1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit down 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: with Roquan Smith today. And Roquan, you know, you always 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: like to say we're cooking with grease, and there's been 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: a lot of cooking out there during training. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: Cap defense is bawling. 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: But my question is, if you're cooking any food in 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: Greece or with grease, what are you cooking? 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 3: It has to be chicken, a fish? 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, that's it for you. I mean, get that 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: nice crisp on it. That's nice stuff. That's good stuff. 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 4: Do you do much cooking? 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I can throw down a little bit, like 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 5: I'm just giving any given the time, you know, But 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 5: in camp right now I'm not doing much. But more 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 5: so in the off season, I like to get in 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 5: the kitchen, whip up a couple of things nice. 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: What's your specially? 19 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 5: My specialty actually fried chicken from Georgia, that's one of 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 5: them for sure. All right, but I love salmon as well. 21 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 5: So like having sound I'm in and then with different 22 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 5: sides and whatnot. 23 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So like we said, I mean, this 24 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: defense is cooking out here in practice. And I remember 25 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: when we talked to you a couple of weeks ago, 26 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: you said, Hey, I know, you know everybody's talking about 27 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: the losses that we had, the players, Mike McDonald, all 28 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: that stuff, But I feel like we can be even 29 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: better this year. Why do you feel like this defense 30 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: can be even better than the high bar that you 31 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: set last year? 32 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: Yeah? 33 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 5: Absolutely, And I have a great deal of respect for 34 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 5: everybody that helped build this foundation of this defense as 35 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 5: far as last year and the years prior. But I 36 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 5: say that because I know each and every one of 37 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 5: the guys that we have in the locker room and 38 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 5: how hungry each and every guy is, and how each 39 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 5: and every guy talks about how they want to be great, 40 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 5: but not only talk about it, but go out on 41 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 5: the practice field thus far and showing that day in 42 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 5: and day out, even when it's those dog days when 43 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 5: your shoes are soaked and you know your pants you 44 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 5: barely can run, But guys are finding it in their 45 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: mind to like keep on going and just knowing that 46 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 5: we have everything it takes to get to where we 47 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 5: want to be. And I think when the guys have 48 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 5: that type of drive, man it's hard to beat somebody 49 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 5: that will ever quit. 50 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 6: How impressed have you been with the play of the 51 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 6: secondary of the guys behind you, because I think that's. 52 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 4: Been one of the talking points early so far in camp. 53 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 6: You know, Marlin is looking like his old self out 54 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 6: there and just catching picks. 55 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, dement, no doubt, I agree with that. 56 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 4: What do you think of the way the secondaries looked? 57 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 5: No, yeah, definitely a veteran secondary. You know when Marlon 58 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 5: b Steve out there, Arthur, many guys out there with 59 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 5: Marcus Kyle, so you name it, and like got nice depth. 60 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 5: Many guys can be very versatile as well. So I 61 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 5: think just the mindset those guys have, and then led 62 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 5: by Chris in the dB room and then with Doug, 63 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 5: the addition of Doug, I just think it's a great 64 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 5: asset for the room as well. And with those guys 65 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 5: just with the communication out on the field, there's no 66 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 5: laps at all, and those guys see the checks before 67 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: they even come and like just thinking ahead. And I 68 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 5: think when you have those type of guys and they've 69 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 5: been playing the game of football for a very long 70 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 5: long time, so it makes it easy what those guys 71 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 5: can be in the right place at the right time 72 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 5: and not have to overthink and just pinin their ears 73 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 5: back and go. 74 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 4: I'm curious for you. 75 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 6: Like, one of the things that I think makes you 76 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 6: such a great players is like your knowledge of the game. 77 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 6: We actually had the rookie devontees Walker on the podcast 78 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 6: right before training camp started, and he said that his 79 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 6: Welcome to the NFL moment was one of the early 80 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 6: practices and you basically were calling out the formation based 81 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 6: on where you saw him, and you kept saying, the 82 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 6: rookie gave it away. 83 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 4: You were telling the coaches the rookie gave it away, 84 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 4: and he was like, I. 85 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 6: Don't even know what I did, but like he he 86 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 6: was calling it out, called like three straight plays out. 87 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 4: Like were you just messing with him? 88 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 6: Did he give it away like that? And how important 89 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 6: is like just that knowledge of the game. 90 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, absolutely, I think the knowledge of the game 91 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 5: is pretty big. But I think honestly, when you go 92 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 5: up against an offense, like many times, which our offense 93 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 5: would go up against every day when we're not game planning, 94 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 5: you just start to understand what an offense like to 95 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 5: do out of certain situations as just as well as 96 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 5: during the seasons when receivers at the point receivers outside 97 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 5: of the number, which receiver is it, Oh, this guy 98 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: gotta cut split and just different things like that just 99 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 5: gives you like a heads up that this is something 100 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 5: that possibly could happen. Because at the end of the day, 101 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 5: humans are creatures of habits, and at the end of 102 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 5: the day, offensive coordinators are humans, defensive players are humans. 103 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 5: So creatures of habits, you tend to have tennessees and 104 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 5: do the similar things. So I think it just all 105 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 5: boils out of that, and just like paying attention to 106 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 5: the final formation and what an offense is trying to 107 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 5: give you, and you can't. You have to ignore the 108 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 5: eye candy in a sense. 109 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: You talk about the mentality of this defense, and Lamar 110 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: even talked about it yesterday. He said, you know, this 111 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: feels like those old Ravens defenses, like the blood and 112 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: guts everywhere and all that stuff, and that was. 113 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: Steve Smith saying, but it loss the defense. 114 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: How is that mentality come about? Is that something that 115 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: you really wanted to foster in this defense? Was that natural? 116 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: How did that happen? 117 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 5: Honestly, I feel like I'm just one of the guys 118 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: that's following along in that. I feel like that's been 119 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 5: bred it here since the beginning days with ray Ed 120 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 5: all of those guys bark like you know, you name it, 121 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 5: the big guys up front, like so you name it, Like, 122 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 5: I feel like that's just been bred here since the beginning, 123 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: and I think that just goes back from there, and 124 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 5: I'm just trying to be the guideline that follows that 125 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 5: tradition and bring it up a little notch as well, 126 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 5: because I feel like that's a lost art in today's 127 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 5: game where a lot of people, like you know, are 128 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 5: scared to play the game the way the game deserve 129 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 5: to be played. And I feel like I would never 130 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 5: short change the game, and anybody that's rolling with me, 131 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 5: which I know my guys are rolling with me, there's 132 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 5: no short change in the game. So we're going to 133 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 5: be the most physical, violent team there is out there, 134 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 5: regardless of all the rules changes and things like that. 135 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 5: But we're gonna make sure when people play us, they're 136 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 5: going to be like, Okay, I don't want to see 137 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 5: those guys again, like bruised up, bumped up, whatever the 138 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 5: case may be. You're gonna leave out with a couple 139 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 5: may nots may go away, may not. 140 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: I haven't heard that. 141 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 4: When you come on with these things. 142 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 3: Out regrets, it just come to my head. 143 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: Go But it's not just talk though. 144 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: I Mean I think Travis Kelcey, like on a podcast 145 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: even this offseason when he was talking about the ANFC championship, 146 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: He's like, that defense, that defense ain't messing around, Like 147 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: they are not there to mess around. And and I 148 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: know you wanted to win that game. Obviously it would 149 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: have been better to beat him and then have him 150 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: say that, But like, what does that mean to you 151 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: when you opponents feel that, right? 152 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 2: What's that mean to you? 153 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: Oh? 154 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 3: No, it definitely means a lot. 155 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 5: But it just goes goes to credit to who we 156 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 5: are as guys on the defensive side of the ball. 157 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 3: Like I feel. 158 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: As each never got on the side of the on 159 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: the side of the ball defense. You look those guys 160 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 5: in the eyes, and those guys look themselves in the 161 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 5: mirror every day and you say, hey, I'm a bad man, 162 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 5: and like, you know, if we own our stuff, nobody 163 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 5: want to mess with us because it's like not just 164 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 5: physical and violent, but guys that can run and smart 165 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 5: football players as well, and like living with no limitations 166 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 5: in a sense, so like if it moved, hit it 167 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 5: by any means necessary whatever to play guys crawling a 168 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: little bit, smash it right away. 169 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 3: Don't let it give it any air at all. 170 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 5: When you have that mindset, man, it makes people fear 171 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 5: you in a sense, but you got to prove it 172 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 5: play in and play out, and it's not just talk. 173 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: Are you angrier this year than you were last year? 174 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 2: You and this defense? 175 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm I think I'm angry every play honestly, like 176 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 5: after the game, like even with buddies, like you know, 177 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 5: I'm buddy buddy with yo. 178 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, bro, good to see you. 179 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 5: But during the whistle, like I'm trying to take your 180 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 5: face off your head, you know, at the end of 181 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 5: the day, within the rules of the game, you know. 182 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 5: So I think about it like that, But I feel 183 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 5: like I'm a really nice dude outside of that, like 184 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 5: even in the studio. But like I would agree, there's 185 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 5: a switch, you know, just like the lights. You can 186 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 5: cut them on and you can cut them off. So 187 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 5: I feel like that's what it's more so of and 188 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 5: like I feel like a lot of guys on the 189 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 5: defense I have that same mindset because it's some angry 190 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 5: people over there. 191 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 6: You one thing that stood out to me since the 192 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 6: time that you got here, and it's it's been awesome 193 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 6: to see like you don't back you. 194 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 4: You don't back down on the. 195 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 6: Field, off the field, like you say what you think 196 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 6: and people could take that as bulletin more material, but 197 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 6: like you don't really care. It doesn't bother you because 198 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 6: you feel like you're to back it up. You're gonna 199 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 6: back it up. Why is like that your approach? I'm 200 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 6: just curious how that is that? How you have always been? 201 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 6: Why is why is that your approach? 202 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I feel like I've always been that way, Like 203 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 5: be yourself at the end of the day, because that's 204 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 5: who you know best. And if a guy I've always said, 205 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 5: if someone needs bulletin board material to make them play 206 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 5: harder or do something a little more, a little longer, 207 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 5: they're in the game for the wrong reason. 208 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: Like I can say a guy can say whatever he wants. 209 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 5: About, oh this guy sucked, this guy's this that or 210 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 5: the third I'm still gonna come out and hit you 211 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 5: in your face every single time. 212 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 3: Regardless of what you say. 213 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 5: If you don't say nothing, you can be a mute 214 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 5: you can be a mice mouse, you know, so like 215 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 5: whatever the case may be, Like I'm coming out with 216 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 5: the same attitude each and every day and that's not 217 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 5: going to change based on other's perceptions of what other's 218 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 5: opinions and how they feel about things, because then you 219 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 5: wouldn't be yourself. 220 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 6: I've seen it, like I've seen it carry over to 221 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 6: the rest of the time team. I feel like since 222 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 6: like in the time that you've been here, everybody has 223 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 6: kind of I just felt like carry themselves with more 224 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 6: of a bravado or confidence, and like I feel like 225 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 6: that extends to the field, Like you feel like you're 226 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 6: gonna be good, you say you're gonna be good, and 227 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 6: when you get onto the field, you play like the 228 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 6: best defense in the league. Do you feel like that 229 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 6: that mindset that all of it lyad translates onto the 230 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 6: football field. 231 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. 232 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 5: I think at the end of the day, when there's 233 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 5: something great, we all want to be great at something 234 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 5: and collectively as a defense, like when guys know, Okay, 235 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 5: this is the mindset that we need to have, and Okay, 236 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 5: this person is about this, that person is about this, 237 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 5: So why aren't we all about it? And when you 238 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 5: buy into something like that. It makes you know that 239 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 5: if you believe that you're truly special and you can 240 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 5: go out and do anything you put your mind to. 241 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 5: And I think the guys on the defense, just like 242 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 5: my great to real at the end of the day, 243 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 5: someone being authentic, not trying to fake it to make 244 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 5: it or anything like that, just gonna give it, cut, cut, 245 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 5: and clean what it is. That's what it is and 246 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 5: this what is not. And I feel as I'm a 247 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 5: guy personally that go out each and every day. I 248 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 5: don't just say I'm gonna run to the ball or 249 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 5: do this. I actually go do it. And God see 250 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 5: that never show any signs of weakness because that's not 251 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 5: who I am. If you get me, you got me. 252 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 5: But guess what, I'm coming right back up. I dropped 253 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 5: my head. Don't mind me. I'm picking it right back up. 254 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 5: And whatever it is, like I always say, chin up, 255 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 5: chest out. 256 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: I am curious. There has been You know, your former 257 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: teammate PQ. 258 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: He's kind he's kind of buying into that whole Steelers 259 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: Ravens right, He's kind of stoking the flames a little bit. 260 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 2: He is what do you what do you think of this? 261 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: Do you text speak you. 262 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 4: How do you take that? 263 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 5: You know, he's on the other side of the ball, 264 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 5: so it's kind of hard for me to have anything to. 265 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 3: Do with it. 266 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 5: That'll be more of like Leonard Baum, the Hen and 267 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 5: those guys Mark that'll be able to get after him. 268 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 5: But you know, I have a great deal of respect 269 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 5: for PQ, and you know when he was here, I 270 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 5: have much love for him and I always care for him. 271 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 5: But definitely when we play him, he got got to 272 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 5: get dealt with and it means necessary and everybody knows that. 273 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 5: But the game won't be all about him. It'll be 274 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 5: about the Ravens, and we go out and do what 275 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 5: we have to do when we get there, and we'll 276 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 5: talk it up at the end of the game, shaking 277 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 5: his hands, say good luck next week, buddy. 278 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 6: I remember when we talked to you before last season 279 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 6: and you discussed where you felt like you could take 280 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 6: your game to another level, and it was more the 281 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 6: mental side and kind of because you were so new 282 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 6: into the defense two years ago and so you felt 283 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 6: like that was going to help. 284 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 4: You in such a big way. 285 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 6: I'm curious, like you just have played at such a 286 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 6: high level since you've been here, so as you look 287 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 6: at this year, like what does the next step where 288 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 6: do you think that you can take your game? 289 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, yeah, for sure. 290 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 5: In years previous being here more so trying to match 291 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 5: to the defense inside and out, not just knowing my job, 292 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 5: but knowing each and every person job how it's supposed 293 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 5: to be done, like on every given play. 294 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 3: But I think my thing. 295 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 5: This year is more so getting more turners like last 296 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 5: year there was a couple of picks I dropped, and 297 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 5: also getting more punch out, so getting more ball production, 298 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 5: forcing turnovers, given Lamar more opportunities and when we do that, 299 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 5: we all know great things happen. So that's definitely something 300 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 5: that I'm definitely going to be working on this season 301 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 5: outside of you know, trying to put people to sleep, 302 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 5: like but also getting the ball out as well. 303 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 2: You mentioned Derrick Henry. 304 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: What's it like now that the pads are on kind 305 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: of popping that guy going up against him in practice? 306 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, No, it's awesome going up against him, and like 307 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 5: I said weeks and weeks ago that he's way better 308 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 5: when the pass come on and like you have played 309 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 5: against them multiple times in the game, but definitely when 310 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 5: thudding the guy out there and practice you'd be like, Okay, 311 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 5: big homie has something under those paths. So you know, 312 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 5: it's like, yeah, I'm definitely glad he's on our team 313 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 5: and not going up against them, and I'm excited for 314 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 5: him to show Flock Nation in the rest of the 315 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 5: world what he's going to do with Lamar and the 316 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 5: rest of the offense. 317 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: The defense has so many returning veterans to play at 318 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: such a high level. Talked about Marlin yourself obviously, and 319 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: Kyle and Marcus, a lot of guys. Right, what young 320 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: up and coming defensive player do you feel like, Oh, 321 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: Ravens fans should know, like this guy's gonna have a 322 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 1: breakout season this year. 323 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 5: I would say, my guy not looking too far, my 324 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 5: guy right next to me two three, formerly number thirty 325 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 5: last year. So I think him, Yeah, like his mindset, 326 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 5: his approach, you know, how he attacked each and every day, 327 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 5: just wants the best each and every play, like just 328 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 5: always just trying to find room to get better. And 329 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 5: when you have that type of mindset with the talent 330 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 5: that he already possesses, like it's just a it's a 331 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 5: creation for something special in a sense. And so I'm 332 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 5: just very excited for him and what he'll be able 333 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 5: to show Flocked Nation. So yeah, I'm excited about that 334 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 5: lean and mean. 335 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, very cool last one for me, just at a 336 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 6: big picture level. Obviously, this team was so good last year. 337 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 6: Defense was so good, and you know, I think the 338 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 6: expectation is that you guys are gonna want again be competitive. 339 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 6: Is one of the best teams in the league. What 340 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 6: is it about this team that makes you feel that 341 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 6: this team can be one of the best, Like, what 342 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 6: what do you think the expectations are for this team? 343 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 5: Honestly, I think getting there last year as close as 344 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 5: we did and not and knowing that we should have 345 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 5: gone way further. I think having that mindset and then 346 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 5: each and every guy in the locker room knowing that 347 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 5: and also like, hey, we know we got it, got 348 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 5: what it takes to get there. 349 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: We just got to actually do that a little bit more. 350 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 5: And I feel like if we do that, disguise the 351 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 5: limit and I tell each and every guy, you know, 352 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 5: look yourself in the mirror and like, are you going 353 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 5: to raise your standard? And like if each and every 354 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 5: guy do that and never take no for ance and 355 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 5: never accept anything less than their best, then you're selling 356 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 5: everyone short, including yourself, and I think guys are adopting 357 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 5: to that mindset. And when you have that type of 358 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 5: mindset each and every day and that follows by each. 359 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 3: And every week, man, we're gonna be very dangerous. 360 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: The last one for me is the travel. I really 361 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: connect with you because I like to travel a lot too. 362 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: You're a big world traveler. Did France, Germany among the 363 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: European countries this year, I went hiking in Italy, did 364 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: the hiking in the dole Mites. 365 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: So next time we go out invite you. You're cordially 366 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 2: invited if you want to join. 367 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: What's next on the list? And what's been your favorite country? 368 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: And you did the Asia trip last offseason, what's been 369 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: like your favorite? 370 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, honestly, man, there are so many amazing countries out there, 371 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 5: but my favorite, probably of this off season was probably 372 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 5: Peru being down It was probably Peru and then Paris 373 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 5: over there with like Fashion Week and stuff, but I'll 374 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 5: just hit on more so Peru with like Machu Picchu, 375 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 5: seeing one of the Seven Wonders of the World, learning 376 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 5: the history about the Incons, and just like traveling throughout 377 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 5: Peru being over in Cousco like altitude almost twelve thousand feet. 378 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 5: Now I'll get you ready for training, all right, Like yeah, 379 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 5: walking upstairs chest is hurt, and I'm like, man, if 380 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 5: I trained in this, look like so like I would 381 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 5: say that. And then also not forgetting me being a foodie, 382 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 5: like the food there's amazing, has a lot of different 383 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 5: cuisines like that are mixed thing together. There's a huge 384 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 5: Japanese influence there in. 385 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 3: Peru as well. 386 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 5: And then I'm not sure if you know, Peru is 387 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 5: actually considered the food capital of South America, and so 388 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 5: like just knowing that and just all the great foods 389 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 5: that are down there, it's hard not to have a 390 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 5: good time. And the people are always nice and we're 391 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 5: so nice. And I had a couple of piece Go 392 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 5: sours as well. 393 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's awesome. So yeah, next time, man, I 394 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: want to become travel buddies, me and you ro all right, 395 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: let's make this, let's make it happen, all right, Well, 396 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: thanks for joining us, man, appreciate it absolutely. 397 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 3: Thank you, guys. 398 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 6: Awesome, welcome back into the Lunge Podcast. We're coming to 399 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 6: you from the seat Geek Studio. We also want to 400 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 6: give a shout out to our friends at Draft Kings Sportsbook. 401 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 6: They are an official sports betting partner of the Baltimore 402 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 6: Ravens Draft Kings Sportsbook. The Crown is yours. So I 403 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 6: really enjoy the conversation with Rookwan Samith. I mean, look, 404 00:16:58,480 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 6: this is a guy. 405 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 4: It's hard. It's hard to listen to him and not 406 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 4: get fired up. 407 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, Like I and I think that, Like, you know, 408 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 6: I meant what I said, Like, I think that the 409 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 6: way he carries himself, his willingness to you know, talk, 410 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 6: his talk and say things confidently and like what some 411 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 6: people would describe his bullets and more materro doesn't bother him. 412 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 6: I really do think that carries over to everybody. Yeah, 413 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 6: and like everyone just seems to like act and play 414 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 6: with more confidence. Well, I think it starts with him. 415 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: Well, John Harball and other coaches have said this multiple 416 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: multiple times. 417 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: He's a force multiplier. 418 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: And I think that applies to not only just his 419 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: impact from a x's nose standpoint, his play on the 420 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: field right and just making the guys better around him 421 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: because of how he plays the game and whatnot and 422 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: his knowledge, but it's also that mentality, right that also 423 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: spreads to the rest of the team, and I agree 424 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 1: with him. This Ravens defensive mentality. He has long been 425 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: part of bulture football. But it feels different now. It 426 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: feels a lot closer to the two thousand defenses, some 427 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: of those two thousand and three, some of the best 428 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: two thousand and six, some of these amazing, the best 429 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: defenses in Ravens history. Yeah, it feels a lot closer 430 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: to that. 431 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 2: Than it had before Roquana arrived. 432 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. 433 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 6: And the other thing I'll say too, just to like, 434 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 6: you know, take viewers and listeners behind the scenes a 435 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 6: little bit. Like Roquan is a guy that wherever he is, 436 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 6: he draws a crowd. Like when you're sitting in the cafeteria, 437 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 6: Roquan Smith is, you know, sitting with three four, five 438 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 6: six other guys. Always he's always talking to people. He's 439 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 6: talking to people on the team, players, coaches, staff members, 440 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 6: like everybody. 441 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 4: Seems. 442 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 6: Even just when I was going to connect with Roquan 443 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 6: to bring him down here for the interview, like he 444 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,719 Speaker 6: talked with like every single person in the cafeteria. 445 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 3: You know. 446 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 6: It was like making his way his rounds, you know, 447 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 6: and like that's just kind of how he is and 448 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 6: I think that like he also you know, like we'll 449 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 6: challenge guys, and I think some of it's like kind 450 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 6: of joking in yes, but like you know, I think 451 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 6: that part of it's like serious too, where he's like, 452 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 6: all right, boys, get. 453 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 4: Ready for practice. You know, practice is coming up here. 454 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 2: Like I think that like he sets the tune. 455 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 6: He sets the tone in so many ways, Like when 456 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 6: he goes onto the field. He runs onto the field 457 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 6: every single day, often with you know, some shouting along 458 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 6: with it, but like that's how he takes the field. 459 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 6: And even when we just talked to him, he's like 460 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 6: show no weakness, Like that's how he that's how he 461 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 6: carries himself. Yeah, and I do think that that is 462 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 6: a tone setter in more than just like an optical way. 463 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 6: I think it really has a tangible effect on this team. 464 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I absolutely agree with that. I mean, he's one 465 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: of the best, the biggest leaders on the team. I 466 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: mean Lamar obviously because he's Lamar, and everybody you know 467 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: recognizes his greatness and because of who he is, like 468 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: he and Roquand are both just extremely genuine people. What 469 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: you see is what you get, Yeah, and that's what 470 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: makes for the best leaders. I thought, you know, Joe 471 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: Flacca was a great leader in that way he was 472 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: he was just Joe at all times, and that's just what. 473 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: There be anything phony about a leader, and there's zero 474 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: There's not a phony bone in Roquan Smith's body. And 475 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: you know, so I think guys gravitate to that, and 476 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: they see the way that he plays the game, the 477 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: way he runs to the ball constantly, the way he's 478 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: trying to take the opponent's face off, like you said, 479 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 1: and like the way he hits you. It's different and 480 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: that definitely does, you know, raise the level of play 481 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: for everybody around him. 482 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 6: And I think that, like even speaking to the guy 483 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 6: right next to him, because that's probably one of the 484 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 6: biggest questions on this defense that archer Patrick Queen and 485 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 6: Trenton Simpson's next to him. And I think I thought 486 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 6: Patrick Quen was a really good player here, you know, 487 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 6: I was high on him. I had, you know, I 488 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 6: got a lot of respect for him. I think he's 489 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 6: a really good player. Not easy shoes to fill, However, 490 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 6: I think that, like when you have Roquan next to you, 491 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 6: there's no doubt that Patrick Queen's career really took off 492 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 6: once Roquan arrives here, and I think. 493 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: That I think you resented that to a degree that 494 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: that perception, you know, and I think that's part of 495 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: that maybe played a role in him landed in Pittsburgh 496 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: and says, all right, everybody thinks that was so good 497 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: because Roquwan sects me, let's see. 498 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 6: Right, And I think, I honestly, my take is that 499 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 6: that's too simplistic of a I agree, of a breakdown 500 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 6: of it, kind of a classification of it, But what 501 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 6: did he make him better? But I guess, but I 502 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 6: think that like Roquan Smith, thanks everybody better, and especially 503 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 6: the guy that's right next to him. And I think 504 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 6: the way he can control the center of that defense, 505 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 6: and it's a long way of saying, I think that 506 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,479 Speaker 6: he's really going to help allow Trenton Simpson to just 507 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 6: come in and play at a high level where Roquan 508 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 6: could kind of manage everything in the middle of that defense, 509 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 6: and then Trenton Simpson's assignment can be to use his 510 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 6: incredible athletic gifts to go and chase down tackles all 511 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 6: over the field. 512 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's it's going to be similar to 513 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: Patrick Queen, He's going to be a missile out there. Yeah, 514 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: and he just you know, Roquan I think will help 515 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: put him in the right positions pre snap all that 516 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: kind of stuff, you know, give him tips on what 517 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: might be coming and when he has that in addition 518 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: to the knowledge that a year of experience in the 519 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: system and whatnot that Trenton has developed now at this point, 520 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, not playing in a ton of games, but 521 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: he knows this defense and those two things will allow 522 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: Trenton to play more freely, I think, and really just 523 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 1: fly to the ball, similar to what we saw Patrick Queen, 524 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: do you know. And I think that Trent's gonna have 525 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: sacks and he's gonna get picks, and he's gonna be 526 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: sidelined sideline making tackles. Like I've noticed a difference in 527 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: Trenton Simpson even when the pads come on. I think 528 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: he's been out there with a point to prove, like, 529 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: all right, when it elevates, I'm going to elevate my 530 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: game too. And had a tackle for loss of several 531 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: yards in the backfield yesterday against the run. 532 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 2: Trent and Simpson. He's got into. 533 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: It a little bit with Justice Hill during one practice 534 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: like he's out there to prove a point and he's 535 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: he's proven it. 536 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 6: It's kind of funny the Ravens linebackers and Roquants with 537 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 6: the Trent and Simpson might be the nicest guys from 538 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 6: the building if you see. 539 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 2: Him, oh yeah, they might. 540 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: They might be one, like the most polite, like just 541 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: kind you know, like this, sir, thank you, Like just 542 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: the nicest dude. 543 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 4: The nicest guys in the building. 544 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 6: But then once they go out on the field, that 545 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 6: that switch gets slipped. And we've seen it with Roquand 546 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 6: for the past few years, and I think we're starting 547 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 6: to see it with Trent and Simpson out there. And 548 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 6: I don't know if that's how he's always been, if 549 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 6: if Roquan is rubbing off of him in that way, 550 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 6: I'm not really sure, but I think that we're seeing 551 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 6: that so far early in training camp, and I think 552 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 6: Trent Simpson is gonna be good. So, I mean, we've 553 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 6: talked about it before many times on the pod that 554 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 6: we think this defense is gonna be lights out, like 555 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 6: this defense. 556 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: Is literally, yeah, literally it's lights that's broke. I'm just 557 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: saying what Roquwan would say. He'd be like it's literally 558 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: gonna be lights out, like I think. 559 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 4: He's I think it's gonna be great. I think it's 560 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 4: gonna be a great defense. 561 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, and so Iroquan is the leader of that. And 562 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 6: I think that there's no reason that this defense when 563 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 6: we're looking at it at the season's end, and we 564 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 6: might be saying this is the best defense in the league. 565 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. 566 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: We've talked about how great the secondary is. I've talked 567 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: several times about how good I think the defensive line 568 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: is going to be. And don't forget we have the 569 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: best inside linebacker in football in the middle of our defense. Yeah, 570 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: we just talked to him. It's right, I just you 571 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: just talked to him. Friend of the lounge, Yes, hiking 572 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: friend now, yes, travel you gotta get that on the 573 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: books of books. But yeah, it's at all three levels, 574 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: this defense is ridiculously good. 575 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:06,719 Speaker 2: So I agree with you. 576 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: I think when all is said and done, we're gonna 577 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: be talking about this defense just like we were at 578 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: the end of last season, where everybody says coming into 579 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,199 Speaker 1: you know, going into the playoffs, man, nobody wants to 580 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: face this Ravens defense. I think it's going to be 581 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: very much the same. 582 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, thank you so much for listening. We will 583 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 6: be back later this week as we discuss some of 584 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 6: the things that are going on with out on the field. 585 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 6: We're gonna talk about Lamar Jackson, what we see from 586 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 6: him as he kind of gets heated up and then 587 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 6: the first week that he's been on the field, so we're. 588 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 2: With the pads have shown us. 589 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 3: We're gonna be. 590 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 4: Breaking down all that. 591 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 6: Also, I want to make sure that that fans, viewers, 592 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 6: listeners know that coming up on August sixth, we're hosting 593 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 6: a soccer match at nc bak Stdium. It's going to 594 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 6: be between FC Barcelona AC Milan. You can get tickets 595 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 6: for that at Baltimore evens dot com uh and also 596 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 6: on seakiek. 597 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 4: So come out before the football is gonna be a 598 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 4: fun game, see football before you see the football season. 599 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 6: So that's coming up on August six and of course 600 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 6: our preseason opener Guess Eagles right around the corner next 601 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 6: So a. 602 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 4: Lot of fun stuff on the horizon. 603 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 6: Thank you so much for watching and listening, and we 604 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 6: will talk with you again soon.