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Speaker 1: Welcome into Ravens press Pass. Today we heard from head

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Speaker 1: coach John Harvall and general manager Eric Takasa for the

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Speaker 1: season review press conference. Here's that press conference in full.

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Speaker 2: Well, everybody, thanks for coming. I just got back from

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Speaker 2: the Senior Bowl, where we spent the last couple of

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Speaker 2: days looking at prospects. We went down on Monday, good week,

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Speaker 2: historically nice weather down there, so that was awesome and

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Speaker 2: we're back. We're ready to get started and we'll take questions.

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Speaker 3: The big question for the ABC Championship game is the

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Speaker 3: lack of rushing attempt, specifically with the running backs. Why

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Speaker 3: wasn't there were attempt to run the ball And was

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Speaker 3: there any point win the game where we had conversations

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Speaker 3: with Todd about possibly.

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Speaker 4: Client to run the ball.

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Speaker 5: Yes, we did throughout the course of the game. That's

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Speaker 5: not the number you want to have when it's all

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Speaker 5: said and down you look back at it. That's not

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Speaker 5: really gonna win us an AFC Championship game.

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Speaker 6: For sure.

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Speaker 5: It's more than just calling plays. You know, we had

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Speaker 5: in that game. A big part of our game plan

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Speaker 5: where RPOs, which are run pass options base on what

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Speaker 5: the defense gives you. Cans and check with mes which

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Speaker 5: are run pass options. A lot of times sometimes there

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Speaker 5: pass to pass which we had. Sometimes they're run to run.

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Speaker 5: But a lot of what we were doing was directed

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Speaker 5: at the line of scrimmage by what the defense gave us,

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Speaker 5: and the defense was lined up to take away the run.

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Speaker 5: So the next thing would be to bring it in

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Speaker 5: tight and just run the ball out heavy formations and

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Speaker 5: wide receivers blocking the edge and protecting the edge that way.

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Speaker 5: We could have done that, but we were down, so

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Speaker 5: we wanted to keep the formations open and give ourselves

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Speaker 5: the best chance to, you know, try to move the

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Speaker 5: ball and score points. Defense two minute offense at the

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Speaker 5: end of the half, two minute offense mostly throughout the

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Speaker 5: whole fourth quarter we were in. That's going to take

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Speaker 5: away rushing attempt. So it's not, you know, an excuse

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Speaker 5: you want to run the ball more. Sometimes you've got

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Speaker 5: to be willing to get big and run the ball

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Speaker 5: that way. We just didn't want to do it that

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Speaker 5: way in the game, and it cost us the opportunity

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Speaker 5: to run the ball more.

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Speaker 7: On those lines when you mentioned you guys obviously be down.

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Speaker 7: They had scored on their first possessions, went down the

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Speaker 7: field possessed the ball a lot did that and those

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Speaker 7: two drives and sort of that momentum that they'd garnered

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Speaker 7: sort of I wish you into that or maybe change

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Speaker 6: I guess it really say it did.

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Speaker 5: It put us in two minutes at the end of

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Speaker 5: the half, which are going to be in any way

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Speaker 5: if you get the ball back.

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Speaker 6: We played that well, we got the two minute opportunity,

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Speaker 6: and it put us in two minutes in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 5: So I think that's where it came up. As far

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Speaker 5: as run pass play calling. We still wanted to play.

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Speaker 5: We still want to stay with our game plan. We

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Speaker 5: still wanted to run the ball. I mean, believe it

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Speaker 5: or not, it was a big part of our game

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Speaker 5: plan to run the ball. Had the ball for nine

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Speaker 6: So those two.

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Speaker 5: Long drives it took us out of opportunity to call

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Speaker 5: any kind of plays, and then we didn't convert. You know,

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Speaker 5: we had we had mistakes, we had they stopped us,

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Speaker 5: they made plays. We were off the field right away

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Speaker 5: after that first drive. So I think all those things

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Speaker 5: kind of played into it. Second half. We come out,

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Speaker 5: We got the ball back, we started moving the ball.

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Speaker 5: Then we made a couple of mistakes, you know, we

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Speaker 5: had penalties, We had an opportunity to score that we

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Speaker 5: took us out of the scoring opportunities and kind of

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Speaker 5: wasted a couple of drives there. When it's all said

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Speaker 5: point after all that happened. So I think when you

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Speaker 5: look at the way the game played out, you can

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Speaker 5: understand it from a football perspective. But once you get

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Speaker 5: through all that, you come back. You want to run

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Speaker 5: the ball against the Chiefs, There's no doubt about it.

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Speaker 5: And we did want to run the ball against the Chiefs,

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Speaker 8: All were even the play calling during the force of

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Speaker 8: the game that changed because I know at halftime you

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Speaker 7: The ball anymore.

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Speaker 8: And when did you realize it was just six carriers

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Speaker 6: Was that post?

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Speaker 5: It's not you don't think in that term during those

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Speaker 5: You know, you're not thinking, oh gosh, I'm going to

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Speaker 5: have to answer for how many times you ran the

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Speaker 5: ball in the press conference after the game. I mean,

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Speaker 5: that's not that doesn't that's not important. During the game,

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Speaker 5: you're trying to find a way to win the game

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Speaker 5: whatever way you can. We could have won that game.

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Speaker 5: You know, if we'd have finished a couple of plays,

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Speaker 5: we would have won the game. So our defense played

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Speaker 5: phenomenally in the second half. You know, I'm disappointed that

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Speaker 5: we didn't win the game, But from a football standpoint,

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Speaker 5: I understand the focus on it because it's one thing.

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Speaker 5: But for me, it's not the focus. The focus is

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Speaker 5: how can we how can we protect our run game

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Speaker 5: a little bit better with our pass game at times.

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Speaker 5: So if you're going to spread people out and you

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Speaker 5: want to open up your formations, you've got to protect

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Speaker 5: do it different kind of ways. You can do it

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Speaker 6: The ball snap.

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Speaker 5: You can do it with quarterback driven stuff, which we

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Speaker 5: had a few of those in there. You can do

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Speaker 5: it by going to passes with check with me's, which

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Speaker 5: we also called numerous times. All those passes were that way.

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Speaker 5: Then you've got to decide and you've got to pick

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Speaker 5: up am I throwing a pass that's going to beat

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Speaker 5: man or zone or good versus all, And those are

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Speaker 5: the decisions that you have to make. So it's not

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Speaker 5: so much about hey, how many runs do we have

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Speaker 5: right now? I think we need to get more so

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Speaker 5: so I can answer for it in the press conference.

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Speaker 5: You know, It's more about what's gonna give us the

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Speaker 5: best chance to win the game right now in real time,

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Speaker 5: and that's what we were looking.

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Speaker 4: At John specifically.

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Speaker 9: Lamar's legs are such a big part of what you

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Speaker 9: but even some of the scrambled plays. How unfortunate was

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Speaker 9: it that his legs in general weren't a bigger.

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Speaker 4: Part of the game.

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Speaker 6: Well, I mean it was always going to be a

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Speaker 5: You know, I had a great conversation with Lamar yesterday

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Speaker 5: and it was we talked about all these things. You know,

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Speaker 5: we hashed it all out, and Lamar is just really

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Speaker 5: good football mind, you know. And and I'll say that

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Speaker 5: we were both like like lockstep, we were both already

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Speaker 5: thinking the same way. So does that mean I'm saying

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Speaker 5: I got a football mind, good football mind.

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Speaker 6: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: But I was happy with that because the challenges that

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Speaker 5: the different defenses that kind of are coming up against us,

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Speaker 6: So just saying he could have scrambled more or.

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Speaker 5: Something like that, I don't know if that's really what

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Speaker 5: your question is, but that's all going to be a

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Speaker 5: huge part of it because it keeps the defense honest

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Speaker 5: in a lot of ways. It didn't factor in as

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Speaker 5: much in this game. It did a little bit, but

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Speaker 5: we want that to be a big part of what

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Speaker 5: he does, of course, because it keeps the defense honest.

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Speaker 5: I mean, if they want to push out of there

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Speaker 5: your checkdowns, that's gonna lead Lamar, you know. And you

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Speaker 5: gotta find a way to stop him too. And we've

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Speaker 5: seen that throughout the course of the season a lot.

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Speaker 9: John the overall twenty twenty three season that was a success.

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Speaker 2: Felt it was a great season, you know, very rewarding.

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Speaker 2: I love the team, the players, the chemistry, the culture,

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Speaker 2: the camaraderie. Every single day these guys came to work,

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Speaker 2: the coaches, the effort they put into it, the job

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Speaker 2: the scouts did. I mean, it was a great season. Disappointing,

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Speaker 2: you know at the end, of course, it always is

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Speaker 2: for most teams. But you know the thing that I

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Speaker 2: don't have the luxury of really dwelling on a season.

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Speaker 2: You know, we go to the Senior Bowl the next day.

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Speaker 2: Literally woke up the next day say goodbye to the

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Speaker 2: kids who went to the Senior Bowl. So we've moved on.

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Speaker 2: I know I've moved on. I think the scouts have

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Speaker 4: Uh, you lost Mike.

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Speaker 10: McDonald the Seattle Two questions, One, was there an aggressive

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Speaker 10: if you just can't keep a.

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Speaker 4: Head coach from becoming a head coach. And the second half,

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Speaker 4: what are your decision to promote Zach Organ?

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Speaker 7: Right?

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Speaker 5: I would have loved to have kept Mike, but no,

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Speaker 5: we couldn't keep him. He was gonna go take that job.

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Speaker 5: He was happy and excited about it, and you know,

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Speaker 5: we're happy for him. I mean, when these things come up,

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Speaker 5: these are these are these are good things. These are

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Speaker 5: good problems to have because you know you're doing well.

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Speaker 5: And Mike, Mike did a great job. I think the

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Speaker 5: whole defensive staff was phenomenal this year. The players were phenomenal.

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Speaker 5: It's kind of interesting everybody talks about how talented we are,

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Speaker 5: and I agreed we were super talented thanks to Eric

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Speaker 5: But that wasn't the conversation before the season, as you

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Speaker 5: all well know. And I think I think that defense,

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Speaker 5: you know, proved something to a lot of people. Same

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Speaker 5: conversation that was had two years ago, you know, it

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Speaker 5: wasn't one of the same one everybody was talking about

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Speaker 5: at the end of this season.

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Speaker 6: With Mike moving on. So I'm proud of that.

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's something that as a coach you look

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Speaker 5: back on, you go, man, we work together, all of

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Speaker 5: us to build something really special as a team. But

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Speaker 5: talking about the defensive side of the ball. On defense,

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Speaker 5: it was phenomenal and the opportunities are going to happen.

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Speaker 5: Denard's got an opportunity now to go be the defensive

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Speaker 5: coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. Zach has an opportunity to

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Speaker 5: be the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. The raising

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Speaker 5: tide raises all ships, and those are pretty good jumps

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Speaker 5: for those three guys, and I'm excited for them, But

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Speaker 5: with Zach specifically, and not just Zach. Okay, the guys

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Speaker 5: that are here, you know, Chris Hewitt, who's our pass

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Speaker 5: does a great job with the run defense. He's also

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Speaker 5: my assistant head coach, phenomenal leader, was interviewing for head

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Speaker 7: Yeah, because you go.

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Speaker 2: You know, I learned a lesson this year, and that was,

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Speaker 4: You know, I think this is the time.

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Speaker 5: In my opinion, there's nobody better in this league, especially

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Speaker 6: Exactly how these things need to be run.

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Speaker 5: This year, every day was a new day in the offense,

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Speaker 5: It's it's it's the game plan that was devised against

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Speaker 5: You know, they had a better game plan, they had

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Speaker 6: It's just a different result.

439
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Speaker 5: And every single team in the league is going to

440
00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,760
Speaker 5: have that feeling after losing in the playoffs. So I

441
00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,360
Speaker 5: get it, you know, I feel the same way. I mean,

442
00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,800
Speaker 5: I'm telling you I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken the fact that

443
00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,399
Speaker 5: we didn't win that game at home in front of

444
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Speaker 5: our crowd for the first time, you know, in all

445
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Speaker 5: these years, and get a chance to play in the

446
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Speaker 5: Super Bowl.

447
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Speaker 6: Because I felt the same way last year.

448
00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,879
Speaker 5: I felt like if we hadn't, you know, not finished

449
00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,760
Speaker 5: the game last year, made the mistakes last year that

450
00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,200
Speaker 5: cost us the game against the Bengals, I feel like

451
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Speaker 5: we'd been in the Super Bowl last year.

452
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Speaker 6: I believe that with all my heart.

453
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Speaker 5: I've told the guys that they know that, So I

454
00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,000
Speaker 5: think that's normal and natural. Our fans care. They care

455
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,959
Speaker 5: just as much as we do as coaches, as players.

456
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,439
Speaker 5: I have to believe that and we all should be

457
00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,760
Speaker 5: feeling that way, but we all should be excited about

458
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,760
Speaker 5: where we're going, you know, and what's in front of

459
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Speaker 5: us and what we're building here.

460
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Speaker 6: And then we're challenged by the things we got overcome.

461
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Speaker 5: You know, there's always there's always things that you lose

462
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Speaker 5: and you've got to make up for and find a

463
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Speaker 5: way to even prove on.

464
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Speaker 6: We did a great job of that last year. I

465
00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,360
Speaker 6: hope we can do even better this year.

466
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,080
Speaker 4: Has over visioned by.

467
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Speaker 11: Samley the other day express disappointment in how.

468
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:05,520
Speaker 4: He played this show.

469
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,800
Speaker 11: You know how the last few years agne with health fiesta.

470
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Speaker 11: But given where he is with his health performance and

471
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Speaker 11: also with his compensation on where is the organization with

472
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Speaker 11: him and his left tackle a position you just start

473
00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,560
Speaker 11: maybe looking at more carefully in a big picture sense.

474
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Speaker 2: Well, I think the offensive line is always gonna be

475
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Speaker 2: something that we stress here. You know, we're gonna continue

476
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,919
Speaker 2: to look at that every single year, particularly as you

477
00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,840
Speaker 2: get older. You know, it gets tougher and tougher and

478
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,800
Speaker 2: tougher for guys to stay healthy. And unfortunately Ronnie no

479
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,159
Speaker 2: fault of his own, but he has had, you know

480
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,760
Speaker 2: a series of injuries that hurt him, hurt his performance,

481
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Speaker 2: uh the ankle and then a series of knee injuries,

482
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Speaker 2: and so that's definitely been a factor. You know, I

483
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,080
Speaker 2: love Ronnie, He's still a talented player. Think this is

484
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,240
Speaker 2: gonna be a big off season for him, getting himself healthy,

485
00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,240
Speaker 2: getting himself strong again, coming back in great football shape.

486
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Speaker 2: We'll make all those personnel decisions over the coming weeks

487
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,920
Speaker 2: what we decide to do. But as far as the

488
00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,320
Speaker 2: position in general, I definitely think you know, Coach said

489
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,720
Speaker 2: this in two thousand and eight when we interviewed him.

490
00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,720
Speaker 2: He said, We're always going to have a strong, physical,

491
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,679
Speaker 2: big offensive line, and that's kind of bled into the

492
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Speaker 2: culture of this place and who we are as an organization.

493
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Speaker 2: We're gonna continue to do that.

494
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Speaker 8: What happened with Tyas Bowser and it's kind of a

495
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,560
Speaker 8: mystery all year.

496
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Speaker 4: And where does that leave his status going forward?

497
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, unfortunate for Tius they couldn't play this year.

498
00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,119
Speaker 2: Can't really get into all the different specifics so that

499
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,879
Speaker 2: as you guys know, how we handle the injuries. I

500
00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,880
Speaker 2: think Tyas has probably talked about it in some way.

501
00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:40,440
Speaker 2: He had an injury. Unfortunate and you know, wasn't able

502
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Speaker 2: to play, and we'll have to continue to assess that

503
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,960
Speaker 2: in the coming weeks to see where he stands with

504
00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:50,680
Speaker 2: that injury. You know, great man a good player for us,

505
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,680
Speaker 2: just a tough deal for him this year, and we'll

506
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Speaker 2: have to deal with it.

507
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Speaker 12: I'm wondering how difficult it is for you to know

508
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Speaker 12: a guy like JPP but not in the tank to

509
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Speaker 12: go another year and then pick up guys like cow

510
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 12: annoy clowning and they do, And how can we close

511
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 12: that situation?

512
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Speaker 4: And do you see guys like that and you cook

513
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Speaker 4: be an offer of a job back next year?

514
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Speaker 2: Uh, what do when you say difficult? I'm not really

515
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Speaker 2: sure what you.

516
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,359
Speaker 4: Mean clowning out of the league?

517
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Speaker 10: They annoy, they he was on the couch right and

518
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:23,880
Speaker 10: when they came in and.

519
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Speaker 13: They were able to okay and where other teams didn't look.

520
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Speaker 7: At a much.

521
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think that's you know, partly their

522
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,919
Speaker 2: own ability as players and their desire at this stage

523
00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,080
Speaker 2: of their careers. But I also think it's this place.

524
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 2: You know, players come in here and they're part of

525
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,600
Speaker 2: our strength and conditioning program and the way that we

526
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 2: practice and the way that we coach, and you know

527
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 2: other players in the vibe that this place, as you

528
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,399
Speaker 2: guys see it at practice every day. Uh, we've become

529
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Speaker 2: a place, I think where veteran players can come and

530
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Speaker 2: really succeed and play well. And there's a lot of

531
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Speaker 2: reasons for that. The performance stuff that we do upstairs,

532
00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,320
Speaker 2: and the wellness stuff that we do and nutrition and

533
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Speaker 2: Sam and the trainers and John and his program, and

534
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 2: guys come in here and flourish, and so I think

535
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,359
Speaker 2: it speaks to that, but also to the type of

536
00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 2: guys that they are. I mean, van Ney, Clowney, Malette Darby,

537
00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,720
Speaker 2: all those guys. Those guys are wired the right way,

538
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 2: and they really really wanted to win this year. They

539
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,359
Speaker 2: saw potential to win this year, and they hit the

540
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Speaker 2: ground running and they played very well. You got to the.

541
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Speaker 4: Defense real quick.

542
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Speaker 9: Obviously, it's a big loss when you lose a guy

543
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Speaker 9: like Mike McDonald and you always wanted your new Cornator

544
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Speaker 9: to be able to leave their fingerprint. But when your

545
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Speaker 9: defense was as good as it's been, how different do

546
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Speaker 9: you want it to know?

547
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Speaker 4: What differences would you be looking for?

548
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Speaker 5: Well, yeah, I'm looking for evolution and growth, just like

549
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 5: we would if Mike was still here.

550
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Speaker 6: You know, and that's why, that's why we have advancement

551
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Speaker 6: from within.

552
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Speaker 5: You know, I've seen the job that those guys have

553
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 5: done and Zach has done, and we're building and evolving

554
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 5: this defense ever since two thousand and eight, and it's

555
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,480
Speaker 5: been some sea change or sea change in twelve. There

556
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,080
Speaker 5: were a sea change in eighteen, and then there was

557
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Speaker 5: change of face a little bit when.

558
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Speaker 6: Mike came in.

559
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Speaker 5: And that'll be another change of face with Zach in

560
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Speaker 5: here and kind of putting his fingerprits on, like you said.

561
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Speaker 5: But it'll still be in the world of what we

562
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Speaker 5: do with Raven's defense schematically and even more importantly, how

563
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Speaker 5: we like to play. And Zach hard to beat Zach

564
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Speaker 5: in terms of knowing that because he's born and breda Raymond.

565
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Speaker 6: So I'm looking forward to it.

566
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Speaker 8: Sure, you brought over the AFC Championship a few times

567
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 8: when it happened with Justin Tucker.

568
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Speaker 4: Before the game. We heard from Tucker, We've heard from

569
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Speaker 4: the chiefs. I don't know if you have an opinion

570
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Speaker 4: on who was in the wrong movement right, whether or

571
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Speaker 4: not that got.

572
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Speaker 8: Into the heads of your players, as some fans perceived,

573
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Speaker 8: because you guys had four personal fouls throughout the game,

574
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Speaker 8: and maybe the Chiefs were in your guys heads as

575
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Speaker 8: a perception out there.

576
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Speaker 5: So yeahs as far as the thing, I mean, I

577
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,280
Speaker 5: know Justin did the same I wasn't out there for it,

578
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 5: so I didn't see it. I heard about it after,

579
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 5: But same routine he's done for the last twelve years,

580
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,760
Speaker 5: same timing. There is no side of the field, so

581
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 5: you know that the field doesn't split in half until

582
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 5: a certain time. The kickers are always out there as

583
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 5: long as well as the returns before that happens. So

584
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 5: teams get to use both ends the field because you

585
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 5: got a kick into both both wins, you know both,

586
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 5: you get to kick both ways. While that was going on,

587
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 5: their kickers were down there at the other end doing

588
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 5: the exact same thing in the exact same spot, and

589
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 5: there was no problem down there. So I think it's

590
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 5: pretty normal that we do that. Played the Chiefs a

591
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 5: bunch of times before. It was the same exact time

592
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 5: schedule that we had all those other times, So it's fine.

593
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 5: As far as the other part of it, now, it's

594
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,239
Speaker 5: a football game. It's about how you execute and how

595
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,879
Speaker 5: you play and and uh, and the Chiefs played a

596
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 5: better football game than we did. But that part of

597
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 5: it early on, I don't I don't fault Tuck at all.

598
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,520
Speaker 5: He was doing what he always does. I'm not blaming anybody.

599
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 5: I could care less. Doesn't mean anything didn't get in tuckshead.

600
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Speaker 5: And he's kicking the ball straight and kicking touchbacks, So

601
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Speaker 5: I don't think it impacted the game.

602
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 6: In any way.

603
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:54,720
Speaker 4: Disconnected.

604
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Speaker 5: I don't have any thing to say about that way

605
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 5: you asked the question, because I don't see it that way.

606
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,679
Speaker 5: You know, those guys are are doing their jobs and

607
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 5: we're trying to build a pass game. Run everybody we can.

608
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 5: I mean, Rashan Bateman has a great future. Yeah, he

609
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 5: runs great routes. He's developed into a great, great route runner,

610
00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 5: and I know Lamar wants to get him the ball

611
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,919
Speaker 5: as much as he can. So the idea that he

612
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 5: didn't maybe just saying you can get the many passes

613
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Speaker 5: is you would.

614
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 6: Have liked him to get or whatever.

615
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 5: Hey, I agree, man, I want baita flourish and make

616
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 5: a bunch of plays, and he's going to do that,

617
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,119
Speaker 5: and I think he'll be a bigger part of it

618
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 5: next year. Just by the fact that he was healthy

619
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Speaker 5: all year this year, had a chance to establish himself

620
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 5: that way, and he'll be, Uh, he'll be He'll be starting,

621
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 5: he'll be playing all those snaps and he'll rise to

622
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Speaker 5: the occasion.

623
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Speaker 14: Will be the receiver room last year. But odell agalar

624
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Speaker 14: du Grenade. They're set to become free agents. A decision

625
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 14: needs to be made on the Hen's fifth year option

626
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 14: in May. Could this group undergo a lot of change again.

627
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Speaker 4: In this season?

628
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Speaker 2: I don't know. I love the guys have coming back.

629
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,479
Speaker 2: I mean, I think Bait's gonna have a great season,

630
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 2: and uh, and we got Zay. We will talk to

631
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,879
Speaker 2: guys and look at potentially bringing some guys back. But

632
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 2: I feel really good about where we are. I think

633
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 2: we also saw the emergence of Isaiah likely this year,

634
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,120
Speaker 2: and we know, of course what Mark can do, Mark Andrews,

635
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 2: and so we have a lot of guys that can

636
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: make plays. And I think, you know, watching watching Jay

637
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 2: this year and just picture and Jay and Bait out

638
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 2: there next year is very exciting and we'll see where

639
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 2: that leads. We've also got the draft, and like I said,

640
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 2: you know, uh, we'll have conversations where our uh free

641
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 2: agents as well and We've already started those conversations in

642
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 2: some cases, and so I would expect the receiver room

643
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,880
Speaker 2: to be very strong next year and very productive.

644
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 4: Up here.

645
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Speaker 7: You guys have had such as a phenomenal success rating

646
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 7: directors franchise.

647
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 4: That he said a super Bowl.

648
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Speaker 7: We know it's wide open, and are you just given

649
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 7: where you guys are competitively early viewing, you know, potential

650
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 7: for using those picks to whire established players players are

651
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 7: already lead or is the franchise preference formain you just

652
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 7: kind of applying guys three your process.

653
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we were just you know, fundamentally, we're

654
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 2: always gonna be focused on the draft, and we look

655
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 2: at our history, you know. Uh, now we've you know,

656
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 2: in the last couple of years, we have traded draft

657
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,400
Speaker 2: picks for players in some cases, but I think generally

658
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,199
Speaker 2: we're gonna be a draft centric team. And uh, you know,

659
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 2: as we've said, the landscape has changed a little bit

660
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,880
Speaker 2: because we're paying a quarterback who deserves it a lot

661
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 2: of money and that's gonna have a salary cap ramification.

662
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 2: For sure, we'll start to feel that we've started to

663
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 2: field that last year. We'll feel that this year as

664
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 2: we do a lot of teams. Uh, So draft picks

665
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 2: are very important to us. We'll continue to be very important. However,

666
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,719
Speaker 2: of course, if we have the chance to acquire an

667
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 2: all pro type guy, we're gonna look at that very closely.

668
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 2: So there's really not one set formula, of course, but

669
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 2: generally we like to have a lot of draft picks,

670
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 2: and I would expect us to uh have a lot

671
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 2: of draft picks this year.

672
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,160
Speaker 4: You make a lot of tough decisions.

673
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 9: Last year, you made the decision to not pick up

674
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 9: Patrick Quinne's your option. Looking back now with him being

675
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 9: a free agent, how do you still you feel s

676
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 9: still feel the same with.

677
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 2: The talent you guys didn't get that well, you know,

678
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: you never know on these situations. Is to challenge. Patrick

679
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 2: had an amazing season. I love Patrick. It's one of

680
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 2: my favorite guys on the team. He's put himself in

681
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 2: a great position potentially to hit the market and see

682
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 2: what his value is. You know, you never know if

683
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 2: you if you pick up an option, that's less money that

684
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,239
Speaker 2: you can spend on somebody else. And so how does

685
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 2: that how do those dominoes fall? Really hard to say,

686
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 2: I I I can say that Patrick, I'm very very

687
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 2: I know coach fields the same way. He had an

688
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: excellent season Pro Bowl season. His future is extremely bright.

689
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 2: It's one of the best inside linebackers in the league.

690
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 2: Credit to him. I'm very happy for him, very very

691
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 2: happy for his family. He's a special player and a

692
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 2: special person generally.

693
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: Speaking with twenty plus pending on restricted free agents, with

694
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 1: where you said the salary cap was, it's kind of

695
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: first priority looking at you know, can we bring.

696
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 4: A lot of these guys back? How do you feel

697
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 4: about the chances of doing that.

698
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 2: Well, we'll be busy, you know, we'll be talking of

699
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 2: agents at the combine and we'll be talking. We started

700
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 2: talking to agents looking at, you know, the crop of

701
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 2: free agents that are out there, but mostly at our

702
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 2: guys and who can we bring back, and what's that

703
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 2: contract going to look like, and what will those long

704
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 2: term ramifications be as well. And you know, at some

705
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 2: point you get to the point where you have to

706
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 2: play with who you have, and you have to draft well,

707
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,480
Speaker 2: and you have to hit on players. And I think

708
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: we've done that the last couple of years. We've seen

709
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 2: the emergence of a lot of younger players, and that's

710
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 2: going to continue. We've got a great process. We've got

711
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 2: great evaluators, our coaching staff does a phenomenal job, and

712
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 2: we also develop players. So you know, I don't really

713
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 2: subscribe to the idea of windows opening and closing. I'd

714
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 2: like to believe that with careful roster building and good

715
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 2: drafting and development of players, the window is going to

716
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: always be open.

717
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 7: One of those free agents, obviously, Kevin Zeidler. A lot

718
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 7: of injuries this year and so forth. What's what's kind

719
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 7: of a plan with them. I need to get a

720
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 7: couple of freezes at the guard spot, and it's sort

721
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 7: of how much emphasis will will the offensive line be.

722
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 7: I guess that evaluation process be freeze, draft, et cetera.

723
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, you know, congrats to Kevin. He's at the

724
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 2: Pro Bowl right now, and uh, he's earned it. I

725
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 2: think he's been a pro bowler. This was his first year,

726
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 2: but in my mind, he's been a pro bowler, a

727
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 2: great attitude, great player, a veteran, awesome family. His wife,

728
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 2: by the way, she's an unbelievable baker. But you know,

729
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 2: I'm really happy for Kevin. He's a free agent. Uh,

730
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 2: he's one of those guys that will continue to talk

731
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 2: to He and I met last week. We'll see what

732
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 2: that looks like in the coming weeks. But as I said,

733
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: the offensive line is going to always be a preference,

734
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 2: you know. I know it's not a sexy position for

735
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 2: a lot of people, my son's included, but it's a

736
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 2: critical important for our team, and we will spend a

737
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 2: lot of resources and a lot of time talking what

738
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 2: that's going to look like.

739
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 8: John, you talked earlier about the emotions coming off of

740
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 8: Sunday's loss and now a busy week full of loss

741
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 8: of changes personnel wise.

742
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 11: Have you guys remembered a time in the past where we've.

743
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 7: Had such a busy first week of the off season

744
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 7: and you guys feeling right.

745
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 5: Yeah, I remember last year it was pretty busy. Last year,

746
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 5: the year before it was just as busy. The year

747
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 5: before was the same amount of busy. And I think

748
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 5: your point is really great, because it's amazing you come

749
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 5: off that game and the emotions of it and the

750
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 5: challenge of it, and you have to dive right back in.

751
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 5: And that is exactly how it feels to what you're saying.

752
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 5: You got to go, man, you got to go to work.

753
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 5: You have to set it and we haven't just been

754
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 5: working on staff. We've been working on setting our path,

755
00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 5: stoking up the engines schematically, you know, defensively and especially offensively.

756
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 5: Since the whole staff was together offensively all week. We

757
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 5: were going to meet today and that's gonna be a

758
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 5: presentation that's going to be made about we're going to

759
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 5: what we're doing for the next four weeks in terms

760
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 5: of setting up our offense for where we're going to

761
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 5: go in the future. So that's exactly what you do,

762
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 5: and that's exactly what you have to do.

763
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 2: Morgan.

764
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 4: Most is a lot room clean out of mission. You

765
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 4: want to be looking at.

766
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 8: A surgery options just brings Marcus Williams underwing surgery or

767
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 8: any guys that you anticipate.

768
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 4: Injuries of leading and you know holding.

769
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 6: Up for the camp. Marcus is not.

770
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, I's had this conversation yesterday. Very few surgeries.

771
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 6: Uh Uh.

772
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 5: Morgan has to decide if he wants to have the

773
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 5: surgery or not. He doesn't have to have it, but

774
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 5: he might want to have it to be you know,

775
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 5: just gotta make that decision performance wise and life wise.

776
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 6: Uh. And then Adafe always had a thumb surgery.

777
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 5: He'll be like full speed in like six to eight

778
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 5: weeks and was there another one?

779
00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 6: There might have been one more that I can't remember.

780
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 5: Nothing serious, So no, there's no there's no big major

781
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 5: injuries at this point. We do have guys coming off

782
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 5: major injuries that will will be they'll be rehaving like

783
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 5: a job on some other guys.

784
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 3: Anticipate any changes on the offensive or specialties.

785
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 6: Uh yeah, just kind of working through that right now.

786
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 6: That's uh. You know, guys get opportunities.

787
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 5: I don't want to speak before all this hiring process

788
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 5: gets done, I don't really, but then again, opportunities come along.

789
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 4: Have you had a chance to talk to.

790
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 15: The more since the season ended, and have you gotten

791
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 15: in put on what he might look you know, what

792
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 15: he might want and his kind of vision for possibly

793
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 15: offensive editions.

794
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 2: Now we just texted, like you know, that's probably the

795
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 2: way that we can really communicate most of the time,

796
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 2: it's through text. And just texted him and told my

797
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 2: proude I was of what he was able to accomplish

798
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 2: this year and just watching him play was pretty amazing

799
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 2: for me to see him week to week and just

800
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 2: his the way that he practiced. He stayed healthy this year.

801
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 2: So we'll have those conversations. Maybe I'll go down at

802
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 2: some point and visit with him as I have a

803
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 2: few times over the years, and maybe take him out

804
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 2: to dinner and just talk about things in general and

805
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 2: get some sun. But uh, you know, maybe that that's

806
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 2: probably gonna be.

807
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 6: There.

808
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,399
Speaker 2: But you know, so you know, no, I haven't really

809
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 2: talked to him too much, but Lamar, I'll tell you,

810
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: he's great about, you know, offering suggestions and ideas, and

811
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,879
Speaker 2: he and I have a great, you know relationship where

812
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 2: we can exchange different ideas on personnel and things. And

813
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 2: he's a huge fan of college football, and you know,

814
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 2: I appreciate his feedback.

815
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 4: About ZACT. Do you ever go back when a guy

816
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 4: there's a.

817
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 7: New level Lady Sack has worneransition, look at the old

818
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 7: notes problem when he was a player, just kind of

819
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 7: and just in a bigger picture, what does it mean

820
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 7: as an organization to see somebody who's a player now

821
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 7: take on a defensive coordinator role and reach.

822
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 2: These Yeah, that's cool. I mean, you know, you do

823
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 2: have certain players over the years you think about would

824
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,240
Speaker 2: this guy make a great coach? We were just talking

825
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 2: about a couple of guys the other day that that

826
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,959
Speaker 2: played here that we thought would would make great coach.

827
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 2: As Zach comes from a football family. His brothers played,

828
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 2: his dad played, He's got a coaching background in his family,

829
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 2: and he's a student of the game. You know, Zach's

830
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 2: not the biggest guy. You guys that covered him as

831
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 2: a player, you know, I mean, I think he probably

832
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 2: played yet I don't know to eighteen, maybe two twenty.

833
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 2: I mean, he had a hard time keeping weight on.

834
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 2: But what made Zach so good as a player was

835
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 2: he had a great instinct for the game. He was very,

836
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: very quick to key and diagnose, and he played with

837
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: a passion and he was just relentless to the football.

838
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 2: And those qualities make a great coach. So I have

839
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 2: no doubt that Zach is going to be a great

840
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 2: defensive coorter and probably if I had a crystal ball

841
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 2: a head coach someday.

842
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,760
Speaker 4: Were you surprised to see Ortiz.

843
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 6: No, I wasn't surprised, or follow up to.

844
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 5: That, maybe you ask the question here.

845
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 13: I was wondering, Jim's been around a lot, he knows

846
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 13: the success that's been happier. Why not take the guy

847
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 13: who has been watching all these college players developed into

848
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 13: great professionals.

849
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 4: That's a great hire. I was very upset.

850
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 6: Yeah, I kind of agree. I mean, I think what

851
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 6: you're saying is right.

852
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 5: And uh, Jim and Joe already have a relationship because

853
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 5: of all the visits that Joe makes and of course

854
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,479
Speaker 5: being from the Ravens. You know, I'm sure Joe gets

855
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,359
Speaker 5: a little more access as far as talking to Jim,

856
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 5: you know, because they have shared interest and h and

857
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 5: they built a great relationship already, they've they've been friends

858
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 5: for a while. But that wasn't Joe was already involved

859
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 5: in that job. He was involved in that job before

860
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 5: Jim was ever even finished with a season.

861
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,760
Speaker 6: Joe had already I think he already interviewed there probably.

862
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 5: So I think when they got their two finalists and

863
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 5: then Jim was involved in both the interviews.

864
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 6: He loved both guys and he thought they were both great.

865
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 5: But the fact that you know they knew each other

866
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,840
Speaker 5: already is good for Jim, is good for Joe, and uh,

867
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 5: you know, it's a really great higher to.

868
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 9: Your point out to you and ahead of times.

869
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 5: Joe, Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely, Okay, oh no, it was

870
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 5: already No, No, he ain't. That's that maybe, sure, you

871
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 5: know can now think about it. But the end it was,

872
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 5: it was already in the works, you know, it was

873
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 5: already in the works. But he asked me what I

874
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 5: thought of Joe obviously, and I'm nothing, But I just

875
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 5: love him and respect him. Think he's the best.

876
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,359
Speaker 4: Lose obviously a great pick a ball and Joe. But

877
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 4: that's all my question.

878
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 8: You guys have been through a lot of these AFC

879
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,240
Speaker 8: championships more than John.

880
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 15: Well.

881
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 6: I wasn't through a number of in Philadelphia I met.

882
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 6: It's a fact, straight, all right.

883
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 4: Question was that gut wrenching the loss? I mean, you

884
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 4: know a lot of people want to compare it to

885
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 4: New England? All that? Was that more gut wrenching? What

886
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 4: happens Sunday? And did it take a while and ever

887
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 4: for it? You guys personally, as hard as you guys

888
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 4: take these things.

889
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 2: You know, Jerry, they're all gut wrenching, you know for me.

890
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 2: But I I move on, as I said, you know,

891
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't have the luxury. I don't get

892
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 2: to talk about it on the radio all week and

893
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 2: write articles about it. I have to move on. I mean,

894
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 2: that is what it is. I got to go to

895
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 2: the Senior Bowl. I imagine how my wife felt when

896
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 2: I told a Sunday night, well, by the way, I'm

897
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 2: leaving in the morning to go to the Singing Bowl

898
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 2: for the week. But that's what we do. And it

899
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 2: was a hard game. You know, you move on, you

900
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 2: have to. I mean, there's been so many games over

901
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 2: the years. You know, I could go into it. I could.

902
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 2: I could talk about the game against the Steelers in

903
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 2: two thousand and seven when I was at the Manhattan

904
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 2: Beach Marriott and Monday night game when I smashed the

905
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 2: mirror in my hotel room. I think we were down

906
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 2: twenty one to nothing in the first five minutes of

907
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 2: the Game's Amison, you know, right, you cover that game. So,

908
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 2: I mean, there's so many bad games, right, there's so

909
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 2: many great games. We're blessed to be a part of it.

910
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 2: We're blessed to be a part of this team. And

911
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 2: every year is a unique challenge, and we'll move forward

912
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 2: and will be the best we can next year.

913
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 9: You want to approach.

914
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 4: The warning back position.

915
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 9: Quite a few three agents in that room as what

916
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 9: I know, you got probably think highly of Keaton Mitchell

917
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 9: coming back with each other running back position.

918
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm glad we have Justice on a two

919
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 2: year deal. You know, last year, you know, Nick was

920
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 2: able to get a two year deal done with Justice,

921
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 2: and Justice was really one of the unsung heroes of

922
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 2: the team this year down the stretch. I mean, guy

923
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 2: had a phenomenal season. You know, obviously we do have

924
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 2: some free agents, and you know, it was a challenge

925
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 2: this year with Jk's injury, which was unfortunate, terrible for us,

926
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 2: and then with Keaton. But you know, we'll assess that market.

927
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 2: We'll talk to those guys. We'll try to we'll see

928
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: where things kind of lie with with Gus and j K,

929
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 2: both two guys I have a lot of respect for

930
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: to outstanding players for us over the past three or

931
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 2: four years. We'll look at the draft, we'll look at

932
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 2: free agency. That's kind of a position like offensive line,

933
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 2: Like we've got to have some good running backs. I

934
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 2: think we do. Part of that is predicated on how

935
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 2: guys come back from injuries. But I know we've got

936
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 2: a great running back coach and we'll be ready to

937
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 2: go for both of you.

938
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 4: I know you guys haven't done your big meetings with

939
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 4: Steve yet.

940
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 6: What I mean, has he.

941
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 10: Offered any comment on sort of the season overall, when

942
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 10: he thought of it, and where he kind of ticks

943
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 10: the team as stands right now.

944
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 2: I think Steve was extremely happy that we could bring

945
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 2: an NFC championship game to Baltimore, and I think he

946
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 2: was really happy with just the season in general. I

947
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,239
Speaker 2: think he's now turned his He's a huge draft knick,

948
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 2: and I think he's starting to look at that. I

949
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 2: was down there this week and he was asking me

950
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 2: about players. But you know, it's always hard for all

951
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 2: of us. I mean, we kind of just we love

952
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 2: what we do and we want to see this thing,

953
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 2: you know, finish in a great way, and it didn't.

954
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 2: So that's a challenge for everybody, honestly. But we move

955
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,800
Speaker 2: on and we get excited and we understand the challenges ahead.

956
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 2: And I think Steve is a part of that as well.

957
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 6: I agree. I texted him.

958
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 5: He said some great things, and of course he's he's

959
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 5: also competitor, and he wants to find every way we

960
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 5: can you get better, just like we want to do it.

961
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 5: I mean, you talk about the losses just got me thinking,

962
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 5: is what how do you rank them? I feel really

963
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 5: bad about the Colt's loss. I was devastating. I was

964
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 5: cutting half on that one, and the Browns loss, and

965
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 5: then the two Steelers losses probably even if I'm ranking them,

966
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 5: probably even worse.

967
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 6: You know.

968
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 5: So those four losses during the regular season were brutal

969
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,759
Speaker 5: as well. So you know, we take it hard. We

970
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 5: take it hard, man, anytime we lose a game, we

971
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 5: take it hard. So we took that one hard too.

972
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 5: But then, you know what, you're tough. You better be,

973
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 5: you know, to point Eric's point, I sit up here

974
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 5: and say that, but and maybe kind of people kind

975
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 5: of roll their eyes. But that's that's the great thing

976
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 5: about it. You have to bounce back, and you have

977
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 5: to go back to work, and you have to compete.

978
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 5: And that's that's not just football, that's life. So everybody

979
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 5: does every single day in their life. That's what the

980
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 5: that's what they're tasked to do. Everybody has to do that.

981
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 5: And you can you can thrive and in plenty, and

982
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 5: you can thrive when you have little. You know, you

983
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 5: can still be the same person. And I think that's

984
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 5: what we try to do. That's where all the guys

985
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 5: try to do it. What you guys try to do

986
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 5: with your life every single day and that's what you do,

987
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 5: you know. And we were on the mountaintop this year

988
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,360
Speaker 5: many times, and we were down in the valley sometimes,

989
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 5: we were in the middle of a lot of different times.

990
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 5: We were still moving and we're going to continue to

991
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 5: do that.

992
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994
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