WEBVTT - Jackson, Stanley, & Harbaugh: Ravens Training Camp 7/29/24 Press Conferences 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.840 Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Monday, 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.480 July twenty ninth. The Ravens continued with training camp today 0:00:09.520 --> 0:00:11.240 and after practice we had a chance to hear from 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:12.600 head coach John Harbaugh. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.760 Okay, good to see everybody. Appreciate you being here once again. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.560 Enthusiastic crowd, you can hear the guy. The people got 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:27.280 a bunch of football teams here and kids are here everywhere, 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:30.320 so we're enjoying that. And they were allowed during practice. 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.600 Good practice, tough practice, hot, and the guys did a 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.400 good job working through it and we got got some 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:37.320 good work done. 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:38.519 What questions you have? 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.560 What does a lot you ever think about? Maybe we'll 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:49.560 cut off the period to year like that. Did any 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:50.519 guys try to perforate you. 0:00:51.280 --> 0:01:01.319 No coaches to going train? Yeah? I think Isaiah's doing 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:02.080 a really good job. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.880 You know, he's uh, he's a guy that understands how 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:06.360 to fight through these kind of days. You know, his 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.760 legs are a little tired, focuses on technique, tries to 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:11.320 lock in on his assignment, and you know, had a 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.360 good day as a result. So it's one of the 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:15.080 things you try to get out of a day like this. 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.480 John have you got any sense Sean Bacon's okay or 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.959 this stuff? Yeah, I don't think it's a serious thing. 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:22.800 It's kind of a more soreness steal. 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.960 So they're took him to be safe. 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.320 Same thing, same kind of thing and little things. 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:35.280 I want to probably approach you with an abundance of caution. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:47.640 Yeah, help, Yeah, kind of ramping him up now, you know, 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.360 more and more reps, more and more drills. 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.480 Won't be long before you'll see him in one on ones. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:52.200 Uh. 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:52.560 He did. 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:53.320 He's a lot of energy. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:02:04.120 Looks good out there. 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:05.520 You know. 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:07.520 I think we are in some guys some cases not 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.799 the whole thing. You know, it's probably gonna be as 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:10.440 we go. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.079 Once we get to the Eagles game. 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.480 And I think the game itself is important to you know, 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.000 you want to see what you see in practice confirmed 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.040 at least in a game, if somebody is really on track, 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:22.840 and then the other guys will show up in the 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:27.079 game and we'll see what they can do. So we're 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.960 on pace in some cases and other cases not. But 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:34.040 that that was probably would be the ideal, you know, 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:35.959 and if it happens that way, great, But we still 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:36.880 got there, still a lot. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:38.040 Of time between then and now. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.600 That's like once. 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.120 I'm not sure a much so he killed us the thing, 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:52.680 but that could be like a. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.000 You know, I think with all of our players, all 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.480 of our employees, I mean, I get these physicals every year. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:02:59.400 They do a great job. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:01.880 When they stopped giving me my physical every year, I'm 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:06.200 gonna start worrying. You know, it's like, don't you care anymore? 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.320 So Lamar gets tested, Mark gets tested. All of our 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.280 guys get tested thoroughly, especially when you're sick, so they 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:14.560 look at every possibility. 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:15.920 Tell me, if you've got. 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:17.760 A mount of bodies in your secondary you can see 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:19.760 you're constantly rotating all these guys. 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:21.919 How deep an soon you're a bench. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:23.960 In terms of these secondary guys, I feel. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:25.120 Like we're playing them. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:26.280 Well. 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:28.160 It's a great point in question because I feel like 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.880 we're very deep in the back end, you know, and 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.960 I think we're deep throughout our team. But we've got 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.440 a lot of guys, We've got a lot of confidence, 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:35.760 and even some guys that aren't practicing. 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:36.200 I mean TJ. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.480 Tampa, you haven't even seen out there with the sport 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:39.640 Turney and he'll be back in a. 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:40.120 Couple of weeks. 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.000 So I just want to see those guys keep doing well, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.920 keep growing, keep getting better, and see where it takes us. 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.880 We also talk with quarterback Lamar Jackson. He was sidelined 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:54.720 at the start of training camp because of an illness, 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.040 but he was back on the practice field today. He 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.520 said he felt wonderful out there. Here's what he had 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.560 to say about missing that time and also his expectations 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:04.040 and thoughts about the upcoming season. 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:12.440 How are you feel feeling wonderful Man? Good to be 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:15.040 back back out my guys, back with the coaching staff. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.279 Good to be back in August man football season? You 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:24.080 feel like he feelings like you feel? You feel good, James, 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:31.600 feel good? What happened when they hit you don't know. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.240 I kind of just get a bug. You know, you 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.080 really never know when the buck when the bug hits you. 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:39.719 But got hit the bug. But I'm good now. I 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:49.599 feel like this. How impressed here? I mean ever since 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.520 day one, you know, I just seen the potentially I 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.360 was likely, and he showed each and every day, you know, 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:55.920 each and every day he wanted to be a better player. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:57.520 And then you know you got a guy like marking 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.479 his room, who's showing on the roads and stuff like that. 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.080 And him being himself at the same time. It's just 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.440 magic happens. And he just gotta keep going to keep 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.200 keep bringing that each and every day and keep trying 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.640 to be a better player. When you are. 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.640 For that period of time, how do you keep yourself? 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.960 You know, so when you come out and run it's good. 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:17.839 I mean just because I was down and I'm I'm 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.039 still locked in, you know, I know, I know what 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.240 what what time is it right now? You know it's 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.800 it's camp time, you know. So with me going down 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.080 for a couple of days, my mom was still in it, 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:28.440 like I gotta hurry up and get better so I 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:40.600 can be out with my guys. Sous. It's how you 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:45.359 drove out. So I wasn't. I wasn't penitential to it, 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:47.880 you know, I was. I was out, So I wasn't 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.440 really penitenttion to it. Man, But I appreciate that coming 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.080 from coach, And how do you in your mind, how 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.159 do you grow it out? Keep doing what I'm doing, 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.840 keep trying to get better. They keep trying to win 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.440 these games, keep trying to reach that goal. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.760 Alright, what you've always had your back, because that is 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:05.640 that's how praise. 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:09.919 It's good y'all just messed me up. He was, go ahead. First, 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.320 we know it's a couple of lists the prays on 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:13.200 the offensive line. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.880 What what do you saying from the offensive line, these. 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.880 Guys are fighting something of those spots. What are you 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.239 saying from the offensive line. We know it's three spots 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:22.280 kind of open for prayers right now, what are you 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.400 saying that these guys are fighting for? Those guys just 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.960 getting after you know, they busting the tail out there, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:29.520 trying to get better, you know, trying to trying to 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.760 win the position. I really can't pattention to them because 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:34.479 I'm trying to pettest to the defense, see what they're doing, 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:36.120 seeing what they giving me, you know, just trying to 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:38.320 get the ball out of my hands. So, but for 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:48.160 what I do see, guys are fighting, they busted tail. 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.600 I appreciate it. So I think I did the right thing. Yeah, 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:54.480 coach is always had it back. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:56.440 I don't go the thing I mean that's the toss 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:57.320 the round place. 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:00.279 Then go Yeah, I'm not I'm not the go tom 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.000 Brady to goat, Tom Brady to goat. So he said 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:07.440 something like that. Motivation, Yeah, I believe that's motivation. I 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:24.600 appreciate that. You know, I'm still still on my way. Yeah, 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.440 it's within plays, you know, it's inside of the locker room. 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.880 We're talking about players. That's that's went on on the field, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.720 telling them what I'm saying for defenses and saying why 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.400 I see he should be you know, on the field, 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.160 things like that, just talking about ball, talking ball and 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.480 playing a game sometimes too, you know that Bill. Chemistry 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:43.680 and communication as well. We saw on Saturday when you 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.200 came back. I saw everybody reacting the. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:51.600 Kids you're missing if you is it on your mind 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:57.520 that like everybody's waiting for you, for you. 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.520 No, I'm not thinking they're missing. They're missing me. I'm 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.560 missing them. So I'm trying to get back out to 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.240 those guys and you know, just be happy around my teammates. 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.120 That's all, man. But them missing me, the kids missing me. 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:07.600 I love it. 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:09.600 I love it all missing. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:09.960 And trying. 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.200 At this point when the offense because when everybody were 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.840 absolutely you know, I was here early on in voluntary, 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.240 so that helped out a little bit, you know, so 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:23.760 me being down and it really then to slow me down, 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:25.600 you know, just for me not being on my guys. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:27.800 You know, each and every day. I'll take that as 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.280 a little slow down. But other than that, we was 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:34.840 pretty good. It seems like illness more than entry. Illnesses 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.760 kind of kept you out of them some practices over 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:41.600 the years. Have you kind of thought your wife? Yeah, man, 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.640 I'll be thinking that sometimes because in Lortleville, I never 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:46.880 got sick. I never was sick, you know, but comes 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.840 and goals. Yeah, you don't think it's anything. It's not 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.480 like something like pronic or anything like that. 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:53.120 On going. 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.320 No, doctor jamis, No, I don't think anything. I'm concerned 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:58.760 about you. I appreciate that. 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.360 I'm gonna play out lawyer the whole thing with Troy 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.760 a man and. 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.520 About We're gonna keep it football. We're gonna keep this 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:13.079 about football story. That's outside noise. That's outside noise. I'm 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.040 sticking it with Count. We're talking about Count football. That's it, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:27.520 not else. Very comfortable. We're talking a lot inside the building, 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:29.800 saying things on the field, talking to coach, you know, 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.280 talking to the guys, uh, making checks here and there. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.000 I'm getting very comfortable with the system. 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:35.720 Very comfortable. 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.079 We are another good pass out there today. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:45.240 Imagine you're too You think could be his computer. I 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.080 always tell you guys, this guy's the limit. You know, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.720 I really don't know what his potential can be. He showed. 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:51.719 I believe he showed day and day out. You know 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.439 what type of player he is and as he as 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:59.000 he gets older mature the time of TEL, I think. 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:04.400 He's mentioned that as a championship teams you spoke, that's like, 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:06.920 what went into that and what why? 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.080 Why do people want to do that? Because I just 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.960 know how how important it is to him, you know 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.839 that moment, how important it is to all of us, 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.960 and you know how people would be you know about 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:19.920 what we're on during the game, but all of us 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:21.240 play a part as the team spore at the end 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.240 of the day. And I was let him know that you. 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.440 Coming out for a second and since you've been an 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.600 all point business for you. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:30.400 Super Bowl kind of the last check box in your mind, 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.720 at least because the media goals that you have for yourself. 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.960 I mean, that's been the first check box for me 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.920 since twenty eighteen. You know, I said that April twenty sixth, 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.240 whenever we were drafted. Whenever I was drafted, I said that, 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.559 you know, and I meant that, but you know, this 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.320 the just the highest level of this of this game. 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.600 You know we played, so you got to go out 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.280 a champion. That's what I want to be labeled as 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.720 a champion, you know, not just MVP here and there, Like, 0:10:53.760 --> 0:11:02.839 I want to be a champion. Yer health quickly. 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.680 Else this morning? 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.240 Okay, I had that was a real question. I was 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.880 really actually a question. I didn't say it again. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.520 So how long is it to take care of your health? 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:19.199 Quick lays her earr Trust a quarterback. 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:23.440 You see, Oh man, it was pretty easy. I'm sending 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.360 him attack the ball. I'm seeing him when I'm when 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.040 the cornerback has outside leverage on the outbreaking route, he's 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.320 dropping him. He's winning off back. He's just had my trust. Man, 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:34.319 him catching the ball and doing what you do. That's 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:35.920 all the quarterback want. 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:36.560 A lot of. 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.360 You, I know, you don't want to be fake anything 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:44.720 about it. 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:48.040 That me like, hey, I forgot a lot of people 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:48.439 play I. 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:48.680 Could have. 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.080 Ocasion is the key, you know, only a few quarterbacks 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:54.319 you want to want to spit Bowl In the last 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.560 few years. You know a lot of people have haven't 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.560 won it, you know, But I'm focusing on me and 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.840 I just want that really bad, you know, So I 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:06.400 just focus on what I can control and go from there. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:09.360 You just look like winning the LEA. 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.679 I was telling him slow it down a bit. They 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.319 was flying around, got guys just flying around doing what 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.080 they're supposed to do. But then I was also talking 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.880 trash to him, you know, just I believe iron shopping 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:25.679 is iron, you know. And we got one of the 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.160 best defenses in the league. So me just talking trash 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.120 to those guys, those guys talking trash to us, and 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.120 we're just going after each other. I believe that that's 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:34.880 what builds a great team. 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.560 I feel like, yeah, I'm all. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.720 In him through Yo, Marlin. I told him to get 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.040 his hands right. That's why I'm study throing intersessions to him. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.920 He dropped a few last years, so I'm hoping that's 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:51.520 helping him out. Like he was asking, just what you've 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:54.679 seen from Zac? What's the character? 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:55.280 Six times? 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.320 Those guys like the throw back Ravens defense. You know, 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.680 just blood shit. You know a lot of smack talk, 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.600 a lot of big hits. We shitting all from my defense. 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.400 You know, guys actually tackling a little bit out there. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.760 I don't think we should be, but we're looking good, man. 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:10.560 I'm loving it. 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.280 Last week, we heard from left tackle Ronnie Stanley, who's 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.720 clearly motivated going into this year. 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.719 Sorry to keep you guys waging. I had a stretch man. 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:28.920 I'm sick of cramping. Yeah, you know, I'm trying to 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.320 get a good stretch here after every practice. You know, 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.400 I think it's it's the right time to get a 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.679 good stretch when you're already, you know, pretty warm. 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:41.200 What was this practice like, I mean it felt hot 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.360 to us and we were trying to find the shape. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:45.720 It was a grinder today. You know, it was just 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.360 one of those days, you know, one of those camp days, 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.440 call it the dog days, you know, so just one 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.720 of those days you go through and you know we 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.480 got better today as a team, that's for sure. 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.720 Yeah, there's obviously a lot of attention on this offensive 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.160 line with all the starters that you guys are replacing. 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.319 How much of that kind of outside perception, the noise 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:05.440 do you pay attention to? 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:10.120 Absolutely none, Personally, I'm pretty sure you know, my guys 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.200 in the room are the same way. Having new guys 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.400 in the line, that's nothing new to Baltimore Ravens. You know, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.640 I think every year played with at least a couple 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.520 of new guys every year or so. This is the 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.560 time where we're building our chemistry and getting better as 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:24.960 a unit. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.560 How much does the Olphins playing kind of put on 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.240 its back? I mean, if Lamar is protected, if the 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.400 blocking is there for the run game, it all kind 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.520 of breaks down. So you know, it's it's imperative for 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.480 this offense flend play a high level. Is that kind 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:38.680 of the mantra in this room? 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:39.280 In your room? 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.400 Yeah, I mean that's always the mantra. We know, we're 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:43.400 the we're the start of it all. We're the tip 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.360 of the spear, so us and the D line, we're 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.840 the ones send the line. So we set the tone 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.120 on both sides of the ball, and you know, we 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.040 take pride in that and knowing that we can help 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:57.320 LJ make, you know, all these fantastic plays that he does, 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.440 and we can make these things you know, easier for him, 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.080 give him less anxiety to where he can really perform 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.479 at you know, the highest levels. 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.360 All right, I've seen you talking to Andrew in the 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.000 offensive line corner there and seems like. 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.120 You maybe are mentoring a little bit. Can talk about 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:12.800 your relationship with. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.720 I think Andrew's great. I mean ever since he's gotten here. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:19.560 You know, he's been a student of the game and 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:21.840 just been trying to learn even the times he couldn't 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:23.400 really be on the field in practice, he's been in 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.800 all the meetings, he's been here throughout all the off season, 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.480 and you know, I come out, I'm very impressed with 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.800 how fast he's learning things, how fast he's getting up 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:32.600 to the speed of the game. You know, how good 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.080 of a shape he's in and everything is, you know, 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.040 moving really fast forward. But he's also adjusting really fast, 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.640 and he's getting better and better every days. 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:42.520 Of stunt handles and whatnot. 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.840 Tackle on your side, has. 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:45.680 He been good with those? 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:46.120 Yeah? 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:47.920 I think you know there's going to be struggles and 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.400 you know, passing off twists, and that's why defensive line 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.960 run those twists because we have to be on the 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.760 same page tackling guard. And every single time we've run 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.120 it every day he's getting better and better and gives 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.360 me confidence as a TI knowing that you know, the 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:04.400 guard's going to make sure he's stopping the penetration vice versa. 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:05.880 You know, each way it comes. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.080 Is there any kind of kinship with with with Andrew, 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.840 with you having had a season where you basically to 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.120 miss most of it because of injury, and obviously him coming 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.640 off of that with the ACL. Is there any kind 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:19.080 of extra you know round there for you guys to 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:19.840 build along? 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:21.960 Yeah, I mean I feel like if there was that 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:26.000 probably happened during his injury. You know, it's probably more 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.160 when he was going through the rehab process. But now 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.680 it's we're just talking about football. We're not really talking 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.760 about injuries, and he's not complaining about anything. He's been 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.320 full go. You know, I think everything's been good from 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.720 that perspective. But yeah, right now we've just been focused 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:40.240 on football. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.240 How important has it been for you personally to be 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:46.160 out here every day practicing consistently? 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:48.600 That's been great, you know, just being able to come 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:50.720 out here. You know, I go through the same sorenesses 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.760 as everyone, but to be able to come out here 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:54.600 and you know, work through it and be able to 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.400 perform day after day, you know, in these hot days 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.640 against you know, our great defense is is it's very 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:02.800 affirming to me. 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.680 Reaffirming to me, you're a motivated guy after last year 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.440 and the injuries and all this stuff. I mean, would 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:11.399 you is it fair to say that this is the 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.080 most motivated that you've been. 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.720 Yeah, I would say that's pretty fair. I mean, I 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.800 think the last couple of years have not been my 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.439 best and I haven't really been happy about it, you know, 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.520 in a long since, a long time, you know, since 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.560 I can remember as a football player. So I feel 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.040 like I have a lot to prove to myself and 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.280 just just be the player I know I can be. 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:34.119 And you know, they say there's no testimony without a 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.080 test so I'm very fortunate to just have the opportunity 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:40.359 to prove myself and to prove that what I know 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:40.840 I can do. 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.399 Last year, the last four ball games in particular, LOO 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.480 because play was a significant notch. I thought from the 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:51.399 previous places to concluding the playoffs, I'm fucking about now can. 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:51.879 You build off that? 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.320 Is that something that you felt too in terms of 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.399 your play getting back to a securely high level of 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:57.520 the very end of the season. 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.480 I definitely felt felt to get better, but still not 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.720 to the level where you know, I'm comfortable where I 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.920 come out of the game feeling. You know, I feel 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:06.560 like I played at the level that I'm capable of. 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.080 So I still thought there was room to improve in 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.239 that aspect, and you know, last year was tough, just 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.800 battling through you know, multitude of injuries and whatnot, and 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.440 you know, things happen as part of the game. But 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.280 right now everything that was I was feeling last year 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.600 is not feeling. So it's it's been good. 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:25.800 You know. 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.080 It's just like I said, just having the normal you know, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:31.040 sorenesses and aches. But other than that, you know, everything 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:32.760 is just pretty solid. 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:35.040 In terms of like feeling like you're playing up to 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:37.520 your potential. I know there's only practice, but it's been 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:39.280 if you've kind of practices, do you feel like you're 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.240 kind of playing past that point last year? Oh? 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:44.399 Yeah, I feel like I'm already playing better than I 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:45.480 was at any point last. 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:46.080 Year for sure. 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:48.920 The biggest headaches to block out there in practice. 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.840