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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four NFL Draft is complete. The Ravens made nine picks

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Speaker 1: over the course of the weekend, and on Saturday, they

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Speaker 1: kicked things off with wide receiver Davantes Walker in the

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Speaker 1: fourth round. Before we get to that conversation with Davantes

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Speaker 1: that he had with the local media, let's go to

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Speaker 1: GM Eric Tacosta, head coach John Harbaugh and Director of

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Speaker 1: player Personnel David Blackburn as they recapped drafts weekend.

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Speaker 2: You know, I'll just briefly run down all these guys.

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Speaker 2: We talked about Nate, and we talked about Roger and Adisa.

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Speaker 2: Today with tz, we had six or seven names of

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Speaker 2: guys that we were hoping to have a chance to

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Speaker 2: select with our first fourth round pick, and we got them.

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Speaker 2: Tes was one of those guys, and then fortunately TJ.

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Speaker 2: Tampa was another one of those guys that when we

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Speaker 2: started the day we thought if those guys were there,

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Speaker 2: didn't necessarily expect they would be there, but very excited

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Speaker 2: with both those guys. But as you get really a

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Speaker 2: vertical receiver size and speed, you know, in some ways

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Speaker 2: reminds me of a Tory Smith type of player. An outside,

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Speaker 2: take the top off vertical threat with good size and

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Speaker 2: phenomenal kid excellent jumping ability. TJ is a guy that,

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Speaker 2: quite honestly, we would have taken on the second day

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Speaker 2: of the draft as a press corner. Long just a

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Speaker 2: guy that you know, we think really fits what we

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Speaker 2: do very very well. Rashen is a running back that

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Speaker 2: we've really liked since really the fall. Excited about him.

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Speaker 2: Had a chance to see him at the Senior Bowl

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Speaker 2: before he got hurt, and was very very impressive to

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Speaker 2: us as a guy that can run the ball, pass protect,

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Speaker 2: and also catch the ball. Devins a quarterback that we

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Speaker 2: see as a viable backup over time. T Martin, we

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Speaker 2: gave him a project to basically come back to us

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Speaker 2: and tell us who we thought, you know, his favorite

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Speaker 2: backup type quarterbacks in this year's draft class, and he

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Speaker 2: came back with Devin as one of his very top guys.

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Speaker 2: So that was exciting for us to take a quarterback.

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Speaker 2: It's been a few years since we've done that. Nick

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Speaker 2: Samak just a gritty, big ten offensive lineman, a very

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Speaker 2: good center, a very athletic guy, stays on his blocks,

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Speaker 2: good sustainability, very very very intelligent, and we think, you

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Speaker 2: know a guy that can back up Tyler and also

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Speaker 2: hopefully work in as a guard and develop and be

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Speaker 2: a swing guy for us. And then finally Sanusi non

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Speaker 2: combine guy. Typically we don't draft a lot of non

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Speaker 2: combine players, but with Sanousie it kind of harkens back

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Speaker 2: to Haruki Nakamura who we drafted, who was a non

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Speaker 2: that does a lot of things well, a tough player.

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Speaker 2: I think he's got good ball skills, should play on

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Speaker 2: special teams. He's a guy that you know, David can

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Speaker 2: talk more about. Some of the scouts really liked him,

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Speaker 2: and Doug Mallory really liked him as well and had

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Speaker 2: a chance to come here to Baltimore and visit with us.

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Speaker 2: So overall, I think it was a great day, great weekend.

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Speaker 2: And we'll take questions.

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Speaker 3: Eric, when you're looking at the center in the Cuth

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Speaker 3: round and we had an injury. If you go out,

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Speaker 3: do you think he'll be limited it at all? In

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Speaker 3: you know the spring soft or even had into other workout.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he'll be limited in a short term.

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Speaker 2: I think as we get into May I think he'll

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Speaker 2: be full strength. I mean I asked him on the phone,

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Speaker 2: how is he doing, and he said, I'm fine, I'm healthy.

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Speaker 2: We'll probably break him in slowly, but you know, offensive lineman,

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Speaker 2: tough guy mentality, we expect him out to pretty quickly.

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Speaker 3: Eric were you were you disappointed at all that the

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Speaker 3: board kind of maybe didn't.

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Speaker 4: Break your way to get a guy to come in

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Speaker 2: You know, I mean we kind of assessed the board

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Speaker 2: and you know, in the fourth round there was probably

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Speaker 2: a couple opportunities to maybe get somebody. Quite honestly, you know,

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Speaker 2: looking at Tez and looking at TJ. You know, we

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Speaker 2: those guys that we might miss out on a you know,

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Speaker 2: And we saw Ben Cleveland, we saw his his growth

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Speaker 2: we have some viable guys to compete, and like I said,

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Speaker 2: I think Nick Samak has a chance to work in

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Speaker 5: Eric with TJ.

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Speaker 6: I mean, a lot of people haven't projected second round,

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Speaker 6: and I was kind of go to things like, why

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Speaker 6: would you why do you think he you know, fell

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Speaker 3: Drafting much er.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I can't speak to other teams. We really

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Speaker 2: and it's worked out well for us. And you know, honestly,

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Speaker 2: we would have taken him a lot higher. Have we

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Speaker 2: not taken Nate, I would have to say. So, you know,

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Speaker 2: he didn't necessarily have a great forty time. He had

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Speaker 2: the big big twelve pro dae. Yeah, he did not

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Speaker 2: run at the combine, so you know that might have

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Speaker 2: hurt him a little bit. But you know, for us

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Speaker 2: like you're looking at him. You know, we see the length,

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Speaker 2: tackles well. We're excited. We think he's gonna have a

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Speaker 7: Eric, do you kind of view Rashen and Olie a

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Speaker 7: little bit as like this year to keep Mitchell less

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Speaker 7: since they you know, he can maybe come in contributed way.

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Speaker 7: Guy who operates in space has you know, a lot speed,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's right. You know, he's an explosive guy.

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Speaker 2: catches the ball well, he can run routes. He's a

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Speaker 2: he was very, very explosive, and I think we all

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Speaker 2: great background other than the fact that he's from Cleveland,

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Speaker 2: think he's gonna be a good player for US. John

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Speaker 2: I know at one of his meetings you've said that

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Speaker 2: Josh Johnson would be the backup quarterback drafting Devin Larry,

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Speaker 2: does that change anything?

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Speaker 8: Will you be computing for that spot?

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Speaker 9: Josh will be the backup quarterback, and I think Devon

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Speaker 8: Question for David or Ara, I mean Ali.

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Speaker 10: And Leary, guys who have talents within Ali's fall.

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Speaker 7: Because of the fumbles eleven fumbles and.

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Speaker 10: There's college career the last two years, and then Clary

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Speaker 10: with I think twelve interceptions last year. What are the

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Speaker 10: skills that stand out to you? They you know, you

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Speaker 10: guys think that you can make these players less.

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Speaker 4: Turnoff or from and kind of harness the pure abilities.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I talked about the skills with Rashine.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's an explosive player. I think one of

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Speaker 2: the reasons that Rashine, if you say he fell, I

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Speaker 2: so that's probably one of the reasons. But when we

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Speaker 2: and you know, certainly, ball security is one of those things.

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Speaker 2: But this is an explosive guy, very shifty, good vision,

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Speaker 2: he runs hard, all those different things as far as

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Speaker 2: Devin goes, you know, I think T Martin does an

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Speaker 2: excellent job of evaluating. And he thinks he's a natural thrower.

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Speaker 2: He thinks he's an accurate passer. He loves the kid,

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Speaker 2: it's it's similar to how I feel about kickers. You

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Speaker 2: know who better to evaluate quarterbacks than a quarterback a

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Speaker 2: quarterback coach who played in the league. You know who

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Speaker 2: better to evaluate kickers than a kicking coach. And so

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Speaker 2: I think he did a phenomenal job. And he's very

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Speaker 2: very excited about Devon and so wait.

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Speaker 1: He didd When you look at Devontes, just kind of

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Speaker 1: what stands up to you about his game outageans.

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Speaker 11: This is a vertical explosiveness, ability to get behind coverage,

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Speaker 11: take the top off the defense, make big plays.

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Speaker 8: He is a threat.

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Speaker 11: And he also does it at at his size. I mean,

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Speaker 11: he's not a small guy and he doesn't play small downfield.

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Speaker 11: He can put pressure on the defense and he's able

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Speaker 8: For our offense and our quarter Beck.

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Speaker 11: He didn't really have the the week that he wanted

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Speaker 11: The thing I really like most about him is just

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Speaker 11: he's encountered some athletic adversity in his life and he's overcome.

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Speaker 11: a great teammate. So outside of those physical traits that

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Speaker 3: I know there's some drafts where you will be like,

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Speaker 3: you know, certain picks that you're hoping and they're not

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Speaker 3: not there. You feel like this year with it seems

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Speaker 5: Do you feel overall with.

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Speaker 6: This draft class that you got pretty exceptionable value overall?

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Speaker 2: I do. I think this was one year that the board,

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Speaker 2: you know, you'll often hear me say, oh man, we

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Speaker 2: had a chance, we missed out on some guys, but

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Speaker 2: you know, this year we were patient, and the board

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Speaker 2: more often than not not in every single case, but

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Speaker 2: the best player was at a position of need, and

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Speaker 2: of the things we have is a dialogue throughout the

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Speaker 2: draft this guy or that guy, and what do we think,

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Speaker 2: how does this guy fit? How does that guy fit?

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Speaker 2: You know, you might have two players at different positions

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Speaker 14: The things that you thought could be answers here.

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Speaker 4: That's okay, John, how do you see number three safety

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Speaker 9: More bodies possibly. I know Eric's not going to rest.

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Speaker 9: We'll coach him up.

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Speaker 5: So we'll see what.

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Speaker 2: Just to add to that, we may have an opportunity

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Speaker 3: Eric, since we're not gonna be able to talk next

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Speaker 8: I would think, have you made it determination yet or uh?

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Speaker 2: You know what I learned from Ozzie never to make

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Speaker 4: John Receiver And obviously it's gonna look very similar to

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm excited about the wide receiver position. I'm looking

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Speaker 10: Uh.

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Speaker 12: So ready to go, people.

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Speaker 8: What do you like about TJ.

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Speaker 12: Tampus? It was sad and what sort of stands out

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Speaker 11: His athleticism at his size, he's long, he can flip

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Speaker 11: He'll run down on kicks and and and be a

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Speaker 8: You had.

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Speaker 3: There's many times were at the trades this year he

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Speaker 8: Make some trades?

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Speaker 3: What do you think?

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Speaker 2: Nah?

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Speaker 5: Think he's all right.

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Speaker 8: I think I think he's happy.

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Speaker 9: I mean, I mean, just follow up on that. There

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Speaker 8: Eric, Obviously, you guys made nine picks this year's draft.

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Speaker 5: Is that a comfortable number that you're comfortable with? Him?

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Speaker 7: Is there you know, kind of a long term plan

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Speaker 2: Cheering for ball with guys that free in Well, you know,

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Speaker 2: we say it, but it's critically important for a team

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Johnny said that, we're you were willing to share

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Speaker 12: You're willing to share what you were assignments. I was.

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Speaker 9: I was given the corners. Yeah, I had the I

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Speaker 12: So those are my jobs.

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Speaker 5: Did I do?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 14: He did well.

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Speaker 2: I mean I wanted him to do more, but he

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Speaker 2: I mean, he just he just you know, the season ending,

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Speaker 8: You were cleaning up day.

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Speaker 12: I had a good yea.

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Speaker 9: He had a good draft, had a good work speaks

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Speaker 5: Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Now let's go to wide receiver Davontes Walker out of UNC,

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Speaker 1: who the Ravens picked at number picked thirteen. It congratulations

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Speaker 1: just for you, you know, kind of in this moment.

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Speaker 16: Yes, sir, When I when I was at the combine

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Speaker 5: You know, I'm very excited to be a raven got

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Speaker 16: Organization, good history behind them, got a great quarterback in Lamar,

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Speaker 5: A part of that.

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Speaker 5: Yes, sir, it's definitely an honor.

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Speaker 16: I've been watching Lamar since he came out of high school,

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Speaker 5: I think he's a great football player.

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Speaker 16: You know, he's somebody I wish I was on his team,

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Speaker 16: I love watching him, so looking forward to being on

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Speaker 12: Let's go with Gianna and then Ryan Mink.

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Speaker 5: Congratulations.

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Speaker 16: I know you would have played against the Ravens first

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Speaker 16: Honestly, he probably the best player I've ever win against.

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Speaker 16: He was like he was very you know, fluent, his technique,

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Speaker 16: to going against the Mari Dame practice.

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Speaker 12: As welcome to Baltimore.

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Speaker 14: Just wondering how how happy are you to have the

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Speaker 14: n C double A behind you and not have to

446
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Speaker 14: worry about that, and just how much of a distraction

447
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Speaker 14: was that for you last year? I mean, he came

448
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Speaker 14: back and put up big time numbers, displayed all that

449
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Speaker 14: going on kind of in the background.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm very happy it's in the past. Glad.

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Speaker 16: Uh, you know, glad they made finally made the right decision.

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Speaker 16: At the time, I was just happy to be able

453
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Speaker 16: to be on the field and show while I belonged

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Speaker 16: on that power five level.

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Speaker 5: So you know, it's no, it's no bad blood there

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Speaker 5: with me or the n C A A.

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Speaker 16: I'm just thankful they they made that decision and I

458
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Speaker 16: was able to do what I had to do to

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Speaker 16: get to this point.

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Speaker 12: Let's go to jeffsoniback and then create the parks.

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Speaker 13: Please, my apologies if I missed this. I signed down

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Speaker 13: a bit late. But what was your involvement with the

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Speaker 13: Ravens in the pre draft process and did you get

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Speaker 13: the sense at any point that they would be one

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Speaker 13: of the most likely teams to take you here one

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Speaker 13: of the middle rounds?

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Speaker 5: Mm hm.

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Speaker 16: So I didn't really talk to him at the cerebol.

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Speaker 16: I talked to him at the combine. It was a

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Speaker 16: good conversation, good meeting. I didn't I really didn't have

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Speaker 16: a thought about him after the combine because I didn't

472
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Speaker 16: talk so much. But they did call me here and

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Speaker 16: there through after combine. So it was funny my high

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Speaker 16: school head coach, and he had a feeling they was

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Speaker 16: gonna take me with a lot of things they've been

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Speaker 16: hearing about.

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Speaker 5: Like what they need and stuff like that. So the

478
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Speaker 5: Ravens have been in the back of my mind a

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Speaker 5: little bit.

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Speaker 17: He did, how are you Your ability as a deep

481
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Speaker 17: threat has been praised. I'm just curious from your perspective,

482
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Speaker 17: what do you think. Some of the strengths of your game.

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Speaker 5: Are definitely vertical threat.

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Speaker 16: But I feel like like the speed because at the

485
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Speaker 16: top of the round things like that, I feel like

486
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Speaker 16: I'm very good aspect and running away from defenders. Still

487
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Speaker 16: a little work at the top of the round, clean

488
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Speaker 16: up steps and things like that, but I feel like

489
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Speaker 16: releasing off the ball and you know, being a vertical threat.

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Speaker 16: Those are the two, you know, strong points in my game.

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Speaker 12: The Brian Whacker and then.

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Speaker 18: Nick hey Tees, congratulations, thank you. Growing up, was there

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Speaker 18: a receiver you tried to sort of emulate or or

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Speaker 18: or favorite player you had grown up?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 16: Yeah, Ravens fans not gonna like it. But aj Green

497
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Speaker 16: with somebody I love growing up. I love watching him.

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Speaker 16: I kind of em try to emlate my game. After him,

499
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Speaker 16: I locked him a little bit, like a big fast

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Speaker 16: can make those contested catches, and like he just continued

501
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Speaker 16: to get better every year he was in the league.

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Speaker 5: So you know, I love watching him, even when he

503
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Speaker 5: was at Georgia.

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Speaker 19: So that A. J.

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Speaker 5: Green was was that person for me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 5: As welcome to Baltimore. Congratulations. We talked about the NCAA earlier.

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Speaker 11: What did you take from that experience and do you

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Speaker 11: think that that can did you learn anything from that

510
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Speaker 11: experience and do you think.

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Speaker 5: That's going to help you transition to the NFL.

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Speaker 16: What I took from that is how much I cared,

513
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Speaker 16: you know, how how much I cared about my teammates

514
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Speaker 16: and relied on them. Without them, I probably wouldn't have

515
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Speaker 16: got through that situation. And that helped me become a

516
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Speaker 16: better teammate because that helped me wanted to stay around

517
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Speaker 16: them while I wasn't playing things like that and shared

518
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Speaker 16: him on while they was out there competing and things

519
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Speaker 16: like that.

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Speaker 5: So that's something something I learned about myself.

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Speaker 16: And yeah, I learned how good of a teammate I was,

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Speaker 16: And I feel like that's what I bring to to

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Speaker 16: this organization.

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Speaker 12: Go to Gianna and then Ryan Mink Again.

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Speaker 17: I'm just curious what you already know about the wide

526
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Speaker 17: receivers on the Ravens froster and how you feel like

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Speaker 17: you fit in or add something different to the script.

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Speaker 12: Mm hmm.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 16: Jay Flowers watched him at Boston College. He's a good

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Speaker 16: piece there and working inside and outside. He's like the

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Speaker 16: rock textanition of the room. I know Odell wasn't there

533
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Speaker 16: no more, but he's one of the guys I watched

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Speaker 16: growing up.

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Speaker 5: When he was there. He was a good player.

536
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Speaker 16: He's that good veteran piece for him. What's the guy

537
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Speaker 16: name on the outside, came from Minnesota.

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Speaker 5: I forgot his name, but he you say what yeah,

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Speaker 5: Shot Bateman.

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Speaker 7: Uh.

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Speaker 16: He's a good player, big physical, holds down the outside.

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Speaker 16: He's able to stretch the field and be that vertical

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Speaker 16: piece for Baltimore.

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Speaker 5: He's done some good things on tape.

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Speaker 16: So this room there, it's just a lot of great

546
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Speaker 16: pieces for Lamar, and I feel like with my skill set,

547
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Speaker 16: I'll be able to add to.

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Speaker 5: You know, add on to be you know, deadly weapon

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Speaker 5: weapon down the line.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, Tessa, I'm just wondering you talked about Lamar a

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Speaker 14: little bit earlier. Just you know, is is he somebody

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Speaker 14: that even looking from Afar you were just a big

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Speaker 14: time fan of. And then second, you know Todd Monkins offense.

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Speaker 14: You know you probably saw that that Georgia from Afar.

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Speaker 14: Just your thoughts on joining an offense like that that

556
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Speaker 14: likes to get the ball to playmakers, speed guys in space.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, like Lamar.

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Speaker 16: Been a huge fan of Lamar, Like he used to

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Speaker 16: do you know, amazing things at Louisville.

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Speaker 5: Uh like that he was.

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Speaker 16: He was one of those guys you you want to

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Speaker 16: be like, you want to go off and you know,

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Speaker 16: do the same type of things he does.

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Speaker 5: Like I said, he's just a great football player. He

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Speaker 5: makes the game fun.

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Speaker 16: And you know that offense Baltimore, they showcase a lot

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Speaker 16: of you know, great things. You see players like you

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Speaker 16: said with play Megan, players like Jay Fliers making big

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Speaker 16: players down the field and like you said, he's big

570
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Speaker 16: and trying to get his his playmakers ball get the

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Speaker 16: ball in the end. I feel like, you know, I

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Speaker 16: can I can be one of those guys to do

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Speaker 16: that for this organization.

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Speaker 12: We go to Kreta and then close it out with

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Speaker 12: Jonas Shaeffer.

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Speaker 17: Can you just walk me through the moment that you

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Speaker 17: got the call for Baltimore.

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Speaker 5: What was going through your head?

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Speaker 17: What was it like on your and sharing that with

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Speaker 17: your family.

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Speaker 16: Yeah, I got the call as soon as he told

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Speaker 16: me it was a Baltimore already, you know, I teared up,

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Speaker 16: kind of broke down. It was a moment I've been

584
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Speaker 16: waiting for since since I was four years old. Told

585
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Speaker 16: my grandmother and mother, this is what I want to do.

586
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Speaker 16: I wanted to play in the NFL. That's always been

587
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Speaker 16: my wife. Football has always you know, kept me, you know,

588
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Speaker 16: kept me level headed. So hearing those words that I'm

589
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Speaker 16: gonna be a part of the NFL roster, it broke

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Speaker 16: me down to tears. Family yelling background when I told

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Speaker 16: him it was Baltimore. They was very excited. They know

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Speaker 16: how rich this organization is. But when we see Baltimore

593
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Speaker 16: every Sunday, you know, Baltimore as the history and winning,

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Speaker 16: so this is this is a good organization to be

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Speaker 16: a part of and things like that, and just very

596
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Speaker 16: ready to get there.

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Speaker 20: Hey, Donta's congratulations. Man, Quicken, do you have a preference

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Speaker 20: for how we you know right about you?

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Speaker 5: Uh?

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Speaker 20: You know, is it do you want Test, do you

601
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Speaker 20: want davontees?

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Speaker 5: Which everyone to comfortable? Which all doesn't matter to me?

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Speaker 16: Me me personally, I do prefer Davante's because a lot

604
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Speaker 16: of people do think my name is actually Test and

605
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Speaker 16: they don't know my whole name.

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Speaker 5: So I would say DeVante is me personally.

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Speaker 16: But whichever one is comfortable for you, you can put Test

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Speaker 16: or Davonte's.

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Speaker 5: It doesn't matter to me, Okay.

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Speaker 20: And then secondly, uh, obviously the U n c H

611
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Speaker 20: offense is, you know, a pretty vertical offense. I think

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Speaker 20: people said that you know you your route treat was

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Speaker 20: a lot of vertical stuff. I mean, do you feel

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Speaker 20: like you have a more tools in your bag to

615
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Speaker 20: have a more kind of diverse pattern of routes and stuff.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so I definitely do.

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Speaker 16: I feel like you and see, they did a good job,

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Speaker 16: and you know, you love what we had all the

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Speaker 16: best deep threat, so they try to keep me on

620
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Speaker 16: those type of routes because that's where most most of

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Speaker 16: my big plays came from.

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Speaker 5: So but I feel like I do have a lot

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Speaker 5: of other.

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Speaker 16: Tools in the bag, a lot of other routes that

625
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Speaker 16: I love running and getting get open on as well.

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Speaker 5: So and I'm you know, that's something I'm I'm very

627
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Speaker 5: eager and ready to showcase on this level.

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Speaker 1: The Raves also got a cornerback in the first round TJ. Tampa, Iowa,

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Speaker 1: stay who they took at number one thirty. Here's what

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Speaker 1: he had to say when he met with the media.

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Speaker 15: Hey, TJ, congratulations. Did you get any indication that when

632
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Speaker 15: the Ravens were going to be on the clock that

633
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Speaker 15: you were going to be there pick at that point?

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Speaker 5: I don't know, sir.

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Speaker 21: Just before I got the call, I really didn't have

636
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Speaker 21: too much of an insight on where I was going

637
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Speaker 21: my agent.

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Speaker 8: I spoke to my agent a little bit.

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Speaker 21: He kind of had a little bit to say to me,

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Speaker 21: but I didn't know exactly.

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Speaker 12: Right, Mick, Yeah, TJ.

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Speaker 14: I think a lot of draft analysts had you as

643
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Speaker 14: an early day two pick, even some in the first round,

644
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Speaker 14: you know, and here you are in the fourth Just

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Speaker 14: you know, what do you think kind of led to that?

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Speaker 14: And does that kind of put a chip on your

647
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Speaker 14: shoulder to prove wrong that a lot of teams missed

648
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Speaker 14: out on a really good corner.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 21: They always said the draft is unpredictable, and of course

651
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Speaker 21: I would I would have liked to go on earlier

652
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Speaker 21: and it's definitely a tip of my shoulder from here

653
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Speaker 21: on now for all the teams that skipped me and

654
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Speaker 21: all the corners that went before me.

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Speaker 8: And I'm gonna use that as a fuel every day.

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Speaker 12: Go to Brian Whacker and then Garrett Downing.

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Speaker 18: Hey, TJ, congrats. Some two things. First, what is what

658
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Speaker 18: does the TJ stand for?

659
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Speaker 5: Tampa?

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Speaker 18: Junr is like, how did you how did you come

661
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Speaker 18: up with with Tampa? You just wanted to go with

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Speaker 18: Tampa Tampa.

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Speaker 21: I mean it was just I mean I didn't come

664
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Speaker 21: up with Sorry, you kind of grew up on it.

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Speaker 18: And secondly, how do you think you'll fit into the

666
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Speaker 18: Ravens scheme? Just based on what you know and what

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Speaker 18: you've seen, I don't know how familiar you are.

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Speaker 5: I feel like I'll fit in perfectly.

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Speaker 21: I know the Ravens do a great job is developing

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Speaker 21: corners and there's a big corner roll the Humphrey getting

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Speaker 21: in to learn from him as much as I can,

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Speaker 21: And yeah, they take a pride. Toughness is something that

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Speaker 21: they take seriously. And then I feel like I'll fit perfectly.

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Speaker 10: Hean TJ.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations. Obviously, the Rivers took Nick Wiggins in the first round.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious if you guys have any you know, relationships

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Speaker 1: you get to know each other at all during the

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Speaker 1: pre draft process, and what are your thoughts of teaming

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Speaker 1: up with him here?

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Speaker 21: Well, yeah, we were actually combine roommates, so I got

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Speaker 21: to speak to him a lot. Then that's kind of

682
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Speaker 21: a that's something crazy that happened. So yeah, I got

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Speaker 21: to speak to him a lot.

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Speaker 1: And was that just a random thing that you guys

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Speaker 1: ended up being combat roommates?

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Speaker 8: Yes, sir, we didn't know each other before that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, And then I guess just what kind of stands

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Speaker 1: out to you about about his game and your thoughts

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Speaker 1: on teaming up on the same defense.

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Speaker 21: Yeah, he's a great corner. Of course, Pete is a

691
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Speaker 21: big thing. He's a bahall hawk everything. I can't wait

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Speaker 21: to learn from him and deal with him in practice.

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Speaker 12: Go back to Jams and then Ryan again.

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Speaker 5: Yeah with with t J.

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Speaker 15: I mean, what was kind of you said your combine

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Speaker 15: what was that experience like, I mean, do you have

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Speaker 15: any stories from you and Nate being there together?

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Speaker 5: Uh?

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Speaker 21: You know, we really we don't get to talk too

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Speaker 21: much because we're busy all day. The most I ever

701
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Speaker 21: asked him is when he said in his alarm, So

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Speaker 21: that's about the only thing we got to talk about.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, TJ, can you just talk about what do you

704
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Speaker 14: feel like are your strengths as a player?

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Speaker 21: Definitely physicality, just with aspects of the game, if that's

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Speaker 21: point of contact, getting off of blocks, making tackles, being

707
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 21: a willing tackler, and just pressed, getting hands on, getting

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Speaker 21: receivers out their routes.

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Speaker 8: So Karita parks, she's she's on mute.

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Speaker 19: Yeah, okay, sorry about that, TJ. You talked about having

711
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Speaker 19: a chip on your shoulder. What message do you have

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Speaker 19: for Ravens fans? You know, who are they getting?

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Speaker 2: What can they expect?

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Speaker 21: Yeah, I'll say that you're getting somebody that's gonna work

715
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Speaker 21: hard every day. I've been at the bottom of a

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Speaker 21: depth part before and I'm willing to work my way

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Speaker 21: up again. And that's gonna be a tip of my

718
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Speaker 21: shoulder every day. And I can't wait to get started.

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Speaker 21: Excited to get started.

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Speaker 12: Go to Cliff Brown and then Gianna.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, TJ.

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Speaker 12: Congratulations.

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Speaker 22: Just curious do you have any relationship with Charlie Kohler

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Speaker 22: from our state connection and also, do you know any

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Speaker 22: other Ravens And what do you know about you know,

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Speaker 22: the Ravens. I guess culture and tradition here in Baltimore.

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Speaker 5: Charlie, we're cool.

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Speaker 8: Of course we don't.

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Speaker 21: We don't talk like a lot, but you know, when

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Speaker 21: we see each other, it's always a good conversation catching up.

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Speaker 21: And Yeah, the Ravens they're big on pride and toughness

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Speaker 21: throughout all their positions, and they're they're gonna compete with

733
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Speaker 21: you no matter what the whole game. So this is

734
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Speaker 21: a this is the organization that I would love to

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Speaker 21: play for.

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Speaker 5: Congratulations.

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Speaker 16: I know you were saying you weren't super excepting the

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Speaker 16: Ravens specifically.

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Speaker 5: So when they called you, what was that call like?

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Speaker 5: Is who did you get to talk to? And what

741
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Speaker 5: did they tell you?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it's it's something that's going on.

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Speaker 21: It's just the real just getting that call and getting

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Speaker 21: able to talk to the defensive coordinator and just hearing

745
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Speaker 21: everybody and how they were excited to have me, and

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Speaker 21: that's a good hearing coming from them and just being

747
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Speaker 21: even more excited to get started.

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Speaker 12: It's good to Kyle Phoenix and then we'll close it

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Speaker 12: out with Ryan mink adj. Congratulations.

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Speaker 23: Just read that after you committed to Iowa State that

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Speaker 23: Kirby Smart from Georgia was making a big push to

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Speaker 23: sign you to Georgia after seeing you at a seven

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Speaker 23: on seven trim to me, just you talk about why

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Speaker 23: your main loyal to Iowa State and it's that kind

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Speaker 23: of a big value of yours and what's that kind

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Speaker 23: of mean to you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 21: So I trusted in Coach Campbell and the whole organization

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Speaker 21: from day one, and they trusted in me from day one.

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Speaker 8: And I feel like I had chances to leave.

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Speaker 21: I never wanted to because they believed in me and

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Speaker 21: they stay true to there were every step of the way,

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Speaker 21: and so I couldn't. I couldn't never like leave them.

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Speaker 21: And I love everybody there and I love the fans,

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Speaker 21: the culture and everybody.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, TJ, I'm just curious, what was your day like

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Speaker 14: yesterday as you were waiting for the pick? What was

768
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Speaker 14: going through your mind as you went to bed yesterday?

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Speaker 14: And how tough was that weight this whole time?

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Speaker 21: Yeah, it's always tough, just sitting there just patiently waiting

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Speaker 21: and for your name to get called and then it doesn't.

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Speaker 8: You can't think too heavily on it. You can't drift the.

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Speaker 21: Way anywhere, but just got to stay locked in and

774
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Speaker 21: just know that your name is gonna get called and

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Speaker 21: be ready whenever you get there.

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Speaker 1: In the sixth round, the Ravens took a backup quarterback

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Speaker 1: Devin Leary out of Kentucky. Also played at NC State

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Speaker 1: earlier in his career. Here's what he had to say

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Speaker 1: during a zoom call with local reporters. Hey, Devin, congratulations,

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Speaker 1: we'll welcome to Baltimore. Just which big picture just cut?

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Speaker 1: What's your reaction to the to the pick and your

782
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Speaker 1: thoughts on joining the room? That, of course has Lamar

783
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Speaker 1: Jackson man.

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Speaker 24: The blessing a blessing, I mean, honestly completely.

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Speaker 5: Took by surprise.

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Speaker 24: I talked to Coach Martin at the combine, had an

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Speaker 24: awesome conversation, got the talk ball with him, and you know,

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Speaker 24: I just remember telling him, Coach, anything I could do

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Speaker 24: to help this team is why I want to be

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Speaker 24: a part of the Ravens. And to get that call

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Speaker 24: and kind of turn my whole world around was truly

792
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Speaker 24: a dream come.

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Speaker 14: True, all right, Ryan Mink, Yeah, Devin, just your thoughts

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Speaker 14: about Lamar Jackson, I mean, playing with him specifically, Uh,

795
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Speaker 14: just what's going through your mind?

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Speaker 5: Man? A dog, A dog.

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Speaker 24: He's someone you know when I when I committed to

798
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Speaker 24: Anti State out of high school, was someone that you know,

799
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Speaker 24: obviously I followed. And being able to play in the

800
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 24: ACC and turn on film in the past see and

801
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 24: him carve up defenses really an awesome opportunity for me

802
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 24: to come in and meet him and you know, learn

803
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 24: behind him and obviously just help as much as I

804
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 24: can to that quarterback room.

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Speaker 5: To bring value.

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Speaker 17: Jameson Hensley, Yeah, was.

807
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Speaker 15: There any point on the draft process did you think, Okay,

808
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 15: if the Ravens you know, have a picky in you

809
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Speaker 15: in this draft, that I might end up there.

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Speaker 24: Yeah, definitely. Mean, like I said, I had great conversations

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Speaker 24: with coach Martin. I know, I left a really really

812
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Speaker 24: good impression with him, and you know, I knew they

813
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Speaker 24: were in the market for quarterback.

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Speaker 5: I didn't necessarily know.

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Speaker 24: When or you know, where they were going to take

816
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Speaker 24: a pick, but I was just really honored and blessed

817
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Speaker 24: that it was me.

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Speaker 23: Kyle Phoenix, Hey, congratulations, Devin. Can you just talk a

819
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 23: little bit about I was reading your bio it said

820
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Speaker 23: that you never want to go through Navy Seal slash

821
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Speaker 23: marine training. Can you just talk a little bit about that.

822
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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 24: Yeah, So when I was at NC State, coach Dorian

824
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 24: put us through a trial of three days former Navy

825
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Speaker 24: Seals and you know, Marine Corps training of five am up.

826
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Speaker 24: Rarely everyone's dressed the same. You know, we were swimming

827
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Speaker 24: in pools at five am with guys screaming in our faces,

828
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 24: and ultimately it was it was a you know, it

829
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Speaker 24: was for our team to have emerging leaders, and me

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Speaker 24: being a young guy obviously helped me out a ton,

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Speaker 24: But when it came to the those activities, I don't

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Speaker 24: think I could do what those guys do on a

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Speaker 24: daily basis, right Mink.

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Speaker 14: Yeah, Devin, I'm curious after your transfer to Kentucky and

835
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Speaker 14: playing in Liam Cohen's you know, kind of pro style offense,

836
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Speaker 14: how that adjustment you felt like went for you. What

837
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Speaker 14: did that How did that grow you as a player

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Speaker 14: and a quarterback.

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Speaker 24: Yeah, I mean it was an awesome opportunity, you know,

840
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Speaker 24: to learn from coach Cohen, who's now in the NFL

841
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Speaker 24: with the Buccaneers, to playing a whole different system of

842
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Speaker 24: what I wasn't used to in the past, getting under center,

843
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Speaker 24: calm plays in the huddle.

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Speaker 5: You know, ultimately I wish.

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Speaker 24: We won a lot more games, but from a developmental standpoint,

846
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Speaker 24: you know, it is the best thing I could have

847
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Speaker 24: done to you know, put my best foot forward in

848
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Speaker 24: the NFL and you know, bring what I can to

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Speaker 24: the table to the Ravens.

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Speaker 12: Go back to Kyle Phoenix.

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Speaker 23: Yeah, Devin, what are just some of your strengths that

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Speaker 23: you know the Ravens are getting and what are some

853
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Speaker 23: things that you're hoping to work on with Martin and

854
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Speaker 23: the coaching staff as well.

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Speaker 24: Yes, I think you know, strength for me is just

856
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Speaker 24: pure arm talent. You know, I truly truly believe that,

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Speaker 24: you know, I throw the football, you know, not like

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Speaker 24: many people in this world, something that you know, I

859
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 24: prid myself on being able to fit the football in

860
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Speaker 24: the tight windows and then obviously just getting around the

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Speaker 24: other quarterbacks, learning from them, adapt into the NFL style,

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Speaker 24: learning from coach Martin, and like I said from the beginning,

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Speaker 24: you know, I want to help this team win any

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Speaker 24: any way possible that I can, you know, fit myself

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Speaker 24: into that room, fit my role into the team that's

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Speaker 24: going to help us win more games.

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Speaker 5: That's my overall goal.

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Speaker 1: Evin Richardson, Welcome to the Baltimore Devin. You mentioned, of course,

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Speaker 1: I know it's your dream to play in the NFL.

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Speaker 7: But what you mentioned that you also would like to

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Speaker 7: coach high school?

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Speaker 5: Why is that? Yeah?

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Speaker 24: I think, you know, in my life, when I look

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Speaker 24: back at the coaches that have had the most impact

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Speaker 24: on me, we're my high school coaches, because you know,

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Speaker 24: coming in as a freshman, you know, not many times

877
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 24: do you immediately know you can play college football or

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Speaker 24: immediately know you can eventually become an NFL football player.

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Speaker 24: And it was those coaches and mentors that I came

880
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Speaker 24: across when I was fourteen, fifteen years old that you know,

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Speaker 24: kind of opened up the light in my eyes to

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Speaker 24: you know, if you have a goal in mind or

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Speaker 24: a dream that you want to chase, you know, go

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Speaker 24: after it. And one day I want to become that

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Speaker 24: type of you know, mentor or someone for a young

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Speaker 24: guy to look up to.

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