WEBVTT - Jackson, Humphrey & Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conferences 11/4/24 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.760 Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Monday, 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:08.799 November fourth. The Ravens took down the Denver Broncos forty 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.680 one to ten on Sunday, but they have to quickly 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:15.240 turn the page because on Thursday night, the Cincinnati Bengals 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.360 are coming to town for a prime time matchup. It's 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:20.840 the Ravens Purple Rising game. We're going to break out 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.520 our new Purple Rising helmets for the first time, as 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:26.120 well as the uniforms to go with them. So we're 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:29.440 excited about that, and the Ravens quickly turned the page 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.560 to this game on Thursday night. They held a simulated 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:34.559 practice today and afterwards we had a chance to hear 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.239 from some of the guys and head coach John Hardball. 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:44.960 Okay, good to see you guys. Appreciate everybody being here. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:51.640 Played well about twenty four hours ago, and I just 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.640 went through a walk through practice for Thursday night night. 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.200 So I told the guys we are hurtling towards Thursday 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.640 night football against the Bengals at the Bank, So we're 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.280 looking for to that we understand what a big game 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:06.000 it is. Obviously they see it the same way, so 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:07.920 we're gonna have to be at a very best, very 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:11.039 important game. But we're locked in and preparing for that 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:15.720 right now. That's what we're doing. The questions John everybody else, 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.520 I've not changed or done anything as far as your 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:23.240 Thursday week operation. Well, yeah, I mean we're always tweaking things, 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.680 you know. It's today's practice was different than other ones 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.920 that we've had in terms of the reps and how 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.240 I went about it. You always kind of adjust for 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:33.440 you know, what you learn and where your team is 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.200 at and everything we use. We do use a lot 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.880 of information that performance information numbers and things like that, 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.039 and loads and things like that. We use that to 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.280 set these practices up. But the main thing is we're 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.760 working on the plays and the defensive calls and the 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.160 special teams calls that we're gonna we're gonna need and 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.680 run Thursday night, and that's where that's what we're working on. 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:53.360 Do you find these. 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.160 Division games are not easy to prepare Fornesday night, but 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.480 a little bit easier from a staring point being almost short. 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.000 Week because there's so yeah, well, in that sense, you 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:03.880 don't have to learn your opponent as much. You know 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:05.720 you already you already know that you know the players, 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:07.680 and you know the history. You know you've lived it. 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:09.880 You go back and you studied again really hard. We 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.080 were in here early, guys were in here last night. Coaches, Uh, 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.520 coaches were in here this morning very early, and players 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:17.160 got in early. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.160 And and you just have to go to work. 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:19.400 You know. 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.640 It's it's it's a challenge, but uh, it's worthwhile and 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.560 we're looking forward to it. 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:28.720 But omar playing so well after just one practice, might 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:30.920 might you continue that trend going forward? 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.480 Well, we only have one practice at speed this week, 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.560 so I guess we've got that going for us this week. Anyway, 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.640 for the whole team. We'll see how it works for everybody. Yeah, well, 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.480 you know, whatever, you got to do, whatever it takes. 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:45.079 It's a long season. A lot of things happen. Guys 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.320 prepare different ways. 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:46.840 Uh. 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.320 Sometimes guys have things that they're dealing with. Other time 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.080 other times guys need rest. You know, you just you 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.280 take it as it as it presents itself. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.160 Travis Jones held out yet, it will not held out. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.239 But with the kind of emergency bases where if you 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.040 need it, we could go to work, like just give 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:02.679 me a couple. 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:04.560 More days, right, we had we'd kind of hope for 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.240 a certain number of reps if we needed them, and uh, 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.080 you know they were. They're a good running team, so 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:10.880 we went with the extra D line in that sense. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.880 But you know, he didn't have to go, and I 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.840 thought those guys, kudos to the guys that that went 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.560 and they did a great job be so likely. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.320 On the injury report, was that something that happened during 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:21.919 the game yesterday. 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:23.680 Is it any longer term. 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.760 Concern, Yeah, something he's dealing with. It's just with the 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:27.320 short week. We'll just have to see how it works 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:28.400 out here the next couple of days. 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.480 Lamark has been really good. I think leads the NFL 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:36.200 and and passes a fifteen yards and more. Given the 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.360 offense and all the sort of words you happened and 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:42.240 how in bold and I guess do you guys feel 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.000 in terms of that that's truely aggressive? 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.200 Well, I feel no different than we've felt all year 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:47.600 about it. 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:47.800 You know. 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:52.640 It's uh, it's those plays are the plays. Sometimes it's 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:56.000 a result of the play design. Sometimes it's you know, 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.480 Lamar extending to play making stuff happen too. You've seen 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.920 that as well, So it just kind of as you 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.880 go it unfolds before you. Your personality is and offense, 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.320 the things that you do well, the things you need 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.000 to get better at, just kind of unfolds as you 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.480 go and try to try to just keep improving. And 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:13.200 I think our offense, all our whole team has done 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:13.960 a great job of that. 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.479 Marcus Williams was put back and they'll starting lineup after 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:18.880 not playing Cleveland. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.479 Just what was your assessment that doesn't play in this performance. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.800 Yeah, Marcus played really well. Thought the whole defense did. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.880 The coverage was really good. But yeah, Marcus had an 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:29.920 excellent game. I started off the game, I mean, came 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.320 right out of there the dp HAF and had that 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.760 hit right to the line of scrimmage and great play, 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:37.640 great tackle play, and numerous other really good plays throughout 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.560 the game. Was in great position, discouraged a lot of 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.920 throws downfield because of where he was at numerous times. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.520 I thought he played really well trying it. 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.240 Toward the end of the second quarter they had just scored. 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.720 You get the ball back with something like I don't know, 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:53.200 forty five to fifty seconds and one time out you 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:54.960 end up scoring on the Flowers touchdown. 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.280 But what goes into you're getting the ball coming out 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:58.080 at halftime as well. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:04:59.880 It was into your decision at that point whether it 0:04:59.920 --> 0:05:00.920 be aggressive in. 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.960 That moment or on it. Well, it's a good question. 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.000 It really starts when you're on defense and you're trying 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.120 to manage the time in a way that you know 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.000 you don't you don't call timeouts for for the offense, 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.599 for their offense to give them time to go score. 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.000 Or they had timeouts, we knew they would use them, 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.000 but when it got to it got down towards where 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:20.480 we thought we could get them stopped and you have 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:21.840 a chance to get the ball back, you'd like to 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.719 have it back, like with a minute or so as 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.960 much time as you can give yourself a chance to 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:27.520 at least get a field. Well, that's the thinking. So 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:29.880 we called those timeouts to try to get that back. 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:31.760 I think we still had one left if I remember right, 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.880 for our drive, which worked out really well for us. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.200 And yeah, we're trying to be aggressive. We want to 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:39.960 go get points. You need points. You know, it's another possession, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.359 so you kind of have an opportunity to steal possession 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:44.480 at the end of the half, especially when you're getting 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.000 the ball to start the second half. You get possessions 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.560 on both sides of that thing, and it just couldn't 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:49.560 have worked out any better for us. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:51.400 I mean, that's the ideal when you. 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:55.800 Can put a touchdown and a touchdown and bracket halftime 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:57.520 with touchdowns, that's that's the goal. 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.640 Which almost there any satisfact winning the challenge. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:07.160 There was always winning a challenge other than just getting 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:12.599 the ball on offense because of the turnover. Yeah, you 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.280 know what I tell you what with our guys in 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.080 the box, Daniel Stern and the people in the box 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.960 did a great job of really taking a good look 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:20.799 at that monitor we had that we had the pylon 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.640 camera when when they saw the pilon when he saw 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:27.479 the pilon camera shot upstairs, you know, he he he 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.240 saw right away that it had a real good chance 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.760 to win. So that was awesome. I mean that was 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.720 big for us. That was a huge, huge play in 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:34.040 the game. 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.520 John Eddie Jackson just a numbers game and we would 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:39.760 get more wind to be with hiss back, you had 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:41.280 to leave the DG or that. 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:42.000 Decision to go down. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:42.760 That's what it was. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.000 I mean, it was nothing about the way the way 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.080 he played. He played well and he was in good position. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.599 He made tackles. He's been playing well all year. It's 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.040 just kind of the way the numbers are working out 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.160 right now. Then you've got the versatility of different guys 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.840 in spots on you know, he and I had a 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.240 great conversation. He's he's a class act pro in every way. 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.320 He wants to play, wants to contribute, and he will 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:04.479 I see it the same way as Marcus. 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:04.880 He will. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.159 He'll be out there and he'll be making a difference 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.960 for us this year, and we'll just let the circumstances 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:10.960 kind of unfold on that. 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.680 John, I think you guys are on like a per 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.800 play places per play basis just about as efficient with 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.320 motion as without. I think he cranked it up a 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.960 little bit against Denver. But I guess what kind of 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.280 goes into just the game planning approach each week to 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.680 decide we want to be more static, we want to 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:29.400 be more dynamic. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.679 Well, I mean, I think you know, and obviously todder 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.200 Be you know, give you he probably won't tell you anything, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:38.800 you know, so but there's two things is how it 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:41.480 affects the defense, you know, and how they adjust to it, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:42.800 and so much you want to find out how they're 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.680 going to adjust to it, and Denver is a good 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:45.120 example of that. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:45.720 What Seawan does. 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.560 I mean the first fifteen plays, they put a lot 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.480 of motions out there, in formations and put the formation 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.440 into the boundary just to see see what they can 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.520 build for the rest of the game. But if you 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.320 can create some kind of advantage, whether it's a numbers 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.560 advantage of blocking advantage, sometimes it shows you if it's 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.520 manners own. Sometimes you can create a problem with their 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.520 coverage and get somebody open. I mean, all those things 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.560 are part of it. Sometimes it's just to put them 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.320 on your heels a little bit, just to create a 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:11.320 different picture. So you can hide a formation and run 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.920 the same macy rod that you would run. But maybe 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.880 they have a more difficult time identifying what's coming because 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.120 they have to because there's moving parts in front of it. 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.960 I think all those things are part of it. Sometimes 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:23.920 it's could just come out, line up and play ball. 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:27.800 So and I think Todd does a great job too 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.520 of building off of what you've been doing. Well, they've 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.920 seen that they have to defend one thing. Now let's 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.800 give them something off of that. That's the next step. 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:37.439 John, do you. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.280 Expect anything in Prince's crazy at the deadline, know about 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.760 twenty hours away or so, or you can conversation with 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:44.079 Eric regularly or not. 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.520 He oh yeah, I mean he always brings stuff to 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:49.640 me if it's if it's something that's real and legitimate. 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:53.959 He communicates really really well with that, and we'll just 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:55.480 see where it goes. I mean, it's about twenty four 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.719 hours now, tell that, So now's the time and we'll 0:08:58.760 --> 0:08:59.680 see if something unfolds. 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:01.520 But right now, from my perspective. 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.280 I'm just thinking about the game, the game plan against 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:04.640 Cincinnati and focusing on that. 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.440 On your about halfway through the season is how would 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:11.520 you evaluate your rookies like Nick Wiggins, Roger Rose. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.880 And Gardener guys that have been active in these games. 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.560 Yeah, I would say growing, you know those guys growing. 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.520 Other guys too. You know, some guys have been hampered 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:21.040 by some injuries or things like that. Some guys are 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.079 waiting for their chance. You have other guys like Sanousi 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.120 Kane doing it on special teams, Bo Braid Maryland player 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.880 stepping up last few games on special teams, playing really well. 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.520 The two players you mentioned, I think they're all doing 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.440 really well, and I think there's a lot of room 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:35.320 for growth. 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:36.480 Even this year. 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.440 During the season, you know, you probably make a lot 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:40.280 of progress from the beginning to the end if you're 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.760 playing your rookie year, and we expect those guys to 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:43.360 keep doing that. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:48.200 Keithan Mitchell, I know he's working his way back if 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.760 still had some time in that window. How much is 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.280 there a balance of you know, juggling roster spots and 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.720 so forth, in wanting to get him out there. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:09:58.720 Those things are all part of it. 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.760 But with Keaton it's going to be more about him 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.200 being ready that we'll make the roster spot. You'll work 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:08.480 for Keaton and when he's ready to go and compete 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.640 and protect himself and all those different things, I promise 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.480 you he'll definitely be out there. 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:15.800 Is there any chance of just thay, there's a chance. 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.920 There's always a chance, So you're saying there's a chance 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:20.160 one more. 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.040 John Justin made all his kicks yesterday. But he had 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:24.920 the one he had the extra point golf, the go 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:26.440 off the uperade, and the other one kind of just 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:27.360 inside the up right. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.080 Is there anything that's a little bit off in that 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:30.079 operation right now? 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:31.160 Or right? I know? 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:33.760 Nothing nothing wrong with the operation at all. 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.400 Did he make all those kicks he did. Okay, all right, 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:39.559 appreciate you guys. 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.840 Next up, his quarterback, Lamar Jackson. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.080 Personally, you've done a lot of Thursday night games. 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.040 Now, what's a big challenge for you being with the shortage? 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.200 Just having to come in right out the game and practice. 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:01.320 That's probably it. 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:05.360 Though. You got bard with practicing. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.280 You know, eat practice once last week, practice once this way. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.719 I mean, I feel like that's a routine you can 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.600 get used to and and come out and perform the 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:13.600 way you did last week. 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:14.520 Nah. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.000 You know, my guy's out there working, so you know, 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.440 I don't got no problem with working. Uh, but you 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.800 know, if that's gonna help me recover faster, yeah, I'll be 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:25.240 cool with it. H you were tomorrow. You still have 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.360 that friendship person on you got from the fan. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.319 What does it mean to you to get those type 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:30.760 of gifts? 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:32.640 Cause I think you got a blanket rise season, you 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:33.360 get some gifts. 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.800 Yeah, I got a blanket in a carpet. Oh yeah, yeah, carpet. 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.040 But yeah, it's I just l I just like to 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.320 basically be honest with you. So I just took it off, 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.839 you know, showered and stuff before I left, before I 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.360 came in to day, I put it back on s 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:51.439 dope yet appreciate you little more. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.600 You had a couple of carries, but it seemed mostly 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:57.520 I don't want to see you with a waiting you 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.240 were on, you were focusing and getting you balld to 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:01.120 down field. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.840 Was there any part of yesterday where you didn't wanna 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:06.880 run at different. 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.480 Times or you didn't wanna take any chances with. 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.480 Bets because of you know, wouldn't mispractice for during the week. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.120 Nah, y uh, I, I just didn't feel like I 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.600 had to, you know. Uh, things was working in our 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.760 favorite guys were getting open, guys were catching the ball, 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.080 lone protecting running backs of catching the ball, tight ends 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.640 were Everything was just going our way and I I 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.440 really didn't have to run only I think one scramble. 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.920 Yeah, yeah, that that's I had to though nobody was open. 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.760 So that's all Lamar. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.640 Is there anything in the say Flowers game that you've 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.439 seen him take steps forward or change. 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:40.160 From last year to this year. 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.000 It's hard to pinpoint to to speak on like what 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:47.120 he's changed to to make him even better. He's he's 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.480 just he's one of a con I'd say he's just 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.800 that type of player, you know, getting open, making guys 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.439 miss after he catch the ball, scoring from anywhere on 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:56.920 the field. 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.559 That's just him. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.920 He's like Jay, He's not the biggest wide seek in 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:04.520 the world. It seems like he has no hesitation about 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:07.000 running any kind of route or anywhere the field exactly. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:07.480 One of the things. 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:08.679 It makes him specter than you. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.800 Absolutely, you know, you you want a dog at receiver. 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.120 You know, my guy's just gonna run across that mettle. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:16.920 You don't wanna protec him, don't get me wrong, But 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:19.520 a guy who knows what's gonna happen if he, you know, 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:20.960 get hit the wrong way something like that. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:22.280 A guy who's fearless. 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.640 Definitely, I see a lot of the subgection that you 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.720 have to say reminds me of from them with Mark 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:29.920 and things like down and they can change the. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:31.959 Route and it always turns into a kind of aversion 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:32.840 backyard football. 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.199 Do you do you really feel that connection with Day 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:35.720 in that way. 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:37.960 I feel that connection with all my guys, to be honest, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.560 not just Zay. You know, Mark's still the same, you know, 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.440 It's just it's not just him now, it's a lot 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.040 of guys who are doing the same things. So it's 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.400 just making our job a lot easier and it's just 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:48.480 shine away from him. 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:49.640 But it's like nothing's changed. 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:53.520 Those guys still getting open, just like years in the past. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.240 Mark, you talk about the game slowing down for you, 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.440 and it's curious like how that manifests in a game 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.840 in terms of going downfield more, whether it's to say, uh, 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.079 you know, other receivers on the outside, those sorts of things. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.480 Do you do you feel sort of about, you know, just. 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.719 Poorer, empowered or bolden by by all. 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.880 The weapons you have, if you and because the game 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:16.760 is slowing down. 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:20.880 For you, Oh yeah, absolutely, those guys that, Yeah, the 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:25.400 game just slowing down. Me just watching film of seeing 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:29.000 a lot of blixes and seeing different schemes of hot 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.720 team holding blixes and trying to discus stuff for me, 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.840 so me just studying my and studying a bad place 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.880 you know as well, Me just studying and just memorizing everything. 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.760 What I'm seeing is helping, is helping the process of 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:42.480 the game for me. 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:44.000 Just everything just slowing down. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.000 One of the the last thing against things is a shootout. 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.360 You know they just score through to one point. Ysisfay too, 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:50.240 what's your. 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.640 Mindset as you approach uh a game like that, going 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.400 against the high scoring offense on. 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.560 The other side, Uh, the same any other game. You know, 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.600 just be prepared to just going there and gonna be 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.720 a Dollphight. It's a divisional game as well, and we 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.040 already know. We just gotta score point. That's our job. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.400 And that's been the conversation all season long. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:09.560 We have to score points. 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:11.200 That's all more. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.280 When you do get a new receiver in midseason, like Deonte, 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.720 how how long do you think it takes for the 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.640 offense to feel like second nature to him? And how 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.680 long does it take for you to get a real 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.400 feel for maybe the little things that he likes to do. 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:25.480 I'm not gonna lie. 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.480 I really don't know how I feel for for a 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.240 receiver or someone to come to another team and how 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:34.080 fast it'll be, you know, how fast it'll be suitable 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.280 for them in that new system. I don't know, but 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:38.880 I feel like me just been a chemistry with him 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.640 would be second to nine, you know. I feel like 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.240 in the guy who comes to the team or whoever 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.360 I'm working with, is gonna be second to nine, just 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.480 cause I gotta feel for the game and I believe 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.960 it So with those guys, because they're in the NFL. 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.840 Three more place one her places a bangles twice a year, 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:56.760 how often. 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.400 Or how much they usually change in one game and 0:15:58.440 --> 0:15:59.400 next how they try and. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.560 Do you and you were anticipating them showing you quite 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.320 a few different looking the last game or not. Uh, 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.080 the first game we played them this season, they were 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.480 showing me all type of looks. So there's no telling 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:13.440 what they're gonna be doing this game. Hopefully it'll be 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:17.240 probably the same, you know, because we put up a 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:17.800 lot of points. 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:23.680 I'll see uh on that. You know, the wheel route 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:27.160 to justice yesterday board the snap kind of set them motion, 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.080 brought them back, ends up working down the west sideline. 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.680 I mean, did you know kind of before even snapped 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.720 the ball that you had Denver's defense kind of worked 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:37.400