WEBVTT - Henry, Ojabo, & Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conferences 8/20/24 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:05.440 Welcome into the Raves Press Past podcast. It is Tuesday, 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:07.480 August twentieth. Today we had a chance to hear from 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:08.840 head coach John Harball. 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.000 Just have appreciate the work ethic and the attention to detail, 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.840 guys being locked in all training camp every day. That's 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.760 how you make make progress. And I feel like we've 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.040 come a long way, but we've got a long way 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.280 to go. And uh, the next part of this starts 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:29.639 really right now. We'll go to Green Bay. It'll be 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:31.760 a nice practice against those guys and then play the 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:33.680 game and then we'll be playing for real. 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.680 So we're ready to go and we'll see where it 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:41.959 takes us. What questions you have? Balls practice yet? 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:43.360 How have you seen is the government is a. 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.239 Blocker down He called a lot of balls today and 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.600 I know he's a big target obviously as a pass catcher, 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:50.080 but as a blocker that's kind of what he's been 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.240 focusing on. And he's developed quite nicely. I mean, you 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.440 see him in the games. He's he's more physical than 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.240 he's ever been. Uh, he's uh, and we're gonna find 0:00:58.280 --> 0:00:59.800 out because he's gonna be out there blocking. 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.560 And I really have a lot of confidence in him. 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:06.039 I think he's going to do really well, David, job 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:07.920 of getting you know, that actional on Saturday. 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:09.920 Would you go back and watch what did you see 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:10.760 from him? 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:12.920 And it kind of what were you expecting versually what 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:13.320 you saw? 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:15.880 Yeah, you know, I kind of I would say, first 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:17.000 of all, I thought it was really good. I mean 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:18.759 I thought he was physical to a degree I maybe 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.400 didn't I was hoping for I can I expect him 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:22.920 to play like that, but to see it out there 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.600 the very first game was really neat because he wasn't 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.320 tentative at all. He was really he's in a good mindset. 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.720 He was in a you a, you know, a game 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:32.520 day mindset, and he hadn't played that much in the 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.840 last couple of years. So that was quite a statement 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.880 I think from him that way. Really, the way he's 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.320 been practicing is the way he played. So that's what 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:40.479 you want to see down. 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:43.480 Did you Philip heed to sort of reach out to 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:45.640 extra and help him sort of keep his spirits up 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:48.000 after he suffers another major injury. 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.120 Did in two years David last year? 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:50.360 Yeah? 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:50.760 David? 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:55.200 Uh, Well, heck, yeah, I mean we we've had I 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.320 can't tell you the conversations that David and I have 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.720 had that are just awesome conversations a lot about a 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.000 lot of things. He's very smart. He's a very deep thinker, 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:05.320 kind of a philosopher, you know, he really is. And 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:08.399 I learned a lot talking to him. And he's kept 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.640 his head on straight, he keeps things of perspective. He's 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:14.839 got a really strong family, and yeah, he I don't 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:16.600 know that I really had to say anything other than 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.120 the fact that this kind of conversation is good sometime. 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.720 But he's been in a good place, you know. I 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.320 think he gets down because he wants to get out 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.160 there and contribute and he wants to be a part 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.160 of it. But he's excited to get going. 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.720 John, do you feel you've made the necessary strides or 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.640 of hopeful strides that you've wanted from the getting of 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:36.239 training camp to where you're at right now? 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:37.760 I do, you know? 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.520 I think I do believe that we're in a good 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.440 place right now. But this is a moving target, you know. 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.760 It's it's always evolving type of a deal. It's like life. 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.639 You never know what's going to come next, and we'll 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:51.280 just have to respond as we go. But I do 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.000 believe we're about as good as place as we can 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.200 be in right now. For where we're at, the guys 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.200 have done everything they can possibly do to be as 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.639 far along as they can be, So I feel great 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:01.480 about that as a coach. 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:02.880 It's good. 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.679 A few days now with George Warhop, what have you 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:07.640 seen about the way that he's working with the guys 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.680 that are just sometimes fresh eyes on the players offer 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:12.519 a different perspective than the age. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.040 Sure, I mean, you know, George is George is a 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.160 is a very experienced coach. You know, he and Joe 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.720 go back a long way too. I think he's picked 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.640 right up. But to make it seamless, you have to 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.880 be really good. To step into a. 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.880 Role like this at this time is really hard. 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.240 So you've got to be a high, high level coach, 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.240 I think to be able to do that. And that's 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:37.120 why George Warhop was such a just such an opportunity 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.880 for us, such a blessing that that was available. I mean, 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.800 I do believe it's a god thing, I really do. 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.760 So it's going really well. The guys that were at 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.040 responding really well to him. I think he understands exactly 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:48.600 what we're trying to get done. I know he does. 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:51.360 And h and he's doing a great job. And then 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.680 our prayers and thoughts were still with Joe D. I mean, 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.520 Joe D is making good progress from what I understand 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.240 talking to his daughters, texting his daughters, but on the 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.480 on the phone and the information that they're sharing is 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.880 they're very encouraged by his progress. He's still got some 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.320 work to do, but he's he's he's a fire man. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.160 There's nobody tougher than Joe Dean and things are looking 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:13.560 good right now. 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.960 I think your first year in Baltimore's had prschaganda as 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:18.800 a second year guy be Grub, the second year guy 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.600 Jason Brown stepping in as a rookie at center. Either 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:24.840 from that experience or just over your years, what have 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.360 you kind of learned about what it takes to kind 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.359 of keep an even keel but also assureing some of 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.279 that development from you on mom at the lines. 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.400 Well, it's such a great point and you look back 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.920 and it's kind of the nature of what we do. 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.120 You know, it's nice to have be nice to have 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.479 twenty two starters out there that you you just they'd 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.440 been playing and they were all great players, and you 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.000 knew how they were going to play. And they were 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.560 kind of self sufficient, improving guys. But that's never the case, right. 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:48.400 Uh. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.680 I'm excited about these guys, and the exciting thing about 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.240 that kind of a situation is that the upside is 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.880 something that's kind of you kind of lean into from 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:59.919 an optimistic point of view. You say, what can the 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:00.560 these guys be? 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:01.400 Why? 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.279 Why not be great? You know? 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.360 And that's kind of how I'm looking at these guys 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.200 right now. I can't wait to see what they develop into. 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:10.400 But you know, it's it's not going to be I 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.760 understand why the concern, you know, I get the questions. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.640 We're all gonna find out real soon and it will 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:17.840 be an ongoing I think as we go in the season, 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.279 they're going to continue to get better and better. 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:19.680 For sure. 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:22.520 Make care you okay we can see the name there. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:23.600 Yes, yes, they are. 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:24.960 John. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.560 I know you've been really high on Zach since you've 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:31.800 elevated him over the course of these two preseason games. 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:33.480 Is there anything that you've kind of learned as he's 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.800 taken on the new responsibility to play calling, anything about 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:37.160 his management style that struck you? 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:38.160 Yeah? 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:38.400 I might. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:40.799 I guess the thing I learned is Zach's not afraid 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:42.200 to be who he is. You know, he's been He's 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.600 just been Zach, He's been who he is. He's genuine, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.760 He's not trying to be something that he's not personality wise. 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:50.880 I think that's what endears him to the guys so much. 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:53.960 Very smart, very aware. Like as we were talking throughout 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.039 the game, I mean you had mentioned about the boots 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.320 and some of the run fits and things like that. 0:05:58.680 --> 0:05:59.800 You know, when I'd ask him, I say, what do 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:01.360 you see in there? He always he had he was 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.360 on it. You know, he knew exactly what was going 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.080 on and where the where the mistakes, and where the 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.640 good things were. Uh So that was that was great. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.760 I didn't I wasn't surprised by that, just as you expected. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:12.240 But he's he's really on top of it. 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:17.440 Have you seen out of Daniel fall Falle at right 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:21.080 guard that gives you confidence in the strides that he's 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.120 taken and maybe what what are you looking for in 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:25.760 his game specifically in this third preseason game. 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:27.800 Yeah, well, I mean I think he's done a really 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.600 good job in terms of past protection. You know, he's 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:32.560 he's been in front of his guy. There's a lot 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.599 of technique things his his room for improvement is really 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:39.720 vast because he's so talented and he's naturally able to 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:41.800 do so many good things. And then I think when 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.719 he takes the next step in terms of like just 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:47.200 almost an. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:47.400 Urgency in the movement. 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:49.160 With that comes with confidence, you're going to see a 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:52.520 more physical player because the physicality is there. You know, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.320 he's big, and he can move and he can bend. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.000 He's a powerful man and he wants to be good. 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:01.040 So I think the upside is pretty immense. 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.040 John, you guys have a joint practice with the Packers 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.400 off Thursday, and you've pretty much been doing on a 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.279 yearly for a little bit. Now, what's the biggest benefit 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.480 in seeing feet practice. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:13.880 Well, you know, you have a chance to go against 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.520 a different style, like, for instance, their offensive line is 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.400 an upfield penetrating kind of an offensive a defensive line, 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:23.240 their defensive line is an upfield penetrating type of affront. 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.520 They're gonna be hitting gaps and getting up field. We 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.040 haven't seen that really in two preseason games or in practice, 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:29.560 but we are gonna see it in the games. 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:31.280 The Cowboys are gonna do it, for. 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.640 Instance, So that's something that we need to get ready 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.280 for so, here's an opportunity to see some a different style. 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:36.920 That we haven't seen before. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.840 Plus just the level of intensity getting guys locked in 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:41.880 and focused after at the end of a long camp. 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:43.120 There's a benefit in that. 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:44.680 Was it a. 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.840 Conscious choice by you and we've lert to just do 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:48.400 the one. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:48.960 Day instead of two? 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.080 It was? It was, uh yeah. 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.120 The league's starting to encourage that a little bit too. 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.000 You know, it seems like, well I think I think 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.960 I think you're talking about you know, some competitive human 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.520 you know, and and everybody. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:03.720 Wants to win all the time. 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.120 So that practice, you know, intensity gets to a level 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.800 sometimes where on the second day where it's not as 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:11.480 productive as it is on the first day. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.520 All right, John, you said that pre Sara's game, that 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.440 Adisa you recheck him for a couple of days or whatever. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:18.720 Is that anything here? 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.240 Well, yeah, he's got a soft tissue issue again. You know, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:26.360 it's the other leg, but uh it's not it's not 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.120 like it was before. It's not the one that's gonna 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.640 keep him out like it was before. So he's just 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.800 got to keep working through this. I mean a Lisa, 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.960 you saw how well he played, right, So it's just 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.080 a matter of him working into football shape. I think 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.080 it's just that you think the guy's gonna come out 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:42.640 and all of a sudden he's healthy, and it's like boom, 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.040 he's gonna be one hundred percent. But there's all those 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.440 practices callous these guys. They get these guys to the point 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.240 where they can handle the volume, they can handle the load, 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.679 they can handle the reps, the high level intensity reps, 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:54.480 rep after rep. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:55.840 So he's gonna work into that. 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.360 We call it football shape, right, He'll have to work 0:08:58.400 --> 0:08:59.720 into that, and I'm sure he will. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:10.679 We also heard from veteran running back Derrick Henry, what. 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:11.720 What kind of comfort level do you have in this 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.440 offense but also with your new teammates have been getting 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:16.240 out of the last few months, but. 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:21.840 You don't comfortable? Now, Yeah, I'm right at home. Training 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.920 camp was was good and we got a lot better. 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:28.200 Still getting better, but yeah, uncomfortable and right at home. 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.480 Did you want to have any or maybe in this 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.080 in this practice where the backers are in one of 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.280 these games, do you feel like a couple of hits 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.679 just to get ready for the season. You're like, no, 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:40.319 I'm good, I don't I've done that for ten years. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:40.800 I don't need it. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.960 Are you saying like a real content like playing any game? 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.520 Yeah, like the practice or might be some real contact. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.520 Yeah, I'm sure real scrimmage against those guys. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.520 Get some good contact in as far as going against 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.640 her defense and as far as the game. And I 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.680 haven't played a preseason game. I thinks it's twenty eighteen, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.080 so I mean, I think it's. 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.280 Worked out pretty well. Feel pretty good about it. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:05.520 Derek, regarding those joint practices or practice, how do you 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.760 approach that? I mean, do you look forward to I 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.240 mean just one day that you're gonna go against the opposition. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:13.160 Do you look forward to that? 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:14.439 What are you trying to get out of it? 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:15.520 But I think it's fun. 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.480 I mean we've been going against one another for about 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.320 a about a month now, so we'll getst another jersey, 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.360 you get the practic against another another team, see some 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:28.840 different looks, and you know, uh, kind of give us 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.760 a good look to see how how far we are, 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.400 and then things work on as an offense going against 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.920 a different team. So it's fun and it's some good work. 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:41.240 So, Derek, in terms of the mesh point with Lamar 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:42.840 and some of the Reid options and the leaders are 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.480 running in the past years. How fast out do you think. 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.600 You guys would be in terms of handling that. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.040 We haven't really seen it so far. 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.840 I mean when we work on it out here and 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.760 if there's anything we need to talk about amongst each other, but. 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.080 We do that and yeah. 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.839 So yeah, just just going through and out here running 0:10:59.880 --> 0:11:04.239 the place and uh, getting the feel for it and executing. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.400 So that's the big thing. It's making it work. 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.360 So does it feel you just in practice when you 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.040 running behind? 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.079 Oh, I mean that's something I look I look forward too. 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.160 So anytime for tuos in front of them, I'm comfortable. 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.480 So I'm good. Gotta make it, gotta make some happen. 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:23.880 It just had it back to school. It was man, 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.040 I know you do things back and you're from but 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:29.280 how did it feel to get out to the Baltimore community. 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.360 And start making your marking that way? 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:31.360 Yeah? 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:35.319 Uh yeah, I was happy too, And you know, I'm 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.120 blessed to do those type of things. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.640 You know, just wanted to get. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:43.360 My hands in the community early and uh, you know, 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.120 I reached out, uh to the organization to see where 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.839 I could help and they fell out that was a. 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.000 Good area and I'm glad I was able to go out. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.079 There and help those kids and build 'em to ha 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.560 T to get them some uh tools to be prepared 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.280 for the for the school year, and looking forward to 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:00.040 doing more. 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:01.319 Some of these community events. 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.760 Does it get your feeling for how excited the community 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:06.720 in Baltimore is to see your debut as. 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:07.839 A rape play? Yeah, I definitely. 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.840 They love their football, so I love that, So I'm 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.080 excited to see their excitement. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:13.120 For sure. 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.240 You feel that you're more frequently playing out of pistol 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.800 or shotgun formations than you had the nearest prior, And 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.679 is there nuances to that that you can describe as 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.840 challenging to learn or what is kind of feeling? 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:27.079 No, not at all. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.839 I mean I ran we ran pistol before, and I 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.440 was in Tennessee and ran out a shotgun. My biggest 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.120 thing is doing my job and do my job effectively 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:35.920 and being efficient. 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.000 Is there any part of you that's kind of itching 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.040 at this point to see what it looks like in 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.560 a real game with a new team, you know, do 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.280 you do you have a good idea of what that's 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.760 gonna look like come week one? Or are there still 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:48.480 questions kind of. 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.840 In your mind. Yeah, I mean I'm definitely excited to 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.480 play and can't wait until that time comes. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.720 But it's all about polishing. 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:59.800 And getting everything down and continue to continue to get 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:03.199 better until that time comes. But I'm sure everybody's out 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:04.760 here itching to to get the week one. 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:05.160 For sure. 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.320 You're not out here stick farming your teammates. 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:08.680 Nah. I don't do that. Nah. 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.400 Nah you practice your stick farmer? 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:11.800 Is that just completely natural? So? 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:13.160 Yeah, I think it comes natural. 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.360 I've been doing since I started playing ball, and it's 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.000 got more effective. Uh the h the higher I went, 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.720 the more I've uh elevated my game is from high school, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:23.839 college to pro. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.679 So I think it's something that that comes natural. But 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:27.320 I wouldn't do it to my teammates. 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:32.000 Now, Nah, not at all. No, we have some good 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.120 battles through the years, so I think that's done. 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:34.560 To know with. 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:36.440 Derek. 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.560 Have the coaches told you guys that they expect you 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.800 to write bikes to the practicing green day a parents? 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:43.559 You know, they haven't told us about it, but I 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.920 I mean I saw it uh on Instagram. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.000 I mean I've s seeing it through the years. Uh. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.800 That's their Uh, that's their tradition. But if we have 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.679 to think the kids are involved, So if it's a kid, 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.640 I don't care. I mean I love doing STFF like that, 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:00.000 especially with kids bikes. H I haven't in the why 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.720 so I might be a little rested. Kid have to 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.280 help me stay balanced, But no I should I should 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.560 be fine. So this scene seems like some fun they do, 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:09.240 you know, for the community and the kids, so have 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.240 no problem doing it. 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:24.600 Lastly, we heard from third year outside linebacker David Ajaboya. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:22.200 Smiling obviously. Yeah. 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.720 How good as it then to you know, be out 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:26.800 doing what you've loved to do after after the. 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:27.360 Wait so long. 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.320 Yeah, there's no better feeling, honestly, you know, that's what 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.240 I do for a living. I enjoy I love competing 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:35.400 and you know, to be out here with the best 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.880 of the best man, you know, it's it's a dream 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:38.320 come true. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:38.560 Yeah. 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.680 Again, has it surprised you that you've been able to 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.720 come out and you look like yourself again right away? 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.600 What we've seen after going third through such a tough 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:49.640 dream to get to this point. 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:51.440 No, it doesn't surprise me. 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:53.960 I know the type of player I am, you know, 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.400 and uh, you just got to go out there and 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.480 you know, put it on tip honestly, you know, and 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.560 I know the work I put into, you know, so 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:02.760 you know, the work always come to like. 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:07.120 It'sok a while last year, before we found out that 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:08.760 you weren't to be able to play for us, a 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.920 year out could take us a little bit through, you know, 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.960 the steps of of you know, what it was like 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.040 to kind of maybe try to keep hope alive as 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.400 long as possible and keep pulled out hope that you 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:20.520 were gonna play last year. 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:21.360 Yeah. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.640 Yeah, So it just started off as a springing ankle 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.880 got rolled up on and uh at the Indie game 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:29.720 and then uh, just some swelling came up at my 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.200 knee and no one really knew what was going on. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:34.360 So we just wanted to swelling to go down. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.600 And then we got an MRI and uh we just 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:39.720 you know, made made the best medical decision. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:40.000 You know. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.800 Uh, I definitely could have played, but uh for the 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.680 long run, you know, career wise, and just you know, 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.240 for my best interest, teams best interest, you know, just 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.160 go ahead and get it fixed so I could be 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:51.360 back hundred percent like I am. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:51.600 Now. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.040 Were there days when it was tough to keep your 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:56.640 spirits up because I mean two years in a row. 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.600 You you can't play the way that you know what 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.920 you want to and kind of who helped you through that? 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:04.080 Oh man, stay prayed up. 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.200 I have a very strong family, you know, I have 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.880