WEBVTT - John Harbaugh & Eric DeCosta Season Review Press Conference 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:06.000 Welcome into Ravens press Pass. Today we heard from head 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:09.640 coach John Harvall and general manager Eric Takasa for the 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.720 season review press conference. Here's that press conference in full. 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.560 Well, everybody, thanks for coming. I just got back from 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:21.400 the Senior Bowl, where we spent the last couple of 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:24.599 days looking at prospects. We went down on Monday, good week, 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:28.520 historically nice weather down there, so that was awesome and 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.760 we're back. We're ready to get started and we'll take questions. 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:37.199 The big question for the ABC Championship game is the 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:41.440 lack of rushing attempt, specifically with the running backs. Why 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.680 wasn't there were attempt to run the ball And was 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.080 there any point win the game where we had conversations 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:48.720 with Todd about possibly. 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:49.319 Client to run the ball. 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.560 Yes, we did throughout the course of the game. That's 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.080 not the number you want to have when it's all 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:55.560 said and down you look back at it. That's not 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.360 really gonna win us an AFC Championship game. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:00:58.880 For sure. 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.720 It's more than just calling plays. You know, we had 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.520 in that game. A big part of our game plan 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.800 where RPOs, which are run pass options base on what 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:11.559 the defense gives you. Cans and check with mes which 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.479 are run pass options. A lot of times sometimes there 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.520 pass to pass which we had. Sometimes they're run to run. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.680 But a lot of what we were doing was directed 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:20.560 at the line of scrimmage by what the defense gave us, 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:22.520 and the defense was lined up to take away the run. 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.960 So the next thing would be to bring it in 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:29.240 tight and just run the ball out heavy formations and 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:33.240 wide receivers blocking the edge and protecting the edge that way. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.760 We could have done that, but we were down, so 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.279 we wanted to keep the formations open and give ourselves 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:39.600 the best chance to, you know, try to move the 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.680 ball and score points. Defense two minute offense at the 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.560 end of the half, two minute offense mostly throughout the 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.840 whole fourth quarter we were in. That's going to take 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.840 away rushing attempt. So it's not, you know, an excuse 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.000 you want to run the ball more. Sometimes you've got 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:54.920 to be willing to get big and run the ball 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:56.760 that way. We just didn't want to do it that 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.120 way in the game, and it cost us the opportunity 0:01:59.120 --> 0:01:59.880 to run the ball more. 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:04.200 On those lines when you mentioned you guys obviously be down. 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.720 They had scored on their first possessions, went down the 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.720 field possessed the ball a lot did that and those 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.880 two drives and sort of that momentum that they'd garnered 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.520 sort of I wish you into that or maybe change 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:19.160 your your thinking. 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.679 I guess it really say it did. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.280 It put us in two minutes at the end of 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:24.720 the half, which are going to be in any way 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:25.480 if you get the ball back. 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.360 We played that well, we got the two minute opportunity, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.120 and it put us in two minutes in the fourth quarter. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:31.320 So I think that's where it came up. As far 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.399 as run pass play calling. We still wanted to play. 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.920 We still want to stay with our game plan. We 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:38.480 still wanted to run the ball. I mean, believe it 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:39.720 or not, it was a big part of our game 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.520 plan to run the ball. Had the ball for nine 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:42.639 minutes in the first half. 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:43.720 So those two. 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.640 Long drives it took us out of opportunity to call 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.160 any kind of plays, and then we didn't convert. You know, 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.640 we had we had mistakes, we had they stopped us, 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.040 they made plays. We were off the field right away 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:54.720 after that first drive. So I think all those things 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.920 kind of played into it. Second half. We come out, 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:58.919 we go three and out. You don't get a chance 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.839 to call any kind of runs when you're three and out. 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:03.440 We got the ball back, we started moving the ball. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:04.840 Then we made a couple of mistakes, you know, we 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.800 had penalties, We had an opportunity to score that we 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.040 didn't finish the play on, you know, and those things 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:11.800 took us out of the scoring opportunities and kind of 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.440 wasted a couple of drives there. When it's all said 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.680 and done, then you're in a passing game at that 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.760 point after all that happened. So I think when you 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.280 look at the way the game played out, you can 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.679 understand it from a football perspective. But once you get 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.720 through all that, you come back. You want to run 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:26.400 the ball against the Chiefs, There's no doubt about it. 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.760 And we did want to run the ball against the Chiefs, 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:30.560 and that we weren't able to get to it. 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.640 All were even the play calling during the force of 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:35.720 the game that changed because I know at halftime you 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.120 had said, I believe on television we want to run. 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:38.880 The ball anymore. 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.000 And when did you realize it was just six carriers 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:42.760 for the running backs? 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:43.240 Was that post? 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.480 It's not you don't think in that term during those 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.360 terms during the game, you're thinking play by play, series 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.920 by series, what they're doing to stop you and attack you. 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:52.840 You know, you're not thinking, oh gosh, I'm going to 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:54.440 have to answer for how many times you ran the 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:56.320 ball in the press conference after the game. I mean, 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.560 that's not that doesn't that's not important. During the game, 0:03:58.560 --> 0:03:59.720 you're trying to find a way to win the game 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.280 whatever way you can. We could have won that game. 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.320 You know, if we'd have finished a couple of plays, 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:06.600 we would have won the game. So our defense played 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:10.680 phenomenally in the second half. You know, I'm disappointed that 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.040 we didn't win the game, But from a football standpoint, 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.640 I understand the focus on it because it's one thing. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.960 But for me, it's not the focus. The focus is 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.600 how can we how can we protect our run game 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:24.839 a little bit better with our pass game at times. 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:26.880 So if you're going to spread people out and you 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:28.719 want to open up your formations, you've got to protect 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.760 the edges against the run game, and you've got to 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.479 do it different kind of ways. You can do it 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.680 by bringing blockers in there. You can do it by 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.920 run pass options and reads after. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:38.479 The ball snap. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.280 You can do it with quarterback driven stuff, which we 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.000 had a few of those in there. You can do 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:45.039 it by going to passes with check with me's, which 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.680 we also called numerous times. All those passes were that way. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.040 Then you've got to decide and you've got to pick 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.000 up am I throwing a pass that's going to beat 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.919 man or zone or good versus all, And those are 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.039 the decisions that you have to make. So it's not 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.120 so much about hey, how many runs do we have 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.320 right now? I think we need to get more so 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:02.960 so I can answer for it in the press conference. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.040 You know, It's more about what's gonna give us the 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.039 best chance to win the game right now in real time, 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:08.560 and that's what we were looking. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.400 At John specifically. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.760 Lamar's legs are such a big part of what you 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:17.440 guys do offensively. You mentioned some of the quarterback design bones, 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.159 but even some of the scrambled plays. How unfortunate was 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.720 it that his legs in general weren't a bigger. 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:23.200 Part of the game. 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:24.360 Well, I mean it was always going to be a 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:24.800 big part of it. 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.200 You know, I had a great conversation with Lamar yesterday 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.320 and it was we talked about all these things. You know, 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.279 we hashed it all out, and Lamar is just really 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.760 good football mind, you know. And and I'll say that 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.159 we were both like like lockstep, we were both already 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.320 thinking the same way. So does that mean I'm saying 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:42.800 I got a football mind, good football mind. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:43.240 I don't know. 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:47.200 But I was happy with that because the challenges that 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.760 you're facing schematically and personnel wise and all that against 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.640 the different defenses that kind of are coming up against us, 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:54.919 or the things that he's thinking about. 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.440 So just saying he could have scrambled more or. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:58.560 Something like that, I don't know if that's really what 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:00.560 your question is, but that's all going to be a 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.320 huge part of it because it keeps the defense honest 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.520 in a lot of ways. It didn't factor in as 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.359 much in this game. It did a little bit, but 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:07.599 we want that to be a big part of what 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:09.520 he does, of course, because it keeps the defense honest. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:10.560 I mean, if they want to push out of there 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.919 underneath your downfield routes, they want to match up on 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.719 your checkdowns, that's gonna lead Lamar, you know. And you 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:17.240 gotta find a way to stop him too. And we've 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.720 seen that throughout the course of the season a lot. 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:25.360 John the overall twenty twenty three season that was a success. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:29.040 Felt it was a great season, you know, very rewarding. 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:33.440 I love the team, the players, the chemistry, the culture, 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.080 the camaraderie. Every single day these guys came to work, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.320 the coaches, the effort they put into it, the job 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.480 the scouts did. I mean, it was a great season. Disappointing, 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:44.480 you know at the end, of course, it always is 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:48.240 for most teams. But you know the thing that I 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.480 don't have the luxury of really dwelling on a season. 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:53.880 You know, we go to the Senior Bowl the next day. 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.360 Literally woke up the next day say goodbye to the 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.240 kids who went to the Senior Bowl. So we've moved on. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.320 I know I've moved on. I think the scouts have 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:04.120 moved on, and we're excited about the future. 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:06.640 Uh, you lost Mike. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:12.120 McDonald the Seattle Two questions, One, was there an aggressive 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:13.960 play we to try to keep them or some matter 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:15.040 if you just can't keep a. 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:16.920 Head coach from becoming a head coach. And the second half, 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.160 what are your decision to promote Zach Organ? 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:19.440 Right? 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.200 I would have loved to have kept Mike, but no, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.640 we couldn't keep him. He was gonna go take that job. 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.280 He was happy and excited about it, and you know, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.760 we're happy for him. I mean, when these things come up, 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.320 these are these are these are good things. These are 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.360 good problems to have because you know you're doing well. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.080 And Mike, Mike did a great job. I think the 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.880 whole defensive staff was phenomenal this year. The players were phenomenal. 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:43.160 It's kind of interesting everybody talks about how talented we are, 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.240 and I agreed we were super talented thanks to Eric 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.800 and George Cokeenis and all those guys over there in 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:49.400 terms of some of the veteran players they put in. 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.440 But that wasn't the conversation before the season, as you 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.760 all well know. And I think I think that defense, 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.240 you know, proved something to a lot of people. Same 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.640 conversation that was had two years ago, you know, it 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:01.720 wasn't one of the same one everybody was talking about 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:02.880 at the end of this season. 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.440 With Mike moving on. So I'm proud of that. 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:06.520 I mean, that's something that as a coach you look 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.480 back on, you go, man, we work together, all of 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.760 us to build something really special as a team. But 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:14.880 talking about the defensive side of the ball. On defense, 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.720 it was phenomenal and the opportunities are going to happen. 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.760 Denard's got an opportunity now to go be the defensive 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.880 coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. Zach has an opportunity to 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.280 be the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. The raising 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.440 tide raises all ships, and those are pretty good jumps 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.360 for those three guys, and I'm excited for them, But 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:37.120 with Zach specifically, and not just Zach. Okay, the guys 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.000 that are here, you know, Chris Hewitt, who's our pass 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.920 defense coordinator, Anthony Weaver, who runs the whole front you 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:45.920 know it, does a great job with the pass rush, 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.840 does a great job with the run defense. He's also 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.920 my assistant head coach, phenomenal leader, was interviewing for head 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.160 coaching jobs already this year. Those guys, along with Zach 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.040 and the guys that we had on defense, and some 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.480 of the younger coaches that are already here, including Chuck Smith, 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.760 those guys are going to build another great defense and 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.160 I'm going to be in the middle of it, just 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:05.360 like I'm in the middle of the offense and the 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.480 special teams. But I'm going to lean on those guys 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.360 and trust those guys and empower those guys to build 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:13.960 a great defense. Zach is super talented, super enthusiastic, He's 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.360 very smart, he is prepared for that job. 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.000 He's in the middle of the defense. 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.200 I think when you're a linebacker coach, that's an advantage 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.040 because you're in the middle of the defense. You understand 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.080 the whole defense inside. Now you've got a big picture. 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.120 Helps you with a defensive play calling, for sure. Anytime 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:30.840 a linebacker coach usually hasn't a little bit of an 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:34.160 advantage as far as that goes. And there's no reason 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:36.240 not to put Zack in that position in my mind 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:37.760 right now. And I think he'll do a great job. 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.680 But I also think he'll do a great job because 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.600 of the support he's going to get from two veteran 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.000 coaches who are a great coaches, Chris Hewitt and Anthony Weaver. 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.400 What a consideration wasn't though it was Zach. 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.240 I mean even Mike went to Michigan for a year 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.599 with a d C and Paul plays. I think of 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:55.480 a consideration wasn't for you that he hasn't called defensive plays. 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.800 It's definitely consideration. I mean, you definitely have to think 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.320 about that. That's gonna be something that we have to 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.599 work through. He's gonna have to he's gonna have to 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.240 get on board with quick. I think he's been studying that, 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.040 you know, and how to do that all the way through. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:07.240 So I you know, I'm talking to him. I have 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:08.920 a comfort level that he'll be good at it. But 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:10.560 you know, he's got to go do it. There's no 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:12.800 doubt about it. So uh, but he's again he's gonna 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.480 get support not just from the veteran coaches also, but 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.760 the young coaches that are gonna help set up those 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.840 game plans and and make sure that all the bases 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:20.560 are covered that way. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.520 I do you have you have an anti weaver staying 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.600 and he's gonna stay on in her roll? 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.480 Or is he still jogging on some stuff? 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.680 That's a good question. He's still involved with the Dolphins 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.840 defensive coordinator job. And uh, and we'll see if he 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.760 gets that job. I'll be happy for him if he 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.199 takes the job. I don't know if he'll even take 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.600 it if he gets offered, but uh, he's involved in 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.800 that job and he you know, maybe I'm. 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:42.360 Speaking on turnerk. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:43.680 Maybe I get in trouble and there was a league 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:45.880 rule against this, but he'll be a great head coach, 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:49.240 you know if he didn't get hired this cycle and 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:51.800 great coaches got hired. But you know, some some days, 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.960 some people are gonna look back and they're gonna say, man, 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:55.760 we had a chance to hire Anthony Weaver. You know, 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.640 I guarantee you that they're gonna say they missed. They're 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:00.559 gonna see they miss their chance, and the next time around, 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.720 somebody's not going to miss their chance. So that's how 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:03.720 I feel about Anthony. 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.480 As far as Joe Ortiz I personally working together for 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.520 so long and what does that mean to you? 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.800 And also as far as he was the plan and 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:14.319 play sense to replace that. 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.000 Yeah, I mean Joe and I worked together twenty six 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:21.719 years and you know, for probably the last fifteen he 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.880 sat next to me, you know, during the draft and 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.840 had a chance to study and watch me stack the 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.319 board and run the meetings. And great evaluator, a great 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:35.240 consensus builder. He did an amazing job the last five years, 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.199 especially really working closely with the scouts, managing and leading 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:43.120 the scouts. And he's just he's this great guy. He's 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.440 one of my best friends. I'm very happy for he 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:49.840 and Jennifer and their kids, their boys. It's a special family. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:50.760 You know. 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.960 As far as replacements, we've got a great staff And 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.000 one of the one of the luxuries I have as 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.200 a GM is that we've all been together for a 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.960 very very long time. You have, you know, someone like 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:07.640 George Kokinis, who's who's been here forever. Uh, probably the best, 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.040 you know, pro personnel guy in the league. And that's 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.400 how we find these guys like the van Ney's and 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.480 the Clowneys and the Molett's and the Darby's and all 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:20.240 those kind of guys. Mark Ascevedo, David Blackburn, our director 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.400 of college scouting. Uh, you know, we Uh, it'll be 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.600 It'll be hard for me personally, just because I really 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.840 value Joe as an evaluator and as a person as 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.400 a friend. But I think we have the people to 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.000 kind of take care of the process for us. 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:35.440 Yeah, because you go. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:39.280 Into moving forward in the next year, do. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:42.000 You anticipate using franchise ty, I'm out of VIK and 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.400 is there any way that you anticipate seeing him reache 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:46.000 free agency? 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:48.960 You know, I learned a lesson this year, and that was, 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.920 you know, as as hard as uh not to revisit 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.800 the Lamar negotiation. But one of the great things about 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.560 that negotiation was I learned that it's beneficial to just 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:01.000 not talk about things. And I think you know it, 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.280 there is a value sometimes and not really showing your 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.560 cards or showing your hand. And so we'll have all 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.120 those decisions I think made at some point coming soon. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.280 We don't have a lot of time. Uh, we'll talk 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.920 about it, John and I with Steve and Oz and 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:18.600 Joe and George, not Joe, George and Nick and Patt, 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.880 but you know we'll have we'll have those uh decisions 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.520 made in the coming weeks. We'll know what's best for 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:25.040 us to do. 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:25.520 Uh. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.760 It's something that just we just we haven't just started 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.680 thinking about it, obviously, something we've been thinking about. 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:31.079 Uh. 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.559 I think Justin had a great year, as did Patrick Queen. Uh. 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.319 Those two guys obviously, you know pro bowlers, UH, great 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.960 seasons and UH we'll have a good plan in place 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.560 for those guys, either of you. 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:44.840 You know, I think this is the time. 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.840 Next week we'll be talking about Lamar having a second MVP, 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:53.200 you know, one great visual game, not his best AFC 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:54.280 Championship game. 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.199 Where do you guys kind of fit the postseason evaluation 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.320 in what Lamar did did you. 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:04.520 Hear you separate it and how does that fit into. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.840 What you want to see warm through? 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:09.400 Well, to me, it's a big picture. 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:14.880 You know, this is the first year in this offense, 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:17.440 you know, and I think if you take something you asked, 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.560 you'd asked about Todd, you'd asked about how do you 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:20.480 judge the season? 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.080 And Eric, I say exactly what I would say. 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.320 You know, you take it as a whole and each game, 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.360 you go back through each game, each part of it, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.000 and each part of it and within that, each play 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.520 within it. You know, that's how we evaluate it. And 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.520 so it's pretty it's a pretty deep metric, you know. 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.360 So success failure, well, it depends on your criteria. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:37.760 You know. 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.360 In the National Football League, unless you don't make the playoffs, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:44.400 your last game is not a success unless you win 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.680 the Super Bowl. So you take you got to understand that. 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:48.600 So when you when you don't win your last game, 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.440 especially a home AFC championship game, which is so rare 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.040 and so hard to get to, it's rare error, then 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.120 it's like, well, is it a success is a failure? 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.960 Lamar Jackson is a phenomenal success. Here's a phenomenal succes 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.040 us as a football player. He is a phenomenal success 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.640 as a person, as a leader, as a family man. 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.520 But you're asking about the football player, he's there. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.680 In my opinion, there's nobody better in this league, especially 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.760 nobody better for the Baltimore Ravens and for this organization, 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:19.080 for this city, and just from a historical perspective, I'm 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.680 excited about the future. I'm excited about taking this offense 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:26.520 to the next level next year, an opportunity to pick 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.560 up where we are and dig deeper with what we 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.560 can give him. You say, you say, Lamar has the 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.800 keys to the offense. Okay, now you build the offense. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.320 It's like setting up a car. We got to build 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:36.840 a car. We've got to set the car up with 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:38.600 Mar's a driver. He's got to be involved in the 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:41.040 setup of the car. Even more last year that wasn't 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.600 even possible. Right this year, he's going to be involved. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.000 And he's talked about he's already involved about what we 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.880 talked about yesterday and setting up that car. Now he 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.480 comes in on the front end and he's talking to 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.359 the guys about how the car is set up and. 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:53.600 Exactly how these things need to be run. 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:55.840 This year, every day was a new day in the offense, 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:57.640 you know, right on through to the last part of 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.600 the season. Next year, it won't be a new day 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.000 every single of the day. And that's that's pretty easy 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.720 to figure out and make. It makes sense, right, but 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:06.680 it's it's real and I'm looking forward to that next 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:07.880 part of that process. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.600 When you talk to Lamar. When you talk to Lamar, 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.000 what what does he feel needs to be done? 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:15.000 Yeah, I'm not even. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.880 Bringing the list in my pocket right now, but he's 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.480 he's he's talking exces and o's. He's talking the opportunity 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.640 and how we attack the different defenses that we play, 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.480 anything from how we practice to it to the options 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.680 that we have, you know, protecting runs pass protection, how 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.880 we protect and how we adjust the protections, how we 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.400 get to certain routes against certain coverages. Those are things 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.600 that are on his mind, you know, and those are 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.200 things that he's going to be involved with the staff 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.600 talking about. You know, I'm excited about that. He wants 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.400 to do it, you know, and he's just into it, man, 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:45.800 he's really into it. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.520 Off When you said earlier about you know, kind of 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.120 being judged on the last game. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:52.680 I think what we've heard from Finns this week. 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.360 Is they felt like it wasn't so much that you lost, 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.000 but they felt like it wasn't the team they had 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.040 seen all season in the last game, and they felt 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.640 that way also in nineteen. Do you think that's a 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:07.240 fair criticism and do you see anything in process that 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:08.439 you would tweak to avoid that? 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.040 I guess definitely a fair criticism because that's what you see. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:12.520 I mean, it's just you look at it. It's not 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.680 the same, you know, it wasn't you know, a thirty 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.960 point went over over a division leader, you know, obviously, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:19.600 and that's the result of it. 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.520 It was the same team, it was the same guys. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.600 It's it's it's the game plan that was devised against 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:24.880 that particular team that day. 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.000 But we didn't play better than the team we played. 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:28.959 They played better than us. 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.280 You know, they had a better game plan, they had 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:32.720 a better they executed. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.159 Their game plan better. They made plays. 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.400 I mean, they made some great throw some great catches, 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.879 a few great runs, you know, in the first half especially, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:41.639 and they scored those points. Their defense came up and 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.719 made plays, they tackled well, they kept us bottled up, 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:47.440 they covered us well, we didn't come up with those 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.520 great plays. That's really the difference. So in that sense, 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.600 it's not the same team. But in the sense of 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:56.119 the effort, the preparation, what we were bringing to the 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.880 table schematically, all those things, it was exactly the same team. 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:00.320 It's just a different result. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.560 And every single team in the league is going to 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.760 have that feeling after losing in the playoffs. So I 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:08.360 get it, you know, I feel the same way. I mean, 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.800 I'm telling you I'm heartbroken. I'm heartbroken the fact that 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.399 we didn't win that game at home in front of 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.119 our crowd for the first time, you know, in all 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.040 these years, and get a chance to play in the 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:18.560 Super Bowl. 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:20.680 Because I felt the same way last year. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.879 I felt like if we hadn't, you know, not finished 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:26.760 the game last year, made the mistakes last year that 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.200 cost us the game against the Bengals, I feel like 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:30.520 we'd been in the Super Bowl last year. 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:31.480 I believe that with all my heart. 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:36.720 I've told the guys that they know that, So I 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:40.000 think that's normal and natural. Our fans care. They care 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:41.959 just as much as we do as coaches, as players. 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.439 I have to believe that and we all should be 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.760 feeling that way, but we all should be excited about 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.760 where we're going, you know, and what's in front of 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:50.480 us and what we're building here. 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:52.520 And then we're challenged by the things we got overcome. 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.480 You know, there's always there's always things that you lose 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:55.840 and you've got to make up for and find a 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:56.480 way to even prove on. 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:57.760 We did a great job of that last year. I 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.360 hope we can do even better this year. 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:02.080 Has over visioned by. 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:04.920 Samley the other day express disappointment in how. 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:05.520 He played this show. 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:09.800 You know how the last few years agne with health fiesta. 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:13.280 But given where he is with his health performance and 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.679 also with his compensation on where is the organization with 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:20.000 him and his left tackle a position you just start 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.560 maybe looking at more carefully in a big picture sense. 0:19:23.040 --> 0:19:25.119 Well, I think the offensive line is always gonna be 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.480 something that we stress here. You know, we're gonna continue 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:29.919 to look at that every single year, particularly as you 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.840 get older. You know, it gets tougher and tougher and 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:35.800 tougher for guys to stay healthy. And unfortunately Ronnie no 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.159 fault of his own, but he has had, you know 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.760 a series of injuries that hurt him, hurt his performance, 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.360 uh the ankle and then a series of knee injuries, 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:46.719 and so that's definitely been a factor. You know, I 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.080 love Ronnie, He's still a talented player. Think this is 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.240 gonna be a big off season for him, getting himself healthy, 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:56.240 getting himself strong again, coming back in great football shape. 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:58.840 We'll make all those personnel decisions over the coming weeks 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:00.920 what we decide to do. But as far as the 0:20:00.960 --> 0:20:03.320 position in general, I definitely think you know, Coach said 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:05.720 this in two thousand and eight when we interviewed him. 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:07.720 He said, We're always going to have a strong, physical, 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:10.679 big offensive line, and that's kind of bled into the 0:20:10.720 --> 0:20:12.880 culture of this place and who we are as an organization. 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:14.040 We're gonna continue to do that. 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:17.240 What happened with Tyas Bowser and it's kind of a 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:18.560 mystery all year. 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.840 And where does that leave his status going forward? 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.120 Yeah, you know, unfortunate for Tius they couldn't play this year. 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:29.119 Can't really get into all the different specifics so that 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:31.879 as you guys know, how we handle the injuries. I 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.880 think Tyas has probably talked about it in some way. 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:40.440 He had an injury. Unfortunate and you know, wasn't able 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:42.239 to play, and we'll have to continue to assess that 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:44.960 in the coming weeks to see where he stands with 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:50.680 that injury. You know, great man a good player for us, 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:53.680 just a tough deal for him this year, and we'll 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:54.400 have to deal with it. 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:58.359 I'm wondering how difficult it is for you to know 0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:00.800 a guy like JPP but not in the tank to 0:21:00.800 --> 0:21:03.200 go another year and then pick up guys like cow 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:07.760 annoy clowning and they do, And how can we close 0:21:07.800 --> 0:21:08.720 that situation? 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:10.800 And do you see guys like that and you cook 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:13.120 be an offer of a job back next year? 0:21:14.560 --> 0:21:17.240 Uh, what do when you say difficult? I'm not really 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:17.760 sure what you. 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:19.359 Mean clowning out of the league? 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.920 They annoy, they he was on the couch right and 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:23.880 when they came in and. 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:28.320 They were able to okay and where other teams didn't look. 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:28.680 At a much. 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:32.080 Yeah, you know, I think that's you know, partly their 0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:35.919 own ability as players and their desire at this stage 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:38.080 of their careers. But I also think it's this place. 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:40.600 You know, players come in here and they're part of 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:42.600 our strength and conditioning program and the way that we 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:45.240 practice and the way that we coach, and you know 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:47.520 other players in the vibe that this place, as you 0:21:47.520 --> 0:21:50.399 guys see it at practice every day. Uh, we've become 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:52.560 a place, I think where veteran players can come and 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:54.560 really succeed and play well. And there's a lot of 0:21:54.640 --> 0:21:57.320 reasons for that. The performance stuff that we do upstairs, 0:21:57.320 --> 0:22:00.320 and the wellness stuff that we do and nutrition and 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:03.280 Sam and the trainers and John and his program, and 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:05.040 guys come in here and flourish, and so I think 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:07.359 it speaks to that, but also to the type of 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:11.040 guys that they are. I mean, van Ney, Clowney, Malette Darby, 0:22:11.119 --> 0:22:13.720 all those guys. Those guys are wired the right way, 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:16.920 and they really really wanted to win this year. They 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:19.359 saw potential to win this year, and they hit the 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.320 ground running and they played very well. You got to the. 0:22:22.280 --> 0:22:23.320 Defense real quick. 0:22:23.680 --> 0:22:25.760 Obviously, it's a big loss when you lose a guy 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:28.679 like Mike McDonald and you always wanted your new Cornator 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:30.399 to be able to leave their fingerprint. But when your 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.520 defense was as good as it's been, how different do 0:22:33.560 --> 0:22:34.119 you want it to know? 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:35.960 What differences would you be looking for? 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:39.000 Well, yeah, I'm looking for evolution and growth, just like 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:41.080 we would if Mike was still here. 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:45.560 You know, and that's why, that's why we have advancement 0:22:45.560 --> 0:22:46.040 from within. 0:22:46.560 --> 0:22:48.280 You know, I've seen the job that those guys have 0:22:48.320 --> 0:22:51.560 done and Zach has done, and we're building and evolving 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:54.520 this defense ever since two thousand and eight, and it's 0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:56.480 been some sea change or sea change in twelve. There 0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.080 were a sea change in eighteen, and then there was 0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:04.480 change of face a little bit when. 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:04.800 Mike came in. 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:08.240 And that'll be another change of face with Zach in 0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:10.200 here and kind of putting his fingerprits on, like you said. 0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:12.919 But it'll still be in the world of what we 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:17.200 do with Raven's defense schematically and even more importantly, how 0:23:17.280 --> 0:23:20.240 we like to play. And Zach hard to beat Zach 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:23.080 in terms of knowing that because he's born and breda Raymond. 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:25.200 So I'm looking forward to it. 0:23:25.480 --> 0:23:28.520 Sure, you brought over the AFC Championship a few times 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:30.840 when it happened with Justin Tucker. 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:33.520 Before the game. We heard from Tucker, We've heard from 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:35.600 the chiefs. I don't know if you have an opinion 0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:37.960 on who was in the wrong movement right, whether or 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:39.840 not that got. 0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:42.400 Into the heads of your players, as some fans perceived, 0:23:42.480 --> 0:23:45.520 because you guys had four personal fouls throughout the game, 0:23:45.560 --> 0:23:48.560 and maybe the Chiefs were in your guys heads as 0:23:48.600 --> 0:23:49.800 a perception out there. 0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:52.480 So yeahs as far as the thing, I mean, I 0:23:52.520 --> 0:23:54.280 know Justin did the same I wasn't out there for it, 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:55.840 so I didn't see it. I heard about it after, 0:23:56.080 --> 0:23:59.040 But same routine he's done for the last twelve years, 0:23:59.160 --> 0:24:01.760 same timing. There is no side of the field, so 0:24:01.800 --> 0:24:03.480 you know that the field doesn't split in half until 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:06.240 a certain time. The kickers are always out there as 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:08.199 long as well as the returns before that happens. So 0:24:08.240 --> 0:24:09.879 teams get to use both ends the field because you 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:12.320 got a kick into both both wins, you know both, 0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:15.040 you get to kick both ways. While that was going on, 0:24:15.160 --> 0:24:17.240 their kickers were down there at the other end doing 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:19.879 the exact same thing in the exact same spot, and 0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:22.560 there was no problem down there. So I think it's 0:24:22.600 --> 0:24:24.600 pretty normal that we do that. Played the Chiefs a 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:26.560 bunch of times before. It was the same exact time 0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:29.520 schedule that we had all those other times, So it's fine. 0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:31.280 As far as the other part of it, now, it's 0:24:31.320 --> 0:24:33.239 a football game. It's about how you execute and how 0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:35.879 you play and and uh, and the Chiefs played a 0:24:35.880 --> 0:24:38.119 better football game than we did. But that part of 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:40.080 it early on, I don't I don't fault Tuck at all. 0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:42.520 He was doing what he always does. I'm not blaming anybody. 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:45.080 I could care less. Doesn't mean anything didn't get in tuckshead. 0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:47.040 And he's kicking the ball straight and kicking touchbacks, So 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:49.280 I don't think it impacted the game. 0:24:49.080 --> 0:24:49.600 In any way. 0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:54.720 Disconnected. 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:01.440 I don't have any thing to say about that way 0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:03.280 you asked the question, because I don't see it that way. 0:25:03.359 --> 0:25:07.679 You know, those guys are are doing their jobs and 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:09.600 we're trying to build a pass game. Run everybody we can. 0:25:09.600 --> 0:25:11.840 I mean, Rashan Bateman has a great future. Yeah, he 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:15.040 runs great routes. He's developed into a great, great route runner, 0:25:15.400 --> 0:25:17.520 and I know Lamar wants to get him the ball 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:19.919 as much as he can. So the idea that he 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:21.960 didn't maybe just saying you can get the many passes 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:22.760 is you would. 0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:23.600 Have liked him to get or whatever. 0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:26.480 Hey, I agree, man, I want baita flourish and make 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:28.600 a bunch of plays, and he's going to do that, 0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:31.119 and I think he'll be a bigger part of it 0:25:31.160 --> 0:25:33.320 next year. Just by the fact that he was healthy 0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:35.879 all year this year, had a chance to establish himself 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:38.800 that way, and he'll be, Uh, he'll be He'll be starting, 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:42.159 he'll be playing all those snaps and he'll rise to 0:25:42.160 --> 0:25:42.680 the occasion. 0:25:43.880 --> 0:25:47.639 Will be the receiver room last year. But odell agalar 0:25:47.800 --> 0:25:50.720 du Grenade. They're set to become free agents. A decision 0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:52.960 needs to be made on the Hen's fifth year option 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:57.080 in May. Could this group undergo a lot of change again. 0:25:56.960 --> 0:25:57.560 In this season? 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:00.960 I don't know. I love the guys have coming back. 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:04.479 I mean, I think Bait's gonna have a great season, 0:26:05.240 --> 0:26:08.119 and uh, and we got Zay. We will talk to 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:10.879 guys and look at potentially bringing some guys back. But 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:13.720 I feel really good about where we are. I think 0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:16.920 we also saw the emergence of Isaiah likely this year, 0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:20.120 and we know, of course what Mark can do, Mark Andrews, 0:26:20.160 --> 0:26:21.720 and so we have a lot of guys that can 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:25.760 make plays. And I think, you know, watching watching Jay 0:26:25.840 --> 0:26:28.040 this year and just picture and Jay and Bait out 0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:30.920 there next year is very exciting and we'll see where 0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:34.080 that leads. We've also got the draft, and like I said, 0:26:34.440 --> 0:26:38.240 you know, uh, we'll have conversations where our uh free 0:26:38.280 --> 0:26:40.960 agents as well and We've already started those conversations in 0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:43.800 some cases, and so I would expect the receiver room 0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:46.880 to be very strong next year and very productive. 0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:50.160 Up here. 0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:52.840 You guys have had such as a phenomenal success rating 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:54.920 directors franchise. 0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:56.920 That he said a super Bowl. 0:26:57.000 --> 0:27:02.119 We know it's wide open, and are you just given 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:06.720 where you guys are competitively early viewing, you know, potential 0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:11.639 for using those picks to whire established players players are 0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:15.119 already lead or is the franchise preference formain you just 0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:16.919 kind of applying guys three your process. 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.400 Yeah, I mean we were just you know, fundamentally, we're 0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:22.280 always gonna be focused on the draft, and we look 0:27:22.280 --> 0:27:25.159 at our history, you know. Uh, now we've you know, 0:27:25.200 --> 0:27:26.960 in the last couple of years, we have traded draft 0:27:27.000 --> 0:27:29.400 picks for players in some cases, but I think generally 0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:33.199 we're gonna be a draft centric team. And uh, you know, 0:27:33.400 --> 0:27:36.880 as we've said, the landscape has changed a little bit 0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:39.880 because we're paying a quarterback who deserves it a lot 0:27:39.920 --> 0:27:42.359 of money and that's gonna have a salary cap ramification. 0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:44.840 For sure, we'll start to feel that we've started to 0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:46.639 field that last year. We'll feel that this year as 0:27:46.640 --> 0:27:48.960 we do a lot of teams. Uh, So draft picks 0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:51.720 are very important to us. We'll continue to be very important. However, 0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:54.719 of course, if we have the chance to acquire an 0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:57.520 all pro type guy, we're gonna look at that very closely. 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:01.480 So there's really not one set formula, of course, but 0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:03.800 generally we like to have a lot of draft picks, 0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:06.879 and I would expect us to uh have a lot 0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:07.800 of draft picks this year. 0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:10.160 You make a lot of tough decisions. 0:28:10.240 --> 0:28:12.080 Last year, you made the decision to not pick up 0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.879 Patrick Quinne's your option. Looking back now with him being 0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:18.480 a free agent, how do you still you feel s 0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:19.359 still feel the same with. 0:28:19.760 --> 0:28:23.000 The talent you guys didn't get that well, you know, 0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:27.840 you never know on these situations. Is to challenge. Patrick 0:28:27.880 --> 0:28:30.359 had an amazing season. I love Patrick. It's one of 0:28:30.400 --> 0:28:32.199 my favorite guys on the team. He's put himself in 0:28:32.200 --> 0:28:35.360 a great position potentially to hit the market and see 0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:39.560 what his value is. You know, you never know if 0:28:39.600 --> 0:28:41.440 you if you pick up an option, that's less money that 0:28:41.480 --> 0:28:43.239 you can spend on somebody else. And so how does 0:28:43.280 --> 0:28:46.040 that how do those dominoes fall? Really hard to say, 0:28:46.400 --> 0:28:49.200 I I I can say that Patrick, I'm very very 0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:50.880 I know coach fields the same way. He had an 0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:54.120 excellent season Pro Bowl season. His future is extremely bright. 0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:56.440 It's one of the best inside linebackers in the league. 0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:58.680 Credit to him. I'm very happy for him, very very 0:28:58.680 --> 0:29:01.160 happy for his family. He's a special player and a 0:29:01.160 --> 0:29:03.440 special person generally. 0:29:03.520 --> 0:29:07.000 Speaking with twenty plus pending on restricted free agents, with 0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:09.400 where you said the salary cap was, it's kind of 0:29:09.400 --> 0:29:11.880 first priority looking at you know, can we bring. 0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:13.240 A lot of these guys back? How do you feel 0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:14.480 about the chances of doing that. 0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:17.800 Well, we'll be busy, you know, we'll be talking of 0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.360 agents at the combine and we'll be talking. We started 0:29:20.360 --> 0:29:23.120 talking to agents looking at, you know, the crop of 0:29:23.120 --> 0:29:25.320 free agents that are out there, but mostly at our 0:29:25.320 --> 0:29:27.600 guys and who can we bring back, and what's that 0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:29.280 contract going to look like, and what will those long 0:29:29.360 --> 0:29:32.680 term ramifications be as well. And you know, at some 0:29:32.760 --> 0:29:35.360 point you get to the point where you have to 0:29:35.720 --> 0:29:37.960 play with who you have, and you have to draft well, 0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:39.480 and you have to hit on players. And I think 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:41.960 we've done that the last couple of years. We've seen 0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:43.840 the emergence of a lot of younger players, and that's 0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:46.600 going to continue. We've got a great process. We've got 0:29:46.600 --> 0:29:49.520 great evaluators, our coaching staff does a phenomenal job, and 0:29:49.560 --> 0:29:52.720 we also develop players. So you know, I don't really 0:29:52.760 --> 0:29:57.040 subscribe to the idea of windows opening and closing. I'd 0:29:57.080 --> 0:30:00.520 like to believe that with careful roster building and good 0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:03.120 drafting and development of players, the window is going to 0:30:03.160 --> 0:30:03.760 always be open. 0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:08.640 One of those free agents, obviously, Kevin Zeidler. A lot 0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:11.480 of injuries this year and so forth. What's what's kind 0:30:11.480 --> 0:30:14.120 of a plan with them. I need to get a 0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:16.640 couple of freezes at the guard spot, and it's sort 0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:19.280 of how much emphasis will will the offensive line be. 0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:24.480 I guess that evaluation process be freeze, draft, et cetera. 0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:27.240 Yeah, Well, you know, congrats to Kevin. He's at the 0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:30.160 Pro Bowl right now, and uh, he's earned it. I 0:30:30.160 --> 0:30:32.400 think he's been a pro bowler. This was his first year, 0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:34.680 but in my mind, he's been a pro bowler, a 0:30:34.720 --> 0:30:39.400 great attitude, great player, a veteran, awesome family. His wife, 0:30:39.400 --> 0:30:43.360 by the way, she's an unbelievable baker. But you know, 0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:46.160 I'm really happy for Kevin. He's a free agent. Uh, 0:30:46.640 --> 0:30:48.560 he's one of those guys that will continue to talk 0:30:48.600 --> 0:30:50.680 to He and I met last week. We'll see what 0:30:50.720 --> 0:30:53.080 that looks like in the coming weeks. But as I said, 0:30:53.080 --> 0:30:55.320 the offensive line is going to always be a preference, 0:30:55.680 --> 0:30:57.920 you know. I know it's not a sexy position for 0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:02.080 a lot of people, my son's included, but it's a 0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:04.280 critical important for our team, and we will spend a 0:31:04.280 --> 0:31:06.520 lot of resources and a lot of time talking what 0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:07.280 that's going to look like. 0:31:08.240 --> 0:31:10.960 John, you talked earlier about the emotions coming off of 0:31:11.000 --> 0:31:13.680 Sunday's loss and now a busy week full of loss 0:31:13.680 --> 0:31:15.000 of changes personnel wise. 0:31:15.080 --> 0:31:18.040 Have you guys remembered a time in the past where we've. 0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:20.000 Had such a busy first week of the off season 0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:25.920 and you guys feeling right. 0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:29.400 Yeah, I remember last year it was pretty busy. Last year, 0:31:29.920 --> 0:31:32.600 the year before it was just as busy. The year 0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:34.680 before was the same amount of busy. And I think 0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:37.840 your point is really great, because it's amazing you come 0:31:37.840 --> 0:31:39.440 off that game and the emotions of it and the 0:31:39.520 --> 0:31:42.600 challenge of it, and you have to dive right back in. 0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:46.560 And that is exactly how it feels to what you're saying. 0:31:47.360 --> 0:31:49.040 You got to go, man, you got to go to work. 0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:51.080 You have to set it and we haven't just been 0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:55.040 working on staff. We've been working on setting our path, 0:31:56.560 --> 0:32:01.000 stoking up the engines schematically, you know, defensively and especially offensively. 0:32:01.000 --> 0:32:03.920 Since the whole staff was together offensively all week. We 0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:06.160 were going to meet today and that's gonna be a 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:07.680 presentation that's going to be made about we're going to 0:32:07.760 --> 0:32:09.480 what we're doing for the next four weeks in terms 0:32:09.520 --> 0:32:11.480 of setting up our offense for where we're going to 0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:13.800 go in the future. So that's exactly what you do, 0:32:13.840 --> 0:32:15.280 and that's exactly what you have to do. 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:16.600 Morgan. 0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:18.640 Most is a lot room clean out of mission. You 0:32:18.680 --> 0:32:19.640 want to be looking at. 0:32:19.480 --> 0:32:23.880 A surgery options just brings Marcus Williams underwing surgery or 0:32:24.240 --> 0:32:26.440 any guys that you anticipate. 0:32:27.720 --> 0:32:30.000 Injuries of leading and you know holding. 0:32:29.720 --> 0:32:31.480 Up for the camp. Marcus is not. 0:32:31.880 --> 0:32:34.920 Yeah, I's had this conversation yesterday. Very few surgeries. 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:36.120 Uh Uh. 0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:39.560 Morgan has to decide if he wants to have the 0:32:39.600 --> 0:32:42.120 surgery or not. He doesn't have to have it, but 0:32:42.200 --> 0:32:44.200 he might want to have it to be you know, 0:32:44.360 --> 0:32:48.280 just gotta make that decision performance wise and life wise. 0:32:49.000 --> 0:32:51.760 Uh. And then Adafe always had a thumb surgery. 0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:53.480 He'll be like full speed in like six to eight 0:32:53.520 --> 0:32:58.040 weeks and was there another one? 0:32:58.440 --> 0:32:59.880 There might have been one more that I can't remember. 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:03.120 Nothing serious, So no, there's no there's no big major 0:33:03.200 --> 0:33:05.520 injuries at this point. We do have guys coming off 0:33:05.640 --> 0:33:09.920 major injuries that will will be they'll be rehaving like 0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:11.520 a job on some other guys. 0:33:12.080 --> 0:33:15.360 Anticipate any changes on the offensive or specialties. 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:18.840 Uh yeah, just kind of working through that right now. 0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:20.960 That's uh. You know, guys get opportunities. 0:33:20.960 --> 0:33:24.040 I don't want to speak before all this hiring process 0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:28.040 gets done, I don't really, but then again, opportunities come along. 0:33:29.080 --> 0:33:30.240 Have you had a chance to talk to. 0:33:30.200 --> 0:33:32.840 The more since the season ended, and have you gotten 0:33:32.880 --> 0:33:35.160 in put on what he might look you know, what 0:33:35.200 --> 0:33:38.440 he might want and his kind of vision for possibly 0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:40.400 offensive editions. 0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:43.720 Now we just texted, like you know, that's probably the 0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:45.600 way that we can really communicate most of the time, 0:33:45.600 --> 0:33:48.120 it's through text. And just texted him and told my 0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:50.160 proude I was of what he was able to accomplish 0:33:50.240 --> 0:33:53.080 this year and just watching him play was pretty amazing 0:33:53.120 --> 0:33:55.720 for me to see him week to week and just 0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:58.640 his the way that he practiced. He stayed healthy this year. 0:33:58.840 --> 0:34:01.520 So we'll have those conversations. Maybe I'll go down at 0:34:01.520 --> 0:34:04.000 some point and visit with him as I have a 0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:06.440 few times over the years, and maybe take him out 0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:08.880 to dinner and just talk about things in general and 0:34:08.920 --> 0:34:11.440 get some sun. But uh, you know, maybe that that's 0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:12.080 probably gonna be. 0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:14.200 There. 0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:19.399 But you know, so you know, no, I haven't really 0:34:19.400 --> 0:34:21.600 talked to him too much, but Lamar, I'll tell you, 0:34:21.640 --> 0:34:25.239 he's great about, you know, offering suggestions and ideas, and 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:27.879 he and I have a great, you know relationship where 0:34:27.920 --> 0:34:30.520 we can exchange different ideas on personnel and things. And 0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:34.000 he's a huge fan of college football, and you know, 0:34:34.440 --> 0:34:36.360 I appreciate his feedback. 0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:41.759 About ZACT. Do you ever go back when a guy 0:34:42.200 --> 0:34:42.920 there's a. 0:34:42.920 --> 0:34:46.640 New level Lady Sack has worneransition, look at the old 0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.600 notes problem when he was a player, just kind of 0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:53.200 and just in a bigger picture, what does it mean 0:34:53.239 --> 0:34:56.560 as an organization to see somebody who's a player now 0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:59.880 take on a defensive coordinator role and reach. 0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:02.719 These Yeah, that's cool. I mean, you know, you do 0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:04.919 have certain players over the years you think about would 0:35:04.880 --> 0:35:07.240 this guy make a great coach? We were just talking 0:35:07.239 --> 0:35:09.560 about a couple of guys the other day that that 0:35:09.640 --> 0:35:12.959 played here that we thought would would make great coach. 0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:15.319 As Zach comes from a football family. His brothers played, 0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:17.680 his dad played, He's got a coaching background in his family, 0:35:18.280 --> 0:35:20.920 and he's a student of the game. You know, Zach's 0:35:20.960 --> 0:35:23.719 not the biggest guy. You guys that covered him as 0:35:23.719 --> 0:35:26.760 a player, you know, I mean, I think he probably 0:35:26.800 --> 0:35:29.560 played yet I don't know to eighteen, maybe two twenty. 0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:31.120 I mean, he had a hard time keeping weight on. 0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:34.200 But what made Zach so good as a player was 0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:37.279 he had a great instinct for the game. He was very, 0:35:37.320 --> 0:35:40.040 very quick to key and diagnose, and he played with 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:42.520 a passion and he was just relentless to the football. 0:35:43.200 --> 0:35:46.080 And those qualities make a great coach. So I have 0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:48.399 no doubt that Zach is going to be a great 0:35:48.440 --> 0:35:51.040 defensive coorter and probably if I had a crystal ball 0:35:51.040 --> 0:35:51.920 a head coach someday. 0:35:52.640 --> 0:35:54.760 Were you surprised to see Ortiz. 0:35:57.200 --> 0:36:00.719 No, I wasn't surprised, or follow up to. 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:05.319 That, maybe you ask the question here. 0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:08.839 I was wondering, Jim's been around a lot, he knows 0:36:08.880 --> 0:36:11.759 the success that's been happier. Why not take the guy 0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:15.520 who has been watching all these college players developed into 0:36:15.520 --> 0:36:16.480 great professionals. 0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:19.160 That's a great hire. I was very upset. 0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:21.960 Yeah, I kind of agree. I mean, I think what 0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:22.680 you're saying is right. 0:36:22.800 --> 0:36:25.200 And uh, Jim and Joe already have a relationship because 0:36:25.200 --> 0:36:27.360 of all the visits that Joe makes and of course 0:36:27.360 --> 0:36:29.479 being from the Ravens. You know, I'm sure Joe gets 0:36:29.800 --> 0:36:32.359 a little more access as far as talking to Jim, 0:36:32.400 --> 0:36:36.319 you know, because they have shared interest and h and 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:38.920 they built a great relationship already, they've they've been friends 0:36:38.920 --> 0:36:41.880 for a while. But that wasn't Joe was already involved 0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:44.400 in that job. He was involved in that job before 0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:46.640 Jim was ever even finished with a season. 0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.760 Joe had already I think he already interviewed there probably. 0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:52.080 So I think when they got their two finalists and 0:36:52.120 --> 0:36:54.160 then Jim was involved in both the interviews. 0:36:54.160 --> 0:36:56.640 He loved both guys and he thought they were both great. 0:36:57.040 --> 0:36:58.480 But the fact that you know they knew each other 0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:01.840 already is good for Jim, is good for Joe, and uh, 0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:03.160 you know, it's a really great higher to. 0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:06.560 Your point out to you and ahead of times. 0:37:06.400 --> 0:37:11.560 Joe, Oh yeah, yeah, absolutely, Okay, oh no, it was 0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:14.920 already No, No, he ain't. That's that maybe, sure, you 0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:18.680 know can now think about it. But the end it was, 0:37:18.920 --> 0:37:20.840 it was already in the works, you know, it was 0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:23.040 already in the works. But he asked me what I 0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:25.600 thought of Joe obviously, and I'm nothing, But I just 0:37:25.760 --> 0:37:27.440 love him and respect him. Think he's the best. 0:37:28.280 --> 0:37:31.359 Lose obviously a great pick a ball and Joe. But 0:37:31.440 --> 0:37:32.279 that's all my question. 0:37:32.560 --> 0:37:34.560 You guys have been through a lot of these AFC 0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:37.240 championships more than John. 0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:38.759 Well. 0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:41.719 I wasn't through a number of in Philadelphia I met. 0:37:42.000 --> 0:37:43.080 It's a fact, straight, all right. 0:37:44.040 --> 0:37:46.640 Question was that gut wrenching the loss? I mean, you 0:37:46.680 --> 0:37:48.080 know a lot of people want to compare it to 0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:50.040 New England? All that? Was that more gut wrenching? What 0:37:50.120 --> 0:37:52.480 happens Sunday? And did it take a while and ever 0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:54.879 for it? You guys personally, as hard as you guys 0:37:54.920 --> 0:37:56.360 take these things. 0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:59.160 You know, Jerry, they're all gut wrenching, you know for me. 0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:01.799 But I I move on, as I said, you know, 0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:03.960 I don't. I don't have the luxury. I don't get 0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:05.560 to talk about it on the radio all week and 0:38:05.560 --> 0:38:07.759 write articles about it. I have to move on. I mean, 0:38:07.760 --> 0:38:09.560 that is what it is. I got to go to 0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.040 the Senior Bowl. I imagine how my wife felt when 0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:14.200 I told a Sunday night, well, by the way, I'm 0:38:14.239 --> 0:38:15.759 leaving in the morning to go to the Singing Bowl 0:38:15.800 --> 0:38:18.120 for the week. But that's what we do. And it 0:38:18.160 --> 0:38:22.480 was a hard game. You know, you move on, you 0:38:22.600 --> 0:38:24.920 have to. I mean, there's been so many games over 0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:27.359 the years. You know, I could go into it. I could. 0:38:27.480 --> 0:38:30.279 I could talk about the game against the Steelers in 0:38:30.320 --> 0:38:32.480 two thousand and seven when I was at the Manhattan 0:38:32.480 --> 0:38:35.239 Beach Marriott and Monday night game when I smashed the 0:38:35.239 --> 0:38:36.759 mirror in my hotel room. I think we were down 0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:38.719 twenty one to nothing in the first five minutes of 0:38:38.760 --> 0:38:41.680 the Game's Amison, you know, right, you cover that game. So, 0:38:42.080 --> 0:38:45.520 I mean, there's so many bad games, right, there's so 0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:48.480 many great games. We're blessed to be a part of it. 0:38:48.480 --> 0:38:50.680 We're blessed to be a part of this team. And 0:38:50.800 --> 0:38:52.840 every year is a unique challenge, and we'll move forward 0:38:52.840 --> 0:38:54.239 and will be the best we can next year. 0:38:55.000 --> 0:38:56.600 You want to approach. 0:38:56.280 --> 0:38:57.160 The warning back position. 0:38:57.239 --> 0:38:59.360 Quite a few three agents in that room as what 0:38:59.440 --> 0:39:02.000 I know, you got probably think highly of Keaton Mitchell 0:39:02.200 --> 0:39:04.360 coming back with each other running back position. 0:39:05.360 --> 0:39:07.680 Yeah, well, I'm glad we have Justice on a two 0:39:07.719 --> 0:39:11.279 year deal. You know, last year, you know, Nick was 0:39:11.640 --> 0:39:13.840 able to get a two year deal done with Justice, 0:39:13.840 --> 0:39:16.239 and Justice was really one of the unsung heroes of 0:39:16.280 --> 0:39:18.239 the team this year down the stretch. I mean, guy 0:39:18.280 --> 0:39:21.400 had a phenomenal season. You know, obviously we do have 0:39:21.440 --> 0:39:25.080 some free agents, and you know, it was a challenge 0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:28.799 this year with Jk's injury, which was unfortunate, terrible for us, 0:39:28.800 --> 0:39:33.640 and then with Keaton. But you know, we'll assess that market. 0:39:33.680 --> 0:39:36.200 We'll talk to those guys. We'll try to we'll see 0:39:36.200 --> 0:39:39.120 where things kind of lie with with Gus and j K, 0:39:39.560 --> 0:39:41.520 both two guys I have a lot of respect for 0:39:42.040 --> 0:39:44.600 to outstanding players for us over the past three or 0:39:44.600 --> 0:39:47.319 four years. We'll look at the draft, we'll look at 0:39:47.320 --> 0:39:50.920 free agency. That's kind of a position like offensive line, 0:39:50.920 --> 0:39:52.920 Like we've got to have some good running backs. I 0:39:52.960 --> 0:39:56.440 think we do. Part of that is predicated on how 0:39:56.480 --> 0:39:59.279 guys come back from injuries. But I know we've got 0:39:59.280 --> 0:40:02.000 a great running back coach and we'll be ready to 0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:03.879 go for both of you. 0:40:04.280 --> 0:40:06.279 I know you guys haven't done your big meetings with 0:40:06.360 --> 0:40:06.879 Steve yet. 0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:08.040 What I mean, has he. 0:40:08.040 --> 0:40:12.160 Offered any comment on sort of the season overall, when 0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:14.000 he thought of it, and where he kind of ticks 0:40:14.000 --> 0:40:15.160 the team as stands right now. 0:40:16.400 --> 0:40:19.319 I think Steve was extremely happy that we could bring 0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:22.680 an NFC championship game to Baltimore, and I think he 0:40:22.760 --> 0:40:25.239 was really happy with just the season in general. I 0:40:25.280 --> 0:40:28.239 think he's now turned his He's a huge draft knick, 0:40:28.600 --> 0:40:33.719 and I think he's starting to look at that. I 0:40:33.800 --> 0:40:35.520 was down there this week and he was asking me 0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:37.920 about players. But you know, it's always hard for all 0:40:37.960 --> 0:40:40.719 of us. I mean, we kind of just we love 0:40:40.760 --> 0:40:42.359 what we do and we want to see this thing, 0:40:42.719 --> 0:40:45.080 you know, finish in a great way, and it didn't. 0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:48.200 So that's a challenge for everybody, honestly. But we move 0:40:48.239 --> 0:40:50.800 on and we get excited and we understand the challenges ahead. 0:40:51.200 --> 0:40:52.719 And I think Steve is a part of that as well. 0:40:54.920 --> 0:40:56.480 I agree. I texted him. 0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:59.560 He said some great things, and of course he's he's 0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:03.400 also competitor, and he wants to find every way we 0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:04.880 can you get better, just like we want to do it. 0:41:04.920 --> 0:41:07.360 I mean, you talk about the losses just got me thinking, 0:41:08.000 --> 0:41:11.960 is what how do you rank them? I feel really 0:41:12.000 --> 0:41:14.400 bad about the Colt's loss. I was devastating. I was 0:41:14.440 --> 0:41:17.840 cutting half on that one, and the Browns loss, and 0:41:17.880 --> 0:41:21.600 then the two Steelers losses probably even if I'm ranking them, 0:41:21.600 --> 0:41:22.360 probably even worse. 0:41:22.960 --> 0:41:23.200 You know. 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:26.120 So those four losses during the regular season were brutal 0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:28.759 as well. So you know, we take it hard. We 0:41:28.800 --> 0:41:30.759 take it hard, man, anytime we lose a game, we 0:41:30.800 --> 0:41:33.279 take it hard. So we took that one hard too. 0:41:33.760 --> 0:41:35.920 But then, you know what, you're tough. You better be, 0:41:36.400 --> 0:41:38.480 you know, to point Eric's point, I sit up here 0:41:38.520 --> 0:41:41.000 and say that, but and maybe kind of people kind 0:41:41.000 --> 0:41:43.200 of roll their eyes. But that's that's the great thing 0:41:43.239 --> 0:41:45.279 about it. You have to bounce back, and you have 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:47.120 to go back to work, and you have to compete. 0:41:47.800 --> 0:41:51.240 And that's that's not just football, that's life. So everybody 0:41:51.280 --> 0:41:53.279 does every single day in their life. That's what the 0:41:53.640 --> 0:41:55.600 that's what they're tasked to do. Everybody has to do that. 0:41:56.239 --> 0:41:59.840 And you can you can thrive and in plenty, and 0:41:59.880 --> 0:42:02.640 you can thrive when you have little. You know, you 0:42:02.680 --> 0:42:05.319 can still be the same person. And I think that's 0:42:05.320 --> 0:42:06.680 what we try to do. That's where all the guys 0:42:06.680 --> 0:42:07.920 try to do it. What you guys try to do 0:42:07.920 --> 0:42:10.480 with your life every single day and that's what you do, 0:42:10.520 --> 0:42:12.680 you know. And we were on the mountaintop this year 0:42:12.719 --> 0:42:15.360 many times, and we were down in the valley sometimes, 0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:17.000 we were in the middle of a lot of different times. 0:42:17.360 --> 0:42:19.880 We were still moving and we're going to continue to 0:42:19.920 --> 0:42:20.120 do that. 0:42:23.400 --> 0:42:26.240 Thank you for listening. 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