1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We are thrilled 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: to sit down with cornerback Brandon Stevens. And Brandon, I'll 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: just start here. You're just such a cool customer. Like 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: it's at all times right, Like on the field, it 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: feels like when the ball's in the air, it's coming 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: at you all right, cool, you know, like off the field, 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: just hanging out with you in the locker room. Just 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: a cool customer. So I want to know what gets 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: you like really amped up? Other than football? I'm sure, 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: like when you get ready for a game, you're you're, 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, blood's pumping right. But other than football, what 12 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: gets you kind of fired up? 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: Man? Uh? 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 3: Shoot, uh you know, I'm a really like you said, man, 15 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 3: I'm a cool, calm, collected, you know type of person. 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: Man. 17 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 3: You know, try to stay even kill you know, don't 18 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 3: get too hot, don't get too low, you know. But uh, man, 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 3: you know I get amped up off you know whatever 20 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: it is. You know, uh, you know, hanging with my 21 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 3: family and you know, you know we're you know, talking 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 3: mess back and forth. 23 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: You know, it can get a little low heated, you 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: know what I mean. But but yeah, man, that's just 25 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: that's just who I am. 26 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: Is there anything follow question? Is there anything that scares 27 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: you right away from football? Like like spiders, whatever, roller coasters? 28 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: Like what scares what scares Brandon Stevens? 29 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: What scares me? Man? 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 3: You know, there's the thing we say in our family mask. 31 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 3: Uh you know scared people don't belong here? 32 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: Okay, all right. 33 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 2: So I don't know, man, Uh you know not not 34 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 2: not too much? 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: All right. 36 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 4: That's the family model right there. 37 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 2: That's the family model. 38 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 4: That's awesome. 39 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: I love that. 40 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 4: I've got to adopt that. 41 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 5: You when you say talking mess with your family, you 42 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 5: do talk a little trash though, like you He's saying 43 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 5: you're calm collected, But I feel like you talk more 44 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 5: trash on the field than people realize. 45 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: There a little bit, a little bit. It's got to 46 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: be in the right moment, you know what I mean. 47 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 3: It can't just be off off a goball that they 48 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: didn't throw. 49 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, look, you're you are coming all a great season 50 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 5: last year, and I think that your season this year 51 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 5: is off to a strong start as well. 52 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 4: What do you think going. 53 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 5: Back to last year, like what led to that breakout 54 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 5: season that you had? 55 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: Yeah? 56 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 3: Man, it's I think just the way you know that 57 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: I approached you know, every day, you know, I just 58 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: you know, my mindset was to you know, prove it 59 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 3: every day, you know, not not just on Sundays, but 60 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: in practice, you know, prove why I belong to you know, 61 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 3: being the starting lineup, you know, being starting corner and uh, 62 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 3: you know, just the preparation. You know, coaches, you know, 63 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 3: they did a great job of getting us prepared, you know, 64 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 3: and it made my job easier, you know, having the 65 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 3: D line that we had last year, you know, so 66 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: you know that that allowed me to make some more 67 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: plays as well. 68 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: You know what's funny about you talking about, you know, 69 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: can't be scared or whatever, is like I always felt 70 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: like when I would come to Brandon for a quote 71 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: before a game, right, And it's often like reporters before 72 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: any big game, especially when you're matching up a good 73 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: against a good receiver. Right, you go to talk to 74 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: the cornerback and you're like, yeah, what do you think 75 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: about matching up against whatever, Jamar Chase whoever it may be, right, 76 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: And like you would like never you'd always be like 77 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: get that right, Like, you know, like you're not a 78 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: guy who's like going to like give an opponent their flowers, 79 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: and I feel like that kind of speaks to that 80 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: mentality that you have, like I'm not scared. I'm not scared. 81 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: I'm not going to talk to them on right. 82 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 83 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 3: Man, you know, I respect you know each and every opponent. 84 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 3: You know, every player, you know what I mean. But uh, 85 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 3: you know, you know a guy going up against somebody else, 86 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: you know, that's that's what happened that week, you know 87 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 3: what I mean. You know, so I can't really give 88 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: my I can't give you know, my my props too much, 89 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 3: you know, you know, until we until we go at it, 90 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. But but like I said, 91 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: I respect you know each, every and every player. 92 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: So I'm curious. You know, we talked about how good 93 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: last season was. What makes you a better player this 94 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: season than you were even last year? 95 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? 96 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 3: I think you know, uh, you know, experiences is you 97 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 3: know what everyone's dreams though, you know, and Dade for 98 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 3: is just to be out there and get you know, 99 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 3: rep after rep and so you know, put in the 100 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 3: season like I did, you know last year, you know, 101 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: together you know, just just seeing you know, doing a 102 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: self scout. You know what I'm saying, what my strengths, Sorcee, 103 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 3: my weaknesses were, and really honing in on that. I 104 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: think that will pay dividends, you know as the season 105 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: goes on. 106 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: So earlier this offseason, you were asked kind of just 107 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 5: about your goals, similar to what we're talking about right now, 108 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 5: and you made the point that you want to dominate 109 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 5: each and every game and that coming out of the 110 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 5: end of the season, I want to be regarded as. 111 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 4: The top corner in this league. How do you go 112 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: about doing that? 113 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, like I said, uh, you know just a second ago. Man, 114 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 3: it's it's it's how I approach you know, every day. 115 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: You know, you know, it's it's a it's a marathon 116 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: out of sprint, you. 117 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: Know what I mean. 118 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: You know, just just attacking each day, man, and you know, 119 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 3: doing doing what I can do, you know, and you know, 120 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 3: to help this team win, you know what I mean. 121 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 3: And and man, just just competing, you know, you know, 122 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 3: competing on the plays that you know are throwing to 123 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 3: me and not throwing to me, you know what I mean, 124 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 3: just being in the right position. But but yeah, it's 125 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 3: just how I go about you know, each day is 126 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 3: in just making that a routine, you know, I think 127 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 3: it will really pay off. 128 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 5: I think part of it is like reputation, you know. 129 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 5: I think that that that and the guys that can 130 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 5: make it to the Pro Bowls often make it year 131 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 5: after year because you have that reputation, right and and 132 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 5: that once you get to that level, then all of 133 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 5: a sudden, everyone looks at you in that way. And 134 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 5: so when you have the season that you had last year, 135 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 5: you start to get into that conversation of of Okay, 136 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 5: now this is a guy that we're not going to 137 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 5: test him, but we're going to look out for him, 138 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 5: going to gain plan to stop him. And I think 139 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 5: like the conversation around you changes. Do you feel like 140 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 5: that other teams are going to look at you differently? 141 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 5: And is and are you getting I guess more respect 142 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 5: than you would have a year ago? 143 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? 144 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 3: Man, I kind of joke around the DBS a little bit. 145 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 3: You know, they you know, during training camp, you know, 146 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: they're like, man, when they when they're gonna start trying you, man, 147 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 3: and I'm just like, man, I get it. You know, 148 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 3: former former running back going to the DV. 149 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 2: I get it. That's why they're coming down me. 150 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 6: But uh but but yeah, man, you know, my mind 151 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 6: st you know, and I think I said a couple 152 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 6: of weeks ago, man is you know, I feel like 153 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 6: the ball is always coming my way, you know. 154 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 3: I never feel like it's just has no chance to 155 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 3: come my way, you know. And I think as a dB, 156 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: as a corner you have to play that way because 157 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,479 Speaker 3: you never know, you know when the ball is going 158 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: to be there, You never know what play is going 159 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 3: to be. You know, that explosive, you know play you 160 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 3: know that you're trying to eliminate and so but whatever 161 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 3: the case may be. Man, you know, if they keep 162 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 3: trying me, you know, so be it. You know what 163 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: I mean. 164 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 2: But uh, but. 165 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, one of my favorite parts of your game is 166 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: when the ball is in the air and it's coming 167 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: at you. That like I said at the top, there's 168 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: no there's You're not freaking out at all, right, You 169 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: just seem so you're like all right, cool like and 170 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: you're just so competitive at the catch point. I think 171 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: that's really one of your best traits. What's going on 172 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: in your mind when you when you do see the 173 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: ball coming your way. 174 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you know you see it a lot, 175 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 3: you know around in the league. You know guys, you 176 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 3: know they panic on the balls in the air. And 177 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 3: I think that I think that's just that's that's a killer, 178 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: you know at the corner position, man. You know, that's 179 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: when you get into the penalties, the p i s, 180 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: you know, you know, but just just staying calm, you know, 181 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 3: throughout the rep, you know, but still having an urgency 182 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: and intensity that you know that you you know, trying 183 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: trying to also. 184 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 2: Compete and win the rep. You know what I mean. 185 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 3: But uh but yeah, I think it's just you know, 186 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 3: it goes back to, you know, my personality. Man, cool, 187 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: calm collector, you know what I mean. 188 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, So along those lines, the Ravens this year in 189 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 5: April draft Nate Wiggins. And you know, it became pretty 190 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 5: apparent in watching Nate this spring and summer, like this 191 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 5: is a really good player, like a lot of obviously 192 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 5: the tools are there and really a lot of talent, 193 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 5: but it also was very quickly apparent to me that 194 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 5: like his snaps aren't coming at your expense, like you're 195 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 5: gonna be on the field, and and like it was 196 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 5: very evident in watching practice that like you gotta you're 197 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 5: gonna be on the field one hundred percent of the 198 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 5: time because of how how you're playing. 199 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: What was your mentality there? 200 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 5: Knowing that they had a really talented first round pick, 201 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 5: but at the same time, you're someone that we just 202 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 5: have spent all the time talking about. You've established yourself 203 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 5: and your respected guy. So like, what was your mentality 204 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 5: on that front? 205 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 3: I think it was uh, you know, you know, to me, honestly, 206 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 3: it was just you know, his business as usual. You know, nothing, 207 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 3: nothing really changes, you know. My mindset, like I said, 208 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 3: is you know, I have to continue to prove, you know, 209 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: prove myself. I got to continue to prove you know, 210 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 3: why why I belong to be here, you know, and 211 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 3: you know be you know, I started on this team. 212 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 3: But yeah, man, you know Nate, he's he's been doing 213 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 3: a great job. Man, he's uh, you know, I was 214 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 3: just telling another day, mate, Just you know, you're gonna 215 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: be a big part of this defense, you know what 216 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 3: I mean. Just stay ready, you know, continue to ask 217 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,439 Speaker 3: the questions. You know that you you know that you've 218 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 3: been asking and just you know, get a better understanding 219 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: on the defense. But uh, but yeah, you know, competition 220 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: is competition, you know, regardless of who it is. But uh, 221 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 3: but you know, we're unit and you know we're gonna 222 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 3: work together. 223 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: Other than the obvious speed factor that Neate has, what 224 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: has stood out to you behind the scenes or whatnot 225 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: about him? 226 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? 227 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 3: I think he uh, you know, he has a good 228 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 3: understanding of you know, uh concepts. You know, you can 229 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 3: you could tell that he can see something coming before 230 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 3: it happens. 231 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 2: You know. 232 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: And he you know, he plays plays routes you know 233 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: very well, you know obviously to speak, you know, as 234 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 3: you said, But uh, his understanding of you know, formations 235 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 3: and concepts is you know what you know. I think 236 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 3: what I noticed, you know, from the jump when I 237 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: you know, first started to be out there with them. 238 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 4: So what's it like in the dB room? Like that 239 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 4: that group? 240 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 5: I always think that, like the dbs are among the 241 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 5: most active, and like I always think that that's probably 242 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 5: the most challenging room to step into because it's probably 243 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 5: the biggest personalities on the team, Like talkers like. 244 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: You got Chris, youwit to Chris as a coach, like Alpha. 245 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 5: Like you step into that room, you got to have 246 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 5: confidence in bravado and be able to carry yourself a 247 00:09:59,080 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 5: certain way. 248 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 4: So what is it like behind the scenes in that room? 249 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 2: Man? It's it's it's a blast. Man. We have a blast. 250 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 2: You know. 251 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 3: We like you said, we we got a bunch of 252 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 3: characters in there. You know, obviously everyone knows about Marlow, 253 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: you know, Marcus and whatnot. Uh, you know, and we're 254 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 3: a young group. You know, we we are a young group, 255 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 3: and you know we we we enjoyed that that part. 256 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 3: You know that you know, people are considered its young 257 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 3: or inexperienced, whatever case may be. But now it's it's fun. 258 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: Man. We you know, we we. 259 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 3: Laugh a lot, man, joke a lot, you know, uh, 260 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 3: you know the personality show, and you know, we we're 261 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 3: just there to you. 262 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 2: Know, play ball and shoot strap people up. 263 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 5: Man, do you think that this could be maybe the 264 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 5: Raven's best secondary ever. I mean, look, I look at 265 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 5: the talent and I feel like the potential is there 266 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 5: kind of. 267 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: Across the board, right, I mean, there's got ed Reed. 268 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: You know, Chris, We've had some good dvs. But when 269 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: you look at the talent across the board collectively Safety 270 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: and Corner, I mean it's pretty darn good. 271 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. Now we I mean we have dollars all across 272 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: the board. 273 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 3: Man, you know, with all the skill that we have, 274 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 3: all the talent we have in the in the back end, man, 275 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,560 Speaker 3: I think we can definitely uh, you know, be you 276 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 3: know the top secondary. You know, not only you know 277 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 3: and you know the history of the Ravens, but in 278 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 3: the NFL, you know what I mean. We got the pieces, 279 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 3: like I said, but you know, we have to it's 280 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 3: our job to go out there and prove that, you 281 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 3: know every day. You know, we just no one's just 282 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: going to give us us that title just you know, 283 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: because we're you know, a great We're part of a 284 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,599 Speaker 3: great you know, defensive organization, you know historically. 285 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: Right right, Is that something that you've talked about in 286 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: the room, Like is that the bar that's been set, like, hey, 287 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: you know, we intend to be the best secondary in 288 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: the league. 289 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, man, we you know, it's uh, it's 290 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 3: it's on everybody's mind. You know, we don't we don't 291 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 3: talk about it too much, but it's it's it's what 292 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 3: what is expected, you know from us, and you know 293 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: that's our goal at the end of the years, to 294 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 3: not only be the best defense of course, but you know, 295 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 3: the top top secondary in the league. 296 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: Right speak, speaking of on everybody's mind, we have to 297 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: ask you to contract. Yeah, it might not be on 298 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: your mind, but you know it's certainly something that pundits 299 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: are talking about and thinking about. You know, you've talked 300 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: about you kind of put that to the side. How 301 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: are you able to do that when it's it's life changing, right, 302 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: I mean this, that's part of the reason that people 303 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 1: play this sport, right to provide for their families, right, 304 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: and like that is on the horizon for you. How 305 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: are you able to compartmentalize that personally? 306 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know it's you know, talking to 307 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 3: guys that you know that have gone you know, in 308 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: their contract year. Man, it's uh, you know a lot 309 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 3: of people say it's so easy to become distracted with 310 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 3: it and you know, to lose sight of what's in 311 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 3: front of you, you know, man, Honestly, you know, I've 312 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: just been just taking it one day at a time, 313 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 3: you know, so you know, just putting that to the side, 314 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 3: and you know, focusing on what I have to do, 315 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 3: you know, weekend and week out. Man, the rest will 316 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 3: take care of it. 317 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 5: So do you look at justin Mattabik last year he 318 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 5: was in the same boat and he went out there, 319 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 5: had a career year and then got a massive contract 320 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 5: you know, changed a life changing contract. 321 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 4: Do you look at that as. 322 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 5: An example of like, if I just go out there 323 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 5: and play, then that can be what's waiting for me 324 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 5: at the end of this year. 325 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: I think that you know, there's this it's a long season, 326 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 3: right and so you know, just approaching each day, you know, 327 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 3: the way that I've been doing you know, since I 328 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 3: got here, you know, doing that consistently. 329 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: You know, the pay day, the pay day will be 330 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 2: the pay day, you know what I mean. 331 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 3: And that's and you know, honestly, I don't even like 332 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 3: talking about it, you know, too much, because I don't 333 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: like giving it too much attention myself. But uh but 334 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 3: what you know, what's in store for me is you know, 335 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 3: will happen, you know, so that you know, I don't 336 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 3: I don't stress on it, you know too much really 337 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 3: at all. But you know, I'm just focusing on, you know, 338 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: doing my job. Man, that's like playing and simples, just 339 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 3: doing my job and the rest of B B B 340 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 3: what it is. 341 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: It's not a question. But I'll make one point on 342 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: this subject that I think of aout you is you 343 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: know you were running back at U c l A. Right, 344 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: you had a scholarship pack twelve school. Right, you gave 345 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: up that scholarship for essentially what was kind of a tryout, 346 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: you know at SMU, to switch positions and play corner 347 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: and prove yourself. And I think that says a lot 348 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: about you, about your willingness to bet on yourself, right that, like, hey, 349 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: I have the confidence that I can do it, and 350 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: I feel like you can nod your head. That is 351 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: playing a part in this for you. Yeah, yeah, like 352 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: you're betting. You know, you're betting on yourself. Man, Like 353 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: I'm in a contract year and I'm going to prove it. 354 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna prove it, and I'm gonna I'm gonna, you know, 355 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: at the end, if I play well, I'm gonna get 356 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: what I want. And I believe that I will play well. 357 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: I believe myself. 358 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 2: Man. 359 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 3: Honestly, you know my mom set going into it was, 360 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 3: you know, I was looking at you know who was 361 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 3: I was just looking at the D line right when 362 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 3: I'm a running back, I'm looking at the D line 363 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 3: in the NFL, and I'm like, I'm looking at myself. 364 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 3: I don't know if I could take those hits and 365 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 3: I give them, but I don't know if I could 366 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: take them, man, you know what I mean. 367 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 2: But uh but. 368 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, honestly, man, the you know, you know, I was 369 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 3: looking at longevity, you know what I mean. You know, 370 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 3: what what will get what will give me the however 371 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 3: many years I want to play, you know what position 372 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: will you know allow me to you know, do that? 373 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 3: And you know it was easy, man, going to defense 374 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 3: and you know, playing corner. But as far as the 375 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 3: as far as the money, man, I really didn't, you know, 376 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 3: I enjoyed just playing this game, you. 377 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: Know what I mean. 378 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 3: But you know, as a however old I was with eight, 379 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 3: maybe nineteen twenty year old, you know, I wasn't really 380 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 3: looking at the intricrims of you know, contracts. 381 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: But yeah, well. 382 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: The decision paid off. I think you've proven that that 383 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: was a wise decision. 384 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 2: For sure. It was definitely. 385 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think it to your point, I 386 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 5: think it's hearing you talk about how the family mottos 387 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 5: scared people don't belong. I think that that is kind 388 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 5: of evident in a lot of the decision that you 389 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 5: made of the course of your career, which is cool. 390 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 5: So for you, you know, you guys are coming off 391 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 5: this game obviously against the Chiefs last week. What do 392 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 5: you think, what do you think that game showed about 393 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 5: this defense? And what did you guys learn? What was 394 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 5: the takeaway from that game? 395 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 2: Yeah? 396 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 3: Man, you know, obviously it was a it was a 397 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 3: tough loss. You know, didn't didn't play our best ball. 398 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 3: And we know that. You know, there's there's so much 399 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 3: to to learn from and you know, get better at 400 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 3: and so you know, we're we're you know, it's it's 401 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: it's uh, it's the first game. You know, in the 402 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: first game. You know, you always want to do well. 403 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: You want to do well in every game, but you 404 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 3: want to you know, really set the tongue. But you know, 405 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: we got a long season ahead of us, you know, 406 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 3: so we you know, week by week, you know, you know, 407 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 3: win or lose, you know, we have to take the 408 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 3: take the good and the bad until the next week, 409 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. 410 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: And so. 411 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 3: And that's what we're doing, you know doing now man, 412 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 3: And uh, you know, we got another opportunity to. 413 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 2: Prove it it. 414 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 5: See, it seemed to me like in looking at that game, 415 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 5: like the miss stakes were things that are pretty easily correctable, 416 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 5: Like it seemed to me like. 417 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 4: Part of its first game stuff. 418 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 5: You know, obviously you have a new coordinator in Zach, 419 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 5: but I think that, like, you know, it just seemed 420 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 5: like it was kind of first game stuff. 421 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 2: Coverage. 422 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 5: Coverage that's gonna that's going to be improved. The communication 423 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 5: on stuff is going to improve. Is that the way 424 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 5: that you guys are looking at it, Like the mistakes 425 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 5: I guess that you made in this game collectively, those 426 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 5: are things that are easy to fix. 427 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, those are you know, those are easy things to fix. 428 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: You know, you know, you know when those things happened 429 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 3: in the game, you know, we came to the sideline 430 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: and you know, we we everybody got on the same. 431 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 2: On one accord, you know what I mean. 432 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 3: But yeah, it's it's stuff like it's not a you know, 433 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 3: it's we're lucky that it's a it's it's things that 434 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 3: you know, we can fix, you know, the day after 435 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 3: you know, the you know, once we come on the sideline, 436 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 3: you know, so it's I'd rather. 437 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 2: Be that and then you know, uh an ability thing. 438 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, cover you can come exactly all right, So 439 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: I'll show viewers and listeners what I meant by my 440 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: earlier point about asking you about wide receivers. Davante Adams 441 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: is the Raiders. Just your thoughts on matching up against him? 442 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, man, he's a man, one of the best to 443 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: do it. 444 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 3: Man, you know, crafty receiver, you know, a matchup that 445 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 3: I'm definitely looking forward to. 446 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: I think we all are. But yeah, it'll be a 447 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 2: lot of fun. Man. 448 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: I want to go back again also to a point 449 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: you made, and that's been It's been an undercurrent throughout 450 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 1: this whole discussion here is like the one day at 451 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: time approach and taking care of your business. Can you 452 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: take us inside what your day looks like, your routine, right, 453 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: because it seems like you're just really a guy who 454 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,719 Speaker 1: sticks to that routine and finds success with that. What 455 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: does your routine and your work ethic look like behind 456 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 1: the scenes, and how did that has that evolved over 457 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: your career? Like when did you say, oh, I'm a 458 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: young player, but you know what, now I've got my routine. 459 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, man, I think just talking to you know, 460 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 3: I was fortunate, fortunate enough to be around some some 461 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 3: some good bets, you know, my rookie year and my 462 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 3: second year obviously now of course, but just learning from 463 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: those guys, you know, I can think of like you know, 464 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:22,719 Speaker 3: Chuck Cart McPhie, you know, guys like that that kind of, 465 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 3: you know, kind of gave me the blueprint, you know, 466 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 3: of what it looks like to be a pro. And man, 467 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 3: I truly do appreciate those guys. 468 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 2: Man. 469 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 6: But uh uh. 470 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,199 Speaker 2: What I say, do I have it all figured out? 471 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 2: I would? 472 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 3: I wouldn't say that, man. I think I'm continuing to 473 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 3: learn and you know, see what you know works best 474 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 3: for me and whatnot. And and that's the beauty of it, 475 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 3: you know what I mean, you know, just never getting comfortable, 476 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 3: you know. 477 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, awesome. Man. 478 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 4: Well, we're excited to see what you do this year. 479 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited to see the behind the scenes photos. 480 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: Are you still doing that last year you were documenting 481 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: point coming back? All right? That's I'm excited for that too, 482 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: and of course the player on the field. 483 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 4: You're more excited for the photos. 484 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, Brandon, thanks for joining us. 485 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 4: Appreciate it. Thank you. 486 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 5: Welcome back into the Lounge podcast. We're coming to you 487 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 5: from the Sea Geek Studio. We also want to give 488 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 5: a shout out to our friends at Draft King Sportsbook. 489 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 5: They are an official sports betting partner of the Baltimore 490 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 5: Ravens Draft King sportsbook. The Crown Is Yours. So I 491 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 5: really enjoyed the conversation with Brandon. I think that I 492 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 5: hope that listeners and viewers come away from that the 493 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 5: same way I did, which is you you. 494 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 4: I think it shed some insight into his mindset. 495 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 5: Like you know, we ask him about the contract stuff, 496 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 5: you ask him about trying to prove yourself as a 497 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 5: starting corner. Like, I just think he's he's somebody who 498 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 5: has supreme confidence in himself, and clearly that's kind of 499 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 5: been instilled in him from a young age. 500 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 4: He's bet on himself. 501 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 5: He's changed positions, he's changed schools, and he's never been 502 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 5: I think, scared of that challenge. 503 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 2: That's right. 504 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I mean he's a he's a really determined, 505 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: calm pros pro Like I just like I like everything 506 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: about the way that he approaches the game and kind 507 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: of this one of these quiet killers, you know what 508 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Like the way he plays the game. I mean, 509 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: he he's he's a really phenomenal athlete. I don't know 510 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: that people give him as much credit as they should, right, 511 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: Like I don't know that he has the straight line 512 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: speed of Nate Wiggins, Right, But like you're talking about quickness, 513 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: you're talking about in and out of breaks, ability to 514 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: go up and make a play on the ball, you know, 515 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: leaping ability. Like Brandon Stevens is a really athletic dude, 516 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: and that's in part what makes him so sticky. And 517 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: then you add on top of that this competitiveness that 518 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: he has to challenge receivers, all that and his ability 519 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: to stay calm under pressure, which you know, is there 520 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: another position outside a corner quarterback is under more pressure 521 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: than a corner especially exactly, I would say no too, 522 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: especially one on the outside. Right, Like, he's just proven 523 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: it time and time again. I mean he was getting 524 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: reps as a star safety as a rookie, yeah right, 525 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: and there are questions, oh, is he going to be 526 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: the Ravens Nickel and all that stuff, and like the 527 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: dude just continued to ball out in games and in 528 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: practice and establish himself as a legit starting outside corner, 529 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: of which there's sixty four of those in the league 530 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: and he's one of them. 531 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 4: Yeah. 532 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, It's impressive to go from a college running back 533 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 1: to that. 534 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: And I think that not only is he top sixty four, 535 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 4: I think. 536 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he's not sixty four, Yeah, exactly. 537 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 5: As the season progresses, you know, he wants to be 538 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 5: he wants to be mentioned among the best. And I 539 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 5: think that I think that he has that ability and 540 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 5: that potential, and you know, I think it's not often. 541 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 5: I don't know that like the numbers on this, but 542 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 5: when a guy comes out of college and the and 543 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 5: the scouting report is he could be a safety or 544 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 5: he could be a corner in the NFL, I feel 545 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 5: like every time they end up as a safety because 546 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 5: like if they're if that's the scouting war in some 547 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 5: kind of hybrid hybrid role, right, you don't it never 548 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 5: ends up as an outside corner, like except for Brandon Stevens, right, 549 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 5: Because generally speaking, when that's like the scouting report, you 550 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 5: question if a guy has the speed and quickness to 551 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 5: play outside and so could you slide him to a safety. 552 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: Role or a hybrid role. 553 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 5: But like Brandon Stevens has all those things and he 554 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 5: has done it as an outside corner. I just think 555 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 5: it's I give him a ton of credit and I 556 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 5: love his attitude and I think that like when you 557 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 5: look at it, he's been one of erics cost his 558 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 5: best picks. 559 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: I was just going to say, like, give you have 560 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: to give the front office props for that pick too, 561 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: you know, end of the third round. Think he was 562 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: a comp pick, right, maybe he was end of the 563 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: third round. And you know, here's a guy who really 564 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: had one year of production at SMU as a corner 565 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: right of big time production. And I remember when that 566 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: pick was made. You know, people were flipping their pages. 567 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: He was Brandon Stevens right, like he was not firmly 568 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: on the radars, one of those name recognizable prospects. Yeah, 569 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: he was a gem and the Ravens really unearthed a 570 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 1: good one there. Yeah. 571 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 4: I think that was a great pick. 572 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 5: And it's partly on obviously the Ravens front office is 573 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 5: scouting apartment for finding him, and obviously it's I'm Brandim 574 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 5: Brandon for for development and the coaches and of course 575 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 5: all of it, all of it works together. But I'm 576 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 5: excited for him. I think that uh, he is as 577 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 5: we talked about, you know, he's going to be rewarded 578 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 5: handsomely at the end of the season, uh with with 579 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 5: an ice bad contract hopefully is here for a long time. 580 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think when Eric de Coast has 581 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: said that, right. Eric de Coassa is quote I have 582 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: it here. He says, uh, he plays a position where 583 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: the best players are highly compensated. But we'll do our 584 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: best to keep him. He's made himself one of the 585 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: best corners of the NFL. So that's the way Eric 586 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: Tokosa already sees him. It's one of the best in 587 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: the NFL. And if the rest of the league agrees 588 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: with that assessment. By the end of this year, brand 589 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: Stevens is going to get paid. Yeah, bod time and 590 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: the Ravens Eric to coass has made it a point 591 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: he wants to keep as many good young players as 592 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: possible on this team, and Brandon Stevens is one of 593 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: those guys, and so, like I think that they will 594 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: definitely want to keep them. Whether that happens or not 595 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: will depend on how Brandon Steve Stevens season goes, obviously, 596 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: and then all the other puzzle pieces that Ravens have 597 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: to put together. You know, cornerbacks don't come cheap, and 598 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: can you pay he and Marlin at the same time, 599 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: it's tough. You get into kind of a Rokwon Patrick 600 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: Queen situation. You know, how much can you invest in 601 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: one position the Ravens are willing to spend at corner, 602 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: but for how many guys? And now you have Nate 603 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: Wiggins in the fold too, So you know, I really 604 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: cross my fingers and hope that Brandon Stevens can be 605 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: here long term. 606 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 2: I think he. 607 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: Would probably like that too. Eric Tacosta would like that 608 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: as well, but we'll have to see. 609 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, totally. 610 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 5: So before we get to that point, we're just gonna 611 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 5: watch play a lot of great Football's be very fun. 612 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's enjoy it. 613 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 5: I think he's gonna I think he's gonna be a 614 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 5: great player. And uh, you know, one of the one 615 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 5: of the one of the leaders quiet leaders of this defense, 616 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 5: who very well respected in this locker room on this 617 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 5: in the secondary, and I think he's gonna have a 618 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,479 Speaker 5: great year. So we are going to have another episode 619 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 5: of the podcast coming out tomorrow where we're gonna do 620 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 5: a kind of a deep dive into the game coming 621 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 5: up against the Raiders and also talk about all the 622 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 5: things that are happening here on the media front leading 623 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 5: into that game coming up. The home opener at MTY 624 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 5: Bank Stadium's going to be an awesome time, So make 625 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 5: sure that you are there in the house for that game. Also, 626 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 5: get into your seats early because it's going to be 627 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 5: a great atmosphere pre game, so make sure you're in 628 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 5: your seats early for that one one o'clock kickoff on Sunday. 629 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 5: Thank you so much for watching and listening. We will 630 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 5: be back with you again tomorrow