1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: There are significant players out there that we can acquire 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: this time of year that will make our team better. 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: And that's the challenge for our pro and college scouts 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: is to find those guys. Who are those players out there? 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: As Assie always says, we don't play games till September, 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: and we'll be ready to play. I do think we'll 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: make some changes. Well, there's a lot of uncertainty, you know. 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: I kind of look at it like Game of Thrones. 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: Welcome into allows for a great, fantastic, superb spectacular. Now 10 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: they're all great spectacular. What else? Yeah? What are the fantastic? Yeah, 11 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: they're all They're all that, But this one is even 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: maybe a few more of those, a little more rather 13 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: than normal. But before we get started that, we gotta 14 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: tell you about something that's going on here people, all right, 15 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: and this is the Papa John's Ravens Flock Special. You 16 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: can order the Ravens Flock Special all season long and 17 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: you get a large specialty pizza and a large two 18 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: topping pizza with promo code Ravens Flock at Papa John's 19 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. And it doesn't stop there. Garrett, did you 20 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: know about this? Didn't Did you know about the Ravens fifty. 21 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: Let's go ahead tell me about it, all right. The 22 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: day after every Ravens win, you get fifty percent off 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: regular menu priced online orders with promo code Ravens fifty 24 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: at Papa John's dot com. Right, So, if you guys 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: relate to the party, we picked up a sponsor. Last 26 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: week was the inaugural sponsored episode. That wasn't a sponsor thing. 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: I just love Papa John's that much that I want 28 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: to tell everybody about the deals. That's true. I also 29 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: do love Papa john just you know. One of my 30 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: favorite things is when we get into the regular season 31 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: and it's Wednesdays and then they bring in pizza, Papa 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: John's pizza for the media on Wednesdays. But your favorite day, 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: your favorite day is when we do our fantasy football draft, 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: which hosts the pizza party, which we order pizza from 35 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: Papa John's. It's coming up next week, right, it's it's 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: six days. I can't six days away. I can't wait 37 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: to torment, you know. I can't wait to order lots 38 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: of extra cheese. I can't wait to order. Yeah, if 39 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: you guys missed it, by the way, we did a 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: pizza Toppings draft last week. You need to go back 41 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: and listen to it. And and as as always, we 42 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: got more emails about our pizza toppings draft than really 43 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: anything football related. So maybe we should just do a 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: pizza podcast. Pizza and beer podcast. Pizza and Beer podcast. 45 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: Those are the top two emails. But I'll go ahead 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: to read the email. And this email that I'm going 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: to read shows that I am just a completely objective 48 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: person and I'm willing to read things that maybe don't 49 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: put me in the best way. This is from Kyle 50 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: Barr and the email is Hey guys, a longtime listener 51 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: and fan here. I wanted to email the podcast for 52 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: a while, but it took the debt. It took that 53 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: debacle of a pizza draft to finally make me do it. Gear. 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: The only thing you did write on your pizza was 55 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: pick bacon. Great pick. By the way, you and the 56 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: common man are crazy. Minke won that draft easily. His 57 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: main mistake was to take extra cheese so early. That 58 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: was the number four pick. You know, this is a 59 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: reach for some I didn't tell the full story behind that, 60 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: which is I like a four cheese pizza. We don't 61 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: need to get into that. We don't need to get 62 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: into it. Um. But thanks to all the great content 63 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: looking forward the inevitable beer draft and how will somehow 64 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: be unfairly turned against Mike. Yes, it won't be unfairly 65 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: turned against. It will be unfairly turned against. And here's 66 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: the thing. That's the only emailiar reading, because they're about 67 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: four others that all sided with me on the piece 68 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 1: of draft and people spoke right now. It was overwhelmingly 69 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: in my favorite it was. At best it was fifty fifty, 70 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: probably a little bit tilted in my direction. Are you kidding? 71 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: Are you joking? At best it was fifty fifty. I'll 72 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: give you fifty fifty. Then the other great piece of 73 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: it too. I sent this to you my man Bruno Mars, 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: who him and I are very similar people, have a 75 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: lot of the same talent. Yeah, you ever heard of him? 76 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: He played Super Bowl last year. He's one of the 77 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: biggest pope. I was waiting for this connection that you made. 78 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna be terrible. I tweeted this to you, But 79 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: one of my favorite things is Bruno Mars. This week 80 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: someone asked him he's doing a Twitter Q and a 81 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: someone asked him pineapple on pizza or off and he 82 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: said off for sure. So me and Bruno Mars very 83 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: similar in a lot of different ways. Rats behind about 84 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: what Bruno Mars thinks about pizza. You and your pineapple 85 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: loving pizza lovers can go over in this corner. I'm 86 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: gonna go hang out with Bruno marsh If you were 87 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: well read, you would know. I believe it's Iceland, the 88 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: president of Iceland. You don't even know. You don't even 89 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: know what it is. He banned him and Pineapple from 90 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: the country. I like how you opened the thing by saying, 91 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: if you were more well read, I believe it is. 92 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: Uh well look it up afterwards. What was positive is 93 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: all right? So anyway, uh, we we have an interview 94 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 1: with assistant gentlemanager Eric to Costa today and uh we 95 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: want to get into that rather than debating pizza the 96 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: entire day. Yeah, Derek, I gotta start by asking, last 97 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: time we had you on the pod, he talked about 98 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: your pranks and how they kind of get get going 99 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: when the stress gets a little bit higher. We're in 100 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: training camp mode here, preseason stress has gotta be building, 101 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: so I know you've got to be working on something. 102 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: Can you can you share some pet Moriard done listen 103 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: to the podcasts. He doesn't even know if podcasts are, 104 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: so you can let us know. Well, I think you know. 105 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: What I've been doing lately is is more Instagram related, 106 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: all right, And I've been and actually there's some really 107 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: good I've been filming Pat without him knowing, and I've 108 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: been asking them different kinds of questions, and I've been 109 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: posting his responses on Instagram for people to see. It's 110 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: kind of gained some status. In fact, you know, Todd 111 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: Heap follows me on Instagram and he said, hey, I 112 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: love the Pat videos, you know, so they'll just be 113 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: like random things about Pat. You know. There was one 114 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: video where he was sleeping at the Senior Bowl in 115 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: the car in between practices and I came up behind 116 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: him and started choking him that. Um, you know, last 117 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,119 Speaker 1: week I asked him if he had weighed in about 118 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: his weight, you know, and he he got real sheepish 119 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: about his weight, and I filmed that put that out there. 120 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: You know. There's been some other things where once I 121 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: was actually I set the phone up, my phone up 122 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: in his office and I was hiding under his desk 123 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: when he came in, and I just came out and 124 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: grabbed them and scared him to death and we got 125 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: that on videos. So I've been really interested in that. 126 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: I've been evolving. I think it's social media, Yeah, trying 127 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: to do some different things to get my fans out 128 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: there to actually um experience some of the things that 129 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: take place in this building. We need to follow this account? 130 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: Is this seriously And this is the first I've heard 131 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: about it. Well, you know, I'm not really ready to 132 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: divulge that feeling, but you may have to find it. 133 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: You can find if you seek it. There are some 134 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: people that follow me, and uh, it's out there. But 135 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: it's also something that you know, I hate to give 136 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: away too many secrets, Yeah, and allow other people to 137 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: start to kind of emulate what I'm doing. That's always 138 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: the challenge, you know what I mean. There's definitely been 139 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: some times when like you sent me some pictures of 140 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: when you were doing the hats gag and you'll buy 141 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: different hats for pat and like big hats of money 142 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: signs on them and different little things, and and you 143 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: were like, you should write a story on this, and 144 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: you're send them to me and we're like in the 145 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: middle of the season, Yeah, coming off a loss, and 146 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, I just I feel bad to saying no, 147 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: but I just know that Kevin Byrne like, if I 148 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: write this story, Kevin's gonna come down and be like, 149 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: what the hell are you doing? And then I have 150 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: to point the figure to Eric. It looked like an arc. 151 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: This is not good. So yeah, so I'm glad you're 152 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 1: doing it yourself. So now we can get a follow Yeah, yeah, exactly, 153 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: so we gotta start this. This preseason has been unique 154 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: also with I mean just the amount of injuries that 155 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: we've had. I've never seen anything like it. You probably 156 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: haven't either. How much tougher does that make your job 157 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: when you're having to juggle the roster all the time, 158 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: you know, you know, I kind of feel like the 159 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: injuries have been unknown to mankind, you know. I mean, 160 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: it's just been incredible. You know, every week, every practice 161 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: is a different thing. And initially it was really frustrating, 162 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: you know, because you start out, you know, as I 163 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: was telling some people, you're on vacation and you have 164 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: a chance to kind of think about the upcoming season, 165 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: what you're excited about. You start thinking about the positional 166 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: battles and various things and how you've built a team 167 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: over the course of the last you know, essentially ten months, 168 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden you come back from 169 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: vacation and guys just start dropping like flies. And it 170 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: is a very frustrating part of the job. And I 171 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: think a lot of it is just how you internally 172 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: deal with that every day. If you think about, you know, 173 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: the luck factor and just some of our best players 174 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 1: have gotten hurt, some of these guys out for the season, 175 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: it will drive you crazy. If you kind of look 176 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: outward and say, you know what, there's an opportunity here 177 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: for us. There's a challenge for us to go out 178 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: and find some players which we've done in the past, 179 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: to make this team better. And you start to challenge 180 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: the guys and you work together, then I think it 181 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: becomes a positive for you. But if you just kind 182 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: of wallow and self pity and think about, hey man, 183 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: this is crazy that these guys are dropping out, then 184 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: it will just drive you not so it consumes you, 185 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: you know, and there's an element I think the part 186 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: of my job that really is is the part that 187 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: I hate the most, is the aspect of things that 188 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: I have absolutely no control over. So those things like 189 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: injuries or you know, the things that happened in the 190 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: course of a game. You know, the dropped interception, the 191 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: ball that bounces the other way, the fumble that goes 192 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: out of bounds, the calls by the officials that might 193 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: be game changing calls. Those are the kind of things 194 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: as a personnel guy that I think probably drive you nuts. 195 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: It's different, I think, in some respects from coaching, where 196 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 1: you might make a call that can affect the game, 197 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: but you might make a substitution that affects the game. 198 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: It's tougher to get a sense for that as a scout, 199 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: and yet you're very invested in the quality of the 200 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: performance of the team, So it makes it more challenging. 201 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: So these things, um that happened, I'm not really sure why, 202 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: you know. I think people have asked me about the 203 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: way that we trained in the offseason. We had an 204 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: unbelievable offseason conditioning program this year. Our guys worked extremely hard, 205 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: and I really believe in what we do is is 206 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: the best in the NFL in a lot of different ways. 207 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: And so and that starts with, you know, what we're 208 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,959 Speaker 1: doing from a strength and conditioning standpoint, with Steve Saunders 209 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: and his people to you know, Mark Smith in the 210 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: training room and our doctors and everything. The way we practice, 211 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: to me, it looks like the ideal practice. It looks 212 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: like the ideal way of doing things. And yet we've 213 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: seen some guys that we really believe in as good 214 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: foundation type players for the future going down with significant injuries. 215 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: That's I felt with when Tavon went down. I felt 216 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: like that was a huge hit. I just that one 217 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: to me of the season. Andrews was like, Oh, we're 218 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: still on the wallowing stage. We're trying to transition to them. 219 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: But then I went to I went together and I 220 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: was like, all right, well, Kenny. I'm really excited about Kenny. 221 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: I think he could be really good player. And then 222 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: he comes up and then he goes down. You're like, god, 223 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: you know it's but then you turn it forward now 224 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: Jalen Hill, and you're like, all right, well now we 225 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: can get excited for Jail and you know, so you 226 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: go down that line kind of. I mean, I know 227 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 1: that there are players out there that we can get 228 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: that can help this team. We've done it, you know, 229 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: whether it's Willie Anderson, um, you know, we brought in 230 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: Josh Wilson one year and Jimmy Leonard. I mean, there 231 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: are significant players out there that we can acquire this 232 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: time of year that will make our team better. And 233 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: ask the challenge for our pro and college scouts is 234 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: to find those guys. Who are those players out there 235 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: that eve either going to be acquired via trade, free agents, 236 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: on the street, whatever it is. Who are those players 237 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: that we can bring in that make us a better 238 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: team than we were yesterday. You know, it's so fast 239 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: forward to that question. Yeah right, It's everyone always talked 240 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: about this time of year. That's gonna be players that 241 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: get cut, it's gonna be trades, whatever it is. How 242 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: many guys do you think will be on the roster 243 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: going into that game against Cincinnati Week one that aren't 244 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: on the team right now? Well, I mean I think 245 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: we still have the chance to add some players. And 246 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: there's that one player, two players. We really like our 247 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: roster in general, we do think there are a couple 248 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: of positions where we could use some depth. Um, it 249 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: will continue to look at those guys, and so if 250 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: we have the chance to bring in a couple of guys, 251 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: two or three guys, I mean, this is a tough 252 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: team to make we have to have a tremendous depth 253 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: at some positions, and we're probably lacking right now. It's 254 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: some other positions, either just because we did a poor 255 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: job of addressing that in the offseason, which is my 256 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: my issue, or because of injuries. We just feel like 257 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 1: there are certain positions were not as strong as we'd 258 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: like to be. So um, So we'll address that and 259 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: we still have time and as Ozzie always says, we 260 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: don't play games till September ten, and we'll be ready 261 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 1: to play. I do think we'll make some changes, and 262 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: either that's going to be a player that gets cut 263 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: that we like, a player that we can acquire via trade, 264 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: whatever it is. Um you know, will be opportunities for 265 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: us to get a couple of guys in here that 266 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: may not pay big dividends against the Bengals on September ten, 267 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: but at some point over the course of the year, 268 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: we feel like he'll help us win a game. You know. 269 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: The on the trade front, that's always kind of like 270 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: a sexy conversation in terms of like, oh, what trade 271 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: could happen, what position could it be? And then coach 272 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: Hardwell talked about it recently about the defensive line in particular, 273 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: because there's so many good young players on this team 274 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: that you have a defensive line that maybe that could 275 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: be somebody. You know, then that group that you trade 276 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: have you already had teams that call, whether it's about 277 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: defensive line or another position, and they say, we're interested 278 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: in this group or this player. Well, I think players 279 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: are commodities. And people look at your team and they 280 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: assess your strengths and weaknesses, and teams have an idea 281 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: of how they perceive our roster. What's our strengths and weaknesses? 282 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: Is that you know? Is that a defensive you know, 283 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: roster strong defensive line, outside linebackers, secondary is that you know, um, 284 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: you know, not a lot of depth in the offensive line, 285 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: whatever it is. Teams have a feeling about your team, 286 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: and they start to reach out, and typically it will 287 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: be maybe a couple of you know, preliminary phone calls 288 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: before the season, before training camp. I mean, but then 289 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: as we get into the second, third, and fourth week 290 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: of preseason, then teams start to as they start to 291 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: get injuries and they start to lose the battle of attrition. 292 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: Then they start to call you asking about specific players. 293 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: If there's a positional match right, Right, So you're saying 294 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: we have problems. Well, I had didn't say that. I 295 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: said typically does happen, you know, and this when when 296 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: when it would happen? Right? Can you share just a 297 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: few players that have really stood out to you watching 298 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: practice in the preseason games that you know, those guys 299 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: really caught your eye? Yeah, this is the thing, like, 300 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, you want to talk about those guys, but 301 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: then you don't want to really put it out there 302 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: either because there are some younger players that I really emerged. Um, 303 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: I would say that guys that you know what we're 304 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: looking at. You know, it doesn't do me any good 305 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: talk about like these undrafted guys that are really playing 306 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: well for us. You know, I'm more inclined to look 307 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: at guy is that I think UM have made significant strides, 308 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, over the last couple of years, and I 309 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: think a guy that would probably fit the bill. UM. 310 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: You know, I think Kamal Lake Correa has made a 311 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: good job this year, UM, and he's shown maturity both 312 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: on defense and also on special teams. We're excited to 313 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: see his growth continue and that's been good for us. UM. 314 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: You know, I think Keenan Reynolds is a guy that 315 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: has really improved a lot from when he came in 316 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: last year as a quarterback to now he had a 317 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: nice return. Is receiving skills have really improved quite a bit. 318 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: He's a guy that has made some nice place for 319 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: us and practices and he's really improved a lot as 320 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: a player. UM. I think Chuck Clark is a guy 321 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: that bringing him in this year, Um, you know, later 322 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: round draft pick. We liked him on tape, but he's 323 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: really shown to us that we liked him on special 324 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: teams in college quite a bit. But he's shown us 325 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: to us that he's a really viable safety for us 326 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: and he's going to be a guy that really pays 327 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: dividends for Uce down the road. We're excited about him 328 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: and I think he has a really good chance to 329 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: help us. Uh. And another guy I think, um that 330 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: has just consistently been been really good as a kid 331 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: from Maine, Riccard, you know, the defensive lineman. He's played 332 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: some tight end for Uce, he's played some fullback force. 333 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: He's been consistently good from the time he got here. 334 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: And he's Uh, he's a guy that we think is 335 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: has a really good chance to help us at some 336 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: point and and make the team and be a good 337 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: player for us. Yeah, that's a good answer. How often 338 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: when we're watching practice, you know, we come up with 339 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: our list of guys and maybe it's some of the 340 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: guys that you mentioned, But do you read from us 341 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: and you say, yeah, they're completely off base, so they're 342 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: on base? Like, how often are you watching what's being 343 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: said during training camp out there in the media and 344 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: are we on target or are we typically off I 345 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: think the media there's a pretty good job of assessing 346 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: guys that are making plays and practice and struggling and 347 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: practice for sure. Um. I think it's probably a little 348 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: different as you get into either the regular season or 349 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: I think sometimes in the off season, as I start 350 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: to read about you know, you know, maybe players that 351 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: we might be interested in via trade or or draft 352 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: picks and things like that, then it kind of you 353 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: go off the grid. Were But I think in terms 354 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: of just watching practice every day, you know, I think 355 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: the media does a pretty good job I saying, hey, 356 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: this guy made a nice play, this guy got beat 357 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: whatever it is, you know, um, And what we do, 358 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: honestly is we'll read the uh, you know, other teams, 359 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: you know, reports and we'll get some stuff periodically that 360 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: we can use to help us, you know, figure out 361 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: if this is a guy that we're interested in, how's 362 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: he practicing, it's even healthy that kind of stuff, you know, 363 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: which is you know, one of the reasons why I 364 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: think we try and control as much as we can 365 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: some of the stuff that's been reported that practice, you know, 366 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: because I don't think fans really understand this, but it 367 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: can't be damaging when a guy you know, want to report, 368 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: says something or put a tweet out there that may 369 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: be true, may not be true, and it might be 370 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: about an injury, it may could be about something else, 371 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: but that could be damaging to the team. That could 372 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: be damaging to the player for a lot of different reasons. 373 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: So I think that's something that every team is, you 374 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: guys know, kind of wrestles with, like how much access 375 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: do we give the media during practice? How much can 376 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: they tweet? Where can they tweet, What do we expect 377 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: of their tweets, what kind of what kind of stuff 378 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: can they report? What kind of stuff can't they report? 379 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: During the season. As you guys know, there's a lot 380 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: of different rules that things put in place, and there's 381 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: a lot of reasons for that. One thing that we're 382 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 1: all buzzing about the media is this defense and just 383 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: how good it looks. I mean, you look at the 384 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: league leaders right now and it's preseason's two games or whatever, 385 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: but it's totally yardage, passing, yardage, rushing yardage. Ravens lead 386 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: all three. Are we two hyped about this defense or 387 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: from what you've seen? I mean, do you look at 388 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: it and you're like, we're gonna be really really good 389 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: on d this year. Well, I think that the notion 390 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: that you'll be good is on any side of the 391 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: ball is always really precarious, based on injuries and different things. 392 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: Because you could be the best defense in football, and 393 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: if you lose the Ray Lewis, you're gonna fall back, 394 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: and that just happens, and you know, so I think 395 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: a lot goes into that. I mean, we tried to 396 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: build a team with an eye towards the defense this year. 397 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: That was something that we've talked about going back to 398 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: January of last year, is let's make this defense one 399 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: of the all time best Ravens defenses. Let's make this 400 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: defense the type of defense that can win games on 401 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: its own, and that was a mission. I mean, we 402 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: talked about the past rush, we talked about the importance 403 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: of the secondary. We felt like we had a strong 404 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: D line, but we wanted to improve in a lot 405 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: of different areas, and so we tried to do that. 406 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: And uh, I think so far it's the results have 407 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: been I think encouraging. But on the other hand, it's 408 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: preseason and teams don't show much. Teams aren't running their 409 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: full playbook, players are in out of line up, you know. 410 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: I think the quality of players that are playing in 411 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: these first couple of games is probably limited. So it 412 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: would be foolish of us to think that we're this 413 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: dominant defense in the preseason without having played against the 414 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: team like the Bengals or the Pittsburgh Steelers or the 415 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders. And those are big challenges for us and 416 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 1: and we'll be ready, hopefully for those games. And that's 417 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: what we aspire to be, to lead the NFL and 418 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 1: defense in the preseason. I think it's it's it's it's 419 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 1: almost a false sense of security in some respects. So 420 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: in terms of building that defensive big part of it 421 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: was what you obviously did in the draft. First four 422 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: picks all defense, and those guys are expected to play 423 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: some pretty big roles this year. Just what are your 424 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: impressions of those early draft picks on the defensive side 425 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: of the ball. Well, I think, you know, they're all 426 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: guys in a flash, the different parts, and they've all 427 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: shown that they could play in the league. You know, 428 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: I think injuries obviously are a factor. You know, Marlon's 429 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: dealt with a couple of different things when he played, 430 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: and when he's been playing, he's looked very good. Uh, maturity, 431 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: ball skills, toughness, savvy. Heyes, looked good and I think 432 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: he's a good young player who can help us this 433 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: year win some games. We're excited about that, right kind 434 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: of mentality, Right kind of kid. I think Bosser has 435 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: been a consistent you know all throughout. You know, the 436 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: O t a s up through camp. He's had a 437 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: very good camp. He's a guy that is athletically. We 438 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: knew he could do. We knew that he was a 439 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: gifted player. Um, he's picked the defense out I think 440 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: pretty well. He's versatile. He can march the past or 441 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: he can cover, he can play the run. He's another guy, 442 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: he's a jackknife type of player who can play a 443 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: lot of different stuff for you, a lot of different packages. Uh. 444 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 1: He looks like a guy that's gonna really help us 445 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: this year as well. I think, Uh, you know, Chris 446 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: Um is that type of guy that's gonna be a 447 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: guy that's gonna end up being a five technique for us. 448 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 1: Is starting five technique. He's a big, physical kid. He's 449 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: got a big body. We've had a lot of success 450 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: over the years with players like him, you know. I 451 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: think Um he's in a great position this year because 452 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: he can continue to grow and mature and get stronger. 453 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: I think this next offseason for him is gonna be 454 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: really good. He's gonna be a guy that I think 455 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,719 Speaker 1: over the over the courts of the season this year, 456 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 1: he's gonna make a big jump. He's playing a very 457 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: tough position in the NFL. That's one of the tougher 458 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: positions I think for young guys to play because the 459 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: physicality of that position, the quality of the offensive lineman 460 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: in the NFL compared to quality in college football, the 461 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: physical demands of that position. We're very excited about him. 462 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: And again, he's the right kind of kid. And uh, 463 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: and I think Timmy Williams is a guy that has 464 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: shown to us that he has legitimate NFL pass rush skills. Uh, 465 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: Timmy is it's come in. He's learning the defense very 466 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: very well. He's a guy that has a physical presence 467 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: to his game. He can ron, he can rash, he's physical, 468 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: he's tough, and uh, I think he's going to be 469 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: a guy that, over the course of this season and 470 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: again next season, is really going to emerge as a 471 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: guy who can make quarterbacks. Is scared on third downs, 472 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: So turn the page to the offense fucking his back 473 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: injury at this point, how nervous is that making you? 474 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,479 Speaker 1: You know? Um again, as I as I said earlier, 475 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: like you know, you always have a little bit of 476 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: apprehension when players get hurt and you start to really worry. 477 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: And obviously your quarterback is a very very important position. 478 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: And Joe, forget the physical aspect of the position. Joe 479 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: are a leader back there. He's a guy everybody respects. 480 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: He's a constant, you know what I mean. It's just 481 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: it's it's like, you know, you come in to the 482 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,439 Speaker 1: gate outside and you see this building and this building 483 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 1: as a constant, and it makes you feel better when 484 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: you come into work that Hey, we're we're a team. 485 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: You know, this is the Baltimore Ravens. We're talking about. 486 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: Joe's kind of like that and so um, you know, 487 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: not having him out there makes you a little bit uneasy. Again, 488 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: I think it offers an opportunity for other guys, makes 489 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: guys focus because they have to focus to be the 490 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: best they can be. It's been a challenge, but I 491 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: think in the end, you know, we know Joe, we 492 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: know what Joe's about. He's our quarterback. We're so happy 493 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: to have him. We feel really good about where he is, 494 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: as we've said, uh, and we expect him to be 495 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: ready to go. You know, with Ryan's obviously gotten all 496 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: the first team reps in his absence, He's played with 497 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: the starterstrout preseason. You know, what have you thought about Ryan? 498 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: I think that you know, whenever people see that Joe's 499 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: land out there and early in camp, you know, Ryan's 500 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: even said it, you know, kind of struggle a little 501 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: bit at the early part of camp, and then he's 502 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: made some progress. People get nervous, Let's what's going to 503 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 1: be the case here? How is this going to go 504 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: play out? What's been your impressions of Ryan in terms 505 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: of how he's handled this pressure and then how he's 506 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: performed and progress over the course of the summer. Well, 507 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: I think Ryan's a pro. He's got a great attitude, 508 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: he's a good worker. I think he's a coachable player, 509 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: and I think he's gotten better. So, you know, teams 510 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 1: are never happy. Fans are never happy. Teams are never 511 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: happy with their backup. Two bas fact of life. Well, 512 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 1: unless the quarter the starting quarterbacks not playing well, then 513 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: the backups the most popular guy in town. Yeah, that's 514 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: not a good spot to be in either. Right. Uh, 515 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: you know, we're we're glad to have Ryan. He's playing 516 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: as well as he's played right now. He's playing his 517 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: best football right now for us. And um, it's a 518 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: work in progress. You know, it's not just one player. 519 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: I've known that. I've learned that over the years. It's 520 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: just not one player everybody, especially in offense offense, you 521 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: have to have really eleven guys working together, you know, 522 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: to be the best offense you can be. I think, Um, 523 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: we've had a little bit of a state of flux 524 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: on the offensive line. We've had some injuries at the 525 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: running back position. We've had some injuries at the white 526 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: position tight end. It would be very hard for any 527 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: quarterback right now, given the parameters we're under too, to 528 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: be as good as they could be. So when we 529 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: watched these preseason games, I think everybody's probably excited about 530 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: the way Josh Woodrom looked. You know, last week's a 531 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: couple of rushing touchdowns when he had a perfect pass 532 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: rating in his first game, So you know, obviously going 533 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: back to the backup quarterback thing. Also, the third string 534 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: back quarterback is the most popular guy in town. When 535 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: we sit here and kick around ideas, we'd say, I 536 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 1: would love to see this guy play with the starters 537 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: a little bit this week, Like is there any and 538 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: it's not really an indication of Mallet, it's more of 539 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 1: an indication of wood Room and how he's played. Is 540 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: there any validity to that thought to say, just give 541 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: him a chance to see if he can do that 542 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: with the starters what he's been doing in the third 543 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: and fourth quarter of these games. That's the question you 544 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 1: should ask John. Yeah after practice United to be receptive 545 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: to that probably, And I think any time you can 546 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: put players in a position where they have a chance 547 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: to stretch them else in a in a in a 548 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: situation where they may be doing something different or playing 549 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: with different players. That's a really good thing for an 550 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: evaluation standpoint. So for us to see that would be helpful. 551 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: He's done a good job again, it's been impressive. Um, 552 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: you know, I've gotten a lot of calls from family 553 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: members about him that are intrigued, you know, and I think, um, 554 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: we'll see how it all shakes out over the next 555 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: couple of games. The offensive line, obviously, that's a group 556 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: that's gotten a lot of attention because of just so much. 557 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: It's been in flux so much. How do you look 558 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: at that group right now? Is that one that's keeping 559 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: a tossing and turning right now? At now? Eating is 560 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: that where you're potentially looking to bolster the roster? Well, 561 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: there's a lot of uncertainty, you know. Um, you know, 562 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 1: I kind of look at it like Game of Thrones, 563 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: you know, always some big and there's so much right now, 564 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: there's just so much uncertainty and Game of Thrones, but 565 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: you kind of know that when the season ends, or 566 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: when the show ends next year, everything is going to 567 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: be kind of in place and tied up and everything 568 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: is gonna finish, you know, and I think the offensive 569 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: line right now there is a state of flux. But 570 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: I think when we do get you know, Marshall back 571 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 1: out there and Ronnie back out there and maybe make 572 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: a couple moves or whatever we do, I think everybody 573 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 1: will have a sense of relief and everybody will say, 574 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: why do we spend so much time worrying about it? 575 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: It all worked out? So fifty three master, how does 576 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: it go when it's the you know, whether it's after 577 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: that fourth preseason game or a lot of decisions are 578 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: made really before that game. But what is the conversation? 579 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: Is it you John and Ozzie get into a room 580 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 1: and hammer this thing out? How much? What is that 581 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: dialogue and how is that thing finalized? Well, in general, 582 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,479 Speaker 1: most years is maybe one or two spots that are 583 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: up for grabs. I mean, everybody likes to talk about 584 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: it and read about it and everything else, But it's 585 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: kind of a situation where you look at the roster 586 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: before it camp even starts and you say, okay, we 587 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: think these guys are gonna make it. There will be 588 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: always be a one or two surprises, a couple of 589 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: guys that might emerge, a couple of guys that might 590 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: fall off, Tough decisions you have to make, you know, 591 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: I think in general, we are talking about a few spots, 592 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 1: you know, at various positions, and it's the kind of 593 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: discussion like, Okay, do we keep you know, five outside linebackers? 594 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: Do we keep seven or eight defensive linemen? How many 595 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,719 Speaker 1: corners do we keep? Six corners? Do we keep five corners? 596 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: Do we keep five safeties? Do we keep six safeties? 597 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: Do we keep eight offensive linement? Do we keep nine 598 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: offensive line Maybe we keep seven offensive linement if we 599 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: don't have eight offensive linemen, five receivers plus one returner, 600 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: maybe six receivers? How did that shake out? Is it 601 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: four running backs? Is it five running backs? Is a 602 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: swing guy you know who can play fullback? In whatever 603 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: do you keep up? There's a lot of different factors. 604 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: Three tight ends versus four tight ends, two quarterbacks versus 605 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: three quarterbacks. But in general, I think you have an 606 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: awareness of your roster. Your plan is to keep as 607 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: many talented players as you can. You know, in general, 608 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: you don't want to keep an inferior player at a 609 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: different position. If you've got a really talented guy who 610 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: may be a victim of depth at another position. You know, 611 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: it's just kind of like the way we um approach 612 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: the draft in some respects. You never want to pass 613 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: up on a really talented player just because you may 614 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: not need them at the and take somebody who's a 615 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: lot less talented because you have a hole there. And 616 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: if you do that, what happens is when those guys 617 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,719 Speaker 1: have a chance to play, those inferior players, when they 618 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: do play, they typically won't play as well, and you 619 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: want to being disappointed in the long run. It looks 620 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: good on paper, but when they have to play, they're 621 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: just good enough to get you beat. So it's really 622 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: like a wide receiver is battling against the safety. It's 623 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: not like there's as much competition within the wide receiver room. 624 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: It's in some respects. And then the other I think, 625 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: you know quantifiers, special teams and how do those but 626 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: how do those guys play on special teams? And what's 627 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: their value for us? And then the other thing we 628 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: look at is, okay, can this is this guy get 629 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: a dress for us on game day? Is he good 630 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: enough on special teams or is he just gonna be 631 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: a guy who basically takes up a spot off season? 632 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: Long and doesn't dress because he's not a guy who's 633 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: gonna play on special teams. He talked about the offensive line, 634 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: and you feel like when we look back on it, 635 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: all of our worries will be, you know, a little overamplified. 636 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: I hope. So, yeah, And I'm not gonna feel that 637 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: way if Serac's you know, Queen of the Seven King 638 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: and it's not and it's not Denarius, you know. But 639 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm not saying, like in theory, I'm expecting Denarius and 640 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 1: Hipposse to win out. This is toarily over my head. Yeah, 641 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: you guys are the game with Thurns guys, so you'll 642 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: have to meet afterwards. But Johnson is gonna be the king. 643 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: Don't worry about that anyway. To my question, is is 644 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: that the feeling that you get for the offense as 645 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: a whole, because you know, it's not just offensive lie, 646 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: We've had injuries everywhere along as the one and plack 647 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: it is back and all that. Do you feel like 648 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, this thing is gonna 649 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: come together and it's gonna be it's gonna be good. Well, 650 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it's what we hope for, you know. I 651 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: think the coaches expect that, you know, I think it's hard. 652 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: I can't imagine being a coach and only being able 653 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: to play with basically half a decade cards. You know, 654 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: I'm not having all those guys out there. But I 655 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: think when we at you know, Joe back out there, 656 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: and we get Ronnie out there, we get Marshal out there, 657 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: when we get you know, Danny back out there, and 658 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: we get you know, guys like Brashad and everybody out there, 659 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna look pretty good. You know, I 660 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: really do. I believe that. I'm excited about our team 661 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: and our players. I think the guys are so motivated 662 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: to do well. They're smart, they've been coached extremely well, 663 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,480 Speaker 1: they take pride and organized. They can make plays. We've 664 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: seen that, and I just feel like, when it all 665 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: comes together, this is gonna be a pretty special team. 666 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: And just we'll let you out here on this. This 667 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,719 Speaker 1: is one of our favorite stories, you know, just it's 668 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: kind of set the scene here. Anybody that's watched the 669 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: game with you in the press box, I think fans 670 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: would actually appreciate it. You're you're passionate about it. That's 671 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: when you're you're fired up in the press box, and 672 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: I often end up sitting next to you are right 673 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: around there, and so you're fired up in the press 674 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: box depending on how things going. I have feared for 675 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: the life of some desks, and there's a lot of 676 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: like that intensity going on during games. One of our 677 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: favorites was this was I don't remember what year was, May, 678 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: somewhere around that range, and we were in Indian Plus 679 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: and playing the Colts, and there was just a reporter 680 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: and the rule in the press boxes that you're supposed 681 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: to be respectful and professional as reporters, not supposed to 682 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: be like commentating on the game to the broader audience. 683 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: And there's this guy in the front row that was 684 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 1: just NonStop babbling and you got into it with him 685 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: a little bit like, well, yeah, well, and it's it's 686 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: not a way I want to be. But I am 687 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: people that know me really well. I have an intensity 688 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: about myself that sometimes on game day is especially and 689 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: so it really starts my wake up in the morning. 690 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 1: And you know, my family, they just pretty much know 691 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: that I'm not going to talk much this morning of 692 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 1: the game. And we drive it's pretty much just a 693 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: quiet drive to the stadium, and I don't say too much, 694 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: you know, I just I really don't. And then when 695 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: the game starts, you know, I admire Ozzie that it's 696 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,959 Speaker 1: just an incredible thing how he can sit there. And 697 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: I think this is really what makes him a Hall 698 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: of Fame player in a Hall of Fame GM. He 699 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: just has so much patience and calm and just ability 700 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: to just kind of block out all the noise and 701 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: just clinically sit there. Unfortunately, I don't really have that skill. Um, 702 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: So I'm very very intense, you know, which is why 703 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: maybe fifteen years ago, my mom who passed away, but 704 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: she bought me a pair of these military grade binoculars 705 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: because I was breaking binoculars every week, and so she 706 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: bought me a military pair of binoculars that I could smash, 707 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: that would never break, and I still have them. So 708 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: this this game, in particular, it was a game where 709 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: we weren't playing very well, and you know, for whatever reason. 710 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: I mean, we had a good season. I think it 711 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: was fourteen. We had a good season that year, but 712 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: we just really weren't playing well and we had a 713 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: lot of injuries that week. I think on the offensive line, 714 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: we had different guys playing different spots and I think 715 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: actually that game, you know, Beyond Werner was playing for 716 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: the Colts and he had some success against this rushing 717 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: the passer. And there were these two guys reporters that 718 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: were sitting in front of Ozzie and I and they 719 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: just chirped all game. They just talked all game, and 720 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: they just kept like openly in the press box just 721 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: criticizing our players on the offensive line. And that's kind 722 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: of a no, no, you know, it's just not something 723 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: that is good form, you know. I mean, I try 724 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: as best as possible not to show any emotion in 725 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: the press box. Sometimes I do, but I would never, ever, ever, 726 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: ever show any disrespect for the opponent. You know, I 727 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: may get angry, I may get happy, I may pound 728 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 1: my fist or something, but you know, I would never 729 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 1: do that. And I just felt like these guys were 730 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: doing that, and um I knew Azzi and and Pat 731 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,959 Speaker 1: they also felt the same way, but I just couldn't 732 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: take it anymore. So, uh I, um I went up 733 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: to the guys and after the game and I just 734 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: basically said, listen, it's just so disrespectful that you would 735 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: act like that, so unprofessional that you would act like that, 736 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: and you know, it became a little bit of scrum. 737 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: You know, people started to gather. Yeah, you know, Um, 738 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,959 Speaker 1: but it's just one of those things like, of course 739 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: I get frustrated when we don't play well, but these 740 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 1: are our players and we love them and we support them, 741 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 1: the Ravens, everything that goes into that, and we see 742 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: how hard these guys work, and um, you know, we'll 743 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: always defend our guys. You know, there are players, and 744 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 1: so that's what we did, and it was kind of foolish. 745 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: I kind of regret it, but I think it's just 746 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: if you if you look at that, it's it's probably 747 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: a microcosm of who I am, you know, as a 748 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: as a person. And you know, uh again it's probably 749 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: something I get from my mom, who is a pretty 750 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: intense person. But I think just one those things. You know, 751 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,280 Speaker 1: It's just I kind of regret it. Um, But remind 752 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: me someday to tell you guys a really good story 753 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: about press box etiquette. I've got a great say about 754 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,240 Speaker 1: Kevin Byrne, which I love to tell you guys sometimes. 755 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: Next time. Yeah, gave a little meat on the bone. Cool. Well, 756 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 1: thank you, Eric, We really appreciate it, all right, Thanks Eric. 757 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: Thanks so thank you to Eric. Cost some really good stuff, 758 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: and that guy definitely intense on game day. There's been 759 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: a few insince where I've been sitting next to him 760 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,160 Speaker 1: and something will go bad and the death takes the 761 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: brunt of it, and I'm just like right typing, like 762 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: I don't see anything happening here. The funny part of 763 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: that story that he didn't tell is that there was 764 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: two guys that were really chirping the entire game, and 765 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: then he went and started talking to one of them. 766 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: And then that guy, as soon as Eric started talking 767 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: to him, was basically like, it wasn't me, It wasn't me, 768 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: it was him. It was basically what you and I 769 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: would do. Yeah, but because think it was him. And 770 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: then that guy I think either went out Obama or 771 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,800 Speaker 1: covered Alabama. So then he starts looking up at Ozzie 772 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: and he's like, I'm an Alabama guy. I love Ozzie Newsom. 773 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,439 Speaker 1: Ozzie is my guy, roll tie baby Roll. That makes 774 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 1: him like the most pure human on earth. You could 775 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: I could never do anything wrong. I want to help 776 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 1: covered Alabama. It was a great exchange. You know how 777 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 1: Eric mentioned the scrum that was forming. I was definitely 778 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,719 Speaker 1: in that scrum kind of peering in. I was keeping 779 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 1: my distance so I didn't get implicated in any form 780 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: of fashion, but I was I was definitely keeping close 781 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,359 Speaker 1: pretty well. It's just good to hear from our assistant GM. 782 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you guys can all read our reports and 783 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,319 Speaker 1: other media reports on who's doing well at practice, who 784 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: stands out, what they think and all that, and you 785 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: know those are there's pretty good. Like Eric said, generally, 786 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: they're pretty spot on. But to hear it from our 787 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: assistant GM, who was in charge of evaluating this team 788 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 1: and his thoughts on our team looks right now, it's 789 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 1: pretty cool. You can only get that right here, you know, 790 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 1: pat on the back for us. That's right only on 791 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 1: the lounge. 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