WEBVTT - Dennis Johnson, Travis Jones, & Malaki Starks: Ravens Press Conferences 6/9/25 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:06.800 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's Monday, June ninth, 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:09.200 and the Ravens wrapped up another day of organized team 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.000 activities and after practice we had a chance to hear 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.400 from a few players and coaches. First up, Malachi Starks. 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:23.200 There's there's levels to football and just the knowledge and 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.479 the accumulation that we have in our room, not just 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:28.360 in the dB room, but in the linebackers room, in 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:30.240 the D line room, even on the offense side of 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.240 all the tight ends room receivers. Just being able to 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.599 really get out here and watch guys and learn how 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.080 they move and how they see the game of football 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.320 from a different perspective than I do has been huge 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:40.559 for me. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:43.600 Where do you feel like you've grown the most since 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.599 arriving for rookie camp. I know it wasn't that long, 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:47.320 you know, but there's been a lot of football between 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:47.720 now and then. 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.440 I think the biggest thing for me is the landmarks. 0:00:50.880 --> 0:00:54.279 So the field is completely different than college. And when 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:56.040 I first got here, I could feel myself like they 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.000 would say if my job was at the numbers, I 0:00:58.040 --> 0:00:59.960 was going to the college numbers, but I was missing 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.840 the the league numbers. So just being able to work 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:04.679 on that, you know, stay after practice and just watch 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.800 a lot of tape and just kind of reprogram myself 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:10.479 into this is where I'm supposed to be at has 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:13.240 been the challenging thing, but it's it's getting a lot 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:14.800 better with all the help and you know, all the 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:16.800 reps that I'm getting is huge in my development. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.440 Okay, like you're playing more in a free safety role, 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.600 I guess I would say, do you do you appreciate 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.680 playing one position as opposed to being moved around a 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:26.559 lot of love New Gildren. 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:32.120 Yeah, I like being anywhere. From being honest, we talk 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.800 about as a positionless defense, So just being able to 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.920 move around. I've been playing a lot of free safety, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:39.520 but I've also been to other safety and I got 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.280 some ups to dom as well. So just being able 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:42.840 to move around. We have a lot of guys that 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.280 move around, just the way our defense is set up, 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:46.800 you know when you look at it, you know, you 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.400 see Kyle everywhere, you see Marlin everywhere. Uh, you know, 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.680 guys move around a lot here and there. So just 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.200 really really being able to dive into one thing and 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.680 expand my mind from that has been a great opportunity. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.600 Not the same position, but in the secondary it's Marlin 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:02.760 Like for you as as a mentor guy who's been 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.360 doing it for so long, it's such a high level. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.320 Yeah. Uh, Marlin's a great vat man. 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:06.720 Uh. 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.040 Just being able to we were just sitting over here talking, 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.120 so just being able to like learn from him and 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:12.640 just all the ball that he's seeing, all the people 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.679 that he's played with, just for me to be able 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.079 to sit in the same meeting room be like, hey, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:18.600 like when they do this, what do you think about this? 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.040 Or whatever? And then just you know his character. I mean, 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.720 he's a he's a funny, goofy guy. I mean, not 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:28.320 what I expect him to be whatsoever. Uh, He's He's awesome, man. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.320 I'm blessed to be here with a vet like him 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.639 and a lot of the guys in the room here. 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.440 John talk a lot about what he's learning how to 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.040 practice as a professional, like part have you? 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:39.720 How do you feel like you've done with that? And 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.359 is there anybody on the team that. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:45.120 You kind of watching and maybe taking some little practice happens. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.880 Yeah, I'm not saying I had all figured out, but uh, 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.480 I H I had pretty good practice. Coming from the 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.440 University of Georgia, they always talked about practicing loc a 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.440 pro so staying off the ground, being smart, taking care 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:58.359 of your teammates, things like that. I mean, it's the 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.000 same thing here. And I've been watching a lot of 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.160 the older Vets as well, Like I said, not just 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.520 from my room but everywhere, just to saying, you know, 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.519 how they disengage from a block, how they handle the 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.840 situation when it comes up, because you know, every place 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:10.399 is a little different. So just being able to watch 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.440 guys and take what I already know and figure it 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.560 out as I go, That's what I've been doing. 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:15.720 So you come down to. 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.200 Break up there in the short passing practice today. How 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.559 much faster do you feel like you're playing now again? 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.800 Yeah, I think a lot. And I think that just 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:25.720 comes with the knowledge of the defense. You know, the 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.320 more you learn, the faster you can play. You can 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.440 be free. And I think, you know, I just want 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.000 to keep expanding my knowledge and keep diving into the system. 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.000 In the past game against you're kind of like, man 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:37.360 that I. 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.280 Didn't know that guy had that. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:44.240 You're talking about here or here, who's been hard, who's 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:45.160 been harder to come up? 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:54.160 That's tough. Uh Isaiah I had a repp against Isaiah 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.400 the other day and he he's a lot quicker than 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:00.920 what he looks on TV and in person. So uh, 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:02.720 like I said, you know, just being able to learn 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:06.119 from him, you know, just the knowledge that he's had 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.360 while he's been here. I mean, just the way he 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.280 does things. You know, every tight end is a little different, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.400 but you know, he's very quick, he very knowledge about 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:14.720 the game of ball. So just being able to go 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.400 against him, it's only making me better. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.840 Pagano obviously stands out as a former NFL head coach. 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.320 He worked with Ed Reid when Ed was at Miami, 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:24.960 and he worked with the Mere Baltimore. What are your 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.640 impressions of someone like that who has that kind of 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.640 experience and what he can teach you. 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.240 Yeah, I think I told I told Chuck when I 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:34.440 first got here. I was like, you remind me of 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.560 Musshamp a lot. Will Muschamp. I was like, you know, 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.800 its fiery, Uh must jamp is snap in a minute. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:42.919 But I was like, just just the way they go 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.440 about their business, you know, and just like the knowledge 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:49.359 of football that they both have. Just he texted me 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:54.880 like at five this morning, Uh, with film from Thursday practice. Uh, 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:56.800 and I woke up. I was like, okay, cool, Like 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.760 that makes sense. So just being able to have somebody 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.039 like that's how that's how I wanna be coach. I 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.719 received that very well. So just being able to have 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.440 somebody like that in my corner, I mean, it's a blessing. 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:08.440 You were a leader. 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.039 I'm at Georgia Defense, very active communicator. How do you 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:13.159 balance that when you're coming to the pros and learning 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:14.520 a new playbook with new teammates. 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.240 Yeah, I think I think the first thing is, you know, 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.400 don't don't bite off more than you can chew. 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:19.880 Uh. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.200 So just really realizing, you know my place in this defense, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.359 in this organization, and you gotta know what to do 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.560 before you can start demanding stuff from other people. I 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.200 think as a leader, you know, you shouldn't ask somebody 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.400 to do something that you wouldn't do with yourself. And 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.760 it's also you know, when I got to University of Georgia, 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:36.320 I had to learn how to follow the right people 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.520 before I could lead, and that really taught me how 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.800 to move around while watching people lead while becoming a 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.840 leader myself. So it's nothing new. Uh, I think I'm 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.920 still gonna lead in the same way that I've always led, 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.720 and I think I'm gonna use that with the other 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.120 guys that's also leading here as well, and just trying 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:54.560 to you know, figure out my mode in the in 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:55.320 the organization. 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:57.440 Nothing you mentioned learning. 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.279 From different guys can maybe have different perspectives from me. 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.840 Where some of the guys that have help, do you 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:03.760 see things and ways that you hadn't seen anything. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.880 Yeah, I think I think the biggest guy is Roquan Uh, 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.520 just him being that, you know, the voice of the defense. 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.400 But also I watched all of his tape when he 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.440 was at Georgia. Uh so just it's a cool moment 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:17.599 for me. But just to see the way that he 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:21.240 handle his business and you know, he's he's super smart. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.040 Like I said, you gotta learn what to do before 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:25.960 you can start telling people what to do. And uh 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.680 he has that respect from everybody on the team. So 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:30.200 just watching him and how he moves and you know, 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.279 even the guys on the offense, you know, the guy's 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.240 just moving different way and it works in different ways 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.240 and everybody has to leave in the same way. So 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.600 just really trying to figure out, you know, take pieces 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:40.599 from everybody and put it into my own mold you 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:44.960 ever watch any No, I didn't. I didn't go watch 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:46.440 I didn't go to a Georgia game til I was 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.800 a recruit and he was gone by then. But uh 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:50.720 I did watch a lot of his tape for sure. 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.279 Even though you're in different rooms this group on ever 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:54.760 look at the field with you and kind of go 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:55.320 over stuff. 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:58.360 No, we haven't. We haven't really got a chance to 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.839 to connect. I think, you know, I'll go home and 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:02.480 I'll watch the tape and I come in with questions 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.880 and I ask uh here and there. But I think 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:06.960 when things start to, you know, pick back up, we 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.040 will get the opportunity and I'm looking forward to it. 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.280 And then one kind of warning what next week may 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.720 look like when Lamar is here and more guys are 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.040 here and it just increases with the management many camp. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:17.840 But what that's gonna be like? 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:23.040 You yeah, I think, uh yes, And no, you know, 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.000 he's he's a really big part his team, and you know, 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:26.800 at the end of the day, ball is ball. And 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:28.680 you know, when he was here, I got a chance 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:30.400 to go on the field with him and just you know, 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.480 see how he moves. Uh you know, you watch him 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:36.960 on so all, you watch him on TV and it's like, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.200 I don't know, it's crazy to see it in person, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.400 but uh, just to be able to learn from him 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.640 and just kind of watch how he moves and you know, 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.960 it's only gonna bring the energy up more when he 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:49.520 gets here, and you know some of the other guys 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:56.640 as well. So I'm excited. All right, thank you, thank you. 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:58.320 Next up, Travis Jones. 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.280 This year, what have you worked on to try to 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:03.240 step into that? 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:05.800 Just going to year four? Just be trying to be 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.240 more vocal, trying to help gods on little details, techniques 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.720 and stuff, those little things like that. Yeah, how hard 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:12.040 is that? 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:12.200 One? 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.600 Er n It's just not your nature to be that 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:16.200 vocal out on God. 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.679 But you know, if you wanna be the leader, it's required. 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:19.200 Yeah. 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.080 I gotta just gotta get used to doing the uncomfortable 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:23.360 things like speaking up more. Like the other day, coach 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.120 having me break down the huddle, I was a little uncomfortable. 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:26.320 I'm getting more comfortable with it now. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.560 Is that something you were intentional. 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.520 About the soft season or I thinking like that. 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.960 Or is it kind of happen out for Uh? Nah, 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:34.680 I wasn't n n on the front of my mind, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.560 but it just it started coming to more national I'm 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.400 getting more comfortable with it now, Yeah, for sure. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.480 What's some of the mentality is if like the year's 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.760 retired and I know you started taking a lot of 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.560 it snaps last year, but you know, kind of filling 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.240 that role to a degree. Yeah. 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.640 Uh no, Mike p was a great player, so I 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.000 got a lot of big shoes to feel. But I'm 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.080 just gonna come out here, work my hardest and try 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:55.160 my best, for sure. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:56.320 That's uh. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.280 In twenty three, the second half years, you really took 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.160 over for Travis, just the pairing with Mell. 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:03.560 You're gonna say that gain you. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.199 You took over the pairing with non passing games, and 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.720 last year almost every stat to play you had Nomny 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:10.640 Next year he talked about some of the synergies between 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:11.040 the two of you. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.800 Oh yeah, me and Beats all the field were like 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.319 best friends. So we got that chemistry off the field. 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.640 So I just tried to play off him and just 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:20.840 be out there having fun with him. 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:22.920 You knew you played through it, but you got up 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:24.440 to a really good start last year and you had 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.560 that ankle injury around like week six, week seven. 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:26.920 Huh. 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:27.920 How challenging. 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:28.439 Was it that? 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.120 I mean, you were able to play through it, but 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.679 did you feel maybe that that zaps some of your 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.040 upside as a player? 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.360 Maybe I'm saying that my injury last year was frustrating, 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:39.160 No knowing well I could have done, but I put 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.080 that beyond me. That's working forward. I have the best 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:42.160 year this year for sure. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:44.880 What do you think what does the next step look 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:46.840 like for you? I mean, obviously become a starter, you 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:47.559 played a lot more. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.280 What's next for you in your mind? 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.599 For me this year, just being more consistent with the passioners, 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.120 no beats most of the time, was getting most of 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.120 the slides. So just got win my one on ones 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:56.640 this year mm hm. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.200 And of the season last year with all of Bubble 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.080 success and kind of short yards and rest of. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:04.760 Stuff, playing with the. 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.480 Guys, how did did at the end of last season 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.760 playing with you guys with with Buffalo having as much success, 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:11.760 you know, the short yards and the reds. 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.000 Yeah, you know, Buffalo, that's a great team. We just got. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.440 It's not it's stuff we did. We just gotta get 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.760 better from that for for the first game this year. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:24.040 Yeah, h physically this off season, you gotta even stronger. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.520 Yeah, I said I got stronger. Uh, I've been. I've 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:28.400 been working out here the whole whole year. So I'm 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.080 gonna give a shot at the keV run and him 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.800 that's gotten the uh strange stuff for taking cure of 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:33.319 me this year. 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.439 Brus, you've been all mentioned. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.560 As the contential contact and stuff. Is that something that 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.960 you thought any about or have you got any discussions 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:42.880 to the decision bapers. 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:43.080 New or the base. 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:45.200 Yeah, nah, that's not that's not That's the last thing 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:46.679 on my mind this year. This year, I just want 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.920 to put the the best tape out there as possible 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:50.080 and whatever happens happens. 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:52.800 Mm hm all right. 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.840 Last, but not least, defensive line coach Dennis Johnson. 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:06.400 Very defensive linemen on the roster last two years. Sometimes 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.600 you only have four active due to injuries. Do you 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:11.400 think that took a toll the defensive line by the 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.000 end of the year. There'shigh snap counts. If you have 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:14.320 any plans to manage any things. 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:18.120 That will differently this year at times probably so obviously 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.120 you have like injuries and different stuff, and you have 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.120 different team needs and you know how many we take 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:26.240 out there. Anytime you're not you know, getting off the field. 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.600 You know, after the first three plays, are your drives 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.240 going along, the numbers gonna go up regardless, you know, 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:33.920 And I think we're doing a good job right now 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.760 training for that in case that happens with you know, 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.160 with the tempos and different piers that we're doing right now. 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:41.679 But again, anytime you don't get off the field, that 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.080 number is gonna go up. So whether it's four or five, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:45.960 we have to do a good job, you know, early 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:47.959 in the series making sure that numbers stays. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:52.240 Down through less risk of having five instead of four 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.680 on a weekly basis, or do you ever say, yeah, 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:55.680 we could do it four this week. 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.480 I mean I'm always gonna be a proponent for however 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:01.800 the most I could carry, you know, And again like 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.280 just based off the team needs and like who's up 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.480 and what we need if we have to carry for 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.880 we we cared for, you know, nobody like blinks an eye. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.560 I mean I would love to have five sixt seven 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:15.320 if possible, But whatever the team needs is what we 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:15.720 roll with. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.160 Travis Jones took some big strikes last year. Where do 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.440 you see him even this offseason kind of aggressing in 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:21.840 his game? 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.199 You know, getting here around this time last year. Well, 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.240 you know, my first like ota is getting to know 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.000 him as an individual and as a player. I would 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.880 say right now at this point, he's better than he 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.520 was at this time last year, but still got some 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.480 strides to make, you know, still got some consistent things 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.319 that he's continuously work on. But he's done an amazing job, 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.400 an incredible job of coming out here, stepping up, taking 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.400 more of a leadership role, being a little bit more vocal. 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.320 But you know, the play has run stopping ability. His 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.240 ability to pass rush at that size continues to flourish 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:52.719 out here, and so we have to just continue to 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.400 make sure that he keeps moving in that right direction 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:56.679 in this time of the year. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.000 And there's short questions of John Jenkins and his leadership 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.720 I think you can bring to this group, especially after 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:02.600 Michael retired. 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.920 Yes, ma'am, a very polished vet already in the meet 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.319 meeting rooms. You can tell his wisdom from being in 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.320 the league for so long and just talking within the guys, 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.400 his ability to pick up the playbook and are the 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.440 way that we play our techniques fairly, quickly, honestly. And 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.240 then you know, even coming out here today and executing 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.280 some of those things. So just got to get them 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.760 familiar with the system. But very impressed with him so far. 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.079 Yeah, so how didn't you go think it through effect 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:26.959 time last year? 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.920 I you know, anytime you have a lower body injury 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.760 at you know, really in position, but especially up front, 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:34.760 I mean, it weighs on you. But you know, he's 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.120 he's tough and went out there and was fighting his 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.800 butt off regardless of you know, whether how many we 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:42.959 d linemen we had or the injury. Just a very 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.840 tough individual. Obviously slowed him down just a little bit. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.000 But but yeah, I was, I was proud of him 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:48.560 during that time. 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.560 The question that uh, non dematicic cases staff count way 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:55.160 up there last year, I mean up there with some 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.880 of the biggest ravens. Well tip me in a rotational team, 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.640 do you see that as something that ideally would be 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.920 cut or do you think it is fine at that level? Y? 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.200 You you don't wanna get too high in general, you know, 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.840 he he played it well. Obviously I wish I could 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.880 take some of those snaps off. But I mean with 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.440 the games on the line or you know it's close 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.520 in the fourth quarter, I mean you're probably not gonna 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.160 look at snap reps. You know, you're gonna make sure 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.520 Numby's out there to help you close the game out. 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.320 You know, you know, just again when y y, you 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.120 gotta get off the field early to help you know, 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:32.120 maneuver get those numbers down. But again, just over the season, 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.880 you know, it adds up. But they come out here, 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.280 they work, they get in really good shape, elite athletes, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.240 and I thought I was proud of them. I thought 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.840 he did well towards the back end. It's a good question, ynis. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.800 What have you seen from the people so far? And 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.920 look at you a little bit. He's a little bit undersized, 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:47.240 so you can make up for the last. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:47.600 Size and part. 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:48.160 Uh. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.080 You know, people's has an elite get off, like when 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.400 you're one of the better ones just here right now, 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.120 just walking in. Obviously he's gonna have to learn to 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.600 play a little bit more, you know, technically sound the 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.200 way that we play here as time goes. But he's 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.000 taken to it and he's learning, and he cares and 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.080 he wants to be out there, and so he spending 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.000 you know, extra time, whether it's with the older guys 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:09.720 or with the younger guys and making sure he getting 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.920 the playbook down. So I have y big expectations for him. 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.480 I think he's gonna you know, come in and compete 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.040 and and do well as he continues to grow and learn. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.160 This early stage in his career got as. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.280 An ex traversy feel like more of a neger lately. 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.440 When did you notice that? Or is it an example 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.120 how that might have manifested goose kid? 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:29.080 So you know, just like in in the meeting rooms 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.720 and y a g a young guy who's inexperience can 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.280 aks him you know, how how did he play that? 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.040 And he and he could tell him Mark, he could 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.760 see something to pull a guy over to the side, 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.440 you know where there's like you know cj or you know, 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:41.840 any of the other younger into your guys or Jason or 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:43.720 somebody and be like, hey, you gotta get your eyes 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.760 right here, you know, listen like coach you know, saying 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.960 that this is you know exactly what he's saying, and 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.120 like can walk him through it. Uh as we continue 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.400 like prick like go through practice. And so just those 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.560