1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,519 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Wednesday, 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: December eighteenth, and the Ravens are preparing for a weekend 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday afternoon, four thirty pm 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: at M and T Banks Stadium. As they get ready 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: for that game, we had a chest to hear from 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: the coordinators today, so let's kick it off with offensive 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: the coordinator, Todd Mulkin. 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: So we saw at the beginning of practice if you 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: wanted to emphasize a little ball security. 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 3: I guess that's one of the big focuses that you 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 3: feel like going against Steelers. 12 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 4: It's every week. But I've been here for three games 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 4: and we've turned it over eight times. We've funneled it 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 4: seven times. That doesn't tell you that's not a priority. 15 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 4: I don't know what is. 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 2: Last time. 17 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 5: You guys got out to slow start in the opening possessions, 18 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 5: and penalties were a part of that against the Steelers. 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 6: But you know what do you kind of see. 20 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 5: Out of opening possessions this season, and you know, especially 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 5: when you get to the last few performances, how that's improved. 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,199 Speaker 7: Start off really well. 23 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 4: First five games we scored every time we had it 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 4: and since then, it's been a number of things turnovers, penalties, 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 4: missed opportunities that have stopped us from starting off fast. 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 5: You mentioned obviously the turnovers, getting behind schedule with things 27 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 5: like that obviously impractice of those skalers games. 28 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 8: Aside from that, what. 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 7: Challenges do they present step highs and thinks that they. 30 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 4: Throw at your offense. Well, they got good players and 31 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 4: starts up front, their physical inside, their edge guys are 32 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 4: difficult run end pass, linebackers are downhill, very aggressive secondary, 33 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 4: they got good cover guys. I mean, they got good players. 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 4: They do a great job with their scheme. They obviously 35 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 4: know us very well, and we got a player best. 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 8: Tez gets in the end zone on Sunday. 37 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 5: It just kind of what have you seen from tes 38 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 5: I guess from the start of kand to getting an 39 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 5: opportunity and they get the most. 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 8: Of it on Sunday. 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 4: Well, you know, he got hurt, you know, early on, 42 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: and that's going to stun any player's growth. And then 43 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 4: you know, you get banged up a little bit, you 44 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 4: lose time, and then you get into the season and 45 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 4: you're playing games. I mean, it's onto the next game. 46 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 4: On the next game, who's playing who's dressing. How do 47 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 4: we get him involved, you know, and then so that 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 4: that's been that's an issue for every player, not just him, 49 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 4: But he is competed every day when he hasn't been 50 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 4: running reps for us, but against the defense, and you 51 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: could see him coming on. 52 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 7: You could see his confidence building. 53 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 4: I think some guys like him as well that when 54 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 4: they play on special teams gives him a chance to 55 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 4: get some confidence right they're playing in the game. That 56 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 4: wasn't his first play in a game, per se. It 57 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 4: was his first catch, first target, but he played so 58 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 4: in the moment wasn't too big for him. But he's 59 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 4: done a great job of continuing to grow, like all 60 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 4: of our players are consistent, constantly growing, and again that's 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: that's what you hope for with your young players. 62 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 9: Are there any points of emphasis offensively that you guys 63 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 9: had going into the first game that you may not 64 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 9: have been able to kind of check that box in 65 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 9: that one that you're hoping to do this time around. 66 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 4: Well, not turn it over. I think that's a big thing. 67 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 4: But you know, last game we had penalties and turnovers. 68 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 4: You're not gonna win when you do that. I don't 69 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: care who you're playing, So we got to be a 70 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 4: lot better, a lot cleaner, you know than that. That 71 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: doesn't matter who you're playing, let alone a really good 72 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 4: football team like this, really good defense, So we got 73 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 4: to play cleaner. 74 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 10: How do you handle the situation when obviously Gully t J. 75 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 10: Watten is as good as he is, you know, is 76 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 10: deal with injury. You're not exactly sure what. 77 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: A status Goanna did doesn't really change for us. We 78 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 4: assume he's gonna play. It's much easier if he doesn't, 79 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 4: so you you react when he doesn't as opposed to 80 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: assuming he won't. 81 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 7: So we'll expect him to play, and I'm sure he will. 82 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 6: Obviously. Like one of the best things about Lamar is 83 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 6: that opportunity to have the second play as you talked about, 84 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 6: but with this kind of pass preussure. Where do you 85 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 6: kind of see you know the value of quick game 86 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 6: and taking some of this thing out of those guys 87 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 6: who are rushing up field. 88 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: I think that all plays into it. Screen game, quick game, 89 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 4: ability to check the ball down, get through your progressions 90 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 4: are a huge part of it. We got to continue 91 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: that's that's every week of continuing to incorporate all of 92 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 4: those aspects into our passing game that we're not big 93 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 4: little right, either big player or hey, we're second and 94 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 4: tent right, how do we get to where? 95 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 7: And we've been good at that for most of the year. 96 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 7: We just got to continue to do it this week. 97 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 5: I know all your focuses on Pittsburgh, but with the 98 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 5: short turnaround next week for another Tome opponent against Houston, 99 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 5: how much of the game plan for this weekend is 100 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 5: sort of layered over for next week so you can 101 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 5: make that none around easy. 102 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 7: I haven't even thought about Houston. 103 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 5: Is there any prep that you've done during the bye week. 104 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 7: To share get ahead of it. 105 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, we did some prep in the bye week. We 106 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 4: did some prep for Obviously on their anything, we would 107 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 4: be up against it, but we were up against it 108 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: against the Bengals. You know, we played Houston twice last year. 109 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 4: Not that they may not have changed or you know, 110 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 4: a few little tweaks here or there, but our focus 111 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: is on the Steelers. 112 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 10: Todd Lamar has struggled in his career against the Steelers. 113 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 2: When you look back at the film. 114 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 5: Is there anything specific the Steelers do that give them problems? 115 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 7: Oh? I don't, I don't know. I mean. 116 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 4: I don't know how many games he's played against him 117 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: a man a sample size, and how many at home. 118 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 4: You know, you play them on the road. That's a 119 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 4: tough environment. We all can coach better, play better, and 120 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: play better around him. That's what you do. That's what 121 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 4: you do as a team. I mean, you just gotta 122 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 4: again starts with us. Gotta design it better, Gotta be 123 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 4: able to run the ball, Gotta be able to stay 124 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 4: ahead of the chains. Guy's got to play well around him. 125 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 4: Can't turn it over, can't have penalties that put you 126 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 4: behind the sticks against good teams, or you're gonna struggle. 127 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 9: So I couldn't see Justice Hill out there today. I 128 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 9: know that's the developing situation throughout the week. But can 129 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 9: you just speak to how how important he has been 130 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 9: to this often to this point this year. 131 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 7: Well, he's been a weapon for us. 132 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 4: You know all he does come in the building and 133 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 4: work hard and smile a lot and embrace his role. 134 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 4: You know, he didn't blink last year when Keaton came on, 135 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 4: didn't blink. You know, Keaton was getting you know, a 136 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 4: bunch of opportunities. And I think about the Miami game 137 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 4: last year, we had a kickoff return really to start 138 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 4: the second half to kind of really then we scored 139 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 4: the kind of sealed the game. 140 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 7: He had a huge early in that game. 141 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 4: Of screen that got us like fifteen yards on third 142 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: and thirteen, caught a rail route for I think our 143 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: first touchdown. That was after Keaton. That tells you exactly 144 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 4: who he is. After Keaton was already getting a number 145 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 4: of the reps. He'd kind of probably fallen too in 146 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: terms of running the football. Maybe the third guy, you know, 147 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 4: maybe I then Keaton was out. Maybe I got to reverse. 148 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 4: Keaton got hurt, so screw that. He was two by then, 149 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 4: but he was embracing it up until that point. I 150 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 4: all fired up, but I left out when he got hurt. 151 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 4: But he's been great, he really has been. He played 152 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 4: special teams. He does everything we ask him to do. 153 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: And that's why I signed an extension. You know, during 154 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 4: the year, he's a valuable asset for us and running 155 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: the ball, you know, catching the ball on the backfield. 156 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: He's become such a reliable part of the offense. I mean, 157 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 3: who who would be the third down and back likely 158 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: if if you didn't have. 159 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 4: Him per game, well, we'd end up using both of 160 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 4: the guys, we would use whoever's up is the third back, 161 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 4: and then it'd. 162 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 6: Be Derek got I think they'd blitz pretty often. Plitt, 163 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 6: you guys pretty often on early downs, I guess without 164 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 6: kind of giving away your your game plan, Like, is 165 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 6: there an easy answer for a team that brings pressure, 166 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 6: especially when maybe it's you know, blitz to kind of 167 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 6: stuff the run as well as get after Lamar. 168 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 4: We've seen that from a number of teams, Uh not recently, 169 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 4: you know, we saw it kind of middle of the year, 170 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 4: a number of teams that pressured. You know, they're gonna 171 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 4: bring pressure, They're going to force the issue. They've done 172 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 4: that before, and when we've best executed, we've been fine. 173 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 4: So obviously it's protecting being able to run the ball, 174 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 4: get our IDs right and then be able to get 175 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: the ball off on time. 176 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: Next up is defensive coordinator Zach Warren. 177 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 6: Zach, you guys kind of mixed a match at that 178 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 6: safety spot, you know, until he settled on Kyle and 179 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 6: our Darius. You know, four games, and why do you 180 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 6: think this group has worked in ways that in previous 181 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 6: you know, iterations, it did not. 182 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 11: I think that part of it is Kevin Khan back there. 183 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 11: You know, he stabilizes that unit, stabilizes defense in the 184 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 11: back end, like those those guys look for him for answers, 185 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 11: and he's a real smart player, so he get everybody 186 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 11: lined up quickly. And then I just think the emergence 187 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 11: of ar Darius Washington. I mean, he was our start 188 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 11: nickel last year. He was having a heck of a 189 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 11: start of season. Then he had the unfortunate injury and 190 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 11: he just picked up where he left off at throughout 191 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 11: camp and I think when we finally gave him his opportunity, 192 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 11: he went out there and made the most of it. 193 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 8: And I think he's. 194 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 11: Really becoming a real good NFL starting caliber of safety. 195 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 11: So I think the combination of those two things, those 196 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 11: two guys work well together. They both can cover man coverage, 197 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 11: play zone, and tackle really well. So I think the 198 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 11: combination of that is really what you've seen, Zach. 199 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 3: When you think back to when you were a player 200 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 3: and then now as a coach, I mean, when you 201 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 3: have a game like this that has obvious high stakes, 202 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 3: do you like to play that up during the week 203 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 3: or do you like to not have that be a 204 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 3: big part of the message. 205 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 11: I think that you you you speak about it and 206 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 11: you understand it because you can't hide from it. You 207 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 11: know everybody's gonna talk about it, and it's what you 208 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 11: work for. It's moments that you work for. Any competitive 209 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 11: want to play in these these type of games, especially 210 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 11: this late in the season. 211 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 8: But you don't. 212 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 11: At the end of the day, you understand what's gonna 213 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 11: take to win that game, and it's gonna take, you know, 214 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 11: us doing our job playing discipline football forever long it takes. 215 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 8: So you definitely are aware of the states the stakes, but. 216 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 11: You know, we expect to be in these games, especially 217 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 11: here in Baltimore, and our players do that. So, uh, yeah, 218 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 11: it's a big game, but it's nothing that we're not 219 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 11: accustomed to. 220 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: We didn't see Trent Simpson until late game Sunday on 221 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: defense at least, what would you hope he learns as 222 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 2: he watches and maybe I mean John Harball kind of 223 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 2: called it a breather. How do you look at it 224 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 2: and what do you hope he learns from maybe not playing. 225 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 11: The snaps He was, Yeah, I look at it just 226 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 11: as you know, opportunity for for some other guys getting 227 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 11: there and give us something that you know, we kind 228 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 11: of been missing kind of helps stabilize position, and Trent 229 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 11: still part of that. 230 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 8: I think he's had a good year. 231 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 11: He has ups and downs, but I think he just 232 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 11: got to learn, you know, just just watch and just 233 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 11: understand everything. I think he improve on everything just like 234 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 11: anybody else. So I don't think it's a big a 235 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 11: big deal in the sense of what he has. 236 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 8: To learn going forward. 237 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 11: I just think that he just got continued like everybody 238 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 11: else to get better. And I told him, like, we're 239 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 11: gonna need you, you know, before the year over, probably 240 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 11: gonna maybe need him this game. 241 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 8: So he's definitely not out of the picture. 242 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 11: I think it's just a move that we made to 243 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 11: feel like that's that's best for the team right now. 244 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 11: And you know, we still got the most confidence in 245 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 11: him in that whole room. 246 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: What's what's impressed you the most about Mollie Carris and 247 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: Chris Bard. 248 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 5: He's the last a couple of weeks going from barely 249 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 5: playing at all to playing real roles, and how they've 250 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 5: handled that. 251 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 11: I just appreciate them being ready. I appreciate them being ready. 252 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 11: I've been with those guys for a long time, been 253 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 11: with Chris since you know, twenty eighteen. I know we 254 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 11: both left for a year, and he left for a 255 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 11: couple of years, but we always had the utmost confidence 256 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 11: in him. And then Malie Harrison, he started games for 257 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 11: us before. He's played a lot of good football for 258 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 11: us before. So I'm just proud of those guys. How 259 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 11: you know, they stuck with it, they stay prepared, they've 260 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 11: been professionals, and I think those guys are perfect examples 261 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 11: of everybody man. 262 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 8: Just like I'm doing what's best for the team, and. 263 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 11: Then when my numbers called and I get my opportunity 264 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 11: to go play more, to go out there and play 265 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 11: good football. And both of those guys are playing good 266 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 11: football for us. We're happy with them. But it's not 267 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 11: nothing that we're surprised by by any means. 268 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 2: I remember a. 269 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 10: Young linebacker in this league, right, Yeah, And how valuable 270 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 10: is experienced that position with understanding what's going on in 271 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 10: front of you and there's a lot of moving parts. 272 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 4: And all that stuff. 273 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, how valuable is that experience from the league, Chris? 274 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 8: And yeah, it's real valuable. It's real valuable. 275 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 11: I mean, shoot, my rookie year, I knew I wasn't 276 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 11: playing on defense. They were gonna move people around before 277 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 11: I got in there at linebacker. 278 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 8: Which was fine. 279 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 11: I honestly, I wasn't ready, you know, I wasn't ready. 280 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 11: And you know, linebacker is a real tough position. I 281 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 11: think that's underrated. That doesn't get talked about enough. I 282 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 11: think people just think guys go out there and run 283 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 11: and hit. But at the linebacker position, you're asked to 284 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 11: do every single thing. First, you're the communicator on defense. 285 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 11: You gotta get the front lined up, you got to 286 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 11: know what's going on in the back end. You have 287 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 11: to be able to take on blocks like a D line, 288 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 11: and you have to be able to cover like a dB, 289 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 11: and then you have to be able to read run 290 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 11: schemes and everything like a linebacker. So it's a lot 291 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 11: that goes into it, especially in our scheme and especially 292 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 11: with what the offense are giving us nowadays and in 293 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 11: the NFL today. 294 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 8: So I think it's gonna be real valuable. The more 295 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 8: you can just sit and watch. 296 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 11: And you you learn from the things that people do well, 297 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 11: learn from things that they might have struggled with, and 298 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 11: then just when you get a chance to go back 299 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 11: out there, you know, get it right exactly. 300 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 5: In a game like this, a lot of emphasis on 301 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 5: you know, mistakes and self imposed issues. I mean, after 302 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 5: after all the penalties last week him there was one drive, 303 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 5: where was that forty one yards? Giving up the penalties, 304 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 5: what's the discussion like, and especially if this late in 305 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 5: the season, do you hope to turn that around? 306 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's frustrated. I mean we should. 307 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 11: We showed, We show the penalties and we talk about it, 308 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 11: and it's nothing that we're gonna hide from because obviously, 309 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 11: you know, if we want to play winning football, that's 310 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 11: not winning football when you have self inflicted wounds. Like 311 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 11: we had eight penalties on defense, that's eight too many, 312 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 11: and a lot of them are things that we definitely control, 313 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 11: Like we can't be grabbing guys in the back end. 314 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 8: When we're hitting quarterbacks, we can't land on them. 315 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 11: We have to hit them to the we have to 316 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 11: roll to the side, and something that we've always made 317 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,719 Speaker 11: emphasis and awareness of. But we we just have to 318 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 11: keep hammering at home until we get til we get 319 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 11: it right because when we get these these uh, these 320 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 11: games like we were having Sunday, we can't we can't 321 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 11: go out there and have eight penalties on defense and 322 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 11: expect us to go out there and play well. So 323 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 11: it's something that we we we had a real good 324 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 11: meeting about. I think the players are taking ownership about it. 325 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 11: Nobody's malicious about doing what they're doing, but we just 326 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 11: got to practice and play better, play with better fundamentals 327 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 11: and technique. So you know, you just continue to show 328 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 11: show the example, show the good example, show the bad examples, 329 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 11: and just continue to put emphasis on it, like we're 330 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 11: not gonna be able to win football games by having 331 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 11: all these penalties. 332 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 7: Exactly. 333 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: We look at the stakes of this game. 334 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 6: You can argue it's the biggest Raven Steelers game since 335 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 6: the Christmas Day game back in the sixteen. 336 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 8: Which I believe was your last game. 337 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 6: Do you use that at all as motivation with your players, 338 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 6: just you know, to leave it all out there, knowing, yeah, 339 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 6: the season's not over, but in terms of your division hopes, 340 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 6: it is that important on. 341 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 8: Something Noah Man. 342 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 11: I mean, if I felt like I needed to, I 343 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 11: might have. But right after the game in the locker room, 344 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 11: after the Giants, guys were already talking about the Steelers. 345 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 11: They're like, Okay, we handled the business here. Now it's 346 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 11: on back home and get ready for Pittsburgh. So I 347 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 11: like it our guys are gonna be ready to roll. 348 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 11: They're ready. They came locked in. We've had two great 349 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 11: days of practices, have great meetings, and great walkthrough. So 350 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 11: I'm excited when the ball kicks off Saturday to see 351 00:14:58,680 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 11: what our guys gonna go out there. 352 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 8: And do because they're ready day to day. 353 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 11: They ain't been too many you know, there's been some 354 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 11: serious talks. It ain't been too many pep talks. Like, 355 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 11: our guys are locked in and ready to roll. We 356 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 11: know what's at stake, we know what we gotta do, 357 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 11: and we said come out the bye week that regardless 358 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 11: of who we're playing, what the stakes are, where we're 359 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 11: playing at we got business. 360 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 8: We got to take care of Zach. 361 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 5: Just just with your decade of experience in this organization, 362 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 5: I mean that number eight of nine Steelers of one 363 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 5: over for this team, how does that hit you? 364 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: I mean, how does that make you feel? 365 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 7: It? 366 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's it's frustrating. It's definitely frustrating. 367 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 11: It's something it's something that honestly don't think about in 368 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 11: the sense of now and the offseason. 369 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 8: Is really kind of when it buys me when I 370 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 8: kind of sit back and look at it. But right now. 371 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 8: You can't worry about that. 372 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 11: It just gotta worry about the next game, because no game, 373 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 11: no previous game, has effect on the next game. So 374 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 11: if you if you're worried about all the games, I 375 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 11: mean eight of nine nine nine games, that's like three four. 376 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 11: You know, years ago, a lot of these guys weren't 377 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 11: even here. So you can't really focus on that because 378 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 11: at the end of the day, what's happened has happened. 379 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 11: All we can focus on is what's coming up on Saturday. 380 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 11: So it hasn't been much talk about that from from 381 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 11: our side, and we know it doesn't matter. All that 382 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 11: matters is the one is all. The only game that 383 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 11: matters the next one, and that's that's Saturday. 384 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 10: Emotions from your playing days going against the Steelers to 385 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 10: any of those bubble up this week when it's Ravens Steelers. 386 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 11: Even shoot, man, my emotions always bubble up. I'm a 387 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 11: shoot they like I you know, it's not just because 388 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 11: it's the Steelers. It's just a competitor man. 389 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 8: So and I love it. 390 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 11: I'm around a lot of competitive guys, competitive coaches and 391 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 11: competitive players, so it's hard for me to be in 392 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 11: this organization specifically and not have my competitive uses flowing, 393 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 11: because it's always competitive in this building. 394 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 8: Trust me. 395 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 6: I think a lot of fans, you know, see what 396 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 6: the defense does in the secondary and kind of wonder 397 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 6: why you guys don't have cornerbacks travel with receivers. Just 398 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 6: I guess there's kind of a lema's explanation of why 399 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 6: you guys do what you do with the left cornerback, 400 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 6: right cornerback. Instead of maybe being a little bit less 401 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 6: rigid in some respective I think. 402 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 11: I think it's times where you can travel a guy 403 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 11: and match a guy, but man, and it's like average 404 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 11: what sixty something plays, And it's a lot that goes 405 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 11: into it. When you traveling a guy and offenses, they 406 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 11: move guys in the slot, they move guys at the X, 407 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 11: the Z, guys in the backfield. So when you travel 408 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 11: the guy, unless you just go sit here and say 409 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 11: you're gonna play man, every snap that affects everybody else. 410 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 11: Now this person has to learn everybody has to learn 411 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 11: safety nickel corner and all the different coverages, all the 412 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 11: different checks. 413 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 8: So it's a lot more that goes into it. 414 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 11: But there's definitely, you know, a time where you can 415 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 11: definitely travel and put a guy on a specific guy 416 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 11: and help guys out. But like I said, we got 417 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 11: confidence in our guys. We feel like when it's critical 418 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 11: situations and we need to take a guy away, we 419 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 11: have enough in our repertoire to take guys away and 420 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 11: make sure that they don't wreck the game. 421 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: Next to his Special Teams coordinator Chris. 422 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 7: Horton, good to see everyone today. 423 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 12: What do you guys got for us? 424 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 8: What did you kind of like in seeing him up 425 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 8: returns and fins? 426 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 12: You know, I just think when we got an opportunity 427 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 12: to to get him on our to get him on 428 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 12: our team, you kind of always knew, uh, what he 429 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 12: could do. He has been a return in this league 430 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 12: for a long time, so he had uh he had 431 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 12: a lot, He's had a lot of returns and uh 432 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 12: so when you watch him. 433 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 8: You he catches the ball great. 434 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 12: Uh, he's strong, Uh, he can he can break tackles, 435 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 12: and he gets vertical. You know, those are the things 436 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 12: we always want from our guys most importantly, you know, 437 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 12: secure the ball first and then get vertical. 438 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 9: Is that kind of on you guys's radar when you 439 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 9: brought him here initially for him to potentially move into this. 440 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 8: Type of role, I think. 441 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 12: So, I think that's always one of the opportunities. Desmond 442 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 12: is a versatile player, right, he's a he's a good 443 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 12: nickel player. 444 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 7: Uh. 445 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 12: So he's got he's got a lot of he's got 446 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 12: a lot of skill outside of his ability to return punts, 447 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 12: He's got he's played a lot of defense too. So, Uh, 448 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 12: he's a versatile guy. But uh, but for us, when 449 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 12: I had an opportunity to look at him, you know, 450 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 12: it's like, well, man, this is a this is a 451 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 12: no brainer. 452 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 6: Uh. 453 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 12: This guy catches the ball cleanly, he gets vertical, he understands, 454 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 12: and he scored touchdowns in this league as well. 455 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 10: You guys have been working at it and working at 456 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 10: it in the return game and to get the fifty 457 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 10: nine yard kickoff return, to get the punt return and 458 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 10: be able to go back to the guys and say, hey, 459 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 10: that all paid off, right, hit we hit? How valuable 460 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 10: is that beneficial is this year? 461 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 4: Units? 462 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 12: It's just a it's just a testament to the guys 463 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 12: and the and the things that they've done and the 464 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 12: things really that we've been coaching. You know, we've been 465 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 12: we've been trying to hit big plays and we've been close. 466 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 12: We've been very close weekly and Sunday was it. You know, 467 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 12: I think I stood up here and I talked about it. 468 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 12: I think our guys are working very hard to make 469 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 12: the most of these plays and we only get one opportunity. 470 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 12: And for Justice to come out there and go fifty 471 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 12: nine yards right away really just set the tone for 472 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 12: the for the game. And that's what we do as 473 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 12: Special Teams players and as Special Teams units. 474 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 8: We set the tone. We start the game. 475 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 12: Were either on kickoff or kickoff return, and I mean, 476 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 12: it's just exciting. Our guys were fired up, and after 477 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 12: that it was okay, let's go make more plays. 478 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 5: Open the conversation or conference level of justin in these 479 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 5: past couple of weeks. Obviously it's just such a co 480 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: it's the past week. 481 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 7: But where would. 482 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 10: You describe that? 483 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 12: I think I think Tuck's in a great place when 484 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 12: he came back from the bye week. He's been he's 485 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 12: been happy, he's been outside, he's a smile and and uh, 486 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 12: you know, he's focused, he's ready, he's ready to go. 487 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 12: He's waiting for those opportunities. Anytime he goes out there 488 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 12: and he gets an opportunity, to kick. 489 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,239 Speaker 2: They still go to the stadium on a Friday and 490 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 2: work in the stadium when you have a weekend home game, 491 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 2: or they do. 492 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 7: Not do that anymore. 493 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 12: Well, we've done we've done that during training camp. We 494 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 12: would do those things there. We haven't. 495 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 8: We haven't thought about that or doing anything like that. 496 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Make sure 497 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: you're subscribed. 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