WEBVTT - Queen, Pierce, Harbaugh, AHC Anthony Weaver: Training Camp 7/31 Press Conferences 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.680 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Training camp continued 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:08.840 as the Ravens moved into week two. They had their 0:00:08.840 --> 0:00:11.559 first off day of camp on Sunday, but they were 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:15.680 back on the practice field Monday afternoon. After practice, we 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:18.800 had a chance to hear from both coaches and players. 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:23.599 The press conferences today included head coach John Harbaugh, assistant 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:27.400 head coach and defensive line coach Anthony Weaver, linebacker Patrick Queen, 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:31.560 and defensive tackle Michael Pierce. Let's kick things off with 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:32.280 coach Harpaul. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:34.559 Okay, good to see everybody. Appreciate you being out here. 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:38.000 First day in pads. Exciting day. Guys, had a lot 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:39.879 of fun. We got a little bit better. Can't wait 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:41.720 to see the tape. So what question did you have. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:49.360 Genel, We've got heat Picky Mancer earlier with the parent angles, Andre. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:49.960 If you get there on that. 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.479 No, nothing really to say. It didn't look too serious. 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:54.240 We'll get some more information as we go here. 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.400 Let's talk about seven and we'll look forward to seeing 0:00:58.760 --> 0:00:59.480 the pads get on. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:01.760 What kind of things started to look at. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:05.520 Well, this is the first time when the pads come 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:09.000 on that it becomes a physical contest. A football contest 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.039 in that sense, So you don't have that before you 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:12.800 put pads on and get to these drills that are 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.320 though they're not one hundred percent live by any stretch, 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.600 they're still gonna be physical contests. He just wants to 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.440 see how he holds up and see how he competest. 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:26.959 It was a good practice from just being out here 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:28.520 live seeing it right now, I thought the guys did 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.399 a good job. It was a cleaning practice. Guys did 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.280 a nice job also taking care of each other, but 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.000 still being physical and playing fast. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:35.680 Uh. 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:37.200 Then we just I'm sure we have a lot to 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.280 work on the set of. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:45.000 Back right. 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:46.959 Well, yeah, you know, obviously to your point, I think 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.240 he's had He's had a really great start to training camp. 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.640 Michael Pierce's has really expressed himself out here the way 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.040 he does, you know, physicality, And today we put the 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:56.520 pads on, so we had a chance to do it 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.120 a little more for real, and uh, he looks great 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:00.800 doing it. I think he's in really good shape and 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:02.520 excited to play some football. 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:03.920 Look like Tyler. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:12.800 The right, Tyler's done a good job. I think Tyler. 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:14.160 What I've seen from Tyler is he's. 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:14.600 Been on point. 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:15.120 He really has. 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.800 He's been on point every day. He's stacked days in 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:21.400 terms of tension to detail, fundamental execution, and that's what 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.040 we were looking for. He's doing a good job. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.480 Ta saw Grand and Steven Sage Presto much in the slot. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.000 You know, maybe I said earlier in the summer, I'm like, 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:31.280 may more safety this year? 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.839 Is he a real candidate to be Yeah? Oh heck yeah. 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:36.840 I mean it's competition, you know, especially for that spot 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.160 right now. They all all those guys want it. So 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:41.560 we'll just see how it goes next few weeks. 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.160 Nice touched down and he's pretty good over the course 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:46.680 of the spring. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:47.799 Another one game. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.359 Let's stays outside about Adlar. 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.000 And what you want? 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:52.160 I think you can help us on it. 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:54.320 Well, yeah, I mean it's it's really the same thing 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.240 we have been talking about Aray Garrett. I mean, he's 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.760 he's a pro. You know, Nelson knows how to play. 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.320 He's a big rangye receiver like you saw there and 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.880 when we made that catch. He runs routes really well. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.960 He's a he's a hard worker, he knows what he's doing. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.399 And uh, I'm sure glad we have him. 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.280 Heavy believes out today you've got a lot of young corners. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.880 How important is this camp, especially added position of winning 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.600 to develop the coach's confidence in young guys. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:20.880 Well, that's exactly it. I mean, you have to establish 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.640 yourself at some point, right, Jerry. I mean at some 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.840 point in time as a player, you've got to establish 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.840 yourself as a fifty three man roster, as a as 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.480 a viable consistent contributor, and then as a as a starter, 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.240 and then as an established starter and then from there, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.560 you know. So those guys are on the first, uh, 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:38.119 the first leg of that journey. 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:42.400 Got you think, that's what it's sixth down training camp. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.920 You guys shot out to change. 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.120 Who talks about what makes walking through his brain? 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.080 What do you think close stands out? When do you 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:50.160 see a day in day out? 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.160 What makes what's that kes happening? Anything? 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:53.360 For me? 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.080 What I see, you know, the physical talent is pretty clear. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.560 But what I see as a competitiveness, I mean, he's 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.120 a he's a pick bull competitor. He really is. And 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:08.040 that's what I appreciated about him the most. An offeason 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.720 continuity for Patrick Queen with the same as coordinators and 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:11.560 it's time backers. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.320 Coach say, you know, running mate Roeband what do you 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:17.159 think that's gonna be for him to go years. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:18.160 Year for Patrick? 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.520 Well, I mean, I think this guy's a limit for Patrick. 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.080 My expectations for Patrick hard to have a stellar season, 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.680 you know, and it's it's only been affirmed by the 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.159 way he's practiced, the way he's carried himself, you know, 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.480 and he's in that he's in a contract year and 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:33.240 all kinds of stuff. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:33.400 You know. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.440 Sometimes sometimes guys get distracted, and he has not been 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.760 distracted at all. He is locked in on the mission 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.760 ahead and you appreciate that. And it's showing up in 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:43.720 the way he's playing every day. 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:48.280 Another inside linebacker, rookie Simpson, Like you can see him 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:49.160 flying around there today. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.400 I just want to receive for him him exactly. 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.000 I mean, he's a young player, so he's further. You know, 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.039 he's got these he's a rookie in terms of learning 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.840 the defense, learning the special teams. But yeah, the twitch, 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.880 the ability to cover ground, to go from point A 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.800 to point z B anywhere in between. He's showed the 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.719 ability to do that. And he's got a great attitude. 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:19.240 He works really hard. Yeah, I think the office is 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.280 coming together, you know, it's we're less than a week 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.600 ind you know, and uh, And the first couple of 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.120 days you look at and you're like, you're like, boy, 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:26.680 they got a long way to go. But but you 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.320 can travel far, you know, as long as you travel together. 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:30.840 And they're doing a good job of that. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.280 And I feel I feel like we've made some big 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:37.120 strides on offense last few days. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:41.480 Definitely have communication And what have you seen from time 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:42.679 of communication standpoint? 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:43.760 You feel like they're louder now? 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:48.000 Yeah, communication, Uh, And we talk about we have two 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.320 words we talk about communication football communication. We use the 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:55.000 word gregarious and we use the word obnoxious, and we 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.840 want both of them out there. And we actually if 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.800 you start with obnoxious and then they can go to gregarious. 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:01.960 But a lot of defenses, it is usually a great 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.760 defense because it's a confident defense but knows what it's 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.120 doing and it's on the same page, you know. And 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.080 I really feel like our guys are working very hard 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:10.080 at that and have done well with it. 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.160 That was head coach John Harbaugh. Also, we had a 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.120 chance to hear from linebacker Patrick Queen, who talked about 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:23.200 his expectations going into his fourth NFL season. 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:27.440 Gotta be more physical. 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.200 I think that's the main focus today was even if 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.839 you mess up, mess up one one to percent being physical. 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.000 So everything else we could correct in the film room 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.320 in the classroom, but the main focus today is just 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.200 come out since your past day one set the tone 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:46.800 and just look to get better from there. A. 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.360 Yeah, I think it was good. I think it could 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:52.039 have been a lot better. 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:54.960 It was like two runs that wasn't explosive runs, but 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.159 it was still like a seven yard run. So those 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.400 who eliminate those two that we had, I think it 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.480 was an over a good day. 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:09.640 Signs converging specials from the contact standpoint, are you get ballast? 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:13.360 I mean, at the end of the day, I'll get 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.560 to play football in the National Football League, So that's 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.240 a blessing in itself. Uh. I mean I talked to 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:21.760 Hard talkt to Eric and you know, uh, everything is good, 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:22.960 good and selling right now. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:23.200 Uh. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.560 I'm not focused on a contract. I'm just looking to 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:26.800 play ball. I mean, at the end of the day, 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.400 IM good to go out here to play football and 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.000 make my market what I wanted to be. So I'm 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:32.960 not stressing any things, just going out there having fun 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:34.640 with my teammates, having fun with my coaches and just 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:35.520 getting to play ball. 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.040 When you want to situations technos, the passing, getting out 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:53.640 there to players one years, the outsts. 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:50.120 What are this complicity? 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:50.400 Thats like? 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.600 Uh, I think everybody's situation is different. So uh, I 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.800 know JK faith is strong. Uh. We both trust in 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.200 God to the Leader's in the right direction and wherever 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.560 that direction may be, ours is totally different right now, 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.120 and his situation is different than mine. Jk's been heard before. 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.040 I think he's seen how scared That's how it could be. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:11.640 So I think he got his own perspective on things. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.360 I got my own perspective on things. And then at 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.040 end of the day, you gotta respect our decisions. Everybody 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.280 on the outside has views of how we should feel, 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.000 how sh how we should do things. But at the 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.000 end of the day, Uh, like I said, he'd been, 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:23.680 he've been in a situation before, so I can see 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:24.360 where you're coming from. 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.920 Is there a particular conversation when alsaser somebody who range 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.080 on to sort of figure out how your order in 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.679 proach it? We we did get to that play, Okay, 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.160 just gonna put my head down. This is around in jail. 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.079 Was there somebody who helped you get there? 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.600 Uh, really myself and God just praying. 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:43.240 Uh. Everybody around me was pissed, Uh, but I always 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.040 pissed myself. But at the at the end of the day, 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:46.199 like I said, I get to go out here and 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:47.840 play in football in the National Football League. 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:48.080 Uh. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.000 Too many people don't get to do that. And Uh, 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:51.480 like I said, my faith is strong. I believe in 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.400 God for what I want. And at the end of 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.120 the day, i'm'a just gonna come out here, give one 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:57.960 one hundred percent effort uh for my teammates, for my coaches, 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.079 for my family, and just be the best place I 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:01.079 could be and try to get better. 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.000 Have those teams entire. Last year's steal. 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:09.920 The offense down, mar camera destruct thirds its more. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:15.520 Than that did like business see this year that yeah, 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:16.360 most definitely. 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:16.600 Uh. 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.640 I think that's the whole uh thing about our standard here. 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:21.240 Uh. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:22.559 We don't like the league stuff on the field, and 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.440 we Looke definitely left some players on the field last year. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.319 So now we're all just coming back tryna. Like I 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.560 said the other day, were trying to communicate better all 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:31.360 our players. Last year that we messed up on was 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.839 communication era. So we all understand that. That's why we 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.679 coming out here. You see everybody talking and we all 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:39.000 flowing together. Everything's clicking right now. So uh, it's definitely 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:39.760 n finished business. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.599 I got your play to the ups and downs that 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.199 you went through in your first two or three years 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.120 of Baltimore. I made it easier three years. But you 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.480 find the food, find a lottle motivation to keep getting better. 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:49.000 And run your art. 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.679 Though that's like a much higher thanause. 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:51.960 People are getting incredible. 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:52.760 Yeah. 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:56.120 Uh, coming into the league, a lot of people know. Uh, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.959 I didn't play that much in college, and switching position 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.880 from college to the league. Uh, playing mic is a 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:07.559 very difficult task. And just being able to switch from 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.600 my first year to midway through my second year, learned 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.000 a whole new position was a challenge itself, But I 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.319 think I kind of found like a common ground in 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:17.640 which I needed to be prepared for knowing both positions. Uh. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.480 I think when I first learned Michael was just learning 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.040 my position. That's what really messed me up, Like not 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.559 knowing both positions, and that would have helped me in 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.320 the defense itself. Just knowing both and would have been 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:28.959 a whole lot less mess ups and stuff. But I 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.160 think that's actually helped me now, So now that I 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.320 know both positions, it's way easier. Uh. 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.079 Just we had to take my time and just play football. 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.040 Have like you said, play a lot of. 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.880 In college and that have never been a players since 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:41.320 you've been here. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.400 But you're still one of the younger players in the league. 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.199 Feel like you're kind of scratching the surface of the 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.599 type of player you're gonna be. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:48.040 Yeah. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:49.760 I definitely haven't even got closer to the service the 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.480 players like I could be. And everybody around here knows it. 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:52.760 Uh. 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:55.079 I think people around the league know it. And that's 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.200 why I'm out here just trying to get better, trying 0:10:57.200 --> 0:11:00.440 to compete, uh, trying to just master my craft. And uh, 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:01.880 I think when I do that, I think the whole 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.720 league gonna be unoticed take any more patience. 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.480 And I definitely did. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.280 Uh boy boys out there balling, uh when win it, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.800 Uh dealing right down the street. So whenever he get 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.200 up there, uh with the Nationals, I'm gonna go up 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.800 there and catch some games and stuff. Most definitely one 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.319 could have most definitely, Uh, I was actually talking to 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.120 some schools, had some schools reach out. Definitely could have 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.319 went that route. Uh, but I just I should have 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.120 went that out. I shoulda I should have tried to 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.320 do both. I should have did both experimental a little bit, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:36.840 but I think it all worked out little. That's uh, 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.160 first of though, not really. Uh, just to up every 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:42.560 step that I had, one, more tackles, more picks, forced fumble, sacks, 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.240 whatever it may be. Uh, I just want to up 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:45.320 each category that I had. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.040 What you talk about, given I'm seven years of run, 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:50.319 it's like it was a twenty yard run, just even 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.360 without the last year. This year, how couldn't you think 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:53.520 it was the run defense can be. 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:55.400 Uh, it could be great. Uh, we all know how 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:56.000 good we could be. 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:56.280 Uh. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.600 Really, all the guys is on up front already been 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.240 in the fire, every single one of them. So we 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:03.640 know what the standard is. That's why I said, like 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:05.280 the seven yard runs, we know that, we know we're 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.320 better than that. So at the end of the day, 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.559 a team might get seven yards, but the most you 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.000 could limit and just get better off of that, I 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.760 mean holding teams to less than seventy seven yards of carriage, 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.559 I mean a game. So just that's stuff that we 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:18.120 need to build on. 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:20.400 We're talking to peers after year. 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.040 I mean, if he's able to be out there allway, mostly. 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.199 Season, how big deal is out for definitely Hughes. He 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.160 gonna definitely knock people off the ball hard to get 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:30.760 their hands on him. And when he get his hands 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.319 on he could do whatever he wants. So that's a 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.559 guy that we just can't wait to see go to action. 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:38.760 Appreciate y'all. 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.320 That was linebacker Patrick Queen. We also talked with defensive 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:47.480 tackle Michael Pierce today. Now, Michael started last season strong, 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.920 but then he went on injured reserve. He had an 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.640 injury that knocked him out for the remainder of the season, 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:56.280 but he's healthy now and he has big hopes for 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:58.319 this season. He talked about that today. 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:05.880 Up following. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.319 Yeah, it was fun, man, especially for me, Like I said, 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.839 missing those last two years. Uh, it was fun to 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.640 get the pads on, try some new stuff that I've 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.520 been working on with Chuck, working on a weave. Like 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:22.559 I said, for linemen, especially those guards, d tackles, the s, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.520 the shells as we call 'em, or those soft pads 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.360 don't really tell much. So that's where you get to 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:29.960 see the young guys and who you think will make 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.480 the team and all that kind of stuff. And then 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.240 for me, it's about trying stuff and just making sure 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.160 I have some different things in my repertoire going to 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:35.600 the season. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:36.719 So I had a blast to day. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:36.880 Man. 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.280 You guys you come channel for some last year. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.160 Three years, different streak differently together for this year. 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.200 And make sure. 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.439 Yeah, certainly obviously you started with rehab. Like I said, 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.599 I came here, didn't miss the day OTAs. 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:54.960 Uh. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.360 Just staying there with the training staff. 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:56.760 Uh. 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.520 They got me back strong, got me back healthy relatively quickly. 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.839 So just doing the things I need to do every day. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.000 Took up hot yoga. Was talking to somebody over there. 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:05.440 Uh. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.520 I go to the mine and do hot yoga each 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.920 and every Saturday, probably twice a week. So just being 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:15.560 more flexible, more stretching, dialing in with sernutrition, just doing 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.360 all the little things that you can, like I said, 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.880 especially as you get older in this league, you start 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.960 to notice different things in your body. So just investing 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.760 in myself, making sure I cross off every little thing 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:27.480 that I can to make sure I can be here 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.240 endurable for the next seventeen eighteen. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:36.160 However many weeks forgot Make sure you tam Oh, certainly. 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.680 Like I said, Man, I undrafted, fought my way from 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.200 the back to be looked up as a leader on 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.320 this defense and on this on this d line is 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.520 just it's it's more than it I can ever a 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:47.560 dreamed of or imagine. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:47.720 Man. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.240 So just to add an opportunity to lead those guys 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:53.240 and play next to Brody and Beats and everybody is 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.000 a blessing in itself. So now, man, it's it's about 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.680 proving who I am and just earning that each and 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:01.920 every day and then when the games come, putting it 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:02.280 on film. 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:06.600 Every week, talking the strategy, you go up to nutrition 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.360 through the first like week of training camp, how you 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.560 notice a difference how you're feeling, how you're moving, Like, 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:15.440 is there anything different you feel out there. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:16.480 As a player on the field. 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:20.680 Yeah, Like I said, for me, when you miss like 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.680 those old tas and stuff, or you missed like tons 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.720 and tons of rep throughout the season, you can get 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.000 a little rusty. But like for now, like I said, 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.600 I hit the ground running, OTAs came out here, started 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.040 affecting the quarterback right away. That's something I've been working 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.360 on the past few years. But like I said, the 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.360 past two years I've been doing really well, just had 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.480 those in seasons cut short. So Nah, I feel good. 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.040 I'm moving well, I'm affecting the quarterback obviously, playing the 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.120 run well. But like I said, I feel good in 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.240 my pass rush. And I've just been really really drilling 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.640 that stuff with Chuck and all those guys this off season. 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.160 So it's been paying off pretty well. And like I said, 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.760 the pass I keep telling the story like the. 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.800 Pass came on to the guys from the xcept to 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:03.840 tell you see the guys that never line sayings. 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:13.240 And yeah, like I said, here, hello sis branding. We 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:13.880 can go on and on. 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.280 Those guys set the tone each and every Sunday, and 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.240 Mike and the staff has done a really good job 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.520 of just reminding and drilling us through that each and 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.120 every day. They show a little clips of different things 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.920 and how we just chop things down, work things out 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.440 as an organization from two thousand on. So it's a 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.120 standard that you got to re established every year, and 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:35.840 I think we did a good job of that today. 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.440 But like I said, we got a long way to go. 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.400 It's just about doing that every day and making sure 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.240 each and every team knows when they play us, we 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.560 might not have one hundred million dollar guy, whatever the 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:46.760 case may be, but when they plays, it's gonna hurt. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:48.080 So that's the thing. 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:49.520 Take it upon yourself. 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.000 Somebody see the offensive line and like Vanderboud's going to 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.600 year two, Sala's running up the first to you take 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.000 it upon yourself to be like, all right, I've been 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.200 trying to sharpen these young. 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:00.680