Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Monday,
Speaker 1: August twenty eighth. The Ravens were back on the practice
Speaker 1: field today. They're also working behind the scenes to trim
Speaker 1: the roster to fifty three players before the deadline Tuesday.
Speaker 1: At four pm today, we had a chance to hear
Speaker 1: from head coach John Harbaugh, who discussed the mindset going
Speaker 1: into Week one and also the difficult decisions that the
Speaker 1: team has to make.
Speaker 2: It looked like Dante Dimas was in the first round
Speaker 2: the cuts. Was obviously a lot of interest in him
Speaker 2: because he was post but sure, what did he show,
Speaker 2: you know, maybe especially in that last person in the game,
Speaker 2: and then what do you think he still needs to
Speaker 2: show to keep his career going? Yeah, you know, it's
Speaker 2: We had a great conversation numerous guys today and very
Speaker 2: personal conversations with guys. You know, it really does get
Speaker 2: it's really as it's individual. Everybody's in a kind of
Speaker 2: a different place, and you really get your opportunity to
Speaker 2: sit and talk to guys about what they're trying to accomplish.
Speaker 2: And Dante really did a really good job. I mean,
Speaker 2: look how he showed in that last game, and you know,
Speaker 2: I think throughout the course of the of the off
Speaker 2: season and the UH and the training camp. I mean,
Speaker 2: he came out every day and he worked at it.
Speaker 2: He's got talent, he's got radius, he's a physical player.
Speaker 2: It was just really fun to see him develop. I
Speaker 2: think he's got a bright future in the National Football League.
Speaker 2: And really what he needs is to keep doing what
Speaker 2: he's doing and and and get an opportunity and take
Speaker 2: advantage of it. Good is you know, the next couple
Speaker 2: of days every year.
Speaker 1: I mean, how tough is it for for a head
Speaker 1: coach and a staff to kind of whittle this down.
Speaker 2: From an emotional standpoints from a human standpoint, right, Yeah,
Speaker 2: the emotional standpoint is real. You have guys that you
Speaker 2: get close to. I mean, you have relationships, You get
Speaker 2: to know their stories through the whole process. You go
Speaker 2: to work every day, have conversations. You know, sometimes guys
Speaker 2: in you know, you know they're out there and kind
Speaker 2: of their vulnerable type trying to chase their dream in
Speaker 2: a moment. And UH, it's it's very meaningful. Like we've
Speaker 2: said so many times, it's a very important part of
Speaker 2: all of our lives, you know, but especially the guys
Speaker 2: who are trying to make their way for the first
Speaker 2: time in this league. So I do. Uh, it's a
Speaker 2: process that I take very seriously. All the coaches do,
Speaker 2: and I think we do a good job of just
Speaker 2: trying to personalize it and make sure that everybody understands
Speaker 2: where they stand and you know, what they need to
Speaker 2: do to maybe get to the next level, and also
Speaker 2: understand how much they're valued, because we really value our guys.
Speaker 2: Those guys did a great job for.
Speaker 1: Us the number two quarter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the best answer I can give you is that
Speaker 2: we're we're gonna work all that stuff out in the
Speaker 2: next couple of days. It's really not information that we're
Speaker 2: probably gonna just put out there too much for any position,
Speaker 2: just because why would we. You know, it's not something
Speaker 2: that we need to do right now. But uh uh,
Speaker 2: we we were making plans. In most cases, we have
Speaker 2: our plans organize. Other a few cases, maybe we still
Speaker 2: have some decisions to make.
Speaker 1: At all.
Speaker 2: Or I don't see that. No, I don't see that.
Speaker 2: It's more games making the Parkers well he is, he is.
Speaker 2: It's you know, it's not you don't need to panic
Speaker 2: about that. And I tell the fans it's gonna be okay,
Speaker 2: but he'll be should be out there practicing next week.
Speaker 2: I expect him to play in the game and he
Speaker 2: should be fine. So, uh, that's where we're at with that. Yeah, good,
Speaker 2: it's okay, it's good.
Speaker 1: Anything to deserve about.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a hello. I don't really know. I'm a
Speaker 2: little more vague on that one. I think that's I'm
Speaker 2: hopeful really that he'll get back here, you know, first game,
Speaker 2: second game, third game, somewhere in there. But we'll just
Speaker 2: have to see. It's uh, it's with the doctors and tires.
Speaker 2: It's fair to say that and consideration. I don't have
Speaker 2: any comments on any of that right now.
Speaker 1: That was head coach John Harbaugh. The team is going
Speaker 1: to continue practicing on Tuesday. We're gonna get a chance
Speaker 1: to hear from coach Harbaugh again as well as some
Speaker 1: of the key players. So check back tomorrow for more
Speaker 1: from the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Also the head over
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Speaker 1: breakdown to the preseason finale against the Block, saying, we're
Speaker 1: going to continue providing you insight and analysis as the
Speaker 1: roster decisions are made this week. Thanks for listening, talking
Speaker 1: to you again tomorrow