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Speaker 1: special teams. You know, I just don't. I don't think

424
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Speaker 1: it's a big deal. Really who starts because Millie Harrison

425
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,520
Speaker 1: I think has shown in camp that he deserves a

426
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: fair number of reps. Yeah, I mean you could have.

427
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 1: You can have those guys getting whatever, thirty gps, whatever,

428
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: thirty and twenty like Harrison's gonna play. He's proven the

429
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 1: ability to play. We were talking about it. The goal

430
00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 1: line drill that he had on Saturday when we were

431
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 1: out here early in practice. The Ravens went full live

432
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: tackling at the goal line. There's some serious hitting going

433
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: on and leek Harrison blew up a pair of plays.

434
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 1: Two out of three plays at the goal line, got

435
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 1: into the backfield, stood up, the running back, pushed him

436
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 1: back for a loss to keep the offense out of

437
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: the end zone. So that kind of ability is uh

438
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,520
Speaker 1: is something that the Ravens were excited about with this defense.

439
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,120
Speaker 1: Let me just say this about the rookie class. There

440
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,680
Speaker 1: was a lot of talk going into the year about

441
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 1: all the misstime. I don't know how much you can

442
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,960
Speaker 1: rely on rookies, and hey, hey we did some of

443
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,119
Speaker 1: that talk ourselves. Okay, well, we'll admitute. Like I I

444
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,399
Speaker 1: I thought that it was gonna be really tough given

445
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 1: all the practice missed, because it's those are just so

446
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,480
Speaker 1: important for rookies, like they just come such a far away,

447
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 1: such a long way from when they reported rookie minicamps

448
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: to the end training camp, you just see a different player.

449
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: And but after watching training camp, man, they got another

450
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 1: good class. I'm just saying, this rookie class is legit.

451
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 1: Patrick Queen is nice. Dude, move he's nice. Dobbins. I

452
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:24,200
Speaker 1: have a fool man crush on j K. Dobbins. Move over, Cliff,

453
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: Cliff and I are gonna fight over him. What about me.

454
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: I've been watching the guy for the last three years.

455
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,360
Speaker 1: I've been at j K. Dobbins supporter long before either

456
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,080
Speaker 1: of you. Welcome on. I'll be driving the bus, but

457
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 1: you you guys can have seats on the bus, but

458
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: I'm driving it. J K. Dobbins is just the way

459
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,360
Speaker 1: he moves like the movie. We're just we're just talking

460
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 1: about how good Millie Harrison is. J j K. Dobbs

461
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 1: did him dirty at the stadium practice on a one

462
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 1: on one drill where you gave him the old dead

463
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 1: leg dead leg cut. Oh, oh, it's nasty. Yeah, I

464
00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 1: mean that that play was nasty. It was kind of

465
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,080
Speaker 1: an oocle Homer drill. That drill is is tough for

466
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 1: defensive players. Oh, I mean it's a tackle in the

467
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 1: open field. Yeah, tough, like yeah, but but yeah JK

468
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: j K like lamartin you know, like Lamar Like, oh,

469
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,080
Speaker 1: you know he did one of this. I've been more

470
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,360
Speaker 1: like his ability is out of the backfield as a receiver,

471
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 1: even going up, like the guy is not tall. It

472
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,919
Speaker 1: was five ft nine and he's going up. He lost

473
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: a guy at the stadium practice and in the end zone.

474
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: Like his ability to go up and make contested catches,

475
00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,160
Speaker 1: not just when you think of a running back out

476
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: of the backfield, you often think of just swing the

477
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 1: ball to them and flat get them the ball in

478
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 1: open space and they can go out there and makes

479
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: a place. He's made tough, contested catches where he's had

480
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 1: to go up and get the football and he's been

481
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: able to do it. So every all signs on him

482
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,639
Speaker 1: are are pointing way up. And then in terms of

483
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 1: the other guys in the rookie class, Justin Mattabeque is

484
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,200
Speaker 1: also gonna be similar to Lee Harrison. He's Mattabek is

485
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,199
Speaker 1: gonna have a role in this defense early on, Like

486
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: don't expect him to start, but he's gonna be a

487
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: rotational piece of this defensive line. Clais Campbell is is

488
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: pumping him up every chance that he gets, challenging him,

489
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,560
Speaker 1: mentoring him, teaching him. And Mattabeka seems to just be

490
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: a sponge soaking all that up, and he's pushed some

491
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,719
Speaker 1: guys back, He's blown up some plays in practice. So

492
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 1: Mattabek is gonna be. He's gonna be a rotational piece

493
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: of this defensive line. And I think that you've got

494
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,880
Speaker 1: to be excited about him. Yeah, I think I think

495
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,119
Speaker 1: he is too. I love the way that Clais Campbell

496
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: is coaching him up. I mean, like it's it's uh,

497
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,719
Speaker 1: it's such a huge resource that he's gonna be for

498
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: Broderick Washington, all these guys, all these young players on defense,

499
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 1: Patrick Queen, all these guys. It's gonna be. It's gonna be.

500
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: That's gonna like be a signing that you look at

501
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: down the road when you're looking at Justin Mattabeck. And

502
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: he's gonna be doing some press conferences he's good and

503
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: they're gonna say, man, who can you credit for getting

504
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 1: off to such a good start in your career? Calais Campbell,

505
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you that's gonna be the press conference.

506
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 1: We can play it out right now, you know. And

507
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,400
Speaker 1: so it's the Ravens have just done such a good

508
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: job of that of like bringing these veterans like Eric Weddle.

509
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean, you hear from the Sean Elliott and he's

510
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: talking about Eric Weddle and Tony Jefferson and what they

511
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: did for him in his career, and like, look at

512
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: mark Ingram and what the effect he's gonna have on

513
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 1: j K. Dobbins. Like it's just really it's good foresight.

514
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 1: I think I think that the Dobbins and mark Ingram

515
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: dynamic is is says a lot about mark Ingram because

516
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,439
Speaker 1: you know, j K. Dobbins clearly has all the tools

517
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: to be a starting running back, um you know soon

518
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,160
Speaker 1: and uh, mark Ingram has taken him under his wing.

519
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,919
Speaker 1: He is not you know, some guys would be resentful

520
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 1: if you're a veteran player and you have a young

521
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 1: guy drafted at your position early in the draft. They're

522
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: not necessarily welcome with open arms in every situation, but

523
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 1: Mark Ingram has welcomed him and J. K. Dobbins says

524
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:52,800
Speaker 1: that he's like a big brother to him. Like that

525
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: says a lot about Ingram and this team, and I

526
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 1: think that Mark deserves a lot of credit for that.

527
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,959
Speaker 1: Like when you look at them at practice, they're constantly

528
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 1: joking around, they're laughing, they're having a good time. They've

529
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: got a great relationship. And I think that like that,

530
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: that is a really important thing for an offense with

531
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: a lot of guys to get the football, Like there's

532
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: a lot of pieces to get involved on this offense

533
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 1: and to have those two guys be in a really

534
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 1: good place, it goes a long way. It says a

535
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 1: lot about Mark. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, can we talk

536
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: about the wide receivers to the rookie wide receivers because

537
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: Devin du Renee and James Fersche are players. The Ravens

538
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: wide receiver curse in the draft is over? Oh yes,

539
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: we did it has ended. The curse? Didn't it kind

540
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: of end last year with Hollywood? What I'm saying, Well, yeah,

541
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 1: that was the start, but then you're like, well, you

542
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: know you got one, you know, could you do it? Again,

543
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 1: and the and Eric Coston did it again. I'm just saying,

544
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: do Renee has some speed. There's been some place he's

545
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: made where I was like, rub my eyes. Was that

546
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,920
Speaker 1: Marquis or Dune? Because I can't tell he was so fast? Yes,

547
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:12,360
Speaker 1: the one where he ran around Marlon Humphrey. Yeah, you're

548
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: you're I think you're you're you're getting ahead of yourself, insane.

549
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, I'm just saying some of the speed

550
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: that I've seen. It was Marquis, very Marquise, Like he's

551
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 1: got like if he gets a good free release, m

552
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: he's going I think that was just one of those

553
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 1: moments in practice where you were kind of sleepwalking out

554
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 1: there on the field, not really paying that much attention,

555
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: and you're like, who was that Duvernet or Hollywood, Let's

556
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: just say it's Dubernet. You know how, you know how

557
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: it can get. You can be standing out there practice

558
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: for two hours, you can kind of start daydreaming, not

559
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: really paying that close of attention, and then all of

560
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: a sudden the reporters start kind of asking who was that?

561
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: Who was that? And then everyone just kind of has

562
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: a group think there. I think that's would happened on

563
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: that player who was that Duvernet. Okay, cool, cool, cool, No, No,

564
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: that's not it. That's not it. I'll tell you here

565
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 1: in all I see, he's got great hands, like he

566
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: doesn't drop passes, he makes really tough grabs. And Prochet

567
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: had a nice play, uh in yesterday's practice where he

568
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: caught a slant route over the middle and took it

569
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: to the house. You know, I don't know. He's good

570
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: over the middle man. Prochet is really good on that

571
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 1: intermediate over the middle. Got great hands, he's shifty, he's

572
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: I like him. What I just don't know is how

573
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: much those guys are going to be how many reps

574
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: they're gonna get on offense, especially early in the year.

575
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: Like the Ravens don't run a ton of four wide.

576
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: They don't run much five wide, hardly at all, heavy

577
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: heavy tight end offense. You know, always for the most part,

578
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: I have a running back out there, um and oftentimes

579
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: two tight ends. So there's just like I am kind

580
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,959
Speaker 1: of thinking that it's gonna be less three tight end,

581
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: more wide receiver like that. They'll just end up saying,

582
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: all right, like the offensive is gonna evolve a little

583
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: bit and go a little bit more wide receiver heavy

584
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: and not have as much like three tight end stuff

585
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: or even two tight end. I mean that's certainly possible.

586
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 1: Part of the part of it is just like you

587
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: play to your strengths, and the Ravens last year had

588
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: such a great tight end group exactly. So it's like,

589
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: all right, get those guys on the field. They're your

590
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: best players, so just find ways to get them on

591
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: the field. And if you're better players now or wide receivers,

592
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: then maybe you just shift that. I think that's a

593
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 1: fair point. I just like, I mean, right, who's who's

594
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: the better player the Ravens third or fourth wide receiver

595
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: or their third tight end. I think it's pretty clear

596
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: at this point. Yeah, but your top three receivers. I

597
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: it's still it's still Hollywood boy Can and Steed, Like,

598
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: I still think the rookies are four and five. Yeah,

599
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: Steve has been really good in Camp two. I think

600
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: that you know, he Duvene is gonna certainly get some

601
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: of those reps in the thought where Sneed would play um,

602
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: but duven they can roll outside and get reps instead

603
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: of Miles Boy Can two. I think duven A is

604
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: going to get some run time and and Purchet will

605
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: I think work into the mix. Two. I agree with you.

606
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: It's not like they're gonna, you know, be playing for wide.

607
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: But I'm just saying these wide receivers are going to

608
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: be good. Yeah. And I think Prochet, I mean, he's

609
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: he's the favorite to win the punt returner job, so

610
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: even if he's not playing on offense much, he's going

611
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: to have a role on the team as a punt returner,

612
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: which is an incredibly important role. So I'll tell you

613
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: something that was fun. On yesterday's practice. They did some

614
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: one on one drills. I love when Hardball does this.

615
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: He doesn't you know. A couple of times during camp

616
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: he basically he called pulled the entire team behind the

617
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 1: line and then he had some of these young guys

618
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 1: go toe to toe with each other, uh at one

619
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: on one in front of the entire team. UM, and

620
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: it was just fun to watch that. I actually think

621
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: the defense got the better of both Duvernet and Prochet

622
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: in that drill, but it was fun to see them

623
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: like get challenge. It's just a it's a competitive moment

624
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: for young players to step in front of the entire

625
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: team and have everybody, you for sure, that is. But

626
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: that's MODELI Mono in front of the entire audience, and uh,

627
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: it was. It was a really competitive practice yesterday. It

628
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: was fun to watch. Yeah, I I kind of was

629
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: bummed I didn't see it, you know, I was there

630
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: for the first week and that was that was a

631
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 1: lot of fun. But that one yesterday sounded pretty good.

632
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: They did that one on one drill earlier in camp

633
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: and that's when Willie Harrison had a couple of real

634
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: nice pass breakups. You kind of showing me something on that. Yeah,

635
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: I think that was that That caught my eye too,

636
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: because it showed that, like that's the knock on him,

637
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: his ability to to run a pass coverage. Um, and

638
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: it looked pretty good, it was. They also had JK

639
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: Dobbins versus Patrick Queen, uh you know one verse two

640
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: and who won that one? Patrick Queen broke up the

641
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: pass all right, so Queen ran with him, which is

642
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: which was nice. Yeah, yeah, he's got some speed. I'm

643
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: glad to hear that because because j K has gotten

644
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: him a couple of earlier times, I kind of want

645
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: to Queen to win one. Yeah, he got this one nice,

646
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: all right. So what do you think of, like the

647
00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: offensive line? That was obviously the big, big talk point

648
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: going in What impressions do you have after a week

649
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: and a half. I think that the offensive line is

650
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: going to be Ronnie Stanley, Bradley Bozeman, Patrick McCarry to

651
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: open the season. Um, And we'll come back to that

652
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: in a second. D J. Fluker a right guard, and

653
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 1: then Orlando Brown at right tackle. That's my guest for

654
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 1: to open the season. Scura is back, He's doing he's

655
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: doing eleven on eleven drills, So there's been a progression

656
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: to him. You know, first week he's on pop, then

657
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 1: he comes off pup and he's going through some individual

658
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: drills and running around and get a feel for it.

659
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: Then they kind of start working him slowly into more

660
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 1: of the actual contact. Well now he's doing full eleven

661
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: on eleven padded practices, which is a huge step for him.

662
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: So that's to me encouraging. UM. But I still think

663
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: that at this point McCarry has been getting you know,

664
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: most of those first team reps that I would think of.

665
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: That's the point season. Yeah, Like, it's incredible that Scurs

666
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 1: back and I give him a ton of at it

667
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: for working his way back when everyone kind of looked

668
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: at him, and you've talked about it before, what he

669
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: said at the end of the season, I expect to

670
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 1: be back for training camp, and everyone kind of rolled

671
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: their eyes, I think from a reporter standpoint when he

672
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: said that in locker room. Um, now he's back at

673
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 1: training camp, so I give him a ton of credit,

674
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna play this year, but he's

675
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: still working his way to. So I think that McCarry

676
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,879
Speaker 1: opens the season as a starter at center, I don't think.

677
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: I think that's certainly a possibility. I wouldn't rule it out, though,

678
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: that screw is that guy. I think that this has

679
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: been the plan the whole time, you know, and the

680
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: fact that he's in eleven on eleven drills with two

681
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,879
Speaker 1: and a half weeks until the first game, like that's

682
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 1: enough time to get up his speed for a player's

683
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,879
Speaker 1: experiences him. Like this could have just been the plan.

684
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna obviously it was a plan to

685
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: ease him in and stuff like that. Like it's not

686
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: like I'm looking at it and him like he's a

687
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 1: little further behind than we thought here, you know, we

688
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:56,800
Speaker 1: might need McCarry so I think that's really still fifty

689
00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: fifty and I think Flucker is gonna be the starting ricer.

690
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: That's the feeling that I get as well. Um, I

691
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: think that, you know, he's been really good. Coaches have

692
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: talked about how great he's been on the field and

693
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 1: off the field, his attitude, he's just he's got a

694
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 1: lot of experience at that position. He fits well into

695
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: this offense and what it wants to do. You know,

696
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: I think it's asking a lot for Tyree Phillips to

697
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 1: change from a college left tackle to a starting right

698
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: guard in the NFL during a covid off season. Um,

699
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 1: you know, And and yeah, I think that Fluker is

700
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,359
Speaker 1: kind of showing himself to to be a very good

701
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: player for this offense. He can he completely plugged right in.

702
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: And and you don't you don't have like any big concerns. Well,

703
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: he went to work this offseason. What he dropped his

704
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: body fat from forty to twenty two is that what

705
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: was up right now, So he clearly went to work

706
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: to get himself physically ready to play. Um, and you know,

707
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: I've talked about this before, but I do I do

708
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 1: love Joe Dels Andels rides him, and he out there

709
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,760
Speaker 1: at practice like he is. He is keeping a watchful

710
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: eye on him, and he's trying to wake him better

711
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: every single rep, even when it's just individual drills and

712
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: they're going through the you know, kind of simple fundamental

713
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: blocking drills. Like he's on him, and Flucre seems to

714
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: respond well to that, Like he seems like a guy

715
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: that wants to be coaching. His receptive to that message.

716
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 1: And I think that's here's a former first round pick

717
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: out of Alabama. I mean, the guy's got some talent, right.

718
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 1: I mean, so the Ravens feel like with they're coaching

719
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,439
Speaker 1: and with his you know, with getting him in great

720
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: shape and and his work ethic to get in great shape,

721
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: like you can get a player here that is much

722
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: more than just like some you know, they sign him

723
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: to a one year deal and usually we think of

724
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: that it's just a plug in. He could play at

725
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: a high level. Yeah, I mean they signed some guys

726
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: last year to one year deal. Josh Bonds is like

727
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 1: one year deal. I know, he picked him up off

728
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: the street, but they signed Josh Bonds and he ends

729
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: up being your starting linebacker for the entire year. So

730
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: like the fact that he was available and it's a

731
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 1: short term deal doesn't necessarily mean that he can't play

732
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: um And he started a ton of games over the

733
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: course of his career eight games over the course of

734
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,760
Speaker 1: his career. He started all fourteen games last year, so

735
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: plenty of experience. First round pick, he got himself into shape,

736
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: and then you put him, you put him next to

737
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: Orlando Brown, a Pro Bowl right tackle. I think that's

738
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: a pretty good set up. I think that's kind of

739
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: a recipe for success. So I'm encouraged by that. So

740
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and take a quick break, and when

741
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,320
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll wrap up our discussion about what

742
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:24,799
Speaker 1: we think for the first couple of weeks of training

743
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753
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: as we wrap things up here, there's one position we

754
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: haven't talked about much, the most important position with the

755
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. What maybe we should talk about Lamar just

756
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: a little conversation there. He missed a couple of practices,

757
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: then he got back out and he looks like his

758
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: old self. So if you were holding your breath, if

759
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: you were nervous, you're it's okay. Lamar's back. He's practicing

760
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 1: all all as well. Um, but what do you like?

761
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: What have your impressions of him? I mean, he looks

762
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: like he did last year. I would say, you know

763
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: what I mean, he's throwing the ball. Well, Um, I

764
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 1: think that he has thrown more deep passes and been

765
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: more consistent with those deep passes. The Hollywood Lamar connection

766
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: is fight up. I'm just telling you. I'm just telling you,

767
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:46,720
Speaker 1: fantasy owners, you're gonna want to draft Hollywood. I'm thinking

768
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,760
Speaker 1: it's you're gonna have to get him in the sixth.

769
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: It's no later than the sixth, and it might be

770
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: the first. Well. Also, if you're if you're drafting in Baltimore,

771
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: you gotta do the Baltimore bump. So you know, oh

772
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: that's the four actually that's the fourth round, you know,

773
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: Ingram Hollywood, Mark Andrews. Those guys are all gone in

774
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: the third and fourth round. Dude, I did a mock

775
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: draft last night, okay, because you know me, I gotta

776
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: I gotta practice draft, right, I got a tinker, right,

777
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: I do about thirty right? And J K. Dobbins is

778
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: going high? How high you went in the fifth round? Really,

779
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: especially if you're you know what that is. That's guys

780
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: thinking keeper leagues, and you get your starting running back,

781
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 1: uh for the next for the next few years as

782
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: a fifth round pick. Well, I'm thinking I'm thinking the

783
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: same thing. I'm just a little salty about it because

784
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,240
Speaker 1: everybody else, you know, it's like the word gets out

785
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, it's not a bargain anymore.

786
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: Well everyone's now everyone's always in the market for running backs.

787
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 1: And like, if you remember last ye when we were

788
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,479
Speaker 1: doing this conversation, we got a ton of questions about

789
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: Justice Hill and whether he could be the starter, you know,

790
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: and Justice Hill was actually going as a late round

791
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: guy in some drafts, like ten eleventh round, because people

792
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 1: thought that maybe he could eventually become the starter and uh,

793
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: you know, j K, we gotta be quietuntil the fantasy

794
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: drafts are done exactly. But back to Lamar, I mean,

795
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: I think he's throwing the ball well, he's obviously running well, um,

796
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: you know, he's them. I just you know, he looks

797
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 1: like the m v P that he did last year.

798
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,720
Speaker 1: So I'll take another. I'll take a repeat performance from

799
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: sounds good to me. Signed me up. Yeah, I don't know,

800
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,879
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think. I don't know that I've seen

801
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: him throw an interception during full team drills over the

802
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: course of camp during eleven and eleven has has there

803
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: been what Geno Stone I think got the first eleven

804
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: on eleven pick, But that's the only one I know of.

805
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: I can't think of. I can't think of more than that.

806
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 1: And Lamar hasn't I mean, hasn't thrown one. Yeah, so

807
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: it's pretty impressive. Or even during seven on seven I

808
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,879
Speaker 1: can't think of him throwing one. Um, Now, I don't

809
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: think I've seen the mar throw an interception, which which

810
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: just to kind of put that in perspective. I mean,

811
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 1: he's showing like fifty passes and every day during practice

812
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: like there's a lot and and he's and he's got

813
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: thrown passes against some pretty good cornerbacks. Yeah, and and

814
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: like they're working on things, both sides of working on things,

815
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: so you might take some chances in practice he went

816
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: in a game because you're trying to work on something specific. So, um,

817
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: the fact that there haven't been any I think says

818
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: a lot about where he is. So yeah, you know,

819
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: speaking of the cornerbacks battle there, Uh, I just think

820
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 1: one thing that's kind of overlooked with this team is

821
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: how good you know, it's it's just super cliche the

822
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: iron sharpens iron, But there's some really good battles going

823
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: on out there. I mean, like, how much better do

824
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: you make these wide receivers, including the rookie wide receivers,

825
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: because you have Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey, Jimmy Smith, Tavon Young.

826
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: How much better to those guys get because they're going

827
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: to go up against those quiets. I really think I

828
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 1: think that's big for Hollywood, Like really, I think that's

829
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: because oftentimes, oftentimes this one resources once and so you

830
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: have Hollywood and Boykin going up against Peters and Humphrey.

831
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: So like that is a huge opportunity for someone like

832
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 1: Boykin who needs to take that staff to get reps

833
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,800
Speaker 1: against two of the top ten corners in the NFL.

834
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews has talked about his battles that he's had

835
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: with Jimmy Smith and how much better that's made both

836
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: of them. I mean, those that like should not be

837
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: overlooked a klaias Campbell testing out d J Fluker. Those

838
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: two have talked about their battles in the trenches, you know,

839
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 1: and the rest of the D line and challenging the

840
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: interior of the Ravens offensive lines. Brady Williams, Derek Wolfe,

841
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: you know, I mean there's some really good competition going

842
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 1: on out there. And and John Harball I think, you know,

843
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Speaker 1: we talked about it, how good, how it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: very important this streaming camp because of the lost time,

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Speaker 1: the structure, these practices as well have enough competition built in,

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Speaker 1: but not get guys hurt. All those things. I think

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Speaker 1: John has done an excellent job of that. Like been

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Speaker 1: intense practices with a lot of like real live action,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean there's been a fair number amount

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Speaker 1: of tackling um, but like not seeing injuries. It doesn't

851
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Speaker 1: get too out of control. Guys are taking care of

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Speaker 1: each other. It's just I think I've been a lot

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Speaker 1: of really good competition. So to recap, everyone looks great, yep,

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Speaker 1: all side, Well you look terrible. You look it never

855
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Speaker 1: looks better? Yeah, but look, your pasty is always like

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Speaker 1: I I do know that we we It sounds like

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Speaker 1: we're drinking the purple kol aid and that's probably the case.

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Speaker 1: But the scene went fourteen to two last year, and

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Speaker 1: I think that they are entering this season better in

860
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Speaker 1: a better spot than when they entered last season. Like,

861
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Speaker 1: are they gonna go fourteen two again? We'll see, But

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Speaker 1: I think that they are better equipped to start the season.

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Speaker 1: I mean they started last year two and two. They

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00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: are better going into this season. I think they were

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Speaker 1: going into last season. Yeah, they're a better team on paper,

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Speaker 1: and I think they look better on the field and practice.

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Speaker 1: We'll see when it comes to the games. They're gonna

868
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Speaker 1: have a target on their back. Man, everybody's coming for

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Speaker 1: the Ravens this year. Everybody's looking to knock them off

870
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Speaker 1: because we've been toasted town the whole offseason all that stuff,

871
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: and and Lamar's MVP, and they're gonna want those you know,

872
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,400
Speaker 1: all that stuff is real and the and the division

873
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Speaker 1: is good, you know, I mean, Bend's back for the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: That defense is good, Baker and all that. They got

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Speaker 1: him some good weapons and fortified the offensive line. The

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Speaker 1: Browns are going to be good. So like those all

877
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Speaker 1: stand out there and that's all legit, but just saying

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Speaker 1: the Ravens are looking very nice themselves. So thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for listening. We'll went back next week. We've

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Speaker 1: got some more training camp discussion. We're gonna make sure

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Speaker 1: we get a guest on for you next week. Uh

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Speaker 1: and as always, you can reach us at the lounge

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Speaker 1: at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for listening. We'll talk with you soon. Six