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

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Speaker 1: out there and completing passes. And then there's this annoying

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00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,840
Speaker 1: safety who keeps on the practice squad, who keeps coming

424
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,320
Speaker 1: in here and picking them off and batting down balls

425
00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,480
Speaker 1: and practice his real thorn and aside. He's like, what

426
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,000
Speaker 1: are we doing here? Come on, you know, taking easy

427
00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,040
Speaker 1: out here in practice. And so we had a nickname

428
00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,919
Speaker 1: for you. You were kind of a pest to him.

429
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 1: It sounded like it what was the nickname? And and

430
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 1: filling the gaps for me? Um, all right. So when

431
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,400
Speaker 1: we out there in practice, um, you know, they kind

432
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,560
Speaker 1: of tell you, you know, play this defense, but you know,

433
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,000
Speaker 1: go over here, or go over there, or do this right.

434
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 1: They tell you where they want you to go. So

435
00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,720
Speaker 1: I was like, all right, whatever, So I'll get back

436
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,480
Speaker 1: there and that Timm and go right. But instead of

437
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 1: going right, I see a right looking up, So I'm

438
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 1: going left, going up and I'll make a play of

439
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,160
Speaker 1: the ball. And then they they're mad at the coaches

440
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,840
Speaker 1: are mad, like no, you're supposed to do this. I'm

441
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,080
Speaker 1: like I am, you know, my bad, my bad, whatever,

442
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,520
Speaker 1: So I go left this time you' supposed to get

443
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,920
Speaker 1: back and go left. I'm okay, So I get back,

444
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,920
Speaker 1: go left, and I see Aid looking right. He throws

445
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 1: it right, so I go right. Now. I started doing

446
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and I started disguising thee I think

447
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,680
Speaker 1: for me like I come from Tennessee State, you know

448
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,720
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like we have fun and practice like

449
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,080
Speaker 1: so that's what I knew. I knew to have fun

450
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: and practice. I knew to to run around and beat

451
00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,159
Speaker 1: myself and just you know, ball out, you know. So

452
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,080
Speaker 1: that's what I did. It was kind of like you

453
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,440
Speaker 1: know what, I'll get back there. But once I once

454
00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,439
Speaker 1: I go left, I'm looking at wherever the ball going,

455
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 1: That's where I'm going. And that's how that was my mentality,

456
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,560
Speaker 1: like this coming out of Tennessee State, that is what

457
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,639
Speaker 1: it was, right, So you know, Mike mccartman here like

458
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,000
Speaker 1: that now. He used to like, you know, I mean

459
00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 1: the time about it. But a RD academy, he was

460
00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 1: like man, He'll say, like, man, keep doing that, like

461
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 1: keep doing that. And I'm like, alright, I said, keep

462
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,159
Speaker 1: doing something, keep doing it. Now. Everybody telling me to

463
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,160
Speaker 1: keep doing it, but my coach is telling me stop

464
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,879
Speaker 1: doing that. And I'm like, you're right. I'm like, so

465
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know that. So I'm like, man,

466
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 1: if I get cut, man, like you're gonna you're gonna

467
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: boution me or something, right somehow, I've always I just

468
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,840
Speaker 1: always did that in practice, Like and um man, we

469
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 1: had a ball in practice, so he should call me

470
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,080
Speaker 1: master disaster. Yeah, that's what it was. They decid used

471
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 1: to mess up all the mess up practice. So so

472
00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: so even when I see him play this year, he's

473
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 1: like a master master and I'm like, man, you're still

474
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: calling me that man? You know? Um but yeah, man, man,

475
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: that was just like my practice happens like you know,

476
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: trying to go make a play in practice because I'm like,

477
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm gonna show them that I can play.

478
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: And it's like that was my mentality, like you know what,

479
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,159
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out here, I'm gonna play hard. I'm

480
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,719
Speaker 1: a practice hard and um you know, and and pleasant

481
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: that that was my job anyway. My job was the

482
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,880
Speaker 1: practice and I wasn't playing on Sundays, so I'm gonna

483
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 1: go out head and give you all. I got money

484
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 1: through Friday, and I'm trying to make play. So because

485
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,360
Speaker 1: I know everybody's looking at this. I know everybody talking

486
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 1: about it. So one day they're gonna black man, you

487
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 1: know what this kid making plays like we need to plan.

488
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 1: It never happened, but I'm glad. I'm glad that it

489
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: worked out the way that it did because I came

490
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: here and I became who I who I am? You know, so, yeah,

491
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 1: you became you became co cap. Can you can you

492
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,399
Speaker 1: talk about about what it is about Special Teams that

493
00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 1: you fell in love with so much? Man, And nobody

494
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,479
Speaker 1: never asked me that that's that's that's the way, right,

495
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:12,400
Speaker 1: um man. Special teams is uh, it's one play, all

496
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:17,520
Speaker 1: out and it's like, uh, it's basically a free fall, right,

497
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 1: and but it's your chance to go out and make

498
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: an impact. Right. So I never really been like I've

499
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,919
Speaker 1: been miked up a couple of times, right, And one

500
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,080
Speaker 1: time it was miked up. I was miked up against

501
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 1: see uh was it? I think it's a rams. Once

502
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: it was the Rounds were playing the Rounds and it

503
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 1: was in St. Louis and they had the return that

504
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: was from Baltimore Table and Austin and my mom, you know,

505
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: I just called myself the Joe Flack or the or

506
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: the Plant team. Right. Um, but my whole mindset was

507
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,160
Speaker 1: now about run o hand and gonna make a play.

508
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,639
Speaker 1: I just gonna make a play, and not everybody want

509
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: to like it's it's easy to sit there and like

510
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 1: to say, man, you know plants first teams is easy?

511
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 1: Oh you know that that that's that's nothing. Right when

512
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,960
Speaker 1: we got somebody to run at you full speed that

513
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 1: don't stop, and you're just standing in one space once

514
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,439
Speaker 1: apart and you gotta block this person. Now, let's imagine

515
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: you're standing still like this bottle of water right here,

516
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,200
Speaker 1: right and here I come with a forty yard sprint

517
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,439
Speaker 1: and you ain't moving. I'm in a fort or sprint

518
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 1: and he's just running out is as a car crash. Man,

519
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 1: Like for real, you know you gotta want to do

520
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: that every single time. Now I'm not by sitting up

521
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,640
Speaker 1: here and saying now I love do that every single time.

522
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 1: You know, you know, but that that's the job. So

523
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,879
Speaker 1: then that that's what you have to go do. And

524
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: it got to a point where it's like, man, I

525
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,200
Speaker 1: can't nobody do this better than me? That was my

526
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: man tire, that man can about this better? Me right,

527
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: and and it was just like once I started getting

528
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,680
Speaker 1: into it, and once I saw of getting the rhythm,

529
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: and as the years just kept parting on, it was

530
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 1: like I started getting all the riding that I never

531
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 1: thought I would get. It was like players and players

532
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 1: are come talk to me. As players asked me like, man,

533
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,639
Speaker 1: how do you do this? We'll make you do that? Uh.

534
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: And it was just like, man, I can't believe like

535
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,239
Speaker 1: people talking to me. Then the coaches are coach from

536
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: other team will come talk to me. I'm just like, man,

537
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: it's like this is crazy, right. But I don't know.

538
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if I answer you a question. But

539
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 1: but what I love was about special sayings. Uh. I love.

540
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,680
Speaker 1: I love playing a PP I love the kickoff. I

541
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: love Punk Return. Now kick Return it's a different story

542
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: because I'm the guy that's standing still will while another

543
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 1: guy running four speed rather to take my head off, right,

544
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: you know. But it's a it's a chance to go

545
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 1: out and affect the game, to make a big play.

546
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: And no matter what, you start the game on specs

547
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: to teams. So I started. I started every single game.

548
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: I only miss you know, it's crazy. I only missed

549
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:09,639
Speaker 1: one game. My whole career. That is wild. So and

550
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: I didn't realize this until coach Harve said it, and

551
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,360
Speaker 1: he was like, you know, you know how special supposed

552
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: change is. You gotts start the game every game. You

553
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: were starter every game. And I'm like, yo, we do

554
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: start the game every game, so so I can say

555
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 1: this now. So when I used to go out there

556
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: for kick off, I'm like the last person to walk

557
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: out and my and my best friend hated, like when

558
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: he comes to the game, like why do you do that?

559
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 1: Like run out down the field. But I'm like, no,

560
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: that's my moment, Like that's my moment. I get to

561
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: walk out there. I'm looking at the crowd and then

562
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 1: something and a lot of the time like the camera

563
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 1: beyond me, and I'm walking out there and I'm looking

564
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,159
Speaker 1: at I'm like yeah, and myself the game and I'm

565
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 1: thinking to myself, I'm gonna start the game. I might

566
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: start the game. I run down here and I made

567
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: this tackle on the best on the first player of

568
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: the game. Is up right, That's what I'm thinking. We

569
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: all keep returning to the same thing. I said, Man,

570
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,880
Speaker 1: we but just for a touchdown first played the game. No, man,

571
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: it's an adrenal in the rust. It's in the drining

572
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: the rust. It's something that I'm gonna find something that

573
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: that gives me the same enjoying the rust eventually. But man,

574
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: Special Teams is I mean, I love, I love everything

575
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 1: about it. To be honest with you, I don't I

576
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: can't give you this one thing about it, but you

577
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: know it's it's it's been fun. Who on this team

578
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 1: is gonna fill the gap that you're leaving behind? Like

579
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: when Albert McClellan left, you know, for people who don't

580
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: remember this, but the co Cap Albert McLellin was the

581
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: other code of the co Cap. You know, you Tube

582
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: were the leaders of the Special Teams group and then

583
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: you really seized that over the last few years obviously,

584
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: So who is next? Who's the next leader of that group? Man?

585
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: We have we have some really good young guys, like

586
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: really good young guys. Uh nah. I don't like name

587
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: people because I might mess around to leave off somebody. Okay, okay,

588
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: somebody gonna say Dan cold Cow. You don't think you

589
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. But with that being said, Chris Board,

590
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: who is I think about far the best best teams

591
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: player in the league. Um, I think that he now

592
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: now that you're retired, now he's now I think now

593
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: I'm could be completely honest, man, I think the last

594
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: two years, I think Chris Board has taken a tremendous

595
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 1: jump and what he doing special teams and what he

596
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: doing defense. So I think that he's gonna be um.

597
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: But I do think that he's the best best team

598
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: spelling the league. Um, we got young guys now, so

599
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: he would be like the leader. Yeah right, And we

600
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: have young guys like Christian uh Willas, Geno Stone, Um,

601
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 1: Malik Harrison. We got guys like that that that can

602
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: come in that you know that that's just a good foundation.

603
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 1: That's what you need. You need a good foundation for

604
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: us to be five five special team. Example, when we

605
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: when we was rolling, I'm talking about what was the

606
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: number one special teams this year, so we was definitely

607
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: rolling this year. But I'm talking about like back when

608
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: we had Albert Zack, zach or Um comere Akin juice

609
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 1: you check. Uh, we had um trial Wick. You know

610
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: when when we that was our found Terence Brooks, right,

611
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: Terence Broce, Arthur Brown, that was our found that And

612
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 1: I did say album of Color right album of color,

613
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: you know, Albert, that was our foundation. There was like

614
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: every time we went to a game, we had five

615
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: guys like it was like you know what, like who

616
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: are you gonna who are you gonna stop? And we

617
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: was like you know what I'm saying, like with pride

618
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: in that that we took pride to spect teams Like, man,

619
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: we the spect best teams. You went out here, you

620
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So I was like, well, I

621
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: kind of went off on a whole different things, but yeah, no,

622
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: but I think those guys would be the found the foundation.

623
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: And I would say, Chris Board, it's definitely the lead

624
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: of of of will be the lead of that unit.

625
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: That unit. Now when you say p P pump protector

626
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: is what you're talking about For fans out there, that's

627
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: a that's a I mean, that's a big job. That's

628
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: like you're kind of like the quarterback of the special

629
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: teams unit in that position. So and and the other

630
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: fund part is you get to do a lot of

631
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: the fakes. If it's a direct snap, it's going to

632
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: pp you. You've changed a few times. I may I

633
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: have made a couple of plays uh on doing a

634
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: little pump fakes. But man, not those um Man, those

635
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: plays are crucial. Um Man, we didn't we didn't have

636
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: we did not have too many blocks on my watch.

637
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: Uh but it's like, no, that's the time. Man. It's

638
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 1: like everybody trying to go black the point and he's like,

639
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 1: you gotta protect the punt. If you don't protect the point,

640
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: then it's like, you know what happened. You saw what

641
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: happened this past weekend. But now it's it's probably one

642
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: of the most important jobs on the Special scenes unit

643
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: besides you know, the snapper, the holder and Justin Tucker.

644
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, not man of person protector. I feel like

645
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: it's the quarterback of of the unit. So yeah, you

646
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: gotta run it that such. Yes, the last question I

647
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: think everybody, what everybody will want to know is what's

648
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: next for Anthony Levine. Man probably go to the beach. Man.

649
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go now man, uh Man, I just right

650
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: now now, I just want to take some time. I

651
00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: want to enjoy. I want to I want to enjoy

652
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: the moment, you know, my whole life. Um So, my dad,

653
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: my dad motto was when I was in when I

654
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: started when I was in high school and I really

655
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: started to off in football. He was like, keep you

656
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: keep working hard. Ke're working hard. You're gonna be with

657
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: how fun we get the college? And I'm like, okay,

658
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: all right, but then I got to college. You're not

659
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: cute working hard. Ke're working on you know, you're gonna

660
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: have fun, you know if you make a professional. And

661
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, you know, so now I keep

662
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: working hard. Ke're working hard because you know, my dad's

663
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: also you know, trainer somebody my uh my dad changed

664
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 1: me as well as long as my my high school

665
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: coach was my who is my training as well? Um,

666
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: but that's his thing. Because I'm now I'm in I'm

667
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and he's like, keep working hard. You're

668
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: working hard. You have fun when you tied. So now

669
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: I retired, I don't have to talk about no more

670
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: working hard. You're gonna have fun when you know what

671
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm saying as one to take a little time and

672
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: uh and just and just enjoy this moment and enjoy

673
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 1: what what I was able to to do as a raven,

674
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: as a as my playing career, and uh, you know,

675
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 1: and that and that's it, man, you know, and have

676
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: fun to jop my family, get it again. I spent

677
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: a lot of my I spent a lot of my

678
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 1: summers working out. Like when I take me, when I

679
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: take my family to to Disney. You know, we'll get

680
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: an airbnb and we'll we're going to Disney, like eight

681
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: in the morning because we go early, oh whenever, not

682
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: probably eight, but we go early in the morning. Right, Um,

683
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: I get up early and I go work out, and

684
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: then I come back. Then we go to Disney. You know,

685
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: we'll come back and I'm trying to do something working

686
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 1: on my body, you know. So what my mind was

687
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 1: always thinking, workout, workout, take care of you body, workout,

688
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,719
Speaker 1: take anybody, okay with what you want to do with

689
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: the family. I want to do this. Okay, do that,

690
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: Let's do this now. While were doing that, I'm thinking, okay,

691
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: now I just done this. I gotta go work out.

692
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. So because my my college

693
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: coach always told me, when you're not working out, somebody's

694
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: working out. Right to my mom, my whole my whole mindset,

695
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: my whole mind frame was I gotta stay working out.

696
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,959
Speaker 1: I gotta stay consistent. Even when guys see me running

697
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: down and they were like Roa, How are you? How

698
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 1: are you running that fast? And you're that old? First

699
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 1: of all, I'm not that old. But I run like

700
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: I work out like I you know what I'm saying,

701
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: Like that's what I do like, you know, And it's

702
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: just I'm never not I never stopped, you know. I

703
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: just always wanted to keep going and keep going and

704
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: just keep pushing the limits, you know. And now, man,

705
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm gonna still work out, but I

706
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: don't have to work out to that extreme right right,

707
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: you can start working on Dad Boy like me. Man,

708
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: that's where it's at. Why well, we're not gonna do

709
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: talk about dad Bob at Levin. You know what I'm

710
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: saying that I was working out last week, right and

711
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: Jamille and Jamille comes up to me and I'm running

712
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: and Jamie said, hey, man, you retire. Why are you

713
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: still running like this? And I'm like, but I'm not

714
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: about to do is retire you and in three months

715
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: later to have a dad by Like, I'm not doing that.

716
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and lose all these weight right now.

717
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: It's to give me so so some room to get

718
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: a little weight, you know what I'm saying, Wain doing

719
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: that right now? Man. So yeah, man, Man, that's that's

720
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: what I'm trying to do. Well much respect. Man, You've

721
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 1: had a fantastic career. It's been fun to watch it

722
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: and just fun to get to know you will be

723
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: around you. Man, it's been a pleasure than Thank you,

724
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Congratulations, Enjoy the beach. Sunday is right

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Speaker 1: around the corner. Draft your lineups now to feel the

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733
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 1: great stuff from co cap. I will add this too,

734
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: he says his football player and days are done. When

735
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: you got children, you can you always have targets to tackle.

736
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: I'm just saying it never really ends. I mean, I

737
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: still am a football player. I'm just old player and

738
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: you're definitely not a football player. Now, you haven't seen

739
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: my form. You haven't seen my tackling form tackling on

740
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: the cushions. How much? How much would it take for you?

741
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,280
Speaker 1: You know he was talking about being a wedge buster.

742
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: How much money would I have to pay you to

743
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: run down on a kickoff and be a wedge buster?

744
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: What would it take? Well, I gotta I have to

745
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: total up the medical bills. After the total that up,

746
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,479
Speaker 1: we can get we can get a go fund me going.

747
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: Let's watch Garrattbelle. I'd throw in a hondo on that.

748
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: It's gonna take more than that. Well, we'll get to

749
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: go fund me going here. You can pitch this idea.

750
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 1: I would just tell uh, you know, I would tell Tucker,

751
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: just booted out of the back of the end zone

752
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: and I was trying to weave around people. I don't

753
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 1: want to return. Just threw it out of the back

754
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 1: of the end zone and I'll run down there looking

755
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,360
Speaker 1: like I'm trying to do something, but then just screwed

756
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: out of the way at the last second. I would

757
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: do that. You'd be a big fan of the rules

758
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: that no longer allow for wedges. What is it a

759
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: two man wedge? Now? You still wouldn't take on that though,

760
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: Just ut out of the back of the end zone.

761
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: I want I did like how Litvin. Uh. He did

762
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: cop to the fact that he didn't really like doing

763
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: kickoff return. You know, he's like that guy running full

764
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: speed at you. He was hoping for the touchbacks. He

765
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 1: was a fan of the touchbacks on kickoff return. Yeah,

766
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: but he did it. He did it well, and uh,

767
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: you know, it's it was really good to talk to him.

768
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: He's he's got great stories, um, and he's been an

769
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: important player and uh, I think that you know, his

770
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 1: his veteran presence will be missed, and um, I think

771
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: he'll as you probably, Center has probably got a sense

772
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: of this and listening to the interview, his his demeanor

773
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: and his attitude in the locker room, his playful banter

774
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: with reporters, I think that's gonna be missed too. Um.

775
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: And it was just it was good to talk with

776
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: him and obviously wish him the best of luck in

777
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: his next chapter. Absolutely. Uh. Anyway, we've had a lot

778
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: of listeners to The Lounge over the past week. I

779
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 1: think our off season Blueprint probably was one of our

780
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: best podcasts in terms of traffic at least uh in

781
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: quite some time. I just wanted to take a minute

782
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: here and kind of talk about some of the reaction

783
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 1: to last week's pod in relation to me and what

784
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 1: I said about Lamar Jackson, because there were some upset

785
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this, Garrett, if you're

786
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: on Twitter, but there were some upset people. Um, I

787
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: just want to make it clear that I think Lamar

788
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: Jackson is awesome. I think he's one of the best

789
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the league and he's gonna be battling it

790
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: out with some of these other top guys in the

791
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,959
Speaker 1: FC for years to come. I think he's so good

792
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: that I think the Ravens should give him one of

793
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: the richest contracts in football. That's how good I think

794
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is and the Ravens are in really good hands.

795
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: And uh, you know what kind of hurt was being

796
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: labeled a Lamar hater despite saying I think he's one

797
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: of the best and should be paid the best. But

798
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: I understand. You know, people, people have their quarterbacks back,

799
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,760
Speaker 1: and I love that about Baltimore. Y'all got his back hard,

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00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 1: so hard that it even came down with me. Um,

801
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: because I got the guys back to at least I

802
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: like to think so. I think he's I think he's fantastic.

803
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: So anyway, I just want to clear that up where

804
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 1: I stand on Lamar Jackson and that I want him

805
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: to be a raven for a long time, and I

806
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: pay him a whole lot of money to do so.

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00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,359
Speaker 1: M hm, and I think he will be. I think

808
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: it's just a matter of timing, um. And it's you know,

809
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: when you're dealing with complicated contracts, many years, many millions

810
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: of dollars, there's a lot of stuff to work out exactly.

811
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Speaker 1: You know, we were, we were talking about what we

812
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: would do as GM. Here's the good news. Thank god,

813
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm not the GM. Thank you're lucky starts it. I'm

814
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: not the GM. I say that all the time. I'm

815
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,959
Speaker 1: glad I'm not our GM because we will be terrible. Yeah,

816
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: I I say that all the time whenever you're making

817
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: your pre draft kind of analysis and saying I watched

818
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: this guy, this guy looks good, and then I always

819
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, there's often times like I wish I could

820
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: have maybe I'm gonna start doing this. I'm gonna just

821
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,760
Speaker 1: start jotting down your take on certain players and seeing

822
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: what happens with them over the course of time. That's

823
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: what I need to do because because there's plenty of

824
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 1: guys who you come back from the Senior Bowl or

825
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: wherever and you're like, this guy stinks. This guy stinks,

826
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden a few years later,

827
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: turns out to be a great player. So I need

828
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: to start tracking that because I'm with you, you would

829
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,240
Speaker 1: be a terrible you know what's you know, it's actually

830
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 1: funny when you say that. I did go to the

831
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl and I watched Josh Allen there and he

832
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: was spraying balls all over the field, couldn't hit a

833
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: wide open target. He had a huge arm, but could

834
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: not hit anybody that I was like, dude, that guy,

835
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: I don't think he's got the accuracy to make it work.

836
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: He's pretty good. Yeah, I do remember you come back

837
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: from the Senior Bowl and Saint Josh Allen is not

838
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: going to be an NFL quarterback. No, I did that,

839
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: and I said, I like, I really like Baker Bayfield's boxy.

840
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: So there you go, Ravens fans. Case in point. I'm

841
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 1: an idiot. So you were right about you were right

842
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: about some things that you said. I'll give you that.

843
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Speaker 1: I agree I'm on board with that. UM. So obviously

844
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Speaker 1: we had a long conversation with Levine. There's still lots

845
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: to discuss. UM. You know. The other big news over

846
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 1: the course of the last week since we did that

847
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: Blue offic Season Blueprint podcast, as the Ravens have obviously

848
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,720
Speaker 1: part of ways with Wink Martindale as a defensive coordinator.

849
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: This came out on Friday. This was news that that

850
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: I think surprised a good number of people. UM. And

851
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: now they're in the process of finding a new one,

852
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: and I think it's I'll be really curious to see

853
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: where they land in this search for a defensive coordinator

854
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 1: because there's, first of all, there's obviously the great tradition

855
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: in Baltimore, So it's it's an attractive job to just

856
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 1: about every coach, the defensive coach in the league. Working

857
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 1: with John Harball, the culture of the program constant, when

858
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: it's not just the defensive tradition, it's all of it. Well, yeah,

859
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: and I think there's good defensive players and I think

860
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: exactly working for John Harbor, all of that I think

861
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: makes it an incredibly attractive job. I also think the

862
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,359
Speaker 1: Ravens have really good internal and external candidates. You know. Uh,

863
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 1: and so that to me is going to be an

864
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 1: interesting thing to navigate in terms of how they end

865
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 1: up deciding. I mean, there's Chris Hewitt, who has has

866
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: been a rising coach here for a few years, his

867
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: coach of defensive backs in the secondary. You got Drew Wilkins,

868
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 1: um Anthy Weaver. You have Joe Cohen, who was defensive

869
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: coordinator Anthony Weaver Jackson's that Anthony Weaver. Anthony Weaver who

870
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: was a defensive coordinator in Houston before coming here to Baltimore.

871
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,400
Speaker 1: There's Joe Colan, who was a DC in Jacksonville. This

872
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: year didn't work out for anybody in Jacksonville, but but

873
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: good coach. There's Mike McDonald who was a good coach

874
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: here before going to Michigan, really turning around that defense.

875
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: I mean, those are all great candidates that I just mentioned. Um,

876
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: so I'll just be really curious to see who ends

877
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 1: up getting this opportunity. Yeah. I think this is honestly

878
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: one of John Harball's strong suits. And uh, you know,

879
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: he obviously decided that he wants to take the defense

880
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: in a in a different direction, and um, you know,

881
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: watching the divisional playoffs and watching Mahomes and and Josh

882
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: Allen go at it and watching Joe Burrow win a

883
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: second playoff game, and you know, considering the Ravens having

884
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,720
Speaker 1: you know, as much troubles as they did against the Bengals,

885
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 1: given the state of the defensive roster um, you know,

886
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 1: he decided that it was time to make a change.

887
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: And one of John Harball's strengths is hiring like and

888
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: and and honestly too, it's like going to work on

889
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 1: that scheme over the off season. Like think about the

890
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: the off season before nineteen when Greg Roman became the

891
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:57,280
Speaker 1: full time offensive coordinator and they devised an entirely different

892
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: scheme that then set records and was basically unstoppable over

893
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: the course of the regular season the following year. I

894
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,839
Speaker 1: that's what I expect this Ravens defense to do, because

895
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,360
Speaker 1: it's not just a coordinator change, but they're gonna have

896
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:12,880
Speaker 1: a lot of turnover within the players on the defense,

897
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: I mean the defensive line here. You know, remains to

898
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: be seen whether Claius Campbell hangs it up, remains to

899
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 1: be seen, whether Brandon Williams is back again next year.

900
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: You know. Derek Wolfe tweeted this week that he just

901
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 1: had hip surgery, wins he gonna come back. Um, So

902
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: you have defensive line, you know a lot of replacements

903
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 1: there outside linebacker Ties Bowser just you know, had a

904
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: major injury. At the end of the season. You're you're

905
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 1: gonna add some more pieces there. The secondary is gonna change,

906
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:41,920
Speaker 1: like there's changes across the board with personnel, and I

907
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 1: think it's an opportunity for the Ravens to really sit

908
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: back and say, Okay, let's evaluate what the NFL is

909
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: right now. Who do who we have to beat and

910
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: how are we gonna beat those guys? Right? Like, how

911
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: are we gonna beat Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes and

912
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow if they're at the top of their game

913
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: like we've seen in recent weeks and years. Um, and

914
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: I have faith in John Harrible not only to hire

915
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: the right guy to do that, but to also hire

916
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:08,839
Speaker 1: a guy who's going to come in and put together

917
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:13,800
Speaker 1: a scheme that is different and able to better contend

918
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: with those kind of teams and quarterbacks. Yeah, So that

919
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 1: process is ongoing, and uh, just like I said it,

920
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 1: I'll be really interested to see where the Ravens land. Um.

921
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: And then certainly there could be a ripple effect um

922
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: based on that decision. You know who knows. Also where

923
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,360
Speaker 1: Wink Martindale lands. Does he try to bring any of

924
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: the Ravens defensive coaches with him. I don't know how

925
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: any of that's gonna shake out, but that is definitely

926
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: gonna be something to watch here over the course of

927
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Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks. Absolutely. Anyway, thanks for listening.

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

929
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Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. I've got good news for you, Garrett.

930
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you know this or listeners out there,

931
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: but there's more T shirts coming. Yes, we're ordering more

932
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,359
Speaker 1: T shirts baby, and a little tweak, a little tweak.

933
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: We're going with the black T shirts this year and

934
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: the primo fabric. Oh, it's gonna be nice. Anyway, we

935
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Speaker 1: got a wait for shipping and handling to come in,

936
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:16,919
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying they're on their way. It's exciting news.

937
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: We got a lot to talk about and a lot

938
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Speaker 1: of your emails. We have not forgotten about your emails.

939
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: I know they're kind of piling up. We keep saying, well,

940
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: we'll get to them next week. This honestly, we're gonna

941
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 1: get to them all right, So next week we're reading

942
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Speaker 1: some emails. Absolutely so thank you so much for listening,

943
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Speaker 1: and we'll be back with you next week