WEBVTT - Ravens OTAs Week 3 Press Conferences 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:06.520 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens are 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:09.440 in the final week of OT practices and today after practice, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.960 we had the chance to hear from head coach John Harball, 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:16.560 outside linebackers coach Chuck Smith, and safety Kyle Hamilton. Let's 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.240 start things off with head coach John Harball. 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:21.759 I know it's still ots, but Nel snack or was 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:23.239 there like he had a pretty get it What if 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:24.720 you've kind of seen it from hen join Sauls. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:26.840 Yeah, you know you saw today pretty much what we've 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.200 seen all the way through Jamison. He's he's uh, he's 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:32.120 been on point. He's been here, you know, pretty much 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:33.800 every day. He's missed a few days here and there 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.360 for personal reasons. But uh, he's a talented guy, former 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:40.920 first round pick. He looks it rangy, big catch radius, 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:42.800 all things you saw today, I feel like he's been 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:43.400 doing all along. 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:45.960 Hey, coach, ends up being just a few weeks. 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:47.440 But what is the thing that stands out with the 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.440 most when you want all the rookies from from. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.760 Bill like you know, before they drove in, Now the 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.040 yield you do you try to you try to see, uh, 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.720 what's gonna carry over? You know what you saw on tape. 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:59.360 Is he gonna carry over to what you see out here? 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.640 And I would say pretty much. All the guys look 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:03.920 look a little better even, you know, look in this environment, 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.880 they look smooth, they're moving well, they're learning. All the 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:09.440 guys are learning well. So we're happy with those guys. 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.520 All all the rookie's doing a good job. Now, you know, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.720 it's it's it's it's rehearsal right now, it's not really competitive, 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:16.880 so we'll see once the pads come on, and once 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:18.160 it gets competitive, we'll know more. 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.720 So you had and faidwell when you like how to 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:22.080 hit them and. 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.319 Can practice the other former first round pick obviously, and 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.400 you know what you find out about guys, and knew 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.760 a little bit, but we've never been around him. Really 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:35.000 a termined, determined guy wants to wants to be really good, 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:40.039 you know, physical practice, worked hard to work out, came 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.560 out here pretty much knew what he was doing. You know, 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:44.679 after getting here less than twenty four hours ago. He 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.880 didn't make a mistake out there. I think that says 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:48.440 a lot about who he is. So he'll be in 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.080 the mix. We'll let him compete and see how he does. 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:51.120 John looking at. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.480 Them see the room, you guys, that was clearly an 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:54.720 area of focus for you guys. 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:55.480 It's all season. 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.520 How are you feeling about the competition in that room 0:01:58.560 --> 0:01:59.320 amongst those guys. 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.840 Yeah, you know, it's good question. I'm really not feel 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.000 in the competition yet because we're not really competitive yet. 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.160 I'm feeling good about the work ethic of the guys 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:08.359 that are out here doing it. I know the guys 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.400 that aren't here, one or two, whatever it is, guys, 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:11.800 I know they're working hard to get in shape. We'll 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.040 see them next week. But the guys are doing a 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:18.600 good job learning the offense, practicing quick, practicing fast, and 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.320 just I'm excited about it. But you know, like you said, 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:24.120 must training, Cam comes around with no more. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:25.320 John, what's your overallssessment? 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.480 Just these three makes of guys learning as much of 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.079 the offense as they can right now at the time. 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.320 I think it's pretty darn good. You know, I'm really 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.400 happy with the coaching staff. I think the guys have 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:37.200 been determined. They've you know, we're trying to expand upon 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.800 the idea of being a student of the game. You know, 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.120 every guy understanding how they can improve in that area, 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.200 and some guys are great at it. Some guys can 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:45.959 learn from other guys those kind of things. And I 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:47.799 also think the coaching staff has done a really good 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.920 job of creating a system that's that's learnable, you know, 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.120 that ties together well, but still very flexible and what 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.640 we can do. I think Todd's leading to charge with 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:58.200 all the guys that are all very good teachers, a 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.800 lot of energy, a lot of dial expected back and forth, 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.040 which I like to see. 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.359 This is your reaction with JK. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.080 Dobbins put out a series of tweets almost the I 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:11.120 think was last week saying he kind of expectedly out 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:12.520 of his uncertainty about his future. 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:13.520 What was kind of reaction? 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.000 Yeah, I mean I didn't really have any reaction because 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.400 I didn't look at it, but but Chad told me 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.880 about it, and basically I guess it was, you know, 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.240 I want to be back, but I don't know how 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:22.720 you is that. 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:23.120 What it was? 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.720 I would probably I probably agree. I mean, we want 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.680 him back, but who knows the future. So nobody knows 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.400 the future. If somebody can tell me whether JK is 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.760 gonna be back next year, i'd like to know if 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:37.160 you're certain about it, But who's who? Knows anything about anything. Uh, 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:38.960 I think I know JK. When he gets back here 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.960 will be determined, excited, He will work hard, his energy 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.120 will be high. I know he'll be in great shape 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.160 because I know who he is as a person, and 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.520 I expect great things out of this year. John, we're 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.320 talking to Kyle Almlinton after you. As of right now, 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.840 do you envision him being mostly in one of those 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.400 traditional dedicated safety rules or do you think we'll see 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.880 him still a lot of nickel at your resolves from help? Well, yeah, 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:01.839 it's not going to be then nickel. You know, per se, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.160 he'll be a safety traditional safety role, probably not in 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.480 our defense because we move our guys around. Our safeties 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.840 are rushing the passer, they're playing linebacker, they're running from 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.280 online scrimmage back to the deep middle. We do a 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.440 lot with those guys. So the fact that he's able 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:17.720 to do all that really helps us be who we 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:18.640 want to be on defense. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.400 Jhner mentioned earlier in the off season about follow A 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:23.560 potentially being a candidate left guard roos. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:24.560 He don't move around us. 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.760 What are you seeing in his development now going to 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:27.200 do or two? 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:27.479 Yeah? 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:28.600 I mean I think we're just going to try to 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.240 give him every opportunity to see what you know, kind 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.320 of worry worry flashes right now is a great time. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:34.720 I wanted to see what he looked like before we 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:36.800 got out of the mini camp and the OTAs at 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:38.960 left guard. He look good, you know, he gets stay 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.120 a little more square, things like that. But his feet 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:42.719 look good, his hands look good. He's able to punch 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.280 quickly with his hands and react pretty quickly in there, 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.920 so I wouldn't rule him out, you know, as a 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.640 potential left guard. Would also say that John Simpson has 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.359 done a great job in there. Ben Cleveland has been 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.360 working both sides, but we got him working right tackle. 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.960 Now you saw that, then Sala is doing a nice 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.920 job in there. You may have noticed that he looks 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.159 good in there, so it's gonna be quite a quite 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:06.680 a fight for that spot. Yes, he had a kind 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:08.880 of a tweak soft tissue thing. He should be back 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:09.520 next week. 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:09.960 For the LAS. 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.320 Johnny off to the side of trainers. 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:14.040 Did you have anything in the off season and is 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:15.040 he gonna be ready. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:15.920 For Mini caamp training camp? 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.280 Yeah, I don't know. I think minicamp partially ready. I'm 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.640 hearing training camp is supposed to be fully ready. Uh yeah, 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:23.240 this just wasn't quite ready to get back on and 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.760 practice yet. No setback. Uh maybe they're being a little cautious, 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:27.520 but that's what they're doing. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.440 There anyone that we shouldn't expect to practice at a 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:33.360 minicamp next week. 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.880 I don't really have to listen for me. I can't 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:42.480 remember who everybody is right now, John Lamar, you mean, 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:44.760 like as far as reporting to minicamp or injury wise. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.680 The injury wise, I'm not sure it's nothing other than 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.600 the guys you already know about, but uh, expect everybody 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.120 to report, you know, mandatory. 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.400 Yeah, Lamar and p Martin both talking about how he's 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.240 gonna have a little bit more flexibility at the line, 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:00.320 a little bit more free doing. 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:01.520 How do you think that is going? 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.560 And kind of just as kind of the evolution. 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:06.680 Yeah, it is the evolution, you know, and it's something 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.480 that he's we've we've been in that world before, but 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:10.760 not to disagree to me, the offense starts in that 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:14.160 world more than it did before. And I'm excited about that. 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:15.960 I know Lamar is excited about that. He and I 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.280 have had conversations about it. Obviously, Todd is right in 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.039 there with Tea coaching the offense to the quarterbacks. That's 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.040 been really good. We've had a lot of one on 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.720 one sessions in terms of, you know, just how we're 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:28.839 going to operate and how how the quarterbacks need to operate. 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.560 I think you saw today the communication probably better than 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.600 what you saw last week, right, So we just got 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.680 to keep building on that. All right. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:41.920 Thanks guys, you're listening to Raven's Press Past podcast. That 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.159 was head coach John Harwald talking it's the media after 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.760 today's practice. We also got a chance to hear from 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.560 safety Kyle Hamilton and here he is now, Kyls, your 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.159 second year, how does it having a full off season 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.559 in the building and being really familiar with the coaching staff, 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:56.160 all your teammates. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.000 How does that impact you building in your second year time? 0:06:58.360 --> 0:06:59.560 I think gives me more confidence. 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:01.640 I know what to expect now on a day to 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:05.040 day basis, and lesser and for excuses stuff like that. 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.200 A little more focused in a sense of trying to 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:12.080 lead just by doing the right thing every day, being 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.600 in the right spots in practice, still messing up, but 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.400 trying to minimize those mistakes, make new mistakes every day, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.040 and just getting more experience. 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:20.840 How as the year went on. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:22.840 Last year, it looked like they were adding more and 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.040 more onto your plate. Right now where you and it's 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.280 still kind of they're still giving you more to do 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.960 in terms of your responsibilities on the field, or does 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:33.760 it kind of looking like the way it did on 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:34.920 the back end of last year. 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:39.120 Yeah, I mean it's it's June's what sixth, So we're 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.080 still getting the kicks out at this point. But as 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:42.640 of right now, I've been getting a lot of reps 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.239 in safety. Didn't get a ton of reps in safety 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.040 last year, just in terms of the room that we 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.160 had and the positions I was playing with position I 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.160 was put in. But yeah, I mean, that's still a 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:53.920 lot to learn from me back there at that position 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.720 at this level, given the lack of experience I had 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.200 last year. But like I said, I'm learning new stuff 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.480 every day, making new miss sakes, and get more comfortable 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:02.040 day by day. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.040 Because if I'm gonna say that's ultimately where you want 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:05.559 to be, I mean, that's that's how you see yourself 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.040 long term as as as. 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.560 Safety, I don't know. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.480 I think I think as of right now, I feel 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.960 like I can do a multitude multitude of things, and 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.760 I feel like nobody's really trying to pin me in 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.800 one place at this point. And like I said, still June. 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.760 Depending on the week, depending on the game personnel, we 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.240 might switch, but who knows. At this point. I'm just 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.000 trying to, uh just get everything down pad as much 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:29.800 as possible. 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:33.520 Really to play Carols and positions. 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:38.720 If there are some things comfortable back, I wouldn't say 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.199 there's one that's specifically most comfortable. 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:41.720 It's different. 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:45.640 I mean Nicol, you're closer to the action, Uh, you 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.240 can't see as much behind you. 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:48.120 That's a safety job. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.880 You got to communicate a lot more at safety, and 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.080 I think they compliment one another at the same time. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.599 At Nicol, I feel like full work in terms of 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.800 man man coverage, getting out through his own job. Stuff 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.480 like that compliment playing safety when you got rolled down 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.160 and cover one and safety also and just knowing where 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.400 everybody's supposed to be at, knowing your check stuff like 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.679 that will compliment playing Nickel and other positions. So that's 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:11.160 why I said, I'm just trying to get as much 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.439 down as possible as much as I can, try not 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:13.960 to overload. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.600 At the same time, I know you talked about how 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.599 last year was kind of a new experience for you 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.080 in that slop position. But you know, just looking at 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:22.480 what you did in Notre Dame, looked like there were 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.439 times when you would kind of find yourself in the 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.719 slot or in the box. So I guess was it 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:28.920 just the amount, like the volume STAPs that you were 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.000 getting in that nickel slop position that was different structurally 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:33.480 from maybe what you did in Notre Dame or what 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.160 was kind of the the you know, the the dividing 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.240 line between college and NFL experience. 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.439 I mean, really it's the guys are going against. I 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.199 mean there's guys in college that we played that were good, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:45.959 but you know, I go against some Mary Cooper in 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.520 the Slaughterer of College. I mean, there's guys every single 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.120 week that are really good, and guys out here that 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.720 test me every single day and remind me how hard 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:55.320 it is be at this level and be successful at 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.520 this level. Just makes me want to grind even more. 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.520 I feel like that was the biggest difference from college 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.199 to NFL. I mean, scheme wise is tougher, but I 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:03.959 mean you run enough players, you'll get the scheme down. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.760 But I mean you're not gonna replicate the talent out 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:07.760 here on a week week basis. 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.480 In college last year, it looked like there. 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.120 Was a point where you where you kind of figured 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.439 it out and you just really started to ascend. Do 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.120 you remember when that was for you, where it kind 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.679 of clipped to you like, okay, you you understand the 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:22.760 sign that you understand what your role is. 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:24.000 Uh Uh. 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.160 I don't think there's one specific like point in time. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.439 I just felt like I was young getting reps, and 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.080 the more reps I got, the more comfortable comfortable I felt. 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.200 And I'm sure that's a common thing throughout the league. 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:38.959 And at a certain point, I just told myself just 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.560 let loose. I don't play well when I'm playing tight 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.480 or thinking too much. When I just let loose and go, 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.240 that's why I play my best. So that's what I 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.360 try to do. And while doing that, play within the 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.360 defense as well and make the right place most important 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:52.040 to take where. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.640 You have last year that you're like alight, now I 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.240 know that and for your two that will allow. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:57.360 Me to do action whatever. 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:58.120 Uh. 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:02.080 Just consistency, I'd say at this level, consistency is everything. 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.000 It's what have you done for me lately? In terms 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.280 of your success stuff like that. So, I mean last year, 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.240 I guess I ended well, but at the same time, 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.800 I got a replicated be consistent this year, minimize mistakes, 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:15.319 maximize good plays. 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.520 So that's probably what I'm taking in this year. 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:19.000 You know what you were working at a Notre Dame 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:19.560 in the off season. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.120 Was there a specific goal? 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:22.880 I mean, was there a physical thing you wanted to 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:24.679 improve this offseason. 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.079 Or yeah, I mean I resurgery, so I was rehaving 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:28.680 that at the same time, just trying to get as 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.599 healthy as possible. It feels great right now, no limitations 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:35.040 on that, but in terms of just getting my wind up, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.640 knowing that probably gonna be playing more snaps and just 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.280 trying to also be in the playbook. I told them 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.079 sem my iPad Notre Dame. So I've just study and 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:48.160 come back not feel like I've dropped off at all. Physically, 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.000 just trying to get a little stronger, a little bigger. 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:52.199 I don't know if you guys can tell or not, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.440 but maybe I don't know. It's up to you all 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.640 to decide that. But yeah, just trying to stay in shape, 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.400 stay hard while still was cool. 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:02.800 What does your pre game plays look like? 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:04.600 Uh, pre game playlist. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.640 Actually, I throw a little Frank Ocean in there, a 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:08.520 little Frank Ocean. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:09.800 It's weird. I go Frank Ocean. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.760 Maybe some young boy, uh, Drake for sure, touching leather 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:20.720 by Drake for sure, some house dance hall. Listen to everything. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:22.760 And then when they just say it's time to go outside, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:23.280 just take it off. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.840 Cause Marcus Williams getting hurt. And then how you use 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:30.280 your guys And they have like a ton of reps 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.000 next to each other this year. If you do get 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:34.920 a lot of reps, and what could that do playing 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.400 next to a player like that to you as far as. 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.559 You know what you can do when you get Yeah, 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.200 I mean, Marcus is one of the best in their league. 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:43.959 And it sucks that he was hurt a good amount 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.240 of last year because y'all saw what he did before 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:47.920 and after the injury and how great he is on 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:49.920 the field. But just having somebody like that in the 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.040 room every single day. He's been through it this year seven, 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:55.040 I think for him. So he's getting he's getting old. 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.040 But uh, but I mean he tells me every day 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.199 it's just not even football wise, just mentally out of 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.600 attack every day, how to watch film, how to adapt 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.400 to certain coverage that were playing stuff like that, not 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:07.040 to overthink. 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:08.880 It gives me a lot of confidence in my game. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.560 So he's helped me a lot the past two years 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.880 and hopefully it's gonna be bright future. 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:14.559 Thank you. 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.680 You're listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast. Now let's 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:26.319 hear from outside linebackers coach Chuck Smith. Just you know 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:29.320 how you're enjoying the job so far and this transition 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:30.440 to the coach. 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.800 On the NFL team, Well, I'm enjoying the transition. It 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.320 couldn't happen to a It couldn't happen. It's a great 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:39.640 place to be, you know, And the transition has been 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.480 easy because I know a lot of people here. You know, 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.520 I did the my Bill Wash minority coaching program, got 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.720 my start here and helped kick off my training career, 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.040 you know, with when coach Harballs first year, you know, 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:53.280 I was a lot younger. 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:54.320 He was a lot younger. 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.000 But so everybody here, even guys on the staff, There 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.880 are guys here that I train, you know, Eric, mister Basha, 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.520 I've known a lot of these people for a long, 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.280 long long time. So if there was a perfect place 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:07.839 for me to come and start, you know, really kick off. 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:12.359 My first year again, it was the Baltimore Ravens when 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:12.959 you were playing. 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.280 Did you know even then that you you felt like 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.120 you would have something to offer as a as a coach, 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:18.480 as an. 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:18.880 As a trainer? 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.320 What when when did that enter your mind as a 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:23.200 kind of the next sixty. 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.400 Well, always knew in the early nineties that I wanted 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.600 to train pass rushers because there was no one really 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.440 doing it, and as far as that, because there was 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.960 a boy there and I just had a love of 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.760 pass rush from you know, back in nineteen seventy eight. 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:38.920 I think when Jack Youngblood there was seventy nine when 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.880 he broke his leg, watching him and then watching LT 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.560 being the first person like you know, going through being 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.920 being from the South, we like college players, growing up, 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.080 loving Derek Thomas, Wilbrim Marshall, guys that were in the SEC. 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.480 So pass rush was always around, you know, uh, and 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:59.000 so getting the blessings of playing with Reggie White, learning 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.760 from Reggie White, learning from Derek Thomas, playing with great coaches, 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.600 watching great you know, different defenses. Always had a passion 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.920 for pass rush and it wasn't really normal kind of 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:10.720 back then people kind of looked like, man, that's kind 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.320 of weird because it was a run first offense. So 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.200 then when I got to the NFL, I was watching 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.720 inside the NFL. I was at Carolina. I was coming 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.680 to the end of my career. Me and my wife 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.080 were sitting on the couch in South Park and by 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.760 no Charlotte was sitting in Charlotte on injured reserve and 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:32.200 we're watching inside the NFL and Greg Gumble was like, well, 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.760 there's a new trend going on of you know, there's 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.000 these there's an NFL players that are working with the 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.440 trainer and it's changing the game. And there was this 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.200 guy Steve Clarkston, you know, and from California. He's the 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.400 first guy to really do it with NFL players for money. 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:49.840 And so I was sitting there and I had already 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:50.920 been doing that in the nineties. 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:53.760 My wife was like, dang, babe, you've been doing that too. 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:57.320 I had already been doing it so cause you know, 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.320 a lot of people they didn't believe in that you 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.480 could train, you know, because everything was about lifting people. 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:06.120 There was not skilled trainers. So right then two thousand one, 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:08.640 I get went on in your reserve. I went back 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:13.800 to Atlanta and I started training pass rushers, and that's 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.240