WEBVTT - Press Pass: 2024 NFL Owners Meetings (3/25) 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome to the Ravens Presspass podcast. It is Monday, March 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:08.280 twenty fifth, and the NFL Owners meetings are taking place 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:10.799 this week down in Florida, and to kick things off, 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:12.880 head coach John Harbaugh I met with the media for 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:17.680 about thirty minutes this morning during the NFL coaches breakfast 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.920 and their media session. So here's what head coach John 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.600 Harbaugh had to say during that time with the media. 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.520 So, if we can start off with your offensive line, 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.080 you're replacing three starters there. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:32.879 What's kind of your vision there? 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.280 I mean, do you think, you know, expect me to 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.960 be a free agents a guy stepping up and how's. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:40.680 What do you kind of expect that the offensive well, 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.120 I think I expect it to be better than last year. 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.080 You know, that's always the goals to improve. So along 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:46.960 the offensive line, we want to be even better than 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.400 we were last year. I thought. I think Joe Dellas 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.559 Sandras is an amazing job coaching the offensive line, and 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.560 so you know we've still got Joe, so that's a 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.440 big plus. We're able to bring Ronnie back. I'm excited 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.080 about that. Ronnie regaining his form really with his health 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.560 and strength, that's gonna be a big plus four US. 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:06.560 You know, Tyler is just one of To me, I 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.120 think he's the best center. I'll go with Tyler if 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.240 I'm making that vote along those lines, and then we've 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:13.720 got to find who the next guys are gonna be. 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.319 We have guys in house, we have a free agents 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.400 that we've signed, obviously, you know that, and then we've 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.200 got the draft. So I'm confident we'll have a very 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:22.280 good offensive line. 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.280 You just picked up Josh Jones, you know what? What 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.080 made him appealing to you guys, And it's a nice 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.200 It seems like he has some versatility because you do 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.080 have three open starting. 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:33.920 Spots right now. No doubt he's been. He's been, you know, 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.760 he's been on the left side both in Arizona and 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.840 in Houston. And he's very athletic. He's a former third 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:41.840 round pick, kind of like John Simpson a little bit, 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:43.479 if you think about it, a very similar type guy. 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.240 And John came to us and had a great year, 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.000 signed a big contract. You know, Uh, he didn't have 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:49.920 a lot of options going into last year. I don't 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.640 think anybody's I don't remember you guys being so confident. 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:54.800 You know that John was gonna play that well, who knew, 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.880 you know, but he was determined to get better and 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.240 he did. And I feel like Josh is, you know, 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.000 kind of in that same place. And he's a talented guy. Hey, John, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:07.400 where do you like the special teams? We'll put the kickoff? 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.680 We'll propose right. Well. The thing the thing about that 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:16.160 that I really appreciate, really appreciate about Roger Goodell is 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.360 that the passion and the determination to get the kickoff 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.640 back into the game, to keep the game as exciting 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.400 as it can possibly be. I mean, the kickoff return 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.400 has been around for a long time in football. You know. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.640 I'm kind of kind of passionate about that myself, and 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.880 I just think I think for Roger to be championing 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.440 that and get behind that and to be exploring every 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.480 opportunity to keep the kickoff returning the game, make it exciting. 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.639 That's that's what you know, I'm happy about. And I 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:39.640 think that's the right thing to do. 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:45.400 Is there a concern that just a transition to you know, 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.400 the different line man, Yeah, it's gonna be. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.880 Yeah, everybody understands. Yeah, Cliff, you're not gonna leave it alone. 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:54.120 That Cliff, that's good. I appreciate it. Well, that's the thing. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.480 It's always into details, and that's the challenge we're gonna 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.920 have right now with that. I mean, the line of 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.560 scrimmage is a big part of football. It's been around 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.720 for quite a while, and that play kind of takes 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.639 the line of scrimmage out of it. So it's a 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.440 it's a drastic kind of move that's going to be 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.799 way different if it gets passed than what we've seen 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:12.799 out a kickoff and kickoff return in the past. It's 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.920 just a different kind of a football play. So I 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.120 just appreciate that we're exploring every option, hopefully explore every 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.040 option up to that point to where we've got to 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:21.919 make that kind of a that kind of a move. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.280 So is that the right move at this time? I 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.720 don't know. I think that's to be determined, but I'm 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.960 confident that, you know, we'll come to a good conclusion somehow. 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.720 Explain to the people yesterday, what did you feel like 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:32.160 the feedback was the reaction? 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.359 Do you think it was well received? It was well received. 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:36.360 With the part that's well received is the idea that 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.440 we want to get returns back. Everybody wants to get 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.800 returns back, so everybody's on the same page with that. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:42.360 How you go about doing that? There's a lot of 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.640 questions because you know it's a big change. So I 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.480 think they're just a lot of questions. John, I know 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.720 it's a might probably a free agency. Got cug with 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.560 us about Patrick Queen going to the Steelers out rab 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:53.120 and what can you do for that? Well, I mean, 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.280 Patrick's a great player, great guy. I love Patrick Queen. 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.880 He's one of my all time favorite people. You know, 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:02.120 we're gonna be friends for ever. Uh. I'll give Hi 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:03.680 a hug, I guess before the game, but you know 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.600 it's uh, and I'll root for him except for then. 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.760 But he'll bring a great football player, great attitude, great 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.920 work ethic, everything he brought to us. A big fan 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.680 of pack Wings. At the same topic, what are you 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.880 guys losing? Kevin Zyler run Awaiian's game, right? Kevin Zeitler 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:21.960 all ball, every single day. Ball and bakery. I mean 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:26.239 his wife bakes the best stuff. So I think, yeah, everything. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:28.080 I mean, everybody in Detroit and that building is gonna 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:29.679 get some of the best baked goods they've ever gotten 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.240 had in their life. But Kevin's a backs on football player. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.040 He's got a lot left in the tank. Very tough, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.520 physical guy, kind of the you know a lot of ways. 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.200 You know, it was about the personality of our team. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.400 He kind of establishes that way. Hey, you think the 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:48.240 hip rules gonas? Do I think it's gonna pass. It's like, 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.080 I'm not a politician, Cliff, I don't know that stuff. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:57.760 Jared, Jared, Sorry, yeah, okay, I mean you got your Mike. 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.679 I can't see you guys, No, Jared, I do. Uh, 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.600 I don't know, but I'm for it. I think the 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.640 hip drop, taking the hip drop out of the game 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.360 is the right thing to do. I think again, Roger 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:09.599 and Troy on the right path with that. 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.200 The competition for me, he's in the right path with that. Uh, 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.400 it'd be good. It'd be good if it does pass, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:15.400 in my opinion. 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.880 John, In replacing Patrick, you have Trenton Simpson, who I'm 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:21.720 sorry about that pretty Where are you with him as 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.760 far as how he progressed last year and some thoughts 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.360 on bringing that Chris Ford, do you feel like you 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.240 kind of have you know that have that covered? I 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:31.320 guess so to speak. 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:34.640 In replacing Patrick, Yeah, well, I know we have it 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.359 covered because it's just the way the league works. You know, 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:38.960 we have to have it covered, Luke. I mean that's 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.160 just that's what we do. You have to do that, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.479 So hopefully we'll do it. Well. I'm really excited about 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:47.240 the opportunity Trent's gonna have and he's gonna be ready 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.120 for it, and I think he's gonna play really well. 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.080 You know, Chris Board's another guy that just you know, 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.640 I didn't like it when he left, you know, so 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.359 now I'm happy that he's back. And we had a 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.520 we had a great conversation, a great hug, and it's 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.160 gonna really how our special teams man, he's gonna he's 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:06.240 a he's a good solid backup linebacker as well. John, 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:07.840 what kind of head coach of the segawskar? 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:08.760 You're gonna get Mike to Bell? 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.440 Uh, well, they're getting a great person. First of all, 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.280 Mike is a uh is an a plus person. His wife, 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.640 Steph is even better. And uh, you know, Steph is 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.280 a singer. She sings at our Catholic church uh in 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.000 in Baltimore. There so any Catholic church, and he's an 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.720 amazing singer. You've got Steph, so she's the most talented one. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.000 In the family, no doubt about it. But Mike's a 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:35.040 great guy, great coach, smart, detailed, determined, passionate, gonna work 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.920 really hard. So they got a great coach. What about 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.080 his defense, he said, for the personnel he at work, 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.599 So yeah, I mean he's just again, he's it's we 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:44.640 you know, we've we've built a good system over the years, 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.680 and Mike's been on the ground floor of that for 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:49.039 ten years. You know, he's been he's been a part 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.640 of that that uh, that process. So he as a creator, 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.960 he understands it insight out. The way it's organized, and 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.880 it's sound and it's it's simple for the guys to learn. 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:59.400 So yeah, it's a good system. 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.440 You'll do great out of trying to I'll say, I 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.360 likely really flats and you know that. But Mark, because 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.000 you guys already knew he was, we had a lot 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.600 of talent. But looking forward to next year with Mark 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.280 and Isaiah maybe playing war together and what two titans 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.040 has got a possibility And this is your whole view 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.840 on the even Charlie, the tight end being even more. 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:24.680 Yeah, I do. I think those young guys, Cliff, you know, 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.880 bad about that man. That's terrible it's like I gotta look, 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.320 but you got the cameras here, the kind of it's 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.800 hard to look at everybody. So I have had my excuse. 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.360 The young tight ends evolving, you know and growing is 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:39.640 gonna be a big part of what we're doing, with 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.200 no doubt. So, like I think Charlie's gonna take a 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.800 big step, Isaiah's gonna take even another big step. It 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:46.760 took a big step last year. He's a talented guy. 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.920 Uh you know those two guys. We still got Patrick 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:51.720 Carr kind of doing what he does in that kind 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.720 of hybrid role. And then Mark, you know Mark, Mark 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.920 is the star. He's one of the stars, the superstars 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.600 in the National Football League. So they're all they're all 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.640 receiving tight ends, are all willing blockers. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:02.360 Uh. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:04.120 So I think we're a good, really good place at 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.160 tight end kind of you guys want Bullard to develop 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.440 into the kind of more inline guy or receiving a 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:13.080 flood who's that, Charlie? Charlie, Well, I think being an 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.080 inline guy would be great for us because we kind 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.400 of need that, you know. So, I mean he's six 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.680 foot six, two undred and seventy seventy five pounds, right, 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.080 that's a big body, you know, and Charlie's a tough 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.679 guy and he's really determined to be a good blocker. 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.760 So that would be the step that you'd like to 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:31.080 see him take. I trust him as a receiver, just 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:32.880 a big target and all that, but I'd love to 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.360 see him, you know, keep keep growing as a blocker, 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:37.080 got wid revenue. 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:37.960 You kind of got the. 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.880 Wide receivers into the visits himself there and get some 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:41.680 turnover there. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:46.920 How do you sort of biginal and obviously last year 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:50.280 and thinks that Dell and how do you sort of 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:51.120 see that that. 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.920 You come and try to watch out to help him sad? 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.960 Well, yeah, the uh you know, we drafted two great 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.000 players in the last three years in the first round, 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.800 you know, and I would think that Rashad and Zey 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:07.600 would would be excited, you know, to kind of step 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:09.079 to the front together. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:09.400 You know. 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:11.560 That's that's where it kind of begins. And then you know, 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.320 we get we get a veteran player back who and 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.319 Nelly who did such a great job last year and 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.480 kind of he was a former first round pick. You know, 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.880 he played at a high level. He's real versatile player. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.440 But then you know, after that we got Thailand. You know, 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:25.480 I think Tyland gets a chance he's gonna do well. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.600 We got well Sean Ryan and there as a young guy. 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.199 So you never know how those young guys are gonna 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.800 keep developing. But we think all of our young guys 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.800 are really talented guys. And when we got the draft, 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:36.520 so I think we're gonna be in a great shaper 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:38.840 wide receiver. Like I'm really excited. To me, it's you know, 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.880 and I'm losing Odell obviously, you know he's I love Odell. 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:45.079 But to give those young guys a chances, yeah, they do. 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.560 John, How do you feel Lamar's success has maybe changed 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.760 how quarterbacks get evaluated coming out of college. 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:56.160 I think, uh, I think it's changed everything. I think 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.880 Lamar's success and how Lamar plays the game has changed 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.880 everything in terms of how quarterbacks are viewed, how they're 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.280 viewed by scouts, how they're viewed by coaches, how they're 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.800 viewed by the fans, you know, how they're viewed by society. 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.800 And that's a that's a really cool thing. 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.679 Did you think that impacts kids coming out now and 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:14.160 kind of what they viewed. 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:14.680 Their ceiling as? 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.280 I absolutely do. To me, it's A. It's a it's 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.080 just something that shows It's just one more piece in 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.920 the puzzle that shows young people, you know, what they 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:25.679 can do and what they're capable of doing, what's out 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.440 there for them in this country, and that's a great thing. 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:29.960 New staff in Washington, Do you guys think you'll keep 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:30.959 the joint practices going. 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.040 We have to see. We haven't got the preseason schedule yet, 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.040 so I hope we can. Uh, we'll just have to 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:37.800 see how that goes. I know Dan a little bit, 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.520 and we'll see if it's something they want to do. 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:43.520 Yes, John, do you do you are you still interested 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.840 in bringing either David or Duvin Book back or are 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.480 you still kind of look at that we're gunning crack 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.960 for a kid knowing that, Yeah, you just get Dereck Henry, 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:53.240 but Keith Mitchell is. 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.240 Still never going to be coming this way back. Yeah. 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:58.120 I think we're just gonna kind of see how it 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.240 shakes out. You know. It's uh some moving pieces to 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.200 that part, you know, and I'll just kind of let 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.280 Eric candle out. But if we bring someone back, if 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:06.840 we bring one of those two guys back, I'd be 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.480 happy to do it. If we're not able to do it. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.400 You know, we'll we'll find some young guys. And I 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.800 don't even talk to you since Arthur Letty's signe. 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.719 You're talking about what he brings, you know, coming back 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.840 to that slot. But he's and also the versatility of 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.720 your secondary kind of with so many guys can play. 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:27.160 More positions, it kind of goes hand in hand. I mean, 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.319 your point is exactly right. Arthur can plays. He's a 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.959 great slot, but he can play outside if you needn't 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.880 play outside. He's a special teams player too. He's a 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.040 good player across the board. I just love the way 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.880 he plays. I like his style. You know, the guys 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.320 all hard. He's a talented guy. He's always been an 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.000 underrated kind of a guy. And he, like he said, 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.200 he found a home with us in Baltimore. And then 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.079 you know, look at a guy like Gardarius Washington. Here's 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.120 another virtual player. He can play in the slot for us. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.440 When he was healthy, he's played great. Hopefully he can 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:56.520 you know, get a whole season under his belt. But 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.679 he can also play safety, so he gives us a 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.240 swing guy there. Then you know Marlin who plays outside 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.200 but he can play in the slot, play all across 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:04.320 the board on either side. 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:04.760 Uh. 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.480 And then Brandon can do the same, but he's more 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.360 outside although he can go to safety. So those guys 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.000 being versatile is a big plus. John, I know every 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:17.880 offenses always evolving. But you know with Derrick Henry New 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.160 you know, a different offensive look to the offensive line. 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.720 How different do you think this offense would a more 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:24.800 will look for some time you see you want. 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:27.680 To, Uh, I don't know, you never know. I mean 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.120 it'll look different, There's no doubt about that. That's the 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.760 one thing that we believe in in keeping it moving. 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.520 You know, you can't, you can never keep it the same. 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.800 My wife's she reads a lot of sniper books, you know, 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.959 and she showed me this quote on the plane coming 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.160 down that one of the one of the snipers from 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.080 Afghanistan was talking about and they were talking about one 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.480 of their missions and whoever they were going against in 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.640 war created a pattern and uh, and the sniper was 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:55.640 able to take advantage of it. 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:55.800 Right. 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.880 It's like, no patterns, you know, we don't want patterns. 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.120 We don't want to be predictable in what we're doing. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.840 To use the analogy, Okay, I'm not advocating for snipers 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.240 or something like that, right, just be clear. But you 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.079 know you can learn lessons from a lot of people, right, 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:12.560 So yeah, we want to keep it moving. I'm gonna 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.640 be sorry I said that. I think I see Michelle 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.600 and shaking her head like not good, not good, John, I. 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.480 Know, clown, he's taking some business or in some reports 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.720 of other teams have an interest where are you guys 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.640 with him maintaining dialogue? And you know, is there still 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.000 optimism that you know that he can come back? 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:34.320 There is about j D and also about Kyle. Is 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.800 optimism with both with both. I've been texting with j 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:38.719 D and Kyle you know, here and there over the 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.520 last weeks, and so yeah, I'm hopeful we get we 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.439 get one of both of them at okay, any sense 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.719 that's time table to them? They might make as I 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.680 don't know. I think it's this business, you know, John, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:51.920 what are what are some of the things I make? 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:54.199 Keith Williams a good coach and where are the Saints 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.040 good found? Keith is one of the all time great 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.439 coaches of of of D. He tailed route running. He's 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.480 a great route running coach, you know, and all the 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.320 other things that go with He's also great with the guys. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.319 He relates well with the guys. He's got relationships with 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:08.760 the guys. 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:10.839 Uh he he. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.960 He knows the game, you know, he knows the structure 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.280 of the scheme and all that really well. But but 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.600 I think he's I've never seen a better route running 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.040 coach than Keith, And you know we're gonna miss that, Saint. 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.760 You're getting a great coach to spend some time with. 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.720 The mayor wiching hired and talking about it. Have you 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.200 got in your new money that's get. 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:31.920 Better at be your big tea? Yeah, uh yeah, I 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.480 know some of the some of the guys I knew 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.760 VERKND know everybody better every day, I guess right. But uh, 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.480 I'm really excited about the new staff. I like the coaches. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.720 I like, I like, I like, I like, I like 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.640 what they're bringing to the table as far as, uh, 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.760 just new ideas, new ways to look at the game. 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:50.320 We'll keep it moving because we've got some new coaches 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.440 and bringing some new ideas. And that's kind of how 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.200 you get better if they keep winning. For when you're 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:59.040 gonna go with someone else, you're back your message. Yeah, 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.080 you just kind of do it by the opportunities you 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:02.960 get to people that you have, So we'll have we'll 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.440 have someone in that room that's kind of have somebody 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.800 in mind right now, so we'll see if that if 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.960 that shakes out, kind of a young guy, younger coach 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.200 kind of in that role. Is there a kind of 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:19.040 a trait that you guys on from your tone, you know, 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:21.680 right Tack, we do a part of a les saving 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.400 kind of shoot the gap stuff act, you know, being 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.160 those stuff. Is there something that's unworking wants to use 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.880 you guys kind of want to prioritize that back on 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:31.680 the dot one spot, Yeah, I mean, I think the 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.440 biggest thing is that you know, Alignment have to the 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.440 bottom line is that when you watch tape, is Aligneman 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.040 is he blocking people? You know, you've got to be 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:40.760 able to block people, you know. I know it's like 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.480 over simplistic because you get into you know, skill sets 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.400 and foot speed and range and moving ability versus anchor 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:48.840 and all these different kinds of things that you kind 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:50.880 of got to lay out. But to me, can they 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.400 control the block and finish the block? 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:53.040 You know? 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.320 So you know, you know Daniel, you say he's more 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.880 of a gap scheme guy because of his size and 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.640 his hip you can come off the ball, right, and 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.280 that's what we want Daniel to do because that's what 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:02.960 he was kind of born to do. But he can 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:04.720 he can make a reach block too. He's got great 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.600 feet and he can sustain a block. So the ability 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:09.520 to sustain a block either way to me, whether it's 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.880 run or pass pass, zoner gap or a man drive block, 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.120 he's really the bottom line. And then where they kind 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.440 of maybe excel a little bit more, you kind of 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:20.560 kind of game plan and call plays a little more. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.000 That way, it's before he's gonna be ready for is 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:24.640 he fully go? 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:25.160 Full go? 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.320 Now he's full go. He'll be full go when you 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.240 come back for the off season. Yeah, how is his 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:31.160 Snoot's not coming. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.040 Back as the backup and he's talking about the backup 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.880 for the weston the league and Josh and learn what 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:36.480 you see and. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.400 From what you see can god Yeah, I mean Josh, 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:41.160 Josh would be the backup quarterback. 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:41.440 You know. 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.960 Uh he's uh, he's coming back. 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:44.720 Uh. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.400 Thrilled to heave him back. I think he's he's he 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.360 can still play at a really high level. He knows 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.480 the offense inside. Now he contributes to the offense. He 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:54.560 and Lamar have a great relationship. So I think he 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.680 brings so much to us. Malik is you know, kind 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.920 of just an opportunity for him. He's a great guy. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:04.080 I love love his personality. From what I can see, 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.240 his work ethic is really good, all those kind of things. 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.639 Uh So that's just see what happens with that and 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.000 see how he looks when we get out there. What 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:16.040 kind of problems did Aaron done? Was well, we just 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.720 talked about lineman be able to be able to block people. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.520 That was kind of the trade. The defining trade for 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.720 Lineman is blocking people. Right, Aaron Donald's pretty much unblockable, 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:28.119 you know with one guy. Uh really the ability for 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:30.359 him to ruin the play before the play gets started, 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.720 I would say he jumps out in my mind, you know, 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:34.639 he makes one little movement or twitches or kind of 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.240 looks a certain way. Next you know, he's in the 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.959 backfield making a tackle and you're kind of like, what happened. 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.320 I seemed to make a habit of doing that offenses. 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:45.280 You guy's great at what he did me with. That's 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:48.800 twenty nineteen. If he didn't do anything, we put a 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:49.639 couple of guys on him. 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:55.719 That was a think of the drawing, but obviously been 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.679 injuries the last couple of years, kept from block. Can 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.040 you talk about where he is and how important of 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.480 the year is should be for him? Get kind of 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.480 you know, so what he's what are you gonna do? 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:07.920 Yeah? I think David's gonna just I think he's gonna 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.240 break out, you know. I think he and a Dafe 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.560 are you know, gonna be partners in crime? 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:12.920 You know. 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.600 I think those guys are gonna play great together. Uh, 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.200 they're they're raided role man. I mean every time I 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:19.640 talk to him, every time I see him the broom 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:23.720 with enthusiasm, they're they're they're working hard. He's healthy, They're 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:25.840 both healthy. Can't wait to get to work with those 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.720 guys are good. Hey, I'm just. 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:33.359 Curious what's your process or you know, going through with 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.640 your coordinators from last year, the things that you kind 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:40.040 of said that obviously you like as you didn't like, 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.160 and then if you can highlight some of the things 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.920 yourself as you move into this season, in particular offense, 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.240 you know, you guys very far again, very well, but 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.480 what's the next Eschel one that you want to see? 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:54.080 The offensive all too? Yeah, that's kind of the bottom 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.040 line kind of what you said, they're at the the 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:58.119 the last part of it, I think, more than anything 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.680 is just keep improving and getting better. So, you know, 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:02.840 special teams wise, with Chris Horton, who I think is 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:05.040 an amazing coach, you know, we've got we're looking at 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:08.960 the new kickoff rules and then uh personnel and then scheme, 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.440 so you know, where can we tweak the scheme and 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:13.800 and the way we teach our techniques. So that's kind 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:16.560 of set, but there's still ways we can improve. Defensively, 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.240 We'll start with Zach Orr. I mean, Zach's gonna be 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.880 a new coordinator. We've got you know, new coaches on defense, 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:23.440 so that's gonna be huge. I mean, that's a that's 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.040 taking what we do with and adding the ideas and 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.920 the talents and new coaches haven't taken Zach's personality and 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:31.040 putting his stamp on it. 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:31.719 Uh. 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.560 Then offensively first year to second year is big. So 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:40.240 the opportunity to take an offense that was pretty dramatically different, 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:43.399 you know, we was it was like the old offense 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:45.280 or the previous offense, and the fact that it was 0:19:45.320 --> 0:19:47.399 so different from what everybody else was doing. So I 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:50.119 think it's it's it's alike in that it's different, but 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:52.720 it's definitely different than what we did. So with that 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.040 there comes a lot of a lot of nuances, a 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:56.800 lot of a lot of details that you've got to 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:01.760 you know, become really good at to tech plays and 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:03.440 the way you do it in this offense is different 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:05.240 than the way you did in the previous office we 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:07.240 were running, So our ability to take the next step 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:10.440 Todd leading that got great coaches and Greg Lewis and 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:14.680 Willie Taggart, George Goatsee all those guys just do a 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:18.719 phenomenal job working together, Travis Switzer of building this thing. 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:22.800 So we're kind of we're way way underwater right now 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.040 working on taking the next step in our offense, and 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:26.399 I'm excited about where we're going at. 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:30.560 Thanks John, I'm sorry if asked us already speaks to 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:32.000 a special teams background. 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:34.000 I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the kick off 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:36.160 most of them. Yeah, and we talked about that. I'm 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.600 just I'm excited about the I'm excited about I just 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:41.119 think Roger Goodell is doing a great job of driving 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.520 bringing the trying to bring the kickoff return back into 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:45.639 the game and make it exciting for the fans. The 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:48.560 fans the fans like excitement, right, So you want to 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:50.520 play that's more than a ceremonial play, and it's been 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:54.000 a ceremonial play really for the last number of years, 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:55.800 and so a way to bring it back and bring 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.000 it back safely, that's what I'm for. How we go 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:00.480 about doing that, that's the conversation. It is not easy, 0:21:00.760 --> 0:21:02.720 but we'll come to something really good. But look up 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:05.160 the play is that gonna be hard to get over 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:07.240 all way, but uh, well there's a lot. There's a 0:21:07.240 --> 0:21:09.119 lot too. It's just really different. You know, it doesn't 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:10.800 have a line of scrimmage. It's just a different play 0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:12.639 to get your arms around. And really the biggest thing 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:15.000 about it when you really dig dig down deep, is 0:21:15.040 --> 0:21:18.560 that there's just unpredictable. There's a lot of unintended consequences 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:20.000 and you don't know what it's gonna look like. So 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:21.920 that's what everybody's kind of trying to get their arms around. 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:24.800 John Fossil said yesterday, I think you asked the most 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:26.960 questions when he was presenting it to the group. 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:29.720 What were your questions? And is that it's your assessment 0:21:30.520 --> 0:21:33.320 it is, and uh, and his answers were very good. 0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:35.560 And John did a great job and and and Darren 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:37.399 Rizzy Rizz did a great job too. Those guys are 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:40.760 great coaches. And I think they were tasked with making 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:44.240 that play work and uh, they went to work on 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:45.440 that and they figure out a way to make the 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:48.720 play workable. So I'm satisfied that the play's workable. I 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:50.840 don't know what it's gonna look like. I'm not sure 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:53.440 there's not a better answer maybe, but uh, that's what 0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:55.600 you know. Everybody's gonna put their heads together and kind 0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:57.400 of decide then really just to see how it works 0:21:57.440 --> 0:21:59.639 out to you a lot on Shani. 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:01.680 When you're in the vote for yes or no or 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:03.639 you don't think you guys had conversations about it. 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:05.800 Uh, yeah, we talked about last night as a matter 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:07.560 of fact. So I don't know what we're gonna do yet. 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:12.160 We'll see, honestly, real football. I think it makes sense. 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:14.639 The Eagle's proposal. Yeah, it's good. It's a it's a 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:17.480 it's kind of cleaning things up a little bit. Yeah, 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:20.600 I like it. John, that's the lawn's gone forrest period. 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:23.440 His rushes have goe down. Do you think people with 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:25.080 the addition of the Derrick Henry, do you think it 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:28.560 will still his? You know, the more you know the 0:22:28.680 --> 0:22:31.000 design runs and evens and scramble will even go Dell 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:34.440 even brother. I don't know. Lamar is gonna play the 0:22:34.480 --> 0:22:36.520 way Lamar plays, and that's what I'm for, you know. 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:38.119 I love the way he plays the game. I think 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:45.240 he's intuitively an intelligently uh just a phenomenal football player. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:45.440 You know. 0:22:45.560 --> 0:22:47.840 He sees the game in a very unique ways, very 0:22:47.880 --> 0:22:50.240 smart ways. So I'm for him playing the way that 0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:52.560 he plays, you know. And I think that just Derrick 0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:55.040 Henry being there, plus Lamar plus the other guys, it's 0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:57.760 a good formula. I'm in a big last year you're 0:22:57.840 --> 0:23:01.320 undertaking for the costo with the wide receiver entering the draft. 0:23:01.400 --> 0:23:03.720 If you have a kind of pet project entering quest 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:06.639 h yeah I do. But if I told you that, 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:08.359 I'd be kind of give them a rare draft plans 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:10.760 run way. Yeah, it's a very very clever way to 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:14.600 ask the questions. I'm smart, Yeah I have. I'm finished 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:17.159 with my first round of assignments. Now I'm going to 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:19.240 the second level after this. These media, I can take 0:23:19.280 --> 0:23:25.040 this for what positions or especially uh No, I don't 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:27.400 have a very I'm gonna answer for you on that. Eric, 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:30.280 he does a good job answer knows. You'll probably see 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:33.520 him around. Why why aren't the gims here doing this? 0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:35.119 Oh? 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:36.359 They are? Do they do the media? 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:43.320 So okay, I don't don't Soar and obviously texting a lot, 0:23:44.040 --> 0:23:47.720 and he kind of has some ideas the season, what 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:50.040 seems to be his self assessment, what he's working on, 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:50.879 what he. 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:56.440 Thinks his next step should. Yeah, Lamar his feelings about 0:23:56.440 --> 0:23:59.800 his next step. You know, he's got a lot of thoughts. 0:23:59.840 --> 0:24:03.000 I'm he's, he's, he's, it's it's like any there's no 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:05.879 one football thing, you know. I think he's looking at 0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:07.960 every aspect of his game. He starts with himself. That's 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:10.200 what I love about Lamar, what can I do better? 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:12.280 And that's why he continues to improve. And then he 0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:14.119 goes to what we need, you know, what we need 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:16.879 schematically in his in his view, and he you know, 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:19.040 he trusts the coaches and he wants to like he 0:24:19.400 --> 0:24:23.720 we talked that week and shared ideas schematically also personnel wise, 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:26.119 and then we're kind of working on that now and 0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:28.640 he'll come back and he'll look at everything and we'll 0:24:28.640 --> 0:24:30.760 want to know what he thinks, you know, like do 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:32.879 you prefer this or this? It's more comfortable in this 0:24:32.920 --> 0:24:34.840 direction or that direction? You know what do you like 0:24:34.920 --> 0:24:37.280 any other ideas you had since since we talked last? 0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:39.880 And Lamarro will be part of the architect I believe 0:24:39.920 --> 0:24:42.359 he'll be a big part of the architect on the offense, 0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:46.359 having free agents design. 0:24:47.200 --> 0:24:47.880 What do you see? 0:24:48.200 --> 0:24:48.720 How he think? 0:24:48.880 --> 0:24:54.760 Sevens? I guess how particle is he? 0:24:55.880 --> 0:24:56.000 Who? 0:24:56.160 --> 0:24:57.440 Who's at Lamar? 0:24:58.040 --> 0:24:59.760 Just for you together? 0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:03.000 Yeah? Yeah, Lamar, Yeah, Lamar's that's I'd say that's one 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:04.680 of his greatest strengths as the locker room. You know, 0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:06.800 he's just he's just you you or you know him. 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:08.920 I mean, he who what you see is what you 0:25:09.040 --> 0:25:11.359 get and even like more fun because he's got his 0:25:11.400 --> 0:25:13.040 guard up a little bit, I'm sure you know in 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:15.560 his public persona, but when he lets his guard down, 0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:18.000 he's just kind of being who he is. Funny, funny dude, 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:22.160 a funny guy, lovable guy. He's just he likes people. 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:25.320 He's a he's a magnet. You know, in the locker room, 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.920 the guys love him. Has he provided a wish list 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:32.440 of guys and he's looking at guys now. Yeah. Yeah, 0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:34.680 he and I agree on a few guys. We haven't 0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:40.600 disagreed on anybody yet, so sharing our vision together, talking 0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:43.040 about wide receivers or tight ends already come about anybody 0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:45.320 like a position? Well, he's more interested in the wide 0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:47.680 receivers and tight ends. Yeah, he isn't hasn't waited in 0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:52.440 any offensive lineman just yet. Yeah, that's true when you 0:25:52.520 --> 0:25:55.719 guys are treated mosts. I think there was some confusion 0:25:55.760 --> 0:25:57.520 on the band and it seemed like he was on 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:01.359 relatively team bring the deal he had injury gets to 0:26:01.400 --> 0:26:04.320 pick the Southeast and picks plays kind of explained the 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:07.800 decision to move on and it works to pick out here. Yeah, 0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:10.760 that's that's a tough explanation because I think the fans 0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:12.480 are right in the sense that, wow, you know, that's 0:26:12.960 --> 0:26:15.440 just looking at that as a as a signal, a 0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:16.640 single move. 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:18.080 You know it was. 0:26:18.240 --> 0:26:20.159 He's a heck of a player. Everybody loves him. He 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:24.120 works hard, he's he's productive, played through injuries last year 0:26:24.200 --> 0:26:26.480 and was on a team friendly contract. But in the 0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:27.960 big picture, when you kind of step back and you 0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:30.520 look at the whole cap structure, uh, it was. It 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:33.000 was tight, you know, and that was an opportunity I 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:38.160 think where you know, unfortunately, trade pick up the pick 0:26:38.240 --> 0:26:41.399 up the cap space, create some cushion, a little bit, 0:26:41.400 --> 0:26:43.000 a little bit of a buffer that we needed and 0:26:43.119 --> 0:26:44.560 we have a you know, we have a young player 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.119 there that has a chance to to to kind of 0:26:47.600 --> 0:26:50.360 step forward and play well. So that was a tough decision. 0:26:50.920 --> 0:26:54.359 Dylan as now the second one, this tenured coach in 0:26:54.880 --> 0:26:57.560 the league. You ever take time to think about like 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:00.920 your future all world in the dead one like you, 0:27:01.760 --> 0:27:03.840 I hope to have one. Yeah, yeah, I'm I'm for 0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.800 having a future, not not much more than the immediate future. 0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:09.520 To be honest with you, you know, I think about 0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:11.239 the past. Because someone showed me a clip of our 0:27:11.280 --> 0:27:14.879 press conference and they asked me if it if it 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:18.159 felt like thirty years ago. I said no, but it 0:27:18.200 --> 0:27:20.399 did look like thirty years ago. You know, Steve and 0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:22.280 I both looked at you a lot younger than that 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:25.560 press conference. So you know, you look, you look, you 0:27:25.640 --> 0:27:27.360 do you look in the mirror, whatever, and you say, wow, 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:30.679 this is really amazing. And the people that we've been around, 0:27:32.440 --> 0:27:36.159 the great moments and the tough moments, but that's what 0:27:36.320 --> 0:27:37.879 makes it so great. And I just I love what 0:27:37.960 --> 0:27:40.280 I'm doing. I love these kind of the setting here. 0:27:40.320 --> 0:27:42.439 I love I love you guys, you gals, I believe 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:44.840 it or not, you know, it's it's something that you 0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:47.239 know someday, you know, we're all gonna look back on them. 0:27:47.240 --> 0:27:48.760 We're gonna say, wow, that was pretty cool. We got 0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:50.720 a chance to do that. So I just want to like, 0:27:50.800 --> 0:27:52.240 look look at it right now and say, wow, this 0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:54.159 is pretty cool that we get a chance to do 0:27:54.240 --> 0:27:57.320 that and make the most of it. You foul just 0:27:57.400 --> 0:27:59.480 to tackle at this point or at their chance that 0:27:59.560 --> 0:28:02.919 he couldn't. I would say, let's focus a tackle right now, 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:05.119 you know, definitely, Jeff. Let's let's see if we get 0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:07.200 that right tackle thing and give him a chance to win. 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:11.280 Your job on his life is a state of pullback. 0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:16.640 He's not ob you hard or anything. Correct. Yes, yes, yes, 0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:23.440 saying her heads have prevailed. That's why I look at it. Yeah, 0:28:23.440 --> 0:28:26.080 he's he's great at what he does, so let's let's 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:29.119 let him be great. Have you guys heard one way 0:28:29.160 --> 0:28:32.280 or the other from the NFL on anything relating today? 0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:36.760 Just status kind of thing, no updates. Uh, that's I 0:28:36.800 --> 0:28:39.440 don't really have any details on that. I don't I 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:41.479 don't have nothing I could really share in that right 0:28:41.520 --> 0:28:43.240 now if that would help Ton. 0:28:43.280 --> 0:28:45.360 There was a report earlier in the off season that 0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:46.840 you guys might be. 0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:50.600 Bringing Jerry Rossbern back in some capacity. Anything you can 0:28:50.640 --> 0:28:52.479 share with that, I mean, were there talks? Was there 0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:54.800 a decision just not to do it? Like, yeah, no, 0:28:54.960 --> 0:28:57.440 I I thought that was way like overblown, you know. 0:28:57.560 --> 0:28:59.920 And and Jerry, Jerry. I talked to Jerry a lot. 0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:02.360 You know, Jerry's one of them. He's my best friend, 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:04.960 you know. I think he's a he's a great coach 0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:08.040 and uh and he's he's a wise person, you know, 0:29:08.200 --> 0:29:10.680 so you seek you seek wisdom and advice where you 0:29:10.800 --> 0:29:13.600 can so in some form or fashion. I think, you know, 0:29:13.640 --> 0:29:15.520 if Jerry did it with Denver, he did that and 0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:17.360 he became the head coach for a couple of couple 0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:19.840 of games. So you know, I'm sure Jerry's interested. Or 0:29:20.000 --> 0:29:21.600 he told me that he might might maybe in some 0:29:21.800 --> 0:29:23.760 role if we wanted and if we needed him, and 0:29:23.880 --> 0:29:25.400 I'm like, well, that'd be cool, you know, And and 0:29:25.800 --> 0:29:27.240 let's kind of see where that goes, you know, and 0:29:27.280 --> 0:29:29.360 see if there is something that would make sense, but 0:29:29.800 --> 0:29:31.480 not not on a full time type basis. That was 0:29:31.520 --> 0:29:33.600 really never the conversation. That's not what we talked about. 0:29:34.160 --> 0:29:34.280 Uh. 0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:36.120 And then we'll just see where we go with our 0:29:36.160 --> 0:29:38.320 staff and see if there's a place where just kind 0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:41.240 of as a as a consultant advisor type of of 0:29:41.360 --> 0:29:43.400 a position that would help us, only if it would. 0:29:43.240 --> 0:29:48.520 Help us, like to see or he's around. 0:29:49.320 --> 0:29:54.800 So could you say it again, he's around? Yeah, yeah, 0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:56.520 it was great. I was sitting right across in the 0:29:56.560 --> 0:29:58.760 meeting from from Joe and from my brother Jim, you know, 0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:01.760 so couldn't help, like, you know, catch catch their eye. 0:30:02.520 --> 0:30:04.920 But we weren't. We weren't. We weren't making faces or anything. 0:30:05.040 --> 0:30:06.760 It was it's just neat to see those guys. And 0:30:06.840 --> 0:30:11.080 Mike was sitting right over there. That was cool. Joe's 0:30:12.080 --> 0:30:14.760 Joe's wonderful. You know, he's just a He's a great person. 0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:16.840 You kind of you miss those guys and you see 0:30:16.920 --> 0:30:18.440 come back and you see them and you're like, man, 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:21.080 I miss you, you know, but you move forward and 0:30:21.080 --> 0:30:23.400 they get their opportunity and that's great. He seems like 0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:25.440 with Odell though, I mean, you guys love them. He 0:30:25.560 --> 0:30:26.080 love to be here. 0:30:26.520 --> 0:30:28.240 What kind of do you think went into the fact that, 0:30:28.400 --> 0:30:30.680 you know, he is one of probably play else. 0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:31.080 With the show. 0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:32.880 I just think it was more. I think it was 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:35.040 just more financial, you know, I think it has more 0:30:35.080 --> 0:30:36.720 to do with it. I'm sure I didn't. I wasn't 0:30:36.720 --> 0:30:39.440 involved any of that, but I'm sure that that he 0:30:39.560 --> 0:30:42.080 and Eric talked and it just wasn't gonna work out, 0:30:42.200 --> 0:30:44.280 you know, just from a number standpoint, probably as much 0:30:44.320 --> 0:30:46.200 from we're at you know, we're in a tight set 0:30:46.280 --> 0:30:50.520 cap type situation and kind of was a mutual understanding. 0:30:50.560 --> 0:30:53.560 I think that way turns Brandy Brown, what is the 0:30:53.640 --> 0:30:55.640 name of your what is the name for your organization? 0:30:55.720 --> 0:30:57.600 That lets me especially teams guy? Now you look at 0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:02.920 two top highest pay kickers. Now, so are you are you? 0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:08.840 Are you related to Randy Jersey guy? Okay, yeah, Uh 0:31:09.280 --> 0:31:11.160 In all serious is Randy Brown is a great coach. 0:31:11.200 --> 0:31:14.440 You know, I think he's he's a pioneer. Uh you 0:31:14.520 --> 0:31:16.200 know how he got into the league. What he's done 0:31:16.760 --> 0:31:18.240 is he was the first one to do it. Really 0:31:18.280 --> 0:31:20.160 and there's a couple other guys kind of back back 0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:23.160 in those days with Randy and Randy's he's he's been 0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:24.560 around for a long time, and now he knows the 0:31:24.600 --> 0:31:27.160 special teams game inside out. He knows the rules really well. 0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:30.360 He brings a unique personalities everybody around here, you know 0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:32.360 when they laugh, you know, as you know, he's one 0:31:32.400 --> 0:31:34.760 of the kind, and I think he does a great 0:31:34.840 --> 0:31:37.400 job with those guys. He coaches a specialist really like 0:31:37.480 --> 0:31:40.000 nobody else in the league. But even beyond that, you know, 0:31:40.040 --> 0:31:42.640 he coaches the special teams too. So, Uh, he's been 0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:45.280 a he's been a really strong Uh, he's been a 0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:47.200 strong addition for us. He's been a strong part of 0:31:47.240 --> 0:31:50.160 move accompassed over the years. You do two more gus, Johnny. 0:31:54.040 --> 0:31:58.680 It happens to me a lot too, you know, Uh, 0:31:59.360 --> 0:32:02.440 anybody else, John Sometimes we don't get a chance to 0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:03.320 ask you about too much. 0:32:03.400 --> 0:32:06.080 But Roderick Washington last year, did you make up his season? 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:06.240 Then? 0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:09.320 It just didn't seem like maybe he stood out quite 0:32:09.320 --> 0:32:10.680 as much as he did the year before. I mean, 0:32:10.680 --> 0:32:12.760 you guys extended him last summer. Men, just where do 0:32:12.800 --> 0:32:13.640 you think you know kind. 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:15.440 Of where he is right now? Yeah, Brody, I saw 0:32:15.520 --> 0:32:17.080 Broddy in the building just last week. He's in there 0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:18.840 lifting weights and working hard. You know, that's the thing, 0:32:18.880 --> 0:32:22.640 and I thought he had a good season last year 0:32:23.480 --> 0:32:25.320 and he's gonna be who he is. You know, he's 0:32:25.320 --> 0:32:27.800 gonna be a very good player for us. He's gonna 0:32:27.840 --> 0:32:29.720 be a guy that's gonna it's gonna he's gonna stop 0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:31.520 the run. He's gonna be where he's supposed to be. 0:32:31.520 --> 0:32:32.880 He's gonna be running to the ball. He's gonna be 0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:35.080 brushing the quarterback from the inside, pushing the pocket. 0:32:35.720 --> 0:32:35.840 Uh. 0:32:35.920 --> 0:32:39.120 He gives us valuable reps and he's he's a great teammate. 0:32:39.320 --> 0:32:42.040 So he gotta have those kind of guys. I those 0:32:42.160 --> 0:32:45.040 Nutt and Bolt guys like Broader Washington or guys that 0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:47.440 kind of you get you. That's part of your structure. 0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:47.680 Man. 0:32:47.880 --> 0:32:49.680 If you don't have guys like that, your structure doesn't 0:32:49.680 --> 0:32:52.760 hold together. So that's why, well that's why we love him. 0:32:53.120 --> 0:32:55.520 So when he brings to the table is just exactly 0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:57.000 what we need him to bring to the table. So 0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.040 I expect him to have a great year and kind 0:32:59.080 --> 0:33:02.080 of do what he does. Bits I think we mentioned 0:33:02.120 --> 0:33:05.360 of the combine without your admiration to the Dolphins and 0:33:05.480 --> 0:33:07.520 to do with the RPO just getting the call up 0:33:07.600 --> 0:33:10.520 quickly or maybe maybe not our do what the Dolphins do? Oh, 0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:13.400 the Dolphins get the ball out quickly. I guess you 0:33:13.480 --> 0:33:16.800 guys are using more propios this year. The markt developed bicker. 0:33:17.360 --> 0:33:19.000 You want to see that kind of continue and they 0:33:19.000 --> 0:33:22.920 get How would you kind of evaluate the increcia where 0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:24.880 you guys would up? Yeah, I mean, I think we're 0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:26.640 in the right place with our RPOs. I don't think 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:28.960 it's something that we're gonna like go wholesale towards because 0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:31.640 Lamar's got so many different ways he plays the game 0:33:31.720 --> 0:33:33.440 and there's other things we like to do, to be 0:33:33.560 --> 0:33:35.560 honest with you, so RPOs are a part of it. 0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:38.400 I don't see it's going towards like anybody's specific offense 0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:41.320 that runs those more than anybody else, or like anybody else, 0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:44.320 because our quarterback is different, you know, than anybody else's, 0:33:44.360 --> 0:33:46.600 So none of these quarterbacks are exactly the same. And 0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:48.120 to me, you've got to build the offense around your 0:33:48.160 --> 0:33:51.240 specific guy. So RPOs will be a part of what 0:33:51.280 --> 0:33:53.600 we're doing, for sure, They're not gonna be the main 0:33:53.640 --> 0:33:55.560 part of what we're doing. It really hasn't been that way. 0:33:55.720 --> 0:33:58.080 It's not like the number one thing we do some teams. 0:33:58.120 --> 0:33:58.400 It is. 0:34:01.640 --> 0:34:04.000 If you want a full breakdown of everything that we 0:34:04.120 --> 0:34:06.840 heard from Coach Harball and the big takeaways from that 0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:09.160 time with the media, head over to the Lounge the 0:34:09.280 --> 0:34:12.759 podcast feed. Clifton Brown and I will break down what 0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:15.719 he said, what it means, and the implications for the 0:34:15.800 --> 0:34:18.359 Ravens moving forward. Now, if you want to make sure 0:34:18.400 --> 0:34:21.200 that you're subscribed here, hit that subscribe button here on 0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:23.840 the Ravens Press Past podcast feed as well as the 0:34:23.920 --> 0:34:26.720 Lounge podcast feed as well. 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