WEBVTT - Chris Horton, Todd Monken, Mike Macdonald: Training Camp 8/3 Press Conferences 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.680 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. Today is Thursday, 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:09.719 August third. Training camp continue today and after practice we 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.200 had a chance to hear from the coordinators. That's kick 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:15.960 things off today with Special Teams coordinator Chris Horton. 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.160 Thought, our guys came out today really the last couple 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:21.919 of days and really put in some good days of work. 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:24.880 Uh really just encouraged by what I'm seeing by all 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:27.360 the all the young guys and the veteran guys and 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:32.120 the type of leadership that that these guys are taking questions. 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:35.440 You know, It's it's awesome. 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:35.720 Uh. 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:38.879 You know jerry N's relationship, I said this before man 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.240 Ites it's bigger than football, So we do spend a 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:43.320 lot of time talking to each other. So when he 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.839 does show up, I'm excited to see his face. And 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.319 then when he he jumps in the drills, it's even 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:50.519 it's even more exciting because I could tell, you know, 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.159 maybe maybe he misses it a little bit right. He 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.160 wants to get out there and he's he's coaching the 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:57.680 right thing, So I'm all excited for it. It's always 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:58.959 good to see him. 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.840 Chris look like uh Jin style for a lot of 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:03.000 as friendy. 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:04.919 Folks out of his studio over y'all the season. 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:13.280 Where have you seen his You. 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.640 Know, I think it's in everything that he does. Jordan's working. 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.520 Jordan's working hard. Uh, every day he has a plan. 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.440 Randy puts him through a workout plan. Jordan, what are 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.480 you working on? Okay, this is going to be turnover balls, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:22.240 and let's make sure that that's what we're working on. 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.319 Let's let's get down to the finest little details of 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.240 turnover balls. If we're working in that pooch area, let's 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.920 making sure that we're doing the right things with our drop, 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.240 with our footwork. So I think he's he's taking it 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.039 all piece by piece. And uh, when we see this 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.160 game here in a couple uh next week sometime hopefully 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:39.959 we put it all together. 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.000 That's it comes to the return. 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:46.600 Man, Is that still uns you guys given other guys 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:47.360 who got this play. 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.640 That's that's DuVernay's role. But obviously, you know, during this time, 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:52.080 everybody gets an opportunity. 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:53.560 If you're here, you you. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.800 Want an opportunity, You want to look right. So it's 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.880 our job as coaches to give everybody an opportunity. A 0:01:59.000 --> 0:02:01.600 dude's done a great job right, Uh, you know, for 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.440 a guy that had never returned the ball and then 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.760 to do what he's done the last couple of years. Man, 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.560 we're excited about Duvenet, but we're also excited about some 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.480 of the young guys that we have as well. 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.800 Chris, after years of continuity in your ticking game, you've 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.320 got a lot of turnover now and you're lung snapper 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:18.760 in your holder the last couple of years. 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.120 Al Cord is his camp in this preseason. 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:21.720 To get him that. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.440 They feed it out every day is valuable. 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.280 Every day those guys are out here, they're working on something, 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:32.079 whether it's a snap to catch, whether it's whether it's 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.480 Tyler's snapping the Jordan for holds for Tucker, whether it's 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:37.960 punt snaps, whether it's punt full work. It's it's all 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.799 very important, and I think as we continue to move 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.560 through our camp, these guys will, uh they're gonna stick 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.200 together like glue because uh, it's important for us. You know, 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.320 we've won a lot of games with those three guys. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:53.239 Chris staking you guys keep and Mitchell coups a break 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.079 fast you see, how to do discussions. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.880 As you know, k Keaton's a guy that I think, 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.440 you know, uh, that can go out and play anywhere 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.120 you ask him to play again. I'm I told him before, 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:06.720 you know, I'm gonna put you on kickoff. I want 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.680 to see you run. I want to see some physicality. 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.280 And I think he's got the right mindset, he's got 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.720 the right makeup. We're gonna we're gonna let him return 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.799 some punts for let him return some kicks, right, We're 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.520 gonna let him play some punt out at gunner. We're 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:22.240 just gonna give him every opportunity to make this football 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:26.560 team and put himself in position to make this football team. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.840 That was Special teams coordinator Chris Horden. After practice, we 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.800 also talked with defensive coordinator Mike McDonald, who discussed his 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.400 feeling about this defensive unit and what they could happen 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:38.320 sore for this year. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.200 All Right, great to see everybody. I feel like I 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.360 was up here a couple of days ago. So we'll 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:45.520 see what what questions you have. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.600 Let's let's set after about har football last. 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.040 Uh. Yeah, just you know, he's got great energy and 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.440 provides a little fire to you know, to the nickel 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.200 position out there, and it's some a lot of things 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.120 that we've done that are not so consistent with how 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.160 he's done things. So considering that learning curve, we're actually 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.480 impressed with, you know, how how fast he's picked everything up. 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:09.840 But just just a. 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.080 Fun guy to be around and just attacking what we're 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:13.960 asking to do, so much more. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.560 Impactable us its installed or deafen, and this point. 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.080 Is changing Goss in the day. 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.240 It's huge, it's huge. 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:24.480 You know, he's obviously a vital, vital part of our 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:30.840 of our operation, and he spearheads the charge, so you know, 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.080 he picks it up very fast. He makes it seem 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:38.960 very easy. Uh, and I think the guys follow that lead, 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.560 you know, and if if if he's going, and he's 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.960 and and he's rolling, rocking and rolling, then the guys 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.159 fall online. Then you know, things just happened a little 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.520 bit more seamlessly than you know. So it's it's good, 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:49.840 it's great. 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:53.600 As a coach, throwing down is even more important right 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.160 now for some of these other corners because maybe especially 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.040 the young ones, to kind of start separating them. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.599 So I wouldn't say it's more important, I'd just say 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.640 it's always important. You know, that's something that we're looking 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:08.160 for obviously we had a great competition going on, you know, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:11.480 opposite Marlon, So uh, just you know there's gonna be 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.560 more reps to be had for sure. We'll see how 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:15.480 long it lasts. But uh, you know that, I think 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:17.520 I think the focus has been there from day one 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:18.120 with those guys. 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.760 We heard for various players talking about what they've gotten 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:24.080 out of their international pH. 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.720 Think hear not just outsidelnderers, But do you think he 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:29.760 hasn't have a usual, doing able sort of lead as 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:30.119 a teacher? 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:34.159 Ban I would say he's got a great ability to relate. 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.560 You know, any coach you want to be able to 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.640 relate to your players, so you have a good relationship. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.400 I think that's important thing. Uh it starts with John 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.440 and who who he hires, you know, and who's on 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.800 our staff. I'd speak to everybody on our staff. I 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.200 think everybody does a great job of building rapport with 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:49.880 our players. And you can build that trust and that 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.360 connectivity so you know, we can stay a line when 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.800 we're asking, you know, when we're working through that back 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.280 and forth of coaching guys up and asking asking things 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.120 from them. And I think you see that the players, 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:00.760 you know, play harder and you get more out of 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:01.919 him when you have that relationship. 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:03.720 So, but Chuck's Chuck's just like everybody else. But he's 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:04.360 doing a great job. 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.240 BI saw Zaly taking a lot of the rents today 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:08.880 outside or opposite of Moreland. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.000 What about him makes some papers stepping up for you 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.400 need here for a long of your time. Well, Jalen's 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.200 the guy that we're really excited when we drafted him. 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.440 So's he's got a lot of ability and uh, he's 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:19.520 a very smart players. 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.600 He's versatile, he can play multiple spots. Uh, but you know, 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:23.680 this is an. 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.200 Opportunity for him to go to go show what he 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.240 can do and and and see if he can earn 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:27.960 himself a job. 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.719 So opportunities out there as. 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.080 He improved that are any different whatever, as you look 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.599 better like you're kamorre Un. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.160 Oh yeah, I would say it's a gradual improvement, you know, 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.520 but with the whole with the whole defense. Right now, 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.080 we're in we're in week two, we're in it, we're 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:49.240 in pads. The emphasis is let's go all right, We're 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.160 not waiting around. It's not processed for we're rolling okay, 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.040 So we're we're trying to get ready for for next 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.080 week when we tee it off against the Eagles, and 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.480 then I've ultimately, you know, against Houston week one, so 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.040 we won't pedal them right now. And I think he's 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:02.080 right there with the rest of the crew. 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:04.599 Like Duran has dot here in plays where they stabbed 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:05.880 himself as a vocal leader. 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.800 Since he left, he's really like stepped up on the 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.400 defensive line and established himself to it's like their us. 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.240 Yeah, I think we've spoke to it the other day 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.680 very well. I mean, we got a great group right there, 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.400 and they're not necessarily a young group. I mean they're 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.680 not not green in that way. They are young, but 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:23.960 they're not green. I mean, off the top of my head. 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:25.920 Michael Pierce has done a great job. He's been here 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.000 all off season. Brent Urban done a great job. Broderick 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.960 Washington is a stalwart in the middle for US. Leads 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:32.680 through action and. 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:33.360 Not his words. 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.920 Justin Mattabeke, same deal, comes to work every day, plays 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.080 extremely hard. There's a group that feeds off one another. 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.640 Travis Jones, second year guy. You would never guess he's 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:44.280 a second year guy. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:45.240 The list goes on. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.600 So is there one guy that's kind of the head 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.240 of the group, you know, maybe maybe not maybe by day, 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.720 but really proud of their approach, the competitiveness with him, 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:55.640 and then the ability you know that they look they're 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:57.720 they're fighting for past rush snaps too, So a lot 0:07:57.720 --> 0:07:59.120 of competition in that room as well. 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:05.160 To future players to work on tackling when there's very 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.880 little to no tax ling a log and has that 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:09.040 impacted what you. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:12.480 See in games in terms of guys for killingies. That's 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.120 a great question. The tackling taxing. 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:17.040 Tackling is a lost art, you know, and the rules 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.560 really uh make it challenging. Like you said, you know 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:21.880 to do it, so you have to be creative and 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.920 what you do it now, I will say when we practice, 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.400 it's always angles to the ball, making sure we have 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.840 the ball west, tearing off blocks, making sure we're in 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.280 position and make a tackle, and then the tempo kind 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.600 of dictates how we finish. So I'm actually very pleased 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.000 with when we're in the pads, we've been able to 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.439 cup the ball very well, and we talk about, you know, 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.200 finishing in a dominant position and then the ball ballcare 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.079 goes backwards. In staple tackling, we're not gonna be able 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.719 to do that with our guys, but we definitely, we 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.439 definitely want to thug guys up, wrap them up, and 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.000 make sure we know we're insurance tackles. 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.439 Thoughts talked about I was going to embrace kind of 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.600 multipowerful aspect for this pass rush. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:58.880 But does that require a kind of different mentality when 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:02.480 you're out there on on yeah, get out of a hugeague. Well, 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.200 I think any good pass rusher is going to start 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:04.880 with power, you know. 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:06.520 I think if you just go down the list of 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.719 the top pass rushers throughout the league, they have some 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:10.560 sort of power if you if you have no if 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:12.560 you have no threat of power, you know, tackles are 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.040 just not going to respect it and the rest of 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:15.559 your stuff isn't going to be set up as well. 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:17.600 But if you watch, he's got a great long arm 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.599 and you know he's working on that. I know that 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.520 he's working on it today with with Chuck out there 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.280 during Indy. So that's a power. I think it showed 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:26.280 up last year on tape too. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:27.599 I think you're gonna I think you see when you 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.199 turn the tape on, is he's got a great long 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.439 arm and then the counter's off it. But just like 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.199 any great pass rusher, you've got to have that element, 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.280 you know, if you're you know, gonna have any success 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.320 you maybe at the end of his season last year 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.720 with something you could really build on. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely, 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:46.000 absolutely your second how much to feel ball the tea. 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.280 Yeah, it's a great question. I think you go in 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:52.559 with an idea of what you have to build to. 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.199 That picture is clear from the from the get go, 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.959 but it's still within the framework of who do we 0:09:58.080 --> 0:09:59.920 have and what do they do and what can they do, 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.280 and then we can kind of take it as it 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.880 goes from right there. So I've alluded to this a 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.200 lot of times, but when our personnel became into focus 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.439 throughout the middle of the year, it really dictated what 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.160 we could and couldn't do schematically and narrowed the focus. 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.600 And I think that's when we took off. So definitely 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.360 that picture is clear on earlier at this point in. 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.080 Time, here's. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:21.920 Camp On. 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.439 Yeah, Kyle, Like we've said, he's a guy that we're 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:29.960 gonna be able to move around. Right now, he's trying 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:31.680 to We're trying to get him really good at safety 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.040 with the ability to move him in a different, different spot. 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:35.840 So please where he's at. 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.000 Uh, you know, I think he started out camp really well, 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.320 hasn't had as much ball production over the last couple 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:41.559 of days. 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:43.480 So that's something that we're going to challenge him, you know, 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.280 to be able to do moving forward throughout camp and 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:46.080 going into season. 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:48.840 Why you see. 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.960 Comply you with His name is pet three, growing up 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.160 around this with his dad. Does that notice full from 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:54.560 South Calmsboro in the meetings? 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.880 Yeah, I would say it definitely shows itself off off 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:58.839 the fielding in the building. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:10:59.920 You love his approach. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.319 He's here every morning working out when I'm in there 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.600 with the guys and going through the process. The training 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.439 room speaks very highly of him and his approach and 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.199 his mentality on the field. My message to him was 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.880 just let's go. Let's go compete, all right, stay take 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:15.280 the step every day that you need to. We had 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.400 a conversation actually this morning, Steve Smith talks about Rookie's 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.200 making a play a day, and I just encourage him 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.599 to go for it, you know, go for it so 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.840 you can get those plays on tape where guys are 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:26.760 gonna remember that, you know, those those positive plays that 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:27.520 you're making. 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:32.120 That was Raven's defensive coordinator Mike McDonald, who's heading into 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.839 his second year as a team's play caller on that 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.080 side of the ball. And of course we also talked 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.160 with offensive coordinator Todd Munkett. There's lots of excitement about 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:44.720 Todd going into his first season as the Ravens offensive coordinator, 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:47.760 and he discussed his thoughts going into this year. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.640 How'd you like the the tempo so far? 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:52.439 I know today was kind of more gold for it, 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.360 but even when they had a patch of the oliver 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:54.840 this week. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.719 How did you think the temple year? It's a work 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.920 in progress. We're not one out nearly where we need 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:04.080 to be, and we shouldn't be so because that it's 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.600 early in camp, but we got we got a lot 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:08.760 of work to do. It's your second here. 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:16.760 Tight ends out there are showing well. 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.360 First off, we've got to figure out on the roster, 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.959 be it those two players whoever we have, do we 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:26.880 have an individual here that can play why it can 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:28.760 be a blocking tight end, can do some things in 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.960 line after losing the young man they had last year, 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.240 so you know, and with Pat being out, so that 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:35.719 that's what we need to see from them. We know 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.280 we know Zay is an excellent receiving tight end, and 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:40.840 we got to take the next step with a number 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:41.400 of those guys. 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:42.080 Uh. 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.480 Once we really we'll know a lot more once we 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.960 go to practice against the Redskins, we play some preseason 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.760 games where we're at you're starting at Descri just do 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:56.240 not have j Well, we'd love to have JK out there. 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.760 I mean, there's there's no question about it. And we 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.480 look forward when he does get out there. I don't 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.079 control that when I control us what we do each 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.480 day on the practice field, and we'll be excited when 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:05.959 he gets back. 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:07.520 Tell us that he talks to him if he talked 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:07.960 to him at all. 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:14.840 I talked to him every day. I told him every day. 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:17.920 I don't know. That's a big smile on his face, 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.960 and I don't know what else to say. I mean, 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:25.480 he's there every day, so when he's out there, we'll 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:26.480 be fired up. He's out there. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.840 Rest three Okay, how far behind is he as far 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.400 as learning this out goes? How much catching up is 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:32.719 he have to do? 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.080 He actually gets in a great question because he hasn't repped, 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:37.520 so it's hard for me to know that when he's 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.320 not out there. It's just the way it is. I mean, 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.760 he's not out there, so we'll find out when he 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:44.920 does get out there, but we're excited. I know he's 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.560 kind of being a little you know, smart alect there, 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.679 but I'm just saying in general, when he gets out there, 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.720 we'll be excited to have him talk. 0:13:51.640 --> 0:14:00.480 To know guy practice Like you don't did that kind 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:01.240 of start in the end? 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.120 How what make you capt starting about? 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:05.760 Oh? 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:06.319 I don't know. 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:10.280 I mean, think about it. They come out here wearing 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.199 our players jerseys. I mean, how cool is that? 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:12.640 You know? 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.439 Our players get to live out their dream and get 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:18.240 paid for something they were they've been playing since they 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.480 were little kids like them. And to me, that's really easy. 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:24.720 To me that that's not hard. That's easy. That's that's 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.720 Todd Munkin at eight years old that was dying to 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:32.880 get an autograph and meet his favorite player. And that's 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.040 not hard. That's actually really really easy, And uh, you 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.920 wish you could do it for all of them, Todd. 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.960 Is it tough to kind of projected where in office 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.800 when you don't have guys like Novels and Baitman out 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.760 there who are going to pieces. 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:48.520 Well, right now, it's not hard to project because we're 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.520 not really good right now, got a long ways to 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.360 go cool. It was talks about sleeping aside and say 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:55.360 the same guy and you've been. 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.320 Whoever's out there, what do you expect from them to 0:14:59.400 --> 0:14:59.640 be other? 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.760 Well, there's a certain expectation of the position, right whoever's 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.600 out there, whoever starts for the Ravens, there's an expectation there, 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:11.040 whether it is Salah or John you know, whoever that 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.120 might be. I think there's some great competition there and 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.640 we look forward again. Is you keep moving into camp, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:20.120 you get more practices and paths, and you go against 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:23.320 some other teams, you get a little better idea of 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:24.400 what you can expect. 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.080 I've seen the chemistry between Labar and Mark Andrews to 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.840 go off script for the last few years with great success. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.320 When you're coming in it with a new system, how 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.120 do you balance not wanting to stifle that but also 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.920 wanting to play within the offense within the system. 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.960 Great question. You don't want to take away creativity, a 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:48.080 great chemistry that players have. But we've got to continue 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:51.480 to improve all of our quarterbacks ability to check the 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.800 ball down, to get it to outlets running backs, getting 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.960 them more involved. And Mark still being a big part 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.520 of that mark is going to be a big part 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.040 of what we do as the other players. But we 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.160 want to we want to keep that, but also the 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.440 ability to move on right, move on as the pocket 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.920 breaks down, we can find outlets and get the ball 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.760 out of his hands a wide receiver. Sir, I'm sorry. 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:17.880 Running backs throughout the league have voice that they're feeling undervalued. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:23.280 How has it evolved their word and how wrong violence? 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:24.200 What? 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:25.440 Okay? Which one do you want? 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:25.520 Man? 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:26.960 Do you want me to Are you wanted me to 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.920 comment on their feeling undervalued or do you want to 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:34.520 comment on their roles? First of all, I will just 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:38.280 say this about any position, And first of all, I'm 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.920 never going to talk about another man's business. That that 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.960 is something they have to take care of. Okay, So, 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:48.160 but running backs, in my opinion, are highly valued in 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.640 this league. The running backs we have are highly valued. 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.600 To me, I think any player that makes an NFL 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.960 roster is highly valued. That's a fact. They're one of 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.480 the best in the world. I don't care you're fifty 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:03.200 three to one, you're one of the best in the world. Elite, elite. 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.080 I think they're a valuable commodity on any team. I 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:10.719 don't set the market. Our right tackles valuable, Are kickers valuable? 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:14.600 Our quarterbacks valuable? The running backs are valuable, house yours. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:18.200