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

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Speaker 1: to break down the first several practices of training camp.

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Speaker 1: Let's count on, Garrett. I know you're bad at counting

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Speaker 1: in math, but let's go. We'll use our fingers on this.

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Speaker 1: We got Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday's stadium practice.

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Speaker 2: That's for Garrett. That okay, you got it.

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Speaker 1: Yes, So we're here to talk about the standouts for

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Speaker 1: the first four days.

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Speaker 2: And it's been a hot four days.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I think that has legitimately like impacted practice and

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Speaker 1: how much uh just how much has done and how

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Speaker 1: much we can glean from it? You know, I think

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Speaker 1: they had to kind of slow down some portions of

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Speaker 1: practice that would have been at a faster pace.

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Speaker 2: Good news is, did you check the weather report for

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Speaker 2: next week?

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Speaker 3: It looks much more, much milder.

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Speaker 2: Much better. We're talking eighties, low eighties.

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Speaker 3: Yes, which is which is perfect. I mean the heat

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Speaker 3: like it has been a real thing, especially Friday and Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Friday afternoon the heat index was over one hundred at

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Speaker 3: the Inner Arm Performance Center and then Saturday's practice at

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Speaker 3: Mt BAK Stadium. I mean the stadium just kind of

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Speaker 3: traps heat on the field. You got the turf rim

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Speaker 3: around the actual grass. It's just hot. It bakes in

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Speaker 3: the middle of that field. And these were afternoon practices,

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Speaker 3: so you can feel it. And and I think that,

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Speaker 3: like I asked roku Wan Smith about the heat, and

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Speaker 3: you know, no surprise, guy that's you know, grew up

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Speaker 3: in the South. He was like, you know, I think

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Speaker 3: it's it's a mental thing. I think it's a mental thing.

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Speaker 3: But I think that like that's part of a football mentality.

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Speaker 3: You know, you kind of grind through those summer practices.

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Speaker 2: But that's what you say, and then when the interview's done,

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Speaker 2: you're like, oh my god.

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Speaker 3: Exactly rok On with like the sweat was dripping, dripping

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Speaker 3: off of him as he was saying, yeah, but but yeah,

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Speaker 3: I agree, I think that like to some to some degree,

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Speaker 3: it did impact just the pace, especially for the Friday

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Speaker 3: and Saturday practice, the length and the reps that certain

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Speaker 1: Yeah, anyway, the big, the big thing that everybody of

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Speaker 1: course is watching is the offense and the progression of

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Speaker 1: the offense. You know, for me, really it was kind

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Speaker 1: of the the obj He's a flower show the first

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Speaker 1: two days. Then unfortunately he's a due to an illness,

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Speaker 1: has missed the past two practices. He's expected back on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Head coach John Harwell said, So that's good news. But

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Speaker 1: you know the first two days when when Odell and

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Speaker 1: Zay are on the field, and keep in mind we

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Speaker 1: don't even have Bateman on the field, it's you see

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Speaker 1: the jump in terms of ability out there when compared

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Speaker 1: to last year.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's different.

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Speaker 1: And Zay in particular is just moving incredibly fast. It

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Speaker 1: looks like he's playing a different speed than everybody else.

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Speaker 1: Odell isn't really he's still kind of in his ramp

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Speaker 1: up phase. But I'll tell you if he's I don't

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Speaker 1: know where he's at in the ramp up phase, but

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Speaker 1: he looks pretty darn good.

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Speaker 3: He looks pretty ramped up.

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Speaker 2: He looks pretty ramped up.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's a ninety percent he you know, whatever,

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Speaker 1: he does not two percent.

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Speaker 2: So hey, I hope he's at fifty percent.

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Speaker 1: If this is what he looks like at fifty percent,

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Speaker 1: good God, one hundred percent is gonna be great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So you know, you just see his savvy route running.

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Speaker 1: You see just that like this is a dude who

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Speaker 1: knows how to play receiver in all aspects, and he

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Speaker 1: looks he can run like explosive can run. All indications

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Speaker 1: are good for OBJ on the field and off the field.

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Speaker 1: You know, just the reception he's gotten from fans and

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Speaker 1: how much he's embraced fans in Baltimore and all that

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Speaker 1: is entailed in the Ravens culture. It's been a great fit.

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Speaker 1: So those have been kind of over the first four days.

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Speaker 1: That's what stood out a lot to me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, in terms of Odell on the field, I think

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Speaker 3: that his movement, it looks really good. See no signs

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Speaker 3: of the knee bothering him, don't see. Of course he's

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Speaker 3: not going out there and taking a hundred reps and

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Speaker 3: I think that, like he's got a pretty nice work

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Speaker 3: to uh in heavy dose of work. He's practiced all

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Speaker 3: four days. I think that's good for guy that you know,

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Speaker 3: had only practiced during mini camp and just coming back

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Speaker 3: And you said savvy, and I think savvy is a

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Speaker 3: saw it into practice during the week where he kind

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Speaker 3: of was just shifting and getting past Rocket scene and

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Speaker 3: then Rock went up to try to deflect the pass

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Speaker 3: at the perfect time. It just was a shifty veteran move.

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Speaker 3: And then at the stadium practice.

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Speaker 2: He had a big day at the stadium.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he had a very nice day. There was a

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Speaker 3: play action pass where Lamar turned to his right and

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Speaker 3: then hit O'Dell perfectly and stride in the front corner

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Speaker 3: and celebrated with the fans, and then like two plays

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Speaker 3: later they came right back to him. It was a

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Speaker 3: around both It's like, Okay, that's why he's here.

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Speaker 1: The hands that everybody he's famous for, right, and you

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Speaker 1: know he's for the one handed catches and all that stuff.

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Speaker 2: Well he makes all the other catches too, right.

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Speaker 1: And and that is one thing that I've noticed certainly

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Speaker 1: terms of target circumference. Here we go, we throw out

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Speaker 1: the math math where it's circumference. His circumference is huge

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Speaker 2: That's the right word I get there.

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Speaker 1: The hypot news that he plays with is incredible. So like,

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Speaker 1: it's just like he's a big target for a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's gonna be really big for Lamar,

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Speaker 1: you know. And Lamar even mentioned it, right, He's like,

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Speaker 1: if I throw it anywhere close, the guy's coming down

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Speaker 1: with it. And Lamar also mentioned like, yeah, he'll bat

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Speaker 1: down a possible interception. I don't really want to talk

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Speaker 1: about the possible interceptions is bat down. I just want

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Speaker 1: to know the ones he's gonna catch, yes, all right,

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Speaker 1: And and he's gonna.

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Speaker 2: Catch a lot.

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Speaker 1: It's just like he's just such a reliable, big target

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Speaker 2: I think, yeah, in the red zone.

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Speaker 1: You know, you see him at the stadium practice doing

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Speaker 1: some dirty work in the red zone.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he's going to be a really important

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Speaker 3: piece in the red zone. I also like the red

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Speaker 3: zone was a problem for the Ravens last year. Yep.

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Speaker 3: They moved the ball well, but once they got into

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Speaker 3: get it whatever, you know, Like they just couldn't convert

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Speaker 3: I just think that Odell's going to help in that.

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Speaker 3: And then at the stadium practice we saw from Mark Andrews.

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Speaker 3: There was a play where it was just a classic,

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Speaker 3: like all right, here's here's Lamar, here's Mark Andrews. Lamar's

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Speaker 3: pointing out where Mark should go, old school street ball.

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Speaker 3: These two guys know where they're going to be at

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Speaker 3: all times, and Lamar delivered a dart that Mark caught,

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Speaker 3: and it just was a reminder of like, Okay, you

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Speaker 3: know this, this Lamar Mark Andrews connection is still as

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Speaker 3: strong as ever. Because Mark actually to start camp I thought,

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Speaker 3: had a quiet few days. Yeah, he did, which I'm

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Speaker 3: fine with. I am fine with that, spread the ball around.

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Speaker 1: He and he kind of talked about how he's taking

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Speaker 1: a little bit of a different outlook on training camp.

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Speaker 2: This year.

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Speaker 1: You know, the advice he got from Todd years ago

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Speaker 1: was kind of like, make sure that you know you're

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Speaker 1: that's when you're gonna be good. And and there's no

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Speaker 1: doubt that Mark was banged up last year. It wasn't

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, I don't know how much he's

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Speaker 2: It still looks like he's working.

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Speaker 1: To me, it's hard to tell, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: he probably it's it's hard for him to do. You know,

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Speaker 1: how do you play at ninety percent or whatever. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's just he's taking fewer reps.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't track their reps in practice.

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Speaker 2: He might be taking fewer.

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Speaker 1: He definitely over the first three practices saw fewer targets,

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Speaker 1: way fewer than the past couple of years where it

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Speaker 1: felt like almost every pass one to him.

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Speaker 3: By the way, if you didn't see Soaturday's practice, you know,

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Speaker 3: fans are always like want to see, you know, what

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Speaker 3: happens in practice. We streamed the entirety of practice. We

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Speaker 3: give away state secrets, but we were able to do

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Speaker 3: it for the stadium practice, and that stream is up still.

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Speaker 3: You can watch that on our YouTube channel or app

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Speaker 3: our website. It's there in its entirety, So you can

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Speaker 3: go back and watch that full practice if you do

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Speaker 3: want to see these guys and what they were able

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Speaker 3: to do at that practice. Good amount of seven on

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Speaker 3: I think they're moving quicker. I mean like when I

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Speaker 3: look at the big picture of view of the offense,

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Speaker 3: they're moving quicker. Lamar is getting at the ball out

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Speaker 3: of his hands in a hurry, He's spreading the ball

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Speaker 3: around a different targets. And I also think that the

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Speaker 3: Melvin Gordon's caught a number out of the backfield, Justice

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Speaker 3: Hill had a couple at the stadium practice. Gus Edwards

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Speaker 3: even has called the ball out of the backfield like

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Speaker 3: they're getting the running backs the ball out of the

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Speaker 3: I think that it's it's a good start for monking

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Speaker 3: in the installation process. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Most importantly I think is that it seems like Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson really likes it and he feels comfortable.

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Speaker 3: That is important.

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Speaker 1: That that is by far the most important part of it,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean he's gonna be more in control

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Speaker 1: of the offense, you know, have more ability. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: get to the line faster, They're gonna get.

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Speaker 2: Out of huddle. It's kind of funny.

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Speaker 1: I just like the other night, I was just thinking

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Speaker 1: like watching Raven's film from last year, was probably like

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Speaker 3: present in Maryland to play. All right, So, in terms

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Speaker 2: I was just gonna talk.

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Speaker 1: I think Marcus Williams is playing like a man possessed,

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Speaker 3: that's something that like Chuck Smith and like that's a focus. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, remember when Chuck Smith was talking, he was like,

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Speaker 1: I want all of our guys to have a signature move, Like, huh,

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Speaker 1: what's your signature move? And I think that Odafe is

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Speaker 1: from what he's saying. He's saying, I'm going to be

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Speaker 1: a power rusher.

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Speaker 3: Interesting because you think about him and like he's just

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Speaker 3: a speed the world class athlete, I mean all he

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Speaker 3: has all the tools from an athletic standpoint, you know,

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Speaker 3: might be all around the best athlete on the time. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: one of the fastest. Yeah, and you know, just just

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Speaker 3: kind of off the charge athletic ability and.

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Speaker 1: Power do you have to meet and slow though? I

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Speaker 1: mean power is like you you can jar the guy

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Speaker 1: and then just rip off of that and you're in

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Speaker 1: the backfield, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and speed power.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Like it's it's kind of that explosion to then

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Speaker 1: get the guy a little off base.

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Speaker 3: And then well, I also think it's interesting that he's,

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Speaker 3: you know, basically making the point it's like, I'm not

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Speaker 3: just a speed guy, you know. I think that it's

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Speaker 3: like I think.

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Speaker 1: He's saying predominantly I'm a power guy. Now that's how

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Speaker 1: he looks at himself.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think that's an interesting point. And I think that

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Speaker 3: his his start has been really solid, you know. And

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Speaker 3: then the other question that we had all coming into camp,

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Speaker 3: and is the third cornerback spot? I know you've talked

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Speaker 3: a lot about this, ye, and uh, the Ravens are

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Speaker 3: you know, getting a look at different guys there. And

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Speaker 3: I think it's like a good competition there. Like I've

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Speaker 3: I've been encouraged Brandon Stevens is getting a good look

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Speaker 3: and do not rule him out of the mix. Like,

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Speaker 3: you know, he could play inside corner, he could play

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Speaker 3: outside corner, you can play traditional safety. But like I think,

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Speaker 3: give the season we're to start today, Brandon and they

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Speaker 3: put three cornerbacks out there, I think Brandon Stevens is

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Speaker 3: the third.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would agree with that today.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I think the competition is not over and

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Speaker 1: I think Brandon Stevens is practicing really well. So I

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Speaker 1: agree with you if it was starting today, and I

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Speaker 1: would not surprise me at all. If week one that's

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Speaker 1: the top three, would not surprise me in the slightest.

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Speaker 1: I think Jalen Armor Davis though, has practiced well too.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that I've noticed been around the ball,

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Speaker 1: had a couple opportunities in interceptions that deflected off of

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Speaker 1: his hands. That's why he doesn't play wide receiver. But

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Speaker 1: you know he's around the ball a lot. I like

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Speaker 1: that big, big guy, sticky, just sticky in coverage. He's

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Speaker 1: just yeah, he can run, he can he can press you.

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Speaker 2: I like him too.

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Speaker 3: I think with Jalen Armor Davis, I think the question,

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Speaker 3: like even back to Alabama, like part of the question

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Speaker 3: is availability.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was one hundred percent of the question.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he didn't play last year hardly at all, and

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Speaker 3: he missed time during the offseason program. So the fact

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Speaker 3: that he's stayed on the field for the first week

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Speaker 3: I think is good and that he's got the ability

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Speaker 3: he's been around the ball. I think all that's encouraging,

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Speaker 3: and so he could end up being that guy too,

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Speaker 3: And they have flexibility there, so if Jalen was that job,

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Speaker 3: then they could bump Marlin inside exactly.

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Speaker 1: And then the other I think primary candidate to other

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Speaker 1: guys that I think we should well, actually three other

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Speaker 1: guys I think we should play.

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Speaker 2: Too, one being Pepe Williams.

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Speaker 1: John Harbaal said he thinks he has a chance to

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Speaker 1: practice on Monday. Pepe is certainly a top option competitor

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Speaker 1: for that nickel cornerback spot. Another fourth round pick from

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Speaker 1: last year, just like Jaylen arr Davis, who's a very

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Speaker 1: confident guy, has a lot of abilities, feisty. I like

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Speaker 1: a lot about how he plays the game, Pepe, so

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see him practice. They went out and

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Speaker 1: added the guy who played slot in the past few

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Speaker 1: years for the Steelers and Arthur Rolette, so he's somebody

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Speaker 1: to watch in that mix also. And then Ardarius Washington

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Speaker 1: is the player who's played a lot of reps it's

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Speaker 1: slot so far, and os is Mini camp and now

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Speaker 1: training camp, so he's an.

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Speaker 2: Option as well.

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Speaker 1: I just think when you look at the Ravens defense

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Speaker 1: big picture, you know when you say how this is

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Speaker 1: the Ravens defense is gonna be this year. The questions

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Speaker 1: are a cornerback and pass rusher. Right, at pass rusher,

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Speaker 1: it's you have two first round guys or Joba would

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Speaker 1: have been drafting the first round, Honey, I got injured,

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Speaker 1: and it's the question of whether those guys can reach

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Speaker 1: their potential quickly quick enough.

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Speaker 2: This year now?

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Speaker 1: Right, two guys who are fairly fresh to the game

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Speaker 1: of football period, right, and uh, the Ravens are counting

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Speaker 1: on them right now. Still could aut a better in

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Speaker 1: that position. But that's that's how it stands right now.

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Speaker 1: Looks good, encouraging so far that a job on Oa

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Speaker 1: can do that. That's the big question that outside linebacker,

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Speaker 1: and then at cornerback, it's do you have enough depth?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: Like, you know your starters.

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Speaker 1: I feel comfortable with Marlon Humphrey and Rocky Scene, but

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Speaker 1: if there were an injury to one of those, you guys,

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Speaker 1: you know, do you have enough?

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Speaker 2: Is three through five solid enough? Good enough?

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Speaker 3: Yep?

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Speaker 1: That you you have enough depth at corner that you

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Speaker 1: can get through an NFL season Because we've all seen

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Speaker 1: it a position of high attrition, you're gonna have injuries.

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Speaker 1: Do you have enough good solid depth three to five

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Speaker 1: is the question. And again, I think I'm encouraged by

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Speaker 1: what I've seen in training camp practice so far.

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Speaker 3: You know what work wand Smith talking today after practice

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Speaker 3: on Saturday in the stadium, he made the point that

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Speaker 3: he feels like there's not a weakness on this defense.

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Speaker 3: And he's like, I've said that before.

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Speaker 2: Marlon said, Marlon said, you know, we have some cracks.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: He was a little less, you know, hen't. He wasn't

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Speaker 2: drinking the purple cool aid quite as much as Roquon.

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Speaker 1: You know, just realistic, like there's some cracks, you know,

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Speaker 1: but like he feels confident that they have the guys

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Speaker 1: that can fill those cracks, you know, like no defense

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Speaker 1: is perfect, right, And I agree, I don't think they

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Speaker 1: have any holes and Marlon agree with that too. I

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Speaker 1: agree with Roquon. I don't think there are any obvious holes.

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Speaker 1: But there's some some spots where you say, all right,

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Speaker 1: if we're gonna have issues this, it's probably gonna be

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Speaker 1: at these spots.

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Speaker 2: And are are they gonna step up? For those players?

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Speaker 2: Are gonna step up and be there?

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Speaker 1: And I, like I've said, I'm encouraged so far by

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Speaker 1: what I've seen in practice in that regard.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we are when we talk about the secondary,

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Speaker 3: we're excited because we're hoping to get Rocky Scene on

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Speaker 3: the podcast this week. This is a guy free agent

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Speaker 3: signing going to play a really important role and so

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Speaker 3: the plan is to get him on the podcast learn

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Speaker 3: a little bit about him both on and off the field.

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Speaker 3: So stay tuned for that episode later this week.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: And if you haven't done so, make sure you check

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Speaker 1: out Ravens Press pasts. There's a lot of content, a

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Speaker 1: lot of episodes.

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Speaker 2: We're turning and burning. It's I like the Todd Munken

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Speaker 2: would call it and haul it. Yeah, we should use

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Speaker 2: that just more for everything around the building. We're calling

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Speaker 2: it hauling it

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Speaker 1: On the Ravens Press past pods, so make sure you

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Speaker 1: tune in for those and we will be back with

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Speaker 1: Rocky Scene