WEBVTT - Trenton Simpson Introductory Conference Call and Draft Day 2 Press Conference 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.240 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Today of the 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:09.840 Ravens made another move in the NFL Draft, selecting linebacker 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:13.800 Trenton Simpson with their third round pick. Trenton Simpson is 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:17.319 a run and hit linebacker who's a versatile player. You 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.320 can use them all over the field on defense and 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:24.240 on special teams. He talked with the local media soon 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:26.400 after the pick was announced, and you could tell that 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:29.920 Simpson was fired up to land here in Baltimore. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:36.680 Hey, Trenton, congratulations. It seems like when everybody sees you play, 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.880 you play all over the field. Where do you feel 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:41.640 is your strongest position? 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:44.760 I say my strongest position is in the box. But 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.159 God has blessed me with so many talents to be versatile. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.239 So whatever the Ravens need me to do any given week, 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.600 I'm available, and I'm a flexibility and I wouldn't adapt 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:55.440 to any scheme and just be a playmaker. 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:57.639 That's all I proud myself is making plays with the university. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:04.280 Ryan Mink, Trenton, we saw you, you know, emotional moment 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.160 when you're drafted. What is it about the Ravens that 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.960 really appeals to you? It makes you so excited? And 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:11.880 did you have a good sense that they could be 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:13.120 a team that was interested in you. 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:14.440 Oh, yes, sir. 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.360 In my heart, man, I knew that that was a great, 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.040 great opportunity for me. My agent had let me know 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.319 like that that was the place that was best for me. 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.399 And they they're already they have a winning program. So 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.880 I've come from Clemson with winning pedigree. So man, I'm 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.520 just continued excited to bring my talent and my mind 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:30.320 set to the team. 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:32.120 And this is just a blessing. 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:32.280 Man. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.600 My emostion is poured out because I've been grinding at 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:36.560 this football things since i was six years old. So 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.200 just to be in the National Football League and have 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.080 my family there and my mom by my side mit 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:42.839 the world to definitely. 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:44.760 Charles Walker. 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:49.760 Yeah, heye, Trenton, congratulations. Obviously, the Ravens have a history 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:53.440 of great linebackers and and two really good ones right 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.200 now in ro Quand Smith and Patrick Queen. What do 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.600 you what do you think about possibly fitting in with 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:58.080 those guys? 0:01:58.720 --> 0:01:58.920 Oh? 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.320 Man, I'm excited, man, ro Cound Smith, Patrick Queenan I 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:02.000 watch those. 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.400 Guys highlight like I just I love the way they play. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:05.040 They play like me. 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.920 They play fast, physical football, and they hitting anything that's 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.720 moving and that's my mindset. So I'm excited to come 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.960 in the linebacker room and bring my talents, come in 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:15.600 there willing to learn from the Vets. 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.600 And continue to just have a great career and be 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:23.160 a Raven Kevin Richardson, Hey, Trenton, and welcome to the 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:24.560 Baltimore Ravens. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:24.840 Uh. 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.760 Going through the draft process, what is some of the 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:32.360 criticism from some of the draft experts have talked about 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.480 your game that they may have been wrong about. 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:41.040 I say, just just not knowing what's what scheme I 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.760 can fit in. I can fit in any scheme. I'm 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.079 the most versatile linebacker in this draft, and I'm ever 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:48.200 gonna believe that. And we're gonna see this this in 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.200 this career transcemption, y'all gonna y'all not gonna regret this pick, 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:54.360 and I'm gonna maximize every opportunity man and trans Simpson 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.320 gonna go down as one of the great for Baltimore Ravens. 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:56.720 Believe that. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:04.240 Jeff Surebac, did you have a sense of where you 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.880 were gonna get picked? Were you on the board longer 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:08.920 and you expected and what was sort of it like 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:10.120 when when you got that call. 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.400 I was definitely on the board longer than the way, 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.320 longer than I expected. But it was always God's Tommy, 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.400 and and I believe in God with all my heart. 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.040 And this was the place he wanted me at and 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.000 the pick he wanted me to go at. So I'm 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.200 just blessed. Man, This this is a dream come true. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.880 I'm just blessed. I'm excited. It was definitely longer, but 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.919 this is well worked the way to be a Baltimore 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.160 raven going there with the guys you have, guys already 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:33.000 have in the locker room, and. 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.640 To add me in my mindset, we're gonna be great. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.040 We're gonna we're gonna win some championships. Definitely. 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:39.440 Yeah. 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:44.120 Congratulations man, you had twelve sacks uh in your college 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.120 career and really, God after the quarterback. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.800 You feel like that's something you can bring the Ravens. 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.119 And why do you think you were so adepted being 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.280 able to cause a pass rush? Oh yes, sir, I 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.800 definitely feel I can bring that to the Ravens. I 0:03:57.920 --> 0:03:59.560 just say, guys, bless me with a lot of speed 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.760 and ability and just with my technique and my hard 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.200 work and just trusting my coaches and practicing hard. 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.040 I definitely feel I can bring that to the Ravens. 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.040 I feel like I'm gonna be a great asset to 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:10.760 the team on the first, second, and third down. So 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.640 I'm excited to see how they're gonna use me. Got 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.520 a lot of talent and I'm ready to work. We'll 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:20.880 go to Kyle Barber and congratulations. Were there any linebackers 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.039 that you were looking up to growing up and who 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:24.160 do you muddel your game after? 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.640 Man, Definitely ro CORYN. Smith Man. I grew up. 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:31.240 I'm from Columbus, Georgia, and just seeing him at Georgia 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.680 he won a buckets tore man like it's it's gonna 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:35.040 be a pleasure playing with him, and I know I'm 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:36.480 gonna be able to take a lot from him and 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:37.320 his mindset. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:41.320 He's a dog. He plays hard, he plays the right way, and. 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:42.840 It's the reason, it's the reason why he's the highest 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.720 paid lineback in the NFL right now. So, man, I'm 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.760 just blessed to be in a room with a guy 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:48.440 like that. So because i know I'm gonna pick up, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.360 I'm willing to listen and I'm gonna put the work 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.320 in and whatever he do whatever workouts he's doing. 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.200 I'm willing to come and join. I'm ready to work. 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:57.880 I'm right and round it out with Ryan MANK. 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:02.160 Just wondering your best as a military kid kind of 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:03.800 bounced around a little bit with your dad being in 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.040 the military. How did that shape you as a person. 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.880 I feel like that's where I get my adaptability from 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:13.360 and just being able to adapt to anything. I've learned 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.120 so much from my family and just being a military 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.640 kid and just understanding sacrifice and just working hard. 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:20.520 So I'm blessed man. 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.760 My family has instilled everything in me to be a 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:26.600 great young man, discipline, great character, and God put a 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:28.560 lot of talent on my boy at this football thing. 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.200 So now I'm excited. I'm blessed and to be a 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.800 Raven Man is truly a blessing. And I promise you 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:34.840 we're gonna have a great career here. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:39.320 Yes, sir, all right, Well, very good, Trenton, very much 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.960 so appreciate your time, Thank you, and congratulations again. 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.560 We look forward to meeting you in person soon. Yes, sir, 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:46.080 thank you so much for having me. Y'all have a 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:47.480 good one. 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.880 Now you're listening to the Ravens Press past podcast feed. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.800 In addition to hearing from Trenton Simpson after the second 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.720 and third round of the NFL Draft, we also had 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.880 a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh, general 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:06.080 manager Eric Decassa, and Director of player Personnel Joe Hortez. 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.720 Well, we're excited to uh to take to a draft 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:16.120 Trenton Simpson from Clemson. We felt, like, you know, clearly 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.320 for us at that time, he was the best available player, 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:24.880 running hit linebacker, very very explosive, outstanding. I mean, Chris Horton, 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.080 one of the happiest guys in the building, one of 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:30.160 his favorite players, Zach Orr, that was his number one 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:31.800 linebacker in the draft this year. 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.000 And so you know, we got wiped out. 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.960 To be honest, in the third It was a long 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.080 day as I as I feared it would, and I 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.000 just kept thinking about, you know, Roquand. In fact, at 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.359 one point we actually facetimeed with Roquand, believe it or not, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:47.360 and that is true, we did. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:48.560 So that was cool. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:50.159 I was just to remind the whole room when we 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:53.200 did have a second round pick, Yeah, yeah, here's your 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:53.800 second round pick. 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.880 But we were very excited to get Trenton. Things going 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.480 to help us in a lot of different ways. We 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:01.800 see him as a four down linebacker eventually, tremendous potential 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.520 and upside, and he's a great kid. 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:11.080 Questions, So, John, how do you because it seems like 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.440 he's played a lot of snaps inside lineback out there, 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.360 even if I'm at corner, where do you project that? 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:17.960 That's the point? 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.080 Kind of think he's versatile. He's a running hit linebacker, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.679 and Joe talked about that just a few minutes ago. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.440 He can play really across the board. You know, you 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.280 play from the slot all the way back across to 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.160 the will ading play on the edge of the line, 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:31.920 So that's kind of nice. He's fast, He's the kind 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.480 of straight line, covered ground kind of guy. He can 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.280 he can actually rush. I think when we blitz will 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.360 help us. And then special teams, you know, he's going 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:40.800 to definitely be a part of that. He already started 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.960 talking about that on the phone. He's going to be 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.480 on all the special teams stuff. So it's always good. 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.680 Great to add speed and kind of that. You know, 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.000 he's a missile, you know. They add that kind of 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.080 mindset to our defense and our special teams is a 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:53.760 big plus. 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.000 What do you mean by way when you were wiped 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.440 out or you guys, your third round grades on other 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:00.960 than Simson pretty much all gone. 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:01.880 Is that company? 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:04.960 Well, I mean you have players in every round that 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.240 you you aspire to take. You know, you look at 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:08.600 you look up there and being man, that would be 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.040 a great pick, that would be a great pick. And 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.880 at one point, fairly part of the third round, we 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:18.240 probably had seven or eight names and by the end 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.400 we had one. 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.080 That's you know, so you have to you know, you 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.960 pick the best player. That's what we do. You know. 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:27.280 Uh. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.120 Interesting, it was interesting just as an aside, you know, 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.600 thinking about looking at the receiver position starting that round, 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.520 there were a lot of really good receivers available, and 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.200 you know, at one point this you know, this process fall, 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:40.960 I'm thinking maybe we would have a chance to draft 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.960 a wide out in the third round, and it just 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.280 got annihilated in the span of about ten picks. And 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:53.079 so we're very thankful that we got to say. 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.120 Eric, is you know drafting simpthing? Does that have any 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.840 impact one on in future? 0:08:58.920 --> 0:08:59.079 All? 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:02.200 Yeah, So that's something, as I said yesterday, you know, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.680 will address at some point. 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:05.400 We love Patrick. I love Patrick. 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.400 Patrick is in my mind one of the better will 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.880 linebackers in the league. He's smart, he works his butt off, 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.280 he's got a bright future. I think he's a Pro 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:19.880 Bowl linebacker in the making. And so you know, in Trenton, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.319 we get a guy that was, honestly, I mean, the 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.160 very best player available at the time. That's our philosophy, 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:27.600 that's how we build our team. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:28.240 Uh. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.720 The fact that he's an outstanding special teams player factored 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:35.480 in because that's you know that that that transcends positional 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.680 defensive football. That guy is gonna be on the field 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:39.719 force helping us win games, and that's a huge thing 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.360 for us. We love his mentality, we love his background, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.400 his family, and it was an easy pick for us 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:44.720 to make. 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:51.160 Just to be clear with the Patrick is the drafts 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:52.640 by that two days? That line that you guys to. 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:59.040 Repect the deadline is what the first four pm. It's 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.000 probably when we'll make it. I would say, by. 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:05.600 That, Joe, when when what kind of stood out when 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.800 you're watching the film and throughout I'm just gutting crosses balls. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:11.680 Yeah, you know it's been mentioned twice, the versatility he 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.920 came in as a really an outside backer nickel type 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.760 player for them. You mentioned to Jamison where he was 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:22.040 playing some corner Even so, the athleticism, the speed when 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:23.920 you put the film on the you watch him go 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.760 from sideline to sideline. He can close ground very quickly 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.400 in pursuit. He's very active on film. And then, like 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:36.160 Eric mentioned, his characters is off the charts. The Eric Clemson, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.520 they rave about him. Uh, you know, we get a 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.120 lot of information from them about their players, and and 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.720 he comes from a great program and a great place, 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.400 and and so it just put everything together. It's just 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:48.120 feels like a good pick. 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:49.720 Eric, Joe. 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.760 We've talked to you guys a lot about the cornerback. 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:54.440 Is that a position that there's still gonna be good 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.199 value when you guys are picking in the fourth and tomorrow? 0:10:58.040 --> 0:10:59.599 I think so, yeah, I know, we look at the 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.760 board now, yeah, of course you've got to be you know, 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.120 there's always an element of luck involved and team's taking 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.520 other players. But as we look up there in this 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.599 coming round, you know, we see some guys that we 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.240 would consider taking in the fourth round. For sure, definitely, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.120 And I'll tell you that's an important position. There's no 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.400 team in the league with probably there are other teams, 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.560 but as you guys all know you've seen us like 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:24.520 we realized the value of that position, and we'll continue 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:28.360 to address that via the draft, via other means. You know, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.400 there's a lot of opportunities out there for us to 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.800 get better at that position, and the draft is certainly 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:35.920 part of that. And I think we have a board 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.079 where we see players that we would take in the fourth, 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:39.680 fifth and sixth round. 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.960 Definitely, were you at. 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:45.280 All tempted to trade up? 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.600 Did you tempt it at any point and it was 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.720 just too rich or you just knew. 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.479 The draft capital that you had that was probably. 0:11:52.200 --> 0:11:52.920 Gonna be unlikely. 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.880 Yeah, I mean, you know, in another year draft, we 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.200 probably might have traded. 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.839 You know, we had twelve picks. See maybe us. 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.160 Trying to trade up potentially this year Hamstrong. By the 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.360 picks that we have, it was probably prohibitive. 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:07.760 Uh. 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:09.800 You know our trade was, as I said, Roquan, that 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:11.400 was our trade up this year. 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.720 Basically, we gave up a two and a five for 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.080 an all all pull linebacker. That was our trade. 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:18.920 And you know, we kind of went into the process 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.640 knowing that we did consider trading Back in the round, 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.080 we fielded a couple of calls. The value wasn't there 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:29.480 for us to do that, and so we decided to pick. 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:32.120 In that three. 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.040 You know, round two video you got to put up 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:39.120 on a social media and you said that you guys 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.400 planned a half five players in the next twenty four hours. 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:44.719 At that point, you you only have four fixed. Was 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.480 that just a plugging of the words or you expected. 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:52.160 Video? Did you see a video? 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:59.080 No, you never know, You never know. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.560 You never know. John. 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.880 There's a lot of talk about since that's a personal linebacker, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:10.880 you envision him competing Bard or playing primarily inside or 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:11.640 outside or. 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:16.200 Yeah, I think it started. He'll be an inside back 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:17.520 and they probably could go out to the edge. We 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.520 do move those guys out there quite a bit. You know, 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:23.079 we'll kick we'll kick our our in our even front package, 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.600 nickel package. We'll kick our week side end down to 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.559 a three technique and bring the will linebacker up on 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.640 the last scrimmage to do that lot with Malik. So 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.920 those guys are versatile doing that. Patrick does that a lot. 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.080 So it'll be involved in all those type of things 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:37.200 in that same being. 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:39.200 Just how valuable is this, you know, kind of the 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.680 positionless defense and being able to match up against today 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.359 ends with linebackers like that, like, just how much versatility 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:45.960 does that give you? 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.040 In light? Yeah, Mike talks about it all the time. 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:50.640 And really when we draw our defenses up, a lot 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:52.960 of times we put we do do excess, you know, 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:54.680 a lot of times we do do numbers. You know, 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.079 we'll talk about we number our coverages, you know, in 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.360 terms of not just man coverage, but also his own coverage. 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:03.559 So sometimes it's even defensive tackles dropping out into coverage, 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.120 or it's guys blitzing in certain gaps. It can really 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:07.720 be anybody that does it. And we try to build 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:09.760 a defense in that way. We have since twenty eighteen. 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.160 That's how we when we reorganize the whole defense. So 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:15.160 the idea is for guys to be all around. So 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:16.720 they say where do they play, Well, really, they all 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.920 play everywhere most of the time. I don't really think 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.200 he's gonna play corner though, Joe's so yeah, it's not 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.640 part of the plan, but you know, that's how we 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.000 really want all the guys to be able to play 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:29.240 that way. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.360 Do you guys call Patrick or at this point that 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.600 you guys are doing something that'll be something you could 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.000 you do in the coming days maybe after the draft, 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:38.640 or you don't think it's necessary period. 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:40.800 What do we mean. 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:43.880 We call Patrick? 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:45.160 Call Patrick en? 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.600 Oh yeah, I mean we talked to him, Joe, I exact, sorry, 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.040 talked to him. I talked to Patrick yesterday or the 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:55.800 day before. Patrick's good. I mean, he'll be more good 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.000 players we can have on our team, the more our 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.480 guys should be happy. So this guy, you know, when 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.560 this guy comes in, all of our players, our linebackers 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.560 is gonna love him. I know has already talked to him. 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.280 I'd be surprised if Patrick hasn't talked to him yet. 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.000 You know that's not Patrick. But he's he's gonna be 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:11.720 great in our room. He's gonna be great for our team. 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.760 Patrick's gonna love him. You know, that's a role. 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.240 How was the linebacker that he looked up to? And 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.840 he's a orge guy? Was that something you talk to 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.240 you guys about it all? 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:22.840 When you know what he. 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:26.080 Did? 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:30.880 He speak to us about looking at the Roquan No 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.960 to us, to me personally, no, but you know he's 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.600 definitely a proud Georgia player, you know, and and most 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.040 of those guys are, so I'm not surprising that he 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.400 mentions that tell you, guys, Eric, I know. 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.120 You may not know this for sure, but you're on 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.960 the clock over the poem rings. But would you still 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:52.080 like to get more picks here? Do you like what's 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:53.880 could be on the board tomorrow and feel like you 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.480 need more picks to kind of take full advantage of that? 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:58.280 Well, you know, we just we look at the board. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:15:59.960 But yeah, we can always get more picks, I mean, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.200 getting picks. I gotta say, like it's it's not that 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:06.240 hard to get picks, you know, I mean, but you 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:08.400 got to have players to pick too, you know, and 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.480 so you have to look at the board figure out, 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.640 like you know, all the analytics guys upstairs do a 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.800 great job of figuring out, you know, the range of 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.360 players that we're going to be picking from. And I 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.000 mean even you know today Ozzie said, you know, who 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.480 should I look at? And we had a range of 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:30.080 players and you know, honestly, Trent and fill smack dab 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:33.440 in the middle of the ten player range of players 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.200 based off of you know, twenty five years of draft history, 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.240 we had a certain spot. But you got so you 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:39.680 got to have good you know, you have to see 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.480 the players that you might look at that you like, 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.800 for us, we're trying to get players typically that are 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.160 in our top one hundred and twenty five on our board, 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:49.800 and so if we trade back and we don't feel 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:51.000 like we're going to be able to get those kind 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.720 of players, it's probably not worthwhile doing it. 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:56.240 But you know, you can always trade back. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.720 Teams are always calling, especially as you get into the 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.440 third day of the draft, because other teams covet you know, 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:02.120 they want to move up. 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:03.320 Teams always want to move up. 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.720 You know, it's that bias, you know, that consensus bias, 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.040 and they want to move up and take and get 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.280 those players, and so they want to do it. But 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.080 you got to you got to have players. And as 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.919 we've said, you know, we think our roster is pretty good. Jeff, 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:17.320 it's gonna be hard for guys. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.240 To make the team. 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:18.879 You know. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.200 Uh, we've had a lot of draft picks in the 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:22.600 last three. 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.280 Or four years, and so you know, we we went 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:29.280 into this year really not thinking that we wanted ten picks. 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:32.360 Joe, do you guys. 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:37.680