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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. We have the

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Speaker 1: pleasure of sitting down with Roquan Smith and Broke I

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Speaker 1: gotta start here. Have you always had that smile? Like

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Speaker 1: your smile that can't be real, right, Yeah, that's for sure, dude.

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Speaker 1: I thought that for years. I was like, that's funny.

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, now we got it out. I

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Speaker 1: have been meaning to ask you that question for like

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Speaker 1: weeks now, and I just said I had you. I

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Speaker 1: had to so all the top. I mean, how much

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Speaker 1: are you enjoying being part of this franchise? I'm enjoying

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Speaker 1: a lot, man, Like since I first got here, you know,

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Speaker 1: from like the first meeting I had here until the

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Speaker 1: first time I had my encount with the gods in

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Speaker 1: the locker room, it's been I felt like it's just

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Speaker 1: been a genuine welcome and like I'm excited to be here,

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Speaker 1: and I think the guys are cited as well, and

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Speaker 1: I think we're just growing together. Yeah. One thing that

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Speaker 1: stuck with me. I thought it was funny. It was

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Speaker 1: like your first week here, I think, and I went

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Speaker 1: down to get dinner as I have to do especially,

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Speaker 1: and and you were going in line and you were like,

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Speaker 1: you all got seven here, like you have seven and

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Speaker 1: cafeteria worker Brian who he was like, yeah, we have

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Speaker 1: semon like all the time, and you were like, what,

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Speaker 1: like right, And it just seems like you really like

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Speaker 1: this this franchise, the way it's run, that you were

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Speaker 1: really appreciating it. I guess yeah, absolutely, man. I think

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Speaker 1: things are handled like first class, you know, putting the

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Speaker 1: players for first whatever. It takes um for the players

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Speaker 1: to have those guys, have those guys to be successful.

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Speaker 1: I feel like organization is all about that. So when

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Speaker 1: that those things happen, it makes you want to go

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Speaker 1: even harder for the organization. So I'm just excited to

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Speaker 1: be here and incited for all the great things that

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Speaker 1: come with it. So on the football field, you know,

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Speaker 1: you made a pretty quick impact. Uh, it's different just

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Speaker 1: having you out there. What do you think of Mike

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Speaker 1: mcdombe defense, um, the way that he runs it and

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Speaker 1: how it's similar or different to what you've done in

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Speaker 1: the past. Uh, Mike, Yeah, I enjoy playing Mike defense.

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Speaker 1: Uh it's very different from what I was playing in

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Speaker 1: Chicago earlier this year. But some things that I've done

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Speaker 1: in the past from what defensios the the shot besides

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Speaker 1: the Chuck Pagano's, I think it's kind of similar under

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Speaker 1: that tree. And I truly enjoy planning our defense and

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Speaker 1: I played in our defense in college as well. And

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Speaker 1: the way he calls a game, you know, he's not

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Speaker 1: afraid to dial things up, play coverage and you know,

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Speaker 1: let his playmaker make play. So I have a great

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Speaker 1: deal of respect for anyone that, uh, don't call the

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Speaker 1: game scared and you know, willing to take chances. It's

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Speaker 1: just so it's different than what you did in Chicago

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. But then you get here and like

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Speaker 1: you pick it up right away. You played I think

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Speaker 1: Snaps your first game the game too, like didn't take

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Speaker 1: you long at all. How were you able to like

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Speaker 1: pick it up so quickly, especially considering it was a

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Speaker 1: big change from what you've been doing the rest of

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Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, I think it just comes down to

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Speaker 1: a tension to detail and concepts and just knowing concepts

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Speaker 1: and think football it's all about concepts. There's only so

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Speaker 1: many ways that you can play certain coverages, and so

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Speaker 1: just thinking about that and knowing the terminology that we

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Speaker 1: with the help of the teammates helping me out, saying

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Speaker 1: little things that give me great reminders out on the

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Speaker 1: it's a credit of those guys of coaching stuff and

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Speaker 1: everyone else. You're obviously a big time leader in Chicago,

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Speaker 1: but whenever you come to a new team, you know

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Speaker 1: your new jack, you know. So how did you go

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Speaker 1: about kind of uh assimilating into the team and and

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Speaker 1: building that kind of trust with your teammates. Yeah? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I think it starts off. You just have to be yourself.

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Speaker 1: And I said, you know, coming here, I don't know

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Speaker 1: being myself throughout the week, throughout my time here. And

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Speaker 1: I think guys adapt to that. And you know, guys

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Speaker 1: authentic people. And I feel them that. So I wasn't

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Speaker 1: think guys tend to flock to that. You've got the

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Speaker 1: locker right next to p qu you two are kind

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Speaker 1: of seeing him up close and personal. Yeah, he's, Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's I didn't really know much about him, Like obviously

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Speaker 1: real cool, down to earth guy. You know, he wants

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Speaker 1: us both to be successful and normally, you know, you

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Speaker 1: don't really meet a lot of guys like that, high

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Speaker 1: level guys, and you know, he don't care who makes

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Speaker 1: great tandem and I'm just excited for everything we have

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Speaker 1: in story. And I think he's just a great down

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Speaker 1: to earth guy. Now, do you like to fish? Because

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Speaker 1: Piqu's big time fisher. So funny thing I used to

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Speaker 1: no stop likes anything like that. So all I did

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Speaker 1: growing up was like after school fish fish fish, like

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Speaker 1: going off to little creeks, going off to little ponds

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Speaker 1: and whatever. So we definitely have to play this offseason

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Speaker 1: to get out throw the line up there a little bit,

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Speaker 1: let's see who really has the skills. That's awesome. Last

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Speaker 1: So I think we're gonna have to do a follow

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Speaker 1: up this year the two of you guys the fishing

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Speaker 1: competition to see who ends up winning that fishing competition.

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Speaker 1: So last week on the podcast, we had Gito Stone

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Speaker 1: on and uh, he talked about playing behind you in

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Speaker 1: the addition that you've been to this defense, and he

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Speaker 1: was like, I'll be honest, you know, like the guys

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Speaker 1: Like how much pride do you take in that? I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're not leaving anything for those guys behind you. You You

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Speaker 1: guys just reread the wealth a little bit. Man. It's

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Speaker 1: like it's hard, it's hard to get it myself for

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Speaker 1: it's it's exciting, man, playing on the defense with like

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Speaker 1: lot of talk about how you and pe Q you

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Speaker 1: how do you feel that on the field, that that

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Speaker 1: you two kind of work in tandem? Yeah, man, it's crazy,

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Speaker 1: like just how in sync we have been, like uh,

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Speaker 1: and like how he sees the game and how I

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Speaker 1: just like us being on the string together and playing

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Speaker 1: this guy's the limit for us too. That was it

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Speaker 1: at all? Pique kind of talked about this when the

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Speaker 1: on Twitter, people are hitting me up, like, oh, what's

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Speaker 1: this mean about my future? You know, he's going into it.

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Speaker 1: next year, fifth year after that, you know, and obviously

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Speaker 1: But I get the sense that there was never any

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Speaker 1: I've been here to guy's been trying to help me.

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Speaker 1: I have questions, I asked him. The guy's been trying

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Speaker 1: that's what people on the outside try to do, like

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Speaker 1: just have to focus on, you know, continue to getting

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Speaker 1: So obviously Sunday's game didn't go the way that you wanted, uh,

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Speaker 1: you've heard about that, and that's been a point of emphasis,

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Speaker 1: you know from your perspective, just how disappointed was that

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Speaker 1: point this year? Yeah, No, absolutely, that sucked. You know, definitely,

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Speaker 1: when the offense give us a lead like that, you

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Speaker 1: just the big picture looking at it, I think from

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Speaker 1: that game, you know, we clearly didn't play to our standard.

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Speaker 1: Uh No one on defense, including myself. There was some

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Speaker 1: plays out there that I wish I can have back,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure everyone out there wishes the same thing.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's just about looking each other in

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Speaker 1: the mirror, looking yourself in the mirror more so, and

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Speaker 1: knowing what it takes to get the job done and

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Speaker 1: whatever it takes a weekend and week out the the

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Speaker 1: best version of yourself. That's what we're gonna need to

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Speaker 1: win these games deep into a season December and January,

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Speaker 1: because that's when it really counts. And I think if

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Speaker 1: So good thing about being in this league. We've got

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Speaker 1: a great opportunity this week and just looking forward to

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Speaker 1: it and bouncing back and Sean, you know who we

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Speaker 1: we can't afford to do that and there's no place

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Speaker 1: for that with this Ravens defense. Like I I have felt,

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Speaker 1: and I felt this even before you arrived, and then

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Speaker 1: And when I got rid of my agent after like

429
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Speaker 1: my second year in the league, um, I just thought

430
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Speaker 1: like maybe with the money and things like that, I

431
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Speaker 1: can you know, give that to like charity. I can

432
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Speaker 1: do that, do things for family with those fees and UM.

433
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Speaker 1: It's also I think I have a team of advisors

434
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Speaker 1: just like any GM, him or anyone else, like any

435
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Speaker 1: business have. Like I have my guys that you know,

436
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Speaker 1: been through these type situations before, UM, and we sit

437
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Speaker 1: at the round table and we come together, you know,

438
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Speaker 1: have a great plan, and you know, I trust those guys,

439
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Speaker 1: and those guys have a lot of insight and a

440
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Speaker 1: lot of experience, and I think it's no different from

441
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Speaker 1: what a GM has when he's at the table. Like

442
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Speaker 1: those guys have their salary cap guys, they have their

443
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Speaker 1: you know, their country at guys. So it's all about,

444
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Speaker 1: you know, just having a team and making the best

445
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Speaker 1: possible team for your success. It's it's interesting whenever somebody,

446
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Speaker 1: you know, becomes public knowledge that somebody has requested a trade,

447
00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,200
Speaker 1: there's always a perception of that from the outside of like, oh,

448
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Speaker 1: what's this guy about or whatever? Right, and like since

449
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Speaker 1: meeting you, you know, you know, you never know what's

450
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Speaker 1: the thing from afar right and meeting you, I'm like,

451
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Speaker 1: it's hard to kind of imagine, like you're just such

452
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Speaker 1: a straightforward like guy, you know, and like a team dude,

453
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean that, Like, I don't know.

454
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Speaker 1: I guess it was um hard for me to imagine.

455
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Speaker 1: I guess I don't know, But like, can you take

456
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Speaker 1: me through that process and and how difficult that was

457
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Speaker 1: for you because the Bears, we're a team that drafted

458
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Speaker 1: you and you had a lot of history there, you

459
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Speaker 1: know what I mean, And like you want to do

460
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Speaker 1: all that's good for the team to you know what

461
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Speaker 1: I mean? Yeah, absolutely, and not yeah, you definitely want

462
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Speaker 1: to do that and have been a team player. And

463
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Speaker 1: I think if you ask any guys in that locker

464
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Speaker 1: room in Chicago or anyone around the facility at Chicago,

465
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Speaker 1: everyone had a great deal of respect for me based

466
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Speaker 1: on just the way I handle things day in and

467
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Speaker 1: day out, you know. But at the end of the day,

468
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Speaker 1: you have to do what's you feel it's best for

469
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Speaker 1: you and your career while also doing what's best for

470
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Speaker 1: the team. But you can't settle for things that you know,

471
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Speaker 1: if you feel like you're worth something and someone else

472
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Speaker 1: sees you at something else, so that's their opinion and

473
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Speaker 1: that's the way they feel, and hey, you're entitled to that.

474
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Speaker 1: But you have to stick by your guns and do

475
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Speaker 1: what you feel is best for you because you only

476
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Speaker 1: have one career, and you know, once the career is over, hey,

477
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Speaker 1: it's over. There's no looking back. Yeah. That, and then

478
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard for a player to deal with

479
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Speaker 1: when the team is like you know what, we don't

480
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Speaker 1: see it right now, you know. And then like you

481
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Speaker 1: come to a team like the Ravens to like give

482
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Speaker 1: up a lot to get you. It's like, man, this

483
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,439
Speaker 1: team is like embracing me, they want me like that

484
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Speaker 1: has to feel really good on the back end of that,

485
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Speaker 1: you know, yeah, absolutely, because you would you would think

486
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Speaker 1: you would think that way about the team that initially

487
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Speaker 1: dropped you. But you know, when you lead the league

488
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Speaker 1: and tackles Yeah, and like with a new regime and

489
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,760
Speaker 1: everything like that, you know, you never know how they

490
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Speaker 1: feel about you, and like you're not their guy in

491
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Speaker 1: a sense, so you know, they gotta feel like they

492
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Speaker 1: gotta do what they feel it's best for them. But

493
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Speaker 1: you know, being here, you know, knowing a team that

494
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Speaker 1: gave up so much and see so much in me

495
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Speaker 1: what I see in myself, Man, it makes you want

496
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Speaker 1: to go even harder and uh, play the game the

497
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Speaker 1: way the game deserves to be played, regardless. I'm doing

498
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,680
Speaker 1: that regardless, but it just gives you that extra little

499
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Speaker 1: fire and man, it's just it's just awesome to be here. Obviously,

500
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Speaker 1: the elevant of the room is your free agent after

501
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Speaker 1: the season, and it just seems like you fit in.

502
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Speaker 1: If we're talking about so well, it seems like you

503
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Speaker 1: love it here. The Ravens love it here. How do

504
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Speaker 1: you see the contract process playing itself out over the

505
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Speaker 1: course of the off season. Yeah, I'm just I'm not

506
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Speaker 1: really focused on it right now. Honestly. I'm just like

507
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Speaker 1: because early in the year, my my plan was you know,

508
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Speaker 1: after you know, as the trade guy say, wasn't planning

509
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Speaker 1: to trade me. So I'm just like, okay, just betting

510
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Speaker 1: on myself this year, played a year out and I believe,

511
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Speaker 1: you know, what's gonna happen, what's gonna happen. And I

512
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Speaker 1: was like, whatever it is, I have to go through.

513
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Speaker 1: And I always use this in like I'll do a

514
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Speaker 1: chin up, chest out sunsets, like no regrets, just always

515
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,760
Speaker 1: looking forward, nothing nothing behind, and just focusing on um

516
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Speaker 1: now in the moment and doing everything that I can.

517
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Speaker 1: And I feel like If I do that, control everything

518
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Speaker 1: that I can control and not worried about all the

519
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Speaker 1: outside noise, everything else will take care of itself. And

520
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Speaker 1: I'm just in that position. I'm comfortable where I'm at,

521
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Speaker 1: and that's my focus right now is just being the

522
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Speaker 1: best Raven I can be in the best teammate I

523
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Speaker 1: can be for those guys out there in the feel

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Speaker 1: My question on that front is, you know, how much

525
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Speaker 1: since you've been here for a month, how much more

526
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Speaker 1: has it made you say, you know, oh, yeah, this

527
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Speaker 1: is the place I want to be long term? Has

528
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Speaker 1: it has it increased your desire to be here long term?

529
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Speaker 1: Because we have a lot of salmon? Okay, it's okay,

530
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Speaker 1: crab cakes can also be put on the table. I'm

531
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Speaker 1: just saying, you know, I don't I don't you know,

532
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Speaker 1: I don't represent everything cost I'm just saying, I'll give

533
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Speaker 1: you some crab cakes, you know, and salmon. So I mean, like,

534
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Speaker 1: does it has your time here, your first month here,

535
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Speaker 1: increased your as I to say, yeah, this is the

536
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Speaker 1: place I want to be for a while. Yeah? Man,

537
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Speaker 1: Like you know, since I've been here, you know, like

538
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Speaker 1: even from the first day that I came in and

539
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Speaker 1: just like how everyone um, everyone works around the building.

540
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Speaker 1: How you know they allow you to be a pro

541
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 1: round here and it's not like, you know, no one's

542
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Speaker 1: babing you or doing things like that. And I look

543
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Speaker 1: forward to things like that, just being able to be

544
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 1: a pro do the things you love and you know,

545
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,160
Speaker 1: put ball first because that's what's the most important thing

546
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 1: around here and his winning. And I feel like type

547
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Speaker 1: of organization from what I've seen and talking with the guys,

548
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Speaker 1: you know, you bust your tail, do things the right

549
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 1: way around here, and you know they reward those type guys.

550
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Speaker 1: So you know, I'm just grateful to be here and

551
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm very excited for all that is to come

552
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Speaker 1: and store, and I think there's just so many great

553
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,640
Speaker 1: things that we have in store. But I'm just more

554
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,880
Speaker 1: so in the moment right now, and I think great

555
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 1: things are gonna come. Oh, I mean in the moment's

556
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,440
Speaker 1: pretty great right now. This team is looking pretty awesome,

557
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,239
Speaker 1: obviously coming off a tough loss. But you know, in

558
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,680
Speaker 1: your time here, do you feel like, yeah, you know what,

559
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 1: there's a lot of talk about offenses and the homes

560
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 1: is the world and there's putting offenses, but you know,

561
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: what defense and with the players that we have on

562
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,959
Speaker 1: this defense, like defense can win championships and this is

563
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Speaker 1: a super Bowl caliber team, oh without a doubt about it.

564
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Speaker 1: And I think that starts with one game at a time,

565
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Speaker 1: been in a moment. And I think we have a

566
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Speaker 1: heck of offense too, because you don't when it get

567
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: late in the year cold, people don't want to hit,

568
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 1: stop stopping them run things like that. And I think,

569
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Speaker 1: you know, Lamar can do so many special things with

570
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Speaker 1: the ball, and I think we do we need to

571
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Speaker 1: do on defense and keep getting that guy opportunities with

572
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Speaker 1: the rock in his hand. He can do special things.

573
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Speaker 1: But I just think it's gonna be a weekend and

574
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Speaker 1: week out thing. And if we do that, this guy's

575
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Speaker 1: the limit. The last thing for me here requint something

576
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Speaker 1: that in addition to the football stuff we're talking about

577
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Speaker 1: that has impressed me so much. With you, it seems

578
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Speaker 1: like you're at every community event like you since you've

579
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Speaker 1: been here. I don't know if you've ever spent any

580
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Speaker 1: time of Baltimore before you got here. I'm guessing probably

581
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: not much at any but you get here and every

582
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Speaker 1: community event you're there, and it seems like that giving

583
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: back attitude is just part of who you are. Absolutely yeah,

584
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Speaker 1: And I truly believe in giving back uh and myself

585
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,680
Speaker 1: growing up in such a small town, you know, rural

586
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 1: town in southwest Georgia, literally nothing to do there, so

587
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Speaker 1: I know how it is sometimes for kids, you know

588
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Speaker 1: that may not have this or may just be looking

589
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: forward to like one little thing, maybe having an opportunity

590
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Speaker 1: to meet like this professional player, because I remember like

591
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: little things when I when I got to meet my

592
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 1: first professional player, it was just like a man. While

593
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 1: I'm in the fifth grade, I'm like, this is crazy,

594
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Speaker 1: like a guy had got dropped it in like the

595
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Speaker 1: seventh round from my high school. And I'm like just

596
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,640
Speaker 1: so stoked and inside it and like just being able

597
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: to see things like that, and just knowing the type

598
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: of impact you can have on kids, and also just

599
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Speaker 1: being able to do things for people that you know

600
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,719
Speaker 1: can never repay you in a sense. And it's like

601
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 1: you're in a moment right now where and you have

602
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Speaker 1: the platform to do so many amazing things, so why

603
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,959
Speaker 1: not do that and why not give things back to

604
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Speaker 1: the game, the game that's given so much to me.

605
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 1: So I feel like I can get out and do

606
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 1: so many great things in the community with the platform

607
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Speaker 1: that I have, and I'm just excited and it's been

608
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: amazing here and yeah, I'm ready to make an impact

609
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: on the community. Awesome. Well, thank you so much man.

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Speaker 1: We look forward to watch you both on and off

611
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 1: the field for a very long time. So thank you

612
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: so much. Man. Kicks on anybuddy, Alright, great stuff from Roquan.

613
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: Just really enjoyed talking with him and getting to know

614
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615
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Speaker 1: keep em p Q here for a long time, watch out. Yeah,

656
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 1: look totally um, but like for kind of like taking

657
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Speaker 1: the Rokuan mentality here of living in the moment. Who

658
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Speaker 1: knows how long it goes. I hope it's a long time.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the ride, but I'm enjoying the ride while it's here.

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Speaker 1: If it is just the rest of the season, whatever

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Speaker 1: it is, Like, I hope he's here for a long time.

662
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: But if whatever, however many games you place here, like

663
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: can see the difference that he makes, And I think

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Speaker 1: that I know that Sunday's game wasn't the result that

665
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: he or anybody wanted, but I I still, like I

666
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 1: said to him, I still think that this is a

667
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: really good defense, a super Bowl caliber defense, UM, and

668
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: he is kind of an anchor in the middle of it,

669
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Speaker 1: Like he I just think he's he changes so much

670
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: with this group, I really do UM and we've seen

671
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: that in limited action so far. Yep, Yeah, I totally agree.

672
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,200
Speaker 1: I mean, let's be honest too, and of getting more

673
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: appreciation for this since the in the days following the

674
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: Jags game, Trevor Lawrence was kind of out of his mind.

675
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: I mean he kind of had out of his mind

676
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: day and so like like you're saying, I've been high

677
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: on the defense all along and that has not changed

678
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: for me one bit. And Marcus Williams coming back it's

679
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: going to be big. Yeah. Look, look I'm just on

680
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence. Like that was one of the things that

681
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: scared me about this game. That that game, the Trevor

682
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: Lawrence factor. It's like number one overall pick who somehow

683
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: wasn't getting any shot right and also like not only

684
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: was not getting shine, but he was kind of like

685
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Speaker 1: just getting dragged a little bit like is this is

686
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Speaker 1: he good? Like that was kind of like is he

687
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Speaker 1: was he worth the number one overall pick? Should they

688
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: have taken Justin Fields, you know, Chicago were talking about

689
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Speaker 1: him and Justin Fields better than Trevor Lars. That was

690
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Speaker 1: kind of like part of the conversation out there, and

691
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Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know, Trevor Lawrence to me

692
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: is still good and I'm kind of still scared. I'm

693
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: a little scared of him. That was like straight Clemson

694
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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence saw. Yeah, absolutely, so, uh, this week, different situation, um,

695
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Speaker 1: and that you have a veteran quarterback now a young

696
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Speaker 1: quarterback UM who has been very good in his career,

697
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Speaker 1: hasn't had a good season this year, but still scares

698
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Speaker 1: me a little bit, and that he has been uh,

699
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Speaker 1: you know, a super Bowl winning quarter and Ruskin Cook. Yeah,

700
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: like I don't like the right ingredients a little chef. Yes,

701
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: I think that there's potential there, um, and so that

702
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Speaker 1: like scares me a little bit. For this game, sure, yeah,

703
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Speaker 1: I mean this is another game I think the Ravens

704
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Speaker 1: should win. Broncos are not playing very well, just got

705
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Speaker 1: manhandled by the Panthers, who, by the way, he said

706
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Speaker 1: that Panther's defense was pretty legit look pretty legit in

707
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Speaker 1: uh the last week's winning Yeah, this is the game

708
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: the Ravens should win. But I think, as we saw

709
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Speaker 1: against the Jags, you don't win all the games that

710
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: you're supposed to win necessarily, right. That doesn't mean that

711
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Speaker 1: you can just chalk it up as a Dubs. It's

712
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Speaker 1: not a guarantee by any stretch. We like to play

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Speaker 1: the dubs game, but in reality, it doesn't really work

714
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Speaker 1: like that. And so this this, I hope, and I

715
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Speaker 1: think has potential to be a get right game for

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Speaker 1: the Ravens come back home. You know, you're playing a

717
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: little bit of a wounded Broncos squad. Uh, And I

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Speaker 1: think the Ravens know they have to play a whole

719
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Speaker 1: lot better than they did against the Jags and will

720
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Speaker 1: be very determined to do so. Yeah, well, I mean

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Speaker 1: this is as you said, this is the game that

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Speaker 1: the Ravens should win. I think there's gonna be a

723
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Speaker 1: lot of emotion going into this game coming off a

724
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Speaker 1: tough loss. Also, it's the Marshall Janda is gonna be

725
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Speaker 1: back in the house. This is the Ring of Honor

726
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Speaker 1: game for him, So he's going to go into the

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Speaker 1: Ring of Honor, which should be kind of a great

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Speaker 1: moment for him, and he'll be get great to see

729
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 1: him and his family when they come back for this game. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think to me, like, I'm really curious

731
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Speaker 1: to see how the offense response. Like we spent a

732
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 1: lot of time talking defense today with Roquan is our guest.

733
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Speaker 1: I think we both agree that the defense is really good.

734
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Speaker 1: I think this offense has been sputtering of late um

735
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Speaker 1: and it's kind of a question who's going to step

736
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Speaker 1: up from week to week. It's been a different running back.

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Speaker 1: It's Kenyan Drake one week, it's to Marcus Robinson, it's

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Speaker 1: Josh Oliver. Who is it gonna be? Um? And is

739
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Speaker 1: it gonna be different guy every week? And is it

740
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Speaker 1: gonna be good enough to win the U? And So

741
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Speaker 1: I think this offense is finding itself a little bit

742
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Speaker 1: right now. It's you know, there's been some injuries there,

743
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Speaker 1: guys coming in out of the lineup. You know. I

744
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Speaker 1: just think it's finding itself a little bit right now.

745
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: I keep waiting. And it was interesting listening to the

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Speaker 1: CBS broadcast against the Jags in which they had talked

747
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Speaker 1: to Greg Reruman in pre production meetings, and they they

748
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Speaker 1: conveyed that Greg was saying, like I want to get

749
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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson hot. Yeah, it was. That was the takeaway

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Speaker 1: for them, and meaning like he wanted to throw the

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Speaker 1: ball more like I think the Ravens feel like in

752
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 1: order to reach the goals that they have in mind,

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00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: which are is winning a super this offense has to

754
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Speaker 1: play better and they're gonna need Lamar Jackson to play

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Speaker 1: at a very high level, especially considering what he has

756
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Speaker 1: around him right now, you know, the loss of Bateman,

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Speaker 1: the running back situation, you know, with JK not being

758
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Speaker 1: fully back and and all that that you would have

759
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Speaker 1: hoped for. Like Lamar Jackson's the best player on the

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Speaker 1: team or the offense whatever, superstar, right, And like the

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00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: Ravens feel like they need Lamar Jackson as superstar level

762
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Speaker 1: and they need to help him get to that superstar

763
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Speaker 1: level in order for them to reach a super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: And I would agree with that. And like I'm I'm

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Speaker 1: waiting because you know it's in there for that Lamar

766
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Speaker 1: Jackson monster game like he's been playing. I think, well,

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Speaker 1: and uh, but we all know there's another level to

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson that we've seen many times and I can't

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Speaker 1: wait for him to, uh, well see that. I think

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Speaker 1: that we you see and I think this has been

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Speaker 1: kind of the case of the team in large measure

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Speaker 1: for for this season, Like you see spurts of it,

773
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: but you gotta put it together as consistently as an

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Speaker 1: offense for four hoarders and his defe It's it's like,

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Speaker 1: you know, when the offense gets together, starts moving the ball,

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Speaker 1: and also in the defense has a fourth quarter let down,

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00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 1: you know, so like that stuff you can just play together,

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Speaker 1: you know. I think it's a it's a key piece

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00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 1: in terms of getting Lamar hot. You know, Lamar did

780
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Speaker 1: have his highest passing graded by Profitball Focus this season,

781
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: so like, you know, they didn't the offense didn't have

782
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: a huge day necessarily, especially in the red zone. I mean,

783
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: that's what it comes down to, is the red zone

784
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: success um. And I'll be curious this week if the

785
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: Ravens roll out any wrinkles like in the red zone.

786
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Speaker 1: You know, I think that like there's gonna be a

787
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: lot of like there's like it's kind of like you know,

788
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: when the defense struggles and then all a sudden you

789
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Speaker 1: have a lead late it's and then everyone's like, all right,

790
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna handle And for several games they

791
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: did do that, um, And so like, if it's the

792
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: first quarter of this game, you march down the field,

793
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Speaker 1: you get to the tan yard line, everyone's gonna be like,

794
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,799
Speaker 1: all right, are you gonna are you gonna? Is it

795
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Speaker 1: gonna be more of the same from last week? Are

796
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Speaker 1: you gonna be able to punch it in? And I

797
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Speaker 1: think that that could go a long way and kind

798
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Speaker 1: of set in the tone of the game. Yeah, I

799
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Speaker 1: absolutely agree with that. One small little note about the

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Speaker 1: red zone stuff that I just I think is worth

801
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Speaker 1: mentioning because I did the Ravens eye view kind of

802
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,720
Speaker 1: film breakdown on this is I think for the Ravens offense,

803
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: there's a big difference in in red zone where you

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Speaker 1: land right like first and ten. I think the first

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Speaker 1: two or what first in goal from the ten right, Well,

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00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: that's a much different scenario because you run the ball there.

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Speaker 1: Let's say you pick up four yards. Now you only

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Speaker 1: have two more chances and it's hard to run in

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Speaker 1: the resident. So for like such a run centric offense,

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Speaker 1: I think you get inside the whatever the previous play

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Speaker 1: puts you at the three. Yeah, you have three cracks

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Speaker 1: that are from the three, you have a much higher

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Speaker 1: likelihood of converting than you do from the ten when

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Speaker 1: they're just dropping in zone coverage and just blanketing the

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Speaker 1: end zone right and they're saying, we know you have

816
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Speaker 1: to throw up pretty much try to find an opening.

817
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough, you know what I mean. So

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Speaker 1: I just think like where you land in the red

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Speaker 1: zone also impacts that. I know, that's a small I've

820
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Speaker 1: joked in the past that like my least favorite situation

821
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Speaker 1: is first in goal from the tenth. I hate that,

822
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Speaker 1: and that's like where they landed both of them, I

823
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Speaker 1: think both the first two red zone trips. Um. So anyway,

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Speaker 1: I do think there's gonna be a lot of pressure

825
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: once they get in the red zwer and key to

826
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Speaker 1: the game, first and goal from the exactly you know

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Speaker 1: what that I'll take first and goal from the nine. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I do think that let's let's not sleep

829
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Speaker 1: on the Broncos defense. By the way, they have some

830
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Speaker 1: players in that defense, like some some now I they

831
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 1: already traded away one of the best, Bradley chob But

832
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: like that this defense is can still play. Um and

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00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 1: then you know, like we said, on offense, like they've

834
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Speaker 1: struggled and Russ has not been previous Russ, but like

835
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Speaker 1: Cam Sutton, Jerry Judy if he comes back this week,

836
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: Like they have some playmakers on offense too, So it's

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Speaker 1: not like this is not a team. They have talent, right,

838
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: Like this was a team that a lot of people

839
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: thought was gonna go to the super Bowl this year

840
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 1: before the season. They haven't played up to that expectation.

841
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: But like you also can't sleep on the talent. Yeah,

842
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: I agree. Um, so, like as you said, this is

843
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 1: a game that I think it's really important to the Ravens,

844
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: Like they've their their margin for air has been minimized

845
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: now by losing this game to Jacksonville. Cincinnati is right there.

846
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,280
Speaker 1: You lose this game, then it's like are we making

847
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: the playoffs for sure? You know, like that's that's kind

848
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 1: of the territory you're in right now. You win this game,

849
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Speaker 1: it's like, all right, we're good. You know jack Jacksonville,

850
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: that was a blip on the radar. Yeah, I think

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00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, I think that, Like I

852
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 1: think it's always this way, but it just seems more

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Speaker 1: this year that like the swings of like positivity and

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Speaker 1: negativity after every winning loss like are magnified and maybe

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Speaker 1: that's just because I'm living in it. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: but it's just it just seems like after every loss,

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Speaker 1: it's like the sky is falling. And after particularly every loss,

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Speaker 1: you know, I would say, and it's but if you

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Speaker 1: win on Sunday, all that stuff is forgotten and you're

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Speaker 1: just moving ahead. And I think that you feel pretty

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Speaker 1: good about where you are. I agree with you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean this I win here would be really big

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Speaker 1: my med um, and I think just the emotions of

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Speaker 1: feelings around the team. So get ready to buckle up

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Speaker 1: for the mile high. Well it's not at mile it's

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Speaker 1: at home. It's at the bank. It's at the bank,

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Speaker 1: the Bet Bank redemption. Get back on the right track.