WEBVTT - Ravens-Commanders Preseason Postgame Press Conference 8/21 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:06.440 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens felts 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:10.600 the Washington Commanders twenty nine to twenty eight on Monday 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:14.000 Night Football. The loss brought an end to the Ravens 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:18.600 twenty four game winning streak that they had throughout the preseason, 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.640 and after the game, head coach John Harball talked about 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.360 the game and the end of that streak. 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:29.520 Wouldn't be like the hov streat that game. 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:33.360 Yeah, it's just I'm excited thing about something like that. 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.240 And I just told our guys, you know you're proud 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:38.040 of it. Of course, you know you appreciate it. But 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.520 the thing that you're proud of is all those games 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.640 are mostly just like that, you know, preseason games that 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.280 people want to write about. Some of you in here 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.360 want to write about and say they don't mean anything 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:50.839 because you never played the game. You never were out 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:52.519 there in a preseason game, you never were fighting for 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:54.320 a spot on the team. And yet you have the 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.120 audacity to say that the effort that somebody puts into 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:58.920 that to win and fight and win a game like 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:00.000 that is meaningless. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:01.520 Tell me that was meaningless out there. What you just saw. 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.080 If you like football, is that a meaningless football game. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.119 You know, I can't respect anybody that says that because 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:08.520 of the effort these guys put into it. 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:09.720 That's what's such. You're proud of me. 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:11.280 That's that's why I'm so proud of these guys for 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:13.279 the way they fought. It doesn't matter win or loss, 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.640 it matters. It matters the way they the way they 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.000 went about their business tonight, and I'm proud of them 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:18.760 for that always will be. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:19.360 John. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.120 Got to see the flowers getting the end zone early 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.400 and listen, like to beg to see some of them 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.680 expose them you're explosm as you're saying, as practice translated 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:28.080 to game. 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:29.040 It was great to see it. 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:30.640 I mean, just to see that and he the way 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.360 he played and uh uh just you know, the offense 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.840 and the uh you know, just creating plays like that, 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:37.360 you know, great, and we did in the run game 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.360 as well. And then how about a guy like Vocal 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.600 like you know, going out there and catching those passes 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.000 and scoring to touchdown. Charlie Kohlar stepping up and making 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.040 the catches. Both quarterbacks played outstanding. 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:46.920 Uh. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:48.080 Just really happy with all of. 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:56.520 That, John, just to kind of go up your answer 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.160 and Champs there I mean, you think about all the 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.240 players who involved over the last. 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.040 Seven years in this organization and it's a hoow fighting 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:09.040 away to the win. What does that beaching be good 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:13.600 this organization and somehow fighting commonuity even though the rough 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:14.720 appreciation old record. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:16.919 Yeah, I mean, you know, I just think it's something 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:18.920 that it's just it's one of these things you look 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.600 at and you just you go, wow, how did that happen? 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:22.840 You know, how did something like that take place? It's 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:26.440 pretty it's pretty remarkable. It's you know, what are the odds? 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.520 You know, and to say to say, there's no one 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.440 reason it happens, but it says a lot about a 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.040 lot of people, a lot of people's effort, a lot 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:35.960 a lot of good practice, a lot of good meeting time, 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:37.880 a lot of young players working hard to be as 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.560 good as they can be, a lot of coaches developing 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.040 those players, scouts fighting those players. All those things kind 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.480 of come into play. But in the end, it's about 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.639 It's about a bunch. It's about football and the and 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.600 the and the men and women now who play who 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:52.040 play the game, And it shows you what this what 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.760 makes this game so great, why it does matter so much? 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.280 Because it takes those kind of efforts that that's what 0:02:57.400 --> 0:02:59.399 you have to do. It's it's it's a courageous game. 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.120 It's it's a game for courageous people, and it's a 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.400 game for people that willing to go out there and 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:07.399 throw themselves around in really tough, awkward situations physicality. 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:08.359 You know, it takes. 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.040 It takes that kind of grit to play this game 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.280 and to fight like that. And that's I think most 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.760 people that love football love it for that reason right there. 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.079 They respect what it takes to play the game. So 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:20.520 that's what I feel. That's how I feel about our players, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.320 feel about every player in the national football but I 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.840 especially feel that way about the Ravens and then the 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:26.519 and the and the men who played for the Ravens 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.440 Now and the men who played for the Ravens all 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.480 those other years. I'm really very proud of that part 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:31.639 of it. 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:37.200 Perfectively, it seemed like commanders were very motivated to the 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:37.920 end of the streak. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:40.480 Yeah, I don't want to get into all that. I mean, 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.400 you hear people say what they say. Guys say what 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.600 they say, and obviously it was meaningful to them. I 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.440 saw them celebrating over there and put more power to 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.440 them and gratulations. They want to They want a hard 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.600 fought football game, you know, and they deserved it in 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.680 the end to to celebrate, so they should celebrate. 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.640 The last whole chat, John, you have a. 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.240 Yeah, not so not too. You had no serious injuries 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:03.760 in the game, so we're happy with that. 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.480 That was head coach John Harbaugh. We also heard from 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.840 the quarterback Josh Johnson, who had a strong performance as 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.800 he makes the case to be the Ravens number two quarterback. 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:21.200 A few other preseason game year. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.120 Nah, just like coach said, like, uh, for us players, 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.520 we know, we know what this means like to get 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.560 the opportunity to go out there and play in the 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.120 NFL game. And then you know, especially for the young guys, 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.480 you know this is once you know, living out your dream. 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.600 I was once in the situations before, so you know, 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.960 the atmosphere was great. Guys was you know, doing a 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.160 little like really getting it out of the mud. Honestly, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.839 saw guys playing kickoff, turning right back around, playing defense. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.000 You know, we were down and run running back at 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:50.720 one point in time. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.040 So you know, like coach shit, I mean, it's just 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:55.520 the grind of you know, guys are pursuing the opportunity, 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:57.280 and you know, for me, I was just you know, 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.360 happy to be able to go out there and share 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.120 the field with those guys and then you know, see them. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.040 Uh all of us try to collectively pull out a win. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:04.120 But unfortunately we didn't do that. 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.640 John, you were there when the Street started. 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:08.960 In fact, the club two guys like d Does it 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.200 mean anything for it for the end, doesn't the you know, 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.479 is there any emotion from the Street game. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.160 Yeah, we don't like to lose. I mean, no, no 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:17.800 player wants to be on the losing side of a 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.080 football game. It's hard to win in this league. And 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:21.840 uh so you know, as a team, we don't like 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.760 to lose. But you know, uh it's it's a part 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:25.360 of the process. 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:25.560 You know. 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:26.920 They they did what they had to do at the 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.200 end of the game. But we wasn't going out there 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.520 with like talking about the Street. We just went out 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.760 there to play great football, you know, and they they 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.520 they just came out on the winning side. 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:36.800 Today. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.279 Should seemed like the I mean, Conn talked about how 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:42.920 the quarterbacks play well and also seem like your office, 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.760 the land gave you guys are miss clean Hawkers to 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:44.960 work with. 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.280 Overall, how would you assess how they're how they're doing 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.200 if you were Caroline is doing awesome. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.560 Man. They come out there every day and work. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.280 They tell off guys, rotating guys, playing different positions, versatile group. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.160 Uh, we run the ball really well. You know. I'm 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.880 just I just have to be playing quarterback behind those guys. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:02.160 Uh. 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.479 I see it every day in practice, and it translates 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.640 to the game and it just gives you confidence to 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:08.600 go out there and you know and play, you know, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.760 play a game when you behind those guys. 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.880 Jeff, when Zay was on that first drive, you know, 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:14.400 obviously the. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:16.760 Touchdown players, it's those those two catches he made. 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.040 What kind of shadow life was that to the offense? 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:20.560 It? 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.480 I mean, Jay is different, man. So just to see him, 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.320 you know, do what y'all see every day. You know, 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.760 we able to get the ball in his hands early. Uh, 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.320 He's gonna be a very exciting player. And obviously whenever 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:33.960 his moves are wilds. It's just like that every day. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.080 So it automatically injects life into the whole team. Just 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:38.839 to see him go out there and just untleast your 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.760 special talent. I'm excited for the young fella. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.120 I is there something different about this organization that allowed 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.240 this streak to happen that the way it did relative 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:49.880 to how other players approach these games. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:51.480 Yeah, we j we just grind for it, man. 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.400 Like uh, like I was joking the other day that 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.720 you know, I's aid by that coach Harbwald training camp, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.360 you know at my age, and uh, but you know, 0:06:59.440 --> 0:06:59.760 we work. 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.600 We we work every day. Every day we work. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.080 And I think that's why the from the top to 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:06.840 the roster to the bottom of the roster, you see 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:07.200 guys go. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:08.520 Out there and play good football. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:10.880 And h you know, that's a credit to this organization 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.440 and credit to the coaching staff, you know, credit to 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.120 the players because we we show up every day with 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.400 the where the work, where the work mentality, and uh, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.480 you know it it shows up on the field when 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:21.720 we go out there and play good football. 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:23.560 Just what do you what have you seen from kadof 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:24.200 malls to the. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.559 Borders of this great family. 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:30.840 Just a consistent player can do everything, play anywhere coaches 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.440 need him to do, whatever the coaches need. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.520 She continue to show up and make plays. Uh. 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:37.680 Last time I was here in twenty one, I got 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.000 to play with him a little bit and he was 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:39.520 the same. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.000 Guy, and he just keeps evolving. So you know, sky's 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.320 a limit for tie U. We all trust him and 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:46.480 we all believe that he can make continue to make plays. 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.920 That's why he can continue to get opportunities. 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.800 In addition to Josh Johnston, we also heard from safety 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.559 and defensive back or Darius Washington. He had a strong 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:03.640 show as the Ravens are shorthanded in the secondary right now, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.440 but Ardarius had a really nice game and he talked 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:07.800 about that afterwards. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.160 Her Darius, you came back in that game in that 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.920 last right, Was that just where you could run out 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:15.840 of their corners at that. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.400 Point, Yes, sir, Uh, someone had got hurt and so 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.360 I had to come in take a place. 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:21.080 Sure. 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:23.800 Was that just get the win knocked out of you? 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:25.200 Yeah? I just got the wind knocked out of I 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:25.760 mean nothing major. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:30.320 Yeah, I think you lived in balance, you know, since 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.360 you get up changed if you're talking about how you 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.600 think you're doing, because you obviously you made a lot 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.600 of players, both in practice and doing the games. 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.559 I mean, the main thing is just staying consistent, you 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.679 know what I'm saying, doing it, doing the right things 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.920 and stuff like that. Being in the right situation, white 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.559 places and everything like that, but really just staying consistent 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.920 for me, understanding the car and everything and what we're 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:49.400 doing around And that's the main thing for me. 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:54.320 Darius, seen you moved all around outside inside safety. Has 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.640 it been to kind of where a bunch of different 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:57.720 hats on the details. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.679 I mean, man, I mean it's just that so that 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:01.160 I can learn, I can do it all. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:01.640 You feel me? 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.800 So that's the main thing that it showed to me. Shit, 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:05.520 I mean, I I know you were hurting at d 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.680 n cow you was like he was a little lady. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.240 I mean, how tough was it? That's that defensive back 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:11.400 group out there towards the end. 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:12.920 I mean it was tough, you know what I'm saying. 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:14.360 We was out there grinding, you know what I'm saying. 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.920 So we tryna win. We tryna go out there and compete, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:18.640 you know what I'm saying. So we didn't really think 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.719 about all we hurt right now, but we try to 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:22.199 dig deep in finish the game. 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:22.560 Alright. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.280 Oh, is it as a player when you. 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.760 Hear people say that these games was going back? We 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:28.800 heard what ours that to say? 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:30.679 Well, how does it fell as a player? That is 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.240 I mean means a lot. You know what I'm saying. 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.880 We going to get a different opponent, so we wanna win, 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:36.520 you know what I mean. Then some guys like me 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.360 and other guys on the team, we fight for spots, 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.240 so it means everything to us. Whereas what we talk 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:43.160 about the atmosphere was fine. 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.959 A few minutes we fel I mean, it was amazing. Man. 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.040 L wish we woulda came out with uh win, but 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:49.120 it was a good feeling. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:49.600 You know what I'm saying. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.520 You always wanna close it as a defense, I wanna 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.800 close it out. So it's amazing feelings for sure. 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.959 Did the joint practices with the commanders kind of building 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:58.439 anything else, were as you say. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:59.880 Their competition's way, Ah, I don't think so. 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:04.040 The comments from the commander's lineman called him the street 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:05.920 stupid and if you guys a lot coward. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.000 Did you give in comment on that? 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.000 I mean, no, said they gonna feel how they're gonna feel, 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:10.679 you know what I mean. So, hey, they came out there, 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.080 they want tonight and hey, I took my hats off 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:13.439 to him. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:14.200 Right. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.439 It's uh you know, take a place from day all 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.280 training camp to see someone another rookie like Travis Bofalo 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:22.720 come out and make a couple of nice plays two touchdowns. 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:24.559 What does it just say about, you know, what you 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.640 can kind of do as a first year in this offense. 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.680 I haven't been against them every day in training camp. 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.080 I mean it shows that he's out there being grinding, 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.000 he's been working. You know what I'm saying. I actually 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.079 had forgot and so he reminded me when he put 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:36.760 up that too. You know what I'm saying, like letting 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.360 everybody know that he got too. So he he's been grinding. 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.560 He's been working hard for sure. 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.920 And one of the stars of the show was undrafted 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.400 rookie tight end Travis Bokla. He had a pair of 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.960 touchdowns in this victory. He talked about that afterwards. 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:58.240 You know, I give a lot of credit to my teammates. 0:10:58.240 --> 0:10:59.880 You know, they they've really helped me, you know, learn 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.640 plays and you know, executing practice. And I've got great 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:05.199 guys in the tight end room that I can learn 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.240 from and just continue to do that. And you know, 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.600 like I said, it's awesome, but still a long way 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:10.760 to go. 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.280 Just a tight end group ousers really deep. Have you 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.600 kind of approached coming into a group that's this deep 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:19.040 and you're kind of holding your own. 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.360 Yeah, it's you know, there's a lot of experienced guys 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.280 in the room, a lot of great guys to learn from, 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.520 you know, with Mark and Charlie and Jay and Pat 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.160 and Ben, you know, all those guys that they've helped 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.560 out a lot. And you know, I've kind of embraced 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.480 coming in and just learning from the experienced guys. You know, 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:39.360 I'm an older rookie. I'm twenty five, so it's that's different, 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:41.800 but you know those guys have helped out a lot, 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.480 and just just taking it day by day and continue 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.280 and learn from mistakes and just keep getting better. 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.240 You had a good college career, but you weren't drafted. 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:51.800 Was that disappointing? And did that kind of give you 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:52.880 kind of a chip coming in? 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.599 You know, it didn't really bother me. You know, I 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.360 wanted to be drafted, of course, but you know, just 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.199 an opportunity is all I could ask for. So I 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.199 feel like, you know, I'm taking advantage of it. Just 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.760 kind of keep working every day and keep learning, and 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:09.600 you know the guys in tid end room is really 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:10.120 helping with that. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:15.240 Did you dream of catching passes like this, It'll be Monday. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.360 Night game last year kind of yeah, you know it, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.719 it's kind of funny. I I watched a lot of 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.000 football and last year, you know, I I kind of 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.760 pictured myself and in a game, I knew there was 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:28.920 gonna be an opportunity and you know, just I, it 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.599 was awesome, but just just a lot, a lot to 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:33.079 learn from and continue to grow. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:34.679 You think a lot of friends and family gonna be 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:35.520 hitting you up tonight that. 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.240 I'm I'm sure you know, I'm I'm tired, ready to 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:40.600 get on the bus and go home and go to bed. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.679 But yeah, just I, it was awesome, but you know, 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:46.679 just just gotta keep getting better and you know, keep 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:47.400 grinding every day. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.800 Have you proved anything like to yourself throughout camping? 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:50.640 I mean tonight. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:56.559 Especially, Yeah, you know I I I think so. I 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.040 I never really have had doubt in myself or anything. 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.520 I'm I wouldn't say I'm a cocky guy, but I'm 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:05.120 confident in myself and my ability. But you know, it's 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.120 been awesome to be surrounded by guys who have really helped. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.920 You know, being being a first year guy, you know, 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.040 you make working mistakes and stuff like that and just 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.000 having Mark and all those other guys continue to help 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.400 me and grind every day with those guys and that 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:20.600 they've really helped out a lot. 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.800 So I know you're in the tight end, But what 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.520 do you think about says. 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.719 Really Yeah, uh, you know, Isay is a freak. I 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.120 always joke around with him. You know, I wish I 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.720 had his speed, you know, I I trade my size 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.199 for his speed. But you know, he he he's a 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.360 great dude. You know, right after that first touchdown, I 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:39.480 went over to him. I was like, I want to 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.240 be like you, so that's what I'm trying to do. 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.199 But yeah, great great athlete. You know, I'm happy he's 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.120 on our team. And he plays really well and really hard. 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.800 I mean, I mean just like the two v out tonight, 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:52.960 you were kind of both like the stars of the game, 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:54.160 and you guys. 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:54.640 Are so different. 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:56.360 You just speaks to that terms, I mean. 0:13:56.440 --> 0:14:01.720 Speed, Yeah, you know, you know, I he's a great player. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.720 He runs his route, really routes really well. It's really 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:08.439 fast and great great human being too, So you know it, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.440 you can say we're the stars, but ultimately comes out 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:15.079 of our teammates, you know, Abe, you know he came 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:16.480 up to me after the game. He's like, dude, you 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:18.960 just had a great game, and I said, I can't 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.880 do it without you. So it's it's it's a team game. 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.200 And give give a lot of credit to my teammates 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:24.640 and everything. 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:31.760 So that was undrafted rookie tight end Travis and Ocalat 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.840 who had a pair of touchdowns in the game. So 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.640 and I else had a touchdown was wide receiver Tylan Wallace. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.880 He's had touchdowns and back to back games and he 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:42.360 talked about that as well. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:46.920 Second test down two games. Tell me what happened on 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:47.320 that play? 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:47.720 Good? 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.320 Yeah, you know it's out out to monk, you know again, 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.080 you know, setting up me, setting me up again in 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:53.920 the red zone. You know, he called the play and 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:56.200 I knew, you know what I had to do, you know, 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.760 like I said, uh, he put it right, Could you 0:14:58.760 --> 0:14:59.800 put it r where it's supposed to be? 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:00.680 Got to make a play. 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:02.920 So I know we needed that touchdown. So shout out 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.560 to everybody for believing to me and making that play. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.320 Before that, you drew a PI can talk about that flack. 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:08.880 Yeah, definitely. 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:10.400 So obviously he was trying to take another shot down 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.400 the field, you know, like I said, when you hear 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.480 those opportunities, you got to lock in, especially at the 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.560 receiver position. You know, with Monk being oc, he loves 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.360 throwing the ball down the field, so you gotta take 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.400 advantage of those opportunities. So seeing the balls, obviously trying 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:22.800 to make a play on it and got. 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:23.280 The PI on it. 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.560 No secret, there's a lot of competition for that last 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.320 you know, wide receiver sponse. You're making a lot of 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:30.880 plays and stuffing out. What do you think is making 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.000 a difference for you this year because it seems like, 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:34.760 you know, you really rising to DC. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.360 Yeah, definitely, you know, I think just me just trying 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.800 to actually just locking in and you know, going through 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.360 the past two years and realizing how the game is 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:43.920