WEBVTT - A Conversation with Jets QB Joe Flacco (9/7) 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:07.920 Welcome to the official podcast, Eric Allen and my new 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:11.400 teammate Bart Scott here in studio to start the year. 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.440 We are joined by a former teammate of the Mad Backers, 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:19.439 that is Joe Flacco. You guys played one season together 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:21.680 way back in two thousands. Great season though. It was 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:26.040 a great season though. Vance today f C Championship game, right, absolutely, 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:27.240 I mean it was. It was a fun story. You 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.639 want to tell a story about how you got the 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:29.960 start and get when you knew you were gonna be 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:34.000 the starting quarterback on the play. When did I find 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.360 out on a plane? I don't remember exactly when I 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:38.560 found out that I was gonna be starting for sure, 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.960 you know, I I remember, Um, I think it was 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.519 the week of we were playing St. Louis in the 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:48.879 preseason and Kyle Bowler like tour something in the shoulder, 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.080 like that week of practice. I wasn't supposed to play 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:53.559 at all. In the third preseason game. That was like, 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:55.880 you know, Kyle and True we're kind of going at it. 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:00.240 So Kyle goes down and then Truy comes up. Troy 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:05.440 Smith gets um, you know, he he gets really sick, 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:07.560 and we weren't sure how series was at the time, 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.160 and um, even the night before the game, it was like, 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:12.640 we don't know what's going on with Troy. He might 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.000 be he might come in and play, you know whatever. 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:16.880 And I think it was like ten o'clock the morning 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:18.800 of the game that they told me like, all right, Joe, 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.440 like you're the only quarterback we have. You're playing the 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.760 whole game. And I remember going all time room like 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.199 and just you know, you're a rookie. And I remember thinking, 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.200 oh my gosh, here we go, and like just going 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:31.920 through my stuff, making sure I'm on top of it 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:34.200 and all that stuff. And you go out there. And 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:35.800 I played the whole game against the Rams and the 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.840 third preseason game and did a good job, you know, 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.360 for the most part. Um. And then we had the 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.600 Falcons the next week, uh, in the fourth preseason game, 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.280 and they flew Casey Bramlett, who played in Miami with 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.600 Cam Cameron. They flew him in overnight. I think he 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.280 landed sometime like overnight the day of the game. And 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.760 I played three series I believe, in the Atlanta Falcons 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:57.640 the fourth preseason game and then he played the rest 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:59.120 of the game on like a couple of hours of 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.919 being in Baltimore and then we went right into Cincinnati 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.920 and that was it. Does it feel like yesterday, though, 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.600 because now as you're approaching a game week one of 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:12.720 the two thousand twenty two season, you're laughing oftentimes here 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.720 at Once that Strive where the guys are saying, hey, Flackle, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.240 you you're the old guy at thirty seven. Hey it 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:21.400 I mean when I when I think back at that 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.360 right there, I mean, I can I can kind of 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:25.600 put myself right back in that hotel room and in 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:27.920 those situations. So, yeah, it feels like yesterday. I got 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.639 plenty of stories to tell about Bart that you can't 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:33.440 necessarily tell on on any kind of media, even podcasts. 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.440 But no, it feels like yesterday. And I don't view 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.760 myself as being you know, this is my fifteenth year. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:40.840 I don't view myself as that. You know. I remember 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:42.919 when I was playing with Bart, and like ray Lewis 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.600 was on the team, and I do remember how I 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.320 looked at him and like and these guys when I 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.120 was younger, you know, you grew up watching them play. 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:55.160 And but I don't necessarily think of that when I like, 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:57.520 you know, not to like talk about ray Lewis and myself, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.320 you know, but like I don't view myself off as 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.200 being in the league fifteen years. I just view myself 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:04.760 as a player. You know, this is my fifth year, 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.679 I'm seven years old, whatever it. Maybe that's how I 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.120 view myself. And then every now and then you can 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:10.880 kind of view you can kind of see that these 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:12.600 young guys are looking at you a little bit different, 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:14.480 like they're looking at you a little strange, like, man, 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.360 how long have you been around? You know? And that 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:19.000 kind of puts that kind of wakes me up a 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:20.840 little bit and reminds me of how long I've been 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:22.280 doing it. So you got a little salt and pepper 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.320 a little bit on. But now life kind of comes 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:30.320 full circle. As we can call this the Flacco Bowl, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.480 or we can call it this to C. J. Moseley Bowl, 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.800 but you know, kind of going full circle all the 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.360 way back to where it all began, going against a 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:41.480 familiar opponent organization that you know, well, like, how are 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:45.240 you preparing for that emotionally and physically? Um, you know 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.320 for a week one in a in a tough environment. Yeah, 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.360 I think it's I think it's ultimately going to be 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.480 tough to completely prepare for it. Because I've never been 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.000 through it personally. Um, I mean you've you've played I 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.200 think you played us that next year, you know nine 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.320 right up here, open up here, like we almost got 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:07.240 we almost got a pregame. Um. I've seen some people 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.800 go through it. I've definitely seen uh, some people play 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.640 some old teams that were significant players on the teams 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.200 that they came from. And as much as they tried 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.960 to keep it in check and and do all that, 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.919 you know, that's all good to say and talk about 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.400 until all of a sudden, the lights turn on it's 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.720 game time, and you know, your emotions get the best 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:32.040 of you, and um, you know, so, like I said, uh, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.440 it's honestly this that's what's great about football. It's a 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.520 team sport. It's about the team. You just gotta play 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.280 your role. So I'm gonna make sure that I try 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.599 to do that as much as possible. But you know, 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:43.359 like I said, I've been through it enough times to 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.320 see how emotional it can be. So I think I'd 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.000 be a little bit naive to think that there's going 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.680 to be zero of that. You know, when Zack Wilson 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:56.040 goes down in Philadelphia, what do you think automatically, and 0:04:56.080 --> 0:05:00.440 then after some time goes by, when does it start 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.760 comedy the realization that it is going to be week 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.920 one it is the Ravens. Yeah, well, I think you 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.200 initially just you know, you you you put yourself in 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:12.960 that situation, and you feel for the player and you 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.000 hope that he's actually, you know, ultimately okay. Um, so 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.800 obviously like the depending on what you were thinking in 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:22.560 that moment um, it's probably the best possible outcome for him, 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:27.440 you know. Um, But immediately your mind after that kind 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.680 of goes to okay, like does this mean I'm gonna 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.240 play right away? Here? You know, I got you know, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:36.480 I'm ready, but like let's go here we go? Um 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.840 So yeah, I mean I've been in enough situations now 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.480 in this role to kind of be able to know 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.840 that I'm gonna prepare and have been thrown in there 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:45.640 right away, like in the middle of a game. So 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.400 it's all a little bit different. And you know, there's 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.640 obviously you see, oh man, we're playing Baltimore this year. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:54.680 That's going to be interesting. Even if I was going 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:59.440 to be on the sideline, Um, I didn't necessarily I 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.040 was like, okay, we're playing them in New York. That'll 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.359 be cool. You know. I think now that I'm playing 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.440 there would be something extra cool about playing in Baltimore. 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.120 But either way, like I said, like all the things 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.400 that we just talked about, Um, you know, listen, it's 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.800 a completely new team for the most part. There's you know, 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:18.880 there's a handful of players obviously. I mean, the last 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:20.640 year I was there was eighteen. It wasn't that long ago, 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:22.720 so there are some players that were still there. But 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.000 if you're talking about the bulk of my career and 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.479 the guys that I actually played with, in terms of that, 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.520 it's a completely new football team. It's just the same organization. 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:32.760 So you know, sometimes we make too big of a 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.200 deal out of these things and stuff like that. You know, 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:39.400 guys switched teams all the time. You know, I think 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:41.640 I'm a quarterback, So obviously there's a little bit it's 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:45.240 a little bit different for whatever reason. Um, you know, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:48.600 and and coach Hardball still there, but a lot of 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.120 the coaching staffs, you know, probably pretty similar to how 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:52.800 I was an a team, but even that's a lot different, 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:54.839 you know what I mean. So you know, the great 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.920 thing about playing opponent is they think they know you. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.799 You know there they are meetings. Now okay, he doesn't 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:03.720 like to do this. He doesn't get off the spot. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.400 So you know that stuff. And like you know, when 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:08.839 you became the starter and we got got named the starter, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.920 you think about all the young guys that you have there. 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.960 Initially immediately you have to start getting that non verbal 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:18.000 communication with the young players. And now they're looking at 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.160 you because you're the savior, right you you have all 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.520 the answers. You know you're the o G. Now you 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.800 have all the answers. So how is that week, the 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.040 weeks of preparation and even the preseason, but with trying 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.960 to get that non verbal communications and you learning how 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.320 your receivers, where they like the ball at, what their 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.960 strengths are, the weaknesses, how it looks when they're coming 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:39.000 out of a break. I think it's an exciting opportunity. 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.400 Like when you have guys like that that are you know, 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:45.320 really good football players with a bunch of ability, but 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.440 they're young and they're gonna make mistakes. You know you 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:52.360 don't you don't necessarily like you're not okay with the mistakes, um, 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.280 but you better not be getting too out of control 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:59.280 emotionally when when the children prepared you for that, prepared 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.600 to sure and like. And I've found out that at 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.720 least with my kids, I'm not as patient as I 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.480 thought I was. UM. But in this, in this situation, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.000 I actually I do really look forward to it. I 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.640 I feel like I like this situation of being that guy. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:16.920 I hope that people look at me and say, Okay, 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.320 at least you know, Joe's in the huddle like we're good, 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:21.760 you know, like you know, and they can and and 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.480 that allows them to move on to the next play 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.560 and wipe the last one out because you know, ultimately 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.200 in in in a football game, there's gonna be things 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.360 like that that happened and you have to have something 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.640 to ground you and move you on. So I hope 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.240 that I can be that. UM. Obviously, there's times where 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:38.920 you're gonna have to push those guys and and and 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:40.839 get the and in order to get the best out 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:42.720 of them, because they're going to go be going through 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.240 things mentally that may slow them down because they're thinking 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:46.839 too much and you're gonna have to be able to 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.200 push them through those things. But I definitely look forward 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.040 to it. How is it all tied together when you're 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.400 playing against a team that throws some exotic pressure packages 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.760 at you. Everybody focuses on the offensive line, but you're 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.199 talking about young receivers, you're working with two. How much 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.880 do you have to emphasize precision against a team like Baltimore? 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.000 Oh yeah, it's always a team effort. Obviously the offensive 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:08.800 line when in terms of sacks and things like that, 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:12.880 but it is a team effort. And um, you know, listen, 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.320 we run an offense where you know, hopefully the receivers 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.000 don't have to do too much thinking about those things. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.480 They can just go play and and and and run 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:22.360 their routes, play their game and not have to worry 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:24.400 about that. So as long as they're in the right 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.320 places in the right timing, then it's up to me 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.440 to be able to identify those things and understand when 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:29.720 I have to get the ball out of my hands 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.640 and when I have a little bit of time to 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:35.200 maybe you know, go through my progression. Now, you know, 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.160 you you're you're with the floor like he's new to 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:39.880 to the to the game as well as far as 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.679 being an offensive coordinator, but you know, you're a veteran 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.560 and how much input have you had and kind of 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.640 maybe anticipating some of the dexotic blizz because we don't 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.640 really know because Wink Martin Neal is not there anymore, 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.679 so we don't know really what to expect. But how 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.000 much of the ownership have you been given to kind 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:57.000 of make adjustments and freedoms to kind of use your 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.640 you know, your football acumen to make adjustments on the flood. 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.480 I think most of it comes down to, like, hey, 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:02.760 do we think we could do this or do we 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.280 think we should just not worry about doing this and 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.040 just stick with this? And you know, it's those back 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:09.800 and forth what what we think we can get away 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:11.160 with and maybe what we don't think we can get 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.120 away with. I know, Mike's a young guy, and you 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.160 know he's he's only called offensive for you know, he's 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.440 only called plays for a year. Um. You know, these 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.040 guys come from a good background and at the end 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.360 of the day, UM, it's about trust either way. UM. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:26.640 So he is the coordinator on the quarterback, you know, 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.319 and I do want to have a little bit of input, 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:31.440 you know, in terms of you know, certain little things 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.280 here and there. But at the same time, you know, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:34.920 I want to be able to rely on him to 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.319 do his thing and put us in good situations because 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.320 that's what he's there to do, and you know, we 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.040 as players are there to execute it. And I'm no 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.400 different in that. How far has this roster come? You've 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.360 played here in two thousand, twenty and twenty one, and 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.839 now we talk about the transformation that we've seen over 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.400 the last eight team months. Just watching on the practice field, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:59.240 you see the speed, you see explosive ability. You think about, hey, listen, 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.839 we don't have to rely on twelve play drives to 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.199 get down the field. We got some home run hitters. 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.840 And then also the depth on this roster. Yeah, no, 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.480 it's exciting. Uh, you know, we I've talked about it 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.400 a lot. It's It's obviously a topic of conversation with people. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.000 I feel like we're at the point where we can 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.960 where we sense that, you know, we sense like, hey, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.679 like we're pretty good, I think, right, you know, like 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:24.360 you know, and the young guys, like a lot of 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.280 them don't know any better. They're good. They feel like 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.480 they're good, you know. They so they haven't necessarily experienced 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.079 the last couple of years of not winning a lot 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.040 of games, so they feel good. Um, but I think 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.440 we definitely have a lot of momentum behind us right now, 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.359 but we still haven't done it on a Sunday consistently. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.959 So while while we're getting there, while that confidence is 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.559 kind of starting to take off a little bit, uh, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.880 we still turn the corner um, which is going out 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:49.760 there improving it on Sunday. So I think we're right 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.640 in that area there now that you know, I'm hoping 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.120 that we're dangerous because of it, you know, and I 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.880 hope that we realize sooner rather than later how good 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.000 we can be and then then you never know. I'm 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:01.760 and when once you get that little bit of boost 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.160 of confidence and guys are playing, you know, without thinking 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:06.599 about a lot, and they're just going out there and 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.280 playing football and they're being physical, you know, that's when 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.000 it really comes together, you know, because you can go 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.520 out there and you can be assignment, you sound, and 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:16.800 you can take care of the football. But if you're 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:18.600 just doing the right things and you're kind of like 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.600 just you know, you're, yeah, yeah, I did that right, 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.440 and I'm happy with that, then you you'll be okay. 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:26.719 You know, you won't make mistakes, will be okay. But 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.959 you know, I think we're getting right on the edge 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.280 of getting to the point where we know what we're doing. 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.840 We're confident about what we're doing. So now we can 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.680 actually play football. We can go get people, be physical, 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:41.760 play fast, you know, not settle for the fifteen yard completion. 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:43.839 We can catch the ball with our feet in the 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:45.760 ground and turn up field and break one. You know. 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.800 So I think we're getting close to that spot. But 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.360 leaves a powerful thing right when you came in as 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.400 a rookie, you know, expectations weren't that high for us 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:54.880 as a team, and we kind of snuck into the 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.280 playoffs and we caught fire. We came together as a team. 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.960 A lot of that was the off the field relationship 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.319 said we had as far as building bonds and things 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.920 like that. When you talk about, you know, this this 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:08.520 team and this roster and when you look back, does 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.440 Joe Flacco still have something that he wants to prove 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.640 to people? Are you just playing with house money? I 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.600 mean you're a Super Bowl m v P. I mean 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.080 people forget about you know, when you came in this league, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.439 how many playoff games you won every year? You guys 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.040 were a legitimate threat. Your record on the road in 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.480 the playoffs going up to New England taking care of business? Right, Um, 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.520 all the successes you've had, do you still have something 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.200 to prove and what gets you going and what continues 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.600 to motivate you? Because you could have called it a career. 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.640 It had been a beautiful career. Ten of five in 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.880 the postseason former Super Bowl m v P H and 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.439 who has the corvette? By the way, it's in the 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:48.960 garage and house. My brother's staying right. Did you sign it? Like? 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.920 Are you preserving it? Are you just like man? You know, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:55.599 to the Bowl? But it is it's kind of like 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:57.280 a trophy. It has like you know, it has it 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.000 has Super Bowl m VP right next to the VN number. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:01.920 You know, there's something kind of cool about that. I mean, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:08.520 your kids, this is really important. They look like idiots 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.920 driving that thing around. I don't think so. Maybe maybe 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:15.920 my daughter, I don't know. Um No, listen, I wouldn't 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.240 be doing this if I didn't still feel like I 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:19.760 can play the game. Um. I still feel like I 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.640 can play and play at a high level. And that's 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.280 ultimately what motivates me. Um. There's some different things in there, 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:31.800 you know, Um, but it's it's ultimately about me believing 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.360 that I can still playing and owing it to myself 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.000 to go play and now, you know, obviously there's a 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.640 level of proving it to other people and feeling like, 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.840 you know, why haven't I gotten a chance to go 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.000 do it? And you know, but like and and then 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.160 I had an injury where I you know, got surgery 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:47.640 on my neck a few years ago, and like that 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:49.280 kind of gave a little bit of glimpse of man, 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:50.880 am I gonna play again? I'm not gonna be able 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:52.800 to play again if somebody gonna sign me. And it 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:54.840 like that wasn't a good feeling, you know, So that 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:56.880 gives you that extra like oh yeah, Like it kind 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.160 of gives that little extra reminder like oh man, like yeah, 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:00.960 I still love this game, Like you know, let's go 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:05.320 out there and get going. Um yeah, and listen, like 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.160 it's it's it's not the most fun in the world 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.200 when you know you're you're you're sitting there and you're 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.920 the backup and you feel like you can contribute, but 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.880 it's not. It's not your role, you know. So like 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.280 I've come to the realization of that to a certain extent, 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.520 and I'm willing to do that. And that's why I'm 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:25.160 excited to That's why I'm excited, you know, to possibly 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.240 have the opportunity here to just put my team in 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.800 you know, put our team in a good position. You know, 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.880 early in the season, you're not playing against Lamar Jackson. 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:37.680 I mean, obviously you guys will have different uniforms on 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.600 and only have the former uniform mine that used to wear. 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:44.080 But with that being said, what did you see from 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.240 him early on? It could you have predicted what was 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.800 to come for him? I don't know if anybody can 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.800 predict you know, the extent of it. Obviously you can see, 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:56.720 you know a lot of what he's good at. You 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.760 can see pretty early on, you know what I mean, Like, uh, 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.040 he jumps off the field. You know, he jumps off 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.280 the film and in person in terms of how good 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.840 of an athlete he is and and all those things. So, um, 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.320 you don't always know where that's gonna go and stuff 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.440 like that. I mean, you've seen plenty of players that 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:14.560 you feel like ken play and they don't end up 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.040 being a you know, they don't end up working out 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.560 for whatever reason. But like I said, a lot of 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.320 the things that he does well and that you see 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.360 him do, it's it's not like you can hide a 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.520 lot of that stuff, So how do you simulate that 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:27.920 in practice? Again, you don't have to worry about it, 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:31.200 but you can't know. Yeah, I mean, you just gotta 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:33.840 make sure you're playing defense the way you know, sound 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.480 good defense and playing as a team. And you know, 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:38.440 obviously guys are gonna make their place here and there 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:40.600 and and and do what they have to do. But 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:42.880 you know, you just have to make sure everybody understands 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:44.800 what the goal is and that they're out there to 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.080 play good team defense and and and do the right 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.040 thing each play. Because I got because I gotta, I gotta, 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.600 I gotta go there, right because all my radio show, 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:59.720 all week radio show, no shameless plug. But you know, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.480 like you were the last raven to bet on itself 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:08.480 and Lamar Jackson finds itself and that's in that similar position, right, 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:12.440 like you bet on yourself. And I've negotiated with Ozzy, 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.359 like and you've negotiated with OZI or Eric Decas, so 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.800 we know what that's about. But it seems like he's 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.639 betting on himself and maybe he's trying to harness his 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:24.080 inner Joe Flacco to be able to bet on itself 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:28.600 on a contract year and win the Super Bowl and 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.520 possibly m v P. Now do you think you guys 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:33.000 are gonna have a little moment when you pull him 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.280 to the side, like I feel you good luck on 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.880 that or or you guys are gonna bring it up? 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:45.760 He might yeah, who knows? Who knows? How Listen, man, 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.919 we're talking like two and a half times that these days. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:50.840 That's why you should play as long as you can. 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.000 I said that, you know obviously that it's crazy. I'm 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.280 sure that will not come up, to be honest with you, 0:17:57.480 --> 0:17:59.400 I mean, Lamar was Lamar is a good kid, and 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.520 I'm sure I'll be worried about just playing the football game. 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.600 But who knows, some some guy decide might bring it 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.640 up randomly. You never know. Part might be out there 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.240 in the fifth yard you know is gonna mag that. 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:13.960 But how how crazy is it? Right? So? I feel like, 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.479 you know, the quarterback position has become embolded. We all 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.560 bost call it the n B the lebronalization of football, 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.119 where like, you guys understand your value, you're worth. You 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.960