1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: You know, hardball was like, all right, We're gonna run 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: the conditioning test for real. And then I'm like, all right, 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: well this is rid Bennett off and see how we do. 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: Funny thing uh to take from it, I guess is 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: I was still of like technically getting carded off. I 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: was on the field on the car of any sport 7 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: their next touchdown. What I would we have gone to 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl? Would we would I have made a 9 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, like all these other things that you definitely 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: think of when you're just you know, sitting on your 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: couch for hours on end, and she's like, this is 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: this is almost worse than having newborn baby, except you're 13 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: over three pounds, like trying to you know, take care 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: of Welcome into the lounge. We are getting closer to 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: training camp. We're about a month away from the proposed 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: start of training camp, and I know we're getting really excited. 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: And one of the big news updates about that is 18 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: that center Matt Scura is looking good. Garrett head of schedule, Yes, 19 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: pass the conditioning test, coming off a major injury toward 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: three three ligaments in his knee, and the fact that 21 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: he is ahead of schedule is really good news. For 22 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: this team and for this offensive line. So we're gonna 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: welcome in, welcome him in here in a minute. 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So, without any further ado, 34 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and welcome in our guests today center 35 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: Mat Scura. We are thrilled to have Matt Scura on Matt. 36 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: I gotta ask this question. First. I saw that you 37 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: have your cereal with half and half. Is that right? Yeah, 38 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: that's right. Um, that's been a while since I've done that. 39 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: I'm now converted to almond milk, so uh, but yeah, 40 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: it was something I started to do in middle school 41 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: and then when are like milk supply would run low 42 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: because me and my two other brothers, would you know, 43 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: drain the supply pretty quick. So then I saw that 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: my parents would use half and half in their coffee, 45 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: so I thought mix it together and maybelle and ended 46 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: up working. I think, uh, me and my parents pretty 47 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: mad though, when you know, after a few days, uh, 48 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: they'll be wondering where their half and half is for 49 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: for their coffee. I used to like to chug those 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: little tiny ones that you would get at restaurants, you know, 51 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: like those little It was kind of yeah, I don't 52 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: think I ever went that far with it. Here's my 53 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: question with half and half, it comes in a kind 54 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: of a small, you know, a small container. Did your 55 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: parents get to a point where they had to start 56 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: buying basically jugs of half and half to keep up 57 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: with this habit? Yeah, Unfortunately they would, uh they bought 58 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: like the point for themselves, and then they would buy 59 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: like an extra pint um. They'll just be like, all right, Matt, 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: like just use this one and then whatever's laught, like 61 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: we'll have. But yeah, your parents had to Your parents 62 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: had to basically institute a system for the half and half, 63 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: like a college roommate system where you put your name 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: on the milk jug in there. That's a system you 65 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: had g Yeah, yeah, basically. So then the follow up is, 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: can you attribute your half and half upbringing to your 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: wolverine like healing powers? Um, possibly, I don't know. I 68 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: guess Ronnie obviously thought you know there was a connection. 69 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: But yeah, maybe it made my bones nice and strong 70 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: or something made me uh you know, genetic change my 71 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: jeans or something. And you know, so, so the good 72 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: news this week and then part of the reason why 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: we're having you on is because we've got a lot 74 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: of good news with you. Your head of schedule, uh 75 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: John Harball said, and uh so, can you just run 76 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: us through kind of how you're feeling coming back from 77 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: from a major knee injury and surgery with your A 78 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: c L, P c L and m c L. That's 79 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: a lot of cl So no, I'm definitely feeling good. Obviously, 80 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: passing the conditioning test was a huge milestone for me, 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: and it was something that really I had, you know, 82 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the month, feels something like, Okay, 83 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: I want to passing condition tests by the end of 84 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: the month. And so on a Monday, you know, Hardball 85 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: was like, all right, we're gonna run the conditioning test 86 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: for real, and then I'm like on Tuesdays. The next 87 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: day we're gonna run it for I'm like, all right, 88 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: well this is riche banded off and see how we do. 89 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: So fortunately I was at the facility, so I was 90 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: able to have like a good like surface to run on, 91 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: and um, people were able to like watch me do 92 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: it as well, and so yeah, I mean that was 93 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: that was a big my something for me and it 94 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: felt really good to get that done. And then now 95 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: it's just kind of working on the fine tuning stuff. 96 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: So really this next month and a half or whenever 97 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: we get back to training camp, just really hammering away 98 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: at some of those fine details, um in my knee 99 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: and you know, in my leg, just making sure that 100 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: everything's good to go for training camp and the season. 101 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: Can you talk about what has been a big hurdle 102 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: for this, Like was there a moment where you started 103 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: to feel like, Okay, I am getting back to full 104 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: strength or I am getting back to myself. Was it 105 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: the conditioning test or was it when you squatted for 106 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: the first time. Was it when you ran for the 107 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: first time? Like what was it you accomplished something and 108 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: you felt like, Okay, I'm starting to feel like myself 109 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: again here. Yeah, I think it was a bunch of 110 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: like different stages. So, like getting to walk without crutches 111 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: was awesome because I was out of crutches for like, 112 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: or on crutches for sixty eight weeks, so that was annoying. 113 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: And I wasn't able to let my left foot on 114 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: the ground at all, so I was like no way 115 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: bearing and that was that was pretty rough. So getting 116 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: off the crutches was great. Um. Getting to back squad again, 117 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: um was also like another you know, mental milestone for me. 118 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: I guess you could say, we're else starting to feel 119 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: a little bit more back to myself and then yeah, 120 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: I would say getting back to running, um kind of 121 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: back to where I felt comfortable as far as like 122 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: planting and sprinting all that stuff. That's when I was like, 123 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: all right, I think I can you know, really start 124 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: pushing things even more. Um. And yeah, I think the 125 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: conditioning tests kind of up to this point is kind 126 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: of like the biggest um thing physically and mentally. That's 127 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: that's helped me out. All right, Well, I want to 128 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,679 Speaker 1: kind of rewind a little bit and relive this injury 129 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: because I'm sure that's super fun for you. Um, you 130 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: know week twelve in in Los Angeles against the Rams, 131 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: Can you run me just through through what was going 132 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: through your mind when that happened. Yeah, So we just 133 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: got I think it was either a third and short 134 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: or fourth and short, and it was kind of like 135 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: a hurry up play, so like we got up to 136 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: the huddle quick and got the play and then ran 137 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: up to the line fast. And then um, yeah, I 138 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: mean I felt like it was, you know, just any 139 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: other play that it was gonna be successful, and I 140 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: was having a good block and then, um, it was 141 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: almost like towards the end of the play when I 142 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: just like felt someone get thrown into my knee and 143 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: I just felt like three distinct pops and I just 144 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: immediately fell to the ground. And um, there was definitely 145 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: initial shock of like pain and everything like that. And 146 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: so that definitely scared me. And um, you know, I've 147 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: like I've banged up my other knee before and you know, 148 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: been able to like get up and walk off the field. Uh, 149 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: and so something that was like, you know strange for me. 150 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: I wasn't able to like extend my knee at first, 151 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: and so I realized you know, I dissipated my kneecaps 152 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: so when I rolled over came back into place and 153 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: and honestly, by this point I wasn't really in that 154 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: much pain, but you know, the doctors would come out 155 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: and they're like, hey, we wanna check you out the 156 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: dada And then they were able to like move my 157 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: knee around pretty good. I know, it like a normal 158 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: like a c l M c L knee test his life. 159 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: And so I was like, okay, obviously I probably tore 160 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: my a c l um and they're like, all right, 161 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: let's try to stand up, and I'm like whatever, And 162 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: then I tried to put like some weight on my 163 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 1: heel and it was just like excruciating pain all the 164 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: way up my leg. And I was like, yeah, no, 165 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: I think I need the car, and they're like, all right, 166 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: we'll get you back out, like get the cart and 167 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: get your O you way. Um. Funny thing uh to 168 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: take from it, I guess is I was still like 169 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: technically getting carded off. I was on the field on 170 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: the car when they scored their next touchdown. So yeah, 171 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: that was kind of a weird like funny moment um, 172 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: you know, getting carded off the field and I was like, 173 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: I was like in the back part of the end zone, um, 174 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: and they scored, So yeah, I just got back into 175 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: the how to get an X ray. Then they just 176 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: did all the other assessments in the locker room. But 177 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: there are a lot of touchdowns that game, so not 178 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: too surprising they scored one while you're on the field. Still, 179 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: and how hard was it mentally for you too? I mean, 180 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: obviously the physical part of the mental part of, oh, 181 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: this is a major injury that I'm going to have 182 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: to come back from, and then also the part of 183 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: We're in the in the middle of an unbelievable season 184 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: and I'm the anchor, you know, in the middle of 185 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: this offensive line. I'm a huge part of that success. 186 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: You know. How how tough was that to kind of 187 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: get over that hurdle mentally? Yeah, that was definitely one 188 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: of the biggest things to get over. It's just like 189 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: the what if, you know, as far as you know what, 190 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: I would we have gone to the Super Bowl? Would 191 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 1: we would I have made a Pro Bowl? Like all 192 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: these other things that you definitely think of when you're 193 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 1: just you know, sitting on your couch for hours on end. 194 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: And that's definitely for the first like three or four months. 195 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: That was the toughest thing for me to get over. 196 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: Um was just like what if my foot was in 197 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: a different spot on the ground, what if my body 198 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: was in a different spot, what if I approached the 199 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 1: block in a different way. You know, you run through 200 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: all those different scenarios, and you know, especially tough when 201 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: you're just like you're not in I was in the 202 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: meeting rooms a little bit, but when I was after surgery, 203 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: I wasn't as much, and so I was just like 204 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: on the couch and you just like are thinking to yourself. 205 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: You know, you're still watching TV, but you you just 206 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: run through those scenarios and um, yeah, I mean that 207 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: was definitely tough in it. And you know obviously when 208 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: uh we were playing the forty niners and all like 209 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the season, I was, you know, cheering 210 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: on the guys as much as I can and um 211 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But yeah, it was definitely it was 212 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: hard to watch just because I wasn't used to that. 213 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: I've never had uh surgery that prevented me from playing football, 214 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: and especially not a knee injury. Is it for you? 215 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: Was the physical toll? Like I mean, I remember seeing 216 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: you in the building, uh soon after. And I mean 217 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of guys come in from the 218 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: building after surgeries, but I mean you had your knee 219 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: was all braced up, like it seemed like the physical 220 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: toll of it when the doctors went in there that 221 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: it was. It was a major injury. Like how challenging 222 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: was a physical toll even just in the daily life, 223 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: Like I remember talking to you about just challenge getting 224 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: to the facility or getting in out of a car, 225 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: like those are some things that I think people that 226 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: don't necessarily think of that is a challenge when you're 227 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: dealing with a kind of injury that you had. Yeah, 228 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: so before surgery actually wasn't too bad because I could 229 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: like walk around, like you know, I was missing three 230 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: out of the four ligaments in my knee, but overall, 231 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: like I was, you know, getting around finally could have 232 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: a knee brace on, I could walk. Um. But yeah, 233 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: after the surgery, that's when kind of like life made 234 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: a hole like one eighty um because and just where 235 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: I live in my town home, you know, it's two 236 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: flights two and a half flights of stairs just to 237 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: get up to my bedroom and so and then a 238 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: flight of stairs just to get to my living room. 239 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: And so every day, you know, I would be you know, 240 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 1: just using my right leg as low as I can 241 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: getting up all those flights of stairs. Going down the 242 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: flights of stairs are definitely sketchy. I learned that, um 243 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: uh through you know, some trial and area. How how 244 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: did you do it? What was your good technique? Uh? Well, 245 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: I learned you gotta you gotta go when you're going downstairs, 246 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: you gotta go crutches first. Then I would use my 247 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: left right leg because I didn't realize like if you 248 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: use your right leg to go down first, you're basically 249 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: like eight feet off the ground and you're getting like through. 250 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: So um, yeah, there are some sketchy moments, but yeah, 251 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: like my wife had to help me get in the car, um, 252 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: you know for six eight weeks, um yeah, and how 253 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: to drive me to the facility every single day. Um. 254 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: And you know a lot was put on her more 255 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: than anything. You know, she had to change the ice 256 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: pack on my knee every few hours. Um, she had 257 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: to help me get dressed in the morning. That's commitment. 258 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: That's commitment right there. Yeah. So uh and she's like 259 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: this is this is almost worse than having a newborn 260 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: baby except three pounds, like trying to you know, take 261 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: care of So yeah, it was definitely, I mean, that 262 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: was a whole new experience for me. I mean, even 263 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: when I was able to start bending my knee again, 264 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: Like sitting in the front seat of a car as 265 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: the passenger, I could only you know, with the seat 266 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: reclined all the way back and everything. I could only 267 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: be in the car for like ten minutes before my 268 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: claude was just like screaming because it was so tight. 269 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: The muscles are so tight. So you definitely uh learned 270 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: how much you you need both of your legs, uh 271 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: in those situations, for sure. I remember when I like 272 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: broke my fibula and my wife had to drive me 273 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: to work for a couple of weeks, and I, you know, 274 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: you don't really like understand how much you value that 275 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 1: like alone time in the car until you're driven to 276 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: work every day. And I started complaining about her driving 277 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: me to work. I was like, this sucks. I don't 278 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: want to be like in the car with you this much, 279 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: and she practically slapped me silly at that point, She's like, 280 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm not never backwards, bro, you are simmer down. Yeah, yeah, 281 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: I felt bad for my life just because, like you know, 282 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: she would have to so we had to put our 283 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: daughter's car seat in the third row of our car, 284 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: and so then I would have to like scoot myself 285 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: into the get Emerson in the car first, get myself 286 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: in the car, and then she could get in the 287 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: car and then figure out how to get my crutches 288 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: so that they weren't in her way. So yeah, I 289 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: felt that going into the facility every day because it 290 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: was it was a task for sure. So let's turn 291 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: into a little more positive beyond the injury. Before the injury, 292 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: you were having a heck of a season. You were 293 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: playing great. You were the anchor of the offensive line 294 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: right there in the middle, and you had really kind 295 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: of silenced any questions coming into the season about, you know, 296 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: whether you were going to be the starter and you 297 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: had clearly solidified yourself as a great member of this 298 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: offensive line. How pleased were you with what you were 299 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: able to do through the first, you know, half of 300 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: the three quarters of the season before the injury. Yeah, 301 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: I mean I knew going into the season I had 302 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: a lot to prove, and yeah, that's the um training camp, 303 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: and you know, offseason we're you know, really important to 304 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: me making sure I was getting bigger and stronger, and um, yeah, 305 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, having a great, you know first 306 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: half of the season wherever it was, was huge for me. 307 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: And it was definitely just a big confidence booster just 308 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: for all of us, just as the whole offense was 309 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: playing well. It definitely it's contagious and um, you know, 310 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, it just felt good being able to 311 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: prove myself solidify myself in that way, and I know that, Um, 312 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: I was comfortable in my role, and you know, getting 313 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: to play against some of the best competition and playing 314 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: well against obviously helps too. So that's definitely what I'm 315 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: trying to get back to and obviously improve on the 316 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: things that I saw last year as well. So um, 317 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: still still improving and trying to get better. Do you 318 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: feel like it's a bit of deja vu this year? 319 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: And it's different, it's different questions. Obviously it's an injury question, 320 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: but now the question is are you able to come 321 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: back and step into the starting lineup again and come 322 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: back from the injury. Basically, you prove yourself last year, 323 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: then you have the injury but now the question is 324 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: can you prove yourself again? Do you feel like it 325 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: all it is a bit of deja vu a little bit. 326 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: I mean that's kind of been my story since high 327 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: school through college. So that's definitely, um a role that 328 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: I've obviously taken, just mentally and physically, just knowing that, Um, 329 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: I'm always just gonna have to be I'm always gonna 330 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: be the underdog in most cases, and so, UM, I 331 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: just try to prove that with my work ethic and 332 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: determination and um so far as worked out. So but UM, yeah, 333 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna have to prove to myself that's the 334 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: biggest thing. To prove it to the coaches and to 335 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: my teammates as well, just that Um, you know, I'm 336 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: still the same player as I was before, and I 337 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: can still even improve on the season and I had 338 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: last year. So that's gonna be, um the biggest challenge 339 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: to myself. And you know, I like giving myself challenges 340 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: something to look forward to. So I think it's gonna 341 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: be it's gonna be fun to get back into camp 342 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: and you see where things go. How close do you 343 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: feel physically right now to being able to step into 344 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: a practice let's say. Yeah, I mean I feel fairly confident. Um, 345 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, I I still have to do a lot 346 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 1: more drills actually going against like someone, um where I'm 347 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: actually like fitting up in a block where someone also 348 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: is firing off the ball. So that's kind of um 349 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: where I think the last bit of the rest is 350 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: gonna be Garrett will do it, Garrett volunteers. Yeah, just 351 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: give me full seam ahead. Yeah I could. I could 352 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: be that guy, but I don't think that's really gonna 353 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: give him any sort of confidence that he could do 354 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: it in an NFL game. You know, He's just gonna 355 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: shove me to the Yeah. So I think once once 356 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: I get back with like the old line doing old 357 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: line drills, maybe going against old line and individual um, 358 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: I think that'll be a huge confidence booster as well. 359 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: And I think I'm gonna use, um probably like the 360 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: first week of training camp to really like figure that 361 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: out to see, all right, maybe I need to maybe 362 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: take a couple more days to reintegrate, or maybe I'm 363 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: ready to go. And so right now I feel good 364 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: with like all my pass blocks and run blocking. Um, 365 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: but we'll have to see obviously once you know, I 366 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: gotta block Braindon Williams or you know any of these 367 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: other like June on. Um. So yeah, well well we'll 368 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: definitely see how it feels. But right now I feel 369 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: really good, um, and feel good about where I am. 370 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: But thankfully I have a month or so to go 371 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: on this before camp starts, and I'm working on the 372 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: little details. Well that the conditioning test is no joke 373 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,439 Speaker 1: because I ran it and as as like under the 374 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: offensive line like criteria. So I did the same one 375 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: you did, and and literally I almost died, like I 376 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: was still hyperventilating thirty minutes, like thirty minutes I after, 377 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 1: I was still felt like I was about to die. 378 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: I was on the doorstep. Yeah, I mean, it's not 379 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: it's something that you just want to get out of 380 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 1: the way. You know. We we trained for it all 381 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: off season for a reason, as you know, and uh yeah, 382 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: I'm just glad I got it all the way because 383 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: especially during this time where we have like time off 384 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: technically from our virtual workouts, like just having that back 385 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: of your mind, and it's tough. It's not easy to 386 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: you know, go right into training camp and your first 387 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: day being running the conditioning tests. So um, yeah, I'm 388 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: I'm glad I do not have to do that. Yeah, 389 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: if you need if you need a good laugh, you 390 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: can just search for make running a conditioning test is 391 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: about five years ago. It's it's a good it's a 392 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: good laugh. Um, that's fine, let's find that video. So, 393 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: something I'm curious about, like when the season ended and 394 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: you talked with reporters UH at locker clean out day, 395 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: you talked about how you were confident that you'd be 396 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: able to come back for training camp, and I think 397 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: that that surprised some people, knowing the severity of the injury. 398 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: I was like, WHOA, Okay, he expects to be back early. 399 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: What did you know at that point or or were 400 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: you just basically projecting confidence, Like did you feel like, 401 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: truly at that point you were definitely gonna be back 402 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: or were you kind of you know, optimistic thoughts and 403 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: that was the direction you were going a little bit 404 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,959 Speaker 1: of both, you know. I think you, like, I just 405 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: have to have positive thoughts about it, because it's easy 406 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: to definitely put yourself in a hole and just say, like, 407 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: you know, I'm starting to plateau in this rehab. I 408 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: don't feel like I'm getting better, Like this feels like 409 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: I'm never gonna be able to come back, and so um, 410 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: I think it was like that next day I was 411 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: off my crutches and so um that was like obviously 412 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: the start to really like putting in the work. And um, 413 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: I've definitely learned to bet on myself as far as 414 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,239 Speaker 1: just like you know, believing in myself and I know 415 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: how much work I'm gonna put in and I know 416 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna work hard at getting everything back to 417 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: the way it was and feeling a dred percent. So um, 418 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: I think it was just a little bit of both, 419 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: just like projecting the confidence that like, yeah, I think 420 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: I I you know, I know that I can work hard, 421 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: and you know, this is obviously a major injury and 422 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: a bump in the road, but um, it's something that 423 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: I know I can overcome. So what's it gonna be 424 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: like stepping back onto that line without martially on the 425 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: next year. It's gonna be weird. It's already been weird 426 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: without him and Zoom meetings. You know, he talked to 427 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: us last week, um from his home, and I was 428 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: that was good, too good to recognize him. Yeah, I mean, 429 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: it's still still really weird to see him like clean shave, 430 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: like having a jawline and all this other stuff. I Uh, 431 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: I went to his house in May. It was like 432 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks before he had officially like moved, 433 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: and uh he had opened the door and I just 434 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: like started laughing. I was like, I can't, Like this 435 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: is so weird, this skinny because in February I saw 436 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: him for the retirement thing, and you know, he'd obviously 437 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: lost some weight, like he was down to like two 438 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: sixty sixty five, which was like he looked, you know, 439 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 1: pretty normal. But now he's like too and I'm like, 440 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, you look like a little kid. So 441 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: it's gonna be weird. But um, yeah, I know. I 442 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: think at this point where it's definitely gonna be always 443 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: Marshall's spot as the right guard, like when I had 444 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: to fill in there in twenty seventeen, Like that was 445 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: always in the back of my mind too, Like no 446 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: matter how well like I play, I can do like 447 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: a backflip and like made crazy walk like they're like, yeah, 448 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: well Marshall did this. I'm like, all right, okay, but 449 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: um and so yeah, I think that just like speaks 450 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: to the legacy that Marshall is left. Um, but we're 451 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: obviously gonna have to find someone to fill that role. 452 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: You know, we just can't play with you know, to 453 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: left guards or some Orlando play next to the center. 454 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: Uh so um yeah, it's it's gonna be weird, definitely 455 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: like the day in and day I'll not having there's 456 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: gonna be different, but um yeah, well we'll see how 457 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: it goes. What do you think of the new guys 458 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: who have come in, d J Fluker and the couple 459 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: of rookies of Tyree and Ben. Yeah, I mean they're 460 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: all they all seem like cool dudes. Um. I haven't 461 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: really like heard them talk too much. DJ seems like 462 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,680 Speaker 1: a really nice guy, down to earth dude. Um, I 463 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: haven't really talked like Ben. I don't think he's spoke 464 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: once in our meetings like he just like that's the 465 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: rookie thing, right I guess. Yeah, Marshall Yanna's lives on apparently, Yeah, 466 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: be seen, not heard, It's right. Um yeah. So, I 467 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: mean overall, they seemed like cool dudes. I mean I 468 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: think it will be better once for all under the 469 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: same roof. Um, actually getting to like interact in the 470 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 1: locker room and all that stuff. So Um, yeah, and 471 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: then a building the chemistry on the field too will help. 472 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: And just as a big picture, how excited to you 473 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: about what this team could do this year? Obviously won 474 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: fourteen games last year, broke all kinds of records on offense, 475 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: but rushing and Lamar was an m v P like, 476 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: do you feel like you pick up where you left off? 477 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: What is the expectation in that regard? Yeah, I think so. 478 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: And honestly, the biggest thought in like my mind is like, 479 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, proving that we can do it again. Um, 480 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: that it wasn't just like one year that all cylinders 481 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: were clicking. You know, we gotta be able to prove 482 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: that we're a consistent team and a team that can 483 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: consistently win. And so yeah, I think that's gonna be 484 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: the biggest challenge going forward. Um, there's definitely gonna be 485 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: a huge target on our backs. Now. Um, you know 486 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,959 Speaker 1: we're not gonna be really catching anyone by surprise, Uh, 487 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: running the ball forty times again times a game, and 488 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: you know that's gonna be a huge challenge for us 489 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: up front and as an offense, Um, making sure that 490 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: you know, we're putting in the right schemes for each week, 491 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 1: and um, yeah, I think there's just gonna be a 492 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: big target on our backs for for the whole season. 493 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: And um, I think the winds people will be like, oh, yeah, 494 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: they want just because they're good. But then if we say, 495 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: if we lose a game, like, people will be like, oh, 496 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: this is the worst, Like it's because this and this 497 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,439 Speaker 1: and so I think we're just gonna have to ride 498 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: some of those waves. Matt. I'm curious about your thoughts 499 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: about returning to football period, you know, training camp and 500 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: the season and as a guy that's in the trenches 501 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: and can't really socially distance in the trenches, you know, 502 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna line six ft up off 503 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: the line as defensive lineman. Uh you know, what are 504 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about maintaining your level of safety. Yeah, 505 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough. Um. You know, obviously the Ravens 506 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: are gonna do everything they can to you know, try 507 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,479 Speaker 1: to limit people getting exposed to the coronavirus and trying 508 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: to make sure that, you know, we don't have some 509 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: crazy outbreak you know in training camp or during the season. 510 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: I mean, you see some of these college programs that 511 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: have like twenty people test positive all at once. I 512 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: mean for a college team that has people you know, 513 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 1: then might not be as a you know, significant, But 514 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: for a fifty three man roster going into a game 515 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: and you lose people, I mean, I don't know like 516 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: how that is feasible as far as like putting a 517 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: team together and like making sure that you're ready to go. 518 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the biggest thing for me is 519 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: like the logistics of it, Like, say someone from the 520 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,239 Speaker 1: other team gets sick, do they sit out? Does that 521 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: just that one player sits out? Do Like what if 522 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 1: that's a D lineman? Does the whole line have to 523 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: sit out for two weeks? UM? Say, if you you know, 524 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: lose Ronnie or you know, anyone like any of the starters, 525 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: Lamar gets it for whatever reason and he's out for 526 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: two weeks, three weeks? How does that look? UM? And 527 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: a's And also like how do you test? Like how 528 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: many times a week are we testing? All that stuff? 529 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: So I think there's so many logistics and questions that 530 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 1: still need to be answered. It's gonna be it's gonna 531 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: be interesting to see how the season is gonna go. 532 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: As far as UM trying to limit UM the amount 533 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: of cases, and you know, like flying on an airplane, 534 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you guys know, like we take 535 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: a ton of people with us on an away game, 536 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: and so is that number gonna have to be cut 537 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: in half or we're gonna have to take like two 538 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: different planes, one for players, one for you know staff. Well, 539 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: Karen and I are off the plane. Yeah, it's definitely 540 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: they're out worry about the plane snatch. Usually that's where 541 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: I got grocery shop staff up. You know, yeah, like 542 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,479 Speaker 1: some to go meals from. Like well, it's just like 543 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: stuff like that. Like there's just so many little like 544 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: logistical things that um, I think we don't think about, 545 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: like just even being in the old line room, like 546 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: there's so many of us and there were big body 547 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: guys like I don't know, it's just there's a lot 548 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: of questions that still need to be answered. But um, 549 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna do everything that's gonna take to 550 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: be safe for myself. Um, I'm gonna have to wear 551 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: my mask. I'm not touching the door knob in the 552 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: facility that's wearing a glove and you know we're using 553 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: my shirt to open up uh doors or whatever, and 554 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: just keeping hand sanitizer around me everywhere a go. So, um, yeah, 555 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: well we'll see. It's it's definitely gonna be interesting how 556 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: it all plays out. Do you think that the players 557 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: will will do a lot of self policing amongst yourselves? 558 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: I mean, because it's there's a level of trust that 559 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: you have to have with everybody that when they go 560 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: home from facility, you know, there's gonna be all these 561 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: rules of the facility. It's gonna be like lockdown Central. 562 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: They're right, but when they go home, everybody has to 563 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: be trusted to do their thing and be safe. Like 564 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: do you guys police each other? How well do you 565 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: think that everybody's gonna do with that? Yeah, that's gonna 566 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: be tough, especially like in the locker room when we 567 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: just want to like sit down and decompress for a 568 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: little bit and everyone is just gonna want to rip 569 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: off their masks like ninety fifty ninety guys at one time. Um, 570 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: there might have to be I mean, and that's just 571 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna suck. But it's just like that's just 572 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: gonna have to be part of it. Like we're you know, 573 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: we're just gonna have to kind of keep each other 574 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: accountable in that way, just like hey, just keep your 575 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: mask on. I guess I don't. It's gonna be um 576 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: interesting in that aspect because you know, I've been in 577 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: the facility um a few times obviously during all of this, 578 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: and you know, you get your temperature taken at the 579 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: security gate, you get your temperature taken again in the lobby, 580 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: you answer a survey, you go to the training room, 581 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 1: and then you um get your temperature taken again, and 582 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: so obviously they're taking like the good steps right now. 583 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: It's just gonna be interesting when we get a large 584 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 1: group in the in the facility. I feel like Ronnie 585 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: will be the mask belief or wrong. I hope it's 586 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: either it's gonna be like a conspiracy theory or it's 587 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: gonna be like we need to you know, where I'm 588 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: asked seven doesn't matter for a showering or on the 589 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: field where our masks. So yeah, that's exactly. It's just 590 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: gonna be so um. I don't know, it's so difficult, 591 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: but it's just gonna be like logistically, like how do 592 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: we how do we manage all that? I have one 593 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: more serious question before we think of some fun question 594 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: to let you go on. UM, But like I've just 595 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: like noticed your presence on social media during all the 596 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: George Floyd and the social unrest, Like you've been pretty 597 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: active about it and like talk, you know, speaking saying 598 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: things about it, retweeting things. It seems to me that 599 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: like you're going through a process of kind of learning 600 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: and listening and like, um, you know, finding your voice 601 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: in in all of this, like becoming an advocate. Can 602 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: you talk about is that right? Can you talk about 603 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: what the process has been? You know, I think UM 604 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: part of in this whole situation, like for myself being 605 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: a white guy, like I gotta be, you know, just 606 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: a loud as voice as everyone else, UM of guys 607 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: who are my black counterpart? UM. Fortunate enough, Like you know, 608 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: being in a football locker room since middle school, you 609 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: know you're around, um a lot of different types of 610 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: people from all different kind of backgrounds, so U UM, 611 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: you're able to obviously get a sense of, UM, some 612 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: of the things that they go through on a daily basis, 613 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: things that you wouldn't even think about, UM, the way 614 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: they're looked at, the way they're perceived. UM. And so 615 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: you know you hear about that, But me as a 616 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: white guy, like I have all the privilege in the world, 617 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: Like I don't have to worry about like dress codes. 618 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: That's another thing that just recently come out. Um, I 619 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about like going into a department 620 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 1: store and you know, being looked at or being followed around, um, 621 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: or you know getting pulled over by uh police officer. Like, yeah, 622 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: I get nervous, But am I really in fear for 623 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: my life now? Um? And so I think just being 624 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 1: able to speak out, and you know, I shared a 625 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: post that I made in after we played the Jaguars 626 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: um just because you know, I had like at the time, 627 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, all the kneeling in the protests were relatively new, 628 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: and um, there was a lot of obviously opinions just 629 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: like there are now. And I had like family members 630 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: and you know, just people back in my community, you know, 631 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,479 Speaker 1: saying some crazy stuff, and so I had to basically 632 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: put an end to it and just say because, um, honestly, 633 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: like in the picture, I'm standing up in London and 634 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: I didn't know like all the other guys were gonna 635 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: be kneeling, and so people took it as like I 636 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: was standing on purpose, when really that wasn't the case, 637 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: and so I had to come out and I wanted 638 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: to make a statement and say, like, I support you know, 639 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: my black teammates because um, I don't know what they 640 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: go through on a daily basis. I don't know, like 641 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: you know, I've never lost someone to um injustice as 642 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: far as whether imprisonment or being killed. Um, And so 643 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: I need to support them, and I I do support them, UM. 644 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: And so yeah, I think it was just really big 645 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: for me to a important for me just to like, um, 646 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: say where I stand, and um also just continue and 647 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: being consistent in that message as well. UM yeah, So 648 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: you know, it's obviously extremely tough to see and UM, 649 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: you know, you you wish that you know, these things 650 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: weren't happening. And I also I also wish, so you know, 651 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,240 Speaker 1: when Trayvon Martin got killed, that I should have spoke 652 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: up and said something. You know, you know that there's 653 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: definitely a lot of discomfort and speaking out. You don't 654 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: know what people are gonna think of you or how 655 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: they're how your perception is going to be changed with you. 656 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: But UM, yeah, I think you know, we need a 657 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: lot of action, We need a lot of change. And 658 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: I just want to be part of that. And yeah, 659 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,359 Speaker 1: like you said, listen and learn cool. Well, thank you, Matt. 660 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. We appreciate you coming on and 661 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 1: we're rooting for you. Man. We can't wait to get 662 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: back out there. And you know, I don't know if 663 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: we'll be allowed back in the building, but at some 664 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,399 Speaker 1: point we'll see you on the field, all right, man, 665 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: and most of them. Don't forget the arrangement we have 666 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: with the snacks. You are. You are inside man on 667 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 1: the snacks, playing snacks, cafeterias snacks. You're the guy. Yeah, 668 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: I'll take an extra duffle bag with me. Just we 669 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Well, thanks for joining us, Matt. Thank you 670 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 1: to really appreciate it. All right. Well, just really good 671 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: stuff from that great guy. I mean, if if the 672 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,399 Speaker 1: guy weren't a duke blue devil, I'd really like that's 673 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: the one thing that's again hold you're holding against him. 674 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: This is the one thing, just the one thing. You know, 675 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: rivalries die. Well, we're not gonna get into talking about 676 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: rivalries with me and you because you have some crazy 677 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 1: thoughts about what institutes a rivalry or constitutes a rivalry 678 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: and what doesn't. Yeah, well, well, we're not gonna go 679 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: down that path. But I do. Actually, I think it 680 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: needs to actually be a rivalry in a game that 681 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,240 Speaker 1: people care about. In order for it to be a rivalry. 682 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: I think that's a blanket statement. If it is a 683 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: game that people really care about, that's an important piece 684 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: of the equation. What are you talking about? People do 685 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:11,360 Speaker 1: care about men's basketball. Turn No, no, oh, I agree 686 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: with that. But your your perception that Ravens Redskins is 687 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: this massive rivalry. That's Oh, that's a hug. That's so 688 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: we're going down that road. Okay, Yeah, anyway, uh, really 689 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 1: good stuff from that. And you know, I think that 690 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting this year on the offensive line 691 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of competition. You know, Matt talked 692 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: about it. He knows that there's gonna be competition, and 693 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,000 Speaker 1: John Harbor already said, you know, Bradley Boseman is gonna 694 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: probably get a look at center at some point before 695 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: the season starts. Now, you know how much experimenting you 696 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: do when you have missed so many practices. I think 697 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: that that's a factor. Obviously, Patrick McCarry came back, He 698 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: stepped in and played well in place of massacrerow. But 699 00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: Matt is a top notch center in this league. IM 700 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: not saying anything about McCarry or you know, the possibility 701 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 1: of Bozeman, you know. But I think, to me, if 702 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,399 Speaker 1: Matt Skur is healthy enough to play, I think it's 703 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,360 Speaker 1: his job to lose, right, And I think that the 704 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: question was has always just been about the health and 705 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: whether he's able to be out there. I mean it's not. 706 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: He proved himself last year and if he had played 707 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: the entire season, there wouldn't have been a conversation this 708 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: offseason about who the starting center is gonna be. Just 709 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,880 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Mascura. So that's the only thing that 710 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: that's been holding him back. And the fact that he 711 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: is where he is right now says a lot about 712 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 1: the work that he put in. And I think that 713 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: it's when you talk to a guy that's gone through 714 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 1: like an injury of that extent, it's just really interesting 715 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: to hear how it affects every aspect of their lives. 716 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,359 Speaker 1: And I think that a lot of fans and even 717 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: us you've you've see the injury and then you just 718 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 1: in your head think, well, it'll take some time to 719 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 1: get back and but he'll be back on the field 720 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: for training camp. But to get back on the field 721 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 1: for training camp for the start of season is a long, 722 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: long road. So I'm with you. I think that if 723 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,799 Speaker 1: he's healthy, which it looks like he certainly is, he's 724 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,000 Speaker 1: probably gonna be your starting center, which means right guard 725 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: is going to be an open spot, and then Bozeman 726 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: could be your left guard. I mean, I always think 727 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 1: that would be your left guard, the left guard, and 728 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,919 Speaker 1: then be bred Bretson could push him for that job. 729 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: But I think that that's a steep uh. You know, 730 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: that's a big task, tall task for a rookieeness to 731 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: plan a guy who played started sixteen games last year 732 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: and played pretty darn well. So I expect if I'm 733 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: lining it up right now, if I'm predicting what it's 734 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: gonna be, I think it's Ronnie Stanley left tackle. I 735 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: think that it's Bradley Boseman and left guard, Matt Screw 736 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,640 Speaker 1: at center, d J. Fluker at right guard, and then 737 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 1: Orlando Brown Jr. At right tackle. Yeah, I would agree 738 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: with that. And the rookies Tyree Phillips and Ben Brettison, 739 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: you know, they could, they could. They're gonna challenge, but 740 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: I think that they do have a bit of an 741 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: uphill climb to earn a spot in the starting lineup, 742 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,040 Speaker 1: because I mean, let's say said the Ravens had a 743 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: really great offensive line last year, had a great team, 744 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,120 Speaker 1: great offense, so uh and and they haven't stepped on 745 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: the field with the team yet. For all that, all that, 746 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,800 Speaker 1: I think it's it's it's working against them for rookies, 747 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,799 Speaker 1: but it's also it's not just that I don't want 748 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: to make a scene that they would be starting necessarily 749 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: if it weren't for where things certainly are. I think 750 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,359 Speaker 1: I think it's pointing out that these guys are really 751 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: good Bozeman Scura in particular, so um, I'm I'm encouraged 752 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: for him. I mean, I think it's I really had 753 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,879 Speaker 1: questions when you have somebody that goes through that kind 754 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,319 Speaker 1: of injury, I wondered even when he said, you know, 755 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: like when he said in the locker room, I'll be 756 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: ready for training camp, I think there were a lot 757 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: of eye rolls, to be honest, from the media, like 758 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,799 Speaker 1: we'll see you know, And the fact that he said 759 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: where he is right now says a lot about him 760 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,280 Speaker 1: and his work ethic. Yeah, for sure, for sure. Anyway, 761 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 1: we will have an episode of The Lounge next week 762 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,240 Speaker 1: during what is the fourth of July break for the Ravens. 763 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: We all get next week off. I have a feeling 764 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: that's probably still going to be something that pops up 765 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:57,359 Speaker 1: there always. But but we are going to pre tape 766 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,360 Speaker 1: an episode to roll out next week for you, in 767 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,760 Speaker 1: which we're gonna do the Netflix draft that we've previously 768 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: talked about. So we gotta get the we gotta get 769 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,640 Speaker 1: the list of Netflix shows together. Here board. I'm gonna 770 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 1: spend some time tonight proaving through Netflix to build out 771 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: my board well, and then I'm gonna build out on 772 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: my board and then do some tinkering. So this is 773 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: this is probably am This is another two. I am 774 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,399 Speaker 1: bedtime tonight as a tinker with my board. But we'll 775 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 1: have that, and then I also want to tease we 776 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: are going to do the international podcast. We've had some 777 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,800 Speaker 1: a fair amount of emails, a good response of people 778 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 1: that want to come on. We haven't gotten back to 779 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: any of you yet, but that doesn't mean we ghosted you. 780 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 1: We are gonna do it. We wanted to figure out 781 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: the logistics and make sure we could, because you know us, 782 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:45,680 Speaker 1: we just we just run our we just run our jips. 783 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,040 Speaker 1: We're not the actual people to make it happen, all right, 784 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,839 Speaker 1: So people to make it happen, they say, we can 785 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,920 Speaker 1: make it happen. So now you know we're gonna make 786 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,799 Speaker 1: it happen. So we'll get back to you, and we're 787 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: really excited about that. Yeah, And with every new season 788 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 1: there's new challenges to overcome. 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