Speaker 1: Welcome into Ravens Press Pass. It's been a very busy
Speaker 1: but exciting week at the Castle and we capped it
Speaker 1: off with Rookie Camp beginning on Friday. The Ravens six
Speaker 1: draft picks, as well as eighteen rookie free agents have
Speaker 1: been in Owens Mills practicing, going to meetings, and opening
Speaker 1: up the playbooks as they begin their NFL careers. In
Speaker 1: today's podcast, we'll hear from head coach John Harbaugh first
Speaker 1: round pick Zay Flowers, the Ravens third round selection Trenton Simpson,
Speaker 1: and sixth round pick sala Amubai la Ulu. First up,
Speaker 1: let's hear what coach Harbaugh had to say about this
Speaker 1: draft class after two rookie camp practices.
Speaker 2: Rookie Minni camp, guys are working hard. It's good to
Speaker 2: be back on the grass and get back at some football.
Speaker 3: What question did you have so.
Speaker 4: I know it's a first you know, first time you're
Speaker 4: seeing the lote's wookie job there any kind of just
Speaker 4: overall I question of the past couple?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know just what we thought. Guys at Love
Speaker 2: foot Ball. They're working hard, picking things up quickly. Practice
Speaker 2: has been pretty pretty darn crisp. You know for coming
Speaker 2: out here for the first time. These guys have never
Speaker 2: been the system, really never practiced in the NFL before.
Speaker 2: They were excited yesterday. They were a little hyped up
Speaker 2: a couple guys. You know, sometimes you gotta just you know,
Speaker 2: cal him to slow your mind down a little bit.
Speaker 2: He goes slower mind means a faster body a lot
Speaker 2: of times athletically.
Speaker 3: So we did that.
Speaker 2: But they did a good job and not not being
Speaker 2: over zealous in terms of, you know, banging into each
Speaker 2: other stuff. Understanding it's an orientation period. So happy with
Speaker 2: how they're doing.
Speaker 5: John, we didn't ask you about Ruckus in that signage.
Speaker 5: What does he bring to this defense and what are
Speaker 5: you excited about with his addition?
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, he's a young veteran corner. You know, he's
Speaker 2: We've always appreciated the way he plays. He's he's a
Speaker 2: very diligent player. He can run, he's he's a good tackler,
Speaker 2: he's tough player, a good good man, his own player.
Speaker 3: Both.
Speaker 2: We were impressed when we talked to him and just
Speaker 2: happy to get it done. So we're looking forward to
Speaker 2: seeing how he does.
Speaker 5: He'll save closed the door on any other significant a
Speaker 5: editions at that secondary spot.
Speaker 3: Yeah, good question.
Speaker 2: I would say, no, I don't think you'd ever ever
Speaker 2: really closed the door on any any personnel move you know, uh,
Speaker 2: whoever it might be.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, if you you probably ask me about Marcus
Speaker 2: and whatever the corners are out there, I would say,
Speaker 2: you know, you don't close the door.
Speaker 3: And good players and good people. We'll see how it goes.
Speaker 7: These guys.
Speaker 8: Obviously you get ready for the draft, which you know,
Speaker 8: the combines not really exactly like football, do you? Uh,
Speaker 8: I don't know, are you true to see what kind
Speaker 8: of shape guys are there? You pretty like pretty much
Speaker 8: think they woke in shape with that part this process too, well, you.
Speaker 2: Are curious, sure for sure, Cliff, to see what kind
Speaker 2: of shape they're in. But then we found out they're
Speaker 2: all in good shape. You know, So our guys did
Speaker 2: a good job. Our guys said, no problem with the practice. Uh,
Speaker 2: happy with how they're doing. Yeah, early impressions.
Speaker 5: At Zay and and what you just in particular that
Speaker 5: you've seen everything that you like.
Speaker 2: Sure, uh, just if you go through the whole maybe
Speaker 2: the draft guys, but Zay uh, Zay looks just as advertised, quick,
Speaker 2: good hands, very smart, you know, picking things up really quickly,
Speaker 2: playing every position right now across the board, and with
Speaker 2: what we've installed. It's just the first two install days.
Speaker 2: But I'd say, uh, everything he's expected to see. You
Speaker 2: saw catching the ball well, Simpson, you know, same thing.
Speaker 2: Looks fast, picking things up, very good communicator. You know,
Speaker 2: obviously there's a lot for these guys on their plate.
Speaker 2: There's a lot to learn. But he's off to a
Speaker 2: good start. Who's next, Uh yeah, uh, cayu yeah, cayu.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: I would say even with him, you know, he looks
Speaker 2: really good. I would say, just for me personally, even
Speaker 2: a little more athletic than I thought, you know from
Speaker 2: the draft on the tape, he looks really really fluid,
Speaker 2: solid thing sala six round pick uh, solid, good feet,
Speaker 2: just like we thought. I'd say, just how we thought
Speaker 2: harder for the lineman, cause you know we don't we're
Speaker 2: not in pads. But he moves real well, seems like
Speaker 2: he's picking things up well.
Speaker 5: Was it those thirty guys for the drafts?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely, he was definitely in the mix. He
Speaker 3: was he was. He was in the first upper half
Speaker 3: of that group for sure. Who else Tavis Davis Yeah,
Speaker 3: he looks. He looks good. He looks high energy, high energy.
Speaker 2: You know, I think his I think his skill set
Speaker 2: is going to really express itself with the pads on.
Speaker 3: But he's he's a he's a tall, rangy guy with
Speaker 3: heavy hands and a lot of energy.
Speaker 9: You are we going with sal Is that?
Speaker 7: Hell, we're gonna go with that.
Speaker 3: I think that's how he goes. I think, yeah, because yeah,
Speaker 3: no chance you have to name.
Speaker 2: The media person you're supposed to pronunciate these things.
Speaker 3: Is that what You're a writer not a.
Speaker 9: Does he do you look at him as a tackle?
Speaker 7: Is it just getting reps at both.
Speaker 2: And see where he kind of make a decision when
Speaker 2: you have to make a decision.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And versatility is good.
Speaker 2: He's he's a developmental player at this point, you know,
Speaker 2: so I think he'll develop quickly. But guard tackle pretty
Speaker 2: much on the right side right now? Then focus on
Speaker 2: that side.
Speaker 7: How much was good good?
Speaker 9: How much the more he's on your radar? I mean,
Speaker 9: it's interesting to trade back in and get him when
Speaker 9: you did. How much was he on the radar all
Speaker 9: along through this process?
Speaker 2: You know he was probably you know he was on
Speaker 2: the radar, but it wasn't like a big blip on
Speaker 2: the radar because he had the he had the dot
Speaker 2: on there that said he was injured.
Speaker 3: Uh, we'd watch him.
Speaker 2: We had him ranked as a high you know, as
Speaker 2: a draftable player, third round type pick type guy maybe
Speaker 2: in that range, and uh, when we got towards the end,
Speaker 2: you know, we just he's still there obviously, and we'd
Speaker 2: we kind of started talking about him in terms of
Speaker 2: compared to the other guys that were available, and it's like,
Speaker 2: this is a real value. Let's try to get back
Speaker 2: in and see when we get him. And Eric did
Speaker 2: a great job with that.
Speaker 5: John, you guys rolled out him, you know, possibly being available.
Speaker 2: This year probably I would say, yeah, I think the
Speaker 2: plan for him this year is to rehab. He's he's
Speaker 2: you know, hey, who knows what could happen, But let's
Speaker 2: give him every opportunity he gets healthy as he can
Speaker 2: get you be ready to go next next offseason.
Speaker 9: Jack, we're talking about the guy's playing and throw him
Speaker 9: up between do you see Kelly's this guy capable slot
Speaker 9: and outside corner or is there.
Speaker 5: You know he thinks his strengths.
Speaker 7: Are in a certain area.
Speaker 2: Well, he's definitely capable mentally to do it. H physically,
Speaker 2: we just have to see, you know, how he fits.
Speaker 2: You put a guy and he can do it. I
Speaker 2: mean he's got the skill set. It's really more of
Speaker 2: a how do you process in there, having a feel
Speaker 2: for the routes and stuff like that. But he's good
Speaker 2: enough to play outside anyway. So he's fast enough, you know. Uh,
Speaker 2: and he's he's really smooth and fluid, opens up his hips.
Speaker 2: You're gonna like his feet when you see him. He's
Speaker 2: he's a little taller and rangier than kind of high.
Speaker 2: He looked on tape to me. So yeah, it looks
Speaker 2: good so far, but hey, it's early. I mean we're
Speaker 2: just starting.
Speaker 10: John because returning the special teams bet something that a
Speaker 10: Flowers is accident is hit.
Speaker 7: He did.
Speaker 2: He caught punch yesterday, looked really good doing it. So yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 2: we'll we'll take a look at that.
Speaker 4: John has a wall since you had a doubleware quarterback
Speaker 4: D five here number five. Notice, I mean you know
Speaker 4: I believe he is a Drift Flackoo fan, so coming
Speaker 4: from Delaware, So yeah, I mean did he did he
Speaker 4: did he s anything about him to best goal days or.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he looked good. He's he got real smooth athlete,
Speaker 2: real smart. Both guys, I mean both the two quarterbacks
Speaker 2: in here, uh, Delaware and Buis State. I mean, those
Speaker 2: guys did a good job. I thought they were both
Speaker 2: very confident, ran things well, picked up the offense very
Speaker 2: very quickly.
Speaker 3: After that. You know, you just you don't know until
Speaker 3: things kind of the bullets start to fly a little bit.
Speaker 5: So as we kind of try to figure out what
Speaker 5: this secondary might look like, did you guys have a
Speaker 5: plan for what you want tran Steve is to focus
Speaker 5: on with this off season positionally, I know he's kind
Speaker 5: of bounced around a bunch of talk.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, that's a great question.
Speaker 2: We're going to start him off at safety and uh
Speaker 2: and work as a safety corner combination. I mean, the
Speaker 2: versatility again, we love it, but he's going to focus
Speaker 2: more on safety. He's got a lot of reps of
Speaker 2: corners so far. Try to really get that down. And
Speaker 2: you know, one of his superpowers is going to be
Speaker 2: he can play all five spots.
Speaker 5: Is like a nickelback type caled Hamilton, like you know
Speaker 5: Stuft that he could maybe fit in.
Speaker 2: I think he could, you know, I mean, he's you know,
Speaker 2: those guys become interchangeable if they're playing the nickel spot too,
Speaker 2: and we probably more than anybody played three safety type
Speaker 2: grouping out there in our nickel package, so I would
Speaker 2: think he could do the same type thing.
Speaker 1: It's always great to hear from John Harbott, and he
Speaker 1: had some good things to say about what he's seen
Speaker 1: out of these rookies. There's obviously a learning curve going
Speaker 1: from the collegiate level to the NFL, but it seems
Speaker 1: like these newcomers are eager to put in the work
Speaker 1: and show what they're capable of at the next level.
Speaker 1: Before we get to the next press conference, don't forget
Speaker 1: to subscribe, rate, and review the Ravens Press Pass podcast
Speaker 1: if you haven't already. Next up is the Ravens first
Speaker 1: round selection at pick number twenty two wide receivers Zay
Speaker 1: Flowers from Boston College. From what we've seen so far
Speaker 1: during rookie camp, Zay is an explosive playmaker with quick
Speaker 1: feet and big play potential. Here's what he had to
Speaker 1: say to the Ravens media.
Speaker 3: So I had to feel being out there.
Speaker 4: I don't mean obviously you practice so many time, but
Speaker 4: how did was it different being out there being an.
Speaker 7: NFL, it's not really different. I would say it's more
Speaker 7: spaed up, it's more urgent. You gotta know what you're doing.
Speaker 7: You gotta be able to take it from the classroom
Speaker 7: to the field. So it's not it's really not different.
Speaker 7: In college, you just have more time to like learn
Speaker 7: it and they'll take you through more. And in the
Speaker 7: NFL you really just gotta get it and go so.
Speaker 3: That your way of sitting.
Speaker 7: You made a couple of mistakes, but I think everybody
Speaker 7: gonna make a couple of mistakes the first time I'm
Speaker 7: out there. But you know, it's part of the building
Speaker 7: process to.
Speaker 5: Say it's so early, but what are your early impressions
Speaker 5: of Top Munkins offense.
Speaker 7: I love it. It's kind of like some of the
Speaker 7: stuff I ran at BC. I love it if I
Speaker 7: think it fit my style, like perfect.
Speaker 5: What do you think it's your style?
Speaker 7: Running? Getting open and be able to create space, deep balls, short, intermediate,
Speaker 7: do it all?
Speaker 5: Do you see yourself as more inside more outside in
Speaker 5: that offense you have?
Speaker 7: I feel like I could play anyway.
Speaker 9: Say, when we were talking to John Harbor before the draft,
Speaker 9: he said, well, a shorter receiver has to have other superpowers. Yeah,
Speaker 9: so what are your superpowers?
Speaker 7: I feel like I'm a complete receiver. I could do
Speaker 7: it all you name it, I'd be able to do it. Now.
Speaker 4: When we talked with Lamar as this pass speakers mentioning
Speaker 4: you and.
Speaker 5: Some of the other receivers and talking about maybe throwing six.
Speaker 4: Think about that.
Speaker 7: I love that. Let's do it. I'm with it. Whatever
Speaker 7: you want to do, I'm with it.
Speaker 3: You mentioned your.
Speaker 7: Inside or outside.
Speaker 5: I feel like, like, what do you what do you
Speaker 5: prefer to be like?
Speaker 6: Worser YEA the most comfortable like to be he feel
Speaker 6: like they're most dangerous.
Speaker 7: I really, I honestly don't have a preference because I
Speaker 7: feel like I could run every route on the outside
Speaker 7: and I could run every round on the inside, So
Speaker 7: I don't really have a preference.
Speaker 5: Have you had any conversation with Lamar Let's do more
Speaker 5: in depth about how you guys are gonna play.
Speaker 7: Or what he likes. Maybe this week when I go home,
Speaker 7: we would probably throw a little bit talk, but it
Speaker 7: was just about last week. We were just talking about
Speaker 7: throwing and trying to catch up a little bit.
Speaker 3: You expect to do that on music Sac South wherever
Speaker 3: you guys.
Speaker 7: Fuck up And yeah, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 8: So.
Speaker 5: Uh I think when when that pandemic season happens, and uh,
Speaker 5: I guess when the pandemic happened in two thousand. You know,
Speaker 5: you talked about how important that that you know, period
Speaker 5: was for you and just trying to work your hardest and.
Speaker 7: Be as as you could be.
Speaker 5: Did you kind of go into that that stretch like
Speaker 5: knowing that you wanted to work as hard as you did?
Speaker 5: And I guess, like, where were you in for where
Speaker 5: were you after after that stretch?
Speaker 7: Before that? That was my freshman year, so I was
Speaker 7: kind of like probably like one hundred and fifty pounds,
Speaker 7: So I knew I had to gain weight, route, run,
Speaker 7: and just try to get better at every aspect of
Speaker 7: get every aspect of my game. And that's what I
Speaker 7: was able to do because we had four months off
Speaker 7: until we actually went and played the game, and I
Speaker 7: was able to do that every day and build up
Speaker 7: to what I wanted.
Speaker 5: Do you think that kind of stuff is changing to
Speaker 5: yourself sports.
Speaker 7: And everything like that, You like, it's a part of it.
Speaker 7: But I was a hard record before that. I just
Speaker 7: needed some weight.
Speaker 5: Was there a play after that period that you lived
Speaker 5: to where you started establishing that physicality that you became
Speaker 5: pretty well known for at.
Speaker 7: The Boston College. Nah. I wouldn't say a play in particular,
Speaker 7: but it was probably a couple of plays that added
Speaker 7: up to parties to that.
Speaker 5: Is there a target way that you were the coaches
Speaker 5: want you or this year?
Speaker 7: Uh no, they really haven't given me one yet, but
Speaker 7: I have my own.
Speaker 9: We saw the video of you and your club conference
Speaker 9: with your dad there. Emotionally, what was it like for
Speaker 9: you walking in here and seeing your your your jersey,
Speaker 9: your name and just lock.
Speaker 7: Going on this man? It was a dream come true,
Speaker 7: like at the draft, Like there's a lot of emotions
Speaker 7: so and you don't really get to the team yet,
Speaker 7: so you don't really feel it. And then when you
Speaker 7: see the jersey your name on it with the end
Speaker 7: of and all that, and then it's like all right
Speaker 7: now we here. How many number four dress is you
Speaker 7: get to order now? With your sibols, I say like, good,
Speaker 7: like fifteen sixty, hopefully ill get a deal.
Speaker 5: Draping. What's the coolest thing that's happened to you, Whether
Speaker 5: it's a phone call you've gotten, the message, you got
Speaker 5: on something you read.
Speaker 7: Saw Oh, Carmelo Anthony text me. He was like walking
Speaker 7: into flog nation.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 7: Oh he DM me. He was in my DM for
Speaker 7: like three days and I was like, Carmelo Anthony text me,
Speaker 7: and then I clicked on the space. He was like
Speaker 7: seven many fives. Oh yeah, that's it.
Speaker 1: I know we're all pumped to see that Lamar to
Speaker 1: Zay connection this season, but I don't think anyone is
Speaker 1: more excited than Zay himself. Flowers said he's looking forward
Speaker 1: to playing in Todd Monkin's offense and he thinks it
Speaker 1: will fit his style perfectly. You're listening to Ravens Press Pass.
Speaker 1: If you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe, rate and review.
Speaker 1: The next presser we have for you is Baltimore's third
Speaker 1: round selection, linebacker Trenton Simpson from Clemson. Trent is a
Speaker 1: very versatile player who can make an immediate impact on
Speaker 1: Mike McDonald's defense as well as on special teams. So
Speaker 1: with that, here's Trenton Simpson's rookie camp press conference.
Speaker 7: I feel out there any any different.
Speaker 4: I mean, you've had football practices, your whole life was
Speaker 4: the past couple days, A little a little more difference
Speaker 4: than than usual.
Speaker 10: I wouldn't say different. It's just the game. The level
Speaker 10: of the NFL is just a little bit faster. But
Speaker 10: I'm having fun, just playing fast, physical football, trusting that
Speaker 10: my coaches put me in the best situation. Just having fun.
Speaker 10: You know, this is I'm living a dream and just
Speaker 10: to get through with my first two NFL practices, I'm
Speaker 10: blessed and I've had a great time.
Speaker 9: Kend when you got drafted John Harbaugh and said Chris Horden,
Speaker 9: the special teams coach's gonna love you. What what's the
Speaker 9: key to being a you know, a key special teams
Speaker 9: guy with your position?
Speaker 10: I say the keys is being relentless, giving it all
Speaker 10: you got and taking that special team's rep like you
Speaker 10: would take the first team defensive rep. And that's what
Speaker 10: I pride myself on, just doing all the small things
Speaker 10: right and giving it all I got, you know, trying
Speaker 10: to empty in the tank every practice so when game
Speaker 10: they come, he'll be super easy for me.
Speaker 8: Do you think coming in you'r they said to your
Speaker 8: guy would play inside outside. Do you think the fact
Speaker 8: that you did a lot of things at Godege your
Speaker 8: health care fair this ually needed edit more ways.
Speaker 7: Uh, yes, sir.
Speaker 10: Yeah, definitely being able to be versus to it. Clemson,
Speaker 10: I was able to learn a lot a lot of
Speaker 10: systems and uh, I had two different coaches, so I
Speaker 10: learned two systems. And uh, just the flexibility I bring
Speaker 10: to the table, you know, and just trusting my coaches
Speaker 10: and putting extra work. I feel like that would translate
Speaker 10: to this league easily as well.
Speaker 5: He talks about how much you're looking forward to working
Speaker 5: with Ropinn. Have you had a chance to talk to him,
Speaker 5: and if so, you.
Speaker 3: Know what is that after Tacklin?
Speaker 7: Yes, sir, I have. Ah.
Speaker 10: He texted me the night after I got drafted. Uh,
Speaker 10: He'll say he was happy for me. He's ready to
Speaker 10: get to work. And I'm just excited to play with
Speaker 10: a guy like that. You know, he's a a great linebacker.
Speaker 10: You know, it's all it's a proofing and putting like
Speaker 10: he showed it and he's been the top guy in
Speaker 10: the NFL. So just to be in the locker room
Speaker 10: with a vet like that, I'm gonna come in and
Speaker 10: ready to learn and try. What were the emotions like
Speaker 10: just getting ready to prepare for rookie Bennie Camp, being
Speaker 10: in the building for the first time moved to like him.
Speaker 10: I would say I came in eager, like I was
Speaker 10: ready to get to work. I couldn't wait to wake
Speaker 10: up Thursday morning to fly here and just get started
Speaker 10: with ball again. But all the nerves is down now
Speaker 10: and I'm just feel like I'm just playing football and
Speaker 10: just getting into the locker room and meeting new teammates,
Speaker 10: and I'm just getting to build a relationship with all
Speaker 10: my coaches, you know, special team defensive coordinator and all
Speaker 10: my teammates.
Speaker 7: It's a blessing to be here.
Speaker 5: For sure, we'll get some of the free draft coverage.
Speaker 5: I think one of the guys, if you said you're
Speaker 5: most excited to try to tackle or sack with Lamar
Speaker 5: Jackson's now here you are. Is it a better feeling
Speaker 5: the worst feeling that you're gonna see him every day
Speaker 5: in practice, or that you can't technically sack him, or
Speaker 5: how do you kind of think of that?
Speaker 7: Oh?
Speaker 10: No, it's cool to be able to play with him.
Speaker 10: I'm ready to play with sal Lamar Jackson, you know,
Speaker 10: and see the magic he does in practice every day
Speaker 10: and compete because I know when he goes out there
Speaker 10: on Sundays he's gonna do his thing, So it's I'm
Speaker 10: blessed to be his teammate and ready to work and
Speaker 10: make sure on defense we handle our part so offense
Speaker 10: can do their thing.
Speaker 7: You know, are you.
Speaker 5: Bumped that you can't actually get ahold of the time,
Speaker 5: probably get a little trouble.
Speaker 10: Oh no, that's my QB now, So I just tag
Speaker 10: off in practice, you know, just tag off, keep him up,
Speaker 10: it's sir.
Speaker 5: And I'm sure draft now you when you got drafted
Speaker 5: was a whirl wind.
Speaker 7: And everything was that we saw the video of you
Speaker 7: getting your number or what that was like.
Speaker 9: Is that kind of I don't I understand when it
Speaker 9: set in.
Speaker 7: For you that all you've accomplished and that you're here
Speaker 7: now when you saw that jersey?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think. Once I got that call, you know,
Speaker 10: and my family was there to support me, it was
Speaker 10: just roy motion.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 10: That's I've been working my whole life. I've been working
Speaker 10: at this football things. I was six years old. So
Speaker 10: to get that call from a team that wanted me
Speaker 10: and was excited about the things that I can bring
Speaker 10: to the locker room and on the field, it was
Speaker 10: a blessing, you know. And to have my mom right there,
Speaker 10: cause she's been a part of every step, So it
Speaker 10: was just blessed, you know, and that was just roy motion.
Speaker 10: I'm just glad to be a Baltimore Raven.
Speaker 5: Is there anything in Pickler that went into the number
Speaker 5: he shows?
Speaker 10: Uh? I would say thirties. It was the best available
Speaker 10: number and I'm excited to refor it the best way
Speaker 10: I can.
Speaker 7: It's there, Suh.
Speaker 5: I know it's early days, but uh, anything kind of
Speaker 5: stick out to you about the differences the similarities between
Speaker 5: this Raves defense and once you played, uh played with.
Speaker 10: I would definitely say the similarity is, uh, the way
Speaker 10: we play on defense everything. It's like they say, play
Speaker 10: like a Baltimore Raven, play like a Raven. I feel
Speaker 10: like it's a fast, physical defense and it allows to
Speaker 10: pl fly around and play quick. That's definitely something we
Speaker 10: did at Clemson. And I'm just deciited to come in
Speaker 10: and hold up to the standard like coach bring it
Speaker 10: uh shows us every morning, like he shows us the
Speaker 10: Ray Lewis is those type of guys films, So like,
Speaker 10: just to come in here and hold up to the standards.
Speaker 10: What I look forward to doing that any differentticipation, Nah,
Speaker 10: I I would say just the speed of it. The
Speaker 10: NFL is a little bit faster, but I feel like
Speaker 10: we're all adapting and me every day just taking practice
Speaker 10: reps so when the game they come, it'll be just
Speaker 10: like college.
Speaker 7: Again. You mentioned the fellow ray Lewis and the lineage
Speaker 7: are flying backers here very wrong.
Speaker 5: Does that add to your sense between and Baltimore playing
Speaker 5: for this franchise?
Speaker 10: Yeah, that's I feel like, That's why I was so
Speaker 10: emotional when I got trapped, because I'm coming to a
Speaker 10: place where it's linebacker, you know, legendary players here, you know. So, uh,
Speaker 10: just seeing guys like Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, you know,
Speaker 10: ro Corn Smith, Patrick Quinn, guys like that, and being
Speaker 10: able to be in the locker room with two of
Speaker 10: those guys, it's a blessing. So just getting up under
Speaker 10: them and just working with them so I can live
Speaker 10: up to the standards my goal.
Speaker 1: Trent said he grew up watching Roquan Smith and admires
Speaker 1: how Roe plays the game. So having leaders like Smith
Speaker 1: and Patrick Queen and that linebacker's room with trenton his
Speaker 1: potential is sky high here in Baltimore. He also talked
Speaker 1: about that Ravens linebacker lineage. You can tell he understands
Speaker 1: the history of the linebacker position here in Charms City
Speaker 1: and he's looking forward to being a part of that.
Speaker 1: You can also just tell how grateful Simpson is to
Speaker 1: be in this position, and you know he'll do everything
Speaker 1: he can to make an impact here on and off
Speaker 1: the field. Last up, today, we have the big offensive
Speaker 1: tackle the Ravens selected in the sixth round, sala Amuvai
Speaker 1: Laoulu from Oregon. Sala is a powerful blocker who can
Speaker 1: play at right tackle, but the Ravens could have some
Speaker 1: flexibility to shift him to the guard position. Now, let's
Speaker 1: hear what Sala had to say about rookie camp and
Speaker 1: the opportunity he has this weekend.
Speaker 7: Is there? Okay?
Speaker 4: If we go call you sala Is that is that
Speaker 4: the way we usually go with this or everyone.
Speaker 6: In the West Coast called me base Ala though, So
Speaker 6: it's cool.
Speaker 2: Yeah, early impressions first couple of days almost definitely.
Speaker 6: Uh, the grind. That's what I love the most with
Speaker 6: my teammates and also taking coaching.
Speaker 7: I love it.
Speaker 3: I love the grind.
Speaker 9: So anything that specific stood out to you surprised.
Speaker 6: You so far? I'm loving what's called everything so far,
Speaker 6: I'm enjoying everything day by day and just working with
Speaker 6: our teammates and learning more of the players and stuff.
Speaker 7: So any of the fellow rookies you have a pre
Speaker 7: existing relationship away.
Speaker 6: All of them so far, Yes, sir, I love them
Speaker 6: so far. What's called especially the offense, we were always
Speaker 6: bonding as a team as a unit, as well as
Speaker 6: our defense, So so it's gotta be one.
Speaker 5: I'm not sure you're looking forward to being able to
Speaker 5: work and tackle but also a cross training at guard,
Speaker 5: just become and more versatile.
Speaker 6: Would you adjust to the next time? I would say
Speaker 6: I like to do both. So being versatilezed my thing.
Speaker 6: And I'd like to keep Ronnie staying humble, just stay hungry,
Speaker 6: and just keep Ronnie day by day with my fellow teammates.
Speaker 9: Is that the impression you've gotten, then you're gonna have
Speaker 9: to play both.
Speaker 6: So far, we'll see how it goes. To be honest, how.
Speaker 5: Much are you looking forward to when you look at
Speaker 5: this offensive line when you got Morgan Moses to right tackle.
Speaker 3: But in the league long time Kevin Zeitler a guard
Speaker 3: Ronnie Stanley.
Speaker 5: Ever, on the other side, you've got some pretty experienced
Speaker 5: pros to be able to learn from here.
Speaker 6: What I look forward to is learning from the vests,
Speaker 6: the coaches, and just keep learning from all of them.
Speaker 6: Just use those use what they say to me, and
Speaker 6: just put in my tool box and just keep perfecting
Speaker 6: my game. And it's one championships every year with them.
Speaker 6: So what's it gonna be.
Speaker 4: Like to you know, be especially on offensive a teammate
Speaker 4: of Lamar Jackson and I guess and you probably have
Speaker 4: seen him.
Speaker 6: Oh incredible him. I always say, always call out if
Speaker 6: we love him as a team and I'll look forward
Speaker 6: to playing with them. So let's get to it.
Speaker 5: I know the all needed football community is a big
Speaker 5: one sport as one give any kind of relationship with
Speaker 5: with Ronnie.
Speaker 6: Ronnie kind of because I went to the Liberty High
Speaker 6: School in Vegas my high school year as well, and
Speaker 6: he was our rival school of Bishop Warmer, so we
Speaker 6: kind of got a connection.
Speaker 1: So yes, sir, it's clear that Sala loves the grind
Speaker 1: of these fast tempo NFL practices and he's ready to
Speaker 1: continue to learn and grow here in Baltimore. That's it
Speaker 1: for this edition of Raven's Press Pass. It's been great
Speaker 1: getting to know this draft class and seeing how they
Speaker 1: can fit into the twenty twenty three Baltimore Ravens team.
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