WEBVTT - Eric DeCosta & John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conferences 1/22/25

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens held

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<v Speaker 1>their season review press conference today with general manager Eric

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<v Speaker 1>Acassa and head coach John Harball. Here's what they had

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<v Speaker 1>to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thanks for coming in guys. Obviously, you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a long season. We appreciate you guys covering the team

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<v Speaker 2>every day and being out here and writing about our

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<v Speaker 2>team and our players, and I think it's great for

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<v Speaker 2>the community. And so if you guys have questions, offer

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<v Speaker 2>them up.

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<v Speaker 3>John and Eric, since you guys come back to Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 3>have you talked to Mark Andrews?

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<v Speaker 4>What's kind of his mindset right now? And Eric, I

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<v Speaker 4>think Andrew's going into this filent year.

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<v Speaker 5>Can you talk about the future for Mark as well?

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<v Speaker 6>Mark is We communicated, and.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm gonna tell you what like, Mark Andrews is one

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<v Speaker 7>of the very best football players, one of the most

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<v Speaker 7>committed football players. Nobody cares more about the success of

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<v Speaker 7>this football team to Mark Andrews, and that's why. And

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<v Speaker 7>he made numerous plays in the game up until the

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<v Speaker 7>plays that everybody's talking about and in the season, and

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<v Speaker 7>one of my messages to him was we are not

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<v Speaker 7>where we're at Throughout the course of the season or

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<v Speaker 7>in the game without the contributions to Mark specifically in

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<v Speaker 7>the game and the plays that he made spectacular plays

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<v Speaker 7>all season, and then the unsung aspect of all the

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<v Speaker 7>blocking he did in line and on the perimeter. So

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<v Speaker 7>Mark Andrews is a great football player, and he's also

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<v Speaker 7>a very tough minded individual. So yeah, he takes it

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<v Speaker 7>heart and he because he cares so much. But I

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<v Speaker 7>love Mark Andrews, Eric loves Mark, All of our players

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<v Speaker 7>love Mark. Mark is a huge part of our future

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<v Speaker 7>and we love him, and you know we're there for him.

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<v Speaker 7>But if anybody can take a tough circumstance like that

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<v Speaker 7>and handle it with class and grace and dignity and

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<v Speaker 7>mental toughness, it's most definitely Mark Andrews.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree with John and Mark and I have communicated.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll leave those those thoughts to myself. But as far

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<v Speaker 2>as Mark's contract goes, you know, he's He's no different

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<v Speaker 2>than a lot of guys. In fact, I think all

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<v Speaker 2>of our tight ends are in the last year of

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<v Speaker 2>their contract coming up in twenty twenty five, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have some decisions to make moving forward, not as

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<v Speaker 2>many I think, you know, tough decisions this year looking

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<v Speaker 2>at it, which I'm thankful for. But obviously, as we

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<v Speaker 2>look out, we'll have some tough decisions after next season.

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<v Speaker 2>So a year from now, we'll have some tough choices

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<v Speaker 2>and decisions to make regarding players. But yeah, so that

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<v Speaker 2>room right now, all three of those guys are in

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<v Speaker 2>the last year their deals. Ironically, Charlie and Isaiah and

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<v Speaker 2>Mark were blessed to have, in my opinion, the best

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<v Speaker 2>tight ends room in the league, and and.

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<v Speaker 8>We'll be will be blessed this year on the field

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<v Speaker 8>as well well.

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<v Speaker 9>Eric, obviously, you know another bigger guys have a really

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<v Speaker 9>good regular season, you win a division, your time team,

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<v Speaker 9>Unfortunately you fall short and you have ultimate goal. How

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<v Speaker 9>do you equit this season? How do you view this

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<v Speaker 9>season as a successful season.

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<v Speaker 4>In your lot?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, perspective over what you know, twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>seasons and we've had twenty seven seasons like this.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, I think my math is right. But I'm

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<v Speaker 10>I'm very proud of the team this year. It was

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<v Speaker 10>a successful season.

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<v Speaker 2>Not gonna sit up here and say it was not

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<v Speaker 2>a successful season. It wasn't just about every way of

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<v Speaker 2>looking at it. But I'm disappointed, and John's disappointed. We're

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<v Speaker 2>all disappointed. Our team's disappointed. You know, we had higher

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<v Speaker 2>aspirations and we didn't achieve those aspirations and goals. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was a successful season. I'm very proud

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<v Speaker 2>of the team, the players, the coaches, support staff, everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>and and I've already moved on. I've started watching tape.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm immersed in college and pro scouting right now, talking

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<v Speaker 2>about contracts, negotiations and different things. And that's one I

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<v Speaker 2>think for me, that's one of the blessings of my

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<v Speaker 2>job is it's very seasonal, and I'm in now one

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<v Speaker 2>of the one of my most favorite seasons, which is

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<v Speaker 2>the off season, which is not I it's it's a

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<v Speaker 2>it's a misnomer because it's my busiest time of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>But I love I love being a part of the solution,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what we'll be Eric.

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<v Speaker 9>Have there been any conversations with Lamar or will you

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<v Speaker 9>kind of keep his hand down the road as far

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<v Speaker 9>as his contract and perhaps eventually restructuring something.

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<v Speaker 4>To get a little bit more calf friendly, whether it's

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<v Speaker 4>this season or next.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean we've seen teams do that, and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Lamar and I We've had a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>discussions about contracts over the years, and at some point

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<v Speaker 2>I'll probably talk to Lamar. I'm just really happy, blessed

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<v Speaker 2>to have watched him play football this year.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, we just finished the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I want Lamar to relaxed little bit and kind of

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<v Speaker 2>think back on what we accomplished as a team and

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<v Speaker 2>what he accomplished individually, you know. And so I will

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<v Speaker 2>have those conversations probably at some point. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>Lamar's you know what I've seen just with Lamar's He's

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<v Speaker 2>just grown so much, even just over the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years in terms of, you know, his game as

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<v Speaker 2>a player, as a leader, as a person. I love

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<v Speaker 2>talking with him. We communicate all the time, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and as I said, I've been blessed to be with

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<v Speaker 2>him for the last seven years.

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<v Speaker 11>Speaking of about Lamar is for both of you guys,

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<v Speaker 11>how does he change the narrative from what he's done

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<v Speaker 11>to the regular season as opposed to the postseason, you know,

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<v Speaker 11>changing what people think about him after the regular season

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<v Speaker 11>adds is there anything more he can do?

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<v Speaker 8>And what do people think about him?

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<v Speaker 12>Well, there's the difference with the numbers and the way

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<v Speaker 12>he performs between the postseason and regular season. So I

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<v Speaker 12>didn't think he played poorly the other day, but that's

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<v Speaker 12>perception out there at all falls seams.

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<v Speaker 4>On the quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>I can say there's no player I'd rather have on

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<v Speaker 2>my team than Lamar Jackson.

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<v Speaker 10>He's you know, I think he's the best quarterback in

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<v Speaker 10>the league.

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<v Speaker 8>So that's my answer to that question.

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<v Speaker 13>Or website everyone both read is what you guys you

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<v Speaker 13>know the rind thirty long you know would have been

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<v Speaker 13>injured and have right years this year.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, what are you hoping to do there?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think Vinny, you know, our goal is to

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<v Speaker 2>always have the best line that we can have offensive line,

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<v Speaker 2>and we made a tough call last year to to

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<v Speaker 2>go younger and bring in and have some younger guys play.

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<v Speaker 2>And we knew we'd have a few growing pains. I

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<v Speaker 2>think we had a few, but looking back on and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it was absolutely the right thing to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and we start our guys improving, get better and really

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<v Speaker 2>meshes a unit in Geil. You know, Uh, we are

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<v Speaker 2>aware that we have some you know, guys that contracts

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<v Speaker 2>are up, uh, and we'll look at that and certainly

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<v Speaker 2>have some discussions with players, and we'll look at potentially

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<v Speaker 2>bring back our guys. We'll look at the draft, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>look at free agency. We'll unturn, overturn every rock to

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<v Speaker 2>find as many good offensive linemen as we can. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think we have some good young players on the team.

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<v Speaker 2>They've shown that. And one thing that we've seen over

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<v Speaker 2>the years with that position is guys get better as

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<v Speaker 2>they get older and more established and get in the

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<v Speaker 2>weight room and get stronger and play better. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be the case with the guys we have. We're

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<v Speaker 2>blessed to have really good coaches and some young, good

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<v Speaker 2>young players, but also we realize that we're probably gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have conservatively ten or eleven draft picks this year, a

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<v Speaker 2>free agency and still the chance to get some deals

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<v Speaker 2>signed with some of those guys.

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<v Speaker 4>Especially with long status in mind. What did you see

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<v Speaker 4>from Roger Rosing?

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<v Speaker 3>The first ball is an NFL player, But see someone

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<v Speaker 3>that you could see moving to the other side.

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<v Speaker 9>I final is.

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<v Speaker 10>Back just wait thought the via, Well, he's played both

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<v Speaker 10>sides of that. You know, he's played left and right.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean this year is it's a very hard thing

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<v Speaker 2>to come in as an offensive lineman as a rookie

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<v Speaker 2>and play well, and Roger honestly just got better and

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<v Speaker 2>better and better and better and mature guy beyond his years.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a year in the way room's gonna really.

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<v Speaker 10>Serve him well, as it will all of our guys.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think that we were very I can speak

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<v Speaker 2>for myself and say I was very happy with what

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<v Speaker 2>Roger did.

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<v Speaker 8>It's a very tough.

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<v Speaker 2>Position to play as a young player. I think his

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<v Speaker 2>future is very bright, as are the guys that he

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<v Speaker 2>played with on the offensive line this year, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>excited to see what he looks like next year.

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<v Speaker 5>I know there's always moving pieces on the coaching staff

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<v Speaker 5>and Todd's interviewed, what is your last year? You basically

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<v Speaker 5>had to overhaul your almost entire defensive snaff staff. Do

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<v Speaker 5>you expect your staff back or are you you still

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<v Speaker 5>anticipating there could be some departures.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, it's not for me to really know. I don't

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<v Speaker 6>know for sure.

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<v Speaker 7>I think it's awesome and great that these coaches have

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<v Speaker 7>gotten an opportunity over the last for years. You know,

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<v Speaker 7>I'm kind of proud of that and the fact that

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<v Speaker 7>guys are getting opportunities now whatever those might be. I'm

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<v Speaker 7>not exactly sure because it's still pretty early, but you

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<v Speaker 7>might have a better beat on that than I do sometimes,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, in terms of following up on what's going on.

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<v Speaker 7>But whatever chances, they get the most deserving of And

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<v Speaker 7>I'm happy for him. Of course, I'd love to keep them,

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<v Speaker 7>you know. And if I tell him, I say, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>I'm rooting for you, you know, and I'll definitely tell

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<v Speaker 7>people how great you are because you deserve it. But

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<v Speaker 7>if it doesn't work out for you, I'm really happy

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<v Speaker 7>that you're staying with us. And I think our players

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<v Speaker 7>We've talked to a lot of our players, and I

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<v Speaker 7>know our players feel the same way.

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<v Speaker 4>Have you talked a Dean about that? Obviously that's a

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<v Speaker 4>little over a situation.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I have, and a little more nuanced things. Just

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<v Speaker 7>appreciative of Dean and the job he did. I know

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<v Speaker 7>Zach feels the same way. Defensive coaches. It just helped us,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, it was a good thing to have to

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<v Speaker 7>have Dean come back and experience that reconnected us to

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<v Speaker 7>you know, our roots in terms of the structure of

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<v Speaker 7>the defense, because Dean was a big part of that

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<v Speaker 7>for you know, from twenty twelve and twenty eleven, twenty ten,

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<v Speaker 7>even as a linebacker coach and on through as a

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<v Speaker 7>coordinator through seventeen and and you know, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 7>good to get reconnected to a lot of that. And

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<v Speaker 7>I think he was a good eye and ear for

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<v Speaker 7>the players and coaches, and he's interested in, uh in

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<v Speaker 7>continuing in some sort of a role. I do think,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, he's, uh, he's at that stage of his

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<v Speaker 7>life where it's probably not going to be that full

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<v Speaker 7>time thing like he he did the second half of

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<v Speaker 7>the season.

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<v Speaker 6>Uh Mel. His wife is amazing.

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<v Speaker 10>She was here.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, she'd come by and be in the cafeteria

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<v Speaker 7>and and be around, and it was great to have

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<v Speaker 7>her around. But you know, they're at that time of

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<v Speaker 7>their life where that's they got some different priorities with

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<v Speaker 7>the grandkids and stuff. But he is going to be

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<v Speaker 7>still connected. He'll still have a role as a consultant,

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<v Speaker 7>uh for us, that's my plan, that's his plan, And

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<v Speaker 7>and that's great.

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<v Speaker 9>Where any responsibilities as an consultant And how do you

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<v Speaker 9>elevate the back forwards regression outside of the ways that.

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<v Speaker 4>You have it?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh?

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<v Speaker 7>Dean, Well, I mean Dean was a like I said

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<v Speaker 7>he was a sounding board in an ear and he's

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<v Speaker 7>he had ideas and he he he functions as part

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<v Speaker 7>of the staff. The thing about coaching staff, and I

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<v Speaker 7>think it's really important people you should understand this. I

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<v Speaker 7>guess because you're you're you're working different organizations, but it's

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<v Speaker 7>always a collaboration.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a team effort.

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<v Speaker 7>And the Dean was part of the team, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>and brought his his ability, his abilities and experience knowledge

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<v Speaker 7>to the table. And it was just a great teammate

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<v Speaker 7>that way and helped I think he helped it. Sure

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<v Speaker 7>it helped Zach. I mean, Zach's great young coach. First

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<v Speaker 7>year as a coordinator, there's there's things you have to

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<v Speaker 7>learn only by experience. Again, Dean been a coordinator for

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<v Speaker 7>probably thirty of the forty or forty five years he's

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<v Speaker 7>been a coach, and he learned all these things sometimes

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<v Speaker 7>the hard way for Zach to be able to tap

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<v Speaker 7>into that knowledge and experience right away fast was really

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<v Speaker 7>really positive. And think Zach would tell you the same thing.

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<v Speaker 7>So that was a big part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Eric.

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<v Speaker 14>Every year, not end, but a lot of years, you've

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<v Speaker 14>brought in a quote camp leg to kind of give

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<v Speaker 14>Justin Tucker some breasts. Do you anticipate bringing in a

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<v Speaker 14>kicker that will legitimately compete for that kicking job or

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<v Speaker 14>do you perceive that Justin Tucker has a kicking job

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<v Speaker 14>next year?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think Justin's going to go down this in

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<v Speaker 2>my opinion as if not the best kicker of all time,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best, and I think he finished.

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<v Speaker 10>The season strong.

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<v Speaker 2>Will have those discussions, but I think, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>have every expectation Justin's going to be a great kicker.

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<v Speaker 10>For us next year.

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<v Speaker 2>At moving forward, We're blessed to have Randy Brown and

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Horden upstairs and Sam Cook awesome coaches, special teams coaches.

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<v Speaker 8>They'll be a part of the discussion.

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<v Speaker 10>But you know the way that.

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<v Speaker 2>Justin finished, he finished strong this year towards the end,

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<v Speaker 2>had a little bit of adversity midway through the season,

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, I think Justin is a tremendous competitor,

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<v Speaker 2>very very talented. He works his butt off, and I

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<v Speaker 2>would expect him to be the kicker for US next year.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you thinking about Trent?

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<v Speaker 15>And he started off in the middle and then he

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<v Speaker 15>kind of drifted as Monique and Chris Ford took over.

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<v Speaker 15>Is he still in the mix or do you go

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<v Speaker 15>with one or both of those guys going forward?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think he's an exciting young prospect. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's a really really good young player, developmental guy, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's you know, obviously, like a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>our young players, they have their ups and downs and

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<v Speaker 2>their growing paints.

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<v Speaker 8>But I think his future is very bright.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen guys like him, you know, have have their

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<v Speaker 2>moments and then end up being really really good players.

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<v Speaker 2>And I would expect that this guy's a young, very athletic.

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<v Speaker 2>He can run, he's very explosive. He has a huge

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<v Speaker 2>care factor, and it's our job to get that out

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<v Speaker 2>of him, and I think we will.

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<v Speaker 16>Eric for the twenty twenty two draft class is now

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<v Speaker 16>eligible for a contract extension. How much of a priority

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<v Speaker 16>is it for you this offseason to ink some of

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<v Speaker 16>those guys too extensions?

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<v Speaker 10>Well, we'll work on that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, we've I think I sat up

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<v Speaker 2>here in twenty nineteen and said we're going to try

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<v Speaker 2>to retain as many of our good young players as

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<v Speaker 2>we can, and I think we've done that. I'm proud

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<v Speaker 2>of that, and I think you'll see that continue this offseason,

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<v Speaker 2>went into the.

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<v Speaker 9>Thought process with the Deontay Johnson tree and how disappointed

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<v Speaker 9>whether that didn't probably work.

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<v Speaker 2>Out when ye work, Yeah, I think you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>looked at it as a chance for us to strengthen

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<v Speaker 2>a position group. Potentially a guy we've played it asked

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. I think we did our homework. We understood

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<v Speaker 2>the risks and the rewards. Didn't look at it as

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<v Speaker 2>cost prohibitive. It was a relatively inexpensive deal for us

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<v Speaker 2>to make. In many ways. We knew that it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent going to be a slam dunk and

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<v Speaker 2>it didn't work out. So, you know, we are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to mitigate our risk. One of the jobs of a

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<v Speaker 2>general managers to mitigate your risk and look at the

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<v Speaker 2>downside and the upside and see how it works out.

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<v Speaker 2>In that particular situation, I really didn't see a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of downside. I think we understood what the downside might be,

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<v Speaker 2>that the guy would would be unhappy with his role.

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<v Speaker 10>Potentially it was a total.

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<v Speaker 4>Hit for you.

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<v Speaker 15>You have to feel good about that when you put

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<v Speaker 15>yourself out for a guy like that and he really

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<v Speaker 15>shows up for you, and there's been a couple of

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<v Speaker 15>long way this last year.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, it comes to mind. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Kyle and Will.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you're bringing up those guys, and I think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very I'm very proud of a shod Bateman. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy has had some adversity with injuries along the

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<v Speaker 2>way that he's overcome some serious injuries and some bad luck,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, you know, I think he's he's taken some

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<v Speaker 2>criticism and he came back this year with a vengeance

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<v Speaker 2>and just kept stacking and stacking and stacking and fighting

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<v Speaker 2>through some nagging stuff and playing and getting better every

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<v Speaker 2>single week.

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<v Speaker 10>And you know, uh, it's a great story. And I

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<v Speaker 10>think he's just getting started. I think, I really do.

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<v Speaker 10>And so he's a great person. He works hard.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, another guy that really loves football and loves the game,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think his future is very bright and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't wait to see what he looks like next year.

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<v Speaker 2>And those other guys are Dafa another guy. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he also had a lot to prove this year,

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<v Speaker 2>and we made the decision to pick up his fifth

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<v Speaker 2>year option. I'm glad we did. Finished with double digit

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<v Speaker 2>sacks this year and had some big plays and big

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<v Speaker 2>games for us, and again a sending player, a good

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<v Speaker 2>young player. I think he's gonna build off this year

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<v Speaker 2>and be a better player. And then the other guy

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<v Speaker 2>he mentioned is Kyle van Noy, and different from those guys,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a guy that's really I think he's living

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<v Speaker 2>his best life as a player right now. And he's

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<v Speaker 2>an older player, and so that's exciting for us to

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<v Speaker 2>have a guy with that experience that he's had. He's

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<v Speaker 2>played in multiple cities, he's been in multiple places. I

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<v Speaker 2>think he really appreciates the Ravens, which is great. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a guy that's he's played in what three or

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<v Speaker 2>four teams. He loves this place and our young players

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<v Speaker 2>see that and that resonates and that's a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>And he comes to work every day with great attitude.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the leader and he's a fun storyline this year

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<v Speaker 2>for us.

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<v Speaker 3>Eric the Derrick Henry signing work about as well as

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<v Speaker 3>I possibly could have know. He's under contract, but the

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<v Speaker 3>deal that's kind of waited a little bit for the

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<v Speaker 3>second year. Is that a guy that you would also

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<v Speaker 3>be talking to maybe about an extension or something.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you know, what's the planning going for with there?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah? Well, some people.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think Jerry thought he was over the

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<v Speaker 2>hill last year, but I think he proved that he

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<v Speaker 2>had a lot left the tank. And I'm sorry, Jerry,

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<v Speaker 2>I couldn't resist wrong before.

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<v Speaker 10>Uh, you know, we'll look at that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's it's a good question. I just I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just so grateful that Derek chose us last year, came

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<v Speaker 2>in and just I can honestly say like his attitude

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<v Speaker 2>and and the way that he played was uh, it

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<v Speaker 2>was was was amazing to watch and just his relationship

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<v Speaker 2>with his teammates, his humility as a player, his work ethic.

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<v Speaker 10>I can't wait to see him next year. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it was tough on him to end the

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<v Speaker 2>way it did, tough on all of us, but I think, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>we we have a chip on our shoulders to come

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<v Speaker 2>back next year with a vengeance to start faster than

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<v Speaker 2>we started this year, to not start alling two next year,

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<v Speaker 2>to get out of the gates faster and uh, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think Derek will be a big part of that.

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<v Speaker 10>I think.

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<v Speaker 17>I just I think I just mentioned about whether he

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<v Speaker 17>had something I was the question for you and co

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<v Speaker 17>coach of what he said starting on too and the

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<v Speaker 17>way you guys rebounded.

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<v Speaker 12>Had he characterize this year compared to what the sixteen

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<v Speaker 12>or seventeen you been the head coach of this team,

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<v Speaker 12>and then Eric for you, what does Steve have to say?

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<v Speaker 11>Since you don't get any chance to your program and

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<v Speaker 11>you speak going directly.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, every season stands on its own. And that's

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<v Speaker 7>the great thing about this whole adventure, just like life,

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<v Speaker 7>and this season was an awesome season in so many

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<v Speaker 7>ways the ways it really matter. You know, you don't

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<v Speaker 7>live in the narratives. You live in you live in

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<v Speaker 7>the reality and the relationships and that's been fantastic. And

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<v Speaker 7>that's the thing that I really treasure about this team

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<v Speaker 7>because this was a football team that was singularly focused

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<v Speaker 7>on one another, the team and being the best team

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<v Speaker 7>they could possibly be and doing the best they could do.

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<v Speaker 7>Isn't guarantee that you're gonna every outcome is going to

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<v Speaker 7>be the way you want it to be in every circumstance,

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<v Speaker 7>and that's why it's so hard to go all the way.

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<v Speaker 7>That's why what the Chiefs have done the last two

0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:08.000
<v Speaker 7>years is so impressive and that's what we're shooting for.

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<v Speaker 7>But they did everything they could do in terms of

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<v Speaker 7>I felt like every single day now our job is

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<v Speaker 7>to do everything we can do in the off season,

0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.800
<v Speaker 7>like Eric said this in season off season, to improve

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<v Speaker 7>our football team in every way, coaching staff, scheme, players,

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<v Speaker 7>how we operate, everything we can do, every single thing

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<v Speaker 7>we can do to try to be better next year,

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<v Speaker 7>and what we present to our guys and then then

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<v Speaker 7>take another step forward individually, you know, whether it's all

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<v Speaker 7>of our players you know from from Lamar and Row

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<v Speaker 7>and every single player we have. What can you do?

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<v Speaker 7>What can I do? What can I do? What can

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<v Speaker 7>I do to be the very best I can be

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<v Speaker 7>right now going forward? And that's what you do in life.

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<v Speaker 7>And our guys tried. Our guys did that this year,

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<v Speaker 7>and I think we'll take that to another level again

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<v Speaker 7>next year.

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<v Speaker 12>Can you I heard he was leaguer out there making call,

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<v Speaker 12>grasp it and then you know, once the season.

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<v Speaker 4>Started, you know, home watching.

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<v Speaker 13>The field, we try him and the end per gat

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<v Speaker 13>you know, and well physical, you know I mean, and

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<v Speaker 13>then you guys you play off the side.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it was a tough season for UH, for Marcus,

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<v Speaker 7>and but I admire the way handled it. Faced a

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<v Speaker 7>lot of adversity that UH just kind of came with

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<v Speaker 7>the production, you know, at the end, and also you

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<v Speaker 7>know the way the performance and.

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<v Speaker 6>Never never pinted on any one thing.

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<v Speaker 7>There's no way to pin it on any one thing, Vinny,

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<v Speaker 7>You know that you got to kind of look at

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<v Speaker 7>it as a whole and and there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 7>factors in there. But I know this, I was impressed

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<v Speaker 7>by the way Marcus handled himself through all of that,

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<v Speaker 7>because sometimes the tougher thing is how you responded to

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<v Speaker 7>the to the disappointment and the adversity that he faced

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<v Speaker 7>as a result of maybe not playing as well.

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<v Speaker 6>And he did a good job with that. He was

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<v Speaker 6>a team guy through and through. He's probably added to

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<v Speaker 6>his positive right to the end.

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<v Speaker 7>He supported his teammates. That's kind of the measuring stick

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<v Speaker 7>for me as a man. I'll probably handle it and

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<v Speaker 7>I'll be forever proud of him and grateful for that.

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<v Speaker 16>Eric that opened the door for our Darius Washington instead.

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<v Speaker 16>Then he made several impact plays for this team down

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<v Speaker 16>the stretch.

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<v Speaker 4>Just you your thoughts on this season.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, Ardarius got a chance, and I'll credit

0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:25.880
<v Speaker 2>the coaches, you know, I mean, we had a point

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<v Speaker 2>in the season where we were looking for solutions to

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<v Speaker 2>play better, and John and Zach and Chris, they all

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<v Speaker 2>kind of got together and had had a game plan

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<v Speaker 2>and I give the coaches a lot of credit for

0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:37.120
<v Speaker 2>doing that.

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<v Speaker 10>It really turned our season around. And our Darius is

0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:43.800
<v Speaker 10>a great example of a guy that got a chance

0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.399
<v Speaker 10>and ran with it. We knew, you know, I'll go

0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:50.160
<v Speaker 10>back to his draft class year.

0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:53.399
<v Speaker 2>You know, he went undrafted because he's a step slow,

0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:56.200
<v Speaker 2>he's a couple of inches smaller.

0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:58.560
<v Speaker 10>And we got him and we were excited when.

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<v Speaker 2>We got him as an undrafted free agent because he

0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:03.480
<v Speaker 2>was a great football player. And the question really becomes,

0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:06.280
<v Speaker 2>Kenny do the same thing and at our level that

0:22:06.320 --> 0:22:09.359
<v Speaker 2>he did at the college level. He got hurt a

0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:13.760
<v Speaker 2>couple of years, unfortunate injuries, a lot like Rashaden that way.

0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:16.280
<v Speaker 2>You know, his early first couple of years got held

0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:19.679
<v Speaker 2>back a little bit. This year he stayed healthy and

0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:23.960
<v Speaker 2>he became that guy that we saw in college, you know, tough, physical,

0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:26.520
<v Speaker 2>a playmaker, instinctive, smart, a leader.

0:22:27.960 --> 0:22:28.680
<v Speaker 10>Great story.

0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:33.639
<v Speaker 2>Just another one of these undrafted guys over the years

0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:35.880
<v Speaker 2>that we've had that's developed into.

0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:36.920
<v Speaker 8>Being a really good football player.

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<v Speaker 10>We're proud of him.

0:22:38.240 --> 0:22:40.440
<v Speaker 2>He's going to be a restricted free agent this year

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<v Speaker 2>for US and uh and we're fortunate that we have

0:22:43.119 --> 0:22:44.120
<v Speaker 2>him back again next year.

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<v Speaker 14>Eric, in a similar thing, how would you assess the

0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:49.960
<v Speaker 14>season of your first round technique with it?

0:22:50.119 --> 0:22:51.480
<v Speaker 4>And what do you think each year?

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<v Speaker 10>You know, we knew Nate was a great athlete and

0:22:55.600 --> 0:22:58.840
<v Speaker 10>a great cover guy. He's young.

0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:00.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean when you look at him, I mean, I've

0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:03.840
<v Speaker 2>got two sons, and you know I'm getting older, but

0:23:04.000 --> 0:23:06.159
<v Speaker 2>I look at him and he just seems young to me.

0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:09.480
<v Speaker 2>He's a tremendous athlete.

0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:10.920
<v Speaker 8>He's got a very bright future.

0:23:11.680 --> 0:23:13.359
<v Speaker 2>We want to get him stronger, you know, I mean,

0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:15.679
<v Speaker 2>you've all seen his body. I think an offseason is

0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:19.120
<v Speaker 2>going to really serve him well. Had some nagging injuries

0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:21.960
<v Speaker 2>and things that he fought through, handle some adversity, I

0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:26.440
<v Speaker 2>think pretty well. You know, he had the unfortunate car

0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:29.879
<v Speaker 2>accident earlier in the year, which probably derailed him for

0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:33.240
<v Speaker 2>a few weeks. But he's got a very very bright

0:23:33.280 --> 0:23:35.440
<v Speaker 2>future because he can do some things that other guys

0:23:35.480 --> 0:23:39.160
<v Speaker 2>can't do. And I think, you know, eventually, like how

0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:41.000
<v Speaker 2>far he develops is really going to be up to him.

0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:45.040
<v Speaker 2>His future is unlimited because he can do some things

0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:49.200
<v Speaker 2>that just are very unusual and unique at his position,

0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.520
<v Speaker 2>and I can't wait to see what a good offseason

0:23:52.560 --> 0:23:55.840
<v Speaker 2>does for him. Everything is fast forward, full speed ahead

0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:57.760
<v Speaker 2>with him. I mean, he's he had a good year.

0:23:58.280 --> 0:24:00.159
<v Speaker 2>He can be great next year, but it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>up to him.

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<v Speaker 18>Going back briefly to the position, you know, I'm sure

0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:09.080
<v Speaker 18>was a tough decision to carry so many safeties on

0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:11.720
<v Speaker 18>the roster once it was kind of kind of apparent

0:24:11.760 --> 0:24:14.679
<v Speaker 18>that ourdiers would be the answer there of what happens

0:24:14.720 --> 0:24:17.840
<v Speaker 18>with Eddie Jackson. You know, when John mentioned sort of

0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:24.119
<v Speaker 18>the positivity that Marcus carried through, you know, his tough struggles.

0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:26.959
<v Speaker 18>Was was there a different situation with the Jackson that

0:24:27.080 --> 0:24:28.960
<v Speaker 18>led the team to cut ties with him.

0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:31.840
<v Speaker 2>I would say that's probably more of a roster decision

0:24:31.960 --> 0:24:34.040
<v Speaker 2>in terms of us needing a spot at that time.

0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:38.080
<v Speaker 2>I think Eddie is a veteran player, and sometimes when

0:24:38.080 --> 0:24:41.320
<v Speaker 2>you add veteran players, it's you've really you know, as

0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:43.920
<v Speaker 2>a GM, you've got to look at the player and

0:24:43.960 --> 0:24:46.080
<v Speaker 2>you've got to figure out is this player going to

0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:48.720
<v Speaker 2>be happy in his role? This is a guy that's

0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:50.680
<v Speaker 2>I think Eddie is a two time pro Bowl safety

0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.880
<v Speaker 2>earlier in his career, and you know, it really comes

0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:57.960
<v Speaker 2>down to you know, probably I failed because this was

0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:01.640
<v Speaker 2>a guy that didn't really want to accept his role

0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:04.760
<v Speaker 2>as a backup safety and a special teamer.

0:25:05.320 --> 0:25:06.400
<v Speaker 10>And I understand that.

0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:09.440
<v Speaker 8>I really do. It was a good value for us to.

0:25:09.400 --> 0:25:12.920
<v Speaker 2>Get him the way we did, and I think sometimes

0:25:13.240 --> 0:25:16.760
<v Speaker 2>if I'm guilty of mistakes, it's finding value but not

0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:18.879
<v Speaker 2>always considering how that player is going to handle the

0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:23.760
<v Speaker 2>situation he's being forced into. And uh, you know, Eddie

0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:25.959
<v Speaker 2>just he just wasn't happy with his role.

0:25:26.000 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 8>He wanted to play football.

0:25:28.080 --> 0:25:31.720
<v Speaker 10>He got probably distracted at times. But I appreciate Eddie.

0:25:31.720 --> 0:25:33.359
<v Speaker 2>He's a great player. He's been a great player in

0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:35.439
<v Speaker 2>his career. He's played well against us in the past.

0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:37.960
<v Speaker 2>I think he's got a lot of football left and

0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:39.000
<v Speaker 2>I wish him the best.

0:25:39.160 --> 0:25:40.320
<v Speaker 10>I enjoyed being around him.

0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:43.000
<v Speaker 2>Uh, it just didn't work out for him as well

0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:44.600
<v Speaker 2>as he wanted it to, and it probably didn't work

0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:46.320
<v Speaker 2>out as well for us as we wanted it to.

0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:49.800
<v Speaker 2>But I think he can play football, and hopefully he

0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:52.200
<v Speaker 2>has a good situation next year where he flourishes.

0:25:53.840 --> 0:25:54.960
<v Speaker 4>What have you learned about?

0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:55.240
<v Speaker 18>You?

0:25:55.960 --> 0:25:56.160
<v Speaker 6>Guys?

0:25:56.160 --> 0:26:00.760
<v Speaker 4>Are gonna have the spread season. Everyone was completely focused

0:26:00.800 --> 0:26:01.800
<v Speaker 4>on getting the where you want to get.

0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:03.280
<v Speaker 3>So you do all the things that comes down to

0:26:03.320 --> 0:26:05.280
<v Speaker 3>a couple of inches y or a bottle there, and

0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:06.080
<v Speaker 3>it doesn't go away.

0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:06.960
<v Speaker 4>What do you learn about.

0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:10.159
<v Speaker 14>Handling the part that you can't hand, you can't control and.

0:26:10.480 --> 0:26:12.639
<v Speaker 4>Dealing with that, And is your growth as a head coach?

0:26:13.560 --> 0:26:15.159
<v Speaker 7>Well, I think you know you're going to be a

0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:17.760
<v Speaker 7>coach in this profession, and last you're going to have

0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:20.800
<v Speaker 7>to understand that you know and and put things in perspective.

0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:23.119
<v Speaker 7>You know, there's a lot of perspective that goes on.

0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:26.959
<v Speaker 7>So you know, we we we emphasize, we talk about,

0:26:27.320 --> 0:26:29.000
<v Speaker 7>we practice, we drill, we train.

0:26:29.480 --> 0:26:31.520
<v Speaker 6>The guys talk about it all the time. And then

0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:32.639
<v Speaker 6>a football game is played.

0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:35.920
<v Speaker 7>And that's what makes it so interesting because you really

0:26:35.920 --> 0:26:37.679
<v Speaker 7>can't predict anything that's going to happen. And like you

0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:39.960
<v Speaker 7>want to draw correlations and you want to draw you

0:26:40.000 --> 0:26:41.840
<v Speaker 7>want to find the one reason for this or that,

0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:44.280
<v Speaker 7>But the reason is that it's a football game, you know,

0:26:44.359 --> 0:26:45.959
<v Speaker 7>and and you try to learn from it. And that's

0:26:45.960 --> 0:26:50.440
<v Speaker 7>why I said, individually and collectively to to to try

0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:52.720
<v Speaker 7>to be better the next time and to try to

0:26:52.760 --> 0:26:57.359
<v Speaker 7>mitigate anything, every anything that you can control in your favor.

0:26:57.560 --> 0:26:59.440
<v Speaker 6>And that's what we work so hard to do.

0:27:00.040 --> 0:27:02.680
<v Speaker 7>And when you get into these situations and these circumstances

0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:06.080
<v Speaker 7>in the playoffs, and we've had numerous opportunities now because

0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.040
<v Speaker 7>you've earned our way in. You want to put four

0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 7>good games together, you know, or three good games together

0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:13.840
<v Speaker 7>if you get the number one seed, and stack them

0:27:13.840 --> 0:27:16.080
<v Speaker 7>back to back, and they need to be more so

0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:19.240
<v Speaker 7>in the playoffs than anything. They need to be as

0:27:19.359 --> 0:27:22.000
<v Speaker 7>positive centric as possible. You can't really afford too many

0:27:22.000 --> 0:27:24.600
<v Speaker 7>negative plays because they can make a difference. If you

0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.200
<v Speaker 7>look at our team this year and in the past,

0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:30.160
<v Speaker 7>for the past seventeen years, you don't see us getting

0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:33.800
<v Speaker 7>blown out. You don't see us falling apart, either in

0:27:33.800 --> 0:27:36.119
<v Speaker 7>a game or in the season. You always see us

0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:39.240
<v Speaker 7>fighting back. I think that is the real measuring stick,

0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:42.359
<v Speaker 7>not the narrative that, oh, you can't do this, you

0:27:42.359 --> 0:27:45.640
<v Speaker 7>can't do that. And you keep striving forward to put

0:27:45.920 --> 0:27:48.800
<v Speaker 7>to stack those games together, you know, and put three

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:51.640
<v Speaker 7>or four really good games together, air free games together

0:27:51.680 --> 0:27:53.439
<v Speaker 7>and go ahead and win a Super Bowl. And when

0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:56.960
<v Speaker 7>you do that, it's really a great accomplishment and so

0:27:57.000 --> 0:27:58.639
<v Speaker 7>we're capable of doing that. We put ourselves in a

0:27:58.640 --> 0:28:00.359
<v Speaker 7>position to do that, and we'll keep striving for that.

0:28:00.560 --> 0:28:04.680
<v Speaker 7>So if I've learned anything, I've learned that John John.

0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:08.480
<v Speaker 9>Want to the last year of your contract he planned to,

0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:11.520
<v Speaker 9>or having had any conversations about your age.

0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:13.879
<v Speaker 7>You know, I talked to Eric every day, talk to

0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:17.080
<v Speaker 7>Steve every day, not every day. Can't do Steve wouldn't

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:20.160
<v Speaker 7>talk to me every day, talked to Sashi about every

0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:23.760
<v Speaker 7>other day. But uh, you know, I'm I'm happy, man,

0:28:23.800 --> 0:28:26.960
<v Speaker 7>I'm happy. And however that goes, I trust God, I

0:28:27.000 --> 0:28:28.919
<v Speaker 7>trust I trust the people I work with every day,

0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:31.600
<v Speaker 7>who I love, who are my friends. But more importantly,

0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:34.440
<v Speaker 7>we're on a mission together and as long as that goes,

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:36.120
<v Speaker 7>as long as God permits that to go, that I'm

0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:38.920
<v Speaker 7>I'm all about it, you know, I'm fired up for it.

0:28:38.880 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 6>And not worry about those kind of things. They take

0:28:40.960 --> 0:28:41.760
<v Speaker 6>care of themselves.

0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:44.240
<v Speaker 18>Eric, to go back to the secondary for a minute,

0:28:44.840 --> 0:28:48.160
<v Speaker 18>you know. Marlon talked to us at various times.

0:28:47.920 --> 0:28:49.640
<v Speaker 4>About his approach his last season.

0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:53.800
<v Speaker 18>Obviously, getting healthy was a key thing for him based

0:28:53.800 --> 0:28:55.800
<v Speaker 18>on the way he played. I mean, did you see

0:28:55.840 --> 0:29:00.320
<v Speaker 18>anything different in Marlon's prep for this season and what

0:29:01.920 --> 0:29:04.400
<v Speaker 18>you know, difference doesn't make for his defense as a whole.

0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:06.600
<v Speaker 18>With Marlin as effective as.

0:29:06.440 --> 0:29:08.280
<v Speaker 4>He wasn't secret.

0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, you know, Marlon is It's a great story. I

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:13.000
<v Speaker 10>love Marlon.

0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:15.600
<v Speaker 2>We spent a lot of time talking together different things,

0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:18.240
<v Speaker 2>usually about life stuff, not so much football. I think

0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:20.680
<v Speaker 2>a big thing for Marlin was just staying healthy, you know,

0:29:20.760 --> 0:29:23.000
<v Speaker 2>his offseason, how he trains, what he does, how he eats,

0:29:23.520 --> 0:29:26.360
<v Speaker 2>how he runs, how he works out his mindset. He

0:29:26.400 --> 0:29:28.680
<v Speaker 2>came in, he was focused day one. You think he

0:29:29.040 --> 0:29:31.760
<v Speaker 2>felt like, you know, Marlin's the type of guy he

0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:34.520
<v Speaker 2>wants to he wants to challenge, he wants to be challenged,

0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:36.520
<v Speaker 2>he wants to have a chip on his shoulder. And

0:29:36.560 --> 0:29:38.480
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, he would probably say that he

0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:41.240
<v Speaker 2>heard some of the criticisms and some of the complaints.

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:44.880
<v Speaker 2>You know, he's a highly paid player, and he came

0:29:44.920 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>back this year and he proved everybody wrong.

0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:48.680
<v Speaker 10>And made plays.

0:29:48.760 --> 0:29:51.720
<v Speaker 2>Attitude was great, a leader of physical like he's always been,

0:29:52.280 --> 0:29:53.080
<v Speaker 2>big play guy.

0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:55.600
<v Speaker 10>Uh just I mean outstanding.

0:29:55.920 --> 0:29:58.560
<v Speaker 2>I thought it was great and it really helped our defense,

0:29:58.760 --> 0:30:02.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, through the tough times, and his performance really

0:30:02.560 --> 0:30:04.280
<v Speaker 2>never wavered from game to game.

0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:05.600
<v Speaker 10>He was very, very consistent.

0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:08.360
<v Speaker 2>I think he's in a great place and he's another

0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:10.560
<v Speaker 2>guy that we're very fortunate that we have under contract

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:13.120
<v Speaker 2>next year.

0:30:13.240 --> 0:30:15.480
<v Speaker 9>Stevenson and how long are.

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:16.920
<v Speaker 4>You do with his bus Tucher?

0:30:18.320 --> 0:30:24.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, b Steve is a great pro, awesome attitude,

0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:25.200
<v Speaker 2>he's a great teammate.

0:30:27.440 --> 0:30:28.280
<v Speaker 10>He'd probably say.

0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Didn't have as good a year this year, but his

0:30:30.800 --> 0:30:32.000
<v Speaker 2>attitude never waivered.

0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:33.720
<v Speaker 10>He's out there very very.

0:30:33.600 --> 0:30:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Dependable, good practice player, tough physical guy.

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:41.000
<v Speaker 10>He's a free agent, so there's a lot of pressure

0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:41.320
<v Speaker 10>on him.

0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:46.880
<v Speaker 2>I think in his mind, you know, he was a

0:30:46.880 --> 0:30:50.280
<v Speaker 2>great pick and I'm proud of him. Just a guy

0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.200
<v Speaker 2>that's really only been playing dB for about four or

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:55.040
<v Speaker 2>five years and he's grown a lot, and he's been

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:58.720
<v Speaker 2>a good player for us over the years. And we'll

0:30:58.720 --> 0:31:00.520
<v Speaker 2>have to see what happens with him. You know, he's

0:31:00.520 --> 0:31:03.040
<v Speaker 2>probably gonna have a chance to test the market and.

0:31:03.040 --> 0:31:04.160
<v Speaker 8>See what his value is.

0:31:05.040 --> 0:31:06.600
<v Speaker 2>But he's helped us win a lot of games over

0:31:06.600 --> 0:31:09.320
<v Speaker 2>the last couple of years. UH, he's been a big

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:12.000
<v Speaker 2>part of our success and UH and am proud of

0:31:12.080 --> 0:31:12.440
<v Speaker 2>him for that.

0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:17.240
<v Speaker 14>Go back on the Bills game, one of the key

0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:19.440
<v Speaker 14>sequences was you guys had a first and goal of

0:31:19.520 --> 0:31:22.120
<v Speaker 14>the two and got held to a field goal. And

0:31:22.160 --> 0:31:23.680
<v Speaker 14>a lot of people are critical of the fact that

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:26.520
<v Speaker 14>Derek Henry had a one touch in that. What do

0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:29.280
<v Speaker 14>you say about that sequence and do you do you

0:31:29.360 --> 0:31:31.840
<v Speaker 14>think of that once.

0:31:31.600 --> 0:31:32.320
<v Speaker 4>The season is over?

0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:34.880
<v Speaker 14>Do you kind of put that game off more more than.

0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:35.720
<v Speaker 4>A week to week?

0:31:35.880 --> 0:31:37.520
<v Speaker 6>No, No, we look at it very closely.

0:31:37.560 --> 0:31:40.440
<v Speaker 7>And when when you when you don't you're not successful

0:31:40.440 --> 0:31:41.680
<v Speaker 7>to play calling is going to be in question.

0:31:41.760 --> 0:31:43.400
<v Speaker 6>You know, we question it too. We look at it

0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:46.040
<v Speaker 6>really hard, and we.

0:31:46.080 --> 0:31:47.719
<v Speaker 7>Ran it the first time and they ran it all

0:31:47.720 --> 0:31:49.560
<v Speaker 7>out pretty much on all our blitz and stopped it.

0:31:49.600 --> 0:31:51.480
<v Speaker 7>You know, you can you can definitely run three times

0:31:51.520 --> 0:31:53.680
<v Speaker 7>into and all a blitz if you want, but that's

0:31:53.680 --> 0:31:54.640
<v Speaker 7>probably not very smart.

0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:55.840
<v Speaker 6>We had a play.

0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 7>The second play was an idea to get to get

0:31:58.840 --> 0:32:00.880
<v Speaker 7>kind of sneak Ronnie out and you got to give

0:32:00.920 --> 0:32:02.800
<v Speaker 7>the the you know, you can say, well it's a

0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:05.120
<v Speaker 7>bad call, but if it works and he's wide open,

0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:06.760
<v Speaker 7>it's a great call, you know, and it's it's a

0:32:06.800 --> 0:32:08.960
<v Speaker 7>little bit of a trick play probably, So we tried that.

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 6>Sure, I'd like him both back, I'd like to throw it.

0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:13.240
<v Speaker 7>I would like to have thrown it on first down

0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:15.480
<v Speaker 7>and not run the trick play on second down.

0:32:16.000 --> 0:32:18.120
<v Speaker 6>And then now we're now we're you know, in.

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.080
<v Speaker 7>A situation where we're we pretty much in a passing situation.

0:32:21.720 --> 0:32:24.640
<v Speaker 7>They again were pretty much loaded up and they got

0:32:24.680 --> 0:32:27.600
<v Speaker 7>pressure and got a sack. So I think that's football.

0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:31.040
<v Speaker 7>That's the way it goes. Sometimes disappointing. The play calling

0:32:31.120 --> 0:32:32.960
<v Speaker 7>is not good if it doesn't work, you know, that's

0:32:33.000 --> 0:32:34.040
<v Speaker 7>the bottom line.

0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:35.240
<v Speaker 6>And that's how you look at it.

0:32:35.920 --> 0:32:39.280
<v Speaker 15>Joe, Justin Tucker, he did finished and seems like coming

0:32:39.320 --> 0:32:41.360
<v Speaker 15>off the buy, you know, he got everything on the track.

0:32:41.560 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 4>What did you see? What? What did you see that

0:32:43.760 --> 0:32:46.320
<v Speaker 4>change that all of a sudden everything seemed like it

0:32:46.400 --> 0:32:47.000
<v Speaker 4>correct and sold.

0:32:47.000 --> 0:32:48.600
<v Speaker 6>You know the thing about the Justin Tucker thing.

0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:53.000
<v Speaker 7>And we had a great conversation yesterday and really long,

0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.840
<v Speaker 7>honest conversation and it was it was great because we

0:32:55.920 --> 0:32:58.160
<v Speaker 7>talk all the time and he's really a good guy,

0:32:58.200 --> 0:33:00.160
<v Speaker 7>and he's a mature guy and he's a thoughtful guy.

0:33:00.720 --> 0:33:03.320
<v Speaker 7>You know, maybe we all saw that Justin Tucker is human.

0:33:03.520 --> 0:33:05.040
<v Speaker 7>You know, maybe we've got a chance to see that.

0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:07.000
<v Speaker 7>It's hard to be a great kicker in this league

0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:09.200
<v Speaker 7>and be as consistent as he's been and and he

0:33:09.280 --> 0:33:12.960
<v Speaker 7>ran into that this this adversity, probably a lot later

0:33:13.000 --> 0:33:15.000
<v Speaker 7>in his career than most of these guys do, but

0:33:15.040 --> 0:33:17.920
<v Speaker 7>it's something that had probably had to happen in terms

0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:20.160
<v Speaker 7>of his growth as a as a as a player

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:23.200
<v Speaker 7>and even a even as a as a as a performer.

0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:27.680
<v Speaker 6>You know, it's a it's it's like golf.

0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:29.640
<v Speaker 7>It's like making a great driver, great put time and

0:33:29.680 --> 0:33:31.760
<v Speaker 7>time again. And he went through this thing that was

0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.520
<v Speaker 7>really more here than it was here because he was

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:36.800
<v Speaker 7>kicking so well in practice and he knew exactly what

0:33:36.840 --> 0:33:40.040
<v Speaker 7>the what the format was, stay and balance, follow through,

0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:42.880
<v Speaker 7>hit it clean. And that was kind of his his

0:33:42.880 --> 0:33:45.040
<v Speaker 7>his swing thoughts that he would make he would make

0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 7>he would make him practice and then taking those to

0:33:47.920 --> 0:33:51.000
<v Speaker 7>the game under the duress of having those misses. When

0:33:51.000 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 7>he didn't do that, you know, when he didn't get

0:33:52.760 --> 0:33:54.960
<v Speaker 7>himself somewhat in the right frame of mind to be

0:33:55.000 --> 0:33:57.400
<v Speaker 7>able to make that that type of contact on the

0:33:57.400 --> 0:33:59.600
<v Speaker 7>ball that he wanted to pull himself out of. That

0:33:59.640 --> 0:34:02.000
<v Speaker 7>was going to be the test. And the fact that

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:03.920
<v Speaker 7>he went through that pulled himself out of it because

0:34:03.920 --> 0:34:05.520
<v Speaker 7>there's only him. Only he can do it. He's the

0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:07.520
<v Speaker 7>only one in his mind that can do that. If

0:34:07.560 --> 0:34:09.839
<v Speaker 7>you're a high level performer, maybe you understand that more

0:34:09.880 --> 0:34:13.080
<v Speaker 7>than those of us who aren't athletes at that level.

0:34:13.560 --> 0:34:14.960
<v Speaker 7>And that's the thing I was proud of them for

0:34:15.000 --> 0:34:16.440
<v Speaker 7>and I think that's going to serve him well going

0:34:16.440 --> 0:34:17.240
<v Speaker 7>forward in his career.

0:34:17.680 --> 0:34:20.600
<v Speaker 18>John, you dealt with a bunch of injuries to Deantay

0:34:20.640 --> 0:34:23.399
<v Speaker 18>Hardy and obviously Keaton Mitchell coming back in the return game.

0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:26.680
<v Speaker 18>At being said, cycled through a bunch of returners this year,

0:34:27.840 --> 0:34:29.520
<v Speaker 18>there were a couple of games where it seemed like

0:34:29.600 --> 0:34:33.040
<v Speaker 18>some of those judgments were tough or you know, there

0:34:33.040 --> 0:34:35.520
<v Speaker 18>were muffs. How do you kind of look at the

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:38.480
<v Speaker 18>whole of the return game this year and where it needs.

0:34:38.320 --> 0:34:38.799
<v Speaker 4>To get better?

0:34:39.000 --> 0:34:41.040
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean, I think from a personnel standpoint, we'd

0:34:41.040 --> 0:34:44.360
<v Speaker 7>like to get settled there. You know, we do kickoff

0:34:44.360 --> 0:34:46.239
<v Speaker 7>returns different than part return Eric kind I talk about

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:48.440
<v Speaker 7>this a lot. You know, you can find kickoff returners.

0:34:48.520 --> 0:34:50.880
<v Speaker 7>Running backs seem to be really valuable in this new

0:34:50.920 --> 0:34:53.600
<v Speaker 7>return game thing. And we have really good running backs.

0:34:53.640 --> 0:34:55.359
<v Speaker 7>Who are you know, we have three guys that are

0:34:55.440 --> 0:34:58.560
<v Speaker 7>really good at it as running backs, and so I'm

0:34:58.560 --> 0:35:00.960
<v Speaker 7>pretty excited about those guys. Going for pump return is

0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:02.880
<v Speaker 7>a whole different thing. You know, how many guys have

0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:05.759
<v Speaker 7>done both. I had Brian Mitchell, Brian Westbrook was able

0:35:05.800 --> 0:35:08.440
<v Speaker 7>to do both. James Trash was only a kick returner.

0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:10.399
<v Speaker 7>The guys who've been here over the years have been

0:35:10.680 --> 0:35:12.600
<v Speaker 7>kind of like that. Some have been both, some have

0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:17.359
<v Speaker 7>been more pump return oriented. But we need to get

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:19.680
<v Speaker 7>settled at pump returner. You know, that's a huge.

0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:20.280
<v Speaker 6>Role on the team.

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:22.279
<v Speaker 7>Whether it's one of the guys here right now or

0:35:22.320 --> 0:35:24.440
<v Speaker 7>someone that we are able to bring in, that's an

0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:27.399
<v Speaker 7>important position for us. I think you're making a good point, Eric,

0:35:27.719 --> 0:35:28.040
<v Speaker 7>would you.

0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:30.080
<v Speaker 4>Say to Kyle Hamilton his role changed this year.

0:35:30.120 --> 0:35:31.719
<v Speaker 18>He did an excellent job in the new role, but

0:35:31.719 --> 0:35:34.640
<v Speaker 18>would you prefer to have him do more of when

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:35.439
<v Speaker 18>he did a year ago?

0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:38.600
<v Speaker 4>And does that make finding another safety priority for you guys?

0:35:39.040 --> 0:35:39.839
<v Speaker 10>Well, we'll look at that.

0:35:39.880 --> 0:35:43.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think we definitely saw a different type

0:35:43.440 --> 0:35:44.960
<v Speaker 2>of performance from Kyle this year.

0:35:45.239 --> 0:35:46.280
<v Speaker 10>But I mean, if you look.

0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:50.120
<v Speaker 2>At overall how our defense blossomed with him back there,

0:35:50.160 --> 0:35:52.560
<v Speaker 2>I think it was worthwhile. Did he make as many

0:35:52.560 --> 0:35:57.640
<v Speaker 2>splash plays. Probably not, But I take the improvement in

0:35:57.680 --> 0:36:00.480
<v Speaker 2>the defense rather than Kyle making splash plays not being

0:36:00.560 --> 0:36:02.920
<v Speaker 2>very good on defense. So you know, if we can

0:36:02.960 --> 0:36:05.520
<v Speaker 2>add another safety, you know, obviously it would be really

0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:08.400
<v Speaker 2>good for us. Gives us that, you know, multiplicity on

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:10.280
<v Speaker 2>defense and the ability to do a lot of different things.

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:16.120
<v Speaker 2>Kyle becomes that sort of jack knife again. But listen,

0:36:16.160 --> 0:36:19.080
<v Speaker 2>we're blessed to have Kyle and oar Darius back there.

0:36:19.200 --> 0:36:24.040
<v Speaker 10>We've got good young corners with Marlin. You know, I

0:36:24.080 --> 0:36:25.280
<v Speaker 10>think we'll see hopefully.

0:36:25.320 --> 0:36:27.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I would anticipate our secondary is gonna play

0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:30.560
<v Speaker 2>like they did over the last eight nine ten games

0:36:30.680 --> 0:36:31.839
<v Speaker 2>of the season next year.

0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:34.120
<v Speaker 10>And that's a comforting thing. I am.

0:36:34.200 --> 0:36:36.799
<v Speaker 2>I am actually ironically looking out of safety upstairs right

0:36:36.800 --> 0:36:39.600
<v Speaker 2>now in the draft, So you know, no, but we'll

0:36:39.600 --> 0:36:41.799
<v Speaker 2>go through it and we'll we'll look at all the

0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:43.920
<v Speaker 2>players and we'll rank the board like we always do,

0:36:44.040 --> 0:36:46.680
<v Speaker 2>and if the best guy is a free safety at

0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:47.799
<v Speaker 2>that pick, then we'll take him.

0:36:47.800 --> 0:36:48.799
<v Speaker 8>We'll be very happy with it.

0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:52.160
<v Speaker 4>John, how did you like hard Knocks being in the building.

0:36:53.360 --> 0:36:55.640
<v Speaker 4>Was it a distraction at all? I thought I thought

0:36:55.800 --> 0:36:58.640
<v Speaker 4>that made you look great. I thought it made the facility.

0:36:59.080 --> 0:37:01.360
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, he's a way you know, it looks like, you know,

0:37:01.440 --> 0:37:02.880
<v Speaker 10>he mad who wants to workout?

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:03.120
<v Speaker 6>Uh?

0:37:03.719 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 4>Were you aware that it.

0:37:04.719 --> 0:37:07.360
<v Speaker 15>Might be a selling point to free agency and how

0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:08.800
<v Speaker 15>the Ravens do things.

0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:11.680
<v Speaker 4>I thought it was a really good piece to be

0:37:11.800 --> 0:37:11.920
<v Speaker 4>on it.

0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:15.480
<v Speaker 7>You know, it's a great question and point. We didn't know,

0:37:15.560 --> 0:37:17.520
<v Speaker 7>did we We didn't know, and it wasn't like we

0:37:17.719 --> 0:37:20.759
<v Speaker 7>had a choice. But I will say credit to the

0:37:21.160 --> 0:37:23.319
<v Speaker 7>Hard Knocks people in NFL films that were here.

0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:24.760
<v Speaker 6>They were first class.

0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:28.399
<v Speaker 7>They were non intrusive, you didn't even know, you didn't

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:30.200
<v Speaker 7>even know what you forgot. They were around so many times,

0:37:30.320 --> 0:37:34.160
<v Speaker 7>which they probably wanted, but you know, they they were great.

0:37:34.200 --> 0:37:35.359
<v Speaker 6>They were great to work with, They.

0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:39.319
<v Speaker 7>Were professional, They respected the guys and the space, and

0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:41.480
<v Speaker 7>I thought they they portrayed it in a way that

0:37:41.640 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 7>was was really pretty accurate and pretty true. You know,

0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:48.319
<v Speaker 7>it felt it felt right the stuff I saw, So

0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:51.280
<v Speaker 7>I don't know I would I wasn't a big advocate

0:37:51.320 --> 0:37:53.879
<v Speaker 7>of it before, you know, I'd joked I never watched it.

0:37:54.200 --> 0:37:57.160
<v Speaker 7>I did watch these just recently, you know, And and

0:37:57.480 --> 0:37:59.080
<v Speaker 7>I give those guys a lot of credit their pros

0:37:59.120 --> 0:38:01.840
<v Speaker 7>and they deserve they deserve whatever credit they get for

0:38:01.880 --> 0:38:03.160
<v Speaker 7>what they put out there, that that was a really

0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:05.440
<v Speaker 7>good series, and they handled the.

0:38:05.360 --> 0:38:06.560
<v Speaker 8>Infestation pretty good.

0:38:06.640 --> 0:38:09.480
<v Speaker 7>Well there, that's crazy because the trailer, you guys got

0:38:09.480 --> 0:38:09.960
<v Speaker 7>to hear this.

0:38:10.320 --> 0:38:13.880
<v Speaker 10>The trailer was infested with crickets.

0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 2>The entire time, and they you know, and they handled

0:38:16.160 --> 0:38:18.480
<v Speaker 2>it really well. I mean they had they were surprised

0:38:18.480 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 2>that crickets could actually thrive in winter conditions.

0:38:20.960 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 8>But they did.

0:38:21.520 --> 0:38:22.480
<v Speaker 6>Well, it's a warm trailer.

0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:24.080
<v Speaker 2>It was a warm trailer, but I mean it was

0:38:24.120 --> 0:38:26.160
<v Speaker 2>really tough for them to handle that every single day,

0:38:26.200 --> 0:38:27.480
<v Speaker 2>the chirpping of all the crickets.

0:38:28.360 --> 0:38:30.399
<v Speaker 10>So I'll give them a lot of credit for that.

0:38:31.080 --> 0:38:34.560
<v Speaker 7>They did discover the cricket infestation though, event they did

0:38:34.600 --> 0:38:35.880
<v Speaker 7>find some credit, and they did find the.

0:38:36.160 --> 0:38:38.800
<v Speaker 6>Root cause and they pinpointed the culprit.

0:38:38.480 --> 0:38:39.960
<v Speaker 8>And they found about twelve crickets.

0:38:41.040 --> 0:38:42.319
<v Speaker 4>Who places crickets in there?

0:38:42.360 --> 0:38:45.400
<v Speaker 7>Right, well, we know they they they did find out

0:38:45.440 --> 0:38:48.200
<v Speaker 7>who placed the crickets. The cricket place were actually they're

0:38:48.200 --> 0:38:50.200
<v Speaker 7>taking credit for it. At the end, it's like.

0:38:53.600 --> 0:38:57.000
<v Speaker 4>How many people would get or anything.

0:38:57.080 --> 0:38:58.160
<v Speaker 6>What was the first part of it?

0:38:58.239 --> 0:39:00.719
<v Speaker 4>How many people would get a money back and.

0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:03.080
<v Speaker 6>Get him back?

0:39:03.080 --> 0:39:04.400
<v Speaker 4>What was.

0:39:05.600 --> 0:39:08.080
<v Speaker 6>How meaningful, meaning is there anything that.

0:39:08.040 --> 0:39:11.000
<v Speaker 18>You want for this twenty five offense that you know

0:39:11.040 --> 0:39:13.440
<v Speaker 18>this year's em didn't know so accessful.

0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:18.480
<v Speaker 7>That's two very different questions. It will be very meaningful

0:39:18.760 --> 0:39:20.359
<v Speaker 7>if and when we get Todd Monk and back.

0:39:20.920 --> 0:39:23.160
<v Speaker 6>I'm very hopeful that we will. Have you heard something

0:39:24.480 --> 0:39:27.279
<v Speaker 6>sounds like you're tapped in pretty good? Was there any

0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:34.120
<v Speaker 6>jobs open yet? Are all the jobs closed? Jaguars Raider Raiders?

0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:36.719
<v Speaker 7>So that's not a done deal yet. But Todd Munk

0:39:36.760 --> 0:39:38.359
<v Speaker 7>will be a great head coach. I'll just say that

0:39:39.160 --> 0:39:42.120
<v Speaker 7>he's he's uh, he's a he's a really he's a

0:39:42.120 --> 0:39:44.640
<v Speaker 7>really good football coach. He's an old school football coach

0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:46.960
<v Speaker 7>with kind of a new school and a creative mind,

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.680
<v Speaker 7>always always creating. He works well with the staff. We

0:39:49.719 --> 0:39:52.080
<v Speaker 7>have a great staff around him. So because of that,

0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:54.440
<v Speaker 7>it will be very meaningful if and when we get

0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:56.960
<v Speaker 7>him back and we can continue forward. And I really

0:39:57.000 --> 0:40:00.880
<v Speaker 7>am excited about, you know, three point zero, that iteration

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:05.640
<v Speaker 7>of this offense going forward, because we found ourselves through

0:40:05.760 --> 0:40:08.520
<v Speaker 7>the last offseason and into this season in terms of

0:40:08.560 --> 0:40:10.279
<v Speaker 7>how we wanted to organize the offense and tie it

0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:14.880
<v Speaker 7>all together and use the different the different platforms that

0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:17.640
<v Speaker 7>you can use. We're kind of in every world offensively,

0:40:17.680 --> 0:40:18.600
<v Speaker 7>and it's not easy to do that.

0:40:18.600 --> 0:40:20.040
<v Speaker 6>But we can do that because of our quarterback.

0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:22.440
<v Speaker 7>Because our quarterback is capable of living in all those

0:40:22.480 --> 0:40:25.480
<v Speaker 7>different offensive worlds, and that's tough for a defense to defend.

0:40:25.880 --> 0:40:28.239
<v Speaker 7>How we can continue to evolve that so we can

0:40:28.280 --> 0:40:32.960
<v Speaker 7>operate it more efficiently, more effectively, more quickly, with less

0:40:33.040 --> 0:40:34.840
<v Speaker 7>verbiage and all those kind of things. But everybody's on

0:40:35.000 --> 0:40:36.560
<v Speaker 7>even more and more on the same page. That's what

0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:37.319
<v Speaker 7>we'll be striving for.

0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:39.880
<v Speaker 4>I wanted to ask. I know it's been a lot

0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:43.480
<v Speaker 4>of noise arm more hands online, but recently a Buffalo

0:40:43.680 --> 0:40:46.759
<v Speaker 4>fan they created a GoFundMe and they raised I think

0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:49.000
<v Speaker 4>sixty four thousand dollars to donate to March's charity.

0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:50.359
<v Speaker 9>So I just wanted to ask if you all had

0:40:50.360 --> 0:40:52.680
<v Speaker 9>heard about that, in which you will think about that.

0:40:54.320 --> 0:40:58.000
<v Speaker 2>I hadn't heard about it. I don't have any thoughts

0:40:58.000 --> 0:41:04.120
<v Speaker 2>really on it. It's nice, you know, John, to.

0:41:04.200 --> 0:41:05.400
<v Speaker 4>Go back to Todd for a second.

0:41:06.080 --> 0:41:07.680
<v Speaker 18>I want to ask a question about age, so I

0:41:07.719 --> 0:41:10.839
<v Speaker 18>want to be delicated, but I think you know the

0:41:10.960 --> 0:41:16.040
<v Speaker 18>archetype that a lot of people think of for offensive coordinator.

0:41:16.080 --> 0:41:19.520
<v Speaker 18>So the hot young wonder kin his thirties or forties

0:41:20.280 --> 0:41:21.320
<v Speaker 18>was great new ideas.

0:41:21.360 --> 0:41:23.920
<v Speaker 4>This is just something to be said based on success.

0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:27.120
<v Speaker 18>Todd has had the ravens for a guy who I

0:41:27.160 --> 0:41:29.239
<v Speaker 18>mean you called them an old school coach kind of

0:41:29.280 --> 0:41:31.920
<v Speaker 18>putting the work in a bunch of different places.

0:41:31.440 --> 0:41:32.480
<v Speaker 4>And has that experience.

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:36.879
<v Speaker 7>Yes, there is, and you know, don't underrate experience, right,

0:41:37.520 --> 0:41:42.400
<v Speaker 7>You know, there are no new ideas in football. There

0:41:42.440 --> 0:41:45.800
<v Speaker 7>are new iterations, new ways are organized, new ways are applied,

0:41:46.560 --> 0:41:49.280
<v Speaker 7>great ways they're taught or not taught. Creating a vision

0:41:49.280 --> 0:41:52.120
<v Speaker 7>for your for your team, getting everybody on the same

0:41:52.160 --> 0:41:54.759
<v Speaker 7>page so they can execute and operate together, making the

0:41:54.760 --> 0:41:58.080
<v Speaker 7>best use of your ability and your talent. But the

0:41:58.160 --> 0:42:00.640
<v Speaker 7>challenge for our coach has been around over the years

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<v Speaker 7>is the ability to get out in front and stay

0:42:03.680 --> 0:42:07.040
<v Speaker 7>ahead of the fact that it's always moving and you've

0:42:07.040 --> 0:42:09.480
<v Speaker 7>got to keep moving. I keep staying ahead of the

0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:12.800
<v Speaker 7>the what people are doing. You know, there's split safety

0:42:12.840 --> 0:42:14.799
<v Speaker 7>coverages changed over the last three years, and people caught

0:42:14.840 --> 0:42:16.960
<v Speaker 7>up with them this year again. So what's our next

0:42:16.960 --> 0:42:19.560
<v Speaker 7>iteration of that going to be? Across the league? This

0:42:19.640 --> 0:42:22.800
<v Speaker 7>is always an ever moving kind of a game, a

0:42:22.880 --> 0:42:24.480
<v Speaker 7>chess game, but it's a higher level than chess.

0:42:24.520 --> 0:42:25.239
<v Speaker 6>There's more to it.

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<v Speaker 7>And Todd's one of those guys that can apply his

0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:31.600
<v Speaker 7>experience along with the fact that he's always thinking ahead,

0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:33.600
<v Speaker 7>He's always trying to come up to the next idea.

0:42:33.800 --> 0:42:35.920
<v Speaker 7>And then he's also very much a collaborator. You know,

0:42:35.960 --> 0:42:38.959
<v Speaker 7>you've got Tea and George Goatzei and George Warhop and

0:42:39.040 --> 0:42:42.360
<v Speaker 7>Travis Sweitzer and Greg Lewis and Willie Taggert, those guys

0:42:42.360 --> 0:42:44.839
<v Speaker 7>all bringing all these ideas to the table and those

0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:48.120
<v Speaker 7>guys working together. To me, sometimes a young coach does

0:42:48.160 --> 0:42:50.560
<v Speaker 7>a good job of that. Sometimes the experienced guy understands

0:42:50.600 --> 0:42:52.360
<v Speaker 7>the value of that and he is able to utilize

0:42:52.360 --> 0:42:54.640
<v Speaker 7>his people really well around him. And it's the guys

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<v Speaker 7>that last. Those are the guys that kind of prove

0:42:56.600 --> 0:42:59.360
<v Speaker 7>themselves over time, I think. And Todd's one of those guys.

0:43:00.080 --> 0:43:02.319
<v Speaker 4>Two hour job that warm Off did because that.

0:43:02.320 --> 0:43:05.279
<v Speaker 6>Was the team into the top and those.

0:43:05.040 --> 0:43:10.160
<v Speaker 12>Offenses, I mean, where they went from you know, being criticized,

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:13.399
<v Speaker 12>the leading you know Pro Bowl guy you know and.

0:43:13.760 --> 0:43:16.800
<v Speaker 4>Call George did an awesome jobs. Agree.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, George is known as one of the best

0:43:18.560 --> 0:43:21.120
<v Speaker 7>offensive line coaches in the league and everybody respects him.

0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:23.439
<v Speaker 6>And for him to be available. I've told you this before.

0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:25.879
<v Speaker 7>I've known him since we were twenty five years old

0:43:25.880 --> 0:43:27.880
<v Speaker 7>when he was working for Mike Godfred at the University

0:43:27.920 --> 0:43:30.040
<v Speaker 7>of Kansas and we spent a week together talking football,

0:43:30.080 --> 0:43:31.960
<v Speaker 7>you know, and Mike came to one and spent a

0:43:31.960 --> 0:43:33.680
<v Speaker 7>week with us this week during the season and spent

0:43:33.760 --> 0:43:35.759
<v Speaker 7>time here. So you know, those are those are the

0:43:35.800 --> 0:43:37.799
<v Speaker 7>connections that you make. And he's he was a great

0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:40.319
<v Speaker 7>coach then and he's a great coach now. How many

0:43:40.320 --> 0:43:42.279
<v Speaker 7>guys could have come in that circumstance. I mean, Joe

0:43:42.320 --> 0:43:46.160
<v Speaker 7>Dee has loved respected, did an amazing job. Here, we

0:43:46.200 --> 0:43:47.759
<v Speaker 7>have the Joe, we have a Joe Dee Award, we.

0:43:47.719 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 6>Have a room named after him. We love him.

0:43:49.960 --> 0:43:52.800
<v Speaker 7>And for for a coach to be good enough to

0:43:52.480 --> 0:43:55.600
<v Speaker 7>to to adapt to the things that that the offense,

0:43:55.640 --> 0:43:57.640
<v Speaker 7>the way was built, the calls, the way they were made,

0:43:57.760 --> 0:43:59.440
<v Speaker 7>the way the techniques were taught, and still put his

0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:00.880
<v Speaker 7>imprint out it because you got to coach it the

0:44:00.880 --> 0:44:03.000
<v Speaker 7>way you believe in it being coached and doing a

0:44:03.040 --> 0:44:05.880
<v Speaker 7>seamless way where the guys it makes sense to the guys.

0:44:06.360 --> 0:44:07.920
<v Speaker 7>You know, you got to be really good to do that,

0:44:08.160 --> 0:44:09.960
<v Speaker 7>and that's to me, that's George Warhopper.

0:44:09.960 --> 0:44:11.440
<v Speaker 6>I think he deserves a lot of credit for it.

0:44:11.440 --> 0:44:13.080
<v Speaker 6>To your point, sure, Eric.

0:44:13.000 --> 0:44:16.320
<v Speaker 14>If you we talked without patri Gard yesterday or whatever,

0:44:16.520 --> 0:44:17.640
<v Speaker 14>he said he wants to.

0:44:17.680 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 4>Retire at the Raven, have you had a discussion. There's

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:22.160
<v Speaker 4>only so many teams that you.

0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:24.520
<v Speaker 14>Can use a fullback, and this team seems ideally shooting

0:44:24.600 --> 0:44:25.160
<v Speaker 14>for one.

0:44:25.560 --> 0:44:27.919
<v Speaker 4>Have you had discussions about bringing back and what's what's

0:44:27.960 --> 0:44:28.880
<v Speaker 4>his future here?

0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:31.200
<v Speaker 10>No, we haven't had those discussions yet.

0:44:31.640 --> 0:44:34.359
<v Speaker 2>His agent's a good friend of mine, and you know,

0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:37.160
<v Speaker 2>I think I think pat knows how we feel about him,

0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:39.080
<v Speaker 2>and I would love for him to retire as a

0:44:39.160 --> 0:44:42.000
<v Speaker 2>Raven too. I mean, he epitomizes everything that we're all about.

0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:47.000
<v Speaker 2>And he's another undrafted guy who just became, in my opinion,

0:44:47.080 --> 0:44:48.160
<v Speaker 2>the best at his position.

0:44:48.719 --> 0:44:50.600
<v Speaker 8>So you know, we'll have those discussions.

0:44:50.600 --> 0:44:52.680
<v Speaker 2>This is not the first time that he's been a

0:44:52.680 --> 0:44:55.800
<v Speaker 2>free agent, and so I think, in fact, I think

0:44:55.840 --> 0:44:58.400
<v Speaker 2>he's signed at least two deals with US after his

0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:01.560
<v Speaker 2>rookie deal, so this is probably his fourth contract now

0:45:01.680 --> 0:45:04.040
<v Speaker 2>with US. If we can get him signed and uh,

0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:05.600
<v Speaker 2>and I would say that would be the goal.

0:45:06.920 --> 0:45:07.879
<v Speaker 4>To work with with John.

0:45:07.960 --> 0:45:10.520
<v Speaker 3>With John, uh, w has kind of stood out to

0:45:10.560 --> 0:45:14.320
<v Speaker 3>you about him as as headcouter seventeen years.

0:45:15.560 --> 0:45:18.759
<v Speaker 2>Man, that's a deep question. I wish I had more

0:45:18.760 --> 0:45:20.840
<v Speaker 2>time to reflect on it. But I think coach has

0:45:20.920 --> 0:45:22.799
<v Speaker 2>changed a lot. I think John has changed a lot

0:45:23.200 --> 0:45:26.600
<v Speaker 2>over the years in different ways and mostly all good ways.

0:45:28.600 --> 0:45:32.799
<v Speaker 2>I think he he he But that's but that's but

0:45:32.960 --> 0:45:34.640
<v Speaker 2>when I say that, I think.

0:45:34.560 --> 0:45:36.720
<v Speaker 6>Uh, that was your next question.

0:45:37.000 --> 0:45:40.080
<v Speaker 2>I think that, Uh. His passion for the team, for

0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:41.960
<v Speaker 2>winning is never wavered.

0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:42.799
<v Speaker 4>Uh.

0:45:44.239 --> 0:45:48.480
<v Speaker 10>He's resolute in his beliefs. He's a man of faith. Uh.

0:45:48.520 --> 0:45:52.280
<v Speaker 2>He comes to work every day he uh. And that's

0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:56.040
<v Speaker 2>inspiring because he has a passion that practice every day

0:45:56.400 --> 0:45:59.760
<v Speaker 2>that's probably unmatched amongst anybody players coaches.

0:46:03.760 --> 0:46:04.000
<v Speaker 10>I know.

0:46:04.040 --> 0:46:06.520
<v Speaker 2>I what I appreciate about John is you might have

0:46:06.560 --> 0:46:10.279
<v Speaker 2>a fight with him, you might argue, you know, it

0:46:10.360 --> 0:46:12.920
<v Speaker 2>might be a bad argument, and the next day is

0:46:12.960 --> 0:46:15.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna come in and he's gonna put his arm around

0:46:15.600 --> 0:46:17.239
<v Speaker 2>you and he's either gonna say, you know what, I

0:46:17.280 --> 0:46:19.839
<v Speaker 2>still think him right, or he's gonna say, you know what,

0:46:20.719 --> 0:46:23.960
<v Speaker 2>I was wrong, But he has those conversations with you,

0:46:25.040 --> 0:46:27.120
<v Speaker 2>and that's why you always gonna be a friend with John,

0:46:27.200 --> 0:46:29.960
<v Speaker 2>because he doesn't hold a grudge. He's willing to consider

0:46:30.000 --> 0:46:34.000
<v Speaker 2>the other point. He's not stubborn. I mean, he can't

0:46:34.000 --> 0:46:36.759
<v Speaker 2>be stubborn, but he's always gonna come back around. And

0:46:37.040 --> 0:46:39.279
<v Speaker 2>it's about making the right decision. Not his decision, not

0:46:39.320 --> 0:46:42.359
<v Speaker 2>my decision, not Ozzie's decision, not To's decision. It's what's

0:46:42.400 --> 0:46:44.920
<v Speaker 2>the right decision for the Ravens.

0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:49.040
<v Speaker 9>Was he able to confact if you're still going and

0:46:49.040 --> 0:46:51.680
<v Speaker 9>this is something that just needs rest and off season.

0:46:51.640 --> 0:46:55.000
<v Speaker 7>Form, or yeah, I think you had a great chance

0:46:55.000 --> 0:46:58.360
<v Speaker 7>to play in this next game. It was doubtful was

0:46:58.360 --> 0:47:00.239
<v Speaker 7>a good designation for this game. They want to work

0:47:00.280 --> 0:47:02.359
<v Speaker 7>him out before the game and just just in case,

0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:05.520
<v Speaker 7>but I wasn't counting on it, honestly, and I'm not

0:47:05.520 --> 0:47:08.560
<v Speaker 7>gonna rule him out until he's out. Uh, this next

0:47:08.600 --> 0:47:11.480
<v Speaker 7>game would have had a real chance, so it should

0:47:11.480 --> 0:47:13.560
<v Speaker 7>be fine going forward. I don't think it's gonna be

0:47:13.600 --> 0:47:16.080
<v Speaker 7>a surgery in the end, but they haven't determined that

0:47:16.239 --> 0:47:19.000
<v Speaker 7>for sure yet. If they do it, they'll probably just

0:47:19.000 --> 0:47:23.520
<v Speaker 7>do it to kind of be sure. But Yeah, that's

0:47:23.520 --> 0:47:25.160
<v Speaker 7>where it was at alum mine.

0:47:25.280 --> 0:47:28.960
<v Speaker 16>Are there any minor being surgeries operating you expect.

0:47:28.719 --> 0:47:32.920
<v Speaker 7>From I'm not aware that, Eric. Can you have anything anything,

0:47:33.120 --> 0:47:34.399
<v Speaker 7>I don't think we have any Yeah, I.

0:47:34.320 --> 0:47:36.719
<v Speaker 2>Mean, if we get to that point, we'll be able

0:47:36.719 --> 0:47:39.120
<v Speaker 2>to share some information with you guys, probably at the combine,

0:47:39.320 --> 0:47:41.200
<v Speaker 2>But right now everything's still kind of in flux. We're

0:47:41.239 --> 0:47:45.080
<v Speaker 2>still doing in our eyes and X rays and different things,

0:47:45.080 --> 0:47:47.920
<v Speaker 2>second opinions and all these different things, and so it's

0:47:47.920 --> 0:47:49.560
<v Speaker 2>it's too close to the end of the season for us.

0:47:49.440 --> 0:47:50.520
<v Speaker 8>To really say that definitively.

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