Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast. The date is Monday,
Speaker 1: March seventeenth, Happy Saint Patrick's Day Ravens fans, and today
Speaker 1: we held a press conference for left tackle Ronnie Stanley
Speaker 1: where he addressed his recent contract extension.
Speaker 2: Kick it off with Jamison, I'm sure you have one
Speaker 2: for us. Yeah. Yeah, I can't find that raised hand function.
Speaker 2: I've it's been a while, sinp doing that. Ronnie. There
Speaker 2: was a lot of buzz about you if you reached
Speaker 2: free agency, about how there could even be a bidding
Speaker 2: war for you. What went into your decision to sign
Speaker 2: with the Ravens before free agency.
Speaker 3: I mean, I think it just goes back to the
Speaker 3: fact that they drafted me, you know, straight out of college,
Speaker 3: took a chance on me. So you know, I'm always
Speaker 3: gonna give them first staves when it comes to, you know,
Speaker 3: things like that, out of respect.
Speaker 4: Brian Whacker.
Speaker 5: Yeah, just along those lines, Ronnie, you know, was there
Speaker 5: any was there ever any part of you that was
Speaker 5: you know, even just a little curious about considering kind
Speaker 5: of going elsewhere and and you know, anything else beyond
Speaker 5: that in terms of decision to come back.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I was very I was open to
Speaker 3: whatever was going to happen. You know, I knew the
Speaker 3: cap situation we were in, and you know how many
Speaker 3: players we need to play pay, you know, current and future,
Speaker 3: you know, the younger guys, and so I knew it
Speaker 3: wasn't gonna be like a personal thing. So going into it,
Speaker 3: I was kind of, you know, open to what was
Speaker 3: going to happen, and you know, ended up working for
Speaker 3: the best.
Speaker 4: Yeah, three beat Ronnie.
Speaker 6: How important you know we've seen you in recent years
Speaker 6: increasing your leadership role, working with some of the guys
Speaker 6: before and after practice. How important is kind of legacy
Speaker 6: to you and kind of being able to say that
Speaker 6: you played at the same place your whole career.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's a good question because that definitely
Speaker 3: gets brought up to me a lot, especially going into
Speaker 3: my tenth year. I'm all, I'm going to be in Baltimore,
Speaker 3: and that's something that ever growing up, I've never even
Speaker 3: that wasn't even like a goal of mine. Really, that
Speaker 3: wasn't something I ever thought about. But that being said,
Speaker 3: it actually happening. I realizing how rare of the thing
Speaker 3: it is, and I think it's just a really cool
Speaker 3: thing to be able to spend my you know, ten
Speaker 3: years of my career plus with the same team that
Speaker 3: I got drafted with, and you know, I don't know
Speaker 3: the percentages of things like that happening, but I think
Speaker 3: that's a really cool thing. I'm very happy and appreciative
Speaker 3: that I could be a to be one of those
Speaker 3: players that I could experience that.
Speaker 1: All right, you need to work on this, you guys.
Speaker 7: Rone you mentioned on understanding the cap situation. I was
Speaker 7: wondering if that was something that you kept in mind
Speaker 7: as you're negotiating with the team, just thinking about what
Speaker 7: they need to do to be able to build this
Speaker 7: roster as they're resigning you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's definitely something that crosses my mind,
Speaker 3: But I don't think that was, you know, the main
Speaker 3: driver for at all. I just think I know, I
Speaker 3: knew I was going to give Baltimore, you know, the
Speaker 3: best kind of the best bargain that I would you know,
Speaker 3: offer any other team. But that being said, I still
Speaker 3: wanted to be happy with, you know, what I'm making
Speaker 3: and make sure I'm getting the value that you know,
Speaker 3: I feel like I deserve from you know, just the
Speaker 3: job description and you know, the things that go into
Speaker 3: when my job has to do so, I think, and
Speaker 3: the deal was I think it was a good balance
Speaker 3: to help the team and something I'm still happy with.
Speaker 6: Pete Gilbert, Hey, Ronnie, I'm also curious.
Speaker 8: I mean, you guys have this elite offense, but you know,
Speaker 8: does it also feel kind of like a little bit
Speaker 8: of unfinished business as well? To want to make sure
Speaker 8: that you know, you know how good you can be,
Speaker 8: just haven't quite gotten in the postseason where you want
Speaker 8: to go.
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, I don't think there's you know, we've
Speaker 3: broken so many records last however many years.
Speaker 4: I don't think we really care.
Speaker 3: About it, to be honest, especially the guys that I've
Speaker 3: been here, I think the only thing we really care
Speaker 3: about is winning a super Bowl. So yeah, all that
Speaker 3: other stuff, for sure is nice and all, but yeah,
Speaker 3: definitely unfinished business.
Speaker 4: I don't think anyone's really happy.
Speaker 9: Kyle good Hey Ronnie, I know, you know, obviously it's
Speaker 9: a very a personal decision to you, but how much
Speaker 9: of the factor was your relationship with Lamar? How you
Speaker 9: know this offense has really been built around him, and
Speaker 9: were able to talk to him before you made your
Speaker 9: decision or after?
Speaker 3: I think, well, first of all, I think, you know,
Speaker 3: my decision to come back, I think the players for
Speaker 3: sure had a I think the biggest role to doing that.
Speaker 3: The locker room and the type of players that we have,
Speaker 3: including Lamar. And I was talking to Lamar a lot,
Speaker 3: but not about contracts. But me and Lamar we talk
Speaker 3: all the time. But you know, he never really brings
Speaker 3: that stuff up. I never really brought that stuff up
Speaker 3: to him when he was going through his deal. I
Speaker 3: think we just you know, we just talked more like brothers,
Speaker 3: you know, so, but yeah, we talked to the whole process,
Speaker 3: not once of all contracts and but the players are
Speaker 3: definitely the biggest driver of why I like being in Baltimore.
Speaker 4: Left Brown.
Speaker 10: Yeah, Ronnie, you played all seventeen games and a career
Speaker 10: high snaps last year. Just wondering how proud were you
Speaker 10: able to do that? And also haven't played ten years.
Speaker 10: How much have you learned about you know, some of
Speaker 10: it's luck, but taking care of yourself feeling like I
Speaker 10: really have, you know, quite a few more years left
Speaker 10: to play league football. Is that's something that you think
Speaker 10: about this point?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like you said, I think part of
Speaker 3: it is luck, Like you have to get a little
Speaker 3: lucky to not you know, have something bad happened in
Speaker 3: this game. But the other side of it is taking
Speaker 3: care of your body, and I feel like that's something
Speaker 3: I always try to put an emphasis on, you know,
Speaker 3: throughout my whole career. I always try to look for
Speaker 3: to get different advantages and flexibility, hydration, whatever it is.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I forgot the first question you asked.
Speaker 11: I think, well, it's kind of tied together.
Speaker 10: Just how proud were you able to do that?
Speaker 4: But oh, yeah, I gotcha.
Speaker 3: Okay, So yeah, I mean I was very happy to
Speaker 3: play all these all the games this year. But I
Speaker 3: don't think for me, it was something that I was
Speaker 3: thinking about too much. Like before, you know, injuries, I
Speaker 3: want to play, so it's like if I can play
Speaker 3: on the play, So it's not really something I'm thinking
Speaker 3: about too much.
Speaker 4: You know, it's just go out there and play.
Speaker 3: But after the fact, you know, you hear like, oh,
Speaker 3: you played so many games, so many snaps. It started
Speaker 3: reminding me throughout the season. I'm like, I'm not even
Speaker 3: thinking about it. I'm just if I can play on
Speaker 3: a play. If I can't because I'm injured, I can't,
Speaker 3: that's just the nature of it. But that being said,
Speaker 3: very happy, fortunate, blessed that I was able to come
Speaker 3: out healthy, and you know, I'm feeling great.
Speaker 4: No of a trister.
Speaker 11: Yeah, Hi, Ronnie, I'm just curious what your reaction was
Speaker 11: when you saw that DeAndre Hopkins was coming to Baltimore.
Speaker 11: And I guess what challenge is facing the offensive line
Speaker 11: upendi replays? Patrick McCarry.
Speaker 3: I mean, I had a huge smile on my face
Speaker 3: when we assigned DD hop You know, you know what
Speaker 3: you're getting with that guy. You know, I think it's
Speaker 3: a Hall of Fame caliber wide receiver. And you know,
Speaker 3: I still think he has a lot of good UH reps,
Speaker 3: years seasons in him, and he's a physical player, he's
Speaker 3: a competitive player, and I think he's gonna fit into
Speaker 3: our team really well. And then your second question, replacing
Speaker 3: pass gonna be tough. He's, you know, behind Tyler, I think, well,
Speaker 3: I know he's the next, you know, most knowledgeable.
Speaker 4: Guy understanding the entire offense.
Speaker 3: You know, that's and I think past like one of
Speaker 3: the best examples of what professional, you know, football player.
Speaker 4: Should be like. And I know Jacksonville they got it.
Speaker 3: They got a great player in him, and he's going
Speaker 3: to be a great leader for them, and we're definitely
Speaker 3: gonna miss him here. He's he's been, you know, a
Speaker 3: great player for us. He's played every single position. He's
Speaker 3: a unicorn, So we're gonna miss.
Speaker 12: Him, James, and he really Hey, Ronnie, was there anything
Speaker 12: during the process, when you know, negotiations with the Ravens
Speaker 12: that did you ever feel there was a point where
Speaker 12: you might not you know, return to the Ravens, that
Speaker 12: you might go in touch free agency?
Speaker 2: Was there any part in that process that you thought that.
Speaker 3: I don't think we ever got that far to really
Speaker 3: feel that about it, you know, I always yeah, I
Speaker 3: didn't really feel that yet. You know, they showed their interests,
Speaker 3: we were talking, and so I think it's just through
Speaker 3: the whole time, I knew that they were interested and
Speaker 3: we were possibly going to get something done.
Speaker 2: So do a couple more here, Ryan Mink.
Speaker 13: Yeah, Ronnie, congrats, wondering you know, mostly offensive line is returning.
Speaker 13: How big a deal is that to have that continuity?
Speaker 13: And then you know, Andrew Voorhees is a guy who
Speaker 13: could certainly start next to you at left guard. Just
Speaker 13: your thoughts on Varheeves and his development last year.
Speaker 3: I think having all the guys back is a big deal,
Speaker 3: you know, just to have that chemistry. But it's a
Speaker 3: new season, so I think, you know, we have to
Speaker 3: come in with that mindset. We have to you know,
Speaker 3: kind of build all that back up. It's not just
Speaker 3: gonna kind of roll over.
Speaker 4: And and I.
Speaker 3: Think Andrew vorhe's I think he's gonna have a great career.
Speaker 3: I think he's a prototypical NFL guard, and I think
Speaker 3: he's gonna you know, he's gonna battle with those uh
Speaker 3: those big d tackles, you know, second to none, So
Speaker 3: he'll be he'll be great. And he's a smart guy
Speaker 3: as well, very intelligent athletic, very excited to work with him.
Speaker 12: Let's go to Brian Whacker and then we'll close it
Speaker 12: with Gianahan afterwards.
Speaker 5: Ronnie, just I think the last time we saw you
Speaker 5: obviously upset after that Bill's game. Just curious how long
Speaker 5: it took you to get over that.
Speaker 3: I couldn't tell you the exact timeline, but definitely took
Speaker 3: me a minute to get over that. But you know,
Speaker 3: those those those are the type of games that you know,
Speaker 3: just stick with you for a while, maybe even a lifetime. So,
Speaker 3: but I think the focus is on, you know, seeing
Speaker 3: all the opportunities around, all the good things that came,
Speaker 3: you know, not only from the season, but even from
Speaker 3: that game. There's a lot of a lot of good
Speaker 3: things that that happened that game, even though we didn't
Speaker 3: get the result wanted. But I think it's it's good
Speaker 3: to look at the positives that come from a lot
Speaker 3: of these negatives.
Speaker 5: Yeah, just as a as a fallow up there. You know,
Speaker 5: what do you think you guys need to do to
Speaker 5: kind of get over that hump?
Speaker 13: It is?
Speaker 5: You know, is it kind of as simple as executing
Speaker 5: better when you get those chances in the playoffs or
Speaker 5: is it, you know, something else.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's as simple as that. I think
Speaker 3: it's I think it's just getting out of our own
Speaker 3: the way a little bit, not being ourselves.
Speaker 4: Gianna, do you have a last question?
Speaker 7: Yes, Ronnie, now that you have had a few weeks,
Speaker 7: I'm curious how you would evaluate your season last year
Speaker 7: as a whole and what do you want to improve
Speaker 7: on or show now that you're back.
Speaker 3: I was very I was happy with the way I played.
Speaker 3: I was specifically just like I think just my mindset
Speaker 3: that I had throughout the whole year. I think that's
Speaker 3: what was probably the thing that made me the happiest.
Speaker 4: I thought I played well.
Speaker 3: You know, I still think I can play better, and
Speaker 3: you know that's just how I am. But I do
Speaker 3: think there's a lot to improve on, just getting stronger, smarter,
Speaker 3: understand the game, more.
Speaker 4: Better footwork, all the little things.
Speaker 3: And I think that's what it's allowed me to play
Speaker 3: for as long as I have is you know, I
Speaker 3: just there's always little things that can get better, and
Speaker 3: you know, those things add up and and you know
Speaker 3: people are looking like, oh, he's doing something crazy, but
Speaker 3: it's really just little things.
Speaker 8: All right.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 12: We will close it with that, so thank you all
Speaker 12: for being here today, and Ronnie, thank you very much
Speaker 12: for your time and congratulations again.
Speaker 2: See y' all soon.
Speaker 4: Thank you guys, appreciate it.
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