WEBVTT - Takeaways From Ravens' Joint Practice With Commanders 0:00:04.490 --> 0:00:07.230 Welcome into the lounge. I'm Ryan Mink here with Garrett 0:00:07.250 --> 0:00:09.990 Downing and we just came off the field from the 0:00:10.090 --> 0:00:13.360 joint practice between the Ravens and Commanders and want to 0:00:13.410 --> 0:00:17.319 share our notes with you from practice. And Garrett, in 0:00:17.380 --> 0:00:20.720 some ways this was a continuation of I think what 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:24.460 happened in Minnesota where the defense just had a day 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.700 and the offense not as much, kind of uneven, and 0:00:29.170 --> 0:00:32.659 then two minute drill issues. So We'll break it all down, 0:00:32.740 --> 0:00:35.220 but that kind of sets the big picture of what 0:00:35.260 --> 0:00:36.520 we saw today, I think, on the field. 0:00:36.659 --> 0:00:38.140 Yeah, I thought it was a good day of practice. 0:00:38.180 --> 0:00:41.640 I thought both teams, you know, seemed to really get 0:00:41.659 --> 0:00:44.440 some good work out of the whole thing. And, like, 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:48.120 there was energy. And just, like, at a very big 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.570 picture as we get into the specifics of it, the 0:00:50.610 --> 0:00:53.810 Ravens now complete three joint practices over the course of 0:00:54.210 --> 0:00:57.270 the last couple of weeks going into the regular season. 0:00:57.590 --> 0:01:00.470 And it just seems like, by all accounts, everybody's saying, like, 0:01:00.860 --> 0:01:04.700 this was really beneficial. It's hard to simulate the competitiveness 0:01:04.980 --> 0:01:09.400 going up against somebody in a different uniform, the different schemes. 0:01:09.700 --> 0:01:12.190 It's hard to simulate that going up against each other 0:01:12.290 --> 0:01:15.830 every day in practice against yourselves. And then a lot 0:01:15.850 --> 0:01:17.649 of the starters just aren't playing in the preseason. So 0:01:17.690 --> 0:01:20.090 this is a chance to just get a really good 0:01:20.209 --> 0:01:23.750 few days of work against a good team. And I 0:01:23.790 --> 0:01:25.810 think that both sides, it seems like... The Ravens just... 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.119 The overwhelming sense that I got as the players came 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.020 off the field today was that they were like, hey, 0:01:31.190 --> 0:01:33.199 this was a good opportunity. I'm glad we did these 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.920 joint practices. And for both of them, here in Minnesota, 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.319 nothing got out of hand. That's what you worry about sometimes, 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.400 joint practices. Fists start flying, and then no work gets 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:44.310 done because tempers are too high. And that did not 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:46.350 happen over the course of these three practices, which I 0:01:46.390 --> 0:01:48.970 think is a testament to the coaches and both sides 0:01:49.010 --> 0:01:49.290 of the ball. 0:01:49.690 --> 0:01:52.650 Yeah, absolutely. I thought it was a good day. I 0:01:52.670 --> 0:01:55.170 watched the offense for the majority of practice, so I 0:01:55.210 --> 0:01:57.910 can speak to that. You watched predominantly the defense. And 0:01:57.930 --> 0:02:01.320 I wanted to see whether this offense... bounce back against 0:02:01.860 --> 0:02:05.200 the commander's defense after the Vikings and Brian Flores and 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.200 his relentless blitz gave him troubles last week. And that 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:12.240 was kind of an unusual circumstance. Usually you don't see 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.560 another team dialing up just endless blitzes, not only in practice, but, 0:02:15.910 --> 0:02:19.730 but in the game also. And so the commanders, some 0:02:19.810 --> 0:02:22.190 similarities to the Vikings, but it was not like that. 0:02:22.270 --> 0:02:25.190 And I thought that the Ravens offense certainly did have 0:02:25.250 --> 0:02:27.780 a better day today than it did in Minnesota and, 0:02:28.950 --> 0:02:31.690 It was kind of uneven, though, throughout. I thought they 0:02:31.810 --> 0:02:35.330 ran the ball well. The run game looks pretty strong. 0:02:35.370 --> 0:02:38.730 Derrick Henry, I'm just telling you, Derrick Henry's going to 0:02:38.770 --> 0:02:41.490 have another really good year. And I think that the 0:02:41.570 --> 0:02:44.270 offensive line at this point looks a little bit better 0:02:44.350 --> 0:02:48.110 run blocking than it does in pass protection. And so 0:02:48.130 --> 0:02:50.109 we saw what looked like it could have been a... 0:02:50.650 --> 0:02:52.930 Of course, always with these things, you're like, eh, would 0:02:52.950 --> 0:02:55.090 he have been tackled or would he not? But Derrick 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:59.470 Henry had about a 15-yard... Possible touchdown run. There was 0:02:59.510 --> 0:03:02.790 another where he got out on the edge, and you 0:03:03.230 --> 0:03:05.170 will not be able to convince me that a 5-10 0:03:05.530 --> 0:03:08.130 corner would have wrapped him up at the two. That 0:03:08.169 --> 0:03:10.430 wasn't going to happen. Could have had a touchdown on 0:03:10.470 --> 0:03:13.090 that one. I thought Rasheen Ali looked pretty good in 0:03:13.110 --> 0:03:15.730 the run game. The commanders stuffed some at the line 0:03:15.770 --> 0:03:17.950 of scrimmage as well. It wasn't like they were running 0:03:17.990 --> 0:03:19.470 all over him, but I thought that there were a 0:03:19.530 --> 0:03:22.270 number of chunk plays in the run game today for 0:03:22.290 --> 0:03:22.970 the Ravens offense. 0:03:23.150 --> 0:03:25.550 Derek Henry's two seasons so far in Baltimore. 0:03:25.550 --> 0:03:25.690 1,900 yards. 0:03:25.690 --> 0:03:31.720 1595 the next year. So almost 1600 yards, 16 touchdowns, 0:03:31.780 --> 0:03:34.560 both seasons. I expect him to be right there. Probably 0:03:34.780 --> 0:03:36.600 maybe between those two numbers. I think he's going to 0:03:36.620 --> 0:03:40.260 be production wise right there in that mix again, the season, 0:03:40.300 --> 0:03:42.600 which is like, it seems like you can just like 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.840 pencil them in for, you know, 16, 1700 yards and like, okay, yeah, 0:03:45.870 --> 0:03:49.410 Derek will probably do that. It's remarkable when you think about. 0:03:49.310 --> 0:03:51.250 Just how How tough that is to do. 0:03:51.250 --> 0:03:52.730 How tough that is to do. But you just, like, 0:03:52.750 --> 0:03:54.430 in your head, you're like, yeah, he'll probably put up 0:03:54.430 --> 0:03:57.630 1,700 yards, 15 touchdowns, something like that. But I actually 0:03:57.650 --> 0:03:59.440 think that's what it's going to be. And I think that, like, 0:04:00.940 --> 0:04:02.240 I know we're going to talk about it. Like, the 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:05.280 passing offense I don't think had a great day, but 0:04:05.300 --> 0:04:08.600 I thought the rushing offense was really good. And he 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:10.460 had some creases to run through. Like, there was a 0:04:10.500 --> 0:04:12.830 couple plays where he just hit the hole and he 0:04:12.870 --> 0:04:14.490 had a big lane to run through, and then he 0:04:14.510 --> 0:04:16.589 does the rest. Like, just give him some daylight, and 0:04:16.610 --> 0:04:17.710 then he can take it to the house that he 0:04:17.770 --> 0:04:21.080 did that. I'm really excited. I think early on in 0:04:21.100 --> 0:04:23.059 the season, we're going to see a lot of No. 0:04:23.060 --> 0:04:25.940 22 as this offense kind of finds itself. And he's 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.380 an easy way to kind of settle things down, just 0:04:28.420 --> 0:04:32.110 give him the ball, especially when the offensive line seems 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.229 to be clearing the way at a really high clip 0:04:34.670 --> 0:04:35.730 for him in that ground game. 0:04:35.850 --> 0:04:37.589 It's a good way to get the offensive line kind 0:04:37.610 --> 0:04:40.770 of rolling in the season too, right? The offensive linemen 0:04:40.810 --> 0:04:43.089 would much rather run block than they would pass, bro. 0:04:43.810 --> 0:04:45.909 And so I think that that's kind of a way 0:04:45.950 --> 0:04:48.390 to let them get their legs, build confidence up front 0:04:48.650 --> 0:04:52.210 as well. And I think that this team is just 0:04:52.230 --> 0:04:54.090 going to run the ball a lot, period. I mean, 0:04:54.110 --> 0:04:56.370 you look at the Bears' offense last year. They had 0:04:56.410 --> 0:04:58.750 the sixth most rushing attempts in the NFL. They had 0:04:58.810 --> 0:05:01.290 two fewer rushing attempts than the Ravens last year. The 0:05:01.310 --> 0:05:03.350 Ravens seem that we all know love to run the 0:05:03.390 --> 0:05:06.250 ball and has for a very long time here. I 0:05:06.300 --> 0:05:08.800 don't think that's going to change. Look, last year in 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.719 Chicago where Declan Doyle was the offensive coordinator, Now, Ben 0:05:12.740 --> 0:05:14.560 Johnson was really kind of calling the shots and calling 0:05:14.580 --> 0:05:18.260 the plays as head coach. But Declan was obviously a 0:05:18.300 --> 0:05:21.300 huge part of that offense. Caleb Williams got a lot 0:05:21.339 --> 0:05:23.560 of attention. Got a lot of attention there and what 0:05:23.620 --> 0:05:26.450 he did in the passing game. But this was still, 0:05:27.210 --> 0:05:30.290 they skewed higher in the rankings in rushing attempts than 0:05:30.310 --> 0:05:31.969 they did passing attempts. I think they were 10th in 0:05:32.010 --> 0:05:35.479 passing attempts, 6th in rushing. So they believe and run 0:05:35.510 --> 0:05:38.380 the ball. DeAndre Swift went over 1,000 yards. Menungai, who 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.600 was a 7th round rookie, put up almost 800. And 0:05:41.740 --> 0:05:45.490 so I expect, kind of to your point, early in 0:05:45.510 --> 0:05:47.890 the season, late in the season when Derrick Henry is 0:05:47.950 --> 0:05:50.090 a really tough guy to stop, in the middle of 0:05:50.110 --> 0:05:52.130 the season, I think they're going to run the ball 0:05:52.430 --> 0:05:55.190 pretty consistently. And then you see a lot more Lamar 0:05:55.270 --> 0:05:57.659 Jackson on their center, which sets you up much better 0:05:57.700 --> 0:06:00.640 for the play-action passing game, which we have seen them 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.200 hit some nice plays in that, including today in the 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:04.980 passing game they came off play-action. 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.840 I also think that there's a world in which we 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.680 see more of from Derek Henry in the passing game. 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.820 That's not really been a big part of his game 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.260 the last couple of years in Baltimore under Todd Munkin, 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.640 but I think it could be with this new coaching 0:06:18.660 --> 0:06:20.779 staff and this new offense. Like, I don't think it's out. 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.620 I mean, this again, we're just like making bold predictions here. Like, 0:06:23.660 --> 0:06:26.120 I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility at 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:27.560 all that he could flirt with 2000 yards. 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:29.400 Like that's just rushing it. Yeah. 0:06:29.620 --> 0:06:32.400 Like, I don't think that that is outside the question 0:06:32.970 --> 0:06:36.429 for him. And I also think that in some ways 0:06:36.790 --> 0:06:39.130 we talked about this recently that There could be even 0:06:39.250 --> 0:06:41.510 more of an opportunity for him for two reasons. One, 0:06:41.570 --> 0:06:43.529 Keaton Mitchell's not here anymore, so he was somebody that 0:06:43.589 --> 0:06:48.029 took some carries away. Not a massive amount, but some. 0:06:48.630 --> 0:06:52.020 And the fact that we've talked about the offense kind 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.740 of finding itself early in the season and wanting to 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.480 lean on the ground game. If it feels like the 0:06:57.540 --> 0:07:02.330 running game could be further ahead, potentially, than the passing game, then... 0:07:02.860 --> 0:07:05.500 then they could lean on that even more. And especially 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.790 when you think this defense is going to be really good. 0:07:07.990 --> 0:07:10.130 So if the defense is shutting teams down, you want 0:07:10.150 --> 0:07:10.650 to play with leads. 0:07:10.670 --> 0:07:12.410 The best way to play your defense is run the ball. 0:07:12.590 --> 0:07:15.690 Run the ball, shorten the game, protect leads. 0:07:16.030 --> 0:07:16.170 Yep. 0:07:16.770 --> 0:07:20.040 That's like a classic just football one-on-one approach. 0:07:20.060 --> 0:07:21.420 You can win a lot of games that way. Right. 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:23.400 With a strong defense and a strong run game. 0:07:23.460 --> 0:07:24.740 Like you've got to close out games, and how do 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:25.980 you want to do that? Well, give the ball to 0:07:26.020 --> 0:07:29.080 number 22 and... salt the clock away. And I think 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:29.540 not just. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.540 Close out games, but that's how you can build leads 0:07:31.620 --> 0:07:33.180 that way too. You don't have to throw the ball 0:07:33.220 --> 0:07:37.130 to build leads. Right. And so I just think that, yeah, 0:07:37.150 --> 0:07:39.490 to your point, a pretty good formula that's worked for 0:07:39.510 --> 0:07:41.250 a very long time in the NFL is have a 0:07:41.270 --> 0:07:43.270 strong defense and a strong run game. You can win 0:07:43.290 --> 0:07:46.310 with that. Yeah. And that could very well, I think 0:07:46.350 --> 0:07:49.350 this passing game is going to find itself, you know, 0:07:49.410 --> 0:07:51.550 certainly you got, you have Lamar Jackson at our center. 0:07:52.270 --> 0:07:55.680 You want to let him cook too, obviously. And, and he, 0:07:56.140 --> 0:08:00.060 It's certainly shown flashes of big play ability, this passing attack. 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.880 But I do think that, especially early in the year, 0:08:04.020 --> 0:08:07.000 as this offense finds itself and finds the details, I 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:12.700 do think that Declan Doyle's offense, you hear it from everybody, players, 0:08:13.460 --> 0:08:19.390 other coaches, all the details matter. It's very fine-tuned into 0:08:19.410 --> 0:08:23.970 the details. And when you're that fine-tuned, It takes time 0:08:24.050 --> 0:08:26.990 for those things to establish themselves. The Bears' offense in 0:08:27.010 --> 0:08:29.850 its first year under Ben Johnson didn't really find its 0:08:29.890 --> 0:08:34.130 cadence until about mid-year, right? And so I think that 0:08:34.429 --> 0:08:36.819 it could– and I asked Mark Andrews about that after 0:08:36.860 --> 0:08:39.780 today's practice. Like, is some patience required? And he said, yeah, 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:42.520 it is. You know, like, yeah, we're chipping away at 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.380 those details, but, like, to get all that stuff really 0:08:45.740 --> 0:08:47.260 finely tuned takes time. Yeah. 0:08:47.620 --> 0:08:49.480 I think there's truth in that. I also will say today, 0:08:49.540 --> 0:08:52.230 as we get back to the specifics of today's practice– 0:08:52.530 --> 0:08:55.050 Zay Flowers wasn't practicing. So, like, when you talk about 0:08:55.070 --> 0:08:57.790 the passing game not being quite as sharp, I thought that, 0:08:57.860 --> 0:09:00.559 you know, not having your number one receiver, who we've 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.100 both talked about him being one of the league leaders 0:09:03.140 --> 0:09:05.459 in receiving yards this year, not having him out there 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:06.260 is a big factor. 0:09:06.300 --> 0:09:07.720 And also, like, I don't want to— Well, Jesse Minter 0:09:07.740 --> 0:09:10.270 did say after practice that it's nothing major for Zay. 0:09:10.300 --> 0:09:12.120 He's just working through a little bit of something. 0:09:12.140 --> 0:09:14.380 Yeah, well, we're on the injury front. Zay didn't practice 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.430 Zion Young, didn't practice Bilal Kone, did not practice— For 0:09:17.490 --> 0:09:22.689 both Zay and Zion, it's nothing major. And same for Kone. 0:09:23.410 --> 0:09:25.089 It's unclear if Kone is going to play in the 0:09:25.150 --> 0:09:28.150 preseason finale, which is more relevant for him than the 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.699 other two because he's competing for a roster spot. The 0:09:30.740 --> 0:09:32.800 other two aren't competing for a roster spot. So it's 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:34.900 unclear if he's going to play in the preseason finale 0:09:34.980 --> 0:09:38.000 on Friday night. But not a major injury for him. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.500 All three of those guys were outstanding, watching practice, but 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.040 just not participating. 0:09:42.340 --> 0:09:44.370 All right, let me hit some of the other offensive 0:09:44.390 --> 0:09:49.490 highlights from practice today. 62-yard touchdown from Lamar Jackson to 0:09:49.500 --> 0:09:53.809 Devontae Walker was the offensive play of the day. Lamar 0:09:54.030 --> 0:09:56.490 came out of play action, found Tez kind of on 0:09:56.530 --> 0:09:59.890 a cross. It was through the ball about 20 air yards. 0:10:00.350 --> 0:10:02.150 Tez went up to make a good catch up in 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:05.699 the air. And then as we've seen throughout training camp, man, 0:10:05.740 --> 0:10:08.559 when that guy has open space, he can turn that 0:10:08.620 --> 0:10:11.460 corner and go. And he just ran away from the 0:10:11.500 --> 0:10:14.900 commander's defense for what was a very long touchdown. So 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.620 good to see that one. If you're looking at the 0:10:17.660 --> 0:10:20.550 totality of practice, I thought Rashad Bateman was arguably the 0:10:20.710 --> 0:10:26.959 offense's best player. Really, really tough to cover in one-on-ones, seven-on-seven. 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:31.080 Had a couple catches in 11-on-11s. I mean, it was 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:35.090 the Rashad Bateman route-running clinic out there today. And he 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.710 was just shaking dudes. So I thought he had... Arguably 0:10:38.770 --> 0:10:42.030 his best practice of training camp. Really good practice for him. 0:10:42.150 --> 0:10:44.929 So after you just talk about the passing game not 0:10:44.950 --> 0:10:46.630 having a great day, we're going to contradict everything and 0:10:46.650 --> 0:10:48.329 talk about the big play by Tez and then Bateman 0:10:48.350 --> 0:10:51.210 having the big catch. Jacoby Lane also had a really 0:10:51.270 --> 0:10:52.790 nice catch for a touchdown. 0:10:53.550 --> 0:10:55.170 Well, he had one for a touchdown. I think that 0:10:55.190 --> 0:10:55.809 was in sevens. 0:10:55.830 --> 0:10:56.590 Yeah, it was on sevens. 0:10:56.650 --> 0:10:58.069 Yeah, it kind of went up high on that one. 0:10:58.090 --> 0:11:01.270 I thought the better play was an 11-on-11, whereas the 0:11:01.330 --> 0:11:03.849 third down pass, he moved the chains with kind of 0:11:03.890 --> 0:11:06.870 a full extension stretch out and just hit some right 0:11:06.890 --> 0:11:09.949 in those big old paws. took it for a crosser 0:11:10.290 --> 0:11:11.890 to get the first down. I thought that was a 0:11:11.950 --> 0:11:15.830 really nice catch. But, you know, I thought pass pro 0:11:15.890 --> 0:11:19.470 at times was an issue again, and the commanders were 0:11:19.510 --> 0:11:22.819 kind of bringing some of the heat. But, honestly, a 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.439 large focus of today's practice was running the ball. They 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.580 ran the ball a lot today, much more than they 0:11:30.620 --> 0:11:30.939 threw it. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.740 Yeah, and I agree with you on Rashad Bateman. He 0:11:33.780 --> 0:11:38.340 just was consistently getting open in every– period of of 0:11:38.860 --> 0:11:42.920 practice again one-on-one one-on-ones like that's where he can just 0:11:43.220 --> 0:11:45.280 make guys look silly and he he did that today 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:50.359 at points but his ability to find basically he's just 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.979 a great route runner and when he can like get 0:11:53.020 --> 0:11:55.590 separation which he does with the best of them um 0:11:55.690 --> 0:11:58.410 then then that can create opportunities and he was able 0:11:58.450 --> 0:11:59.710 to do that today i thought it was a really 0:11:59.730 --> 0:12:02.190 good day from him and also tez like it's it's 0:12:02.250 --> 0:12:03.830 great to see tez coming up with a big play 0:12:03.890 --> 0:12:08.040 i i like him that deep crosser route is like, 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:09.479 I love if you can get him to ball in 0:12:09.500 --> 0:12:11.300 that situation where he's moving with a full head of 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:14.400 steam because like he's as fast as anybody on the field. 0:12:14.420 --> 0:12:17.600 And so if he can catch it on the run, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:20.569 like moving fluidly, then he can turn up field and 0:12:20.630 --> 0:12:23.030 finish the job like he did today. So I think 0:12:23.070 --> 0:12:24.809 that was just, that was a great play by him 0:12:24.850 --> 0:12:26.050 and Lamar put it on the money. 0:12:26.370 --> 0:12:28.790 Elijah Surratt also had a couple of catches. So it 0:12:28.809 --> 0:12:31.210 was one of the rookie's better days of training camp, 0:12:31.270 --> 0:12:32.829 I thought. Yeah. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.900 And then like, When you talk about any struggles on 0:12:35.940 --> 0:12:39.000 the offensive side, I think that pass protection continues to 0:12:39.020 --> 0:12:42.800 be something they're working through. Obviously, center competition is alive 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.640 and well right now after the season-ending knee injury to 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.459 Danny Pinter. Well, now it's Javon Gwynn and Ethan Posick 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.260 competing for that spot. I think it's still very much 0:12:51.500 --> 0:12:54.000 a competition that's up for grabs right now. Lamar Jackson 0:12:54.470 --> 0:12:57.590 made that point after practice. It's still a competition, kind 0:12:57.620 --> 0:13:02.229 of getting a feel with those guys. But across the line, 0:13:02.270 --> 0:13:05.750 I think the line is– Washington has a good defensive front, 0:13:05.870 --> 0:13:08.309 and so they challenged this offensive line at times today, 0:13:09.460 --> 0:13:12.160 just like Minnesota did. And I think that that's going 0:13:12.179 --> 0:13:14.340 to be something that this group needs to just continue 0:13:14.380 --> 0:13:17.339 to develop and improve and kind of get to mesh 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:18.960 and get comfortable and all that. 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.520 Gwynn was taking the majority of the first-team reps still. 0:13:22.780 --> 0:13:25.959 Posick is going to kind of, I think, ramp up 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.760 those reps. Posick was flagged a couple times for penalties, 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.020 which you don't want to see. I think he's still 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.220 kind of, you know, working his way back into full 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.480 strength from the Achilles and whatnot, and the Ravens have 0:13:36.500 --> 0:13:41.069 been pretty patient on that front. But, yeah, not decided, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:44.330 but that was something to watch throughout practice today. Yeah. 0:13:44.510 --> 0:13:45.810 All right, so let's take a quick break. When we 0:13:45.870 --> 0:13:48.170 come back, we'll talk about the defense, what we saw 0:13:48.190 --> 0:13:49.469 on the defensive side of the ball, as well as 0:13:49.510 --> 0:13:51.370 special teams, and then some of the news of the 0:13:51.410 --> 0:13:54.970 day coming out of practice. You're listening to the Lounge Podcast. 0:13:54.990 --> 0:13:57.349 We're coming to you from the SeatGeek studio. So as 0:13:57.370 --> 0:13:59.170 you mentioned, I spent most of the day on the 0:13:59.210 --> 0:14:02.109 defensive side of the ball. And my biggest takeaway in 0:14:02.150 --> 0:14:04.709 watching the defense is that I thought the Ravens' defensive 0:14:04.790 --> 0:14:09.700 leaders came to play. Kyle Hamilton, Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey, 0:14:10.010 --> 0:14:13.600 Trey Hendrickson. I thought those guys in particular had really 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.460 strong days. Kyle Hamilton had a pick, had a couple 0:14:16.500 --> 0:14:19.200 different pass breakups, also made a play in the backfield 0:14:19.260 --> 0:14:22.340 on a run play. When you think about Kyle being 0:14:22.380 --> 0:14:24.650 all over the field and making plays at every level, 0:14:24.690 --> 0:14:27.850 that's exactly what he did today. I thought, to be honest, 0:14:27.890 --> 0:14:30.350 it might have been his best practice of the entire summer. 0:14:30.370 --> 0:14:32.470 I thought it was that good from him. And then 0:14:33.050 --> 0:14:35.900 on down the line, Marlon Humphrey, multiple PBUs today. I 0:14:35.900 --> 0:14:38.160 thought he had really tight coverage against. 0:14:38.180 --> 0:14:39.070 Man, he's had a good camp, man. 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.680 He's had a good camp. He's had a good camp. 0:14:40.740 --> 0:14:43.400 And I think he's moving really well. I think he's 0:14:43.420 --> 0:14:46.810 bringing energy and... pulling guys along with him. And then 0:14:46.850 --> 0:14:48.690 Roquan Smith, same thing. I mean, he was making plays 0:14:48.730 --> 0:14:50.690 in the run game. It was really strong in coverage today. 0:14:50.750 --> 0:14:52.010 So I thought it was a good day from him. 0:14:52.670 --> 0:14:55.270 And Trey Hendrickson, like the last, the last guy I'll 0:14:55.290 --> 0:14:57.710 mention there, like, I just think Trey Hendrickson's had a 0:14:57.810 --> 0:15:01.210 really good summer and there was multiple points in practice 0:15:01.230 --> 0:15:03.210 where he was just getting into the backfield, drew a 0:15:03.250 --> 0:15:08.050 holding penalty at one point. He looks like what you 0:15:08.110 --> 0:15:10.290 hope you would get when the Ravens signed him this 0:15:10.350 --> 0:15:13.160 off season. Like he looks like exactly the kind of 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.330 player that, that has given so many teams fits, including 0:15:16.370 --> 0:15:18.630 the Ravens, over the course of his career. So I'm 0:15:18.670 --> 0:15:19.770 encouraged by Trey Hendrickson. 0:15:20.130 --> 0:15:23.860 Yeah, absolutely. Trey Hendrickson's back, right? I mean, last year 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.520 he dealt with the hip flexor kind of injury, and 0:15:27.580 --> 0:15:31.020 that really limited him last year with the Bengals. But 0:15:31.340 --> 0:15:33.680 you're talking about a guy who had 17.5 sacks in 0:15:33.700 --> 0:15:39.330 back-to-back years in 2023 and 2024. He's back! This is 0:15:39.390 --> 0:15:42.790 the same dude. 17 and a half is a pretty 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.270 darn lofty number. I'm not saying he's going to match that, 0:15:45.340 --> 0:15:49.220 but I'm also not saying it's impossible. He's going to 0:15:49.380 --> 0:15:51.840 get after the quarterback this year. It's what he does. 0:15:52.700 --> 0:15:55.080 And I think there were questions when the Ravens signed him. 0:15:55.940 --> 0:15:59.440 The health, is he healthy? Sure looks like it out 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.950 there on the practice field. I mean, he's practiced... Maybe 0:16:02.230 --> 0:16:05.710 every single day. I don't really remember Trey missing a practice. 0:16:05.790 --> 0:16:07.150 He's not a guy that wants to miss practice. 0:16:07.190 --> 0:16:12.490 And he's consistently going out there and just wins. And so, honestly, like, 0:16:13.370 --> 0:16:15.750 the Ravens got that guy. They got that guy, and 0:16:15.790 --> 0:16:18.500 he's back. And I think that's really good news for 0:16:18.510 --> 0:16:20.500 this defense, and it's going to help them close out 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:21.060 games better. 0:16:21.620 --> 0:16:23.900 There was, like, three different plays where there's just kind 0:16:23.940 --> 0:16:26.700 of chaos around the quarterback in today's practice. And then 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:28.440 you look at the center of it, and there's Trey 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.120 right in the middle holding his arm up. Like, yeah, 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:31.120 I got him. I got him. 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.020 Okay, that's a sack. Yeah, exactly. 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:34.700 That was me. Okay, if you had any questions, that 0:16:34.740 --> 0:16:37.370 was a sack on that play. And, of course, they're 0:16:37.380 --> 0:16:39.490 not hitting the quarterback in these practices, but I think 0:16:39.510 --> 0:16:43.970 that he made it known. And he was disruptive out there. And, again, 0:16:44.010 --> 0:16:46.810 it wasn't– I thought the defense, Ravens' defense overall, I 0:16:46.830 --> 0:16:50.750 thought won the day against the Commanders, especially the first-team defense. 0:16:50.990 --> 0:16:53.510 There were some plays against the second-team defense where the 0:16:53.550 --> 0:16:56.730 Commanders had some success, but I thought overall, First team defense, 0:16:57.510 --> 0:16:59.890 Ravens won that. And it was your best players who 0:16:59.930 --> 0:17:04.350 were making those plays. And if the Ravens are going 0:17:04.369 --> 0:17:06.169 to be as good of a defense as you and 0:17:06.230 --> 0:17:09.100 I both expect them to be, then they have some 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.880 players who could be defensive player of the year type candidates. 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.560 Kyle Hamilton at the top of that list. And if 0:17:14.619 --> 0:17:17.399 he plays like he did in practice today over the 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:19.660 course of the season, that he is going to be 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.240 on that, in that conversation. 0:17:21.300 --> 0:17:21.940 Trey Hendrickson. 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.830 Trey Hendrickson could be in that conversation. 0:17:24.850 --> 0:17:26.390 He leads the league in sacks. 0:17:26.430 --> 0:17:26.630 Yeah. 0:17:26.670 --> 0:17:29.470 Which would be a huge season. Yeah. But if he's 0:17:29.550 --> 0:17:31.369 up there, he's going to be in the conversation. 0:17:31.530 --> 0:17:31.710 Yeah. 0:17:32.390 --> 0:17:33.490 And I don't think it's impossible. 0:17:33.910 --> 0:17:35.930 I agree. And like what I loved about Hamilton, I 0:17:35.970 --> 0:17:39.760 think like everyone, when we're talking about Kyle Hamilton discusses 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:41.399 all the different things he can do. He can, he 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:42.940 can play at line of scrimmage. He can play deep 0:17:42.980 --> 0:17:46.200 in coverage. He can, caused problems as a blitzer like 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.640 the full package and like you saw that on display 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:53.700 but also today but also it was the playmaking ability 0:17:53.780 --> 0:17:55.940 blew up a play in the backfield for a loss 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.560 on a run and came down with an interception like 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.100 all across the board you're making plays in the backfield 0:18:02.340 --> 0:18:04.550 and in the end zone for an interception and red 0:18:04.570 --> 0:18:07.550 zone drills like that's what you want from your all 0:18:07.570 --> 0:18:08.890 pro safety and he. 0:18:08.810 --> 0:18:10.949 Was yo why kind of stuff right there it was it. 0:18:10.930 --> 0:18:14.449 Was it definitely it was and I think that I 0:18:14.510 --> 0:18:16.670 asked Jesse Minter after practice, like, what does it mean 0:18:16.690 --> 0:18:19.770 when you have your best players kind of leading the way? 0:18:20.070 --> 0:18:23.209 And he just talked about how when those guys, it's 0:18:23.869 --> 0:18:26.770 partly what they do from a production standpoint, but also 0:18:26.850 --> 0:18:29.190 it's like mentality, how you play, and then that pulls 0:18:29.310 --> 0:18:32.010