1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the official podcast, Eric Allen and my new 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: teammate Bart Scott here in studio to start the year. 3 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: We are joined by a former teammate of the Mad Backers, 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: that is Joe Flacco. You guys played one season together 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: way back in two thousands. Great season though. It was 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: a great season though. Vance today f C Championship game, right, absolutely, 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: I mean it was. It was a fun story. You 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: want to tell a story about how you got the 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: start and get when you knew you were gonna be 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback on the play. When did I find 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: out on a plane? I don't remember exactly when I 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: found out that I was gonna be starting for sure, 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: you know, I I remember, Um, I think it was 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: the week of we were playing St. Louis in the 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: preseason and Kyle Bowler like tour something in the shoulder, 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: like that week of practice. I wasn't supposed to play 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: at all. In the third preseason game. That was like, 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, Kyle and True we're kind of going at it. 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: So Kyle goes down and then Truy comes up. Troy 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Smith gets um, you know, he he gets really sick, 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: and we weren't sure how series was at the time, 22 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: and um, even the night before the game, it was like, 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: we don't know what's going on with Troy. He might 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: be he might come in and play, you know whatever. 25 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: And I think it was like ten o'clock the morning 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: of the game that they told me like, all right, Joe, 27 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: like you're the only quarterback we have. You're playing the 28 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: whole game. And I remember going all time room like 29 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: and just you know, you're a rookie. And I remember thinking, 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, here we go, and like just going 31 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: through my stuff, making sure I'm on top of it 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. And you go out there. And 33 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: I played the whole game against the Rams and the 34 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: third preseason game and did a good job, you know, 35 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: for the most part. Um. And then we had the 36 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: Falcons the next week, uh, in the fourth preseason game, 37 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: and they flew Casey Bramlett, who played in Miami with 38 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Cam Cameron. They flew him in overnight. I think he 39 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: landed sometime like overnight the day of the game. And 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: I played three series I believe, in the Atlanta Falcons 41 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: the fourth preseason game and then he played the rest 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: of the game on like a couple of hours of 43 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,919 Speaker 1: being in Baltimore and then we went right into Cincinnati 44 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: and that was it. Does it feel like yesterday, though, 45 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: because now as you're approaching a game week one of 46 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: the two thousand twenty two season, you're laughing oftentimes here 47 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: at Once that Strive where the guys are saying, hey, Flackle, 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: you you're the old guy at thirty seven. Hey it 49 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: I mean when I when I think back at that 50 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: right there, I mean, I can I can kind of 51 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: put myself right back in that hotel room and in 52 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: those situations. So, yeah, it feels like yesterday. I got 53 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: plenty of stories to tell about Bart that you can't 54 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: necessarily tell on on any kind of media, even podcasts. 55 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: But no, it feels like yesterday. And I don't view 56 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: myself as being you know, this is my fifteenth year. 57 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: I don't view myself as that. You know. I remember 58 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: when I was playing with Bart, and like ray Lewis 59 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: was on the team, and I do remember how I 60 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: looked at him and like and these guys when I 61 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: was younger, you know, you grew up watching them play. 62 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: And but I don't necessarily think of that when I like, 63 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: you know, not to like talk about ray Lewis and myself, 64 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, but like I don't view myself off as 65 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: being in the league fifteen years. I just view myself 66 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: as a player. You know, this is my fifth year, 67 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 1: I'm seven years old, whatever it. Maybe that's how I 68 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: view myself. And then every now and then you can 69 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: kind of view you can kind of see that these 70 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: young guys are looking at you a little bit different, 71 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: like they're looking at you a little strange, like, man, 72 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: how long have you been around? You know? And that 73 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: kind of puts that kind of wakes me up a 74 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: little bit and reminds me of how long I've been 75 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: doing it. So you got a little salt and pepper 76 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: a little bit on. But now life kind of comes 77 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: full circle. As we can call this the Flacco Bowl, 78 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: or we can call it this to C. J. Moseley Bowl, 79 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: but you know, kind of going full circle all the 80 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: way back to where it all began, going against a 81 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: familiar opponent organization that you know, well, like, how are 82 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: you preparing for that emotionally and physically? Um, you know 83 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: for a week one in a in a tough environment. Yeah, 84 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's ultimately going to be 85 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: tough to completely prepare for it. Because I've never been 86 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: through it personally. Um, I mean you've you've played I 87 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: think you played us that next year, you know nine 88 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: right up here, open up here, like we almost got 89 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: we almost got a pregame. Um. I've seen some people 90 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: go through it. I've definitely seen uh, some people play 91 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: some old teams that were significant players on the teams 92 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: that they came from. And as much as they tried 93 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: to keep it in check and and do all that, 94 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: you know, that's all good to say and talk about 95 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: until all of a sudden, the lights turn on it's 96 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: game time, and you know, your emotions get the best 97 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: of you, and um, you know, so, like I said, uh, 98 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: it's honestly this that's what's great about football. It's a 99 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: team sport. It's about the team. You just gotta play 100 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: your role. So I'm gonna make sure that I try 101 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: to do that as much as possible. But you know, 102 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: like I said, I've been through it enough times to 103 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: see how emotional it can be. So I think I'd 104 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: be a little bit naive to think that there's going 105 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: to be zero of that. You know, when Zack Wilson 106 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: goes down in Philadelphia, what do you think automatically, and 107 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: then after some time goes by, when does it start 108 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: comedy the realization that it is going to be week 109 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: one it is the Ravens. Yeah, well, I think you 110 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: initially just you know, you you you put yourself in 111 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: that situation, and you feel for the player and you 112 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: hope that he's actually, you know, ultimately okay. Um, so 113 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: obviously like the depending on what you were thinking in 114 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: that moment um, it's probably the best possible outcome for him, 115 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: you know. Um, But immediately your mind after that kind 116 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: of goes to okay, like does this mean I'm gonna 117 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: play right away? Here? You know, I got you know, 118 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm ready, but like let's go here we go? Um 119 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean I've been in enough situations now 120 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: in this role to kind of be able to know 121 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna prepare and have been thrown in there 122 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: right away, like in the middle of a game. So 123 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: it's all a little bit different. And you know, there's 124 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: obviously you see, oh man, we're playing Baltimore this year. 125 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: That's going to be interesting. Even if I was going 126 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: to be on the sideline, Um, I didn't necessarily I 127 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: was like, okay, we're playing them in New York. That'll 128 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: be cool. You know. I think now that I'm playing 129 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: there would be something extra cool about playing in Baltimore. 130 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: But either way, like I said, like all the things 131 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: that we just talked about, Um, you know, listen, it's 132 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: a completely new team for the most part. There's you know, 133 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: there's a handful of players obviously. I mean, the last 134 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: year I was there was eighteen. It wasn't that long ago, 135 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: so there are some players that were still there. But 136 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: if you're talking about the bulk of my career and 137 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: the guys that I actually played with, in terms of that, 138 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: it's a completely new football team. It's just the same organization. 139 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: So you know, sometimes we make too big of a 140 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: deal out of these things and stuff like that. You know, 141 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: guys switched teams all the time. You know, I think 142 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm a quarterback, So obviously there's a little bit it's 143 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: a little bit different for whatever reason. Um, you know, 144 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: and and coach Hardball still there, but a lot of 145 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: the coaching staffs, you know, probably pretty similar to how 146 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: I was an a team, but even that's a lot different, 147 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So you know, the great 148 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: thing about playing opponent is they think they know you. 149 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 1: You know there they are meetings. Now okay, he doesn't 150 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: like to do this. He doesn't get off the spot. 151 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: So you know that stuff. And like you know, when 152 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: you became the starter and we got got named the starter, 153 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: you think about all the young guys that you have there. 154 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: Initially immediately you have to start getting that non verbal 155 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: communication with the young players. And now they're looking at 156 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: you because you're the savior, right you you have all 157 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: the answers. You know you're the o G. Now you 158 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 1: have all the answers. So how is that week, the 159 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: weeks of preparation and even the preseason, but with trying 160 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: to get that non verbal communications and you learning how 161 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: your receivers, where they like the ball at, what their 162 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: strengths are, the weaknesses, how it looks when they're coming 163 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: out of a break. I think it's an exciting opportunity. 164 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: Like when you have guys like that that are you know, 165 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: really good football players with a bunch of ability, but 166 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: they're young and they're gonna make mistakes. You know you 167 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: don't you don't necessarily like you're not okay with the mistakes, um, 168 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: but you better not be getting too out of control 169 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: emotionally when when the children prepared you for that, prepared 170 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: to sure and like. And I've found out that at 171 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: least with my kids, I'm not as patient as I 172 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: thought I was. UM. But in this, in this situation, 173 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: I actually I do really look forward to it. I 174 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: I feel like I like this situation of being that guy. 175 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: I hope that people look at me and say, Okay, 176 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: at least you know, Joe's in the huddle like we're good, 177 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: you know, like you know, and they can and and 178 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: that allows them to move on to the next play 179 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: and wipe the last one out because you know, ultimately 180 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: in in in a football game, there's gonna be things 181 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: like that that happened and you have to have something 182 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: to ground you and move you on. So I hope 183 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: that I can be that. UM. Obviously, there's times where 184 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to push those guys and and and 185 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: get the and in order to get the best out 186 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: of them, because they're going to go be going through 187 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: things mentally that may slow them down because they're thinking 188 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 1: too much and you're gonna have to be able to 189 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: push them through those things. But I definitely look forward 190 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: to it. How is it all tied together when you're 191 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: playing against a team that throws some exotic pressure packages 192 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: at you. Everybody focuses on the offensive line, but you're 193 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: talking about young receivers, you're working with two. How much 194 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: do you have to emphasize precision against a team like Baltimore? 195 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's always a team effort. Obviously the offensive 196 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: line when in terms of sacks and things like that, 197 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: but it is a team effort. And um, you know, listen, 198 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: we run an offense where you know, hopefully the receivers 199 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: don't have to do too much thinking about those things. 200 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: They can just go play and and and and run 201 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: their routes, play their game and not have to worry 202 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: about that. So as long as they're in the right 203 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: places in the right timing, then it's up to me 204 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: to be able to identify those things and understand when 205 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: I have to get the ball out of my hands 206 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: and when I have a little bit of time to 207 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: maybe you know, go through my progression. Now, you know, 208 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: you you're you're with the floor like he's new to 209 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: to the to the game as well as far as 210 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: being an offensive coordinator, but you know, you're a veteran 211 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: and how much input have you had and kind of 212 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: maybe anticipating some of the dexotic blizz because we don't 213 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: really know because Wink Martin Neal is not there anymore, 214 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: so we don't know really what to expect. But how 215 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: much of the ownership have you been given to kind 216 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: of make adjustments and freedoms to kind of use your 217 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, your football acumen to make adjustments on the flood. 218 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: I think most of it comes down to, like, hey, 219 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: do we think we could do this or do we 220 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: think we should just not worry about doing this and 221 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: just stick with this? And you know, it's those back 222 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: and forth what what we think we can get away 223 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: with and maybe what we don't think we can get 224 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: away with. I know, Mike's a young guy, and you 225 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: know he's he's only called offensive for you know, he's 226 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: only called plays for a year. Um. You know, these 227 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: guys come from a good background and at the end 228 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: of the day, UM, it's about trust either way. UM. 229 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: So he is the coordinator on the quarterback, you know, 230 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: and I do want to have a little bit of input, 231 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: you know, in terms of you know, certain little things 232 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: here and there. But at the same time, you know, 233 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: I want to be able to rely on him to 234 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: do his thing and put us in good situations because 235 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: that's what he's there to do, and you know, we 236 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: as players are there to execute it. And I'm no 237 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: different in that. How far has this roster come? You've 238 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: played here in two thousand, twenty and twenty one, and 239 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 1: now we talk about the transformation that we've seen over 240 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: the last eight team months. Just watching on the practice field, 241 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: you see the speed, you see explosive ability. You think about, hey, listen, 242 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 1: we don't have to rely on twelve play drives to 243 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: get down the field. We got some home run hitters. 244 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: And then also the depth on this roster. Yeah, no, 245 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: it's exciting. Uh, you know, we I've talked about it 246 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: a lot. It's It's obviously a topic of conversation with people. 247 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: I feel like we're at the point where we can 248 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: where we sense that, you know, we sense like, hey, 249 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: like we're pretty good, I think, right, you know, like 250 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: you know, and the young guys, like a lot of 251 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: them don't know any better. They're good. They feel like 252 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: they're good, you know. They so they haven't necessarily experienced 253 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 1: the last couple of years of not winning a lot 254 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: of games, so they feel good. Um, but I think 255 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: we definitely have a lot of momentum behind us right now, 256 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,359 Speaker 1: but we still haven't done it on a Sunday consistently. 257 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: So while while we're getting there, while that confidence is 258 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: kind of starting to take off a little bit, uh, 259 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: we still turn the corner um, which is going out 260 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: there improving it on Sunday. So I think we're right 261 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: in that area there now that you know, I'm hoping 262 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: that we're dangerous because of it, you know, and I 263 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: hope that we realize sooner rather than later how good 264 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: we can be and then then you never know. I'm 265 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: and when once you get that little bit of boost 266 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: of confidence and guys are playing, you know, without thinking 267 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,599 Speaker 1: about a lot, and they're just going out there and 268 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: playing football and they're being physical, you know, that's when 269 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: it really comes together, you know, because you can go 270 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: out there and you can be assignment, you sound, and 271 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: you can take care of the football. But if you're 272 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: just doing the right things and you're kind of like 273 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: just you know, you're, yeah, yeah, I did that right, 274 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: and I'm happy with that, then you you'll be okay. 275 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,719 Speaker 1: You know, you won't make mistakes, will be okay. But 276 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: you know, I think we're getting right on the edge 277 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: of getting to the point where we know what we're doing. 278 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: We're confident about what we're doing. So now we can 279 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: actually play football. We can go get people, be physical, 280 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: play fast, you know, not settle for the fifteen yard completion. 281 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: We can catch the ball with our feet in the 282 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: ground and turn up field and break one. You know. 283 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: So I think we're getting close to that spot. But 284 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: leaves a powerful thing right when you came in as 285 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: a rookie, you know, expectations weren't that high for us 286 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: as a team, and we kind of snuck into the 287 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: playoffs and we caught fire. We came together as a team. 288 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: A lot of that was the off the field relationship 289 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: said we had as far as building bonds and things 290 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: like that. When you talk about, you know, this this 291 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: team and this roster and when you look back, does 292 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco still have something that he wants to prove 293 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: to people? Are you just playing with house money? I 294 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: mean you're a Super Bowl m v P. I mean 295 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: people forget about you know, when you came in this league, 296 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: how many playoff games you won every year? You guys 297 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: were a legitimate threat. Your record on the road in 298 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: the playoffs going up to New England taking care of business? Right, Um, 299 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: all the successes you've had, do you still have something 300 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: to prove and what gets you going and what continues 301 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: to motivate you? Because you could have called it a career. 302 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: It had been a beautiful career. Ten of five in 303 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: the postseason former Super Bowl m v P H and 304 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 1: who has the corvette? By the way, it's in the 305 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: garage and house. My brother's staying right. Did you sign it? Like? 306 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: Are you preserving it? Are you just like man? You know, 307 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,599 Speaker 1: to the Bowl? But it is it's kind of like 308 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: a trophy. It has like you know, it has it 309 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: has Super Bowl m VP right next to the VN number. 310 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: You know, there's something kind of cool about that. I mean, 311 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: your kids, this is really important. They look like idiots 312 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: driving that thing around. I don't think so. Maybe maybe 313 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: my daughter, I don't know. Um No, listen, I wouldn't 314 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: be doing this if I didn't still feel like I 315 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: can play the game. Um. I still feel like I 316 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: can play and play at a high level. And that's 317 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: ultimately what motivates me. Um. There's some different things in there, 318 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: you know, Um, but it's it's ultimately about me believing 319 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: that I can still playing and owing it to myself 320 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: to go play and now, you know, obviously there's a 321 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: level of proving it to other people and feeling like, 322 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: you know, why haven't I gotten a chance to go 323 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: do it? And you know, but like and and then 324 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: I had an injury where I you know, got surgery 325 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: on my neck a few years ago, and like that 326 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: kind of gave a little bit of glimpse of man, 327 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: am I gonna play again? I'm not gonna be able 328 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: to play again if somebody gonna sign me. And it 329 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: like that wasn't a good feeling, you know, So that 330 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: gives you that extra like oh yeah, Like it kind 331 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: of gives that little extra reminder like oh man, like yeah, 332 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: I still love this game, Like you know, let's go 333 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: out there and get going. Um yeah, and listen, like 334 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: it's it's it's not the most fun in the world 335 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: when you know you're you're you're sitting there and you're 336 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: the backup and you feel like you can contribute, but 337 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: it's not. It's not your role, you know. So like 338 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: I've come to the realization of that to a certain extent, 339 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: and I'm willing to do that. And that's why I'm 340 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: excited to That's why I'm excited, you know, to possibly 341 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: have the opportunity here to just put my team in 342 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: you know, put our team in a good position. You know, 343 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: early in the season, you're not playing against Lamar Jackson. 344 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you guys will have different uniforms on 345 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: and only have the former uniform mine that used to wear. 346 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: But with that being said, what did you see from 347 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: him early on? It could you have predicted what was 348 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: to come for him? I don't know if anybody can 349 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: predict you know, the extent of it. Obviously you can see, 350 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: you know a lot of what he's good at. You 351 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: can see pretty early on, you know what I mean, Like, uh, 352 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: he jumps off the field. You know, he jumps off 353 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: the film and in person in terms of how good 354 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: of an athlete he is and and all those things. So, um, 355 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: you don't always know where that's gonna go and stuff 356 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: like that. I mean, you've seen plenty of players that 357 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: you feel like ken play and they don't end up 358 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: being a you know, they don't end up working out 359 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: for whatever reason. But like I said, a lot of 360 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: the things that he does well and that you see 361 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: him do, it's it's not like you can hide a 362 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: lot of that stuff, So how do you simulate that 363 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: in practice? Again, you don't have to worry about it, 364 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: but you can't know. Yeah, I mean, you just gotta 365 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: make sure you're playing defense the way you know, sound 366 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: good defense and playing as a team. And you know, 367 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: obviously guys are gonna make their place here and there 368 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: and and and do what they have to do. But 369 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: you know, you just have to make sure everybody understands 370 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: what the goal is and that they're out there to 371 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: play good team defense and and and do the right 372 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: thing each play. Because I got because I gotta, I gotta, 373 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: I gotta go there, right because all my radio show, 374 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: all week radio show, no shameless plug. But you know, 375 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: like you were the last raven to bet on itself 376 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: and Lamar Jackson finds itself and that's in that similar position, right, 377 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: like you bet on yourself. And I've negotiated with Ozzy, 378 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: like and you've negotiated with OZI or Eric Decas, so 379 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: we know what that's about. But it seems like he's 380 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: betting on himself and maybe he's trying to harness his 381 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: inner Joe Flacco to be able to bet on itself 382 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: on a contract year and win the Super Bowl and 383 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: possibly m v P. Now do you think you guys 384 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: are gonna have a little moment when you pull him 385 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: to the side, like I feel you good luck on 386 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: that or or you guys are gonna bring it up? 387 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: He might yeah, who knows? Who knows? How Listen, man, 388 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: we're talking like two and a half times that these days. 389 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: That's why you should play as long as you can. 390 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: I said that, you know obviously that it's crazy. I'm 391 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: sure that will not come up, to be honest with you, 392 00:17:57,480 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: I mean, Lamar was Lamar is a good kid, and 393 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure I'll be worried about just playing the football game. 394 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: But who knows, some some guy decide might bring it 395 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: up randomly. You never know. Part might be out there 396 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: in the fifth yard you know is gonna mag that. 397 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: But how how crazy is it? Right? So? I feel like, 398 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,479 Speaker 1: you know, the quarterback position has become embolded. We all 399 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: bost call it the n B the lebronalization of football, 400 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: where like, you guys understand your value, you're worth. You 401 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: guys are basically the CEO of the organization. You guys 402 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: are the brand to face and you know you talk 403 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: about the guaranteed money. Now, it's crazy you talk about 404 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, hundred eighty and nine million dollars to to 405 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: um um Kyler Murray. He hasn't even won a playoff 406 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: game yet, Like, did you ever think that I knew, 407 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: you knew that it was going to go on a 408 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: on on a great trajectory, But did you expect it 409 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: to ever be at this point? Are all your kids 410 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: gonna play quarterback? Hey, listen, I don't know if my 411 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: kids you know, who knows how many positions my kids 412 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: can play the sides, quarterback? Um, so they may be. 413 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: There's lucky in that sense. Um, it's crazy. I mean, 414 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: by the time my kids, my oldest kids ten than eight, 415 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: almost nine, I mean I talk I was telling how 416 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: we're joking about this in the locker the other day. 417 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: By the time he's in college, he might make million 418 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: dollars in college, and then he might sign a billion 419 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: dollar contract if he can make it through his first 420 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: four or five years in the NFL and p halfway 421 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: decent he signed a billion dollar contract. Because it's like, 422 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: it's it's it's crazy. It's crazy. Um, you know, and 423 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: obviously you know it's all good, you know, and the 424 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,479 Speaker 1: league's doing so well that it is what it is. 425 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: I remember back in a day like when, um, I 426 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: think I was going into my fourth year and we 427 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: were talking about how you know, it was the first 428 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: it was the first c B A like negotiation I've 429 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: been through. And back then the topic was you know, 430 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: why are rookies getting paid so much and shooing all 431 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: the other veterans to be getting paid. And I remember 432 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: trying to tell guys like, now, listen, we've done so 433 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: well that everybody is getting paid these days because the 434 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: league has done so well. But I mean, listen, if 435 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: you're one or two, three pick and you're going to 436 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: the worst team in the league, I mean, I think 437 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: there's a big argument for the fact that you deserve 438 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: that eighty million. You know you're gonna go get punished 439 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: in your career might be over because you went to 440 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: the worst team. Um. And also I think a lot 441 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: of the veterans thought like, oh, man, like if they 442 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: don't get the eighty million, we're just gonna get it. 443 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: And I tried to guy's the quarterback is gonna get it. 444 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: The quarterback and maybe the corner left tackle, like those 445 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: are the guys are gonna get the money, You're gonna 446 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: get the same thing, you know, And that's kind of 447 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: the way it's gone. But we have done so well 448 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: as a league that really everybody, everybody has multiplied so much, 449 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: so it's all good, all good. Who is the first 450 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: person to give you the Joe cool Moniker? I don't know. 451 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't really know if I actually 452 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: was like called at all before. Maybe somebody kind of 453 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: called set it on air at something. You know, I'm 454 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: not not in person, and you know I had a 455 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: different nick name for him. We can't know, we can't 456 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: say it. He threw an outright and I stopped calling it, 457 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: all right, won't go with it. That generational gap. You 458 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: often laugh about that a little bit, but you got 459 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: five kids and all this is ten, so they keep 460 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: you youngly, got hard too, Yeah, Hey, I I joke 461 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: like Sauce is a lot closer to my oldest son 462 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: that it's fenty is me. You know, every generation I 463 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: think looked at the generation ten fifteen years younger than 464 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: m says man, what are these kids dealing? You know, 465 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: Like I was looked at it some way at some 466 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: point like that. So I have to remind myself that 467 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, it's the same thing, it is different, Like 468 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: guys are different these days. When they were in year old, 469 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: it's different. You saw the evolution of a locker room. 470 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: Like how is the player different from when I was 471 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: in Baltimore. I don't know if I didn't notice it 472 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: as much because there was enough guys that I was 473 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: there with a long time, and like the situation was 474 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: just so consistent in so many ways that I didn't 475 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: notice it that much. But it wasn't until I left 476 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: there that I realized, oh, man, like it's changing, Like 477 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: things are different a lot of the guy. Like when 478 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 1: I came into the NFL, like all the hit of 479 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: the helmet and all the different rules started coming in, 480 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: um training camp rules, how much you can be on 481 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: the field, all those different things. They've kind of been 482 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: in the league the whole time I've been in the 483 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: league fifteen years. They've always been making an effort to 484 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: do those things. But you know, I grew up playing 485 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: high school and college and stuff like that, and even 486 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: a little bit of the NFL with just starting on 487 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: those things. Um, so I've been through it a little bit. 488 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: These guys today have never even seen football or heard 489 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: of football, like where the quarterback can't get hit in 490 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: the head, you can have two days or any they've 491 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: never been through it, never like we had going to 492 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: say when we were in Baltimore in my first year, 493 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: like I didn't know any better either, like I was 494 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: a rookie, Like I just did it. You just do it. 495 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: Like we were having two and a half three hour 496 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: practices twice a day, you know, and and guys that 497 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: are thirty years older than mayor laughing at me, but 498 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: like they were legit practices. And then and then when 499 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: we went into the c b A that in like 500 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: two thousand and eleven, after that first cb A that 501 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: I was a part of, you could do four hours 502 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: on the field. Three hours was the max that you 503 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: could do at one time. So a horn blew and 504 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: we went on the field, and then a horn blew 505 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: three hours later and we came off the field. Guys 506 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: were dying. Those were almost harder than like the first 507 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: couple of training cancer because they they worked us for 508 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: straight three straight hours. And in Baltimore, like John wasn't 509 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: given us any stretch time or anything like it was 510 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: a full three hour practice, like special teams was the 511 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: very big like yes, you were stretching the locker room. 512 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: So you know, it's just it's just different and like 513 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: and believe and like I tell guys like we we 514 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: we bitched and complained about it back then, Like it 515 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: wasn't like we just did it and we're tough about it. 516 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: Like no, we complained about it. But like now nowadays, 517 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: we're doing forty five play practices and guys are like, man, 518 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: you know, it's like we had a ten plays scripted, 519 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: not forty five. You know. So it's just and like 520 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: I said, I gotta remind myself, like we've all every generation. 521 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: These guys, if they last fifteen years, they're gonna be 522 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: saying the same thing in fifteen years about the guys 523 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: that come into the league. So it just is what 524 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: it is. Well, we enjoyed our visit. We know you 525 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 1: gotta roll. Um Ba did say the other day that 526 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: you'll always be a raven. But with that being said, 527 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: that's yeah, but you'll be leading the Jets Sunday. Good 528 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: luck to you. I appreciate great stuff. They're from Joe Flacco. 529 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: That is the way we start the regular season. A 530 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: former teammate Man House, Absolutely, I mean you couldn't you 531 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: talk about the storylines that couldn't be better, right, Joe Flacco, 532 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: you know, going to the team that decided to move 533 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: on the team that he had so much success, And 534 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: I've sat in the same seat that he said sat in, 535 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: and he wants to do well. You know. You know 536 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 1: he didn't get Joe cool for a reason. You know, 537 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: he's always been cool under pressure. He understands to grab 538 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: me at the moment. But I think he's going to 539 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: face something that he's never faced before. Because he may 540 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: not think that it's going to be emotional, but it 541 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,400 Speaker 1: is going to be emotional. He doesn't have to have 542 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: Ray Lewis on the sideliner and read. Once he sees 543 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: hard hardball, he's gonna get all those feelings and he's 544 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: gonna see Lamar and those competitive juices that are going 545 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: to get going. And you know, I just can't wait 546 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: to see how he reacts. You never know, um, but 547 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: this is a unique matchup. You know, you got a 548 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: team that comes in with the exotic defense. We really 549 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know what this Raven team is going to be 550 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: all about because they don't have Wink Martindale there anymore. 551 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: They're going to be a more conservative defense or are 552 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: they going to be you know, as they've been in 553 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: the past and aggressive attacking you know, uh defense that's 554 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: going to create opportunities down the field. Remember, they're trying 555 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: to implement a rookie into a defense that you know 556 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: can be Hampton. That can be very difficult to to 557 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: kind of pick up and early on communication. That's why 558 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: I would look, you know, I would like to see 559 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: La Fleur come with a lot of ships and motions 560 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: to force that young kid to have to be able 561 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: to communicate and when you have the opportunity to make 562 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: make some big plays on the field, I think there's 563 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 1: going to be a tight game. Um, the Ravens are 564 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: gonna try and post their will with the running game, 565 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: and that's a tough that's a tough task for any 566 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: defense coming in have to learn those principles. With Lamar Jackson, 567 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: the threat of keeping the football, he has ability to 568 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: really change your angles. So it's gonna be dynamic to 569 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: see who has a better game play. Because remember, no 570 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: matter what we saw in this preseason, everything has led 571 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: up to this first game getting up to a good start. 572 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: So all these plays that you put on film that 573 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: you really put onto your opponent and see him. Everything 574 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 1: is to this point has been to to really um 575 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: prepare for the raven game offensively. Where can the Jets 576 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: take advantage of the Ravens speaks? When you look at 577 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens, at least on paper, they say they've got 578 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: really good cornerbacks. Right, you're managing the rookie safety. I'm 579 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,920 Speaker 1: looking into the Jets running backs and tight ends. Maybe 580 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: they can do damage in this game. Well absolutely, you 581 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: talk about up the scenes. So Hamilton's um is a 582 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: range e tall guy, but not a speedster. If you 583 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: can take advantage of him, I have been bad eyes 584 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: and you have to do that. To do that, and 585 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: I know we say this every year, you have to 586 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: establish the run. You establish a run, you get this 587 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: guy creeping and peeking and maybe he sees something that 588 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: he's not supposed to see. And also on the outside, 589 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: I don't even know if Marcus Peters is healthy for 590 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: this game. You're coming off the A C. L surgery. 591 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: But you have Marcus Peters who has always been, you know, 592 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,120 Speaker 1: a feast of famine type of cornerback. You know, he's 593 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: a guy that's gonna believe in his eyes and sometimes 594 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: that gets him in trouble. So if if I ever 595 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: see those two to the same side, that's I'm going 596 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: there because that's that's that's a recipe that's trying, you know, 597 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: get bad communication with a young rookie, you know, and 598 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: and bunch routes. Right when you have a rookie and 599 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: you have to talk about you, if you identify man coverage, 600 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: you can get him in where he has to communicate. 601 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: And all the time they don't use their words, you know, 602 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: And it should be a loud environment, a hostile environment, 603 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 1: you know, chearing excitement and sometimes you just don't hear 604 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: the correction when you have a shift of motion and 605 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: bunch packages and that's where you take advantage of. It's 606 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: gonna be explosive places, but I think it's gonna be 607 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: tough sledding on both sides. The Ravens don't have tremendous 608 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: pass rushing. They got more um you know, Houston, just 609 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: in Houston. And on the other side, Old Way who 610 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: had a great season for rookie, but it wasn't one 611 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: of the best seasons. It wasn't a ten sex season. 612 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: He gets a lot of pressure, but he's still green 613 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: as far as being able to go against a veteran 614 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: you know, you know, like like Brown, you know, you 615 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: get him to that side, maybe you can take advantage 616 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 1: of them. Because that's what I want to ask you 617 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: real quick about the Jets offensive line, any concerns there, 618 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: because I thought that really fortunate to get a guy 619 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: like Dwayne Brown after McKay back then goes down, and 620 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: I think he's a very good player. With that being said, 621 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: this offensive line hasn't played together that much. We saw 622 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: him a couple of snaps against the New York Giants. 623 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: But across the board, if you go left and right, 624 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: you say, the players are definitely there. What's the challenge 625 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: communication wise? Now they're gonna be ramping up and playing 626 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: sixty sixty plays this game or seventy. Well, you also 627 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: look at Breece Hall, right, because if he's in it, 628 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: is he's going to be built into that or Michael 629 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: Carter going to be built into that that that past 630 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: protection and you know, are they on the same level. 631 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: Are they seeing the same thing, Because at the end 632 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: of day, the running back has to make somebody right. 633 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: And what gives you, what gives you peace, is the 634 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: fact that you understand that they have two veteran guards, 635 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: and you know, you don't want instant interior pressure. And 636 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: you know, you understand that guys like Dwayne, even though 637 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: you know he's on the outside, he understands that I 638 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: got the whitest guy. I'm responsible for the whitest guy 639 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: unless we're full sliding and we're gonna try and let 640 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: the running back it. So you you have to keep 641 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: your packages really tight. We don't know what type of 642 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: Ravens defense we're gonna see. I just don't know. Like 643 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: Wink Martindale, you know, as a coordinator, Blitz more than 644 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: any of the Ravens, Blitz percentage were hired than anybody. 645 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: But this is a different outfit and they don't have 646 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: the same personnel that they have before. You know, can 647 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: you take advantage of Patrick Queen? Can you take advantage 648 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: of whoever's not Patrick Queen on the second level as 649 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: far as getting them into the communication routes things of 650 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: that source, you know, But it's going to be imperative 651 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: that they're able to consistently flip the field No. Three 652 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: and outs, move the ball and try and win the 653 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: field position battle, because the first team that has a 654 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: mistake is gonna put their team in a in a 655 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: bad position, and that could be the difference in the game. 656 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: Lamar is gonna get his yards, we know that, But 657 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: what's the key in terms of containing him making sure 658 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't go off and have one of those all 659 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: star like performances that we've seen oftentimes from him. He's 660 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: such a tough guy to prepare for, you know, and 661 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: then he you can't compare him to anybody in fight. 662 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: Maybe Kyler Murray is the only camp that you can say, okay, 663 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: a guy that can kind of give you fits. He's 664 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: faster than you know, fast and quick, but he's still 665 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: not Lamar Jackson. But that's a close thing. You have 666 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: to you have to try and make him beat you 667 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: with his arm. You know, you can't allow him to 668 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: beat you with his legs. You know, he's able. He's 669 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: one of these rare athletes or quarterbacks that can have 670 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: explosives with his legs and his arm. You know he 671 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: can just as as as easily you'll turn a run 672 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: to a yard run in a blink of an eye, 673 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: especially if you dare to play man and man coverage. 674 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: Because now you play man and man coverage, everybody backs 675 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: her turn, he breaks contained. That's why you're gonna have 676 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: to be disciplined. You want to try and flush him 677 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: to his left to force him that if he does 678 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: flush to his left, if the pressure, if you're going 679 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 1: to give up an edge, you give it to your 680 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: left because he's gonna run because anything else would be 681 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: thrown across his body. And that and that's you know, 682 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: quarterbacks aren't accurate. But last year everyone, for the first time, 683 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: he really, you know, struggled. He had some games where 684 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: he had three or four interceptions. So you want to 685 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: try and understand that, Hey, his target is Mark Andrews. 686 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: You take that away and you and if the other 687 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: guys beat you, do you spyre him? And also you 688 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: mentioned Andrews. He was targeted something like a hundred and 689 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: thirty times last year, something ridiculous. What do you do 690 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: from a coverage perspective, Well, you have to bracken him. 691 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: You have you have to bracken him, and you have 692 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: to lean on on your safeties as far as and 693 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: and maybe sometimes you know you're getting getting the piece ofthing. 694 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: But they'll do a good job. They'll move them around, 695 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: they won't have them predictable positions, and you have to 696 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: do a good job to understand that eventually that ball 697 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: is going to him. So if you gotta you know, 698 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: death by thousand paper cuts, you you say, Okay, I 699 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: want to see if you can triculate the ball down 700 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: the field. See if you can you know, dink and 701 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: dunk and stay patient without getting the whole im penalty 702 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: with all these exotic runs that you do, without getting 703 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: an illegal procedure, a false start. Let's see if you 704 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: can go down the field no explosives, because you know, 705 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: if he if Mark Andrews is making a catch, it's 706 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: usually on the hashes or the numbers, and you know 707 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: that's that's Lamar Jackson's safety valve. What's the jet ceiling 708 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: this year? Yeah, we just talked to Flacco about it 709 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,479 Speaker 1: before since that, Hey, we do have a lot of talent, 710 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: but there is a lot of unknown as we approach 711 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: the season. And that's the beauty of when you don't 712 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: know that you shouldn't have a fear of anybody. You know, 713 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: if you play at your game and and you know, 714 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: you have a lot of young guys that are you know, 715 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 1: coming from college, that have a lot of provido, a 716 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: lot of swag, right, you know, you look at Gary Wilson. 717 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: He came from a winning program, and you know he's 718 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: gonna think that he can, you know, do the same 719 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: thing and not missing stuff because it has been guys 720 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: who have come in rather Jamar Chase, rather justin Jefferson, 721 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: that have come into this league and that kind of 722 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: hit it, hit it, you know, full strike, you know, 723 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: and so he should have the same um goals that 724 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: he can be one of those guys and not be 725 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 1: one of these receivers that struggle because receivers come in 726 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: the league now and they're able to have productivity. Look 727 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: at look at the Loja more. You can have productivity 728 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: because the game in college now emulates the game in 729 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: the pros, not vice versa. You know what I mean. 730 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: It's not used to be that college used to influence 731 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: the pros. Now is that that the pros and the 732 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: guys that come from college because they throw so much 733 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: in college, the passing game is ahead of even a 734 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: running game. And understanding you know, zone concepts and reading 735 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: the three technique, the five technique and when to bounced 736 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: the ball, when to cut it back. I think they 737 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: have to really lean on on that. And also the 738 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: fact that you know, Breece Hall should have a lot 739 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: of confidence. He's a first round draft pick. He's my 740 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: dark horse for Rookie of the Year. Joe Douglas said, 741 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: we gotta be playing meaningful football in December. We expect 742 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: to be playing meaningful football in December. Now connect that 743 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: with Robert Sala Sala saying we gotta really could a 744 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: cool group, but it's gonna be teams is interesting to 745 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: see who's gonna grab the bull by the horns in 746 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Who are our dudes gonna be because 747 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,359 Speaker 1: on paper and what we've seen on the practice field 748 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: that Jets have a lot of explosive talent, But who 749 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: are the guys gonna stop up and crunch time? I mean, 750 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: you have to lead on your leader leaders first, right, 751 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: and then you hope that the young guys get the 752 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,239 Speaker 1: experience on the beginning year and you watch you know, 753 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: the pros, pros walking around about how to prepare and 754 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: how to take advantage, right, because teams in the in 755 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 1: the league are gonna say things for certain game plans, 756 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,919 Speaker 1: game team specific, but also situation specific, you know, So 757 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: how do you try and educate these young guys that 758 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of talent, but teach them the nuance 759 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: of the game, right, you know, how do you build 760 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: up their football acumen? Like, how do you tell them, okay, 761 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: expect this in third down you have to get to 762 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: the sticks. You can't come short. You have to get 763 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: past the sticks and come back. It's all the small 764 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: things that that add up to winning and losing, because 765 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 1: most games in the league are lost, not one, right, 766 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: So let's not beat ourselves else, Let's not have untimely 767 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: penalties because we're undisciplined, and let's take advantage of the 768 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: opportunities we get when the other team, you know, makes 769 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: their mistakes and jump off sides taking shots. Being on 770 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: the same page, one thing we know about Joe Flacco 771 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: his arm is always live and he can push the 772 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 1: ball down the field, so you know, make plays for 773 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: your quarterback. But also defensively, you should take it personal 774 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: to the fact that you would consider one of the 775 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: worst defenses in the league. Now, everybody's healthy, you know, 776 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: you have you have you know, Karl Lawson, you have, 777 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: you know, a healthy quinnin Williams, Franklin Myers moving back 778 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: to his more natural position. But now we need guys 779 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,120 Speaker 1: like Johnson to step up, right, But we have to 780 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: educate him because it's gonna be certain things he's gonna 781 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 1: struggle with. You know, let him know, Hey, we don't 782 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: let anything, especially this week you get in. We do 783 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: not lose contain on Lamar Jackson. That is the job. 784 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: Everybody does your job so we all can succeed. How 785 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: charged up is that environment going to be? One of 786 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:58,879 Speaker 1: my favorite moments working here was the nine eleven game 787 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: against the Dallas almost ten years after September eleventh, of course, 788 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: and now Sunday Jets Ravens twenty one years after nine eleven. Um, 789 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: it's gonna be emotional. It's gonna be emotionally. Everybody can 790 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: kind of remember where they were when nine eleven happened. 791 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: We understood that it was sports that brought this time 792 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,319 Speaker 1: back together, right, that that that gave them piece a 793 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,400 Speaker 1: sense of normalcy, you know what I mean. So like 794 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,720 Speaker 1: now you talk about celebrating it once again coming around, 795 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: I think the fans will be emotional, passionate, and I 796 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 1: think just the fact that it's the start of the 797 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: football season, it's going to app it up to a 798 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 1: to a level that's going to be ridiculous, you know. 799 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: But you know, when you look at it as far 800 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: as being a player, you have to keep your emotions 801 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: and attack understanding and they can be emotional. You have 802 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: to be you have to be professional. You have to 803 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: understand that you can tire yourself out and warm ups. 804 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: You know, for the first time first game, what happens 805 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 1: is you you aren't prepared to go a full game 806 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,800 Speaker 1: yet because you haven't taken yourself there. You haven't played 807 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,240 Speaker 1: eighty snaps as fast as you and go with special teams, 808 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: you know, and a lot of these guys are finding 809 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 1: out this week once the cuts happen. Now you are 810 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: the look team. Now is nobody that looks say okay, 811 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 1: can you go? I'm a little tired. You have to 812 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: build that cardio up. So that's why you want to 813 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: make sure that you're able to be disciplined because those 814 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: little things happen. You worry about special team mishaps, and 815 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: you worry about, like you know, receivers and defenders. Receivers 816 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: not running the right routes leads to interceptions, and also 817 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: the communication on the back end. If you can get 818 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: guys mixed up with crossing routes and things of that sort, 819 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,760 Speaker 1: we're off to a great start. Um, we go back 820 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,799 Speaker 1: to two thousand nine at Soony Courtland when Yeah man, 821 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: I tracked you down. I begged you let's do some 822 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,840 Speaker 1: Jets radio and he said, I don't know if I 823 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 1: want to do any of that. I don't know if 824 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,479 Speaker 1: I want to do with any of that. Now look 825 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: at you, it's like it's like SpongeBob. Thirteen years later, 826 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,560 Speaker 1: the band is back together and hopefully y'all like to 827 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: like this great review. Subscribe will also be on YouTube 828 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 1: throughout the sea. Subscribe. I won't get no cheese on 829 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: my taco. No, yeah, make sure you get your cheese 830 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,400 Speaker 1: this year. There's not about that. And we'll see you 831 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: all next week