WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens OTA Practice 5/23 Press Conferences 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.720 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. Today was day 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:09.840 three of organized team activities here at the under Armour 0:00:09.920 --> 0:00:13.119 Performance Center, and after today's practice, we heard from the 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:18.320 Ravens coordinators Todd Monkin, Zach Orr, and Chris Horton. First up, 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.560 we'll start things off with offensive coordinator Todd Monkin. 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:27.280 All right, I think it. 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:32.400 Was no I went last year. 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:35.560 Yeah, I've been on a lot a lot of times 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:38.560 and donated, but I've never I haven't been there. 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.639 You know, I'm certainly willing to donate. That's this year. 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:44.560 Luckily didn't donate, so it felt a lot better. I 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.960 don't know what it is about winning. It's some about 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:48.280 winning makes everything feel better. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:51.040 All we got. 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:54.960 Just here too. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.360 You know, we talked a little bit about what are 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.080 some of the scheme changes that you want to make 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.240 and how you want to see offense to evolve up. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:03.800 Well, I think we want to streamline. 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:05.960 We want to make it better for all of our players, 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:14.840 Lamar especially, and streamline it in a way that we 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.520 become a more consistent offense. And everybody's striving for that. 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:19.840 And I thought there was a lot of really good 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.600 things we did last year, but we can certainly strive 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:25.400 to be more consistent. Certainly start faster. We've got to 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.959 work to start fast. I think that that's inevitable. But 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:29.360 year two we should be able to do that. 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:31.520 It's the first time we've had a chance to talk 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.440 to you since the PFC Championship game. 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.119 When you look back at that game, do you have. 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.280 Any regrets about the way you guys went offensively? 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.960 You know, obviously, I mean I try not to look back. 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.680 I appreciate that, but it is what it is. We 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.080 didn't play well enough, didn't coach well enough, didn't execute 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:48.720 at a high level. 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:50.120 And that starts with me. I mean, that's the way 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:50.480 it goes. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.440 I mean, certainly we could have run the ball better, 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.480 could execute it better, not turn the ball over. 0:01:58.600 --> 0:01:59.480 But that's what you do. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:01.560 The only way you look back is to learn and 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:05.000 get better. What didn't we do well? What was the 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:08.200 plan we initially went in with? Was it execution or 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:09.680 did we not stick with the plan? That's part of it, 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:11.120 Just like it would have been, just like it was 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.160 the week before, just like it was the week before. 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.880 That just happened to be then, And it's disappointed, But 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.280 it's on to twenty twenty four to linger. 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:19.560 On this a moment. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.280 But I think John said at the time that you know, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.000 a lot of folks looked at the rush attempts in 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.080 the second half. I think there were six, and John said, 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.560 somewhat dictated by the terms of the game. Is that 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.800 is that kind of what you see looking back on. 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.200 It, somewhat. 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:35.880 I mean, if you said, well, the rushing attempts were 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.079 by the backs, it wasn't just complete. I mean, say, 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.560 Flowers had a couple and Lamar did. So I'm not 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:42.760 trying to justify it, I promise you that I'm not. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:44.840 I'm just saying in general, we needed to run the 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.680 ball better and we didn't. I mean that's a fact. 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:48.440 I mean we didn't. You can't control the game if 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.760 you can't run the football and then not execute at 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.320 a high level when it presents itself. And there were 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.679 moments in the game we did but not enough. And 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.840 you know, in second half needed to run the ball better. 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.280 But you know we did give ourselves an opportunity in 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.880 the second half. That's looking at it that I don't 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:06.560 regret because we did give ourselves a chance in the 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.080 second half. We got down in the red zone, we 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.160 did move it. But we got to run the ball better, 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:13.640 we got to tack him the way we you know, 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:15.639 plan to attack him, and I gotta do a better job. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:16.120 That's the way it is. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:17.880 I mean, that's what I'm paid to do, and that 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.680 is do it against the best, you know, when it counts. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.160 That's that's it. No, it's okay. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.280 Just how does Derek Henry shift the equation for you? 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:29.840 Is there something you look more at in your offense? 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.440 I don't see it that way. I just see another 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.119 good football player. I mean, Gus had a tremendous year 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:38.040 for us, I mean in terms of yards, touchdowns, and 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:39.840 we expect the same from Derek. You know, he's a 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.520 tremendous football player. He's been great. He's been here a 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:47.200 whole off season and doesn't really change anything per se 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.680 because to me, he's a really versatile player. I mean 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:51.400 not only running the ball, but get him the ball 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:54.240 in space and throwing him the ball and getting him 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.200 out on the perimeter and see if some of your 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.000 defensive backs can tackle him. So that's why we're doing 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:00.680 this now, that's why we're here out, you know, to 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.520 work through that and see what we have, cause no 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:05.440 one here has worked with him, So now we're just 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.559 seeing what that is and giving him those opportunities. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.520 Thought, I know you're saying you don't think you have 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.720 to change a lot, But Derek, do you in terms 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.440 of formation wise, do you expect to maybe be more 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.040 A lot of till it's been how he's been a 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.760 lot in the A lot of a under center formation. 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:20.320 Do you expect to do that. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.800 A lot more? I mean, we'll see. 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.080 I mean it's uh, we were under centered some this 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.039 year and we weren't gun some and I expect to 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.800 be the same, I mean both depending on where we 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:36.120 go from here. Do I think that's what they did? Yes, 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:38.640 but we're not them, if that makes sense? 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:39.680 Like, uh, with. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.520 Having Lamar, is that always advantageous to us to be 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:43.039 inner center? 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:44.520 Probably? 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:44.680 Not? 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:46.800 You know, is there something to that? Yes? 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.760 So we'll we'll try to find do the best we 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.560 can to balance the two, cause you're right, there is 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.360 a lot of good looks at him playing at the dot, 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:55.560 you know, under center. 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.279 Fading out. Eric and John are very excited about getting 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:03.320 test Walker. What are your early depressions of him. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:04.360 What are your hoops at him? 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:05.960 What do you think from what you've. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.159 Seen of this quick learner. Okay, let's start with that. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.159 So that's impressive, you know, to show up and be 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:16.479 able to play multiple spots and it's not just knowing 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.839 your assignment. But I think he's done a great job 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.799 of executing a technique that makes sense. 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.160 Because there's nuances with routes. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:26.520 It's not just a drawing, there's other nuances with coverage 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.760 and adjustments these. That was something I wasn't expecting. So 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.960 that was what I'm excited about. And obviously his speed 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.800 shows up in his length, so that's been exciting and 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:37.479 I would just continue to work with him, and that's 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.000 what you do with your young players. 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:41.240 And this is a great time to develop. 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.520 And that's what you love about this time of year 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.880 is because once you get after a couple of weeks, 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:48.680 even in the preseason, it's it's go time. 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:50.559 Now it's who plays. 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.200 But at this point, how do we develop them our 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.560 skills and then how do we drill it to get 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.000 the most out of our players and create the best 0:05:59.040 --> 0:05:59.680 version of them? 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.560 Do you think as a go ahead at the end 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.400 of the season, John Harbron talk about you guys have 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.720 went back to the John for trying to you know, 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.040 continue to advance this office. How much of this offseason 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:12.440 was put into the trying to get them the most 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:13.400 out of Isaiah Likely. 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.640 And Mark and Well, everything was going back to the 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.920 drawing board to say who we want to be moving 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:23.800 forward offensively, and that is what you do every year, 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.600 but even more importantly after your first year, because there's 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.040 always things you look back and go, all right, we 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.480 put that in and now that we look at it, 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:36.560 hey let's go this direction, let's do this, let's move 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.680 in these certain directions we want to go. But certainly, 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.040 you know, with the way Isaiah Likely came on and 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:47.200 having Mark Patricard, the white outs we have, we do 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:51.960 have tremendous skills. So it's how do we utilize each 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:56.200 player in their elite skill set? What is that? How 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.160 can we utilize that? So that has been a big 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.480 part of the off season with those guys and how 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.960 do we get him when and how on the field. 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:07.120 That allows us to be very consistent on offense and 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:07.960 score touchdowns. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:08.480 I mean, that's it. 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:08.680 Really. 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:10.680 Do you feel like you guys as a whole need 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.200 do a better job getting our shot made more involved? 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:13.640 Oh? 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:14.119 For sure. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:18.120 You know last year was interesting in the fact that, 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.320 you know, we had Odell and at the beginning, you know, 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.720 bait Ha missed off season, then he missed some of 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.080 fall camp, so is he going to be healthy? So 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.200 put O'Dell at X, you know, and then beginning of 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:34.680 their Bateman gets kind of banged up. 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.280 A little bit, so does Odell. So here you are 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.440 beginning of the year, but you're already in the season. 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.000 So now we certainly could have done a better job 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.840 of moving them around, for sure. But as the year 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.520 went on, I mean, our shot really came on and 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:53.480 I've seen tremendous growth. But again growth is just because 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.520 he didn't have an off season last year. In my mind, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.880 I didn't see that, but I expect a tremendous year 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.120 on it, and we certainly could have found a way 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.440 to give him the ball more. But you know that 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.160 that's a good thing because last year we did have Mark, 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.840 then we had Zay Likely, then we've got Jay Flowers 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.720 and then you've got Odell and after a while and 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.640 then you're winning games. So you're running the ball. So 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:16.640 why does Gus Edwards have all those touchdowns? What are 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:18.720 the rushing yards? We're winning games and that's part of it. 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:20.640 So when that happens and you have a lot of 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.720 skill players, it's gonna come that way, like why an 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.960 Hegymore touches well because he touched it, and why do 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:26.920 well Justice did. 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.640 So that's a good problem to have, it really is. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.560 Or Lamar took off and ran, you know, all those 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.600 things that are that were lucky to have, and we 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.079 continue to have great skill players. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.840 There was a lot of experience up front from last year. 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.959 And I know you guys rotated in Daniel and Ben 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.800 a lot last year and obviously had some injuries to 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.200 some of the guys who've left. But what do you 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.080 kind of feel like is the biggest gap that you'll 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.679 you'll need to cover from the guys you lost from 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.080 last year and how well that that line play last year. 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.599 Well, you're right, we did rotate those guys, which was 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.000 invaluable experience, you know, because you have game tape, not 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:04.440 just preseason tape, but against frontline starters of how they played, 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:06.720 and it's easy to show them on tape where they 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:07.280 need to improve. 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.240 Where that is. It's not third quarter of the first 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:12.040 preseason game. 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.840 It's against the best in the world, and so you 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.600 do have some tape to go back and look, and 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.040 again we're in the development business. That's why you draft players, 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.800 That's why they keep coming up and developing. You know, 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:26.040 when you look at the left guard situation here, we 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.200 end up with I think his name is Powers, who 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:30.240 is here and developed and he went on and then 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.920 you get John Simpson and you develop him and then 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.000 you feel good enough that they went on to make 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.719 money somewhere else because you developed them. So that's what 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.240 we're in the development business right now with Ben, you know, 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.200 and you've got some of the young guys that we 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:45.120 drafted a year ago, you know, like big solid Maurice, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.120 and you've got you know, Daniel. All those guys are 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.880 getting in valuable reps now and obviously once we put 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.320 the pads on for them where it'll really be critical. 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.079 Right we put the pads on, we get a chance. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:58.040 To play in the preseason, and then you have then 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.640 you can assess, hey, you know, as they keep developing, 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.640 what are their strengths, what do we need to continue 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.160 to work on. And they're doing a great job now 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.439 and I expect them to play a really high level, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:07.960 I really do. 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.360 Are you looking just to follow up on that a 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.439 little bit, are you looking for maybe more a little 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.320 more athletic of an offensive line. Of me, you always 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.360 want physicality, you want to run football, but you know, 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.360 with more zone, maybe you know the natural progression from 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.440 what these guys did a couple of years ago offensively 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:22.280 to where you are now. 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:24.240 Oh, I don't know. 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:28.120 I mean, it's so hard to say that because everybody's 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.720 looking for the same guys, right, big, smart, physical, athletic 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.480 like okay, and then at that point when you're drafting, 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.240 it's like, well, let's just take the best player. Like 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.560 it's football. If we have to run more gap schemes, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.160 we run gaps, run outsides on inside zone. Hey, it's 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.320 like tight end, like all right, if we don't have 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:45.959 this guy, we have that guy. Let's try to fit 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.319 the pieces where they may. But certainly, would you like 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.880 to have athletic climban for sure. But when you have 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.680 like Ben and you have like Daniel, have some bigger guys, 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:56.280 well then we might have to run more power, we 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.760 might have to be more gap schemes and then play 0:10:58.800 --> 0:10:59.280 to whoever. 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:01.040 Our strengths are the players that we have. 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.240 With Derek Henry, I mean when he's helping, he's a 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.600 guy that gets pretty much batt three hundred cars per season. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:11.079 With him getting it in that age at three year, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.800 do you think you have to manage his work load 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:15.880 or do you kind of expect him to take a 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:16.640 jusual for a. 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.320 Way to prove well, I know this, If he carries 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.040 it three hundred times, we're having a hell of a year. 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:21.920 I can tell you that. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:23.760 It means we're running in a lot, right, It means 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:25.520 that's that's we're up in games. 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:26.480 Right. We want him to finish. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:31.480 We want him to be the closer right first and foremost, 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.240 like every player, we want him to make it through 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:33.640 the season. 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:35.679 It's a long season. Seventeen games. 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.120 You know, you've got a buye weekend there and you know, 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.240 and then you go from there. So we'll we'll see 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:45.560 how that goes. I mean, he's been so durable. But 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.160 I thought we did a good job last year of 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.599 rotating the backs. I mean, Gus was powerful, but we 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.760 split the reps. Now we had Keaton hu k mo 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:53.840 On and we had justice in those guys. But I 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.600 still anticipate the same of you know, using all of 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.720 our backs, try to put him in the best position 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:00.599 to be successful. 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:05.920 Last one, Tom yesterday Lamar he was to talk to. 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.160 He said he lost way. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:08.000 To be more than agile. 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:09.800 Have you seen that agility? 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.040 Seeing any differences in his movement? 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.000 And how do you think that how can go hist. 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:19.680 Well, I can't comment maybe to where he was a 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.880 few years ago and compared to last year. But I 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.200 always thought he was agile. I always thought he was 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:29.000 fast and hard to bring down. So does he look great? Yes, 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.040 he looks great. You know, has he worked hard? I 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.160 assumed that he worked hard to get that. I'm sure 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.240 he didn't go on a hunger strike to lose the 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.880 twenty pounds, so he's probably worked hard at it, you know, 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:43.240 to get to that point. So I'm excited, you know, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:48.040 for him. He's motivated. He looks great. We're all motivated. 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:49.440 You know. It is what it is. 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:53.280 I mean, it's it was disappointing, but it's on the 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:57.040 twenty twenty four, and you know, I'm jacked. I'm fired 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:58.920 up for where we're headed. We've had a great off 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.480 season and every day we get to come out here 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:01.800 with them. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:03.120 Guys. Man, it's it's awesome. 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.960 You're listening to Ravens Press Past podcast. You just heard 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:13.040 from O. C. Todd Monkin and next up we have 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.560 new defensive coordinator, Zach Orr. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.480 How's it going. How y'all doing alrighty man? 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.920 Good players walking by us? How does it feel to 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:27.679 be the one speaking? 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:29.800 That's pretty crazy? It's pretty crazy. 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:31.320 I mean I used to always, you know, just like 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.120 you said, as a player, walk through, go to the 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.080 locker room, exiting the practice fields, and now you know, 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:38.640 being up here talking to you guys, you know more frequently, 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:40.080 it's it's gonna be fun. 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.880 So I gotta know you're focused on it. 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.640 Exciting to see the incoming name to Dallas. 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.880 As for schedule, that didn't dur oh Man, Yeah, it 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:52.880 was exciting. It was exciting. I mean, just just for 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:54.760 opportunity for I got a lot of. 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.880 Family and friends who are big Baltimore Ravens fans for 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.440 the last what ten eleven years, So just an opportunity 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.360 for those guys to come to the game and get 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:03.760 a chance to go back home and see them. I 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.679 don't get a chance to see a lot of family 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.560 a lot, especially during the season. So uh, y'alls are 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.240 definitely excited that it is gonna happen. 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:10.840 A little early. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:16.040 Talking about how a different relationship with your position coaching, y'alls, 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:17.760 it helps you think it's a coordinatorship. 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:19.640 See much transition to coaching this guy. 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:21.880 Uh, it definitely helps, man. I think I think just 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.680 the coaching culture that we have here. Man, like every 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.040 coach coaches everybody. Now obviously when you position coach, you 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.480 focus on your guys, but I mean we're a family here, 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.400 so I've always as a linebacker coach. 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:36.120 I know the D line, the the safeties, the corners, Uh, 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:37.320 the offensive guys. 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.560 We all got a great relationship. We move on one accord. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.120 So that's definitely easier. Once you have that relationship, they 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.000 know what type of man you are, what type of 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.360 coach you are, it's easier for that transition to happen. 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.680 You'll look at the defense and just even terms of 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:51.600 the scheme or even term of knowledge. And when you 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.480 have so many guys lead and some of these guys 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.240 staying in the division coaches have gone to teams that 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.120 you guys may have on your schedule. How much do 0:14:58.120 --> 0:14:59.960 you feel like you have to change and how much 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.320 can you can you keep this seeing? 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.080 Man, I don't think you have to change the language 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:04.720 much at all. 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:06.720 I mean, like I said, we've been building this system 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:07.760 for a long long time. 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.280 I mean since two thousand eighteen. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.560 And the people that that are that we're here, that 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.200 are are at other places, they'll tell they'll tell you 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:16.880 it's like the the game plan gonna change week to week. 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.440 So based off what you do is basically how we're 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.720 gonna play you. So I don't really think that's a 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:23.800 advantage or something something that we think about a lot. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:25.920 We just gonna do what we do and uh play 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:26.440 how we play? 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.360 Is that with the play calling? How how comfortable do 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.000 you feel a few practices in now call and plays 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.960 and and how did you practice before practices started. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:36.680 At cong plays? 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.080 Uh, it's it's it's a it taking the day by day, 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:40.360 you definitely get more comfortable. 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.240 I think coach does a great job. Coach Harbor does 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:42.840 a great job. 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.920 Of putting us in these game like situations, even as 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.640 play callers and as coaches. I mean we always d 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.960 do move the ball, we do st uh call it 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.120 periods where there is no script. You have to call 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:53.240 it and you have to think on the fly and 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.960 use your your play calling sheet and uh just how 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.120 I prepare, Man, just go back and when I'm watching, 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.320 when I'm watching the film or watching games from last year, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.040 just looking how I would call it, looking at the situation, 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.960 trying to put myself in those shoes, and then just 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:08.520 before practice, just reviewing my play call sheet and just 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.320 trying to play out scenarios in my head that could 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:11.040 possibly come up. 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.640 Do you remember as a player, if you ever got 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:15.840 a play call from your coordinator and you're like, man, 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:17.160 I wish I could well play right now. 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:18.960 Definitely. 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:20.440 I mean, when you're a player, you think that you 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.080 know a lot of times, you think you got all 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:22.520 the answers. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.000 You're like, man, we could do this, we could do that. 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.480 But when you when you step back and you. 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.800 Become a coach and you become a play caller, you 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:30.480 kind of see the bigger picture of things. You're not 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.880