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Speaker 1: Sewell and Eric Road. Hey, guys, thanks for keeping the

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Speaker 1: six nine, had arms you know that were like six

428
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Speaker 1: ft long or whatever, and I couldn't play football like him.

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Speaker 1: So I learned, and I tell the young guys this

430
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Speaker 1: all the time, Like within the framework of coaching and

431
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Speaker 1: how your body type is, you have to find out

432
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Speaker 1: what makes you successful and you have to be able

433
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Speaker 1: to uh duplicate that and be consistent. So like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it a certain way. The way I

435
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,280
Speaker 1: take my pass set might be just a little different

436
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Speaker 1: than the way you take years, but we still got

437
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Speaker 1: to get to the same point of being a consistent blocker.

438
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Speaker 1: So you're gonna be doing that through practice, like trial

439
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Speaker 1: and error. I'm gonna try this set. This is gonna

440
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Speaker 1: work for me, this is not gonna work. So within

441
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Speaker 1: the framework of coaching, you have in your body type,

442
00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,960
Speaker 1: because my body types different than you know what I mean,

443
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,720
Speaker 1: like James Hurst are different than Orlando Brown. Let me

444
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Speaker 1: look how big Orlando is and how look at look

445
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Speaker 1: at the difference between Orlando and Ronnie, you know what

446
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,520
Speaker 1: I mean. Ronnie's shorter, Orlando's like so, I mean everybody

447
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Speaker 1: has a little different body type, uh, knees, arms, everything,

448
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Speaker 1: So you're finding within your body what makes you six spot.

449
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Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest key as they figure it out,

450
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Speaker 1: to get your body to do what you wanted to

451
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Speaker 1: do on tape and and be consistent. How difficult going

452
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Speaker 1: back to this year or next year, even how difficult

453
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Speaker 1: lanch year was it for you guys an offensive line

454
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Speaker 1: to switch gears right in the middle of the season

455
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Speaker 1: when you went from Joe littlemore And how excited are

456
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Speaker 1: you about what the offense may look like as offensive

457
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Speaker 1: line and with the mare and as much as you

458
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Speaker 1: guys at least saying are going to run the football? Yeah? Well,

459
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Speaker 1: I mean I feel like, you know, when you're in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, like things changed so fast, you know, as

461
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Speaker 1: far as like you know, even after an entire year,

462
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Speaker 1: you can change it and have a new offense. You know,

463
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Speaker 1: sometimes teams have a new offense every year. So we

464
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Speaker 1: just did it at a halfway point, you know, But

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Speaker 1: we had done some of the the RPO stuff in

466
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Speaker 1: training camp and kind of got a decent tasting of

467
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Speaker 1: it in training camp. So once we you know, decided

468
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Speaker 1: to hit it full the whole fit at full speed

469
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Speaker 1: on Lamar was in. You know, it wasn't too bad.

470
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Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't too bad obviously. You know, we

471
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Speaker 1: won the ball games, and we were consistent, and we definitely, uh,

472
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Speaker 1: we definitely did some good things. But I mean, running

473
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Speaker 1: the full ball in general, I'm all for. You know

474
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Speaker 1: what I mean. I mean, it's complimentary football, you know,

475
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Speaker 1: I mean. It keeps your defense off the field, keeps

476
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Speaker 1: them fresh, so when they when they're out there, they

477
00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,600
Speaker 1: they're ready to rock and roll and they're and they're fresh.

478
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Speaker 1: We possess the clock, takes the pressure off the quarterback

479
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Speaker 1: to you know what I mean. And then for us,

480
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Speaker 1: we get to be the aggressor for them, Like we

481
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Speaker 1: get to go out and fire out and strike the

482
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman. Rather if you're pass setting for fifty times

483
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Speaker 1: a game, I'm setting off the ball every single play

484
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Speaker 1: and I'm absorbing a pass rush. When you get to

485
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Speaker 1: run the football, I get to go vertical right at

486
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Speaker 1: you and I'm gonna hit you square between your numbers.

487
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Speaker 1: You know. The soul so once, but exactly so once

488
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Speaker 1: the so once the pass plays come, they're a little

489
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Speaker 1: worn down. They're a little tired. They have to be.

490
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Speaker 1: They're having to get off the ground from being you know,

491
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Speaker 1: having to tackle or having to be you know, cut

492
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Speaker 1: down on the back side, or having to be double

493
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Speaker 1: team you know what I mean, and have your have

494
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Speaker 1: your butt walked off the ball on the double team.

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Speaker 1: So it takes the you know, I mean, it takes

496
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Speaker 1: the ump out of their pass rush. So when they

497
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Speaker 1: do have to pass rush, they're they're they're not as

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Speaker 1: as willing. But now you get a d line where

499
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Speaker 1: they know they're gonna throw the ball fifty times a game.

500
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Speaker 1: They're licking their chops all game long because they know

501
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Speaker 1: that sooner or later they're gonna win. If they if

502
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Speaker 1: we have to pass the ball fifty times, all five

503
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Speaker 1: of us are gonna get beat at least once out

504
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Speaker 1: of fifty and if not a lot more. I mean,

505
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Speaker 1: that's the odds are just exactly. I mean, they're you know,

506
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Speaker 1: so like I said, I'm all four and and all

507
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Speaker 1: coordinators all say they want to start out running the football.

508
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Speaker 1: But it takes commitment, it takes you know, commitment. When

509
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Speaker 1: the crap hits the fan, you still gotta stick to

510
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Speaker 1: your guns and not alter, you know what I mean.

511
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Speaker 1: And I and I and I think Greg does that.

512
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Speaker 1: I think that, you know, day in and day out,

513
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Speaker 1: he's gonna run the football. It doesn't matter if we're

514
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Speaker 1: up by you know, because I mean, I feel like

515
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Speaker 1: sometimes when I've had coordinators where you get down ten

516
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Speaker 1: points and all of a sudden, we gotta just throw

517
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Speaker 1: the game plan out and we gotta go to two

518
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Speaker 1: jet and empty and we gotta just rock and roll,

519
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Speaker 1: you know. And that's not you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: We can still We're only ten points down. We're not

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Speaker 1: We're not you know. So you know, so, like I said,

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Speaker 1: I think it takes extreme commitment and and discipline to

523
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Speaker 1: stay with the running game in the NFL, because it is,

524
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Speaker 1: I mean, it is really hard to run the football

525
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. So you gotta be They test you

526
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Speaker 1: for sure. What is the most fun part of the

527
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Speaker 1: game for you still at this point, pancake block You

528
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Speaker 1: look down at that guy, what is it? It's it's

529
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Speaker 1: hard to pancake a dude like one on one, like

530
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,679
Speaker 1: literally one on one in the NFL it's hard to

531
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Speaker 1: move a guy like three yards off the ball is

532
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 1: like a lot of room because like when you literally

533
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Speaker 1: watch the line of scrimmage move, if you move a

534
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Speaker 1: guy three yards is really tough. So my funnest thing

535
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Speaker 1: is watching the defense get tired, Like so like what

536
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Speaker 1: whether that is? How like when you're like break a

537
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Speaker 1: person's will, when like not necessarily break their will, like literally,

538
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 1: but like by the fourth quarter when they don't want none,

539
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: you can see it in their faces that they've had

540
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 1: a long day and they can't stop it either, you

541
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Speaker 1: know what I mean. Like literally, you're in games where

542
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what the place is called, they know

543
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,280
Speaker 1: it's coming. They're tired, and they're physically beat down, and

544
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: you're getting on them, you know what I mean, And

545
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 1: you're running the same place and just and just getting

546
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: after them. So I mean, that's that's imposing your will.

547
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 1: That's being physical, that's being aggressive. That's you know the

548
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 1: football that I love. I love being physical. And I

549
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Speaker 1: mean and then like the blood and the water mentality

550
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 1: where if they can't stop the run and and we're

551
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,360
Speaker 1: just we're being aggressive. You know, that's that's what I love.

552
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 1: Like I said, four minute, four minute, four minute in

553
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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter with a big lead. You know that's

554
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Speaker 1: sounds good to me. You can just see you like

555
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Speaker 1: it excited. Yea, yeah, I mean you know, I mean,

556
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Speaker 1: I mean, I love you know, I love the game,

557
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 1: and I love you know, I got a lot of passion,

558
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 1: I mean, and and uh and playing football has always

559
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,439
Speaker 1: been a lot of fun to me. And uh, like

560
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 1: I said, you know, waking up on Sunday mornings, you know,

561
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Speaker 1: I'm excited to play and excited for the opportunity. And

562
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: I also you know, every morning that I wake up,

563
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,679
Speaker 1: I'm grateful that, you know, I get to play football

564
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: at this level, you know, just because you know, it's

565
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 1: it's not it's not a given. It it's a it's

566
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 1: a long road to get here. And like you said,

567
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Speaker 1: I mean, I came from community college where I understand

568
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,920
Speaker 1: that you're you're a you're a very small statistic guys

569
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Speaker 1: that make it all the way to this level. So

570
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,920
Speaker 1: you know, I'm grateful wake up and you're in the NFL.

571
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Speaker 1: Like I tell the young guys, you guys are in

572
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Speaker 1: the NFL right now, right, So bust your butts, you know,

573
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Speaker 1: do your best and see where it takes you. You

574
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Speaker 1: don't know. The sky's the limit. So I'm I'm I'm

575
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Speaker 1: grateful already two or three guys, did you can think

576
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Speaker 1: over you could be where will you get ready to

577
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Speaker 1: play him? You're like, man, I know this is gonna

578
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 1: be yeah for sure. Yeah, Like I would feel like

579
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 1: back in the days, like you know, the Steelers when

580
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,879
Speaker 1: they had Casey Hampton and Aaron Smith and uh and

581
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: you know James Harrison, Lamar Woodley. You know, I played

582
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 1: bright tackle as Lamar Woodley and James Harrison, you know,

583
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: and like we played the game up there in two

584
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Speaker 1: thousand and ten and it was me and Mike or

585
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,480
Speaker 1: Michael was playing left I was playing right tackle, and

586
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: we shut them out, like you know, I mean we

587
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: had a game where like they had the most sacks

588
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: combined as a tandem due in the league. And that

589
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 1: game up in Pittsburgh, we beat him, and me and

590
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,439
Speaker 1: Mike didn't give up a sack, and it like, you know,

591
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 1: just those dog fights and you know that like you're

592
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,159
Speaker 1: going against the best, So like the Steelers back in

593
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,439
Speaker 1: the day, and then like I would say, I've had

594
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Speaker 1: a lot of good one on one battles with Gino

595
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Speaker 1: Atkins with the Bengals. You know, like that dude is

596
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,880
Speaker 1: a is a stud bowl, you know what I mean.

597
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 1: I got a lot of respect for him, and uh

598
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 1: and I enjoy like going against the best players, you

599
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like when I I mean, I

600
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 1: love playing every week, but like it gets me fired

601
00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,120
Speaker 1: up playing good competition and playing I mean, you're playing

602
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,199
Speaker 1: against the best in the world, So I mean, I

603
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: I definitely get excited about that. And I've had a

604
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: good battle with J. J. Watt over the years too.

605
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: We played them a while. They're like back in like nine, ten, eleven,

606
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 1: and twelve, we played them a lot. We had some

607
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,439
Speaker 1: like some some tough games down in Houston, but we

608
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: had it's really good like one on one like battles

609
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 1: where we're passing the ball a lot and and we

610
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 1: were getting after it. So I would say those those

611
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 1: three come to mind. So on on the flip side,

612
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,919
Speaker 1: of all the tough dudes that you've played with in Baltimore,

613
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 1: was the last guy that you would ever want to fight?

614
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,639
Speaker 1: Did I ever want to fight? Oh? Boy, I'm not

615
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: a fighter, you know what I mean, Like literally, like

616
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: like what like I'm a I'm a physical like physical,

617
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: get after football. But I played basketball in high school,

618
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 1: but like to but to literally, you know, put the

619
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: dukes up and go after it. I'm not I'm not

620
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: a fist fighter. But um, I don't even know. Somebody

621
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,360
Speaker 1: asked me a long time. I said, Steve, and I'll

622
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,280
Speaker 1: give him. I'll give him it right now, just because

623
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 1: you know he's a little guy. But you know what,

624
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,679
Speaker 1: I feel like you'd have to hit him with a

625
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: bat and he still keep coming, you know what I mean,

626
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: I think he would just get more angry. Yeah, that's

627
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Like I don't think I don't think

628
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: that you could hit him enough. I think you probably

629
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: have to kill him before you get to stop, you know,

630
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: I mean, And I mean, but I mean, I'll tell

631
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: you what I mean. I love that about that man.

632
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,439
Speaker 1: I mean, and you get to play and that's the

633
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: cool thing about the NFL. You get to play with

634
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: so many great guys that that are that are serious

635
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: competitors and like you want to talk about a competitive

636
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,479
Speaker 1: guy on Sunday, Like I loved it, you know, I mean,

637
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: I just love to being in the same on the

638
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: same team with a guy like that, where like he

639
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: was like laying it out there and you better be

640
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 1: ready because he's he's fired up and he's you know

641
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: so I mean, yeah, he's love being around guys like that.

642
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: Well on that line, I would be afraid to talk

643
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,439
Speaker 1: to you. Like when you go out to warm up

644
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: for a game. Yeah, it's like you're in a trance,

645
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: no doubt. Yes, yes, how do you? How do you

646
00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,719
Speaker 1: get there? Like? So, like Ray Ray talked about flipping

647
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: the switch. Ray lewis right, and you gotta play this

648
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 1: game piste off and literally, like if you want to

649
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 1: play consistent for six team plus games going into the playoffs,

650
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 1: you gotta play mad. And literally, when Sunday hits, there's

651
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,199
Speaker 1: gotta be like that little hair that goes back on

652
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 1: the back of your neck like it's even doing right

653
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: now me talking about it that Like literally, you gotta

654
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,959
Speaker 1: have that switch and you have to fire it up

655
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 1: for four hours. You better be ready to chew on

656
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: some nails and chew a guy's leg off to get

657
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: it done, you know what I mean? So, I mean,

658
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: so like when I wake up Sunday morning, like there's

659
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: no there's no smiling, there's no laughing. It's game on

660
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 1: and like and we can be friends after, but like

661
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: for four hours, like I'm gonna try to win at

662
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: all costs, you know what I mean, just because And

663
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: I feel like that is an edge the players don't

664
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: take advantage of because it's hard to do that. It's

665
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: hard to get in that mindset. But that's a mental

666
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: toughness that you have to be in. And and like

667
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: I said, if that helps me as a player, because

668
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: I've had the games where I was a younger player

669
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: where sometimes you know, it gets tough and you're you're

670
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: banged up and you're injured, and mentally you're like, you know,

671
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 1: I don't feel like you know, like I can, I

672
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: can give it all today, Like if you're mad though,

673
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: and you're piste off and you use it as as

674
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: a as a weapon and use it like to to

675
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: help you. That's helped me beacon more consistent, you know

676
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: what I mean. And that's the game and the NFL

677
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: is trying to be consistent, not have those really rough games,

678
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: you know, have a lot of penalties or give up

679
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: a lot of sacks or a lot of negative hits.

680
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: Don't have those games. Well, I've had those games more

681
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: often when I was a younger player, so I tried to,

682
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: you know, every year, eliminate as much of those as

683
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: I could. And and having that that mindset showing up

684
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: on Sunday definitely helps. And and like I said, I mean,

685
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: you know, Ray used to say all the time, you

686
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 1: gotta play piste off, and you do. I mean, when

687
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: Sunday hits, there ain't no like I'm ready to rock.

688
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: I mean, you ain't there. Yeah, like let's let's go,

689
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: let's go. You talk about yeah, yeah, in the in

690
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: the morning, the morning, he's already focused. Yeah, like yeah,

691
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: like she can't like she can say hi, good luck,

692
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: I love you, and I'll talk to you after like

693
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: like I don't know, I don't want to hear I

694
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,239
Speaker 1: don't want to hear your day last night, as long

695
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: as everybody's alive and healthy, like I'll talk to you

696
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: after the game, you know what I mean, Because it's

697
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a battle. It is and like

698
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: and you don't know. And and it's also like you

699
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: also get hurt too, Like I think about it before

700
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: every Sunday to you're one play away from from having

701
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: a really bad injury. And that's on a player's mind.

702
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: It's part of it. You know what I mean. So

703
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,479
Speaker 1: you're you're also there's there's a lot of nerves involved

704
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: too that like you play contact sporting and I mean,

705
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: you know, and stuff, stuff can happen, for sure. You're

706
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: talking about flipping the switch, flipping it the other way.

707
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: What are you doing the off season going back to Iowa.

708
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: You're going out and you're I see the two thousand

709
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: seven Chevy Silverado. You're still driving that around fishing old

710
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: Blue yea, we got old Blue back and back in Iowa. Um,

711
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: it mainly consists of family time with my wife's family

712
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: and my family, and then uh, you know, I I

713
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: luckily I grew up close to where the University of

714
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: Iowa colleges, so I drive down. It's about a half

715
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: hour driving. I drive down to the college and work

716
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: out with the coaching staff down in Iowa. So that

717
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: gives me the platform to be able to work out

718
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: and get a really good workout in Like I couldn't

719
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: be back there. I wouldn't trust myself to just go

720
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: like to a to a just a local gym and

721
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: work out by yourself. You know, you have to have

722
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: structure and uh and being able to go down there

723
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: and and Coach Farrents and Coach Doyle have been there

724
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: for over twenty years now, you know, and they're like

725
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: family to me, you know, I mean, and they've done

726
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: so much for me and like and help me mentally.

727
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: Like my mental toughness comes from those guys too, A

728
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: lot of it, you know, obviously from my parents, but

729
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: from from those guys that Iowa. They shaped me about

730
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 1: doing things the right way, being accountable, being on time,

731
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: you know, taking care of today, controlling what you can control.

732
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: All that stuff came from them. So I have that

733
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: that avenue in Iowa. It's there for me. Like because

734
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: some guys you know, go to they say that they

735
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: grew up in Texas and they went to college in Iowa.

736
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: You know, well, they're not gonna be able to go

737
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 1: back to Iowa when their families in Texas, right, So

738
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: I feel fortunate that like my family and where I

739
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: went to college. And it's also a really good program

740
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: where you know, they know, you know, strength and conditioning

741
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: with coach Oil is yeah, they get after it, so

742
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: it keeps me young. I work out with the college kids,

743
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: you know, I'm literally stretching with them and lifting with

744
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: them and getting after it. With them and they're getting

745
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: after it, so I mean, I, um, I just enjoy that.

746
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: And then, like I said, kids, you know, busy with

747
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: the sports. We have three kids, and you know, I'm

748
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: just busy with the practices in the afternoon, and then

749
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: we get to see her family, my uh, my dad

750
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: and then then uh, you know, my mom done and

751
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: I was city. So it's just, uh, it's a good, good,

752
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,719
Speaker 1: good break because like you said, I mean every you know,

753
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: during the season, I'm wired up and I'm amped. It's

754
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 1: nice nice to have the off season to fish. I

755
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: also love to fish, so fishing is relaxing to me.

756
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: You know, it's a stress reliever. So I uh, I

757
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: like to fish. I used to go on a lot

758
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: of fishing trips. I feel like I'm cutting back on

759
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: them now, you know the kids. But I think I

760
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 1: had one one off season where I went on nine

761
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,479
Speaker 1: fishing trip. Who it must have been a little freezer

762
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: when he came back. Yeah. Yeah, some of that was

763
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: just catching release too. I mean I literally like just

764
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: catching them too. I love eating them too. But so

765
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: um yeah, podcast spinning mainly, ye have fresh water. I've

766
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: been getting into the like my biggest thing now is

767
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: uh uh fault water tunas and casting casting top water

768
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: poppers for yellow fin tuna. I've been doing that down

769
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: in Mexico. That is uh, that's a that's an extreme

770
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: ride on a spinning and spinning set up. For sure.

771
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: That's like battling a defensive lineman there. No, not that, yeah,

772
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: not at all. Still I still enjoy the enjoy the

773
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: you know, the fight and the power of the fish.

774
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: But he's not running into me. So you can tell

775
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: how many defensive linemen up blocked and how many cast unfishing, Yeah,

776
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: no doubt. And just you know, as you get closer

777
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: to retirement, where do you see yourself ten fifteen years now,

778
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: what are you doing? Yeah? Um, I don't know that yet.

779
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna kind of sift through that when

780
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: I get done playing. Whenever that is, um, you know

781
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: it's probably it's probably gonna be back in Iowa. UM.

782
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: You know, with you know, close to our families. You know,

783
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: we're gonna raise our kids in Iowa. And whether that's uh, farming, um,

784
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: whether that's coaching, um, whether that's I would say those

785
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: two avenues or those two you know, because I don't

786
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: know how much the game is going to be how

787
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: much I'm gonna miss the game, you know, because I've

788
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: football has been my entire life. Every fall, I play football,

789
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,959
Speaker 1: you know, and I've been doing it since you know,

790
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: seventh grade. And I've been you know, been fortunate to

791
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: keep doing it and uh and still love doing it.

792
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:13,880
Speaker 1: But you know, I grew up on a farm, and

793
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,280
Speaker 1: so did my wife, and and we like the farming background,

794
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: and UH like that atmosphere of a good work ethic

795
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 1: and our kids, and it's a good way for us

796
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: to uh to mold our kids, you know, to try

797
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: to you know, to teach them to as long as

798
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:26,919
Speaker 1: they have a good work ethic, that's all I care about,

799
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:28,839
Speaker 1: you know, whatever they do in life, as long as

800
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,919
Speaker 1: they work hard, I'll be happy. But if we raise

801
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: lazy kids, I'll feel like a failure. Won But I mean, well,

802
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: I mean, in this day and age, you just don't know, right,

803
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: because I mean, the world is way different and and

804
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: our kids are gonna be raised way different than we

805
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 1: were raised, right. I mean they're gonna grow up with

806
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: with more opportunities than than a lot more opportunities and

807
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: we had. So you have to be very careful on

808
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: how you raise your kids, so um, so we just

809
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 1: you know, I want to do the right thing and

810
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 1: and raise them right and have them be prepared for

811
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: the world. And uh yeah, let's see how it goes.

812
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll go well. Well, thank you for joining

813
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: the problem. The problem, no problem, no problem, alright, So

814
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: thank you to you and Ryan Cliff and most especially

815
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: to Marshall for the time with that interview. What did

816
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: you take away from that? Oh, that he is uh

817
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: just as I always thought he he is, um, very introspective,

818
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: knows what's going on. Marshall, the type of guy that,

819
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: uh you can't break his uh focus. That he has

820
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 1: always been a hard worker, even before he got into

821
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: the NFL. You know, he's he's a basic guy. You know,

822
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: he's a guy from from Iowa who you know believes

823
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: in hard work, and hard work has taken him to

824
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: being I think a future Hall of Famer. So yeah,

825
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: he's just a guy that the Ravens have been very

826
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: fortunate to have here his entire career. And he's still

827
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: having an impact on that offensive line, not just with

828
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 1: his play, but with his leadership. To a man, everyone

829
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: on that offensive line. We guards Marsha Yonda as the

830
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: leader of that group. Yeah, and we know we've got

831
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: him here for at least this year, hopefully for the

832
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: next two and it'll be exciting to see all that

833
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: he does and then likely in five years once he's

834
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: done retiring, hopefully he's headed to kid with the Gold Jackets. Cliff,

835
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: thanks again for filling in for make this week and

836
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: a great interview with Marshall. As always, you guys can

837
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: reach us as the Lounge at Raymons on NFL dot nets.

838
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,320
Speaker 1: Thank you everyone for listening and we'll be back with

839
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Speaker 1: you next week.