1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge represented by DraftKings. I'm Garrett Downing. 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: I'm here with Cassie Cherigo. We are so excited today 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: to be joined by Kyle Hamilton, fresh off signing a 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: new contract. So Kyle, let's start here. My favorite reaction 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: to your contract extension had to be from your mom 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: on Twitter, who said, my college drop out got a 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: raise at his seasonal job. 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: Yeah I didn't. 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 3: I didn't see she's actually tweeted that. She's she's always 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,639 Speaker 3: talking to me about getting my degree, so I need 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 3: to check that box. 12 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: But yeah, she was. 13 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: Happy for you started on that process, right, I did. 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: So there's still a little bit more to go. 15 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: I have like three classes left, and. 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: I'm sure your mom reminds you that often it sounds. 17 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 3: Like, yeah, you know, the further you get away, the 18 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 3: harder is actually go back and do it. But I 19 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 3: need to show my kids that having your degree is important. 20 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: So at some point before kids exist, I need to 21 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 3: get that. 22 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 4: There you go, spoken like someone who went to Notre Dame. 23 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: Yeah I didn't graduate though, Yeah that's he just took 24 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: a few classes there. 25 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 26 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, So what's it been like? 27 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: Man? 28 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: Getting this contract sign Now? The dust has settled a 29 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: little bit, but you have you signed this contract. It's 30 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: it's obviously something that was well deserved by you. But 31 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: what does this contract extension mean for you? 32 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: Yeah? 33 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: I mean it's one just shows how much faith the 34 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,639 Speaker 3: Ravens and the organization hasn't me. And I've said it before, 35 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 3: but just appreciate them for drafting me and developing me. 36 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: And you know, it's it's now I feel like I'm 37 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: forever associated with the Ravens and that's until my football 38 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: career is over, until my life's over. I feel like 39 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: that's gonna be kind of a bond there. And uh no, 40 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 3: it's awesome, but you know, it's kind of weird. I 41 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: don't feel that much different. It's cool, like having that security, 42 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 3: but everybody's like, what it's like the first thing you're 43 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 3: gonna buy and all that stuff, and I really have 44 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 3: no clue, so maybe I'll just save it. 45 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: It's not a boat answer. 46 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 47 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 4: One of the things I thought was really interesting when 48 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: you were talking about your presser like right after the extension, 49 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 4: was like just kind of enjoying what the process looked 50 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: like from your standpoint, and you talked about like seeing 51 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 4: the back and forth. So were you like literally reading 52 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 4: emails back and forth Like. 53 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 3: No, yeah, I literally felt like I was like at 54 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 3: a desk job, like firing emails back and forth to 55 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 3: EDC and Nick. And obviously it wasn't me like actually 56 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 3: writing the emails, but my agents would call me before 57 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 3: they sent them and we'd read them together and I'd 58 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: provide my insight, like what I felt was good, what 59 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: I felt wasn't necessary, And you know, I get emails 60 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: from the Ravens and it was really cool just to 61 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 3: see the whole process and something I was a little 62 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: interested in, just like how it went. And I know 63 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 3: some guys aren't involved really at all, and I wasn't 64 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 3: super hands on, like I wasn't talking to Nick and 65 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 3: EDC directly, but being involved with it kind of you know, 66 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 3: it's like you're raising a baby a little bit and 67 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: then you get to the point where you actually signed. 68 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 2: It's like I had a part in this, so a 69 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: minuscule part. 70 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: My agents did a lot of work, but it was 71 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 3: cool to still see the whole process. 72 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 4: Well, clearly you had a big part, because it's all 73 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 4: about what you've done here. 74 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, well will you put that way? 75 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you said there's like some humor in there. 76 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 4: So how is like their humor in a contract negotiation? 77 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, so my agent, I mean, this isn't like divulging information, 78 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: but my agent, one of my agents, Brian Murphy's from Boston, 79 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: ADCs from Boston area. So there was some back and 80 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 3: forth about some random Boston suburbs and stuff like that. 81 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 3: There was almost like a theme to it, which was 82 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,399 Speaker 3: like poems or quotes, and it was very like Edgar 83 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 3: Allan poe Ish. I don't know if he was actually used, 84 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 3: but it would almost be like a header page and 85 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: like preface the email with this quote or poem. And 86 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: it's like if you appreciate good writing and appreciate people 87 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: put an effort into an email, then you would appreciate 88 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: those emails. So I appreciate about those things, and it 89 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:47,839 Speaker 3: was cool just to see that. 90 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: It's cool. 91 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: Some guys are like, I don't want any part of it. 92 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: My agent deals with it, like let me know when 93 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: the deal's done. This is what I want. But like, 94 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: why did you want to be part of it just 95 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: because you thought it'd be interesting to see the process 96 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: play out? Like why why were you involved in? 97 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's important, it's a It's a unique situation to 98 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 3: be in. And I think when you see contracts and 99 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: you see numbers, and that's very prevalent in our profession, 100 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 3: you kind of have an outside end perspective on it. 101 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: And I feel like that gave me more of a 102 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: more knowledge on like how these things actually go down 103 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: and how you get to a number, and from both sides, 104 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: whether arguments and how it goes and no hard feelings 105 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 3: at all. I mean, both sides have to do a job. 106 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 3: And so I was more so reading it just from 107 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 3: a third party perspective, even though I'm literally the most 108 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: probably prominent party in the two party. 109 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: But no, that's literally what I was doing. 110 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: I was reading like if I was just looking at 111 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 3: Cayle Hamilton's contract or negotiation from an outside your. 112 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 2: Perspective, like how would I just view this? 113 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 3: So I wasn't very I wasn't emotionally attached to it 114 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 3: really at all, and just kind of looking at looking 115 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 3: at it for more of a educational perspective, maybe like 116 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 3: a little academia. But no, it was really cool and 117 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: to say, like I understood why each part of the 118 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 3: language and stuff like that I've had to get explained 119 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: a little bit by my agents. Obviously they went to 120 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: school for that stuff. But it was cool to like 121 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 3: just say the whole process just kind of nosy, honestly. 122 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: So even though he hasn't finished it in Notre Dame, he's 123 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: still working, he's still learning. 124 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can always take you're from somewhere. 125 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: So you talked a little bit about the process of 126 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: the contract, not just the actual negotiation process, but basically 127 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: getting to this point. Like there are three years in 128 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: the NFL, and to me, like I go back to 129 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: when the Ravens drafted, you still can't believe you were 130 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: there for the Ravens when they drafted you. So, like, 131 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: when you sign a deal like this, do you think 132 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: about that process and like, as you think about this 133 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: whole this whole journey, what is it that stands out 134 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: the most to you. 135 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 2: That's a good question. 136 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: I think, you know you kind of you obviously recollect 137 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 3: and just look back on everything that you've been through 138 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: to get to this point. I mean, it's a kind 139 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: of a culmination of all the hard work that other 140 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 3: people have put into me and that I put in 141 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 3: to get to this point. But I don't know if 142 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 3: there's specifically one moment that that I think about, but 143 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 3: it's a little it's more so just all around what 144 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 3: I've done to get here, and it's cool to reap 145 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 3: the benefits. And again I'm super appreciative, but I think 146 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 3: going back to me not being a little bland about it, 147 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 3: like it it's something that I always expected for myself, 148 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: and I don't want to sound conceded when I say that, 149 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 3: but like, I always expect the highest out of what 150 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 3: I do, and that's in anything, and parents raised me 151 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 3: to think like that. 152 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: So if you're going to do anything, do it to 153 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 2: the best of your abilities. 154 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 3: And when I first realized like I want to go 155 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 3: to the NFL, probably told myself, I want to be 156 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: all pro I want to be pro Bowl, I want 157 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 3: to be highest paid, all this and that and look 158 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 3: back on it and be happy about what I did. 159 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: And so when it does come to actually be like 160 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: real and happen, it's it's kind of cool, but at 161 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: the same time, it's like, this is what I expected 162 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 3: for myself, and you know, still got more work to do, 163 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 3: so I'm kind of just looking forward and glad to 164 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: have checked that box. 165 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 4: Kind of on the same thing about your journey from 166 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 4: when you came here. Now you are kind of one 167 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 4: of the guys of like this organization. You're one of 168 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 4: the faces of this franchise at this point because you 169 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 4: because of what you've done here. But like from a 170 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 4: leadership standpoint, how does how have you kind of been 171 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 4: able to step into that role from the guy who 172 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 4: walked in here as a rookie to now being one 173 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 4: of like the faces of the franchise. 174 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's kind of weird you say that, it's 175 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 3: kind of happened really fast. But I mean there were 176 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 3: some ups and downs there for a second. And but 177 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: I always take the good with the bad and have 178 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: a short memory and never get too high and never 179 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 3: get too low. So I felt like it was easy 180 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: for me to kind of move on and from bad 181 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 3: plays from good plays and just kind of be the 182 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 3: same me. And I think as a leader, that's a 183 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: good thing. You know, you're not You're kind of somebody 184 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: people look to in times of stress and times of joy. 185 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: And it happens kind of naturally as our DV room 186 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 3: gets younger and I'm obviously getting older. 187 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 2: I'm not old. Maybe I feel a little. 188 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: Old sometimes, but but you know, it just happens naturally 189 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: like draft and Malachi like as obviously on me to 190 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: kind of help him out, and you know, I've been 191 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 3: through it at the same time, first round safety and 192 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: there's different expectations here than other places. So just kind 193 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 3: of on that front, giving him my two cents and 194 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 3: that's what everybody in the room and where that's play 195 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 3: calls or just life as a Raven, as a first 196 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 3: round pick or as an undrafted guy, it's you can 197 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: help in a lot of different ways, and I feel 198 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: like I've tried to do a good job of that. 199 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: Do you think when you look at beyond just the Ravens, 200 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: but the league as a whole, college, in high school, 201 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: do a degree? Do you do you think that you 202 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: are changing the safety position at all? No, You're a 203 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: pretty hot, humble guy, because I think you are. I'll 204 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: just answer that in part. I think that you Like 205 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: I went to the Combine this year and every player 206 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: Malachi included was like, I'm modeled my game after Kyle Hamilton. 207 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: I look what he does, the versatility, like all all 208 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: of those things, Like every safety it seemed like, was 209 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: talking about that they look at your tape all that stuff. 210 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: So like I can see you kind of playing the 211 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: modest car. But I think that like there's an element 212 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: that that teams and players are looking at the way 213 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: that you play the game and wanting to emulate that 214 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: to a certain degree. 215 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think anytime there's it's kind of like, you know, 216 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 3: the game's kind of shifted to tight ends or pass 217 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: catchers now, and you kind of need somebody to combat that. 218 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 3: So if you have a taller safety or a taller 219 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 3: nickel that you can play inside, then it'll help you. 220 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 3: They can blitz, they can do all this other stuff, 221 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: And I'm sure there's been people before to do that, 222 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 3: but it's cool to It's cool to obviously be looked 223 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 3: up to in that sense and have people kind of 224 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: emulate their game after Bits of Mind and I did 225 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 3: the same thing with a bunch of people. So it's 226 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 3: just natural ways the way that things go. But I 227 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: don't know if I want to be the one to 228 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 3: say I'm revolutionizing it. But I think Mike McDonald did 229 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 3: a great job of kind of finding a place for 230 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 3: me to fit in my rookie myself I can year, 231 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 3: and getting creative with that and allowing me to kind 232 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 3: of grow into my role as a safety or as 233 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 3: a nickel and bringing me along, being hard on me. 234 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: And I think Zeo has done a great job as well, 235 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: just expanding on that and all the coaches around them 236 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: and just let me be myself and not trying to 237 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 3: put a where they say, square block into a hole. 238 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: Yep, yeah, I didn't graduate, so. 239 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think it's it's been a culmination of 240 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: just smart people around the game just helping me out, 241 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 3: trying to figure out what I'm best at, and it's worked, 242 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 3: so it's been good. 243 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: Do you think the like the fit piece is really important? 244 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: Like it I don't want to say it was that 245 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: hard of an idea in the sense of like you 246 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: were you're a great player coming out in the draft, 247 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: but like for every player that comes to the NFL, 248 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: part of it is fit and like coaches finding the 249 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: right way to use you, and like, there's good players 250 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: that go places and it's a bad situation and for 251 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: whatever reason it doesn't pan out. So do you think 252 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: that like the fit and the willingness for Mike and 253 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: the defense of coaches you rookie and second year to 254 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: like shift things around was part of what allows you 255 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: to have the success that you did. 256 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. 257 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: I think especially in the sport, there's people who are 258 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 3: OC's or DC's that just think my system is the 259 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 3: best system ever and you're going to conform to this, 260 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 3: and you know they're not ultimately the people drafting, So 261 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 3: like if you're GM like somebody, then you're gonna have 262 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: to figure out away from them to get on the field. 263 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 3: So I think the Ravens have done a great job 264 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 3: of that just philosophically from the top. Harves is kind 265 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 3: of a beacon of that. Just like guys put guys 266 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 3: where they'll excel. You know, it's not about exces and 267 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 3: o's about Jimmy and Joe's. So if you can get 268 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 3: people in the right spots and make plays and let 269 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: them do that and doesn't have everything, doesn't have to 270 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 3: conform to a playbook. So that's something every coach here 271 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 3: is preached. And you know they've put that out in 272 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: the field like Marlin's moved around a ton and last 273 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 3: year like b Steve will go play dime and Trey 274 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 3: White would play corner and it's just like it makes 275 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: us super deep just talking second, but like guys up 276 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 3: front who will go play on the edge and we 277 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 3: have different packages and it just gives offense different looks. 278 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 4: Speaking of the secondary and the coaching, you've always been 279 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 4: working with Chuck now for a few months. He's coached 280 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 4: a lot of football, but has said that this is 281 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 4: one of the talent, most talented groups that he's ever 282 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 4: worked with. Like, how do you kind of see this 283 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 4: secondary as a whole? 284 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's the I don't really think we 285 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: understand what we have in the room right now until 286 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 3: like we get on the field and we start making 287 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 3: plays and stuff like that. 288 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 2: It's which is a good thing. I think. 289 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 3: You know, we're all approaching this season like we have 290 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 3: done nothing, and you know, that's feel like I feel 291 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 3: like that's how you have to approach every season. And 292 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: guys are really humbled in the room. It's really tight 293 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 3: group and really different group and a bunch of like 294 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 3: ranges of people like Malachi's engage and just coming out 295 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 3: of college and then Marlon Jaire or Marlon Jaire and 296 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 3: it's it's cool, yeah, right, it's cool just to see 297 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 3: everybody gel together. And but on that note, that talent, 298 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 3: like you still have you go out there and produce 299 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 3: with it, and I'm sure Chuck would say the same thing, like, 300 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 3: you can have all the talent in the world, but 301 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: if you're not working hard or you're not playing well together, 302 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 3: it doesn't really matter. So I think we're looking forward 303 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: to getting out there and putting on tape. 304 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 4: But you mentioned JayR and he kind of came in 305 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 4: at kind of a weird time, like right before you 306 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 4: guys went on that like big break. How have you 307 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 4: seen him kind of be able to integrate himself, like 308 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 4: into y'all's position group. 309 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. I remember the first day he was here. 310 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: He was on a visit and I saw him and 311 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 3: I was like joking around about him signing, and then 312 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 3: he signed, and then he came to practice and it 313 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 3: was like he had been in the room for three years, 314 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 3: like he was. I've never seen somebody so outgoing and 315 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 3: making everybody feel warm around him, and he's just he 316 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 3: gets all awkwardness out of the room quickly, and I 317 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 3: think it's really good to have. And obviously he's a 318 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 3: really good player too, so on top of that, it's 319 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 3: just a good guy to have around. 320 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 4: You use the different word I think you've used eccentric 321 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 4: maybe for him and Marlin. It's like weird kind of 322 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 4: beings there too, and the most respectful that. 323 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 2: Money, that'd be weird, but have many of their. 324 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 4: Centrics, which one is more is more eccentric, weird. 325 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 3: I think Marlin's more annoying. I think, uh, and that's like, 326 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 3: in the most delicate way I could put it, it's 327 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 3: like he's like a middle middle child who just like 328 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 3: needs attention. That's just who he is and he gains it. 329 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 3: And uh, but I'd say Gyr is a little more eccentric. Yeah, 330 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 3: he just has some different trains of thought where you're like, 331 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 3: I don't know how you got to that conclusion that 332 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: that's a good thought, but you know, I think it's 333 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 3: kind of it's kind of a trend in the league. 334 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 3: Playing cornerback, like you're like, you gotta be a weird 335 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: individual just to kind of sack yourself out good play, 336 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 3: bad play, And you know, you gotta have a short memory, 337 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 3: and you gotta have creative mind. And those two are 338 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: probably the two most creative minds in the league at 339 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 3: any position. 340 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: Honestly, the d b room is always the biggest personalities 341 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: on the team. I feel like that's like that's consistent. Yeah, 342 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 1: every single year I saw Marlin posted on Instagram that 343 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: he gave you a break on buying his condo and 344 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: so is he trying to get some money back. 345 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 3: No, yeah, I told him, I'm running it from him, 346 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 3: just trying to see how downtown. 347 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 2: Life is least about to go up because he has. 348 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 3: Already signed, So yeah, he's stuck in the least Hess signed. 349 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 3: I signed like a week later, so I got a 350 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 3: good deal on it. Good smart man, But I'm doing 351 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 3: him a favorite. Nobody was running that he took. 352 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: It off his hands from I'm curious, Like, going back 353 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: to the dB room, you mentioned Malchai a couple of 354 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: times and like he's a serious guy and he's super smart, 355 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: and he's come in and seemed to step in really well, 356 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: basically been a starter from the time that he arrived here, 357 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: and you talked this off season about how you felt 358 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: like he was he's further along than you were as 359 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: a rookie. Like, I'm just curious how it was going 360 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: in terms of building that chemistry with him and why 361 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: you feel like he's even further along than you were 362 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: at this time. 363 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think just mentally, he he's probably one of 364 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 3: the best rookies I've seen. I've only been in the 365 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: league four years now, but including myself, like just grasping 366 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 3: things after seeing it one time, or messing up something 367 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 3: once and never have again. Like that's really rare, especially 368 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 3: at the safety position. You have to be so vocal 369 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 3: and you have to know a lot of stuff, and 370 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 3: that's something I struggled with my rookie year. And it 371 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 3: seemed like he just came in. It was kind of seamless. 372 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 3: I was a little jealous of it, honestly. He came 373 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 3: and it was just like, yeah, I'm starting I know 374 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 3: all the calls, all this stuff, and I. 375 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 2: Was like, I don't know what I'm doing out here. 376 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: And I told him that. 377 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 3: I was like, you're so far ahead of probably ninety 378 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: nine percent of safeties to get drafted in this league, 379 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: like at the time that you're at. And I said 380 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: it earlier, like he's gonna have to grow up quick, 381 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 3: but like he's already done it, and I'm excited for 382 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 3: him going to season things and make a ton of plays. 383 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: He told us this offseason we were talking about the 384 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: versatility and you guys can both do some of the 385 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: different things, and he was like, I'm just gonna let 386 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: Kyle kind of pick what he wants to do and 387 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: then I'll do the opposite. 388 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: No, I think, uh, it's it's as a safety tandem, 389 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 3: like you kind of somebody like maybe you rolled your 390 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 3: ankle with one play and you're supposed to go do 391 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: something like Yoky, you go do this for me, So 392 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 3: like he'll go take the hard down and I'll go 393 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 3: do whatever, and I'll do the same for him. And 394 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: I think that's something that just as time comes, you 395 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 3: kind of understand what you guys want to do at 396 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 3: a certain point in the game. And he's always willing 397 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 3: to ask questions, not even to me, but like coaches, 398 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 3: and never a bad question for him, and he's always 399 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 3: just willing to learn. So he's kind of like a 400 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 3: sponge just with knowledge. Right now, he's doing a good job. 401 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 4: Right it's week one obviously, Buffalo on Sunday. What was 402 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 4: your thought when the schedule came out and you saw 403 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 4: that that was first up. 404 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 2: I thought it. 405 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 3: I feel like it was something that we wanted and 406 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 3: you know, I feel like we obviously didn't get the 407 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 3: result that we wanted last year, and there's a lot 408 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: of players we left on the table there, and you know, 409 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 3: you get the chance to write your wrongs and there's 410 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 3: no excuses now coming back, and you know. 411 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 2: They were the last team we played. 412 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 3: We got film on him, we played him twice last year, 413 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 3: so now it's like, it's not snowing, it's not cold, 414 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 3: just go out there and play football, So you have 415 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 3: no excuses now. 416 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 2: I think we're ready for the challenge. 417 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: Is there any like obviously it's a weak one and 418 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 4: you're excited. Everyone's kind of fired up already. Is there 419 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: any like extra juice with it being like a primetime 420 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 4: game or not really in this week? 421 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 2: Not really? 422 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 3: I honest me, personally, I don't like went around the 423 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 3: hotel room all day because you're kind of like just 424 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 3: watching other teams play and you're like, I wish that 425 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 3: was me, and now you're just waiting all day and 426 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 3: you know it's especially on the road getting home late. 427 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 2: I feel like we're kind of at. 428 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 3: The point because we've been focusing in all camp, like 429 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 3: we just want to get out there and play, and 430 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: we coach Haarbs always talks about peaking too early, which 431 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 3: I'll have trouble with because I'll wake up on Sunday 432 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 3: and we have an eight twenty game and I'm like 433 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 3: it's eight twenty twelve hours while I play. So I 434 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 3: think that just kind of shows I feel like everybody 435 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 3: kind feels that way. We just want to get out 436 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: there and play and we're excited. 437 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: It's interesting here you talk about just kind of the 438 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: mindset of the team, Like, I just feel like this 439 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: is a mature team. It's obviously everyone knows what you 440 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: want to do, what you want accomplish, Like that's obvious, 441 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: but like there's not too much talk about it. Like 442 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: there seems to be this focus on like the here 443 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: and now and not peaking too soon and all those things. 444 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: So like the mindset of the team seems to be 445 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: in a really good place. Do you get that same sense? 446 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's it's kind of like what's understood 447 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 3: doesn't have to be said kind of thing. 448 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 2: And if you. 449 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 3: Ask everybody on the team, like what's our goal for 450 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 3: the season, they're gonna say, right, super Bowl? No, right, 451 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 3: And so now everybody in the building thinks that, and 452 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 3: you know, we don't need to come in here and 453 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 3: be like we're trying to win Super Bowl. 454 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: Were trying to win Super Bowl. 455 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 3: I think that's something that we struggled with last year 456 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 3: and then we came out to a slow start. We're like, 457 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 3: you can't win super Bowl if you don't win these 458 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 3: games in the beginning, middle, and the end of the season. 459 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 3: So I think that's something we focus on, like just 460 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 3: taking one week at a time, and everybody's willing to 461 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 3: do that and not looking too far ahead because now 462 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: the past two years seemed like we had that kind 463 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 3: of mindset and it hasn't worked out for it. So 464 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 3: it's like, all right, well, let's just focus on one 465 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 3: week at a time and really emphasize that. And I 466 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 3: think the coaches, everybody's done a good job of that. 467 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: He talked a lot about your contract. We obviously talked 468 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 4: about the season, but the other big life change for 469 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 4: you was you've got engaged recently, like I did. Do 470 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 4: you does that kind of hit you at any point 471 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 4: that like there's all these like crazy big things happen 472 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 4: in your life like around the same time, Like are 473 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 4: you able to kind of like take a step back 474 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 4: and like enjoy that all of that at once? 475 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm pretty bad at that. Honestly. 476 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 3: My fiance rees she always gets not mad, but she's 477 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 3: like annoyed when I'm like, I have no reaction to 478 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 3: big events and like when I got drafted, somebody sent 479 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,399 Speaker 3: it to me this off season, like my draft call. 480 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 3: When EC called me, I was like, yeah, thanks for 481 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 3: drafting me. I appreciate it. And dudes in there like 482 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 3: ball and crying and stuff. I don't know it's something 483 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 3: wrong with me or not, but just not super emotional. 484 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 3: And she's like, are you happy about your contract? I'm like, yeah, 485 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: like am I really happy about it? Like it's good. 486 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 3: She's like, I don't understand how you're not like bouncing 487 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 3: on the walls. But no, she's a good girl. And 488 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 3: we got engaged over in France and surprised her with 489 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 3: their friends. Actually went a lot better than I thought 490 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 3: it would and it was kind of perfect. So got 491 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 3: a lot of life events going on now, so hopefully 492 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 3: after it's all done, I could just sit back and chill. 493 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 4: Well then, not being like too high too low probably 494 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 4: helped in the field, not so much in the reactions. 495 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm pretty bad about that. She 496 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: uh she's She was like, are you gonna cry on 497 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 3: her wedding day? And I was like, I don't know, 498 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: maybe maybe, I don't know. 499 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 4: You just say yes, you just say yet I don't want. 500 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: To be definitely not. I don't want to be like, 501 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 2: yeah I am. 502 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: And then she's like walking down the ais and I'm 503 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 3: like trying to motion. 504 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 4: You just have to make you just have to make 505 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 4: your face look emotional. 506 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:30,719 Speaker 2: Okay. 507 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 4: That's like what everyone looks for at the wedding. They 508 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 4: always look at the groom to see, like what his 509 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 4: face looks like when the you're married, Like you know 510 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 4: this like when their bridees walking down the aisle, you 511 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 4: have to look emotional. Tear is like you don't. 512 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: Got to go water works, just a little bit a 513 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: little dusty, a little cut in the onions. 514 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 3: It's a little Yeah, I don't know. I just I 515 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 3: feel like I am emotional. I just don't show my emotions, 516 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 3: if that makes sense. 517 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: Internalize it. 518 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, that's what she says. You internalized, She says. 519 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: Right there, all right, I can see that you honestly 520 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: kind of play like that too, because like you're not 521 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: like an outwardly like showy guy on the field. 522 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 2: Uh huh. 523 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: You don't do a lot of celebrations, like is that 524 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: a conscious thing? Is just kind of how you are. 525 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 3: That's just kind of how I've always been honestly, And 526 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 3: I think it's because I treat it like a like 527 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 3: a job, like like it's like a nine to five, 528 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 3: Like I'm not here to do my job, and. 529 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 4: Your seasonal job is a. 530 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 2: Job that the Ravens deployed me forward, thank you. 531 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 3: But but yeah, it's like a play to play to 532 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 3: play life and I'm out here trying to do my 533 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 3: job and I feel like I'm trying to exert all 534 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: my energy between the snaps so I can do it 535 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 3: to the best of my abilities. 536 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: I just like we do the too small celebration. 537 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't really know where that stuff comes from. Honestly. 538 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 2: That might be like a subconscious that's me showing my emotion. 539 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you got I feel. 540 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 4: Like you've we've heard of some zingers, like maybe a 541 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 4: little bit. 542 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: Of trash talk, Yeah, a little bit. But I'm not like. 543 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 3: Twenty years from now noways gonna be like that was 544 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 3: a huge trash dog. It'll be like I didn't say anything. Probably, 545 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 3: but you know that's I leave that to where we 546 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 3: don't have any trash talkers on the team. Actually, Okay, yeah, 547 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: I'm excited to see that. I'm excited to see it. 548 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 3: Maybe I'll try to take a little bit from him. 549 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's good. 550 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 4: Does the contract extension help in the wedding budget situation? 551 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 2: You know what? Probably? I mean, yeah, naturally it does. 552 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 4: Don't worry a little bit less about the crying on 553 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 4: the wedding. 554 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 3: Maybe I'll cry that the venue it is so nice, 555 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 3: so pretty. 556 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 2: We do need to plan on that. 557 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 3: We're both procrastinators, so we need to how to get 558 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 3: a wedding planner or just decide quickly which probably is 559 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 3: going to happen. So I told her, like I planned 560 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 3: the engagement and it was a lot of planning on 561 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 3: my part. Just put on the back and I was like, 562 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 3: you gotta like strong arm this this wedding, like this 563 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 3: is your wedding. 564 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: You're passing the baton. 565 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 3: I was like, I don't care about the flower colors. 566 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 3: I kind of just want people. I want there and 567 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 3: then where it is. That's two big things. And golf 568 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 3: golf nearby? 569 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: All right, Actually there you go. Well that's good engagement, 570 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 1: wedding on the way, big contract done, season is here, 571 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 1: it gets. 572 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: I was next, Yeah, we're in a role right now. 573 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: Let's go. 574 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: Yeah awesome, man, Well, thank you so much. 575 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: We appreciate it. 576 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: Congratulations again, thank you, Fired up for you and glad 577 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: to be continuing to work with you for a long time. 578 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: So this is a well deserved like we said, and 579 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what you this team happens 580 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: toward this year. 581 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,359 Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate y'all. 582 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the lounges. We're coming to you from 583 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 1: the c GEK Studio. We also want to mention our 584 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: partners with Draft King sports Book. They are an official 585 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: sports betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draft King Sports Book. 586 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: The Crown is yours well. Thanks to Kyle for joining us. 587 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: I always love sitting down with him. I think fans 588 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: and listeners just get a sense of kind of who 589 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 1: he is. Obviously a cerebral player, great player, and his 590 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: personality shine through as well. So just enjoyed the conversation 591 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: with him and I can't wait to see what he 592 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:44,640 Speaker 1: does this year. 593 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 4: He's a really easy person to work for. Just a 594 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 4: great dude for us to work with on a daily 595 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 4: basis here at the facility. Obviously a great player on 596 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 4: the field and just one of those people who like 597 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 4: it's always felt like Kyle is a raven and like 598 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: what should always be here long term. So it's great 599 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 4: when you have that young he and you are able 600 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 4: to retain it here. 601 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, he said, I went back and looked at this 602 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: when he got drafted, he said, I failed to the 603 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: right team. And I think that, like that was definitely true. 604 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 1: And I think when the Ravens went through this process 605 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 1: of like deciding on the contract, it's like, all right, 606 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: this guy's an All Pro player, he's a leader of 607 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: the defense, he's great off the field. Like, let's just 608 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: get the thing done. What are we waiting for. We 609 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: know Kyle Hamilton is someone we want here for a 610 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: long time, so like, let's just get the deal done 611 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: and like not complicated, don't wait, get into the contract, 612 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: and everybody's happy. And I think it's a win win 613 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: across the board. 614 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a layup, And I mean he even talked 615 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 4: about like both sides wanted it to be fair to 616 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 4: either side, like they want to do the right thing 617 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,199 Speaker 4: for the organization, and so it's a no brainer to 618 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 4: get that done. 619 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: Yeah. So obviously the focus this week now is going 620 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 1: to turn into the Buffalo Bills. We're just a few 621 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: days away from that game. We've all been talking about 622 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: it and anticipating it and it's just it's exciting. And 623 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: like I said to him, like the mindset and like 624 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 1: the attitude going into the game, Like it just seems 625 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: to me like the team is in a really good 626 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: place in terms of how they're approaching that not just 627 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: this game, but the season as a whole. And like, yeah, 628 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,959 Speaker 1: we're all going to talk about like they're going back 629 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: to the place for the last season ended, Like no 630 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: doubt that, Like that's part of the story of this team. 631 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: But I just feel like this team is like in 632 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: a really good headspace entering the season. 633 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 4: I feel like we've seen a really good vibe like 634 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 4: throughout Campa. This feels like a team that's really like 635 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 4: gelled together across the board. And I did think it 636 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,120 Speaker 4: was interesting today like hearing from John Harbaugh, Nomdi Medabike, 637 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 4: Ronnie Stanley that they all feel comfortable like owning that 638 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 4: the way that last season ended is motivation, Like there's 639 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,479 Speaker 4: no way to shy away from that. At this point. 640 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 4: We all know that they had this hour taste in 641 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 4: their mouth like in the offseason, and so they've owned 642 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 4: that that is motivational going into the season because they 643 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 4: do want to right the wrongs that they've watched the film, 644 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 4: they've seen the mistakes that were made, the things that 645 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 4: they want to correct going into this game. And it's 646 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 4: so important in the NFL to get out to a 647 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 4: hot start. This team knows that last season they weren't 648 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 4: able to, and so I think that's a big piece 649 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 4: of it too, not just who the opponent is, but 650 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 4: like knowing if they want to accomplish what they want 651 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 4: to accomplish this season, Like these first couples are so important. 652 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: I think Kyle he even said it early on the 653 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: off season when he talked about like, look, we all 654 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: know where we want to go, and just part of 655 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: the conversation we had with him, like, yes, that's there's 656 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: an awareness of that, but like we got to take 657 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 1: care of business in the regular season, in every game 658 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: every week. You can't look past things because like then 659 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,479 Speaker 1: you can find yourself in a situation where you hurt 660 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: your playoff seating, or you're on the road when you 661 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: could have been at home, like all that stuff, and 662 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: like it all matters, Everything matters, And I think that, 663 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: like that's what I like about this team's approach going 664 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: into the season, Like they really are taking the attitude 665 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: and the mindset that like everything is important, and every game, 666 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: every practice, every meeting, like it's all important. And I 667 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: think it's going to serve the well this year. 668 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 4: I mean we even saw on the off season program, 669 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 4: but just like how the attendance throughout the off season, 670 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 4: throughout camp like so it's they've done the little things 671 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 4: all year long to prepare for this moment and now 672 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 4: they're just ready to start having the actual games. 673 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, we can't wait. Sunday primetime game Sunday night eight 674 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty pm, Raven's Bills, NBC. So we're going to continue 675 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: breaking that thing down over the course of this week. 676 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: As always, you can email us at the lounge at 677 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. Cassie, thank you so much 678 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: for filling in for Ryan today and I'd love to 679 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,199 Speaker 1: hear from you guys listeners, So thank you so much 680 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 1: for watching and listening, and we will be back with 681 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: you again soon