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Speaker 1: the first one that said that. Welcome into the lounge.

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Speaker 1: We're in the thick of training camp and a lot

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Speaker 1: you what. One guy whose name has been buzzing perhaps

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Speaker 1: and we gotta start with the nickname Justin. All Right,

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Speaker 1: you said you could either go with mad at Beaks

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Speaker 1: But when I was of Beaks, just just how do

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Speaker 1: there's high expectations for you this year? Yeah? You know,

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Speaker 1: Takes takes a coaching way better. Yeah, clearly you don't

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Speaker 1: I don't need anything. We'll go with that. I got

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Speaker 1: is you always hit the ball to right field because

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Speaker 1: justin was great. I thought it was really interesting. Obviously

427
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Speaker 1: here I'm talking about training with Aaron Donald and that

428
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,560
Speaker 1: came about. Yeah, you're like, oh, and and then just

429
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Speaker 1: like how it happened. It's not like they were just

430
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Speaker 1: like dming each other on Instagram or Twitter. He's like,

431
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Speaker 1: it's like he's been hand picked, you know, They're like,

432
00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,840
Speaker 1: you look pretty good, you know what, I'll work with you. Yeah. Clearly, Uh,

433
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,879
Speaker 1: that that session, the training session resonated with him. Um,

434
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Speaker 1: and the fact that Aaron Donald basically, you know, kind

435
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Speaker 1: of told him, you gotta gotta put everything you into it.

436
00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:01,960
Speaker 1: You can't be pulling a makeup leaving in the middle

437
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:07,280
Speaker 1: of the game. Very true, very true. But yeah, alright,

438
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Speaker 1: So how many sacks could Matt a b get this year?

439
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Speaker 1: Because I'm thinking he could honestly be in the five

440
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Speaker 1: six range. That would be huge if he can get

441
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Speaker 1: that five six range, I really do. I think that

442
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Speaker 1: five five would be terrific. And like I think he

443
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Speaker 1: I think that's a really good number for him. Like,

444
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Speaker 1: I think that would be like the number that I

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Speaker 1: would set six I would probably say would be higher

446
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Speaker 1: than I would expect. I'll go with five though, I'll

447
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,720
Speaker 1: go with five. And you know, like we've talked before

448
00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,080
Speaker 1: about the pass rush, it's gonna be coming from a

449
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,000
Speaker 1: lot of different places this year, I think more than

450
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,119
Speaker 1: last year, especially if everyone stays healthy. Clays Campbell is

451
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,320
Speaker 1: able to be helped there all sixteen games at BAK

452
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,399
Speaker 1: is able to be out there all sixteen games. Like

453
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Speaker 1: the thing I love about he's been, He's been excellent.

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Speaker 1: What I like, just for listeners out there, what stands

455
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Speaker 1: out to me about at a BAK in comparison to

456
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Speaker 1: the other defensive lineman, Like his quick twitch ability just

457
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,719
Speaker 1: jumps out to me, like he can like Brandon Williams

458
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,480
Speaker 1: gobbles up tacklers obviously a different players here, but gobbles

459
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:15,360
Speaker 1: up blockers like Mat Abc can can beat offensive line

460
00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,320
Speaker 1: with the power. But he's just his quick twitch speed

461
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,560
Speaker 1: is much better than these offensive lines. And that's what

462
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:27,920
Speaker 1: separates these defensive tackles at least in exactly like that

463
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Speaker 1: kind of penetrating you know, five technique defensive tackle. It's

464
00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,959
Speaker 1: that quickness, that explosion, you know, I mean, the Ravens

465
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,360
Speaker 1: haven't had that in a while. I mean Timmy Journagin

466
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,360
Speaker 1: was kind of that player, but he wasn't I don't

467
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Speaker 1: think as explosive as Mattabeck is, to be honest, Like

468
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Speaker 1: he had a lot of power, and Timmy was in

469
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Speaker 1: that stout frame, like he was a strong grown man

470
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Speaker 1: who came like a dog right like he had he

471
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Speaker 1: had kind of more of a dog attitude than you

472
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Speaker 1: get from Mattabike, who is like this really nice guy.

473
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Speaker 1: I'm sure he plays like a dog. I don't want

474
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Speaker 1: to he turns it on the field. I'm sure I

475
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Speaker 1: don't want to block him because he's a nice Next

476
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Speaker 1: time he's not gonna be so cold, right Yeah. I

477
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,080
Speaker 1: always feel like like Timmy one kind of almost with

478
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Speaker 1: that mentality and strength, and Mattabek has just got like

479
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Speaker 1: a higher ceiling in terms of his athleticism, his quick

480
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,679
Speaker 1: twitch like it. I mean, we bring up Aaron Donald

481
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: and he trained with him and stuff, and it's you

482
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Speaker 1: don't want to put him on that kind of pedestal

483
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,359
Speaker 1: because that's a high pedestal, but the potential is there,

484
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: Like the physical potential is off the charts with Justin Madibeke.

485
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,959
Speaker 1: I mean he blew up the combine part of it,

486
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Speaker 1: I forgot. I didn't ask him this, but John Randall

487
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,199
Speaker 1: was their Hall of Fame defensive lineman. Uh from the Vikings,

488
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Speaker 1: who who Mattabek actually watched as a kid. And and

489
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Speaker 1: he's you know that kind of motivated him a little

490
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Speaker 1: bit in the combine, he said too, um back when

491
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Speaker 1: he did the combine. So, uh, I mean, you just

492
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Speaker 1: got all the potential in the world. And the Ravens

493
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,120
Speaker 1: have been looking for a guy like that, like they were.

494
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Speaker 1: They were heavily in the mix for Gerald McCoy when

495
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Speaker 1: he was a free agent a couple of years ago,

496
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Speaker 1: and so they rafted at a beak in the third round.

497
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,639
Speaker 1: And he really fits kind of what they need to

498
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 1: get some of that interior pass rush. And then if

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Speaker 1: these other guys stay healthy and play throughout the season,

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Speaker 1: I say, keep saying the sixteen games, all seventeen games, Um,

501
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 1: I really think this pass rush is gonna be good.

502
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 1: And one of the reasons for that transition here justin Houston. Uh,

503
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 1: the addition to him, he got on the field last

504
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,360
Speaker 1: week late last week. You know he hasn't They're they're

505
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: ramping him up. They're not putting him out there for

506
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,119
Speaker 1: a ton of a ton of stuff right now. But

507
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: he's working his way up and I've been impressed physically

508
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Speaker 1: from what I've seen from him. Like, you know what,

509
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 1: when they as they went through drills, Drew Wilkins, the

510
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 1: outside linebackers coach, told him on the first day, it

511
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Speaker 1: looks like you've been here the whole time like that

512
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: to me, says something, Yeah, I mean I think that

513
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: obviously he's gonna be a really good player. He's done it.

514
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 1: Ninety seven and a half career sacks, um, you know,

515
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Speaker 1: And I'm mostly intrigued in the way that the Ravens

516
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,159
Speaker 1: are gonna use him. You know. He talked about that

517
00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,359
Speaker 1: and being a big reason why he's selected Ball Baltimore

518
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: over Pittsburgh. Love it um is that he felt like

519
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: in this defense with Wink as the defensive coordinator and

520
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: the way that they were going to utilize him, he

521
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: could put him in one more one on one situations

522
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,640
Speaker 1: and just kind of, yeah, use him in a more

523
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Speaker 1: versatile role, which is what Winks known for. Um. So

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Speaker 1: I'm intrigued by that, by what that looks like. I

525
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 1: don't know, you know, but I'm sure Wink always has

526
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 1: something up as sleeve when it comes to those blitz packages,

527
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 1: and hey, he's a guy who's had nineteen sacks over

528
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Speaker 1: the past two years. If Wink can use them even better, Yeah,

529
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Speaker 1: what what do you put up that one year is

530
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Speaker 1: gonna have twenty sacks? This season is gonna have tan

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Speaker 1: But I bet he could get to double digits. I

532
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Speaker 1: bet Justin Houston could hit double digits. That's what I'm saying.

533
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Speaker 1: You can think he's gonna have that this year, No,

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Speaker 1: I don't. This is this is me at training camp live.

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Speaker 1: You know, Mark Andrews thousand, se Watkins eight hundred, rush

536
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: Bateman seven hundred marks everybody mar throwne for five thousand

537
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Speaker 1: yards all of a sudden. Yeah, well, then also a

538
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: thousand rushing yards for him JK and well JK is

539
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: gonna put up six hundred receiving yards too because he's

540
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: gonna utilized out of the backfield more and thousand rushing

541
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Speaker 1: for him and Gus Well the first three first team

542
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Speaker 1: with three one thousand yard rushers. Gus looks like a

543
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: better receiver. That's four hundred. Rayman is going to have

544
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 1: a million yards of offenses this year plus plus a

545
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:36,359
Speaker 1: thousand sacks. Uh the training cames about. Man, everyone looks

546
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: great now. I I um, let's talk about the offense

547
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,399
Speaker 1: a little bit. Lamar Jackson got back on the field

548
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Speaker 1: on Saturday. I mean, I think he talked about it today.

549
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,520
Speaker 1: He talked to the media today. We're taking this on Monday,

550
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: and he great Romans talked about it, Hardballs talked about it.

551
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,880
Speaker 1: In Lar talked about it today trains Lestes station. He's

552
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 1: trying to catch up. And I think that there's probably

553
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: there's a there's a period of that that he's gonna

554
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Speaker 1: have to kind of reacclimate from a physical and a

555
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: mental endpoint, because the Rabits have been putting in a

556
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,920
Speaker 1: lot of work over the past two weeks. So that's

557
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,159
Speaker 1: you know, these players don't look quite as familiar for

558
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: him as they do the other quarterbacks. And and honestly,

559
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 1: I sensed that a little bit today. I thought that

560
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: just as a shade of hesitation at times. Um And

561
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 1: so yeah, he's in the process, like there's no sugarcoating it.

562
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Speaker 1: Missing ten days of practice, you know, it's not good.

563
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: And you come back and they and they put in

564
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: these plays and you gotta catch up. So he's in

565
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Speaker 1: that process. The good news is that there's there's time. Yeah,

566
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: there's a month before the regular side. It's obviously it's

567
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,120
Speaker 1: not good. You don't want to miss his practices. Um,

568
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: but I'm not you know, Lamar Jackson is really really

569
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Speaker 1: good and just by the nature of who he is

570
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: and the way he plays a game, he's going to

571
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Speaker 1: be a stud out there. Yeah. And and there's still

572
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Speaker 1: a month before the regular season, so like, I'm not

573
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Speaker 1: worried about his ability to get caught up at all. Uh.

574
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Speaker 1: The other big news was Ronnie Stanley returned to the

575
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Speaker 1: practice field again, not doing full team stuff. It's a

576
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: reaclamation period, but having him back nine months after a

577
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: really serious ankle injury is a great sign because I

578
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: think that's been like one of the big questions on

579
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 1: the offense beyond new pieces, but it's the remade offensive

580
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: line and Ronnie is the anchor of that offensive line. Well,

581
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: if there's we can say, judging by how good the

582
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: pass rush has been in training camp, that we need

583
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 1: Ronnie Stanley out there, Yeah, I mean the Ravens gave

584
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 1: him a huge contact for a reason. He's the best

585
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: pass blocking left tackle the game, might be the best

586
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,320
Speaker 1: left tackle overall. In the game. You need him on

587
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 1: the field, and the fact that he's out here right

588
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: now before the preseason even starts obviously moodes well for

589
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 1: the regular season. That is that that is a huge

590
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 1: development for this offense. Yeah. I mean there's been for

591
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: whatever reason, like concerns about, oh, is you're not gonna

592
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: be back in time, just because you know, people haven't

593
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: seen him really and he's not like posting videos all

594
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 1: the time of himself working out like you see some

595
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: guys do. Um. So, yeah, I I think that, Uh,

596
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: that's obviously a great development. And you know, it remains

597
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: me seeing whether he's gonna see any preseason time, but

598
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that he probably needs it. You know,

599
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: he's going to get good enough reps from daphe O

600
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 1: way out here and not with the and the like.

601
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: So um that that is really really good news for

602
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 1: the Ravens. Yeah, it's now. It's also huge news because

603
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: the offensive line has been kind of banged up lately.

604
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: Kevin Zeitler's dealing with a foot sprain. It's got him

605
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: sidelined for some period of time. Marble said it's not

606
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: gonna be a day or two before he's back but

607
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,399
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be a month, so somewhere between a

608
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: day and a month's when he'll return. Um and then

609
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: Bozeman left practice early today, so they're dealing with some

610
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: issues on the offensive line with keeping guys out there,

611
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: but getting Stanley is kind of the whole key for

612
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: that old line and then receiver too, they've been dealing

613
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: with issues there throughout camp. Myles Boykin has been sidelined

614
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: Hollywood Browns been sidelines is the second day now good

615
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: news on Hollywood. He's been coming out over the past

616
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Speaker 1: couple of days and watching practice and also doing some

617
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: sprint work on his own off to the side. So

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Speaker 1: if he's running and it's a hamstring issue, that is

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Speaker 1: a really good sign like going out there watching practice

620
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: and then also like he looks like he's moving well

621
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Speaker 1: when he's working with the trainers. So if it was

622
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: I would think if it's something that's going to keep

623
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: him sidelined for a lot more time, he wouldn't be

624
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: sprinting out there right now. Well, you want to be

625
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: really cautious with hamstrings, especially for especially in honestly for

626
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: a speed receiver exactly. You don't rush on backgrounlse. It's

627
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 1: gonna be something you're dealing with all season long, exactly.

628
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 1: Practice is great, it's important, very important, but games are

629
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: more important. So you want to make sure and be

630
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: cautious with Marquees and make sure that he's right for

631
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: Week one so he can go out there and have

632
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: a Miami Dolphins kind of game Week one, blow it up. So, um,

633
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited to see this offense continue to develop.

634
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: I do think the offensive line needs to they need

635
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: to rise up. You know, Villa Nueva, I'll so we

636
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: didn't mention him. He needs to. He's kind of find

637
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Speaker 1: him with his way on the right side and that transition. Um,

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