1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome in to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: selected safety Malachi Starks in the first round of the 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five NFL Draft, and he was in Baltimore 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: on Friday to officially meet with the local media make 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: his introduction to Ravens fans. Ravens are certainly excited about 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: getting Malachi Starks and feel like he could be a 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: real asset for this defense. Today, the Ravens had a 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: press conference to introduce Malachi along with defensive coordinator Zach Orr. 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: Everybody doing all right. I appreciate you guys coming out. 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: Obviously you could tell that we're excited last night we 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: drafted Malachi Starks out of Georgia. First and foremost, just 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: wanted to thank Eric and his staff man all the 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: work they do to provide us coaches the information to 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 2: evaluate the players. And it became real clear when we 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: started evaluate some process as coaches that Malachi Starks is 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: one of the top players in his draft. And when 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: you come by his on the field talent, his on 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: the field production combined with his character, his work ethic, 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: and his mindset that we look for in Baltimore, he 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: was a clear cut number one defensive player for us 21 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: as coaches, So we were a static when we got him, 22 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: not just not just me as a coordinator, not just 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: a secondary coaches, A linebacker coaches were excited. Defensive line 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: coach is excited because we know what type of player 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: and what type of person we're bringing to Baltimore. Man 26 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: and I know you got Eric and Harvis talked about 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: his interview process. 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 3: It was a great interview at the combine. 29 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: I was there, went to the pro day, one of 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: the best workouts I've seen, not just from a dB, 31 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: just from a football player in general. And then when 32 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 2: you cut on the film, it's very evident that not 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: a lot of people can do what Malachot Stars could 34 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: do on the football field. So we're static to add 35 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: him to our defense, to add him to our team. 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 2: We played with a lot of DB's in the secondary. 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: He has very he's very familiar. We're playing all over 38 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: the secondary, which was appeasing us. He's a playmaker, he's 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: a ball hawk, and the most importantly, he's a dog 40 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 2: man in the classroom, off the field and on the field. 41 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: Loves ball. That's what we're looking for in Baltimore. So 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: we're excited to add him to our defense. He's gonna 43 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: be a great piece for us, and we're excited to 44 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: get to work with him. 45 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 4: It was kind of hard to follow up after that. 46 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 4: I just want to say thank you to the whole 47 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 4: staff and Erican and the whole staff is just believing 48 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 4: in me and taking a shot on me, and just 49 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 4: the history that runs here. I think when I chose 50 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 4: to go to University of Georgia as a freshman, the 51 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 4: history that ran in the defensive room and the history 52 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 4: that I want to be a part of, the type 53 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 4: of program that I wanted to be a part of 54 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 4: is very similar to what they've built here. And there's 55 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 4: a lot of elite guys that I can't wait to, 56 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 4: you know, learn from and be a sponge. And I'm 57 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,399 Speaker 4: ready to you know, get here and be a raven. 58 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 4: I'm ready to get to work. 59 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, ma'am, you can't touched find the history. I mean, 60 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 3: this is a team that had read it safety now 61 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: has called. 62 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 5: How much does that mean to kind of be in 63 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 5: kind of that legacy at that position. 64 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's huge, and I take I take 65 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 4: part of it. You know. A really big thing for 66 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 4: me is showing respect for the guys who came before 67 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 4: you and paving a way for the ones who's going 68 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 4: to come after you. So just being able to, you know, 69 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 4: be in that room and learn from those guys and 70 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 4: just the history that runs here, like I said earlier, 71 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 4: just really type into that and you know, learn what 72 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: it means to be a raven. I'm excited. 73 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 6: Does your mind starts spending immediately when you think about 74 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 6: him and Kyle Hamilton and all the other dbs about 75 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 6: what you can do with his talent now at a 76 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 6: duty definitely. 77 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: I ran the coach this morning. We were in the 78 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: weight room. 79 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: We were already talking about our different ways how we 80 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 2: add to our defense man and we talk about the 81 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 2: advantage that we feel like we have here in Baltimore 82 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: is being positionless and that that's that's all over the field, 83 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: but especially with our secondary and he helps create an 84 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: advantage for us and a disadvantage to the offense because 85 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: he can line up all over the field for us 86 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: and be productive along with the other dbs we have 87 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,839 Speaker 2: in the room. So we're excited to continue to add 88 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: to that and it's gonna be great for us. 89 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 6: I'm sure you've be for a while to get beat 90 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 6: drafted into. 91 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: The NFL and taking time to kind of, you know, with. 92 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: A slow time. 93 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: Bawn for second and just think about what legends at 94 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: this point today. 95 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I did last night. And it's been 96 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 4: it's been quick, you know. Uh, you know, you get 97 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 4: that call and you walk on stage, and it's quick. 98 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 4: You in interviews, you go to sleep next morning, you're 99 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 4: on the flight. Uh. But I think, you know, after 100 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 4: I got done with the interviews and I got back 101 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 4: and I was with my family, just being able to 102 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 4: you know, sell on a couch and just kind of 103 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 4: talk about it, uh, and just really be grateful for 104 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 4: the whole moment. A lot of guys dream of this day. 105 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 4: I mean a lot of guys don't make it to 106 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 4: it as well. Uh So just really appreciating the little 107 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: things that took get here and uh all the people who, 108 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 4: uh who've helped me get in this position today. Uh, 109 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: what's really huge for me. 110 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 5: Like the Ravens talked about how impressive you were in 111 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 5: the Combine interview. What impressed you about the Ravens organization 112 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 5: when you interviewed with them? 113 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 4: You can just feel it, uh, I think uh I 114 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 4: kind of talked about this earlier with coach. Like when 115 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 4: you watch when you watch Raven football, you can you 116 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: can feel it. Uh like when someone says Raven football, 117 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 4: like you know what they're talking about, like as soon 118 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 4: as they say it. So like as soon as I 119 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 4: walked in the room, I felt like that that presence, 120 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 4: that that energy uh of football. And at the end 121 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 4: of the day, I'm a guy who loves football, but 122 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 4: also like surrounding myself with good people, uh, good men, 123 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 4: uh cause I'm still young and I'm still learning. Uh 124 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 4: So just being able to be at a place like this, 125 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 4: I mean it's huge for me and my family. 126 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 5: Well, I would just go back to what you were 127 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 5: saying about the journey. 128 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: Uh what what is that journey been? 129 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 5: Lay back you know, thinking back to you all back 130 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 5: to your childhood. You know, third fourth is sixth grade 131 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 5: and you you know, hard times and all that to 132 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 5: this point and and what is it? 133 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 4: How would you know? 134 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 5: I just described what it needs to you to God 135 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 5: from that. 136 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 4: To this, it's a blessing. Uh. 137 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 6: You know. 138 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 4: I come from a very you know, faithful background and 139 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 4: something that me and my parents and my fans I 140 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 4: talked about uh a lot this week, but a lot 141 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 4: of process as well as you know, God has already 142 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 4: written my story for me. So just being able to 143 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 4: have faith in Him and stay true to myself and 144 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 4: I compromise that for anybody. I think when you look 145 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 4: back on the things that you know me and my 146 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 4: family has been through. Uh, just being able to stay 147 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 4: true to ourself but also keep God first. You know, 148 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 4: things happen for a reason and you may never know, 149 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 4: and you know you may know right away, but uh, 150 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 4: just having faith in that and you know, staying true 151 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 4: to ourselves is what really got me to my point today. 152 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: Uh, how do you feel like? 153 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 6: Do you wait a lit over too long and have 154 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 6: a name you motivation? You go ahead and board playing 155 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 6: with a little the corners or cans, the teams and 156 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 6: maybe asking. 157 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 4: About Nah, I'm in a perfect spot. Uh, I'm I'm 158 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 4: right where I need to be. I'm ready to get 159 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: to work. 160 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 6: Now. Kind of At Georgia, you practice against some great 161 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 6: players you have brought byland coming here. How much are 162 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 6: you looking. 163 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: Forward to prizing against some of the Ragan's weapons and 164 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: how much you think that will help you? 165 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 5: Yeah? 166 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 4: I think you know iron sharpers aren't And I'm the 167 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 4: guy who loves to compete. So at the end of 168 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 4: the day, you know, as much as I want to 169 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 4: learn from the defense side, I want to learn from 170 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 4: the offensive side too. So I'm excited to really get 171 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 4: out there and you know, be a sponge to you know, 172 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 4: all the league guys that they have on the team. 173 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 3: So you mentioned that now the top, top guy that 174 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 3: you guys are able to get. 175 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: We saw the clip of you celebrating the defensive coaches 176 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: and just what was kind of the emotion of that 177 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: moment and what led to that excitement that you had 178 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: in the moment. 179 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: Like I said earlier in the process, man, just you know, 180 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 2: like you said at the combine, watching the film, going 181 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: down to the brode talking to the coaches and the 182 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 2: staff at Georgia's, how much they raised about him, and 183 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: that confirming with our own conversations and the film. Our 184 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 2: football coaches, Man, we you know, we love football. We 185 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 2: love guys who love football, and Malachi is one of 186 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: those guys. And it was something that we talked about 187 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: throughout the night. It was like, man, you know, hopefully 188 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 2: Malachi is there. Hopefully he's there. So that was the 189 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: guy we were focused on as coaches from a defense 190 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: at a standpoint the whole time, and you know, as 191 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: it gets close, you start getting a little bit more anxious. 192 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: So when we found out that that's what's gonna that 193 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: we were going to be able to get him here 194 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 2: in Baltimore, it was just static and that that was 195 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: just like all our coaches. They watch football, they watch 196 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: the tape, they know what type of player he is, 197 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 2: and we glad to have him. 198 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 5: Alik, you, the goodness is you don't have to see 199 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 5: them as an opponent on Sunday. The bad news is 200 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 5: you've got to see him every day in practice. Lamar 201 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 5: Jackson and Derrick Hemery thoughts on playing against guys you've 202 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 5: probably been playing against. I'm mad for a lot of years. 203 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're not wrong. Uh, I'm excited, come of the 204 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 4: piggyback off what I said earlier. I mean, these guys 205 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 4: are elite. So just to be able to come to 206 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 4: a place like this and you know, be able to 207 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 4: sharpen my skills and learn from them, and also they 208 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 4: can do the same for me as well. Uh So 209 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 4: I'm excited to get to work. 210 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 6: Malachai has some of your interviews, you mentioned your work 211 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 6: ethic and how your family is helped shing that can 212 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 6: you give us just can you go into more detail 213 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 6: about that, your work ethic, how that's happened. 214 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the biggest thing is as a kid, 215 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 4: I was homeless, uh twice, I know, I kind of 216 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 4: there was a period of time where I didn't really 217 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 4: see my parents cause they were working, uh you know, 218 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,599 Speaker 4: day shifts, night shifts, whatever the case may be. But 219 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: I've never seen them not work for anything, and that 220 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 4: kind of I saw it in it. It turned me 221 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 4: two I am today, Like when things don't go my way, 222 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 4: when I don't know what to do, like, I put 223 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 4: my head down and work, and it's it's always been 224 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 4: what I do. It's a part of who I am. 225 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 4: So I go about my business and just doing things 226 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: the right way. Like I said earlier, just keeping your 227 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 4: face up front and staying true to yourself. I mean 228 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 4: I've seen that from my parents and then I've seen 229 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 4: it from my sister as well. So like all the 230 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 4: people who set a great example for me to follow, 231 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 4: I just gotta follow their footsteps exact. 232 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 3: Okay, you mentioned how impressed you were a boy his 233 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 3: pro lay workout. 234 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: Was there anything there that you saw that added to 235 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: your evaluation that kind that maybe you didn't know. Yeah, 236 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: I mean you see it on film, but then just 237 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 2: getting real close on the field where you can really 238 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: see the movement skills and. 239 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: The ball skills. I mean, he made a catch where 240 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 3: he got deep, he. 241 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 2: Pedaled, got deep, broke on the ball beautiful, made an 242 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 2: acrobatic catch, and then jumped right over. They had like 243 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 2: some tape and a rope and he saved himself and 244 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 2: jumped over it all in one motion. I mean, and 245 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: everybody intendance was just wild. And so after that workout, 246 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: I honestly personally was saying, yeah, there's no way he's 247 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 2: gonna get to twenty seven. 248 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 3: Like there's no way. 249 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 2: Like all the coaches, the gms and the head coaches 250 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 2: were there were raving about him. 251 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 3: But the pro theay was so impressive. 252 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 2: Like I said, it was one of the best workouts 253 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 2: I've seen, and it's good to see that because on 254 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 2: film you can see movement skills, but seeing it up 255 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 2: close kind of checked that box and he. 256 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 3: Shoot, he obliberated the box. It was it was really impressive. 257 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: Years have seen Georgia guys that drafted, and he impact. 258 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 5: What is it, what's going on that? 259 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 6: And that has led to a lot of really success. 260 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's just how the programs ran. They 261 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 4: try to run it like a pro type program. But 262 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 4: also guys buy into the culture, the way that we 263 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 4: do things, the way that things need to be done. 264 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 4: I mean you see it like when people have success, 265 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 4: why wouldn't you follow in their footsteps? Why would you 266 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 4: not do the things has been working? So like we 267 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 4: get a bunch of guys who really want to come 268 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 4: in and be a part of that culture. When they 269 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 4: buy in, they see at least to success. 270 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,599 Speaker 5: Okay, who do you consider some of your football managers 271 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 5: and who did you lead on during the graft process 272 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 5: and getting into this port. 273 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. The biggest guy Chris Smith who was with the Raiders. 274 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 4: He was my mentor when I first got to college. 275 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 4: He taught me a lot about ball, but also you know, 276 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 4: just how to be a pro, how to go about 277 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 4: my business. And then a lot of guys that I 278 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 4: played with last year, Taki Smith, Javon Bullock, Kamario Lastner. 279 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 4: Just leaning on guys like that who went through the 280 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 4: process last year who were able to have success in 281 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 4: the league early just out for advice. Uh, you know 282 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 4: it's you never really know what's gonna happen. But you know, 283 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 4: like I said, your story is already written out, So 284 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 4: just having faith in that and just being ready when 285 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 4: your name is called. 286 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 6: How much do you think that they get experience has. 287 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: Of how the. 288 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's gonna be huge, and I'm not 289 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 4: saying it's the same, but just being able to have 290 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 4: the opportunity to be in those types of game and 291 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 4: those environments, I think it's prepared me very well. 292 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 3: The bit of rhyckways in the SEC com parallel to the. 293 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 4: R and the ass Nor especially just just a little bit. Yes, sorry, 294 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 4: what do you think those uh battles and how they'll 295 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 4: translate to the battles and the ass North going forward 296 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 4: your pro careers. Yeah, I think at the end of 297 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 4: the day, it's it's football and it's passion. 298 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 6: You know. 299 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 4: Uh, when you get when you get programs who really 300 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,839 Speaker 4: care about football, and that's that's what you get. So 301 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 4: just being able to come to an organization like this 302 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 4: who like has that passion about football and who is 303 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 4: willing to take a shot on me, I think I 304 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 4: think I'm gonna, you know, do the most some opportunity. 305 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 5: Exact you watch the film, there are a lot of 306 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 5: table a lot of reps work. He's maning guys up 307 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 5: in the slot, which I think it's not something you 308 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 5: see from a lot of safety prospects or what does 309 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 5: that speak to? 310 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: What from big in the NFL? 311 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 3: And just like it's the trust that told you howpen 312 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: to do. 313 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, it just shows that the versatility that we that 314 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: we talk about, Like you said, it's not a lot 315 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: of safeties who can do the zone, come up and tackle, 316 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: play in the deep part of the field, and then 317 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: most importantly, play man not just on tight ends, but 318 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 2: on receivers. 319 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 3: And Malachi did that at a high level. 320 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 2: So that that's a bonus and plus for us because 321 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 2: we'll be able to use his skill set to the 322 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 2: fullest and maximize his skill set that that he's worked 323 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 2: at and he's been blessed with. So I don't anticipate 324 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 2: that really changing here for us. So that's something that 325 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 2: we value a lot. I think that if you look 326 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 2: at our secondary room, you see that a lot of 327 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 2: our guys can do everything. 328 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 3: So that's why Malachi was so appealing to us. So 329 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 3: I'm excited about it. 330 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 4: Okay, I mean, you talk uh talk about your uh 331 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 4: pool waiqu in your house with. 332 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 6: Yeah what you serve your ass to? 333 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 4: Chris Smith? 334 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 5: Uh. 335 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 4: But also just h my coaches at Georgia uh so 336 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: uh will Musch Champ kr uh Kirby Smart, UH coach Schumann, 337 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 4: UH coach fran Dante Williams, uh t Robb who was 338 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 4: at Bama last year. Just being able to be in 339 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 4: a program like that and really dive into it. I 340 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 4: think me being able to play different positions in college 341 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 4: really open my mind to learning football and short of aspect. 342 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 4: So just being able to be in a place like that, 343 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 4: uh with guys who really care about football aout me 344 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 4: to really open my vision and learn ball. 345 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 5: How like how you just you know what number you're 346 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 5: gonna wear? 347 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: Twenty four? 348 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 5: Uh? 349 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 4: If if I can get uh get it? If not, 350 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 4: it don't matter what number I got. As long as 351 00:14:57,720 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: I'm on the field, it don't matter. 352 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 3: Now. 353 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: The second and third round of the NFL Draft is 354 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: Friday night. The Ravens have two picks on Friday and 355 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: then they follow it up with eight picks on Saturday. 356 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: So make sure that you are following us across all 357 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: social media platforms. Make sure that you are subscribed to 358 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: here to the Ravens Press Pass podcast feed as well 359 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: as the Lounge feed. We'll have another episode for you 360 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: later tonight, after the Ravens make their second and third 361 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 1: round picks and we hear from GM Eric Tacosta. Thanks 362 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: for listening.