WEBVTT - Gus Edwards, Melvin Gordon III, Justice Hill, John Harbaugh, Willie Taggart: Training Camp 8/8 Press Conferences 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:04.920 Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:08.360 It is Tuesday, August eighth, and the Ravens continue their 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:11.239 training camp practice today. After practice, we got to hear 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:15.320 from the running backs. Running back Gus Edwards, Melvin Gordon, 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:18.600 and Justice Hill all talk with the media, as well 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:22.840 as running backs coach Willie Taggert and head coach John Harball. 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:24.840 Let's kick it off with coach Hardball. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.680 Good to see everybody. Appreciate everybody being here. Big night 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:30.520 last night. Glad you all made it out of there 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.240 without any damaged your houses. So big storm, but it 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.879 did cool things off, it seems like right, and we 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:38.280 had a good practice a little bit cooler. Appreciate the 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.360 effort of our guys. A lot of kids out here today. 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.760 We love that the kids are having fun. So what 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:44.599 questions you have. 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:46.800 A new fout against the Eagles with a T shirt or. 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.040 Oh yeah, right, right right, Well, yeah, I guess it 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:52.680 is it always is that, right, it's always you want 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.400 to we want to know. We got to talk about 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:56.800 one day at a time, one play at a time, 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.120 you know, So we'll go with that. 0:00:58.640 --> 0:00:58.800 John. 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.200 We're gonna hear from Willy tagger today. Obviously he has 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.400 any family history, you know with the horrorball. What has 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.720 he brought to the definition to get in the running backsports? 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:08.479 All right, Well, Willie, you know we go way back. 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.400 You know, he's he's he's a Harriball brother. We're Taggart brothers, 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.760 I guess. Uh. My dad and Willy are so close, 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:16.880 you know, from the time when WILLI is a quarterback, 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:20.240 through coaching and coaching with my dad. We'll coach with 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.080 my dad, coaching with Jim. Just such a such a 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.400 close relationship. My dad and Willie's dad are great friends. 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.360 We're great friends. So heavin Willi here is a big, 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.520 big advantage for us. He's a very established coach, you know, 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.960 great offensive coach, great head coach, groundbreaking head coach in 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:38.600 so many ways in college football. Now to be here 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:40.680 with our guys, I know, our players love him. He's 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:43.120 added so much to our staff. So uh, we're just 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.160 thrilled that we were able to bring him on board 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.199 and his family and Tanisha and all the kids and stuff. 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:49.240 So uh, so we're rolling with Willie. 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:53.360 I quite a few plays Maine down the tail today. 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.880 Are you saying any knitting things that showed you that 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:57.880 these guys are getting more comfortable. 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:01.640 It's good to see the plays made downfield. We've been 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.280 close a lot of times, as you know, throughout throughout camp, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.880 but they were completed and they were completed under heavily 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.720 contested coverage too, So you see guys tracking the ball, 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.400 running good angles on that route. We've got coaching points 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.519 that they follow and thought they did a good job 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:17.400 with that. So you always want to see big plays. 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.160 I know what I know. We asked you every week, 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:26.359 Bob about to office a lot of people about the 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.480 frost of the running back room, the side of the build. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:30.639 Right well, I feel really good about the running back 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.679 room as far as how they're practicey. I think every 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.120 single guy is doing a really great job and stepping up. 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.400 I mean you can go right through every single guy 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.000 and they're all doing excellent out there. I love the 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.240 way they're playing, so that's been exciting. Of course JK. 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.400 That's in the balls in Jk's court. We have talked. 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.120 We talked again yesterday. We had a great conversation. You know, 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.519 I do expect him back very soon, but I don't 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:53.040 have anything to say about it. It's all it's up 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.200 to JK. So hopefully that'll happen soon. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:57.640 And this is looking very far ahead. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.840 But is there an issue with like what he didn't 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:01.560 this what equity during this part of. 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.560 The season season words? 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:06.200 Yeah, I mean I would want to talk about any 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:10.720 specific player in that sense, but generally speaking, of course, 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.600 you know, of course, generally speaking, you know, you want 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.000 it to be a great player. You know, you need 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:16.440 to put in the time and the effort and get 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:18.440 with the team and and just get right, you know, 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:20.799 And he wants to do that in his case. And 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:22.799 that's why I kind of expect him back here pretty soon. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.400 Find like wings around the preseason to talk about the 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:31.280 preseason win streak? You even know how many straight you wanted? 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:33.400 Of course? 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:36.320 Is it twenty three? Is all right? 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:36.600 Dad? 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.680 Is this something that you even bring up, like the 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.920 young guys, do you even bring this up? Is this 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:43.760 any kind of a talking point whatsoever? 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:46.120 Now, it's like it's like it's like a it's like, 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.480 you know, it's like it's like a no hitter, right, 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:52.600 it's like a hitting streak. It's unspoken, you know till 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:56.760 maybe after the game, you know, uh, but it's it's 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.200 something you know, it's funny because I feel it's I'm 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.480 in the biggest grand scheme of things. Okay, people have 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:03.440 their opinions. 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:03.560 And I get it. 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.880 But you know, different things are important to different people. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.760 And I know that the guys who played in those games, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:09.520 the guys that made the plays to win those games 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.000 in the fourth quarter, because most of those games were 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.680 won in the fourth quarter with guys making plays, right, 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.600 they'll remember it. It's important to them for the rest 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.040 of their life, and therefore it's important to me, you know. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.760 So it's meaningful in that sense. And you know, but 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.600 we're playing a game. We have a lot of goals, 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:26.560 a lot of things that we're trying to accomplish. It's 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.520 not about that at all, not even about that per se. 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.360 It's about becoming better as a football team, evaluating our 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.960 players and each individual guy improving. So that's what we're 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:36.279 looking for. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.000 You said, you said a couple of times that for 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:44.880 gells how to clean playing from if you have almost 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.040 hold them back sometimes rather than you know, because. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:49.760 I don't know, I think some things out of here 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.000 every day, and he's not being kind to get better. 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:52.920 And better and things. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.400 I mean, he's right on schedule, I know, not really, 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.960 I mean I feel like he's just kind of pushing 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.360 himself as he feels, and it's pretty much been almost 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.920 full steam ahead, you know. Uh, the last couple of 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:06.720 days has been his you know, most work and he's 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.479 probably had his best days. So I think he's right 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.159 on schedule. And he's just a worker. He likes football, 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.360 he likes being around the guys, no different than the 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.719 other guys. He's into it, you know, and you appreciate 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:17.920 that I'm. 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:18.880 Beating off his bath. 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:24.640 Having the rampop and he's apology twit. You just reassuring 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.039 as I've been on planning the schedule that you set 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:29.240 for him, and also just reassured him. 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:32.040 He is. 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:34.800 But yeah, I mean, you know, you go by what 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.880 you see for sure. Bill Parcell said it. You know, 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.080 he said, I don't go by what I remember. I 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:41.680 go by what I see. And I think that's a 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.839 good adage for a coach, uh in any sport, especially football. 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.000 And so you want to see it and guys are doing. 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:50.720 I see Melvin Gordon out there, he's working on his 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.480 own extra or here. He's been around, he's been around, 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.560 he's been at every practice, He's taken every single rep. 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.640 Having a heck of a camp. So there's a lot 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.880 of guys that you put in that category good for. 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.880 What you've seen from him, are you You know, it's 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.600 one thing to see him like for other team, but 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:07.400 now that you've seen him a couple of weeks now 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:08.640 in the practice field. 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.679 Have been taken that h I agree. 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.400 I think he's looked really good and I've seen What's 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.600 interesting to me is I I feel like I've seen acceleration. 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.800 You know, his ability to change, to change speed through 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.320 the whole and accelerate, change the angle on a tackler. 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:25.920 We'll see in the games. But I, you know, obviously 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:27.760 he's a very talented player and he sure looks good 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:27.960 to me. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.440 So I takes to ask me about party on the 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.040 scene done for the season when you're. 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.200 Putting somebody in that list that or it looks like it, 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.000 you know, with a toe it's a toe surgery. I 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.800 really I can't say exactly if it's a whole season 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.960 or not, but but it's a pretty definitive toe surgery. 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:49.560 Or thank you, thank you, that was hey, coach John Harball. 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.080 We also talked with running back coach Willie Taggert, who's 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.000 a new addition to the staff. This year. He talked 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.479 about coming here to Baltimore and what his impressions are 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:57.679 of this running back group. 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.440 H Hardball that he works for. That he's been like 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:03.320 working for John. 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.760 It's been like working for Jack Harball all over. You know, 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.480 it's the same way working for Jail. It was like 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:11.600 working for Jack Harball. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:11.920 You know. 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:16.040 It's it's been great. You know, they all have different personalities. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.320 They all are great coaches and go about doing things 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.320 their own way, and it's been it's been pretty cool 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.920 to watch John and how he go about running running 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.280 the organization, our team and our staff, and uh, it's 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:30.920 been good. Now I can say I work for all 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.720 three of them, and I can tell you all three 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.840 of them are different, but they're the same, you know. So, 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:36.440 uh it's been fun. 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:40.920 Billy, What are you saying. 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:42.200 From these years from running backs? 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:42.520 Right now? 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.360 I'll just Ja kas and out there in the chefs 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:45.920 on one the guys. 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.400 I've been really excited about all of the guys, you know, 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.720 starting back in the springtime and going through the new 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.960 offense and being really impressed on how how the guys 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.880 are taking the time to learn the offense, you know, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.440 and they make my job easier when they come in 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.400 and know exactly what to do, you know, and then y' 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:06.760 all you have to coach him up on the little 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.160 details of things. But our guys are pros. They come 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.320 to work, to go to work every single day. Great 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.200 group of young men and really excited. I mean I 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:17.920 get excited every day I get to go in that 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.840 meeting room because they bring it every day and they 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:21.480 want to get better. 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.880 Just's those guys, but they all should do in Simon, 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.240 what do you what do you like about. 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:31.119 Justine? 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.319 Just He's a guy to just do things right. You know, 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:35.720 he's gonna he's gonna be the first in the meeting, 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:40.040 the last leave. He's gonna know everything he's supposed to do, 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:41.839 and the people around him what he's supposed to do, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.240 and and he's gonna be there for the young guys 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:44.719 to help them. 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:45.040 You know. 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:49.319 Justin's been great. He's been a great pro, a great teammate. 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.679 He's been great to coach. I really enjoy coaching him. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:53.360 He's a guy you can put in. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.199 You gotta worry about him knowing what to do. He's 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:56.439 gonna know exactly what he needs to do. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.760 Really, he hasn't been putting. 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:00.400 View those out. 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.280 The relationship with the checks. 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.560 Well, I think it's important to develop relationship with all 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.280 the guys, you know, not just JK, but all of them. 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:08.960 Get to know them. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:09.400 You know. 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.000 I haven't worked with those guys before, coaching them before. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.199 And I think that's a big part of coaching this 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:15.800 one is get to know them, get to know them 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.480 on a personal level, and and for them to get 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.920 to know me on a personal level. I think once 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:22.600 we do that, then it's easy for me to coach 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.079 them and it's easier for them to be coached by me. 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:28.040 So that started way back when I got the job, 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.360 you know, and and start that relationship. And we've been 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.560 building that along the way. And Uh, like I said, 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.480 I I enjoy every single one of the guys, JK included. 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.600 And it's gonna be fun. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:43.720 I'll tell you one. I just experience it, not intruding, uh, 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:45.120 not worried about class. 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.240 Sometimes I gotta check my phone to see if it 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:50.800 still works. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:51.439 You know. 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.960 I don't have to be checking out all the time anymore. 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:56.480 And I tell you that is different, you know, that 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.960 is it's the first time I coached in the NFL. 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.280 Been recruiting for so long, and really it is. It's 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.920 different not looking at your phone, not texting and doing 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:08.000 those things. I feel kind of like awkward a little bit, 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.679 but it's it's it's nice to be able to coach football, 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.440 you know, and and and that's what you're doing. You're 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.120 coaching ball and getting those guys ready to go, and 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:18.120 and to be a part of a great organization like 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:19.720 the raven has just made it that much better. 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.199 We got to be get come up out for the 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.040 even drump to me foul. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:30.839 Or well again, I didn't know exactly what I was 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.520 going to do, you know, and then I had some opportunities, 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.439 had some opportunities in college, and uh, then this opportunity 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.839 came with the Ravens and having an opportunity to work 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:44.000 for John again it was hard hard for me to 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.559 say no, you know, and and then being able to 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:48.320 come work with John, I just looked at it as 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.520 now I get I get an opportunity to be the 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.959 assistant coach that I wanted for me. I can be 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.240 that for coach harball and it's great. 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:55.480 Man. 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.600 It's been thirteen years since I had my own room, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:10:59.760 you know, and being able to coach ball and be 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:01.880 out there again so it's been fun being around there 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:02.760 doing those little things. 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:07.920 Again, well, good run back to Sleepers until a while. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.599 Let's kind of getting your sense from him, kind of 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.520 a work points deploy as station his career. 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.360 Well, I think it's a young man that's hungry. He's hungry, 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.160 he wanted help, you know. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.000 And and what's been great, great addition that he's brought 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.720 some competition to that room, you know, but he's also 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.679 brought him being a vet been here and been a pro, 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.320 and teaching the young guys how to do those things, 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.080 you know, and you can see it how you prepare, 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.920 how he studies, and again he's been great from that standpoint, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.600 really helping the young guys out. And I had one 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.120 of the young guys come to me and like, Coach, 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.440 I see what you mean now about how to study 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.640 and all. He spent some time with Mail, and Mail 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.120 was teaching them different ways of how to learn the offense. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.920 And I thought that was I thought that was pretty 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.200 cool because Coach Harbor always talked to our team about 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.720 their worth and it comes in a lot of different ways. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.120 And for Mail to be able to do that to 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.040 a rookie and and for the rookie to be excited 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:04.200 about being coached up by a vet was pretty cool. 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.040 That was running backs coach Willy Taggart. We also had 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:11.360 a chance to talk with Gus Edwards. He is somebody 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.120 who's been a bell cow running back for this offense 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.559 at times throughout his career, and he talked about his 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.040 mindset going into this season. 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.200 The first two questions of the new offens how are 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:21.800 you enjoying it? 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:22.959 I love it. 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.400 We're shown a lot of fascists, got a lot to 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.920 work on, But I think it's it's it's it's work. 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:30.839 I mean, he's finding a lot of ways to get 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:34.240 guys open, a lot of ways to spread the ball around, 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.600 and I'm excited to see how everything plans out. 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.599 You want for big years spread apart, and you have 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:44.800 a great opportunity to getting lesser van field backs. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:48.679 And yeah, it's a great opportunity to see like some 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:52.360 lighter box in the past, like like you guys are aware, 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.080 we had to run through some tougher boxes. So great 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.800 opportunity to get our running backs in some space, and 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.559 I think we're gonna make the best out of it. 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.360 He feels, yeah, I feel great. I feel great. I've 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:07.600 been practicing every single day. Didn't have to pull back 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.040 now once and I'm just building off of that. 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.960 Yeah, as good as a fulk to be in that position, 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.120 knowing how hard you worked over the last couple of 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:15.560 years to. 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:16.360 Get back to the sea. 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:19.240 It's a it's a blessing for real. I had a 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.760 lot of people around me that really helped me. Uh, 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.880 shout out to the Raven Organization for keeping me you 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:26.800 know what I mean around and just giving me all 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.120 the support that I need. And uh, it's been tough, 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.000 but I'm back and I'm happy and I'm excited to 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.520 see what his ear brings, that's honestly, but ill to talk. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:40.520 About joy texts, what's shift discussion the whole station. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.000 I mean, I see him every day. He's in there, 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:43.960 he's still working hard. 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:44.200 Uh. 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.160 I know he's gonna be ready because that's the type 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:47.760 of guy he is. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:53.320 So yeah, he as one of routes out there. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.920 John Barball was bragging on your route running to the 0:13:55.960 --> 0:14:00.160 other day, like, you're excited to bear so show others 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.959 backs up of their game potentially your x ya. I'm 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.559 ready to do whatever this often allows me to do, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:11.280 you know, ready to make plays in different ways, and 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:13.559 I feel like that's something I've always been able to 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:15.560 do and and and this often is gonna it's gonna 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.480 put me in that space to make those plays and 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.480 get get open and checkdowns and stuff. 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:22.400 Use last year, at this time of years, I don't 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.920 certainly thinking about branding be out, how long it take? 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.400 How you velop compared to truss? How you feel this 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.600 time of year? You heard the last year's just not happening, 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.520 that uncertaina oh it's night and day. 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.520 At this time last year, I was probably questioning myself like, man, 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.360 how how is it gonna play it out? And I 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:42.040 mean it might even gonna be back this year, you 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:43.840 know what I mean. But there was a lot of doubts. 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.440 And this year I'm just I'm I'm I feel great 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.680 in the position that I am right now, help flies 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.680 and and I'm just ready to uh do what I 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:52.640 can for my team. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:55.440 Forgar success. 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.480 You know of flight off the bad once you started 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:02.720 tow and now boards are you needed to see what 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:03.080 you know? 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:03.920 Where you are now? 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:05.920 Now I'm being healthy hand. 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.920 And then doctor, yeah, I think it's year six. I 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.840 got a lot of experience under my belt and same 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.160 year six, it seems like, Wow, it's time flashing. But 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.160 I'm ready to have my best year. I'm ready to 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.280 put it all together. I feel like I'm in a 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.920 great position to do that. And and I'm I got 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:26.320 a chip on my shoulder, and I just want to 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:27.240 prove a lot of people wrong. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.480 People you can't come back and be better. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.000 I mean, I fought through a lot last year. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:35.160 You know. 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:37.240 It was a lot of times when I had to 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.440 step back from the game, even during the season when 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.560 I when I just a little Nixon and stuff. So 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.320 this year, I feel like I just have so much 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.000 to prove. And maybe it's just a it's an inner 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:46.920 it's an inner thing. 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.040 But still so you're a scout in the wood of 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:50.280 Merton Good's best from hoping. 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:51.800 Since he's been. 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.520 He's been showing me a lot of flashes. He's catching 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.960 the ball out of the backfield. He comes to work 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.680 every single day. Uh this is yeah, Well I think 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.320 I might be wrong, but he's bringing a lot of 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.520 experience in the room, speaking up as a leader, and 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:07.760 it's been great having him in the room. 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.080 Just did you want to change your body at all? 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.760 After you after rewiset to put yourself in the best 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:13.560 of my bobs score. 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:14.840 And just kind of pack here where you were the core. 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.320 I'm just taking care of what I got to do 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.240 in the training room, and I'm still in there every day, 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.440 just making sure that everything is strong and everything is ready, 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.040 and I'm in a great position and I want to 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:24.920 keep building off of it. 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:27.920 That was Gus Edwards. 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.920 Also here is Justice Hill, who the Ravens re signed 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.160 this offseason. It could be an important piece of this 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.240 offense spring. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.040 You're probably taking more rapids running back than anyone. How 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.440 do you think trying to get form through something. 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:43.880 It's been a fun count just being out here learning 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.080 new system, learning new system has been fun. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.360 It's like going to a new team. 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.680 Man, it's been fun going out and just being able 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.880 to process things and just getting a whole bunch of 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:53.160 Reds men. 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:53.720