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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We're fired up

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Speaker 1: today to be joined by Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith. Ro Quan,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for the time. So what has

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Speaker 1: the off season program looked like for you? What have

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Speaker 1: you thought? What have been your impressions of everything you've

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Speaker 1: been working on over the course the last few months.

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Speaker 2: It's been amazing, honestly, just being out here with amongst

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Speaker 2: my teammates, coaches, and just being around the staff here

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Speaker 2: in the building. Uh, getting better, getting stronger with Scott

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Speaker 2: in the weight room, and then I feel like getting

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Speaker 2: smarter on the field working with Mike Zeo and company.

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Speaker 2: So I think it's really great and I think there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of great things in story and I'm excited

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Speaker 2: for him.

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Speaker 1: So you were here when this thing started back in April.

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Speaker 1: You know, you were here from the start, and not

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Speaker 1: every guy is here. It's voluntary up until you know,

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Speaker 1: before mandatory mini camp obviously, but you were here. Why

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Speaker 1: did that? Why was it something that you felt like

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Speaker 1: you wanted to be here from the start and to

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Speaker 1: be consistent throughout this whole process.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a variety of reasons honestly, one, I

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Speaker 2: love ball, I love being around the guys, and I

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Speaker 2: want to get better and there's always room for improvement,

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Speaker 2: and there's things that I want to work on personally

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Speaker 2: to take my game to the next level. And I

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Speaker 2: felt like being here that was going to help enhance that.

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Speaker 2: So I'm like, how can I turn down an opportunity

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Speaker 2: to get better. I'm always looking for that room.

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Speaker 3: Bro.

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Speaker 4: This will be your first training camp coming up with

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Speaker 4: the Ravens. Last year was unusual for you. You got

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Speaker 4: traded mid season, came here to Graummar. I think with

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Speaker 4: New Orleans first game, like it'd only been with the

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Speaker 4: team a couple of days.

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Speaker 3: How much more.

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Speaker 4: I guess, comfortable are you now than you were when

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Speaker 4: you first came And what do you think that's going

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Speaker 4: to do for you and this defense?

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Speaker 2: It's crazy And like just thinking about it, how much

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Speaker 2: more comfortable, Like thinking back to the New Orleans game

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Speaker 2: when I was out there guessing on some of the things,

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Speaker 2: you know, but thinking I knew what I was doing,

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Speaker 2: as well as just having like a full off season

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Speaker 2: under my books. And I think with the coaching staff,

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Speaker 2: learning the scheme, like knowing the scheme inside and out.

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Speaker 2: I think it's only going to make me play better

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Speaker 2: and faster, because even at the end of the year

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Speaker 2: last year, some things it was pretty clear, but I wasn't.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes I would think a little bit, But like, I

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Speaker 2: feel like coming into this season, there won't be anythinking

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Speaker 2: at all, and I feel like I'll be even sharper

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Speaker 2: with my tools.

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Speaker 4: When you talk about taking your game to the next level,

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Speaker 4: the one is the next level, Like how does ro

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Speaker 4: Quand Smith take his game.

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Speaker 3: To the next level.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of things I can do better.

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Speaker 2: I can you know, my mistap. I want to have

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Speaker 2: those percentages lower. I want to get more opportunities putting

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Speaker 2: my hands on the ball with whether there's route concepts

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Speaker 2: that I've been studying a lot more this off season,

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Speaker 2: so trying to get get into those windows and make

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Speaker 2: life a little easier for my dbs as well, and

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Speaker 2: also just in the run game, you know, working on

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Speaker 2: So that's something that I want. I want to do

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Speaker 2: and uh, I think I'll be able to do it.

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Speaker 1: So one thing I thought was cool this off season

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Speaker 1: Rokwan was the Pro Bowl. I had a chance to

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Speaker 1: see you at the Pro Bowl, And the thing that

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Speaker 1: I thought was really cool about it was you and

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Speaker 1: ray Lewis seemed like you were old buddies catching up

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Speaker 1: like you were. He was the coach of the AFC

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Speaker 1: team and like, and at first I thought it was

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Speaker 1: anything else, and then I come to find out, like, no,

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Speaker 1: Bowl when this is supposed to be kind of the

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Speaker 1: relaxation time, but you guys are still talking football. Can

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Speaker 1: you tell me a little bit about that like relationship

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Speaker 1: then you were talking about continuing that conversation and trying

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Speaker 1: to learn from him over the course of this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Have you guys kept in touch?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, got to see him done something with NFL films

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Speaker 2: Pro Bowl. It was just the opportunity to learn from

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Speaker 2: a legend, a guy who did it for as long

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Speaker 2: when ball, like in the way he played the game.

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Speaker 2: You know, I have the utmost respect for him and

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Speaker 2: it's pretty sick just to think.

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Speaker 3: About and like just the knowledge, all the knowledge you have.

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Speaker 2: I'm just trying to get any little ticks and tax

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Speaker 2: that I can pick up from him, and just being

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Speaker 2: just being with him spending time, and I think it's

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Speaker 2: going to be great thinking around camp time later in

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Speaker 2: the season, going to get some more filmwork in to

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Speaker 2: his eyes, because there's nuggets that he's like given me

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Speaker 2: that I'm like, Okay, it's pretty cool. I paid paying

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's cool. I mean I remember him telling me

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Speaker 1: at the Pro Bowl that he like going back to

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Speaker 1: the question of what is the next level for you?

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Speaker 1: He's like rookwand came into the defense in the middle

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Speaker 1: of the season, Like it's that knowledge piece that you

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Speaker 1: were just talking about that like when you have even

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Speaker 1: a better understanding of the defense, then you can play faster.

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Speaker 1: Then you're making sure that everybody around you is in

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Speaker 1: the right place at the right time, and it just

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Speaker 1: seems like that and hearing from him, he's like, that

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I totally agree with that, Like having the knowledge

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Speaker 2: of the defense and then because a lot of the

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Speaker 2: terminology things that are here was a lot different. So

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Speaker 2: if I've been learning something for years and then ended

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Speaker 2: up with a new defense last year in Chicago for

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Speaker 2: the first part of the year, and then coming over

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Speaker 2: here into a totally new defense, so a lot of

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Speaker 2: the terminology was a bit confusing for me for being

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Speaker 2: But I think now, having like the off season under

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Speaker 2: then with camp and preseason and stuff, I think it's

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Speaker 2: I think we am for something special and I think

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Speaker 2: myself personally, I think it's going to be probably my

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Speaker 1: Ooh, I like that. I mean, you've been playing at

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Speaker 1: such high level you think this could be the best?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: I love that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I kind of my question kind of

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Speaker 4: touched on that too, like I kind of love the

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Speaker 4: swag last year in Cincinnati that you had after the

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Speaker 4: regular season game. Then the rematch the next week was

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Speaker 4: almost like you guys wanted that rematch and the team

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Speaker 4: was really short obviously you know Lamar I wasn't playing

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Speaker 4: there where O there is no excuse for anything. Do

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Speaker 4: you feel like this team kind of feels like they

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Speaker 4: have unfinished business coming in this year?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And we want all the smoke, honestly, and from

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Speaker 2: a defensive side, and talking with Lamar from the offensive

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Speaker 2: We was talking in the locker room yesterday and like

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Speaker 2: how excited he is, How excited I am me PQ

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Speaker 2: the entire defense. We got some dogs up front, so

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of payback that we have out there.

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Speaker 2: So we'll get to it when we get to it,

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Speaker 2: one week at a time.

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Speaker 1: Do you do you think it's important as a defensive

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Speaker 1: player to not be scared like you you take on

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Speaker 1: that mentality like like you just said, we want to

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Speaker 1: smoke like you don't run from a fight basically, And

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Speaker 1: do you think that's an important mentality to have.

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, uh never scared. Wasn't born scared, plan to

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Speaker 2: but at the end of the day, we're coming out

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Speaker 2: to you know, take your heads off.

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Speaker 4: We've asked a lot of offensive guys what they think about,

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Speaker 4: you know, the team bringing in obj Z, you know,

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Speaker 4: the weapons, Agalad. From a defensive perspective, what's your perspective

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Speaker 2: Think it's tremendous, like bringing in those guys obj Nelson,

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Speaker 2: drafting Z and then obviously Pro Bowl All Pro Mark,

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Speaker 2: you know, can't double him now when you have those

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Speaker 2: obviously you have Lamark quarterback. So when you look at

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Speaker 2: it on paper, it's pretty sick. But I know those

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Speaker 2: to those guys, because I think it's gonna be pretty sweet.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know you're kind of familiar being in charge

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Speaker 4: of guy with what coach Mounkin did there. I guess

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Speaker 4: what was your reaction to him getting the job.

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Speaker 1: And were you happy, you know, could you lose him

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Speaker 1: in Georgia disappointing your dogs? You're just one of those

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Speaker 1: two national championships.

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Speaker 3: You know, it was pretty sweet. You know it was bittersweet.

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Speaker 2: You know, he he get the dogs, help the dogs

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Speaker 2: with the two back to back, So that's pretty sweet

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Speaker 2: first time in program history. So you know, thankful for

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Speaker 2: his time there, and man like, honestly, so I still

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Speaker 2: keep in touch with my dogs, like watching those guys

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Speaker 2: every Saturday and whatnot, and like seeing some of his

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Speaker 2: play calling. I used to be like, man Like, if

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Speaker 2: this guy was like in the league and doing some

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Speaker 2: of the things that he's doing, it will be pretty

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be sweet, and I think there's

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Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of good stuff that he's gonna

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Speaker 2: do with Lamar as well, and just the offense in general.

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Speaker 2: So I'm just excited to be on the side. I'm

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Speaker 2: watching those guys on they're out there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Can you tell a difference from looking at the offense.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely without a doubt, Like, yeah, route concepts, scheme wise,

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Speaker 2: just everything. I could see a big difference in the offense,

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Speaker 2: with no disrespect to anyone, totally.

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Speaker 4: People told a lot about how you and PQ clicked

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think PQ's a heck of a player, and

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, not a lot, you know, just trying to

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. I got a great deal of respect for Chicago.

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Speaker 3: Yeah? So Vietnam, Taland and Japan.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So I was with the guys over there, and

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Speaker 1: We're here to stop.

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Speaker 2: Vietnam was the favorite spot just being there. It's like

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Speaker 3: It was very good and very tasty. It tasted similar.

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Speaker 2: I'm a foodie myself, so like it tasted very similar

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Speaker 2: but it tasted very similar to quail. And I was

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Speaker 3: And just like trying all the different cuisines.

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Speaker 2: In Thailand and Vietnam because there were some things I've

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Speaker 2: never heard of and I tried and I'm like, oh wow,

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Speaker 2: don't knock something until you try it.

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Speaker 1: You get a scorpion on your next you know, time out.

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Speaker 3: Cliff, I'm I got it. Probably not all right.

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Speaker 1: I don't blame you. Well, Roque, it's been fun talking today,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. And enjoyed the time off here

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Speaker 1: before they started training camp.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, thank you guys so much. It was a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Well, big thanks to Roquan for stopping by the seat

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Speaker 1: So in terms of the conversation with Roquan, I mean,

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Speaker 1: this is a guy in my mind who he just

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Speaker 1: kind of exemplifies everything that you want in a team

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Speaker 1: leader in a Raven Like if you're going down, you

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Speaker 1: know the checklist, great player, great guy, off the field, leader,

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Speaker 1: hard worker, all that stuff, like he checks every single box.

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Speaker 1: And I mean I just think the Ravens hit a

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Speaker 1: home run and trading for him and then getting him

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Speaker 1: signed to the long term.

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Speaker 3: Deal, no questions.

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Speaker 4: Not often you get a player like that in the

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Speaker 4: prime of his career who not only on the field

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Speaker 4: you know what he does, but like you mentioned all

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Speaker 4: the intangibles, he just has a presence. He walks in

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Speaker 4: the room, his peers respect him, the coaching staff respects him,

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Speaker 4: the other team always wants to know where he is

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Speaker 4: on the field. So yeah, I mean, I think now

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Speaker 4: that this year, moving forward, he's really going to put

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Speaker 4: his mark even more on this defense. He came into

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Speaker 4: a tough situation last year, even for a player of

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Speaker 4: his stature midway through the season, coming to a playoff

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Speaker 4: contender and just being thrown in there, it's not easy.

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Speaker 4: He handled it extremely well, still played at a high level,

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Speaker 4: but he believes he can take his game to another level,

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Speaker 4: which to me is exciting, and he's specific about some

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Speaker 4: of the things he wants to do.

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Speaker 3: He wants to be even.

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Speaker 4: More of a leader, and more importantly, he wants to

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Speaker 4: help this team reached its ultimus goal, which is winning

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Speaker 4: the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: That's something when he wants.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that I love about him is

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Speaker 1: like it's not fake. And like a lot of dudes

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Speaker 1: can come in and put on the Bravado and give

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Speaker 1: the raw ross speech and try to take that front

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Speaker 1: of the room type energy and be that guy. But like,

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Speaker 1: if it's not authentic, players sniff that out absolutely and

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Speaker 1: with him, and I think part of the reason why

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Speaker 1: he became so well respected so quickly here was like

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Speaker 1: it was it was genuine and like that's who he is,

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Speaker 1: and he didn't come in are Boston people around he

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Speaker 1: Like when he got here, I've said this before on

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Speaker 1: the podcast, Like he went around the locker room, he

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Speaker 1: shook hands and met everybody, players, reporters, people around the building.

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Speaker 1: Like he went out of his way to try to

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Speaker 1: get to know people. And that said a lot right there.

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Speaker 1: And then like then when first of all players respect

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Speaker 1: his ability, like there's no question about that, but he

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Speaker 1: got to know players, and then he over the course

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Speaker 1: of the season quickly he just took on that leadership

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Speaker 1: role because that's who he is, Like that's just that's

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Speaker 1: innate in him.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean with Rokewan, there's no wasted words. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: no wasted movement. Like when he's on the field, every

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Speaker 4: step is in the right direction to make a play.

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Speaker 4: When he says something, he's not wasting your time. Like

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Speaker 4: if he doesn't feel anything needs to be said, he

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Speaker 4: says nothing. But when he talks the old place to say,

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Speaker 4: people listen because they know this is not going to

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Speaker 4: be something that you know fake, you know there's something

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Speaker 4: that's not important. When Roqwan talks, people listen. So yeah, again,

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Speaker 4: I think that, you know, obviously this year he can

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Speaker 4: really fully, I think, try and put his mark on

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Speaker 4: this defense. And you know, I know that, you know,

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Speaker 4: in this division, you know, the last couple of years,

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Speaker 4: it's been the Bengals, And I think that he really

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Speaker 4: those last two games against his ainna, the last regular

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Speaker 4: season game and in the playoff game, he wanted to

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Speaker 4: kind of let the Bengals know that, hey, there's a

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Speaker 4: new sheriff.

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Speaker 3: In town on this defense.

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Speaker 4: And just like the Ravens have to deal with Burrow

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Speaker 4: and its crew, you guys have to deal with us too.

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Speaker 3: So I'm really looking.

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Speaker 4: Forward to that matchup and then really just Roqwan's whole

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Speaker 4: season here moving forward as a Raven for life.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not scared. He's not quote I wasn't born scared.

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Speaker 1: I don't plan on dying scared. I mean, that's just

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Speaker 1: who he is. And I also like that he said

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Speaker 1: he thinks this is gonna be his best season. It's like,

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Speaker 1: like I like your question, which was where do you

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Speaker 1: go from here? You're already like at the top of

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Speaker 1: the game, and he thinks he can take it to

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Speaker 1: another level.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's young enough, intense enough. Yeah, his standards are

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Speaker 4: above what anyone else's standards.

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Speaker 3: Are for him.

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