1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: So I thought the press conference last week was was 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: really cool. What did that day mean to you? Well, 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: it was. It was a lot more emotional than I 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: had planned. When when Eric and John called the day 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: of the draft and said, hey, you know we might 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: be drafting a punter, it's kind of one of those 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: moments you're like, you know what, it's just just kind 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: of meant to be. I want him to be Jordan's 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: stout and I look forward to make Jordan's stout the best. 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: Let's played this game. Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: We're coming off emotional retirement press conference for Sam Cook, 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: and you know, we were thinking we might have him 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: in right after the press conference. But I was a 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: little too shook. I was a little too shook up. 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: Needed time to process time. I need time. I needed 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: another box of tissues, man enough to admit, yes, that 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: it was getting Somebody had some onions in there, very 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: much chopping them up. They were chopping them the whole auditorium. 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: There's a couple of scratched, a little scratchy. I've got 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: something in the quarter of yeah, no doubt, um. But anyway, 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: so we gave it the weekend, and now we have 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: Sam in here Monday morning, right and early uh to 23 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: talk about his new career as an NFL coach. So 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: excited to have Sam come on the podcast. Yeah, And 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: on the back end after that, we get to talk 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: with Sam, which I've been looking forward to. We're also 27 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: gonna talk about O T S. O t S begin 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: this week, so this is the first time to see 29 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: the full team on the field during the off season process. 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: We've seen the guys, the rookies in action at Rookie Minicamp, 31 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: but this is the first time the rookies and the 32 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: vets are all together and we get a chance to 33 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: watch that over the course of the next few weeks. 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: So we'll talk about that as well. So, without any 35 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: further ado, let's go ahead and jump into the conversation 36 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: with Sam Cook. We'll thrill to have Sam Cook on 37 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: the pod. Gosh, it feels weird not to say punter 38 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: Sam Cook. I guess it's coach Sam cooking out. So 39 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of like it's kind of like president. 40 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: You know, if you're president, you're president for life. You know, 41 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: when you're when you're do you want punter Sam Cooker 42 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: coaches call me Sam, we have to say them on 43 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: the pot today. We're thrilled. Uh. So you retire officially 44 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: last week and today's Monday. Is this day one of 45 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: your coaching career technically? Yeah, you could say that all right, 46 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: coming in to kind of see what what that schedule 47 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: holds and what the what the new uh chapter of 48 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: my life? How it all unfolds? Yeah? What what are 49 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: kind of the emotions when you're starting on this new 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: chapter today? It's excitement, you know, it's something different. Uh. 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I think that's what I loved about the punting game 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: and how we uh kind of created all the different punts. 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: It was something new, exciting. And now onto something new 54 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: and exciting, and that's coaching, and it's something I I 55 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: enjoy with my kids and doing up at the winters 56 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: Mill High School and helping out in any way I 57 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: can along with other you know, other punters and kickers 58 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: coming out of college in high school. So it'll be 59 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: a great transition and I'll really look forward to it. Now. 60 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: Do you set the allow arm clock for the same 61 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: time or is this like you know, coaches are expected 62 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: to beat the players in I assume, so you know 63 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: what time did the alarm go off this morning, Well, 64 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: it went off at the same time this morning. I 65 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: still took my daughter into school, which was very nice. Um, 66 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: we wentn't to work out with my wife. But I 67 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: came in here today to try to try to narrow 68 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 1: down what that schedule is gonna look like. So I 69 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: assumed tomorrow, since it will be our first O t A. Yeah, 70 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: I will be in a lot earlier. Um, I don't 71 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: know how early that is. That's what we're gonna try 72 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: to figure out. But I will enjoy coming in and 73 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: helping Jordan out in any way I can. And you know, 74 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: especially the other two guys, Justin and Nick, It'll just 75 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: be fun to be around them. So I thought the 76 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: press conference last week was was really cool. Um, and 77 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: it was just you know, it wrapped up and I 78 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: said the Patrick, our PR guy who's sitting right here 79 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: in the room, I said to him, that was awesome. 80 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: You know. I just thought it was a testament to 81 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: your career. Um. And I don't know, there was just 82 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people who were here, a lot 83 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: of people send in videos, and I thought that that 84 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: spoke just very highly of the respect that people have 85 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: for you. So now that you've kind of had the 86 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: weekend to digest it, like, what did that day mean 87 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: to you? Well? It was. It was a lot more 88 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: emotional than I had planned. Everything about it was very emotional. 89 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: And then coming in and being able to sit with 90 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: my family and listen to the things that people had 91 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: said to me, and you know, you don't have so 92 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: you don't have people sit down and tell you all 93 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: those good things all in a matter of minutes. And uh, 94 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: you know, my wife tells me great things all the time. 95 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: My kids do as well, but to have a bunch 96 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: of other people say the things that they did is 97 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: very remarkable. And I think, you know, looking back on 98 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: it and why it became so emotional was one because 99 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: of what they said. But two is like I was 100 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: never I was never cut, you know in any sports. 101 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: I was always picked beyond this all star team, always 102 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: picked a bey on this team. And then it comes 103 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: to a point where I cut myself in essence, like 104 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't want to go to somewhere else too, 105 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't want to leave the Ravens. I 106 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: love this organization, and I basically, uh, you know, cut myself. 107 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: And that's that childhood game that I always loved playing. 108 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: You know, I I told myself, there's there's not gonna 109 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,799 Speaker 1: be anymore of that, and so that became very emotional. Obviously, 110 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: as you guys all saw in the press conference, it 111 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: was very emotional, but you know, it just it was 112 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: such a it was such a cool day and how 113 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: everything went about, how everybody you know, I was there 114 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: to watch and and be a part of it, and 115 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: I was very excited about that. But it's it's, you know, 116 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: like a lot of guys, even if people who play 117 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: a long time don't get that moment, you know, because 118 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: you bounced between different teams and like having that day, uh, 119 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: is kind of rare. I think even even you know, 120 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: for people who play a long time, Marshall had it. 121 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: Marshall had kind of special in that way to Yeah, 122 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: but it's like it's but that's you know, it's it's 123 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's that class of player, and I think 124 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: that that it's it's even some really good players who 125 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: have been here haven't had a day like that, at 126 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: a moment like that. Um, and you know when you 127 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: talk aboutkind of cutting yourself, I just was it was 128 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: it a hard decision to say, like, you know what, 129 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: like I don't want to go and play anywhere else 130 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: or did you know, like it's just this is it. 131 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's started like year twelve when 132 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: I was like, you know, there there's eventually in a 133 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: come of time where they're gonna have to make the transition. 134 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: You know, it's a business decision. I understand that, and 135 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: I always told my wife. I was like, there's there's 136 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: no way I can go anywhere else, Like one, I 137 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: love this organization, like I've said a thousand times, two, 138 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: I just can't be away from my family for that 139 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: long and to go. You know, when you hear stories, 140 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: I can remember when Steve Smith came and and other 141 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: guys that come from different places and they're away from 142 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: their families that long, and Steve Smith said, man, it's 143 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: it's miserable with them not being here, and I branded 144 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: they moved here the following year. But it's like I 145 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: I didn't want to have to go through that, and 146 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to, and that's why I did 147 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: what I did. You know, it to me, it was 148 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: more important to be with my family than to make 149 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: a couple extra dollars, right, you're saying, says, some team 150 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: called you and said, hey, if you want to pump 151 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: for us, you can if so you're saying when you 152 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: said you had the opportunity to Oh no, no, I 153 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: never even uh. I mean I was given that opportunity 154 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: if that's something that I wanted when we had our talks. 155 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: But I said I I just wanted to be a 156 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: Raven for life. And it's one of those things. After 157 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: sixteen years, I don't know what I'm gonna get more 158 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,119 Speaker 1: out of my career. And you know, if I played 159 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: four years somewhere else. So I was. I was very 160 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: happy and content with retiring a Raven, being a Raven 161 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: and then also continuing as a Raven on the coaching 162 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: staff of some sort or consultant. Had you had any 163 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: conversations with the coaching staff about all right, you know, 164 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: maybe I have a year left or two years left 165 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: or or whatnot, Like before the draft had happened. Um, 166 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,679 Speaker 1: I mean me and me and Harbor and Randy and Chris. 167 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: We always have our talks at the end of the 168 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: year and kind of what the plan is. And my 169 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: plan is not do we have any years left? It's 170 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: my plan is always how how how can I get 171 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: better over this offseason? What can I do? And when 172 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: when Eric and John called the day of the draft 173 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: and said, hey, you know we might be drafting a punter, 174 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: I was down at the camp with my son in Virginia, 175 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 1: and it was just it was kind of one of 176 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: those moments you're like, you know what, it's just just 177 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: kind of meant to be. You know, I had a 178 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: feeling that you know, we might is probably they are 179 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: going to draft, and just considering the situation that I 180 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: was at with my son, I was perfectly content with that. 181 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: I was so happy that day and the fact that 182 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: I just get to watch my son, you know, be 183 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: at this camp be a part of that that In 184 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: that moment, it was just it was okay. And everything 185 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: about the situation, how it happened, how the Ravens handled it, 186 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: how it all went down with me and my family. 187 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: After I spoke to him about it, I just couldn't 188 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: be happier about how it all went about. That's awesome, 189 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: because I mean that's a that's a a moment you'll 190 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: remember for a long time that like that was kind 191 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: of when you knew it was over correct and and 192 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: at that point did you immediately start thinking like, Okay, 193 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: if I can stay with the Ravens and coach, that's 194 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: the avenue I'd like to go down. You know, we 195 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: had talked well hardball in our interviews. Always would always 196 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: ask like, is coaching something that you would like to entertain, 197 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, I enjoy coaching my kids. 198 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: I enjoy coaching up at high school, and it's definitely 199 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: something that I would entertain. And uh, you know, given 200 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: that opportunity now that football was over with, I just 201 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: couldn't pass it up and just to be able to 202 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: be a part of this organization on Sundays during game days. 203 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: And you know, it's from a different perspective of now 204 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: I don't I don't have to wake up with the 205 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: same butterflies that are in my stomach hardly be able 206 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: to eat. I get to it's gonna be different butterflies. 207 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot gonna say. I bet you 208 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: still feel something. You're gonna take a lot of ran 209 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: now Jordan's stout correct, Absolutely, there is no doubt about that. 210 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: But I'll just enjoy being able to be a part 211 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: of that game day experience in some fashion that uh, 212 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,599 Speaker 1: it's something I've never been been able to have. You know, 213 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: I've always been playing for as long as I can 214 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: I can remember, So it'll be it'll be fun. It'll 215 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 1: be fun to see how it all goes this year. 216 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: You said in the press conference, and I thought this 217 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: said a lot about you and talked about Jordan. You 218 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: said that you want to help make him the best 219 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: punter in the league and that that's, you know, a 220 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,719 Speaker 1: goal for you, and I thought, like that just kind 221 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: of speaks to you and your character and how you're 222 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: you want to help the guys who comes after why 223 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 1: you know, why was that like your mindset from the start. 224 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: You know, like some guys could be better, you know, 225 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: like certainly, but you're not. And you're like, I want 226 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: to help this kid and making the best that he 227 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: could be. Well, first off, I don't know, there's really 228 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: no reason to be better. I mean, you know, he's 229 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: just he's the next guy in. You know, it's the 230 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: next man up, as they always say. And so I'm 231 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: just excited whenever people reach out to me on Instagram 232 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: or my kids asked me a question, I'm just excited 233 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: to try to help him. You know, if they really 234 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: want to figure out what I did as a punter. 235 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: Then they can watch as much film as they want, 236 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: but I want to give my knowledge from a different perspective, 237 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: like the mental side of the game. Things that we 238 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: can do, just the little tendencies that we can help 239 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: with his game. Anything that I can do to help 240 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: Jordan become that next best punter is my goal, along 241 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: with everybody else that I try to help, and so 242 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: I would never want to try to help somebody be 243 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: the worst. My goal each and every day is just 244 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: a better you know, my relationship with with my wife, 245 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: with my family. Uh, just try to be great and 246 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: everything I do, right, See, that's what Garrett I do. 247 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: We try to bring each other down. It's kind of 248 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: a competition. Yeah, well so me, Tucker and Nick we've 249 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: had our fair share of those along. We get that dynamic. 250 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: You know. I was something that always stood out to 251 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: me about watching you on game days in particular. It 252 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: was like your attention to detail and your seriousness. Like 253 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: I would at the end of the game. I would 254 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: often be down on the field to be there, like 255 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, to get Tucker doing the interview after the 256 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: game winning field going. I would always keep an eye 257 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: on you guys, and like you're focused and attention to detail, 258 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: like you're in the middle of just this chaotic scene, 259 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: and like you guys were so methodical about your approach 260 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: and everything about it. Was that something that have you 261 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: always been that way or did you kind of help? 262 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: I just feel like you correct me if I'm wrong here, 263 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: Like I feel like you kind of set the tone 264 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: for that group in that regard, And is do you 265 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: see it that way? And is that something that I 266 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: don't know it was important to you to have that mindset? Yeah? 267 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if I set the tone. 268 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: It's just that's the way I approached everything. And you know, 269 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: here is a game that I had the opportunity to play, 270 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: you know, sixteen years ago, and for somebody to pay 271 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: me to play a kid's game that I just enjoyed 272 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: playing all my life. You know that to me, that 273 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: that meant serious, right, And everything I wanted to do 274 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: was to come into this building do my job each 275 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: and every day, whether that was go to meetings, being 276 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: on time, being to workouts, being at practice, executing out 277 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: of practice the way that my coaches would want me 278 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: to and as well as I would want myself to 279 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: was the way I basically approach each and every day, 280 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: and so I I approached cutting my law in the 281 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: same way. Just those lines are perfect, yes, well they're 282 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: always out if they're crooked, is it just takes a 283 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: little bit extra time. It's kind of the way I 284 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: approach a lot of things in life and everything that 285 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: has a sense of focus to it. I've usually put 286 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: as much in much as I can into it. I 287 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 1: thought the way that you use in your press cops 288 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: of being a perfectionist really kind of summed it up, 289 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: and like you have to be I mean, to be 290 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: a professional athlete, you kind of have to be a 291 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: perfecttionist in general. But I feel like on special teams, 292 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: I mean, everything is so tight, you know, there is 293 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: like if that ball is until exactly the right way, 294 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: it might not go through the operation. You everything has 295 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: to be precise, and that's just kind of encompasses you 296 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: as a person. I think in your already, I mean, 297 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: my motto is like why do it if you're not 298 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: going to do it the right way? Right? And so 299 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: if I'm going to spend the time to just do 300 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: one little thing it might be done. It might as 301 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: well be done the right way. Rather than having to 302 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: come back and refix it or whatever it be. So, yes, 303 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: I I am a perfectionist. Nobody's perfect, but I approach 304 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: everything to try to perfect as much as I can 305 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: of that skill or technique. That way, when it comes 306 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: to game day or practices that you know, it just 307 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: becomes second nature, you know. And that's why I kind 308 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: of quoted that thing like Joe Montana said, you know 309 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: there's gonna be time. I mean, I get nervous a 310 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: lot out there on Sundays or you know, out of 311 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: practice on punt return day especially, but it's like, just 312 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: remember those small little fundamentals that can ease your mind 313 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: and allow you to just go out there and execute 314 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: something that you've done repetition after repetition after repetition, and 315 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: to give you that that confidence to do that each 316 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: and every day. Now, I thought it was interesting, you know, 317 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: you talked about the Joe Montana and the butterflies. I 318 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: think when you were speaking about the Super Bowl and 319 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: that final free kick that you had to get off 320 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: and you said your body was shaking in that moment. 321 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's pretty rare for a team to put 322 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: the punter like at the end of the game situation, 323 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: It's like everything is on the punter, right, I'm back 324 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: to back play back exactly. So the safety I mean, 325 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, you downplayed it like you were like whatever, 326 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: I just had to hold the ball and run out 327 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: about But you have to catch that ball too. If 328 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: that puppy slips through the fingers, if we get a 329 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: little Tony romo action and that puppy slips through the fingers, 330 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: then they have a enough time in the clock to 331 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: throw a pat you know what I mean. That's true. 332 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I guess as a fan, you'd 333 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: probably think that I was just I was so confident 334 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: in my hands, and it was so confident that with 335 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: Morgan back there, it wasn't going to be an issue. 336 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: So to me, it was like all I'm gonna do 337 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: is hold onto this. If they do their job up front, 338 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: we can run this clock out. But I knew in 339 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: the back of my mind that there might be an 340 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: opportunity that I would have to punt, and so in 341 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: my mind during that whole play, all I'm thinking about 342 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: his man. We I hope we run this time out. 343 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: But you know it also works in its favor too, 344 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: because I got to go out there punt that ball 345 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: and execute and in another high pressure situation. It was 346 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: very fortunate to have had the ball the last two 347 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: games of Super Bowl four seven. So I couldn't couldn't 348 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: be any happier. You know, That's what you want as 349 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: a kid. You know. What I noticed watching that back 350 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: again is the guy so after you kind of got 351 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: pushed out of bounds a little bit, some of you 352 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: came over to talk to smack in your face, like 353 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: right up there. It was kind of after the play, 354 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: and I was like, Sam just walked right by a 355 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: smart play. He was trying to get a flag. Now 356 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: he was just saying, what was up? How you doing? 357 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: He just was saying, Hi, nice chat. Yeah, there was 358 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: a good chat. So the other thing that I think 359 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: really stood out to me from the press conference was 360 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: you and Tucker, like, you guys meet a lot to 361 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: each other, you know, and it's interesting, like you've been 362 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: connected for a long time, and you guys spend more 363 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 1: time with each other than anybody else here at practice 364 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: every day you eat lunch together, and your friends off 365 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: the field, but you got your guys personalities are very 366 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: different like and but but you work so well together 367 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: and You guys both are you know, significant people in 368 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: each other's lives on and off the field. Why do 369 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: you think that, like the two of you and Morgan 370 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: for a long time worked so well together. Well, yeah, 371 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: I mean if you talk about Tucker and eyes personalities, yes, 372 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: they're completely opposite. And then you talk about Morgan, Well, 373 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: there was a great dynamic between us three because you 374 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 1: had Tucker on one end, I'm on the other end, 375 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: and then you had Morgan who was just kind of 376 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: the media area because the fire he was. And so 377 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: if I'm getting pissed at Tucker or vice versa, you know, 378 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: you could always go to Morgan and he would use 379 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: the situation calm the situation. But the the relationship between 380 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: me and Tucker being so different. You know, they always 381 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: say opposites attract, and I think that that was key 382 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: in this situation. However, our personalities may be different, but 383 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: our goal on that field is the same, and so 384 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 1: I think that's what I loved about him, is the 385 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: fact that he couldn't end to practice on a mishit 386 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: and so that was the way I approached everything. Um, 387 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: Morgan was the same way, Like we were all three 388 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: perfectionists in our own way, and we all had that 389 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: common goal at the end of each practice or end 390 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: of each game is to be the best that we 391 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: could be that day. And if we had one miss punt, 392 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 1: miss snapped, miss field goal, it just it wasn't a 393 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: good day. And so we always tried to find ways 394 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 1: two find find ways to be better each and every 395 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: day and help each other hold each other accountable to 396 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: be the best that we could to the highest standards 397 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 1: of our specialists. Now, I've asked you this question a 398 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: number of times over the years as a player, okay, 399 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: and I'm hoping that you will finally answer this as 400 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: a coach. Okay. The cook hook is your famous punt 401 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: that you invented to in the gate Antonio Brown and others. 402 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: But how many clubs are in that bag? Sam, I've 403 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: asked this a dozen times, man, I mean there's um 404 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: you have different points. It just depends on how you 405 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: look at it, right. You we can hit a we 406 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: can hit a fade, we can hit a draw with 407 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: a cook hook. There's variations, there's variations off of that 408 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: particular club. So if you call each one its own club, 409 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: there's a lot, right, But if you narrow it down 410 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: you have your your hook, look, your liner, your rugby, 411 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: your boomerang, your spiral, your um let's see what other one? Knuck? 412 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 1: Did I say knuckle? Um? Yeah? I don't know what 413 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: else there is. You know, I've been away from punting 414 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: for so long forgotten it's hard days. That's a lot 415 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: of punts though, all right, I feel I feel finally satisfied. 416 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: So I mean at the beginning when you when we said, 417 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: I don't know what number were we using, like thirteen 418 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: eighteen some punts? But then you started think of every 419 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: variation of that particular punt, what you could do to 420 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: to utilize those punts in certain situations based off variables 421 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: during the game, who's back there, whatever it be, you 422 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: know you could use those different variations. So what are 423 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: you more proud of? Your legacy of revolutionizing punting in 424 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: the NFL or your passing career? I mean questions today 425 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: side you had the perfect passer rating that you know, 426 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: completion percentage, and we all know quarterbacks get the glory. 427 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: So I'm most proud of just my family. Come on, 428 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: what was it this year? This year was the first incompletion. 429 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: It was the last game, last last game. That's that 430 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: is that that one's gotta stick with you a little bit. No, Like, 431 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 1: it's just it's an incomplete Like how many incomplete passes 432 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: have I had in my career? You know? It is 433 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: what it is, you know, not everything and go, you 434 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: know perfect, And so that one obviously didn't go is 435 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: perfect to perfectly planning. I'm trying to remember the play. 436 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure you put it on the money though, right, 437 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it was it was. It was an interesting situation. 438 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: So so now as you move into the coaching realm, 439 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: is you know, what what is kind of your mindset 440 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: as a coach um and what that next chapter is 441 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: gonna look like. I think it's gonna look, you know, 442 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: try to figure out what that looked like. I mean, 443 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: at this point, you know that I'm a special team's consultant. 444 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,479 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go out there and help our special 445 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: teams in any way that I can, Like whatever Chris 446 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: and t J and Randy say and how to help out, 447 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do that. Whatever Coach Hart wants me to do, 448 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do that. And I'm gonna be trying to 449 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: just figure that out and see how well it evolves, 450 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: how much I I enjoy it. I mean, I don't 451 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: see myself not enjoying it. I just I still get 452 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: to be around the game. I love so that that's 453 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: a process that we're gonna probably have to figure out 454 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: all throughout this year. And that was the reason I 455 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: came in also today, is to kind of start that 456 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: process and see how we go from there. Right, that's cool. 457 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: So I'm not sure how much of Jordan's tape you've 458 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: already watched and all that stuff, But how does Jordan's 459 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: stout the Rookie compare to you Sam Cooke the Rookie. 460 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I've watched um watch some punts from Penn State, 461 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: I've seen some of his film, seems some of his holds. 462 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: I like him just for the fact that he has 463 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: that raw leg talent um he can just he can 464 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: hammer away on a ball. He just he lets it go. 465 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't look too like two over fundamentally like focused 466 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: that he just goes out there and wants to hit 467 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: the ball as hard as he can. And I always 468 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,640 Speaker 1: feel like, as you're growing up, you need to learn that, 469 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 1: you need to learn those fast twitch muscles, get that 470 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: leg speed from there, then you can focus on your 471 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: your consistency, your accuracy, all the other stuff that can 472 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: be can be coached. And so I'm I'm really excited 473 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: because I see a lot of myself in in him 474 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: and the fact that you just unleashed on a ball 475 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: and from there now we're working on our consistency and 476 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: drops and everything else that goes with bunny. Right. Why 477 00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: why do you say you see a lot of yourself 478 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: his game, just because my in college, the only thing 479 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: I did was trying to hit the ball as far 480 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: as I could. There was nothing else do it, And 481 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: so I feel like his mentality is somewhat the same. 482 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: Crush it as high and as far as he can, 483 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: and you know the rest of it you never really 484 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: thought of in college. It was like, Okay, try punting 485 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: it over there, but you never really focused on the 486 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: details that went into making sure you always put it 487 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: over there or always go left or wherever that direction 488 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: is that you want to put it. Well, I have 489 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: no doubt that you will have him focused on the details. No, 490 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: we will. You know. I spent most of the morning 491 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: trying to think of Jordan's stouts like singature punt, what 492 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna call that? Because we had to cook hook 493 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: and like I could not come up with any good rhymes. 494 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: The stout shout like can we start brainstorming air? Not 495 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: on air, but maybe after. No know what I want 496 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: him to be. I want him to be Jordan's Stout. 497 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: I want him to figure out his own things like 498 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,160 Speaker 1: I don't want him to, you know, use me. He's 499 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: his own person. And I look forward to make Jordan's 500 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: Stout the best let's played this game. That's my goal 501 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: and the last one for me. Sam, what's the next 502 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: house projects? I know you're always working on something that 503 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 1: you got going on with it's woodworking. You talked about 504 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: getting those nice lines on your yard. So what's the 505 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: now the next house projects you're going to take on? Man? 506 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: What what is not? We got mulching done this week, yeah, 507 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: every you know, we gotta get that spring cleaning in. Yeah, 508 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: um man, I gotta plant some plants, landscaping. Yeah, I 509 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: gotta work on my truck. I gotta get my truck done. 510 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: That's that's the first priority. Didn't you have the project 511 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: with your son, like don't you like building back like 512 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: old retro Chad Chucks. We're working on that. It's just 513 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: spring cleaning. Got in the way weather got there, so 514 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: we had to get the yard right right right right, 515 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: nice cool, Well, Sam, congrats man. Thanks happy to have 516 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: you still around so we can keep bothering you. Absolutely, 517 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: I I look forward to happy to be here, all right, man, 518 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: All right well, great stuff from Sam Uh one of 519 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: our mind fans out there and listeners that the sports 520 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: landscape is ever changing and this week is no different. DraftKings, 521 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: the leader in daily fantasy sports, still has daily fantasy 522 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: contests running for those looking to have skin in the game. 523 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: It's simple. 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T A S. 533 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: Which is an important part of the off season. H 534 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: Like you mentioned, it's the first time with vets and 535 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 1: rookies together. Now we still donna have full contact. This 536 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: is in football football. This is shorts and shells. Uh. 537 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: But it's it's the best thing we got right now. 538 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: It's a step in that direction, that's right, And so 539 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: I'm really excited for this. Um So, First of all, 540 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: I mean, you have some veterans that are kind of 541 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: come back from injuries that I expect to see out there. 542 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: Nick Boyle is one of those guys. For me, I'm 543 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing. You know, now he finished the season, 544 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: did he finish on I R I'm that shore whether 545 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: they end up putting putting him an ir so, but 546 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: he was still kind of coming back from that injury. 547 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: Now it would be interesting to see how, you know, 548 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: close to full strength he is. Um You know a 549 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: lot of players are still not gonna be out there. 550 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: I don't expect see J K. Dobbins, Discuse Edwards Park Speeders, 551 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: Ronnie Stanley, some of those big hitters still aren't gonna 552 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: be out there, right But you know, I think we'll 553 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: see some um We're gonna see the debuts of some 554 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,959 Speaker 1: of the veterans. I think that that we're signed this 555 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: offseason brought in. You know, I hope to see Marcus 556 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: Williams out there. We're not sure exactly, but I hope 557 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: to see him out there. Uh yeah. Part of the 558 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: reason we're not sure. I mean, this is still the 559 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: voluntary portion, so this isn't mandatory. See, you don't know 560 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: actually like what attendance is gonna look like, who's going 561 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: to be out there and all that. We hope that 562 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's gonna be o there, right of course. Um 563 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: So there are some guys coming in that are gonna 564 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: be kind of we're our first time seeing them in 565 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: a Raven's uniform. That's always exciting. Uh. And then there's rookies, 566 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, and and second year players and young players 567 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: that are looking to step into bigger roles or just 568 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: get acclimated with the team. Um So, you know, specifically, 569 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: a wide receiver that's one to watch. Receiver for me 570 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: is like takes center stage, which I think is probably 571 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: going to be the case. I mean, first of all, 572 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: receivers takes center stage in part because you can actually 573 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: just tell what's happening exactly. So it's just like big 574 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: guys in the trenches that are like really not blocking 575 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: a whole heysk of a lot. There's no real contact, 576 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: it's not like there's so you can't really tell all 577 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 1: that much. Nobody wins the starting left guard spot, absolutely not. 578 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: But you can see a little bit more of what's 579 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: happening out on the the edges with the receivers, and 580 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: so I want to see these guys. I mean there's 581 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: there's kind of a bull's eye and a target on 582 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: the back of the receiving corps after the Hollywood Brown Trade, 583 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: and they've got high expectations. You know, Rashide Bateman certainly 584 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: is is gonna be the first one that I keep 585 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: a close eye on. You know, he's moving into the 586 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: wide receiver one role. How does he do how does 587 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: he look? Um? The little plug here? You know, he 588 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: sat down with Marlon Humphrey for Studio forty four. Uh, 589 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: they talked last week. That episode dropped this morning on 590 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: Monday morning. UM, and he's a confident guy. It was 591 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: interesting watching that and hearing from him. UM. And he said, 592 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: it's my time now, and he feels like it's on 593 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: him to kind of beat the tone setter of that 594 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: receiver group. And he has big expectations for the season. 595 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: So if you haven't watched that interview or listen to it, 596 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,959 Speaker 1: make sure you go ahead and check that out. Um. 597 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: But so I'm watching him. I want to see how Debt, James, 598 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: James Purchet, and Devon Duvernet look wa Tyland Wallers. I 599 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: totally agree with the number four wide receiver. But if 600 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: you have an injury or whatnot, you know, Tylan Wallace 601 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: could get some serious reps. And the Ravens had a 602 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: lot of They liked Tiland Laws and they drafted him 603 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: in the fourth round last year. So like, could he 604 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: move into the wide receiver three role? Could he put himself, 605 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: you know, into a spot where he's ahead of James 606 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: Prochet and you know, getting a lot of action on 607 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: the on the receiving end. Maybe yeah, I don't know, 608 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: but I think he's gonna be a key player for 609 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: sure for this team. So a lot to watch there. 610 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,959 Speaker 1: You know some other spots that I look at, you know, 611 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: outside linebackers. So they drafted David a Jabo, but you 612 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: know he's injured. They haven't signed a veteran yet, so 613 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: some of these young outside linebackers, Like I look at 614 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: Dale and Hayes, Right, Dale and Hayes is a guy 615 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: who spent almost his entire rookie year on I are 616 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: barely played as a rookie. Now he comes in and hey, 617 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: we need you to kind of step up, right. Tis 618 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: Bowser's coming back from the Achilles, and I think Dale 619 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: and Hayes is gonna be somebody. I've always been intrigued 620 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: by the kid. I think he's got some explosive this. 621 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,600 Speaker 1: He's got a good dip um. I'm interested to see 622 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: what he can bring uh during O T A S. 623 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: So that'll be an interesting one. Like we said, you 624 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: know Bank Cleveland, Tyree Phillips, Right, I mean that's gonna 625 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: be a really important battle. But that left guard competition 626 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: is not going to be decided really even fully fully 627 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: underway until training camp. Um so I then I'm also 628 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: interested in the secondary. So, like, I don't know who's 629 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: gonna all be out there in the secondary. Marcus Peters 630 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: coming back from the torn a c L. I would 631 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: expect to see him. Marlon Humphrey is coming back from 632 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: the season ending injury that he had, so I don't 633 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: know if he's gonna be out there. But you have 634 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: these young players. The Ravens drafted a pair of fourth 635 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 1: round cornerbacks and Jalen Arbert Davis and too Mary and Williams. 636 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,239 Speaker 1: And they haven't signed a veteran at this point for 637 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: that position. And and you know, we've spent time talking 638 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: about whether they need to do so they think these 639 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: offseason practices will help them determine whether they feel like 640 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: they need to go out and sign a bet Well, 641 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: I think yeah, I think that's a very good point. 642 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: Brandon Stevens is another one. You know, Brandon Stevens. Is 643 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: he playing more slot corner? Uh? Do they keep him 644 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: more at safety? Still? I expect that he's gonna be 645 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: playing in the slot a fair amount during O T 646 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: A S. How does he hold up transitioning back to cornerback? 647 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: That'll be interesting. Um. You know another guy that I'll 648 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: point to here is Juwan James that I think is 649 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: is a key player here because Ronnie Stanley, we don't 650 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: expect him to be out on the field. So who's 651 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: getting the left tackle reps is a question, right, And 652 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 1: so I just don't know who his Ronnie's top backup is. 653 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: Is that McCarry, Is it Joan James? I don't think 654 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Morgan Moses. They signed him to be 655 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:30,239 Speaker 1: their starting right tackle, So it'll be interesting. I don't know, 656 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see who's getting those reps and 657 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: Jouan James, you know, considering we haven't seen a whole 658 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: lot of them, uh, will be an interesting player to watch. Yeah, 659 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: And and you know, for some to some degree, like 660 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: what we're saying, you can't really look at the trenches 661 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: and determine like who's playing well and who's playing poorly, 662 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: but just where guys line up and what the rotation 663 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: is that is telling. And so if if Jowan James 664 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: is getting the first team reps left tackle with Ronnie 665 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: Stanley not out there, that you say, okay, well, the 666 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: Ravens are viewing him as an option at both tackle spots. 667 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: And then you know which is important, which is Ronnie 668 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: coming back? Like who if he's not ready, who's that 669 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: guy gonna be? That's a big question. Totally totally um 670 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 1: And you know, I think that just kind of the 671 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: alignment is always something that's it's you know, Brandon Stevens 672 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: as an example, Joan James as an example where guys 673 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: lining up. Malik Harrison is another one. He's the Ravens 674 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: have talked about given him some repside outside linebacker. So 675 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: you know, is he playing more outside linebacker or is 676 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: he playing more inside linebacker. How are the Ravens deploying him, 677 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: because that could be, you know, indicative of what his 678 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: future is on this team. Yeah, completely agree. It wouldn't 679 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: be surprising to see him more at outside linebacker, especially 680 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: considering you know, they just signed another Vince Bagel. It's 681 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: kind of inside the outside linebacker hybrid a little bit too. Uh. 682 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: You know. Christian Welch is a young player that's been 683 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: here for the past two years. Special teams guy. I 684 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: mean it's you've seen this time and time again of 685 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: these special Teams inside linebackers who then evolved into having 686 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: kind of a backup role. Chris board was one of 687 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: those guys who departed in free agency. Is Kristen Welch, 688 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: you know who? He'll be an interesting player to see 689 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: whether he steps up into that kind of number three 690 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: inside linebacker roll be behind Patrick Queen and Josh Bonds. 691 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 1: Um just real quick, a few other guys that I'm 692 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 1: interested to see. Tyler Baby, I mean, you have j 693 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: K and Gus not out there. Tyler Baby is gonna 694 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: be getting a lot of runtime. Um, so can the 695 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: rookie kind of step up and uh, you know emerge 696 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: as an option there? You know, the Ravens Stein, Mike Davis. 697 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: Uh So, it'll be interesting to see the veteran kind 698 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: of get out there and see what kind of chops 699 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 1: he has. Um. And then I think, let's not forget 700 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: about the top draft pick Kyle Hamilton's how are they 701 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: using him? Where is he lining up around this defense? 702 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: You know, just how versatile is his role going to 703 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: be as a rookie will be interesting to kind of 704 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: get our first glimpse of that. Yeah, I think one 705 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,280 Speaker 1: thing like that's come up with him a few times. Uh. 706 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,440 Speaker 1: Cole Jackson mentioned it when we did the podcast with 707 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: him last week. Gilortis mentioned it when he did the 708 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 1: film session. But people talk about play processing speed with 709 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: him and how quickly he diagnoses things. Of course or 710 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: t A aren't full speed, and you throw that out 711 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: that like caveat whenever you're talking about it. But it 712 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,840 Speaker 1: gives you an indication of just kind of how fluid 713 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,800 Speaker 1: somebody is and how much they can see what's happening 714 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: in front of them, and so like, yeah, he's not 715 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: gonna be laying the wood and coming down and trying 716 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: to tackle anybody. But like you can see if he's 717 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,359 Speaker 1: in the right place at the right time and if 718 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: he's processing things well, and I think that that will be, 719 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: you know, a key way. And I agree. How are 720 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens like is he mostly just had a safety role? 721 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: Are they moving him all over the place? Like how 722 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: how much do you just want to throw him in 723 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: the deep end and say we're gonna have you do 724 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: all these different things and we're gonna start right now, 725 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: or do you take the approach that the coaches take 726 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: the approach we want you to start here, start small, 727 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 1: and then we'll keep adding to your plate. We'll see. Yeah, 728 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: and last guy on my list here that I have 729 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: is Tyler linder Bomb. Well he's not the last guy 730 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: I have. Tyler linder Bomb and Jordan's stout uh e 731 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 1: it stimes to keep a close eye on twenty eyes. Well, Well, 732 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: I'm just impressed you're gonna be keeping a sign the punt. 733 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: You're just saying, Hunter just because we talked to Sam, 734 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: so you have to mention I am gonna be watching 735 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 1: the punt sing. Yeah, I mean, I just kind of 736 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,399 Speaker 1: want to see this kid hit it like everybody talked 737 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 1: about how like when Jordan's style hits the ball, like 738 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: you feel it and hear it, and I'm just kind 739 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: of curious to see it, you know. Um, and I'm 740 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,719 Speaker 1: curious to see Sam working with him and what that 741 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,760 Speaker 1: kind of looks like and you know, Sam just riding 742 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,799 Speaker 1: him or you know how perfection is. How how much 743 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: does that perfectionists come out? You know, it'll be kind 744 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: of cool to see. And and then linder Bomb obviously 745 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 1: because his day one expectations that Hill step into a 746 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: starting role. Now we can't get inside his head and 747 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 1: see the processing speed that we're talking about with Kyle 748 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 1: Hamilton's and you know how he's kind of handling all that. 749 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: But just you know, is he kind of being a 750 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: leader of that group and and does he feel does 751 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,359 Speaker 1: he seem like he feels comfortable? Um, it'll be good 752 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: to see snaps all that stuff. Yeah, snaps totally. And 753 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,839 Speaker 1: he went from not really being in a shot much 754 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: of a shotgun offense to now playing He's gonna be 755 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: in a lot more shotgun snaps now, so that'll be 756 00:36:58,239 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: a thing to watch. I think I think the snaps 757 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: are definitely significant with him, because that's again something you 758 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: can see, you know, you can tell that, and and 759 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,879 Speaker 1: you want the snaps in this type of atmosphere where 760 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,799 Speaker 1: there's no real contact and you don't have to worry 761 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: about that aspect. You want the st to be perfect. Yeah, exactly. 762 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: Those you have to have that down. So I think 763 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 1: that's gonna be an important piece. One thing I do 764 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 1: think is that the um you know, there was never 765 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: really a high intensity let's say, you know, to O 766 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: T as there's because there's not a lot allowed. But 767 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: now with the Ravens being even more you know, uh 768 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: into preventative injury measures, I do think that O T 769 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: S will be dial back even a little bit more 770 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: this year. Yeah. I'll be curious to hear hear what 771 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,920 Speaker 1: players say about that, you know, because that is like 772 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: we spent a lot of time talking at the end 773 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: of the season of how things are going to change 774 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,759 Speaker 1: given all the injuries, and what tweaks and adjustments they 775 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 1: can make to the off season program, all that stuff. 776 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,919 Speaker 1: And this is kind of the first time to see 777 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,399 Speaker 1: it on the field and action for a lottle we've 778 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: seen now we saw a little bit of the from 779 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: the strength and conditioning program that they were doing, like 780 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 1: longer cool down and warm ups that seem like was 781 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: a bigger part of what they're doing. But like, yes, 782 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,919 Speaker 1: this is the closest of practice that we've ever seen 783 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: that we've seen this offsege and we're gonna chance to 784 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:10,960 Speaker 1: talk to some of the guys, some of the players 785 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 1: this week and you know, we'll see what they say, 786 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,359 Speaker 1: you know, how is it different, what feels different to them? UM, 787 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: And that'll be some some good perspective as well, so 788 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: you know, stay tuned. It is a busy week here 789 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: with O t s underway. We're gonna have you know, photos, videos, highlights, 790 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: all that stuff coming out over the course of the 791 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: of the week. UM. And Wednesday is the day that 792 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: we are able to be out there watching practice and 793 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,280 Speaker 1: we also get a chance to talk with some guys 794 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 1: on Wednesday as well, So that's the day to go 795 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: ahead and mark that, UM tune end of the press 796 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 1: conferences and then also be ready for a lot of 797 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,240 Speaker 1: content coming out of practice. Well, thank you for listening. 798 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 1: As always, you can reach us at the lounge at 799 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net and we'll be back with 800 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 1: you next week.