WEBVTT - Odell Beckham Jr.'s Introductory Press Conference 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.920 Welcome into Ravens Press pass. Odell Beckham Junior was in 0:00:06.960 --> 0:00:10.720 the building today and officially signed his new contract with 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.040 the Ravens. Odell also met with the media today alongside 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:16.680 coach Harball and Eric da Costa as the team introduced 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.240 the newest raven Now, before we jump into Odell's introductory 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.320 press conference, Mink and myself will be giving our takeaways 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.840 from today's press conference on a new episode of the 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.160 Last so be sure to check out the Ravens Lounge 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:33.519 feeds soon for that episode that's going to be dropping. So, 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:37.240 without any further ado, here's Odell Beckham Junior with Coach 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:42.240 Harball and Eric da Costa. Thanks for coming out today. 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.519 It's exciting for us and a great opportunity for us 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.680 to announce Odell Beckham as our latest addition to the team. 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.479 Welcome to his family's beautiful family, who had a chance 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:56.240 to spend some time with them last night, and his son, 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.360 who I'm already I want to represent in about twenty 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.120 years because he's gonna be a heck of an athlete. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.720 But it was really a whirlwind for us. This has 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:09.080 been something that's been really percolating over the last year. 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:14.880 We've had conversations with Odell's agent, Zeke, who's here today, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.600 and you know, this has been something that we've been 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.880 focused on for really going back to probably last October. 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.600 We've had conversations to try and possibly potentially get something 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:29.199 worked out. And it's a great it's a great feeling 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.120 for us. You know, we had a chance to attend 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:37.240 Odell's workout last month in Arizona. We also had the 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.399 chance to spend some time with him in Arizona during 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:44.920 the owners meetings several weeks ago. Great meeting, and you know, 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.080 we went into it knowing we were the underdogs, and 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.320 sometimes it's a great story. Sometimes the underdog wins. And 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:53.480 we're thrilled to have him here today and we're thrilled 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.000 for what this means for our football team. That was 0:01:56.000 --> 0:02:02.200 an exciting across. By the way, he's exciting. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.040 He wants to be on the ground running around right. Yeah, 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.080 he's uh, he was trying to get on that table 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:11.800 last night. He was like really excellent quickness, agility, short 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:33.200 area burst. Couple times he's ready, questions good, Um. You 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.720 know I've talked to Themarrow while he was out there, 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.880 and I know that's a better discussion for these two 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.800 as far as how that get handled. UM. But the 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:44.840 goal was, you know, to come here and and have 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.720 that possibility to play with him, And I'm excited about 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:51.320 that opportunity as far as the team, and I just 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.000 ready to bring leadership, ready to bring I've been out 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:56.920 for a long time. I had to sit there and 0:02:56.919 --> 0:03:00.840 watch everyone else play. UM. I'm just excited to get 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.200 back on the field, you know. And it's good to 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.560 be where you wanted. UM. And you know, like we said, 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.800 we've had communications since last October and UM, you know, 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.080 you guys showed me that you wanted me to be 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:13.400 here and then I was going to be a very 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.800 big piece to this organization. So I'm definitely excited about that. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.880 Before you signed, you didn't get any assurances from Lamar 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.040 that you got from a Pew point together this year, 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:28.200 didn't get any assurances for anything. You know, life's uncertain. UM, 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.960 I think that you know, we don't we don't know 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.200 what's gonna happen tomorrow, the next day. You know, we 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.160 only know what's happened in the past. So to me, 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.480 it just was excited about the possibility of that, you know, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.920 my thoughts would be that he would be here. I 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.320 know that, you know, these two want them to be here, 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.200 um and you know, at the end of the day, 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.880 that's that's going to be up to them. In your career, 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.000 you've always see the natural fit in the big city 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.360 in New York, in LA, you're a star personality. All 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:02.760 poor doesn't necessarily fit that profile. So well, I wasn't Cleveland, 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:07.880 so I mean, not the biggest of cities, you know. 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.120 For me, it was great to be in you know, 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:12.680 New York early in my career, and then I went 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:14.520 to Cleveland, I didn't have much success. And then I 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.040 went to LA and I had success. But like at 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.880 the end of the day, the common denator, common denominator 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.520 between all that was I cared about football. I cared 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.760 about being great. I cared about you know. I mean, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.440 I worked my entire life since I was I don't 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.240 want to say his age, but since I was four 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:31.760 years old. Look at my mom and I was telling 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.440 that I'm practicing for Sunday. So to me, it's always 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.400 been about football. You know, the big cities are great. 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.480 They gave me extra opportunities off the field, but at 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.040 the end of the day, I didn't care what was 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.240 going on as long as I was catching touchdowns and 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:53.360 having that hard work kind of payoff. He went on, Yeah, 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.520 we had a great relationship in Cleveland, to be honest, 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:59.360 And it's like there just wasn't you know, when certain 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.960 situations just aren't for people. It's not anyone's fault or 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.960 anything that happens. It's just life. Life goes that way, 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.159 and things, you know, don't work out the way that 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:11.039 you want to. So we had great rapport there, UM, 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.560 great communication. I remember him and I are trying to, like, 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.039 you know, really figure out what's going on and uh, 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.600 bring everyone together. So I have nothing but love for him. 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.200 I got to watch what he did at Georgia, watched 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:25.000 the success he had, UM, and you know, just excited 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.039 about the opportunity that's in front of me, and you know, 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.640 just kind of watching that offense and seeing what was done, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:44.680 I just know that it should be a lot of fun. Well. 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.800 I have not talked to Lamar since the signing. UM, 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:52.080 there's been interaction along the way. UM, you know Lamar's 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:54.920 and our plans. We love Lamar, our feelings about Lamar. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.240 I have not changed one bit since the end of 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.680 the season. Uh, we're hopeful still that we'll get a 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.960 long term deal done. Um. He's the right player for 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.279 this team to lead us to where we want to be. 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.120 I think the locker room knows that, the organization knows that. 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.440 I think the fan base knows that. So it's ongoing. UM, 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:16.200 But I can't think of a situation where we wouldn't 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.840 think that our best team is with Lamar Jackson on 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:27.839 the team. In September, I mentioned that footballisions about that decision, 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:35.919 and I want to play with Umarum definitely. You know that. 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.080 Obviously it's obviously you know fit in the room. UM. 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.320 But I've been around I was in the ANFC North, 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.360 I've been around Baltimore and got whooped by on plenty 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:46.960 of times. I know what kind of team they are. 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.320 One of my favorite things that you were talking about 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.240 was that that underdog story. And you know, I was 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.200 an underdog all my life. I wasn't the number one 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.279 receiver in my class. I wasn't in the fourth I 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.359 was a fourth star. You know, I did have it 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.240 easy coming up until I got to New York and 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.480 then I had some success. So I've been the underdog 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.520 all my life. I've still been counted out. I'm still 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.160 counted out and that kind of excites me. And you know, 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.840 this is a team that has, you know, great talent 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.960 all across the board, offensive line, running backs, receiver, room, 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:20.200 defense is great. It's just it just it boiled down to, 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:22.440 you know, I'm in a place in my life where 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.400 it means a lot more to be wanted than you know, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.360 someone would love to have you, because a lot of 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:31.480 places would love to have you, but where you really wanted, 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.600 you could then pour your heart into that even more, 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.480 you know what I mean. It's just it's just a 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.200 lot easier from where I'm at, just the type of 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.200 person I am. And that was this situation. You know, 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:45.000 it wasn't about so much money, It wasn't about anything. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.800 It was that they showed that they wanted me to 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:49.720 be here and that they see me as a piece 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.280 to come here and help them win. And you know, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.920 I got one ring, you know, and it was a 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:59.680 bitter sweet, bitter sweet champagne. And I remember, you know, 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.280 having you know, talks with God, and he was just like, 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:03.920 I know, it wasn't exactly what you wanted to know, 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:07.120 its bitter sweet. He was like, next time that you 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.680 get to taste that champagne, it'll be the best thing 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:11.920 you ever tasted. So to me, it's all about getting 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:16.280 these rings. It's all about being great, excellent every single 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:21.320 day and winning championships. What are something to think to 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.320 show you love and show you how much they wanted 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:28.120 to here. It's the conversations for one, you know, Um 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:33.920 Steve reached out and there there was that conversation. You know, 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.280 I remember texting my agent like, I think I want 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:37.960 to be a raven. Like he had me fired up 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:43.080 just about the opportunity, about the team. And I don't 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:44.600 know how else. I don't know how to say it, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:48.280 but it was just to show you we want you here. 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.120 It's the only way I could break it down to you. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.040 I can't give you like a specific example of what 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.240 it was. It just was the love that was showing. 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.040 I'm a person who was all about love, showing love, 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.040 you get love, and they showed me a lot of 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.640 of And now it's my duty to give that back, 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.280 you know, And that's something that's going to be very 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.840 easy for me because I know that I was wanted 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:13.559 here the Super Bowl, Um, you were coming back from 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.199 the second all I mean, where are you with that 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.680 process or are you feeling healthier than you have in 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.320 a long time? And I was like, well, I'm feeling great. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:22.520 And I guess I don't know if it's the second 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.160 AHL because the whole that whole season, I was playing, 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.000 you know, without it, UM and it was a crazy thing. 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:31.040 I signed with the La Rams and UM. I remember 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:32.880 El Trish comes down there and he's he's like, I 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:34.720 just got to inform you that you don't have AHL. 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:36.720 You know, we could redo your surgery right now. And 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.920 this was week nine of the season and I had 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:42.520 been I just told him. I was like, I've been 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.480 through way too much to come here and sign. There 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.640 was way too much talk on my name, you know, 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.960 the past year, Like I came here to help win 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:52.400 the championship UM, and I told him I'd die on 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.120 the sword and that was just you know, the kind 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.440 of reference that I used. Uh, you know, I just 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.200 cared that much about about playing. So I feel great now. 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:04.000 You know, I'm still in my process of getting ready 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.280 for September, you know, because we don't play tomorrow, we 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:08.800 don't play a week from now, a month from now, 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.120 like we're playing September. So it's about getting ready for that, 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.240 being in the best physical shape that I can be, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.040 all that, Um, and I had to sit back and 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:23.000 watch everybody have fun last year and through backflips and 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:27.000 end zone and hit the gritty and just everybody got 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:28.680 to have fun. And I was just you know, looking 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.800 at the chops. Um, you know, wanting to be back 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.120 out there. Football isn't who I am, but it's a 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.880 big part of me because I could have played a 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.040 bunch of other sports and I sacrificed a lot to 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.840 play this one. So um, you know, my most important 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.920 thing and focus this year is only about this year, 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:47.960 and that's the only thing that's out of my mind, 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.800 not looking to the year after it, not looking to 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.480 the past years. It's about this year and what I 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:58.560 can do and what I could bring this team. A 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.920 lot of saying about the count given Odale. We know 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:03.960 who's missed the last year and done a lot in 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.200 this league, but a lot of people have acquitted year 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.880 in the game. What gives you the confidence there? The work? 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.600 You asked me, I didn't, Yeah, okay, yeah, no, listen, 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:14.800 we evaluate the players. This is a player that we've 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.760 played against many times and um, you know that's what 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.600 we do for a living. Um, we talked to people, 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.320 we evaluate the player. UM, we have a lot of 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:26.760 information and where we are as a team right now. 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.760 This was the guy that we felt could help take 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.000 us to the next level. Um. We saw him his 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.800 last game that he played in quite honestly, he was 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.319 probably the best player on the field. We've had lots 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.760 of players come back from this type of injury and 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.720 flourish over time. And uh, we've, like I said, we've 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:48.800 we've played huge games against this guy. Remember the game. Uh, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.240 you know, it's a tough game for John and I 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:53.160 but in New York and uh, I don't know how 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.760 many yards you had, but it's probably about it was 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.400 about it was. It was a lot of yards. And 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.120 our players have a lot of respect for this guy. 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:06.400 Our fans are gonna love watching Odell play football. He's 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.080 one hundred percent invested. That's one thing, like as a 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.920 scout that we're always looking for is is this guy 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.040 going to come in and be one hundred percent invested 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.000 in our program and what we believe in in our culture. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.800 And I gotta tell you, like, after two minutes and 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.280 near a zona, sitting across the table from Model. I 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.079 had no doubt in my mind that this was the 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.000 right guy for the team helping me. Adele, how do 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.840 you feel like you can bring your experience in your 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.199 leadership and what has your conversation's been like with sing 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.240 your your time so far? Um, you know one quote 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:36.920 I had always lived by, as you know, you're only 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.400 as good as your last game, and um, it could 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:40.920 be up for debate, but you know, I think I 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.240 was will on the way to be in MVP in 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:45.800 that game. And it's just the type of mentality that 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.839 I have. It's in my heart, Um, since I was 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:53.199 a kid, Like, I'm not worried about coming back from 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.120 this because I came back from it before and I'm 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:59.400 now I'm way past the mental part of Uh, Am 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:01.560 I going to be our right and all of those. Yeah, 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:03.120 you know football is different. When you get out there, 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.400 you're getting hit. You're gonna have to get used to 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.080 that anyways. But just as far as the teammates, you know, 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.080 reaching out and just being able to be that guy. 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.240 I know it's a bunch of younger receivers in the room, 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.040 but I remember when I was the younger receiver. It 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.080 still was kind of a I was still kind of 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.160 the veteran in the room even when I was the 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.760 younger guy. So now I'll be able to teach, you know, 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:23.920 plenty of things I've learned. I'm also one of the 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.959 people who I can always learn from anyone. I can 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.640 learn from someone way younger than me, way older than me, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.679 and I think if you're not can learn from him too. 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.160 So if you're not in a place where where you 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.640 can learn and pass on the knowledge, then you know 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.760 you're probably in the wrong place. And I'm just excited 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.880 about given what you went through to come back and 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.559 what you said about having to sit out the last 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:53.040 year was an emotional process for you when you fully 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.200 read to this deal and has it's been an emotional 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.200 a couple of days for you. I think I'm still 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.520 trying to process the emotions, you know, like it all 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.400 happened so fast. It was very when the when the 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.000 surgery first happened to you know, two to three months 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.240 after that, it was very hard on me. Um, it 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.880 was some some dark days that you know, I had 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.200 to really climb myself out of u and now, you know, 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.440 being here at the Black and Purple on or the 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.040 all black over there and just you know that part's 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.200 all behind me and I have a vision, I have 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.320 a future of something that I'm looking forward to. Um, 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.880 I'm just excited, you know, I'm excited, But I'm also 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.240 like very determined and hungry. So I don't know, if 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.280 you know through the smiles, there's still like this that 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.800 that I that I really want this badly, Like I'm 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.360 ready to be great, ready to be excellent again. Um, 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:57.280 I'm just ready for the opportunity. At one point, ye um, 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:58.880 I talked to him, I'm gonna I'm gonna have to 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:00.680 give him a few headbuts and we're gonna have to 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:02.920 We're gonna have to We're gonna have to hug it, 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.200 hug it out, and then you know it's we're on 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.800 the same team and our goal. I know that for sure, 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.520 it's gonna sharpen each other each and every day. I'm 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:12.480 excited about being able to work for somebody like that. 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.280 This is you know, one of the great corners in 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:18.200 the league, all Pro Pro Bowl corner. Um. But definitely 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.480 get the battle it out and you know, you know, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.920 talk a little to each other and then you know 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.920 that's it because we're on the same squad um, and 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.840 I know that I've already communicated with them to communicate 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:32.479 with them that I think we're both excited about this opportunity. Um. 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.520 You know, at the end of the day, you don't 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.520 never have I don't. I don't have beef with anybody. 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.160 I don't have any you know, bad blood, nothing like that. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.080 Life's way too short for that. I've got, you know, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.800 things going on in my life that are that are 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:49.640 very important. So it's um, I think we're both excited 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:58.760 about it physically kind of turn and then wiser where 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:05.200 we were physically when I turned the corner. I couldn't 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.240 give you an exact day, but there was there was 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.840 definitely a time period where it was a lot harder 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.560 for me. And now, you know, after being a year removed, 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.400 I think going into that thirteen months, fourteen months out 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.360 of your surgery, you start to really turn the corner. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:23.240 And I look at it, We're in early mid April, 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:28.280 you got to May, June, July, August. It's five months 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.280 until you know we're on the field and rolling. And 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.200 for me, that's plenty of time. I got plenty of confidence. 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:36.880 It's just time to get to work and I'm excited 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.800 about that. And now, like I said, it's very hard 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.600 for a man to have no vision and feel as 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.560 if you have no purpose, then you have no direction. 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.400 There's nowhere really to go. And that was kind of 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:49.320 you know, the path that I was on, and this 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:52.560 gave me that structure. They gave me that excitement again. 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.000 You know, I've been waiting for a long time to 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.600 get back on the field, so I couldn't give you 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:03.040 an exact day, but where you were injury, what you said, 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.760 I don't know how to exactly answer that, but I 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:12.680 guess we'll see in September. But I'm excited about it. Um. Yeah, Well, 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.240 like I said, why I tweeted, I say, we're gonna see. 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:21.679 You know, you've had many players coming in for freeating physics, 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.359 graft physics. Was there anything particular? I know, you know 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.440 Dell across the pass before. It's like you don't know 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.800 each other, But it is there anything particular you were 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.280 hoping to learn or that you learned a batt O'Dell 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.040 when you met with him in Phoenix? What was that 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:37.679 whole kind of experience Like, yeah, not really just Phoenix, 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:41.960 probably the whole process going back to November last year, December. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:46.119 We had a few conversations throughout those kind of conversations, 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:48.600 especially where Odell was at and we were fighting to 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.359 try to to you know, make a season, and he 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.439 was fighting to get his way back. I think he 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.280 kind of wanted to maybe think about playing at that 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.960 point in time, and we had some really honest conversations. 0:17:57.960 --> 0:17:59.960 That's what struck me more than anything. Was just as honest, 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.680 you know, it was he was very much an open 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:04.840 book in terms of what he was thinking, what he 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.000 wanted to do, where he was going, really not trying 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.399 to sell anything or talk about anything other than this 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:12.119 is really where I'm at, this is what I'm thinking, 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.480 asking where we were at, just those conversations and kind 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.240 of culminating Phoenix when we had a chance to be 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.720 face to face and uh, just kind of connecting that way. 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.240 But it was really easy and normal, natural, and I 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:28.399 just was struck by his straightforwardness and honesty. Did you 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.639 have any concern when designing was signed here giving the 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:35.680 uncertainty mad position? I mean, if you look at the 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:39.480 other situations I was going into the everything was uncertain, 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:44.200 you know, and like I said, life's uncertain. Um obviously 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.760 I would assume that it's going to work out. You know. 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:52.280 I have that that faith and that hope and Lamar 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:55.840 I know if you're watching, you know, and I would 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.120 love to love to get to work with you. I'll 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.080 talk to these guys over here, and you know, hopefully 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.600 that gets done. You know. I think when you when 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.680 you think about the Ravens, you definitely think about Lamore 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:08.399 and I know that that's something. You know, I was 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:13.199 excited about that possibility, and um, life's life's not certain, 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:15.920 you know. Just to keep it short, you know, the 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:22.439 camp when I get on the field, um, you know, 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:25.960 that'll be a you know, discussion with the training room, coaches, everybody. 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.879 Like I said, I think I've been in this situation 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:33.600 before where this is made more important by this side 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:36.120 of the room than you know, your teammates. If you're 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.560 if you had OTAs and you were a great guy 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.120 and you get out onto the field during the season 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.080 and you don't perform, I don't think your teammates are 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:45.760 gonna be like, well, he was at OTAs and he 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:49.119 was you know, he was there. It's more about that 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:51.159 guy that's gonna come short for you on Sundays and 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:53.640 be able to produce and um, you know, but there's 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:56.600 also being in a new group group and being able 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:59.400 to bond with those guys. I get the balance. So 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.679 it's something that will sit down and figure out. But 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:04.960 I always always, deep down the side, I thought that 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:07.680 it was made more of a thing over that way 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:09.960 than it really is with the guys that you you know, 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:13.600 share blood, sweat and tears with and you're with more 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:18.800 hours than your family. So, um, yeah, John putting together 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.480 a team, I'm playing it now with the years, it's 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:25.600 more as much arts science once the art of bringing 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:28.520 in a major personality star its rate him into a 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:30.919 team where he is part of the team, not just 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:34.720 the the guy that other guys know. Yeah, you know, 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:38.200 it's probably just simpler than that. Just it's football then, 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:40.679 you know, Del, I don't care who you are in 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:42.440 this league. You've been part of the teams your whole life. 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:44.800 You've been in locker rooms, you've been around guys. It's 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:46.239 just part of being part of a team. It's like 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.400 the practice schedule and everything is just paced in terms 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:51.320 of what puts us in the best position where we 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:53.160 need to play the games in September, you know, So 0:20:54.080 --> 0:20:55.680 him getting with the guys in the locker Room's gonna 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.160