WEBVTT - Zay Flowers' 2023 NFL Draft Conference Call

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's a busy

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<v Speaker 1>day in Baltimore as the first round of the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>Draft took place Thursday night and the Ravens selected wide

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<v Speaker 1>receiver Zay Flowers out of Boston College. He's a dynamic,

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<v Speaker 1>big play threat who had twenty nine receiving touchdowns and

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<v Speaker 1>more than three thousand receiving yards in his college career.

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<v Speaker 1>Soon after the pick, Zay talk with members of the

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<v Speaker 1>media on a conference call after he was selected in

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City.

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<v Speaker 2>Zay, what was your interactions with the Ravens leg before

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<v Speaker 2>the draft and did you see them all long as

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<v Speaker 2>a legitimate option to take you.

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<v Speaker 3>That was probably my best visit. That was probably my

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<v Speaker 3>favorite visit.

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<v Speaker 4>And I know if I reached twenty two, I had

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<v Speaker 4>a feeling it was gonna it was gonna pick me.

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<v Speaker 4>So it weren't out perfect man, ready to get to work,

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<v Speaker 4>ready to get some wins, ready to go play a lamar,

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<v Speaker 4>ready to go play. Oh, ready to go build his

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<v Speaker 4>receiving core all the way up.

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<v Speaker 5>Ryan me, it is a I was curious. Steve Smith

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<v Speaker 5>Senior said, you remind him of himself? Was he somebody

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<v Speaker 5>that you always looked up to and just what does

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<v Speaker 5>that mean to you to be kind of compared to him?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I've been looking.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been watching his tape since I was what six

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<v Speaker 4>or seven years old. My dad always told me, it

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<v Speaker 4>don't matter about size, is what's in your chest. And

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<v Speaker 4>he always kept me motivated and said, you got to

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<v Speaker 4>be like Steve Smith. Steve Smith was a dog, So

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<v Speaker 4>that's what made me look That's what made me like

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<v Speaker 4>him and love him and watch him a lot. So

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<v Speaker 4>it means a lot to look up to him and

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<v Speaker 4>to get to meet him was extremely great.

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<v Speaker 6>Jamison Hensley, Hey, you kind of mentioned a little bit

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<v Speaker 6>about playing with Lamar and you know, talk about playing

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<v Speaker 6>alongside a couple of guys, Uh that you've watched.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean that's two guys that's explosive that can make

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<v Speaker 4>plays at any time. You know, you know what Lamar

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<v Speaker 4>can do, and you know you know what Odell can do.

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<v Speaker 4>You you've seen flashes of it. It just so happened

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<v Speaker 4>that he got hurt. But now he's back. It looks

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<v Speaker 4>like he one hundred so and then I'm coming in.

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<v Speaker 4>Then we got bait on the outside and we got

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<v Speaker 4>JK in the backfield.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's gonna be it's gonna be fun.

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<v Speaker 7>With Brown.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the combine you were telling about. You're a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who can play outside inside. You know, I know there's

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<v Speaker 2>been talk about you know your side, but can you

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<v Speaker 2>just talk about why you think in this offense you'll

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<v Speaker 2>be able to be a guy who they can move

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<v Speaker 2>around to any.

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<v Speaker 4>Spot because I could do whatever you need me to do.

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<v Speaker 4>I could run every route you give me, I can separate,

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<v Speaker 4>I can make competitive catches. So whatever you gotta do

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<v Speaker 4>to play on the outside, I feel like I can

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<v Speaker 4>do and I could do it at a high level.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll go to Brian Whacker. He's a two things.

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<v Speaker 8>What do you remember about in the war growing up

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<v Speaker 8>down there in the South Florida? And then secondly, how

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<v Speaker 8>important was that stay in Boston College for your final

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<v Speaker 8>year inter your development?

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<v Speaker 7>You think you got out of that?

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<v Speaker 3>Excuse me, I didn't hit it. I didn't hit a

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<v Speaker 3>second question, just.

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<v Speaker 7>The importance of staying in Boston College.

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<v Speaker 8>This last year and what you got out of that.

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<v Speaker 4>My first time like seeing something about the Mark was

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<v Speaker 4>when he made the high school move and he like

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<v Speaker 4>pointed at him and walking into the end zone. And

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<v Speaker 4>when I when I found out that was him, I

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<v Speaker 4>knew it was like, oh, yeah, you're gonna be special

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<v Speaker 4>when you get to the league. But while I stayed

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<v Speaker 4>at BC because BC gave me my first opportunity. They

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<v Speaker 4>gave me opportunity to play Power five football, and I

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<v Speaker 4>knew what I was gonna get from BC, and I

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<v Speaker 4>was able to showcase that.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll go to Javin Richardson.

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<v Speaker 3>When you four consecutive wide receivers that.

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<v Speaker 9>Went up the board when you were chosen, what was

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<v Speaker 9>it like waiting in the green when you had so

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<v Speaker 9>many guys coming off from quarterbacks and running backs to linemen,

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<v Speaker 9>and uh, they weren't picking wide out.

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<v Speaker 4>Honestly, I know if I got I knew if I

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<v Speaker 4>got the twin two that I knew I was gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be a raven and we're just gonna make every team

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<v Speaker 4>that damn pick pay for it.

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<v Speaker 7>Thank you, Cordell Woodland.

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<v Speaker 10>They you had a career high and catch his gyards

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<v Speaker 10>and touchdowns this this past year of Boston College.

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<v Speaker 3>What changed for you in your season in your senior year.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think nothing really changed.

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<v Speaker 4>I think I had more opportunities to go out and

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<v Speaker 4>create plays and have more freedom in the offense and

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<v Speaker 4>move around in positions and not just sticking to one

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<v Speaker 4>position and running a certain amount of routes.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll go to Ryan mink.

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<v Speaker 5>I think what I was just curious, you know, with

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<v Speaker 5>the four wide receivers going in a row, was there

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<v Speaker 5>any kind of competitiveness?

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<v Speaker 3>I know you're a competitive player.

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<v Speaker 5>Was there any kind of feeling of, hey, I wanted

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<v Speaker 5>to be the first or whatnot.

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<v Speaker 4>Honestly, I've never even really paid attention to it. I

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<v Speaker 4>just wanted to get my foot in the door and

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<v Speaker 4>have a team give me a chance to I could

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<v Speaker 4>prove him like right about why they dribted me.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll go to Brian Whacker again. You're good, Brian Cordell.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, all right, well they thank you very much. We

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<v Speaker 11>appreciate your time. And again, congratulations everyone. Could I get

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<v Speaker 11>a oh, Jonas, go ahead?

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<v Speaker 7>Excuse me?

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<v Speaker 3>Good man? Uh say, congratulations on the pick.

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<v Speaker 12>I think you were connected as far back as the

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<v Speaker 12>Shrine Bowl to the Ravens. It looked like they were,

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<v Speaker 12>you know, kind of can you ever move? What do

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<v Speaker 12>you remember from that experience? And I guess what did

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<v Speaker 12>you take away from that early stage in the preachaff process.

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<v Speaker 4>So honestly, I built a relationship with coach Twomore early,

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<v Speaker 4>Like at the Shrine Bowl, we just sat on the

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<v Speaker 4>sideline because I practiced one day and the rest I

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<v Speaker 4>sat out and we were just chopping up the whole time.

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<v Speaker 4>He just like picking my brain, like, well he think

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<v Speaker 4>you could play outside? Oh so you think your dog

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<v Speaker 4>like so I like that kind of like competitiveness and

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<v Speaker 4>like him challenging me, and I build a connection with

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<v Speaker 4>him right there.

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<v Speaker 7>Let's actually go to Childs Walker.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, his a congratulations was it was it wild to

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<v Speaker 10>uh to get picked on the same day that Lamar

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<v Speaker 10>Jackson signed his extension. I mean when when you saw

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<v Speaker 10>that news earlier, did that did that kind of feel like, hey,

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<v Speaker 10>I want to be part of that that celebration.

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<v Speaker 4>When I when I seen him sign that, and I

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<v Speaker 4>was like, oh if I go there, there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of trouble on the field. But I was

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<v Speaker 4>happy for Him'm glad he got his what he wanted.

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<v Speaker 4>And now we now we double juice up.

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<v Speaker 7>Ryan mink Isaiah.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think we asked you just what were the emotions,

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<v Speaker 5>you know when you got the call and knew it

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<v Speaker 5>was going to be the Ravens. While you're in the

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<v Speaker 5>green room, just what was running through your head?

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<v Speaker 7>Man?

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<v Speaker 4>Honestly, I was just saying, let's get to work, Let's

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<v Speaker 4>let's go win, Let's go play guys, all.

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<v Speaker 7>Right, and we will close it out with Kyle Barber.

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<v Speaker 3>It's they. Congratulations on being picked.

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<v Speaker 12>You talked about playing on the outside and you know

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<v Speaker 12>being a dog and what that requires.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you have a preference on playing on the outside

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<v Speaker 5>versus inside as a wide receiver?

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like I could be moved all around, so

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<v Speaker 4>I don't really have a preference.

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<v Speaker 7>All right.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, thank you everybody, and Zay thank you again. Congratulations.

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<v Speaker 11>We look forward to meeting you in person here very soon, sir.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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