1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: Welcome into Ravens Press Pass. Today, the Ravens held their 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: annual pre draft press conference with general manager Eric DaCosta, 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: head coach John Harbaugh, and Director of Player Personnel Joe Hortiz. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: The trio took a handful of questions about the wide 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: receiver position, the number of picks Baltimore has in this 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: year's draft, and of course, the cornerback draft class. As 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: we all know how much the Ravens love their dbs. Harbaugh, DaCosta, 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: and Ortiz spoke for about forty minutes. So with that, 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: here's today's Ravens pre draft press conference. First and foremost, 10 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: the Oils. I think open up at home this week, 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: right Tomorrow's week tomorrow, and Bruce Springsteen's gonna be here 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: on Friday night, so it's a big week. And I 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: didn't do the peloton today as well, so I'm won't 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: be sweating anyways. I think the offseason has had a 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: set of challenges in different ways, but we're excited about 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: where we are as a team. We're very happy that 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,319 Speaker 1: we could bring back a bunch of players that were 18 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: with us last year. I think the Combine was a 19 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: really good week for us as well. Our coaches and 20 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: scouts are now canvassing the country, going to Pro Day's, 21 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: watching guys work out. We'll start our final set, well 22 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: our almost final set of draft meetings next week with 23 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: the coaches, first time the coaches have a chance to 24 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: talk about the players. The board will be basically set 25 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: probably next Friday or Saturday, with a few tweaks along 26 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: the way. We're excited. We see the draft there's a 27 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: great opportunity for us to get better as a team. 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: We've got five to five picks. We wish we had more. 29 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: Our goal is probably to get more along the way 30 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: if we can, depending on how things fall. But we 31 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: see a great opportunity for us to add some quality 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: players and to be a better football team come September. Questions, 33 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: it's been a week, remark Develops having the trade of 34 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: the quest saying the body of the fans, I think 35 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: the rads have you had a chance to talk to 36 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: him since what was the conversation like? And you know 37 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: when the player asks to saying he wants to be traded, 38 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: what's your confidence level of him being able to be 39 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: in being playing this year with the Raiders? Yeah, so 40 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: those are you know, I understand the need to ask 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: those kind of questions, I think just out of respect 42 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: for the process. This is a draft launching and we're 43 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: gonna try to keep u as much of this discussion 44 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: as we can to the draft to the coming weeks 45 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: building the best football team we can build. UM. So 46 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: I understand those questions. I think we've spoken about this 47 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: situation probably five different times this spring in various different 48 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: press conferences and such. So we're gonna try to just 49 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: kind of defer to those questions and move forward to 50 00:02:50,480 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: the draft. Like corners fast, I mean, that's twenty two, 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, many it's a strong position. Probably four 52 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: or five guys that you look at and say, yeah, 53 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: that's the first round type of guy. That's a first 54 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: round pick. Maybe six guys. So you know, us, we 55 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: have a history of draft in defense in the first round. 56 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: We love corners. Our defense is really built to succeed 57 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: with a great, strong secondary. UM coach Arba loves big, physical, 58 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: press type guys. There's a lot of these type of 59 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: guys in the draft, so for us to look at that, 60 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: we think it's one of the most important positions on 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: your football team, and it's a position that we'll always 62 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: look at very closely of the draft and you're looking 63 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: at your area needs beyond cornerback, the very positions where 64 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: you see there's a lot of depth scenario where you're 65 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: want to go shopping. Yeah, man, I think the fans 66 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: will be happy. That's a strong receiver class, you know. Um, again, 67 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: we see a multitude of guys that can go in 68 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: the first couple of rounds. Um, it's a great opportunity 69 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: for us. I think offensive line is a strong position 70 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: this year. Some defensive lineman that we like as well, 71 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: So you know, we think it kind of shapes up 72 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: nicely based on our needs. Of course, you have to 73 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: have a little luck on draft day, but we see 74 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: a lot of players that make us a better football 75 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: team at those positions for sure. Conspecting that this is 76 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: about the draft, but also spec the fact that a 77 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of what you guys will be doing in the 78 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: draft could hinge on what happened over the next weeks 79 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,679 Speaker 1: with Lamar and potential offer seat. What's the I guess 80 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 1: your stance or preferred I guess outcome over the next 81 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: few weeks before we come on where things stands with 82 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: themar Would you like to see kind of an outcome 83 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: before round one, or what's your guys outlook regarding where 84 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: he seems and where the organizations seems before the draft, 85 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: something kind of fin us. Yeah, I mean, I think 86 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: the things that we control are really getting the list, 87 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: the draft board set, evaluating the players as best as possible, 88 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: being aware of the players the free agents that are 89 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: available now post draft, who are the players that we 90 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: might have a chance to bring in post draft that 91 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: could make us a better football team as well, And 92 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: then doing the best job we can in terms of 93 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: recruiting free agents. Our scouts do a phenomenal job of that. 94 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: I think our coaches do a great job of that, 95 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: and just putting ourselves in position to win draft weekend. 96 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: Are you looking at quarterbacks differently because of the situation's plan? 97 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: You know, I don't think we really are. I mean, 98 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: we go into every draft trying to take any kind 99 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: of bias out, any kind of need based situation out 100 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: of the draft equation. We really do try to build 101 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: a board that's really best player available, and that process 102 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: involves really nine months starting in you know, the you know, 103 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: in early August, from our scouts go out on the 104 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: road and they generate the profile and the evaluation to 105 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: get as much information as possible. We then segue into 106 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: a set of meetings in December, and then we get 107 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: into the meetings in January and the All Star Games 108 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: and all those different things, really trying to assess this 109 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 1: player versus a player, and it's really just comparisons and 110 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: how these players stack up. Who do we think has 111 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: the best chance to come in and make us the 112 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: best football team. And so if that's a quarterback, if 113 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: that's a receiver or corner, an offensive tackle, we're gonna 114 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: look at that very strongly and make the best decision 115 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: we can, knowing that over time, we think building a 116 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: team best available player is the right way to go. 117 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: You will add, well, I think, Stan, we've done that 118 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: nine times in the last four years, so I think 119 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: the chances for us to be able to do it 120 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: are pretty decent. Of course, if we're in love with 121 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: somebody while we're on the clock, we're gonna make the pick. 122 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, we always have to gauge that, you know, 123 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 1: how strong do we feel about the prospect he's available 124 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,119 Speaker 1: versus a chance to go back and get additional picks. 125 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: And sometimes you get lucky in that there's a guy 126 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: that you might really want, you make the tough decision 127 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: to trade back and you can still get them. It 128 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: happens more than you think. Not all the time, though, 129 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 1: of course, So we have to look at that. We 130 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: have to look at the capital we can get by 131 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: trading back, and we'll make the best decision we can. 132 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: John and Joe. When you have a coordinator change what 133 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: extra work goes in should be last whole months leading 134 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: up to the draft. No, you're not reinventing the wheel offensively, 135 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: but maybe there are some trades, different points of emphasis 136 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: that you have now A feeding wouldn't have been the caseable. Yeah. Well, 137 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: the first thing we did in scouting, uh was we 138 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: got todt in there in the room and talked about 139 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: his offensive philosophy, the types of players he wants at 140 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: each position, and what he thought about our players and 141 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: the guys that are here, how they match, what he 142 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: can do. Who you know who fits his scheme, his system. 143 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: The thing and talking to him that you love is 144 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: he's versatile and he's going to he's just getting players 145 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: and he'll make him work. So, um, that's exciting to 146 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: here's a scout. So now you just go out and 147 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: try to find the best players for the Ravens and 148 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: and see as we go through the process, through the 149 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: pro days, through the combine, through the workouts, and then 150 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: uh um next week in the meetings, if they fit 151 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: our scheme and can help us. What do you deem 152 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: this is your biggest need? Oh man? Uh you know, 153 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: I never want to go into a draft nicking where 154 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: that was said in any position. Of course, you know, 155 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: we we see a lot of times. I mean, I 156 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: remember one year we thought we had a really strong 157 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: tight end room and then like in the span of 158 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: like a few days, we had a bunch of guys 159 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: that got hurt and we were trying to find tight 160 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: ends all year. Um. You know we saw that, you 161 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: know a few years ago at running back, you know, 162 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: with with j K and Gus in justice. So our 163 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: needs can change. I wouldn't want to, you know, pigeonhole 164 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: and one specific thing, but you know, in general, I think, 165 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: you know, secondary is always something that we can address. 166 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: Offensive lines always something the defensive line that we should address. 167 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: The receiver position, um, you know those positions where you 168 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: need multiple guys to play. Um, I think those open 169 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: important positions every single year to draft players. So that 170 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: you have a continuous depth in terms of when guys 171 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: get hurt, you can put guys in. And I think 172 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: last year, last year's team was a good example of that, 173 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: where we had depth on the offensive line and in 174 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: the secondary to be able to withstand some injuries. And 175 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: our goal is to always be in that position. And 176 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: you said you be able to add more. But how 177 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: does that affect your strategy killing me into the drafts? 178 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: Which is you know you had much more of that. 179 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: I was justifect the strategy into the drafts. Uh, well, 180 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, like last year, you know, my strategy was 181 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: I had to watch as many guys as I could 182 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: because we had so many picks. UM. I still want 183 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: to watch as many guys as I can, but I 184 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: don't feel the tremendous anxiety knowing that we have six 185 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: fourth round picks. UM. Our goal would be to add 186 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: picks if we can. At some point in saying that, 187 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: I think it's important to note that we've had a 188 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: lot of picks over the last four or five years, 189 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: and you get to a point where maybe having too 190 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: many picks isn't necessarily the right thing. In any given year, 191 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: you almost have to have a purge at some point 192 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: because you have all these young players on the team 193 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: and they can't all make the team if you have 194 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: just keep stacking these huge, massive draft classes. So I 195 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't say that it was intentional this year. But for 196 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: us like to say that our second round pick was 197 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: Roquan Smith, I'm pretty happy with that, you know, um, 198 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: you know, i'd like to get you know, if we 199 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: had five picks this year, if we only have five 200 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: picks this year, I'd like to get back to nine 201 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: or ten picks next year for sure. But having a 202 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: smaller amount of picks this year, based on what we've 203 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: done in eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one, twenty two, that's 204 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: not necessarily the worst thing. I wouldn't say we've necessarily 205 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: done that, Vinie. We kind of treat the prote is 206 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: kind of the same. UM. We always canvas, We always 207 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: send a lot of guys out. We always try to 208 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: have um a position coach at almost every pro day. 209 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: You can't always get that done with all the offseason 210 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: stuff they're doing. We'll have an area scout in some 211 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: cases an area scout, a director possibly and also a 212 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: potentially a coordinator, a position coach, whatever that might be 213 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: we try to get as much coverage as possible. The 214 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: other thing it's changed so much over the years is, 215 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: you know, we get all the prods on digitized now, 216 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: so we have all the pro days. We get all 217 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: the pro days within twenty four hours. Event. Basically you 218 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: don't get the hands on personal attention that you might 219 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: get at the school visit, but you do get the 220 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: video on tape. You get a chance to assess that 221 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: as well, so it's not like it was maybe ten 222 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: or fifteen years ago when you didn't have access to 223 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: that stuff. Yeah, there's so much attention about the wide 224 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: receiver position as there always seems to be around character 225 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: that basically benefit in this offense. You're trying to build 226 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 1: what in particular you're looking for in terms of the 227 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: wide receiver you can break in. Well, I think you 228 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: look at the big picture. It's a great question. There's 229 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys that we like, right Eric, 230 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: I mean, in really every round, I think there's there 231 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: are guys that can make our team. In the early rounds, 232 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: there are a number of guys that could start for us. 233 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: You know, even so you start with that, then it's okay, 234 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: who fits us? You know, in terms of what Todd's 235 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: looking for, how we're building the offense, terms of the 236 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: guys you already have. So I would say that, you know, 237 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: between Eric and Joe, myself, Todd, Greg Lewis, you know, 238 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: all the scouts. Really you start saying, Okay, which guys 239 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: do we really like for what we're trying to do 240 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: for our room, and who compliment the other guys in 241 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: the room, and you know that's uh, those are names, 242 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: you know, so probably not sharing those with you guys 243 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: right now, but we have those names you know, already 244 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: targeted and we'll probably finalize that next week. In terms 245 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: of the guys that we'll be looking at, we feel 246 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: fit of the best and hopefully hopefully we get one 247 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: of those guys. But that being said, you never know. 248 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: You know, you might up somehow you find a guy 249 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: that falls your way and you really wasn't one of 250 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: the names that you thought was going to be a 251 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: great fitting term to be a great player. So as 252 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: long as we've got you know, enough players, I think 253 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: we do to get guys that can help us and 254 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 1: we'll be in good shape. What's your ID say? It's 255 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: pretty strong up top? Um, you know those four guys 256 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: are best being listed in the moss going high. They're 257 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: all talented and good in their own rights. Um. You know, 258 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: if you break them down, you know Bryce is extremely accurate, cerebral, intelligent, winner. 259 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: They're all winners, actually, every one of them. So it 260 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: was what you love, um, and then uh, you know, 261 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: Richardson's got just raw physical talent, strong arm, athletic, big, physical, 262 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: tough UM. Probably the least experience of the four of them, 263 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: but you know, has a chance to really blossom and develop. 264 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: Will is again a physical, strong guy with a lead arm, 265 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: and has gone through two different offenses the past two years, 266 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: so he's adjusted to players changing around him. His whole 267 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: offensive line was revamped. And then CJ. You know, he's 268 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,599 Speaker 1: just matured and grown and gotten better and better. It 269 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: played his best game, his last game of his career, 270 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: I thought, and uh, really accurate, has a great feel 271 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: for the field, um, and showed off his athleticism certainly 272 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: in that Georgia game. One of your things was watching 273 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: the cornerbacks. I think that was one of Eric's things 274 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: that he was watching huffily of the joy Porter Junior, 275 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: What would be kind of that be? Like? Considering the 276 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: history of the Ravens with his father. I mean, seeing 277 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: Enjoy Porter's senior Ravens fan, I think that'd be that'd 278 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: be great for all of us, but all Enjoy. Of 279 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: course he would you for your family first, man, I'm 280 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: gonna get mc call and I'm gonna find out, you know, 281 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: but because it would be good to do. I know 282 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: for me, it's family first. But Joey Porter Junior is 283 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: a heck of a player, you know. And it's not 284 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: just him. I mean there's a lot of good corners, 285 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: like Eric said, guys that would be excited about. But 286 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: this this dude knows how to play. I mean, I 287 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: love the way he plays his style. Um, yeah, he's 288 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: he's the Joey Porter's senior, your version in a dB 289 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: for him. You know, he's got got a great mentality. 290 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. So quarterback, because of the combine, like, oh, 291 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: we got combined work out believal. Now it comes to 292 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: the super sofa. You want to hear that quarterbacks? Is 293 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: that different to see because the physical things he did? Yeah, gosh, 294 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: it's so hard because like we go to the combine 295 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: and we know what he already is a lot of 296 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: times um. So I don't think any of the scouts 297 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: were surprised that Richardson ran fast and looked away Dick, 298 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: because we go through the school and you watch the 299 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: LSU game. You see him take off on the seventy 300 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: five yard run and nobody catch him. So it's really 301 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: not surprising. I think it's just so impressive and you know, 302 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: awesome to see it. That was physical trays on display, 303 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: so he gets the buzz um. You know, I think 304 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: a lot of scouts throughout the league looked at Richardson 305 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: as a first round talent, So I don't think he 306 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: really jumped up in our eyes. I think it's just 307 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: the display he put on was impressive. You're listening to 308 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: Ravens Press Pass. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review 309 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: if you haven't already. Now let's get you back to 310 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the pre draft press conference. You select 311 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: the data the JOBO last year with just one year 312 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:21,359 Speaker 1: old starting experience. How difficult is it's pruge future performance 313 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: in the NFL Anthony Ridginson for example, for a player 314 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: in college that hasn't limited playtime. Yeah, it's good question. 315 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: Factor that in for sure. It's hard, you know, production 316 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: is really important. I think production is a great predictor 317 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: of future success, but it's always talent, and so that's 318 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: what we have to try to do. In some cases, 319 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: you may have a very small sample size with some guys, 320 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, years and years and years and years ago. 321 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: I remember god named Ziggyanza came out and he was 322 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: basically he had one year and he might have had 323 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: I think, well, I don't know how many sacks he had, 324 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: but you could just see the talent. But he had 325 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: to you know, there wasn't a lot of history. Um, 326 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: there was a lot of questions about them. You just 327 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: didn't know much about him. Those guys are challenging to 328 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: evaluate in many different ways. I think good scouts UH 329 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: can can really help the process when it comes to that. 330 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: And I think we're blessed here to have the continuity 331 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: on staff with our scouts UM to be able to 332 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: settle some of those debates, some of those questions about 333 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: you know, one year of production, injuries and things like that. 334 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: But that's that's that's a challenging aspect of our business, 335 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: I think. And sometimes you're gonna make mistakes. I mean, 336 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: let's not forget now, this is a business that you know, 337 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: if you can go seventy five percent, it's pretty good. 338 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 1: I would say you're gonna you're betting on people. Sometimes 339 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: you don't have all the answers, and uh so it's 340 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: a challenge associate. Obviously, if you have a guy that's 341 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: a four year starter in a in an sec uh, 342 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,880 Speaker 1: you know, you have a lot to go on. When 343 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: you have a one year starter or you have a 344 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: small school guy, you have a guy that's injured, that 345 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: makes that conversation a lot more difficult. In January said 346 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: John had any interesting in rebuild? I guess class what 347 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: it is you can come in and be offestional in 348 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: BacT out of your want You said the quarterback? Is 349 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: that what you said? Uh? Well, I mean I think 350 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: that you know, I don't want to insult anybody in 351 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: the draft, Um, but you know, I would say there's 352 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: probably more than four guys that can that can be 353 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: significant quarterbacks in this league in this draft class. Um, 354 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: you know, there's forget about where they might get big 355 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: more than four. But I mean, i'm you know what, 356 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: am I gonna say seven to eight? Whatever it is? 357 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: But the fact is that we think that you can 358 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: get a quarterback in the first round or the third 359 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: round or the fourth round, who have a chance to 360 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: develop and uh, you know, go back to uh Tyrod Taylor. 361 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: I don't know when we drafted him. Is that the 362 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: fifth round, sixth round, whatever it was, years and years 363 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: and years ago. Derek Anderson took him in with the 364 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: six or seventh, right, So you can get good quarterbacks 365 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: that you saw what the Niners did last year with 366 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: brock Party. It's quite possible to get a good quarterback 367 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: at any point in the draft. Obviously the Goat, as 368 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,360 Speaker 1: my son would say, Tom Brady was a six round pick, 369 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: so they were all over the place in the draft. 370 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: You have to have good scouts, you've got to have conviction, 371 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: and in some cases you got to get lucky too, 372 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: back in the first round. Consolation, it depends on the board, Jamison, 373 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: really does. I mean, I'd have to say yes because 374 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: we have quarterbacks in our top thirty one. So just 375 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: based on that alone, simple math, I would have to 376 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: say yes. Away from the deadline, it says, say, if 377 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: you'll be picking out half off, Yeah, that'll be a 378 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,479 Speaker 1: discussion we'll have with Patrick. Wouldn't want to announce anything 379 00:19:54,520 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: too premature. With all you guys been here, how much 380 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: different reception with boss is doing and you would have 381 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: been twelve years ago. Yeah, I would just say that 382 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: jen joking comment, But I think coach has done a 383 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: remarkable job out and talent. You know, every year they've 384 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,959 Speaker 1: got a number of guys that can play at our 385 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: level and play very very well at our level. So 386 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: I think that speaks to the job he's really done 387 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: down there. Yeah. Yeah, he's just having seen him over 388 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: the years and watched him where he's been, He's always 389 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,879 Speaker 1: been a great evaluator of talent and recruiter. Tom has 390 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: always produced players at the schools he's been at, and 391 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: so he's done a great job building that program and 392 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: adding really you know NFL talent to the roster. And 393 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: Maryland's you know, always put out some good players, but 394 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: it seems like the group has grown as as he's 395 00:20:52,200 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: been there. You know, Google, you don't all that, you 396 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: know all he didn't, Yeah, exactly right. It's probably an 397 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: interesting point. Uh, he's uh, he's actually worked with a 398 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: number of these guys already, you know, just professionally as 399 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: as a as a pass rush trainer, so he knows 400 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: the personalities. That's an advantage for us. We have a 401 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: number of guys from college. Willie Taggart, you know, he's 402 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: recruited a lot of these guys, knows a lot of 403 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: these guys, So that's always an advantage for us, right. 404 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: I know Joe Todd obviously has has been around guys 405 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: last a couple of years, especially at Georgia. But Chuck, 406 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,880 Speaker 1: you know, Chuck's a pass rush coach and he's also 407 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: a football coach. I mean he's gonna he's gonna coach 408 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: all aspects of it. Continue to develop as a coach 409 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: like we all do going forward. But the pass rush stuff, man, 410 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: I really haven't come across anybody better. You know, over 411 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: the last many number of years. He was here all 412 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 1: the way back in two thousand and eight working with 413 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: our guys in training camp, and you don't forget that. 414 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: So I know our guys are excited. Those young guys 415 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: are excited to work with him, and he'll be I think, 416 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, like you're saying, it'll be a big 417 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: addition as far as the draft, but also really coaching 418 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: our guys. Joe um Church for a second, can you 419 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: come out, you know, the wide receivers coming out Jared 420 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: and yeah, you know they're all a little different. But uh, 421 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: you know Jared he can fly obviously, Copeland same thing. Uh. 422 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: Demis has been a fun guy to watch through his career. 423 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,879 Speaker 1: Obviously he had the injury and he's really you know, 424 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: worked hard to get it get better and he's developing. Um, 425 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: so I think he's on the upswing. UM, big physical 426 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: guy with size radius. And then Jared obviously they played 427 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: more slot, but you see that vertical go. I mean 428 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: he can he can really accelerate, put pressure pressure on 429 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: the defense. And then Copeland athletic guy transferred in. You know, 430 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: was an impact special teamer at Florida while being a 431 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: vertical guy. And he's done the same in Maryland. The 432 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,919 Speaker 1: two receivers, you got a link to a lot of 433 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: Flowers and Johnston. You talk about Flowers, Uh when he's 434 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: obviously speeded there you see him with the guy can 435 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: play anywhere inside outside, and Alton Johnson maybe the only 436 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: day too as you yeah, um, you know, go we'll 437 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: go to Johnson first. Um with the drops you just 438 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: see when you see receiver drop balls, you see how 439 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: they're doing it. You know, is it a tracking is 440 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: it a hand placement issue? Is it just bad hands? 441 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes it's just he's got his hands in 442 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: the wrong spot. He's watching make outstanding catches on film. 443 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: You see his ability to just go up and high 444 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: point the ball, but he does drop some balls. Most 445 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: receivers to drop the ball or two though. Um. But 446 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: he's a big, fast, physical guy. Obviously has play making 447 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 1: ability outside and then going to zay Um, you know 448 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: he plays inside and out for BC and you see 449 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: the same ability coming up to this level. He's strong 450 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: even though he's not big Um and certainly he can 451 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: fly and put pressure like I said, you know, like Jared, 452 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: he can put pressure on the defense quickly and so 453 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: and he's got outstanding hands and rackability. So UMA's bigger 454 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: than the size. Overall, it's Eric You've talked about death 455 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 1: and the D line group is really young all across 456 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: the board, but you have a couple of guys who 457 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: are in the contract years plays Campbell has moved on. 458 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: Could D line be a position that you're looking at it? Well, 459 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: there's no doubt, you know. I mean, we like the 460 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: group we have now. They've played well, played well last year. 461 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: I think they'll continue to play well. But we've also 462 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: got to look at it from you know, short term, 463 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: long term, what's the position is going to look like 464 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: the strength of the draft class, and we think there's 465 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: guys in the first three four rounds that can come 466 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: in and play well. And we've been fortunate we've taken 467 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: some mid round guys in the last few years, the 468 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: last four years that have played well for us. We're 469 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: excited about that. You know, Justin is a talented player 470 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: who's playing his best football. Brodrick again a guy that's 471 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: maximized his ability, one of the hardest workers we have 472 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,479 Speaker 1: on the team, plays multiple spots. You know, we just 473 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: know Travis is another guy already you see every day 474 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: I think working out. You know, we're excited about those guys. 475 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: But it takes more than three or four guys to 476 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: play and to win in the NFL. So of course 477 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: we'll look at it. We'll assess those guys versus the field, 478 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: and we'll see what we come up with. You've gone 479 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: through fifteen years a head coach of this league. As 480 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: you look a potential, is there an equation you run 481 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: through it and say, okay, but how will he handle 482 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: this in the NFL that you use evaluate if a guy, 483 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: make sure list. Yeah, there's a lot of equations like that. 484 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: It's a great point, Jerry to me, you start with 485 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: the type of player that Eric and Joe they start 486 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: and all the scouts evaluate. Then you just try to 487 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 1: look at it and say, you know, do I think 488 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: do you think his skills are going to translate? You know, 489 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: just what are you doing what he does in college? 490 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: You think it's going to show up the same in 491 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: the NFL? Or is it going to be more? You 492 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: know a lot of guys are better players in the 493 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: NFL than they were in college. It's crazy enough for 494 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: other guys, you just never see it in the NFL, 495 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: and you wonder why. So he tried to say, is 496 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: that translatable? Can I picture him in our on our team, 497 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: in our defense, in or on our offense, on our 498 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,959 Speaker 1: special teams doing the things that you see well in college? 499 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: Can you? Can you imagine that? That's more probably feel 500 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: and experience than anything else for me. Then the other 501 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: part of it, you know, when you talk to those 502 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: guys is just do they have what it takes out 503 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: they do they have the right mindset towards success? You know, 504 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: are they going to be thinking the right way as 505 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: their head going to be in the right space because 506 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: it's tough, you know, and can they keep it simple 507 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: and keep it about what really matters and not get 508 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: caught up in the things that don't matter? Uh that's 509 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: you know, how's the guy built that way? Character wise, 510 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: if you want to use that word, are they going 511 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 1: to be the type of guys you need that are 512 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: going to maximize their own ability? So like anybody would 513 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: with any kind of evaluation, right, you try to try 514 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: to figure who the person is loss for physical character, 515 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: You're like, what do you do? You know all you do? Yeah, 516 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: we certainly we know the Georgia players with Todd, but 517 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: we're still going through that process and we'll have medical 518 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: meetings and then we're talking over through the coach with 519 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: the coaching staff. Steve Claggett does a great job with 520 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 1: all our background investigations and research, so we kind of 521 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: talked through it. We don't eliminate anyone based on a 522 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: quote unquote grade. It's a discussion and a conversation that 523 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: we talked through with the coaching staff during the meetings. 524 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: You've had one free agent come in from the outside 525 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: of new organization so far of this off season. How 526 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: difficult has it been all of the mens roster ahead 527 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: of the draft. Not too much, not too bad, I 528 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: would say. I mean, we we've signed a lot of 529 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: free agents they just had played for us in the past. 530 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,199 Speaker 1: We had a lot of guys who wanted back as 531 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: what it amounts to and guys that you know, have 532 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: played winning football for us. You know, We've never been 533 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: a big free agency team prior to this year, were 534 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: very much pick and choose. It's based on a lot 535 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: of different factors, you know. So it's it's a bigger 536 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: picture team building strategy that I believe in that goes 537 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: back to Ozzie that John and Ozzie have developed over 538 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: the years and coach Bailick and Ozzie and everything. It's 539 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: just the way that we operate. And so for us, 540 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: the draft will always be paramount. It will always be 541 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: our biggest and best way of improving our team for 542 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,199 Speaker 1: the long term. Uh, you know, So that's what we 543 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: believe in. We're not done, as Ozzie has said a 544 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: million times, the roster's not set till September, and we'll 545 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: have a lot of different opportunities pre draft, post draft 546 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: to build a strong football team. We'll take advantage of 547 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: every single mechanism that we can free agency, undrafted, free agency, trades, 548 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: wave a wire, pickups, whatever that might be to build 549 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: the best team we can. So this is just really 550 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: the beginning, not the end. One thing I might look 551 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: the kind of way we're built. We're really not a 552 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: team that you'd go in and say, hey, this team 553 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: was going to sign a lot of free agents because 554 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 1: of all the draft picks we've had. We've had eight, nine, ten, twelve, 555 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: eleven draft picks in the last three years, so most 556 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: of those guys are still there. Most of those guys 557 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: are I'm gonna take a guy like our Darius Washington, 558 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: just a guy who was a free agent. We like 559 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: him as a player, just to give you one name. 560 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: We think he's got a future as a player. You know, 561 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: we're going to go out and sign players. You know, 562 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: on top of these players that we're still developing, we're 563 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: gonna be a young team next year. Plus, like Eric mentioned, 564 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: we signed a number of free agents who our own 565 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: guys already coming back. So when you like the players 566 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: that you have, you drafted all those guys, you're developing 567 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: those guys. You're not like the cover's not bear where 568 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: we need to go outside a bunch of free agents. 569 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: We think we need to just to dismiss or just 570 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: to cross out the guys that we're trying to grow. 571 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: So see where these guys grow and they develop, and 572 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: trust our young trust our evaluation, trust our development, and 573 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: give these guys a chance to go play. I think 574 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: that was more of the mindset this offseason when you 575 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: mentioned the son of that characteristics you look for out 576 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: of receivers when it comes to some of the undersided receivers, 577 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: like say Flowers. You got to draft Hollywood in the past, 578 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: but some of these undersized re seas, what do you 579 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: look forward to know that their size can be something 580 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: that translates at his level? Such a great question, you 581 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: know and like and what does undersize mean? I mean Zay, 582 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: you know Za's he may be kind of short, what 583 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: is he five to nine? But he's not small, Like 584 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: he's not a little guy. He can This guy's a 585 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: strong guy. Plus he can accelerate. He's got great explosiveness. 586 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: You know Addison at USC he's another guy. You know, 587 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: he's he's you know, he's a small guy, but you 588 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: watch his stride. He opens up his stride. This guy's 589 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: like ability to control his body and his balance. From Marquis, 590 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: it was that explosiveness that you saw, an ability to 591 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: track downfield. So what what what's the trait? You know? 592 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: What is the what's our superpower? You know? So yeah, 593 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: if your superpower is not size, he's got to be 594 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: one or two other superpowers that are going to make, 595 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: you know, help you to be successful in this league. 596 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: And you try to look at that individual and say, Okay, 597 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: what's going to be the key for him? What's going 598 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: to be the trait that's going to make the difference. 599 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: So I don't think Zay is an undersized guy. He's 600 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: off for our board. I don't think Addison's off for 601 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: our board as a quote unquote undersized guy. You know, 602 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,320 Speaker 1: they've got superpowers that are gonna make them successful. It's 603 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: just what's the best fit in our offense? And are 604 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: they there? You know? And who else is there? At 605 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: that time? Eric, you've talked a lot about houn't you 606 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: like your young players and you know, giving guys a chance? 607 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: Would you drafted Oa in the first round and pajab 608 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: Goo in the second round. Essentially he was viewed as 609 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: a first round pick. Would that impact at all the 610 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,479 Speaker 1: pursuit of an edge rusher early in the draft, because 611 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: inevitably if you added a number early round another early 612 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: round guy in and would you know, impact their snaps 613 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: or or so forth. Well, I mean if if Will 614 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: Anderson's they were probably gonna take them. Yet, you know, 615 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: I mean, it just depends on the player. You know, 616 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: I would never want to say no and then we 617 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: take a guy. It just depends on the player. How 618 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: good we think the player is going to be. If 619 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: we think the player can be three else Sugs or 620 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor probably take the guy. At the beginning to 621 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: talk about the challenges this offseason, where has that taken 622 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: you now to where you are today? Oh? Man, I 623 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: just think you know the challenges For me, it's just 624 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: been being able to get as much tape done as possible. 625 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: You know, we've been on the go since the end 626 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: of the season. Um, you know, we've signed a bunch 627 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: of our guys back. We've been doing a lot of contracts. 628 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: You know, we're just trying to get the boards set. Really, 629 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: this is our chance. You know, we don't have a 630 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: lot of picks. I referenced the uh well, Chris mcalliser 631 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: draft earlier this offseason as a really great draft because 632 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: of what we're able to do with a small amount 633 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: of picks. And that's our challenge this year. We don't 634 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: have a lot of picks. We want to nail those 635 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: picks as best as we can and find guys to 636 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: make the team better. Our scouts and coaches have got 637 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: to do a great job with undrafted free agency, and 638 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 1: then we'll assess post draft players that are still there. 639 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: How can we use our money wisely? Knowing that we 640 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: don't have a ton of money. You guys all know that. 641 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: You can see what our cap situation is. How do 642 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: we use that money wisely? How do we get creative 643 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: with what we do to build the best team we 644 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: can I think every year we've always ask you about 645 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: wide receivers and the challenge of evaluating it, and you 646 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: pretty much approv Bowl players in every position except wide receiver. 647 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: I mean, doesn't get to the point where you would 648 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: the house satisfied? Would it be we would not have 649 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: to ask a wide receiver questions in the future. You 650 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: know what, I've been here twenty eight years. If it 651 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: wasn't receiver, you guys would be asking something else. I mean, 652 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 1: ask the reality it would be the offensive line, to 653 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: be the quarterback position, to be a secondary. It's just 654 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: with a nature of the beast, right, So we want 655 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: to address as many positions we've There's never been a 656 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: perfect team. I've never seen a perfect team yet in 657 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: the NFL. We aspire to it, but I haven't seen 658 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,719 Speaker 1: that team. So we're always going to have a weakness. 659 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: We're always going to have a point of emphasis. We're 660 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: always going to have something with trying to fix. It's 661 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: like a house. Buy a house, you think, oh great, 662 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 1: then the next year something breaks right, the next year 663 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: something needs to be replaced. It's just like running a 664 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: football team. There's always things that need to be replaced 665 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: and fixed, rebuilt, added on, you know, whatever that might be. 666 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: And so that's where we are every single year. And 667 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: so if it wasn't a receiver, it'd be something else. 668 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:17,919 Speaker 1: That's the nature of this business. Joe got another question 669 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,399 Speaker 1: for you. Obviously, you know a lot of them talk 670 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: about his physicality. How how you can bet that might 671 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: that's play round lea guess what is kind of value 672 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: having a guy who do and be that kind of player? Yeah, 673 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 1: I mean when you can get up there and disrupt 674 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: the timing of the wild's release and the timing of 675 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: the play. That that's a big thing, you know, in 676 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,640 Speaker 1: terms of affecting an offense's ability to execute. So he 677 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 1: does a great job that he's very physical, he takes 678 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: pride in it, and it does it well. So I 679 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: think that's something that's one of his strengths. Certainly. So 680 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 1: much focuses on the first round of the draft, but 681 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,440 Speaker 1: you know, where are you finding the death in this 682 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: one and the third, fourth, fifth round that, um, you 683 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: can attack any kind Yeah, you know, I think Eric 684 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: mentioned you know, the wide receiver being a deep position, 685 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: and it is. If you look at our board, it's 686 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: all the way throughout. You know, there's there's targets and 687 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: multiple rounds, pass rushers, another one outside back er. Um, 688 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,800 Speaker 1: you know us playing the rush sam aspect. You know, 689 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: I think there's just different v or variations of players. 690 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 1: But the guys that can play in space and do 691 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: more of the dropping, and certainly the edge setters and 692 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,320 Speaker 1: the pass rushers. So those are two deep ones. In 693 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: the corners another one, you know, it's a good deep 694 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: classic corner. So I think I think we'll be able 695 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: to find some day three prospects of those positions. Eric, 696 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: and see all of your fiss you've been involved in 697 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 1: plenty eight years and you've got a lot more hits 698 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: than this. When you look at the missus, what have 699 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: they taught you in terms of are you don't fall 700 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: in love with this? When you're drafting a player, Yeah, 701 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think some knee confractor into that. 702 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: You know, you feel a crunch and you see there's 703 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: only one guy left at that position, and you take 704 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: him at the expense of other players that might be 705 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:13,399 Speaker 1: better players or other positions. You know, and I think 706 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: you can't really discount a negative report. It's easy to do. 707 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: And so it's just it's kind of psychologically how your 708 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,800 Speaker 1: mind works. You have six guys that love a player 709 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 1: and one guy who doesn't love the player, and you 710 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: tend to think, to yourself, oh, that guy is wrong. 711 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: You know that one scout is wrong, and so you 712 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,759 Speaker 1: know he might be right. You know, one of our 713 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: great scouts we've ever had, guys, I've heard me talk 714 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: about Ron Marsenac. What made Ron great was he didn't 715 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: care what anybody else thought about players. He didn't go 716 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: and look at mock drafts. He didn't. He wasn't on 717 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: Twitter reading all the stuff about players. He just sat 718 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: in a dark room and evaluated guys. He didn't care 719 00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: if everybody else in the organization love the guy, he 720 00:36:55,960 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: didn't care. And you know, I could give you some 721 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: incredible examples where he would take a guy that was 722 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:05,960 Speaker 1: going to be the first pick in the draft, of 723 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: the fifth pick in the draft, and would give him 724 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: a free agent grade and we'd all be looking at 725 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 1: him like, and you know what. A lot of those 726 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,359 Speaker 1: guys never made it past the third year in the league. 727 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 1: And it's incredible, right, Joe, I mean incredible. So that's 728 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: a mistake I think sometimes that decision maker has to 729 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: avoid is to not dismiss one report at the expense 730 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: of a bunch of other reports. You've got to really 731 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,879 Speaker 1: look into that and you've got to consider the other path, 732 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,400 Speaker 1: so to speak, and do your homework, and that's what 733 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: we try to do right now. The Ravens currently have 734 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: five picks in the twenty twenty three draft, but GM 735 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,840 Speaker 1: Eric de Costa said today his goal would be to 736 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: add more picks over the course of the draft. He 737 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,839 Speaker 1: did add, however, he actually wouldn't mind if Baltimore ended 738 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,439 Speaker 1: up with just five picks this year if that means 739 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens would get nine or ten draft picks next year. Now, 740 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: we'll be dropping a pre draft press conference Takeaways episode 741 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: of The Ravens Lounge, so make sure you check that 742 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,280 Speaker 1: out later today to hear what Garrett Downing and Cliff 743 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 1: Brown had to say after today's presser. Don't forget you 744 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: can get every media availability, interview or press conference on 745 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: Ravens Press Pass, so if you haven't done so already, 746 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: make sure you subscribe, rate, and review. Thanks for listening, 747 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,359 Speaker 1: and we'll be back with you soon