 37 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: that like you're you're generally spending all your time talking 38 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: about who's at the at the top. And then we 39 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: find out just a little behind the scenes, we find 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: out who the Ravens are picking about two minutes before 41 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: it gets announced on TV. And so then you got 42 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: to learn about this guy. And sometimes you have a 43 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: little bit of knowledge, but sometimes you don't and so 44 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: it is fun over the course of the next several 45 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: days to just like read about these guys, learn about them, 46 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: get to meet him, get to do have conversations with them, 47 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: and and the Ravens have you know, they always select 48 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: interesting players, and I think this guy, Ben clevelands at 49 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: the top of that list. Yeah. So with that said, 50 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: let's jump right into our interview with Ravens rookie Ben Cleveland. 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: All right, Ben, well, thank you for joining us. I 52 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: want to start here, take us into Tacoa, Georgia, your 53 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: hometown where I assume you were for the draft. What 54 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: was the scene like there for the draft? Um? You know, 55 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: we we actually were in Tacoa. Um. We uh, I 56 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: got a buddy who's got a farm uh in Millgeville, 57 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: kind of in the middle of Georgia. Um, so we 58 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: went out there and you know it was it was 59 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: basically had a lot more room than we would have 60 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: had at my house. Um. You know, we went out 61 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: there and smoke the pig and just you know, my family, 62 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: my fiance's family, UM, just just out there for draft knife. 63 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: So it was a little bit different scene than we 64 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: had to had Tacoa. Um, but you know it was 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure the town of Tacoa was still pretty happy 66 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: throughout the whole thing. So you smoked smoked a pig. 67 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: How big a pig we're talking here? I think it 68 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: was like a hundred and picked pounds. I'm like that, 69 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: who that's my kind of meal right there? Get some wine. 70 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: It was pretty good. So what were what were your emotions, Ben, 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: just when the Ravens called you? Uh, you know, a 72 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: lot of guys get emotional, some guys shed some tears. 73 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: What were you like, Yeah, honestly, it was you know, 74 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: it was kind of towards towards the end of the night, 75 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: so I was kind of starting to get a little 76 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: a little discouraged. You know, I kind of had a 77 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: little bit of higher hopes for myself than that, So 78 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: you know, I was kind of about raying to just 79 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: turn the TV off and go to bed, um because 80 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't I didn't think that my name 81 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: was gonna get called Saturday morning. So uh, you know 82 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: it was it was definitely a relief, um whenever you 83 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: know that they called me to give me the news. 84 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: But it was, you know, I was, I was full 85 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: of emotions, you know, a lot of just you know, definitely, 86 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: everything was Everything was happy and positive, but you know, 87 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: just the mindset of you know, what, what's about to happen? 88 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: What am I about to go through from here on out? 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: You know, that was just kind of everything of that 90 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: just going through your head at one time. Um, you know, 91 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: moving to a new city, things like that. Just you know, 92 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of different what if Um. You 93 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: know that that kind of came through right right in 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: the moment um. But so a lot of that's already 95 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: been kind of settled down, and you know it's just 96 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: it's a lot of exciting emotions now just ready to 97 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: get out there. So Ben, uh, we we saw video 98 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: of the moment from your perspective of when you got drafted. 99 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: It sounded like you didn't even tell the people you 100 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: were with that you got the call tell me about this. So, 101 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: like I said, you know, I was, I was about ready, 102 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: uh you know, to tell everybody to go to bed. 103 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: So you know, I've done walking away on the other 104 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 1: side of my buddy's house to get something to drink, 105 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: and um, you know that they called me and I 106 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: was like, well, I don't want them. I'd rather have 107 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, all the excitement and surprise whenever it comes 108 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: on TV. So I just went back like nothing happened 109 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: and just let them let them kind of figure it 110 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: out on their own. That's awesome. So then your name 111 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 1: comes across the screen, and then does everyone in the 112 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: place just kind of erupt and just a lot of 113 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: excitement and emotions. I think it took everybody a second 114 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: to kind of figure it out, you know what, once 115 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: they started saying offensive living from Georgia, I think it 116 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: kind of started to click in everybody's head. But I 117 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: think everybody was more surprised than anything, um, because I 118 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,280 Speaker 1: mean I was just sitting back there grinning because I 119 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: already knew that's awesome. What did you think of you know, 120 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: Jacoby Jones made the announcement? You right? So, um, what 121 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: did you think? You know? He was he kind of 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: stole the show a little bit, he was. He was 123 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: hamming it up with the Cleveland fans there. Let him 124 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: know he already got a ring they were booing in. 125 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: What do you think of his announcement? Uh? You know, 126 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: I actually thought it was pretty cool. Um, I it was, 127 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: you know, it was pretty funny. Whenever he goes talking 128 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: about he's the one with the rings so they can't 129 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: really talk much. Um. I definitely, I definitely think it 130 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: was one of the top five announcements of the night 131 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: for sure. Hey, yeah, I was wondering, you know, with 132 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: the last name of Cleveland, you know, were you a 133 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: Browns fan growing up? I feel like if they were like, 134 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: you know, the minx out there, I would I would 135 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: definitely be a fan. You know. I never you know, 136 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: really and truly we uh you know, it's just like 137 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: I've said this, I've never really even growing up, I 138 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: was never really a football fan, never really watched football. 139 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I played football, but you know, we we 140 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: were never gonna turn it on to watch it on 141 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 1: Saturdays and Sundays, um just because you know, growing up, 142 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: weekends were always our free time and so that's you know, 143 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: football seasons during hunting season, so that's what we were doing. 144 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: So we never really had a chance to you know, 145 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: sit down and get into football. Um. So no, I 146 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: definitely wouldn't say that I was the Cleveland Browns fan 147 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: growing up. It's gonna be pretty cool though, to see 148 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: you kicking Cleveland Browns but with Cleveland on your jersey. Yeah, 149 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: I understand. Yeah, like you were a baseball family growing up, right, 150 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: Is that right? Pretty much? My brother actually played at 151 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: Georgia Southern UM down here, and I said, I mean 152 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: my dad never played football. He always played baseball, So 153 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: you know, that was that was kind of what we 154 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: focused on growing up. But you know, every you're just 155 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: much bigger than everybody. Baseball is kind of not. Did 156 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: you basically have the coaches at school saying all right, 157 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: all right, man, we gotta get you on the football field, like, 158 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: come on over here, this baseball stuff is done. No. 159 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: I mean I played, I mean I played base ball 160 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: throughout high school, and I mean just like any kid. 161 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: I mean I started playing football when I was five 162 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: or six years old. Direct department, um. So, I mean 163 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: it was it was one of those things where I 164 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: always I always thought I was gonna like baseball a 165 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: lot more until I was like, okay, I'm a little 166 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: bit better at this football thing and I am at 167 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: this baseball thing, um, which I mean like I was no, 168 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: you know, I was no scrub and baseball. I mean 169 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: I could have probably went and played any Division one 170 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: school in baseball, but you know, it was it was like, well, 171 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: my career can be taken up here if I'm able 172 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: to stay in the football, so I kind of, you know, 173 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: put my emphases on that playing baseball to stay in 174 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: shape and give me something to do in the spring. 175 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: So you know, I don't even know if I could 176 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: swing a baseball bat anymore. Honestly, Well, how many home 177 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: runs as you hit in high school? I gotta believe 178 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 1: when you came to the plate in the outfield was like, 179 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: all right, step back, step back. If this guy I 180 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: read he was stealing bases, let's see home brother, I see. 181 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: I was one of those people. I was either want 182 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: to get a home runner. I was gonna right out. Um, 183 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: you're the Chris Davis of baseball. But no, I think 184 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: I think my junior my junior year, the last year 185 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: I played, Uh, I had like seventeen or eighteen. But 186 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: it was funny because I was actually tied for most 187 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: home runs in the state. And the kid that I 188 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: was tied with went to a private school and he 189 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: had he had a hundred and forty three. Yeah, you 190 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: can tell that. I think about this because I know 191 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: the exact numbers, because it still bothers me. Um, but 192 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: he had he had a hundred and forty three at 193 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: bats and seventeen home runs. And I had eighty one 194 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: at bats and seventeen home runs. So if I would 195 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: have had a hundred and forty at bats, and you know, 196 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: I would have probably had a few more. But yeah, 197 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: we can do the math on that. You know, we 198 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: don't have the averages. Yeah, so when when did you 199 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: make the decision that football was going to be it 200 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 1: for you? You know, I never really had any baseball 201 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: offers or anything like that, but you know, I mean 202 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: I started getting recruited whenever I was a freshman. UM, 203 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: so it was it was very obvious that football was 204 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: gonna be the route that was gonna get my college 205 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: my education paid for, UM. So you know, it was 206 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: it was no no deciding, no question that. UM. It 207 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: was really just the thought of I want to play 208 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: base college too, or I just want to play football, 209 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: so right right, Well, I think a lot of One 210 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: thing that's really interesting about you is obviously you get 211 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: a lot of attention for your sheer size. I mean 212 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: six ft six, three fifty seven at least that's what 213 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens list. Are you three fifty seven, that's what 214 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: the Ravens list you at? But would you weigh in 215 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: at per day, I was I was like, three pro day, Okay, alright, 216 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: we're just making you even bigger. I love it. We're 217 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: adding to the tail. That's fine. Um, but I think 218 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: what's interesting is like, yeah, you're huge, but your athleticism 219 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: is kind of like something that doesn't I feel like 220 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: get as much attention, like coming out of your pro day, 221 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: Like it was your forty yard dash that like you know, 222 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: was kind of creating a lot of buzz. You ran it, 223 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: what five oh one? I saw some four eight five 224 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: on officials. Yeah, I think I think it was anywhere 225 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: from four eight five, but like five something like that, 226 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: right that. I mean, that's faster than Garrett, that's definitely. 227 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: I mean plus plus, I saw you went shirtless. You 228 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: went shirtless for the combine, which you don't see from 229 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: a lot of offensive linemen. Well everybody else was doing, 230 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: and I was like, maybe shed the shirt because you know, 231 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: everybody takes their pants off for aero dynamics or whatever 232 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: they want to do. So I was like, well, I'll 233 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: take my shirt off. Maybe that will give me a 234 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 1: little bit more aero dynamic or whatever you wanna call it. 235 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: So that's what I did. Apparently at work because that 236 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: one was a little bit faster than my first one. 237 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: So the proof is in the budding man. That's exactly right. 238 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: How how much how much do you really feel like, 239 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: you know that athleticism helps you on the football field. 240 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: You know, obviously you can overwhelm people with your size 241 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: and strength, but that athleticism. How much of a part 242 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: of that of your game is that? You know? Oh, 243 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's a lot, especially you know, going 244 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: to the next level in the NFL. It's it's gonna 245 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: make life, you know, so much easier with the amount 246 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: of athleticism and things like that, just because you know, 247 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: I could usually get away with you know, people in 248 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: the lower conference than us just you know, just blowing 249 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: them off the ball, uh, with just pure strength. But 250 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: then you get against people who, you know, saying talent 251 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: wise as you are. You know, that athleticism, that mobility 252 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: and that leverage, that's that's how you win those reps. 253 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: So you know, you can't just always just walk in 254 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: there and just put your muscles on somebody. You know, 255 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: sometimes you gotta out blame them in your head and 256 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: with your feet a little bit. So Ben something, Yeah, 257 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: I've been watching your highlights over the past couple of days. Um, 258 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: since the Ravens drafted you, and you're a bold doozer 259 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: out there. I mean you just you're a road grader. 260 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: You paved the way for the guys behind you. Can 261 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: you talk about your mentality on the field with that 262 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: ball snap, Like, I just I just want to hit people, 263 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: Like it was hard, Like that's you know, I want 264 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: to I want to get my assignment done obviously, but 265 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: you know, first and foremost, I want to, like, I 266 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: just want to I want to hit somebody. Um, So 267 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: you know we are scheme at Georgia was a lot 268 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: of inside zone stuff. So that was perfect for what 269 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to do. You know. It wasn't a lot 270 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: of running around people and things like that. It was 271 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: a bunch of downhill just you know, go put your 272 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: face on somebody and move them. So that's you know, 273 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: that was in my wheelhouse. That's what I like to do. Um, 274 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: And you know that's what I've been at. What's what 275 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: I've been able to do? Yeah, along those lines, and 276 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: that's what yeah, exactly exactly. Yeah, Like this is run heavy, 277 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: best rushing offense in the NFL. NFL over the two 278 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: years I mean it's the best rushing offense the NFL 279 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 1: has ever seen. Yeah, I gotta believe as an offensive linement, 280 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: especially at offensive linement places, the way that you do. 281 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: I mean, are you foaming at the mouth thinking about 282 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 1: stepping into this offense? Yeah, I mean absolutely. Like I mean, 283 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: I love, I love you know, run teams like that's 284 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: just you know that that's what we were made on 285 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: the SEC and that's that's what I've gotten comfortable with. 286 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: Like I'm comfortable, you know, having the quarterbacks say, hey, 287 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: the ball is going in the backside a gap. I 288 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: don't care what happens, Like you're either gonna get hit 289 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: by the running back or we're gonna break it out 290 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: for twenty yards. So you know that, that's what I'm 291 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: comfortable doing. That's what, you know. I think that's what 292 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: makes football so much fun. Um, it's just is letting 293 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: the other team know where we're going to run the 294 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: ball and making you try to stop us. That's you know, 295 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: That's what I think. That's what's fun about it. So 296 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: it should be should be interesting to see how that 297 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: works out. Well. I saw an interesting thing on Twitter 298 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: now with your jersey number released, number sixty six, that 299 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: you know, whenever the run comes behind you, we can 300 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: always say, you know, we're going right down Root sixty six, 301 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: going right down sixty six, right there behind Cleveland. I 302 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: haven't even I haven't even thought about that. But not bad. 303 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: It's really not bad. I'm sure that they could have 304 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: come up with something a lot worse. Now, Now, what 305 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: what are you thinking in terms of a lot of 306 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: people are saying that, you know, you could be a 307 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: Day one starter, including myself. I've got you, I've got 308 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: you projected in there. Obviously, you gotta win the job, 309 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: But what's kind of your mentality stepping into that competition? Yeah, 310 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's the ultimate goal. I mean, that's 311 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: that's kind of why I work to to get to 312 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: this point. So you know, that's that's what I have 313 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: in mind for myself as well. Um, you know, my 314 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: my thing right now is just being able to learn 315 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: the playbook and get everything from a mental standpoint figured out, 316 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: because I mean the physical standpoint is gonna be there. Um. 317 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: You know that that's just who I am. But you know, 318 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: going going from one one style playbook to you know, 319 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: the new one that that I just got yesterday. Actually, um, 320 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: you know it's it's gonna be Uh, that's that's gonna be. 321 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: That's gonna be the important part. Just the you know, 322 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: mastering that playbook and getting everything down pat and just 323 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: kind of putting all the college stuff out. That's burned 324 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: in my brain because I mean, terminology and everything is different. 325 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: A lot of the concepts are the same. Um. But 326 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: you know, when I hear this and think of this, 327 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: I gotta not be able to think about what I 328 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: heard in college. So you know that just from a 329 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: mental standpoint, that's gonna be. Uh. I think that's gonna 330 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: be the difference maker. So after the Ravens draft to 331 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: you on Saturday Friday night, uh, you know, Coach Harbor 332 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: talked about how Eric to Cosston talked about how Coach 333 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: Harbor wanted you. You know, they were getting nervous in 334 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: the draft room and and the hardball was almost like 335 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: let's trade up, let's go get in. I don't want 336 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: to lose this guy. And he was a big fan 337 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: of yours. Did what did he say to you after 338 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: getting picked and Vidgi get a chance to you know, 339 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: did you hear that sentiment from him? Yeah? You know, 340 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: I definitely, Uh, you know, I taught to so many 341 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: people UM on the same phone call the other night. UM, 342 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: so it was hard to kind of decipher emotions and 343 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: different voices and things like that. But him and I've 344 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: had a couple of conversations since then, and I mean 345 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: you can still hear it, UM and his voice. So, 346 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's definitely exciting to know that, you know, 347 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: I was that high, um of a priority for them, UM, 348 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: for them to want to get in there and get 349 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 1: in their organizations. So you know, it's it's gonna be awesome. 350 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm beyond excited about it. He's excited 351 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: about it. So, uh, you know, I think things are 352 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: looking pretty good. Have you talked to any of the 353 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:45,479 Speaker 1: Ravens offensive Lineman yet? Yes? So he actually, he actually 354 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: reached out to me, UM, you know, and UH just 355 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: told me, like, you know, welcome to the family, things 356 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: like that, UM, and his and his wife actually reached 357 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: out to my fiancee. UM just you know, tell him 358 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: if you ever need, you know, somewhere to eat or 359 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: something other, just let me know. And I don't, you know, 360 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: point you in the right direction. So you know, he's 361 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: he's been the only ones that uh, you know, reached 362 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: out so far. But you know I would expect that 363 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: you know, everybody in that locker room's gonna men pretty well. Well. 364 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: You you gotta figure this whole thing out with Tyree 365 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: Phillips with the nickname. You know, he's big country. You're 366 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: a big country. I have an idea for you. Okay, 367 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: I got an idea for you. You go in, you 368 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: tell Tyree all right, you can keep big country because 369 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: you you know, you're the elder statesman. You got seniority. 370 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: You can keep big country. But I'll be bigger country, 371 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: right because man, I don't even like I really don't. 372 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: I don't even care who calls me what I mean, 373 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: you don't, you don't bother me. You can call me, 374 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: yeah about said some offensive names, but you know you 375 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: can calling. I don't care, all right, So Ben, tell 376 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: tell us what life was like into Coo and Georgia. 377 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 1: We want to get to know you a little bit more. 378 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: What population eight? Small town? Yeah, that's I mean, that's 379 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: one of those towns where everybody knows everybody. I mean, 380 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: you ain't gonna do nothing stupid and get away from it, 381 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: um or get away with it, whatever it might be. 382 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: So you know, it was. It was fun growing up though. 383 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: I mean I had a pretty pretty decent group of friends, um, 384 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: you know, and a few of those i've you know, 385 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: I've probably got probably got ten people from back home 386 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: that I still you know, communicate and talk with on 387 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: a daily basis. So you know, it's it was nice 388 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: growing up there. I mean, had a lot of good 389 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: friends growing up throughout high school. Um, I think a 390 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: lot of you know, a lot of diversity among that, 391 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: just people going their separate ways and and you know, 392 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: just one taking this career path. And you know, most 393 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: people are still you know, in in town working things 394 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: like that. Um. Just I mean that's that's what people 395 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: doing to go you know, that's what most everybody's families did, 396 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 1: so that's what their kids here gonna do. So um, 397 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: you know, I mean that that town, it was it 398 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: was one of the best places I could have been raised. 399 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: I mean, my my support system from you know, high 400 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: school to middle school, um, everything like that was just impeccable. 401 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: So you know, that little town is fun. There ain't 402 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: much there, um, I mean, it's it's bigger than most towns, 403 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: but you know it's still uh it's a little old 404 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: and outdated things. You're trying to get a little bit. Uh, 405 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: they're starting trying to put a little few more new 406 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: things in there. But you know, other than that, it's 407 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: it's gonna be the same oltacoa one way or another. Dude, 408 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm small town too. I remember when we got to McDonald's. 409 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: Right when I was in middle school, we got a 410 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: McDonald's and holy cow, I'll tell you what, everybody skipped 411 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: school the next day to go to McDonald's. It was 412 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: such a big deal. That's small town life, man, It's 413 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: something else, dude. I can I can remember whenever we 414 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: went from a regular Walmart to a super Walmart. Um, 415 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: and that was that was the greatest thing that we 416 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: had ever seen. So so like, what what did you do? 417 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: Like what you know, hunting? I see, I see you're 418 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: like an avid hunter. Yeah, I mean that was That's 419 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: kind of what we did growing up. That was kind 420 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: of our thing. Um My my dad, I think you 421 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: know my dad. My dad was taking us in the woods. 422 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 1: He took me in the woods before I could walk. Literally, 423 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: he carried me up a deer stands. So you know 424 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: that was kind of just bread into us. Um and 425 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: I mean not only that. I mean, that was that 426 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: was how we provided. Um, you know, neither neither one 427 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: of my parents ever had the most outstanding money making jobs. Um, 428 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: so you know, trips to the grocery store got expensive. 429 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: But whenever you don't have to sit there and buy 430 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: meat and you can just dear meat this you know 431 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: you've got processed in the freezer. You know you can, 432 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: you just save a lot of money doing that. So, uh, 433 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: you know, that was that's how we provided for our family. 434 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: But you know, the older I've gotten, the more I've 435 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: realized that, yeah, it's still about providing for your family, 436 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: but it's more about that's you know, that's kind of 437 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 1: your unwind time. That's that's where you know, I go 438 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: and just get away from everything, turn my phone off 439 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: and just kind of you know, relax, don't worry about 440 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: everything else going on. Um, but you know, I mean 441 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: that goes for anything. Hey turkey, deer ducks it I mean, 442 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: it don't matter, it don't matter what it is, just 443 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: you know, being out there in nature and just being 444 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: at peace with yourself and everything around you. That's that's 445 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: kind of where it's got to for me. I mean, 446 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: obviously it's still fun, you know, with with the harvest 447 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,479 Speaker 1: and things like that. But you know it's it's definitely 448 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: that's my olt um. That's that's how I kind of 449 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: go get away from all the stress of you know, 450 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: this this life. So when you were when you were 451 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: naming off all those animals, you left out squirrel. I 452 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: understand that you've had squirrel before. Tell me about that. 453 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean it's weird. I mean it tastes. It tastes 454 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: like squirrel. I mean, I don't know how I have 455 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: to explain it to you. I would imagine a nutty flavor. 456 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: No not really. Um. Now, some some squirrels, like down south, 457 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: they will take like in South Georgia, they'll taste a 458 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 1: little bit more nutty. But I mean up here they 459 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: are are like acrone and stuff like that. They're not 460 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: really as strong as the one down south. So you know, 461 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: most most of them up here they I mean it 462 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: tastes like squirrel. I mean, I mean enough you put 463 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: enough seasoning on it, you can make it taste like 464 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: whatever you wanted to taste like. But they're very very 465 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: tricky animals to uh to cook. Um, they got really 466 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: fine hairs on them, so it's really hard to you know, 467 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: get all the hairs off of whenever you skin them. 468 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: So it's, uh, it's very very tricky to get that 469 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: and figured out. I guess in Baltimore we gotta try 470 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: squirrel with Old Bay on it. That's that can. Can 471 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: you tell us the squirrel story about, you know, being 472 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: board one day? You know that your famous squirrel story. Yeah, 473 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: so you know, I literally stayed home from school and 474 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, I'm sure you've watched you know, the Chris 475 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: Kyle movie where they're like sitting back in the in 476 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: the middle of the room and they shoot through a window. 477 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: So I hide the sand or whatever. So I'm like, 478 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: all right, well, I'm bored, I'm kind of hungry. I 479 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: was like, let's find a squirrel. So I'm sitting there 480 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: and I'm looking out our window. In our backyard. We've 481 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: got a little garden and then we gotta row of 482 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: pine trees. So I've seen two squirrels in the pine trees. 483 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: So I raised the window up and I was like, 484 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's eight o'clock in the morning. My 485 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: grandparents are still down there a hundred yards away from 486 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: us asleep. I'm like, I don't want to go out 487 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: on the porch and shoot, just going and wake everybody up. 488 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: So I took I literally laid lay some pillows down 489 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: in the floor, got in a little twenty two, and 490 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 1: I shot through the screen door on the window in 491 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: the living room, and uh they went out there and 492 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: got the squirrels. And then I got looking at the 493 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: window and I was like, crap, there's two little bullet 494 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: holes in there. I said, Mom and Daddy ain't gonna 495 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: be happy about that. I took the I took the 496 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: window screen off of that door or off of that 497 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: one to put it in my bedroom and replaced out 498 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: the window screens. Um impressive. I mean obviously they knew, 499 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: they didn't they didn't care. But uh so yeah, throwing 500 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: with some hot grease and uh made me some frozen biscuits. 501 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: That is amazing. That is amazing. All right, Well, Ben, 502 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: before we let you go, I want to play a 503 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: little game with you called Who's more country? Okay, because 504 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: you know, like I mentioned, I'm a country I'm a 505 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: country bumpkin. I'm not anymore. I'm kind of a city 506 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: slicker now, you know, but I I grew up country. Okay, alright, 507 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: so here's here's the and great will be the judge 508 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: on whose answer is more country. Okay, and I don't 509 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: think this is gonna be too challenging, but go ahead, Ryan, 510 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: We'll let you. We'll let you fire away. First question, 511 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: do you have or did you have any wildlife on 512 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 1: your property? Yes? What was let's see? Uh? Currently a deer? Um? 513 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: We have let's see four pea cocks. Oh so chickens 514 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: running around? Um and a couple of guineas. Oh all right, 515 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: you have three chickens. You have a cat? I got 516 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: I got three chickens. We do have backyard chickens, but 517 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: I don't have the peacocks and stuff. Yeah, I'll get okay, okay, 518 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: all right. Have you ever driven a tractor? Yes? Okay, alright, 519 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: you make you? Would you you plow something? I mean, 520 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: what contract? Are you talking about? Big track? Small tracking 521 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: and water belly moore on it like I'm telling you 522 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: like a big old John Deere rk hay fields cut. Hey, 523 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: what do you want to do? I mean, all right? 524 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: Have you ever driven a combine? No? We don't have 525 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: combines up here. All right, all right, I've never I've 526 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: never done either. I've never done needed. I don't say 527 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: this I will say this. So with my high school, 528 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: they had a day every one day every year. It 529 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: was called Tractor Day, and everybody could drive their tractors 530 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,719 Speaker 1: in the school and park them in the parking lot, 531 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: which was pretty cool. See we had something similar to that, 532 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: but it wasn't as much like we had people that 533 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: drove tractors, but we could bring dirt box and full 534 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: wheelers and whatever else we wanted to school. People their 535 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: dirt boxing are fu whielers and their tractors to school. 536 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: That's pretty cool, all right. Last one for you, where 537 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: was your prom held? Like what kind of establishment building 538 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: we're talking? Ours was held at a North Georgia Technical college. 539 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: It was you got me beat on list when I 540 00:27:55,480 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 1: guarantee it, I've gone fire Hall, fire Hall, I got one, 541 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: I got one. I'll give make that. I'll give make 542 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: the prom one was going to give him that one anyway. 543 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,360 Speaker 1: But the fact that you you almost lose a point 544 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: for the tractor question, Ryan, because I think Ben's driven 545 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: every kind of tractor there is. You didn't even know 546 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,479 Speaker 1: the types of tractor he's driven. Well, I'm driven a tractor, 547 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: but he does seem to have a bigger tractor arsenal 548 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: than me for sure. All Right, Ben, really thanks so much, man. 549 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: We really appreciate you coming on. Uh. Big expectations for you, man. 550 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: You You're gonna be a fan favorite. Uh and I 551 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: really can't wait to see you, meet you on in 552 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,959 Speaker 1: person and see you on the field. Absolutely, I appreciate it, Joe, alright, man, 553 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: take care Alright, Well, really great stuff from Ben. I 554 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: think one of my favorite parts is when I jokingly 555 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: asked him if squirrels to have a nutty flavor and 556 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: he gave me the full breakdown of northern verse southern 557 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: squirrels in Georgia. And everyone knows the South Georgia squirrels 558 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: have a little bit more. That's that. That's that nutty 559 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: acorn flavor. Yeah, well they don't have a lot of 560 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: acorns in other Northern Georgia apparently, of course obviously makes 561 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: it makes a whole lot of sense. Squirrels in Northern 562 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: Georgia are probably so big they're eating like lambs and stuff. 563 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. This guy is great. This guy 564 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: is is fantastic. That's one of my favorite interviews we've 565 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: done in a while. Yeah. Yeah, he's fun man. He 566 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: he is very country I like it. Man. He he 567 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: just you know, he kind of reminds me of Marsha 568 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: Yondo a little bit, you know. I mean he's just 569 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: like Marshall was a farm boy from Iowa. Uh and 570 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: and he just kind of had a funny sense of humor, 571 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: but like, um, you know, kind of an easy going guy, 572 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: just very unassuming. He's a typical offensive lineman, right, I 573 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: mean that's just kind of what it is. Uh So 574 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: I really like Ben. I think I think he's gonna 575 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: be a good player, and I think he's gonna be 576 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: somebody that fans and media members really like. Yeah. Absolutely, 577 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: and I think that. Um, obviously we're gonna have plenty 578 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: of time to talk about how he's gonna fit, but 579 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: I think he's If I'm setting the starting offensive line 580 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: right now, I put him in there. And you mentioned 581 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: that during the interview, he's gotta earn it. He's gonna 582 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: win the job. But he just seems like the perfect 583 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: fit on this old line. So just awesome interview. Uh. 584 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm excited to get to know him a little bit 585 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: more so. UM. As always, you guys can email us 586 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: at the lounge at Ravens got NFL dot net. We've 587 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: got some good emails after the draft. Um, and I 588 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: want to go ahead and read this one. This one 589 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: comes to us from Riley. Run Berg says for the 590 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: subject line is first time emailer, a long time listener. 591 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: We got a first time long time um. So, Riley says, 592 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: A big fan of both of you guys. I've listened 593 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: to every single episode. It's his favorite thing to do 594 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: while working. I love getting your side of how things 595 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: are going and what the Ravens will do from day 596 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: to day. Uh. It also helps him, gives gives him 597 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: some ammunition on debates with France, so we're happy to 598 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: help out with that. He's lived in Canada, that his 599 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: whole life, so um, you know, it's gotta gotta work 600 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: to say informed when you're living away from the city. 601 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: But he has made it two games, including the one 602 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: nineteen where the Ravens smoked the Patriots in Brady's Last 603 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: Night in Baltimore. So that's a good one anyway. Uh, 604 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: a question here. He's got a couple of them, but 605 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: one of them was about signing a veteran offensive tackle, 606 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: which the Ravens have done. They've added Aljandra Villa in 607 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: a WAVA who's expected to play right tackle. So if 608 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: we're just going down the line real quick, I think 609 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: the likely scenario in my mind right now, Stanley at left, 610 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: Cleveland at left guard. Uh, then center would be Boseman 611 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: sliding from left guard to center, right guard Kevin Zeisler, 612 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: and then the right tackle filling a wava. Do you 613 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: agree with that? Oh? Yeah, absolutely so that's so. That's that, 614 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,959 Speaker 1: but a question here. Uh. The second question he has 615 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: is about the receivers. Who gets more receiving yards in 616 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: your mind, Rashad Bateman or Hollywood Brown. I'm gonna go 617 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: with Hollywood. Uh. You know, I think that Hollywood obviously 618 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: has the advantage of going into year three of his career, 619 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: and that makes a big difference. Um. You know, he 620 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: and Lamar have the chemistry, the relationship, the friendship that 621 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: they have. Um, you know, when he was the Ravens 622 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: leading receiver last year. He's somebody that obviously Lamar has 623 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: a lot of trust in. And I only think that 624 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: Hollywood is getting better as a player. I know that 625 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: the expectations for him last year were sky high. You know, 626 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: we all were watching the offseason training videos and the 627 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: guy looked impeccable. I mean, just added a lot of muscle, 628 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: and I think that kind of set the bar, perhaps 629 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: even a little too high. You know, all of us 630 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: just watching the all season workout videos. Um, and Hollywood's 631 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: never backed down from expectations either. I mean, he was saying, 632 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a breakout year and he did. You know, 633 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: he took a step forward. It wasn't quite the one 634 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: thousand yard year that we were all talking about, but um, 635 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: but I don't think that that kind of year is 636 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: out of the question. Still for Hollywood, I think he 637 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: could be a thousand yard receiver, particularly if the Ravens 638 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: you end up throwing the ball more, which I think 639 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: they will. I think they're going to throw the ball 640 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: more this year than they did last. And I also 641 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: still think that they'll lead the NFL in rushing yard 642 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 1: and rushing attempts. Both can happen because they leave the 643 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: NFL by a wide margin. So um, yeah, I think Hollywood. 644 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: But if I were to predict Rashad Bateman's final stat 645 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: line as a rookie, here we go the early, the 646 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: early projection. I'm gonna go without ever having seen this 647 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: guy on the field, that with two eyes, the pre 648 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: Murky Manicamp projection. I love it. Go aheah, this carries 649 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: a lot of weight. Um, I'm gonna go with about 650 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: six hundred for for him, for Bateman, I'm gonna go 651 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: six hundred six touchdowns. Oh that's a good touchdown number. 652 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: That's it would be a lot of touchdowns. Yeah, that's 653 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: a lot of touchdowns. Um six, that's that feels about right. 654 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: It feels about right. I think, Um, we don't need 655 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: to take too deep of a dive into this. I 656 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: think the big unknown in my mind is the balance 657 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: between how much Sammy Watkins, how much action Sammy Watkins gets, 658 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: and how much action for Seoan Bateman gets. I mean, 659 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: we spent we spent you know, a month leading into 660 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: the draft talking about how the Ravens didn't necessarily need 661 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: to take a first time receiver because they added Watkins, 662 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: and they had some young, exciting players in du Renee 663 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: and Prochet and you know, Walkin's former number four overall pick. 664 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: If he stays healthy, he could be a great receiver. 665 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: All of that. So all that still is true, just 666 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 1: because that depends on how much Sammy's on the field. Yep, yep. 667 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: So how much does he play? Does he stay healthy? Um? 668 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: So that's kind of the great unknown. But I think 669 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: that your number, in my mind is probably about right. 670 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 1: And I would also agree. I think I think Hollywood 671 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: leads leads the receivers and receiving yards. Well, and let's 672 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: let's also not forget about Mark Andrews, like he leaves 673 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,360 Speaker 1: the receivers and receiving it. I still I think Hollywood 674 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 1: probably leads everyone with receiving ards. But Mark Andrews is 675 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: gonna get a large piece of the pie. Yeah, Mark 676 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: Andrews is going to be number two or number one. Yep, yep, 677 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: absolutely so I appreciate the email. One last point here 678 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: from Riley uh says, I know you guys love your 679 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,240 Speaker 1: pumpkin beers. Have you ever tried an Apricot beer? Wow? 680 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,680 Speaker 1: You know I've had again Spring Brewery and Vernon, BC 681 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: has a wicked one called Summer Wison. If you ever 682 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: make it up to Canada, I highly recommend I do 683 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: want to go to British Columbia. Yeah, I would like 684 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,320 Speaker 1: to spend some time there out in Vancouver. That'd be 685 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 1: real nice. May I have to check that out. I've 686 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: had a lot of fruit, you know, fruity beers like 687 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 1: you're getting into sour season now in the summer. You know, 688 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: it's nice to have an occasional sour mix it in. 689 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've had an Apricot beer though. 690 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: That's interesting. Yeah, I don't think I have. But thank 691 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: you for the email and thanks for the recommendation. As always, 692 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 1: you guys can email us at the lounge at Ravens 693 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: dot NFL net. Uh. We love to hear from you, 694 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,879 Speaker 1: so keep those emails coming. And we've got another big 695 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,720 Speaker 1: guest coming up. We just got the interview at Ben Cleveland. 696 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,800 Speaker 1: But but in our next episode, we're gonna have Raymonds 697 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: general manager Eric Acosta, So we're gonna get a chance 698 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,240 Speaker 1: to talk with him about the draft, the upcoming season 699 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: and get the full breakdown from him on what he 700 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: thinks of the draft. So that's coming up soon, so 701 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: stay tuned for that. Thanks for listening.