WEBVTT - Todd Monken's Introductory Press Conference 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:06.600 Welcome into Ravens pressfests as we introduced Todd Munkin as 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:11.160 the new offensive coordinator. Go ahead and take a listen. Hey, everybody, 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.200 good to see you. Welcome. It's been a long time. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.240 It seems like it's been a long time. We've been busy, 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.360 so but thanks for coming. We're here to introduce Todd 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.639 Munkin as a new offensive coordinator to the Baltimore Ravens 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:27.360 and I'm very very excited to be able to do that. 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:29.240 But before we get into that, I want to first 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.240 of all, thank some people. Thank the candidates that were involved. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.880 We had some amazing candidates that we had a chance 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.040 to talk to, both college and pro coaches. Now want 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.760 to thank them for their time, their effort, and for 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.760 their work in the interview process. I also want to 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.160 thank the committee. We had a committee led by coach 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.839 Anthony Weaver who did a great job. Steve Claggett was 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.560 on the committee and Scott Cohen was on the committee. 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:56.000 And those guys interviewed Todd, and they interviewed all the 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.680 other candidates too, pretty thoroughly. So I appreciate those guys 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:02.880 ephy and they weighed in on the decision all the 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:08.520 recommendations and calls and and conversations that we had with 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.039 different people about all the different candidates. Want to thank 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:12.520 all those people too, because it was a big It 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.280 was a big help. You know. We made a decision 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.679 to throw a big net out there, and uh and 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:20.440 when you do that, when you cast a big net, 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:24.400 you know, it's a big undertaking and it comes with challenges. 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.880 You know, it's um there's a lot of calls, there's 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.800 a lot of conversations, there's a lot of information gathering. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:31.679 A lot of people in the building helped us with that. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.040 We got to know a lot of people. We got 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:35.920 to know their stats, we got to know their families, 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.560 their backgrounds, all those kind of things we had. We 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.600 had the zoom meetings with with everybody on a first level. 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.720 Then we had in person meetings with a pretty pretty 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.040 big group of guys that were here at the building 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.000 and really enjoyed that. And it gets emotional, you know. 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.560 I mean, this is a it's a career opportunity for 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.720 a lot of coaches, and you kind of go through 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:57.840 that with them, you know, and things are moving fast 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.920 and things are happening, and people are getting pressure in 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.760 different directions and I kind of wrote that roller coaster 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:05.920 with different guys, but there's a lot of rewards that 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:08.080 go with it too, and just personally, it was a 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.280 great experience, a chance to get to know some people 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.280 really well that I didn't know before, Todd obviously being 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.400 one of those, but also all the other candidates that 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.119 were involved got to know their families. In some cases, 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.480 got to learn a lot of football, you know, in 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.240 different ways that people do things, whether it's systems or 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.280 how they approach it, or how they relate to their players, 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:28.920 how they run their no huddle offenses. I mean, all 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.560 those things are things that were, you know, just interesting 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.080 and valuable. And you get to find out and you 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.240 realize that there's a lot of great coaches in this profession, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.800 a lot of great people in this profession, both in 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.200 the NFL and at the college level, and it made 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.640 me feel great to be a part of the profession, 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.680 to get to know these people. And then it came 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.840 back to Todd Munkin and it started with a call 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.760 I got. Todd doesn't even know this. It started with 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.120 a call that I got from my sister, Jonie Crean 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.600 and Tom Creed because when Todd was to Georgia. The 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.400 last couple of years, Johnie and Tom got to know 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.000 Todd and his wife and Terry, and they got to 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:06.680 be friends, I think, you know, and spend a lot 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:08.639 of time together. And Jonie just tells me, you've got 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.040 to talk to Todd Monka. He's amazing, his wife's amazing. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.200 He's a great coach. We've seen what he's done here 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.160 at Georgia. Got on the phone with Tom. Tom reiterated 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.320 that how much you respected Todd, and that really got 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.120 me thinking in that direction. So we reached out and 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.440 had a chance to talk to Todd, and I think 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.120 on the phone first and then the Zoom meeting, just 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.920 talking ball, really talking background. We're kind of both from 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.239 the Midwest originally, but so we know a lot of 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.720 the same people. And I'd know Todd from Afar, you know, 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.920 I'd watched him coach, we'd coached against each other. But 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.720 then just talking ball, and just how how how really great, 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.840 how extensive his knowledge is, how broad his knowledge is, 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.520 how how adaptable he is, how versatile he is in 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.160 terms of what he's able to do with his with 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.480 his exits and nose and his scheme stuff. So the 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:54.720 ability to move in different kind of systems, different kind 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:58.760 of types of football, different personnel groups, run game, pass, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:03.840 game protection RPOs, quarterback driven stuff, downhill run game play, 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:06.240 action stuff tied to it, all the stuff that we're 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.040 kind of looking for, different kind of tempos, huddle, no huddle, 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:13.040 real fast, controlled tempo, call plays at the line, don't 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:14.520 call plays at the line. I mean, these are all 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.960 things that you talk about, things that he brings to 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.919 the table. He's really, I just think, very versatile with 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.919 and that's gonna be very valuable for us. So that 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.240 part of it, the relationship part of it was really 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.039 good too. You know, you talk to different people that 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:30.080 have been around Todd, players especially, but also coaches. He's 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:31.400 just got a great way with players. He's got a 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:32.960 great way in the meeting room. He's very talented in 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.279 the meeting room, gets the guys going, gets them laughing 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.480 a little bit, You'll see. You know, he can talk 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.760 and he can tell a story, but he can challenge 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.320 the guys too and hold him to the highest standard. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.600 I know our players are gonna love him, are gonna 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:48.479 love being around him every single day. And also I think, finally, 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.400 I guess the biggest part for me you know, character obviously, 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.159 relationships obviously, but the ability to and the focus on 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:01.080 building an offense around the talent that you have. Not 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.200 necessarily a one system type of an approach. This is 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.400 our system when we fit the players to the system, 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.480 but a player driven approach that we're going to build 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.960 a system around the players and around the you know, 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.800 around the personality of the team. I think our fan 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.120 base is going to be really excited with what we 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.240 see from this offense going forward. I know I am. 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.960 So we're gonna get started today and I guess with 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:23.520 no further ado, I'm going to introduce to you our 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:33.800 new offensive coordinator, Todd Munkin. Thank you and a big 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:37.080 shout out to Steve Biscotti and obviously coach and Eric, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.760 to Costa and Sashi, you know, they were all part 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:45.200 of it. So excited, excited to get started, and you know, 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.520 we got a lot of work ahead of us, obviously 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.599 starting with staff and then obviously putting a plan together, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.520 building off of what's been really successful in the past, 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:58.480 Power Run game play Action and then trying to build 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.240 off that and us So it's been exciting. I've been 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.239 here since last Wednesday, so it's been fun to get started, 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:06.479 and I know it's going to go fast, so we 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:11.000 have a lot of work ahead of us. Tom I 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.440 knew obviously could have seed at Georgia. I think it 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.600 was pretty well known about that. What mean what made 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.000 this so appulate? Well, why did you do this job? 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:25.000 Were you awaiting? I think versus the challenge doing against 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.400 the best in the world, I think everybody aspires to 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:32.000 have that challenge. Um, if I was going to do it, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.520 it was going to be somewhere that was parallel to Georgia. 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.000 Part of the reason I went to Georgia, one of 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.839 the main reasons was because a culture head coach winning 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.160 really good on defense obviously trying to find a way 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:44.640 to do it better on offense. So I thought that 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:49.480 was a parallel that I thought fit me. Um, So, 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.480 irrespective of who was or wasn't going to be on 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.680 the roster, I felt like it was. It was something 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.039 I really wanted to do, and then I've always wanted 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.799 to do. So that doesn't mean that I'm not grateful 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.520 for Kirby Smart and the coaches that I worked with there. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.640 I get way too much credit for our success. I 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.320 came in there and the culture was already set, the 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.640 players were already recruited. The staff that we put together 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:19.600 was tremendous in terms of our success. But this was 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.120 what was next. And you can't be two places at once. 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.560 That's just the way it is sometimes in life. That 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.680 was a great job and it was hard. You get 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:29.680 close to the players, but you can't be two places 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.760 at once. And this is what's next here in Baltimore. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.720 You have to be able to coach more about hot 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.040 profile players in Lamar Jackson if you had a chance 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.680 to talk to him. Yet. I really haven't a chance 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.200 to talk to any of the players you know yet. Really, 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.280 just getting here last Wednesday, just trying to get my 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.160 feet wet, working through a lot of things that come 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:52.240 from staff, what we're gonna do moving forward, all that, 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.480 Just trying to figure out where I'm headed when I 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:59.880 drive to the facility coaching the NFL. What do you 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:03.760 learn over these last three years waiting in the highest 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.520 that can take away to take yourself. I think the 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.120 game's changed. I think the game has become more of 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.360 a space game, using all fifty three and a third 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.520 yards and using the width and depth of the field, 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:19.280 using space players and your skill players I think that's changed. 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.200 Years ago, maybe it was inside zone and run duo downhill. 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.560 Now it's utilizing athletic quarterbacks. The game has changed. It's 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:31.320 changing from you know, one time it was taller you know, 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.199 pocket passers, and now you're seeing more shorter athletic players. 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.559 The game has changed in terms of using their athleticism, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.880 using players athleticisms, what they what they bring to the table. 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:45.040 Um because the game is about space, it's about being explosive. Well, 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:46.719 how do you create explosives? Well, part of it is 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.679 creating space, So that's probably the biggest thing is how 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.280 do you find a way to incorporate that into your offense. 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:57.240 I think also being no huddle some tempo um, what 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.520 that provides that creates because we were all no huddle. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.120 It's a little different then because of the dynamics of 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.600 a signal system and then you know the green dot 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.120 to the quarterbacks. You have to work through some of 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.880 that that'll take some working through. But um, just a 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:13.679 it's a speedbump, not a hurdle. John, how you're you're 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.400 not with it to a system, but you you you 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.880 build your office around the talent that you have. And 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.520 I've heard that over and over from from people I 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.439 talk to you who work with you. Is that a 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.199 philosophy that you had from early on? Like I know, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:24.720 I mean, I know your dad was a longtime coach. 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:26.120 I mean, is that something you learned from him or 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:30.200 where did that come from? That approach? Uh? Well, first 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:31.920 of all, I learned a lot from my dad, but 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.959 at that age I probably wasn't you know. I was 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:36.280 just happy to be on the field and be a 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.760 water boy. And all my heroes were my dad's players. 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.480 I mean, that's what you are when you're a coach's kid, 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.960 is and it's not always the players are the best players. 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.280 I learned this. This one thing I learned from my 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.000 dad and some coaches is that And you try to 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.439 tell the players and coaches, is that, um, you know, 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.719 young people's favorite players at first start off to be 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.559 the best players, but then eventually it's the ones that 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.040 make you feel special. And so that's your job is 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.800 to make people feel special, and that you know you're 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.760 job is for them. You know you have a job 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.520 for them. That's why you have a job, is to 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.679 create the best version of them. And the moment we 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:10.000 forget that, we're wrong, we're dead wrong. You know, I 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.240 think when they say adapt to the personnel you have, 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.679 let's start off by this. Everything works better with really 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.959 good personnel, So let's start with that, irrespective of what 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.920 that may look like from running back, tight end, receiver. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:22.959 And I've been really lucky to be a lot a 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:27.640 lot of really good coaches that I was a part 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.120 of that. You know, one time I was at Louisiana 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.920 Tech and that was when Gary Croton and they were spread, 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.959 and that's when it started off with bubbles and getting 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:37.720 the ball out in the perimeter. And then I went 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.439 with less miles and his fourth and four was just 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.760 tossing to Jacob Hester like it was power run game 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.160 and inside run was thirty minutes, and you practice for 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.360 three hours, and there's certain aspects of all of that 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.600 that you gather that you learn from and you take 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.960 that and what you realize is that good football still 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:02.880 surrounded by don't turn it over, be explosive, score touchdowns 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:04.760 on the red zone, be good on third downs, don't 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.520 have lost as plays, and athletic quarterbacks that make off 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.079 schedule plays. The rest of it just falls into that. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:13.040 That's the analytical part. How do we get to that model, 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:14.959 don't turn it over and how are we explosive? I 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.520 don't know if we're a fullback without a fullback, four wide, 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.719 three wide. My cousins at Army wanted to run a 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.920 triple option that works. Okay, Now you can only run 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.280 what you know. Can't just make stuff up. I mean, 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:27.959 it's fun to do that, but usually it doesn't work. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.760 But the reality is is that it's there's a lot 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:35.840 of ways to skin a cat, but still the principles 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:40.360 of how you win are the same. You know, Costa, 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.920 what did they tell you concerning the long term availability? 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:48.199 But our jackson and did any uncertainty their way in 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:53.760 your decision? Well? Okay, first of all, I count on 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.720 Eric and John. They're best in the business. They're going 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.160 to take care of anything that has to do with 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:02.520 any player, not just mar sure, any player that's part 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:04.400 of a roster where you're going into you have an 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.240 interest of what the roster is going to look like. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:11.679 But ultimately I want to be someplace where structure, organization 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.640 great on defense from top to bottom, and everywhere I 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.480 talked to and everybody I talked to excuse me, said 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.360 you want to be you want to be a Baltimore Raven, 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:26.719 you want to be a part of that organization moving forward. Oh, 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:39.640 I'm sure he'll be behind. But it's still just football. 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.040 I mean, I think sometimes we make this out to 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:45.120 be way too much, you know. I mean, it's just football. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:46.840 It's been playing. I don't know when he started, maybe 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.120 five years old with the Purple Pounders or something in 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.600 Miami or something. I mean, there's a football like well 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.320 cater to what he knows and play. But I mean 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.560 it's like any player. You know, if any any players 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.640 like that, you know, to where they'd be. The more 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.560 time you spend with them, the more comfortable they get 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.719 with any system that's or relationship that's part of it. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.240 And there's a big part of that relationship from a 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.079 quarterback coordinator, play caller, position coach where they're comfortable and 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.559 there's a trust that is a big part of that 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:21.360 and that's built over time, even beyond individual plays. Is 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.679 that comfort of like, hey, we're going to give you 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.439 the keys of this car, let's see what you can do. 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.600 That happens a lot more in the off season. I'm 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.600 kind of now expanding it, Like in the off season 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.839 is where you experiment. That's where you kind of you know, 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.120 let the quarterback have some rings with is. You get 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.480 closer to the season, that kind of goes away a 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.600 little bit. You have to start game planning and really 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.319 be dialed into what you're gonna do. You've worked with 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.920 a lot of different quarterbacks. How do you describe the 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:49.360 skill set you would have to work with? Elite? You know, 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.360 he's got an elite skill set. I mean it's obvious 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:54.040 when you watch him on film. I mean the things 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.480 he can do with the football and the plays that 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.319 he makes. And I think he's underrated it as a 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.200 passer maybe, I think so in terms of his ability 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.679 to make plays and throw it down the field. Um, 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:08.839 so you've all seen it. I mean I'm like you, 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.480 I haven't. I'm no different than you. I watch what 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.760 you guys watch, you know, and it's pretty amazing. You 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:22.160 weren't with anyone somewhere in your no. No, So what 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.000 would you say some of the strifts and weaknesses of 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:31.720 this office? I mean, I've assuming you. Yeah, you know 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.200 that's hard because, um, first of all, when I first 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.880 started watching film, first of all, you know there's a 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.320 transition because Lamar has been here for a while. You know, 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:45.480 and the roster changes around players and injuries add to that. 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.200 And I first started watching and I'm like, wow, they 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.000 do like they do really good stuff in the run game, 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:54.360 Like holy cow, that that's very creative. And at first 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.760 I was watching, going, I have no idea of why 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.280 they want me there, Like, I don't know what I'm 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.760 gonna be able to be better at. Truly, you know, 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:02.920 I was like, wow, they did some really good things. 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:08.000 And you know, as you continue to watch, and you know, 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.800 players dictate style of play. They do. Players around the 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.720 quarterback dictate a style of play. There's no way around it. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.280 When I was at Tampa, we had really good receivers. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:19.600 We had to Seawan, We had Mike Evans, we had 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.000 Chris Godwin, we had Adam Humphreys, and we had Oj 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.280 Howard and we had Cam Brake, and we had quarterbacks 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.080 that love to throw it. Sometimes of the other team, 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.600 but they like to throw it. But we were much 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.960 better throwing it. So that's what you right, that's where 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.040 you play to the strengths of who you have. Right, 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.400 we had to be good throwing it. We weren't nearly 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.640 as a depth running it, and I need I needed 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.520 to do a better job probably scheming it okay, So 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.280 then you get in somewhere we start losing some of 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.080 your perimeter players. It's still about winning, so it's hard 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.160 to judge because you don't know the rosters that make sense, 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.520 like why are they doing the things they're doing offensively? 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.400 Because it's still about winning. You have to do the 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.920 things that give you the best chance to win every week. 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:59.360 But I do think that being able to use I 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.960 think years want to play in a game that space 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.080 is the field. I think when you go into an 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.280 install meeting, all of your skill players want to say, 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.160 where are my opportunities coming? Where am I going to 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.720 get a chance to touch the football and showcase my ability? 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:14.720 And I think the more you're able to do that 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:19.480 and utilize that because to me, balance isn't run past balances. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.280 Make them cover all five year guys, make them defend 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.520 the field, make them defend you know, the depth of 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.560 the field. So I think it's all of those things 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.800 easier said than done, sometimes based on personnel, but I 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.160 think that's where players want to play. They see themselves 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:35.880 in that the game has gone that way, That's the 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.120 way the college game has gone. That's what they're used to. 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.160 They're not used to anymore being under center five step drop, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.000 that doesn't exist. They're used to being a gun RPOs, 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.040 spreading the field, using space players. That's what they're used to. 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:48.920 So I think that's the style they want to play. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.320 And so if he said, yeah, is that who we're 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:52.880 going to be, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:54.760 I think that's got to be a part of what 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.520 you do. You mentioned that the more you think is 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:03.160 underrated as pass I think he's that way. I think 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.199 it probably started off when he came out. I think 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.639 that was already a narrative. I think sometimes there's narrative 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:09.720 that gets put out there and it just carries right. 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.160 It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter. There's 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.160 narratives in all of our life of what some person 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.280 can become, who they are, where they were born, at 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.280 the city. It doesn't matter. You put a narrative as 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:21.919 to what they can be. I think that started from 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.920 the get go of what he can and can't be, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:26.520 and I think in a lot of ways he's proven 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:28.720 that to be a falsehood in terms of what he's 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.720 capable of. And but again, some of those things is 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.639 a little bit. I got to be careful of how 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.680 far I step out there because I've never worked with him. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.119 So you're sitting there saying things that you know, what 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.480 was taught, how they schemed it, all those things. But 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:47.080 it's impressive. You're listening to Ravens Press Pass. Make sure, 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.600 if you haven't done so already, to subscribe, rate and review, 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:52.800 and while you're at it, go ahead and search the 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.920 lounge and subscribe and rate and review that as well. Yeah, 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:57.960 on the last podcast. We've been doing it for several 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.920 years now, more than several years, Yeah, going back a 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.119 long ways, and our goal with it is to allow 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.200 you to pull back the curtain, step inside the castle, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.040 take a seat in the lounge, and get to know 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:11.720 people in this building in a unique way. So we're 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:13.840 talking about all the big news happening around this team 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.720 this offseason and throughout the entire year. We have unique 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:21.800 conversations with coaches, executives, front office, media members, players, players 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.560 of course, and it's it's a fun time. Yeah. So 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:28.600 now back to Todd Munkin's introductory press conference. Todd, you 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.760 had two really good tight ends in George of this 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.639 past year. You walk in down with Mark Andrews and 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:37.000 Isaiah Liking. Specifically with Isaiah Liiking, how do you feel 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:40.480 like you can help take his game to the next level? Oh? 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.960 I don't you know. We became that because they were 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.480 two of our best players, and of course that pissed 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.680 off every slot we had. So just the way this works, right, Okay, 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:52.000 you're eleven personnel, your tight ends are mad, you're in 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.160 twenty one person night. It's just the way this goes. 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.080 I get it. You know everybody wants to play. I mean, 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:57.960 I get it. Well, are two of our best players 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:02.119 were those guys. Luckily, our slots were very team warrient it. 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:04.560 They were great kids. They understood that some of our 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.000 best leaders. They didn't get the opportunities they wanted, but 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:10.000 ultimately were paid to score, move the football. They were 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.640 two of our best players. That always plays itself out. 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.560 And so when you look at the rest of you see, Okay, Mark, 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.680 who's done it for X amount of years? And Mark 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.480 won't remember this. Oh you got two got to So 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:23.119 I'm gonna tell a story just for the hell of it, 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.840 or since I have the microphone. So twelve years ago, 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:29.720 I'm in Oklahoma State. Mark probably wasn't remember this. So 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.120 I'm in Oklahoma State Casey Dunn as a wide receiver coach, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.879