Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Team wrapped up
Speaker 1: its first week of training camp practice. They had a
Speaker 1: free open practice at M and T Bank Stadium on Saturday.
Speaker 1: It was a hot afternoon, but a good crowd came
Speaker 1: out to watch the guys get a little work in
Speaker 1: and after practice, we had a chance to hear from
Speaker 1: head coach John Harborough about what he saw from his
Speaker 1: team on Saturday and this week.
Speaker 2: Appreciate everybody for you here. A lot of fun, lot
Speaker 2: of fun.
Speaker 3: Fans had fun, players had fun.
Speaker 2: Coaches said fun. Did the media have fine?
Speaker 3: Sure, we take care of you, You take care of us.
Speaker 3: What questions you have John?
Speaker 4: Today was it's just been up there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, today's got an omens.
Speaker 3: You know, we had to stomach issue sometimes, so we
Speaker 3: kept him on the days.
Speaker 4: Just you get background, the.
Speaker 5: Fasts, time being able to get out here, most things.
Speaker 5: First time here.
Speaker 3: You know a lot of a lot of the rookies
Speaker 3: kind of commented out how great the stadium is. You know,
Speaker 3: the fans excitement cheered, very play.
Speaker 2: Came out and then just fell him.
Speaker 6: You're gonna talk to buy him.
Speaker 2: It's gonna get him out here to get an understanding
Speaker 2: what the staateum is like just.
Speaker 4: A little bit John, how much rest, great days and
Speaker 4: a lot of their fortunate.
Speaker 2: And a lot of heat. How much do you look at.
Speaker 4: That and how players work through that and the inters
Speaker 4: how they held out fundamentally, right, when you look at
Speaker 4: it hard.
Speaker 3: And the heat, how they hold up fundamentally and sign
Speaker 3: the rise. It's an opportunity of fatigue, do you call them?
Speaker 3: So when you get fatigue, take the opportunity to create
Speaker 3: the ability to produce in that fatigue and get your
Speaker 3: performance to the highest level with you the most hired.
Speaker 3: Plus there's elements and conditions that only are benefits to us.
Speaker 3: So hop the guys did a really good job of it.
Speaker 3: And see it looks like next week, how don't you can.
Speaker 4: Get to who best day in him to.
Speaker 2: Make him play especially the turf. We're seeing him find
Speaker 2: out a comfort zone.
Speaker 1: Starting that, right, I mean, I.
Speaker 3: Think Odell's got a really good plan and he did.
Speaker 2: He had a nice day to day. He lets go
Speaker 2: better every day. He's he looked great out here.
Speaker 3: I expect nothing. But but you know in classical o
Speaker 3: y'ell Beckham junior, you know he's uh, he's a hard worker,
Speaker 3: he's very conscient what he does, so I have.
Speaker 1: No concerns about that at all.
Speaker 2: He looked good in what do you think of the
Speaker 2: defensive line? They're pretty good dropped in to day.
Speaker 1: I know they're not the pads like don't get after.
Speaker 3: Day today, Warrior defensive line is gonna be mad because
Speaker 3: all the cheers after the places that get made when
Speaker 3: they might have thought the head of sack right, Let's
Speaker 3: see how practice goes.
Speaker 2: So I'll be hearing about that tonight.
Speaker 1: That was head coach John Harball after practice on Saturday
Speaker 1: at Mt Bank Stadium. We also had a chance to
Speaker 1: hear from a quarterback, Lamar Jackson. You can tell he's
Speaker 1: fired up about some of his new weapons, including Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior, who he threw a touchdown pass to in
Speaker 1: Saturday's practice. Here's what Lamar had to say.
Speaker 2: I love the crowd atmosphere. I love being I help
Speaker 2: my teammates. I was just talking to NFL Network and
Speaker 2: they was telling me I haven't been out here since
Speaker 2: December four and I'm like, that's a long time. And
Speaker 2: it was very cold today, it was very hot, but
Speaker 2: I enjoyedan I enjoyed it a lot.
Speaker 6: Work can you get in assessment where you guys think
Speaker 6: you are right now or where you think you want
Speaker 6: to be, you know, I mean with the whole whole
Speaker 6: new system coming in, I feel like, you know, we've
Speaker 6: been installing every day except for the day, but actually.
Speaker 2: We did installed today. But I feel like we're moving
Speaker 2: along in the right direction. We're processing everything fast and
Speaker 2: our guys, I feel like our guys ready. Everyone has
Speaker 2: something to prove, and that connection with OBJ looks like
Speaker 2: it's already there. That's I feel pretty good done it. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I feel awesome.
Speaker 4: Mom.
Speaker 2: He makes my job a lot easier. You know, Obj,
Speaker 2: it's the guy.
Speaker 1: It's that guy than the touchdown you through to him
Speaker 1: in that front corner of the end zone. Take me
Speaker 1: through that play.
Speaker 2: Oh you know it's a play action play fake to
Speaker 2: the running back roll out. He was just hauling tail,
Speaker 2: you know, across the field and I just gave it
Speaker 2: a touch past. I seen Kyle Hamilton, you know under
Speaker 2: uh great safety by the way. I had to just
Speaker 2: throw the ball over it over him and you know
Speaker 2: what Dall did the rest.
Speaker 1: You and Mark Andrews have talked like for years about
Speaker 1: the street ball connection that you have and see like
Speaker 1: that was You're kind of directing him on that play.
Speaker 1: We've seen that plenty of times in games. Is that
Speaker 1: just kind of backyard football right there?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 2: You know, man, Mark got that great connection man, like
Speaker 2: we always do. You know, ever since our rookie season, uh,
Speaker 2: going back to charges game. You know, it's always been
Speaker 2: the same same thing. You know, that's my boy, and
Speaker 2: we gonna make things happen on the field. You know
Speaker 2: that people never seen before.
Speaker 7: Well, mam, we're.
Speaker 2: Usually talking to players about, uh, how they're watching, fans
Speaker 2: and kids in the rock when they see you come
Speaker 2: on the field. What's it like for you when you
Speaker 2: see Odell Beckham come out there and they're going just
Speaker 2: as great as nowadays? I love it. I'm I'm happy
Speaker 2: to see him out done. FA I just don't scream,
Speaker 2: you know, screaming in the inside. You know, I'm streaming
Speaker 2: the inside.
Speaker 1: Of my my mom.
Speaker 2: I tell him, like, man, that's that guy. I mean,
Speaker 2: we got, you know, one of the the best receivers
Speaker 2: in the game, you know, future Hall of Famer and
Speaker 2: I'm just glad he's here. I got to ask me
Speaker 2: if on.
Speaker 5: Wednesday, but would you have any interest in doing that?
Speaker 6: Netflix?
Speaker 2: Quarterback series. Nas Oh, you know, actually definitely, you know,
Speaker 2: reached out to me before. But you know, I appreciate him,
Speaker 2: you know, but you know, I'm just trying to focus
Speaker 2: on ball right now, you know what, I'm trying to
Speaker 2: focus on ball.
Speaker 5: I'm curious what you think of the jerseys, the practice
Speaker 5: jerseys of the golden trim around the number.
Speaker 1: What do you think?
Speaker 2: I love it?
Speaker 4: Ryan.
Speaker 2: We need to talk to missus Steven about making those
Speaker 2: game jersys and you need to be out there on
Speaker 2: that field with him. You know, I love it though,
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 1: On the defensive side of the ball. We also talk
Speaker 1: with linebacker Roquan Smith. He's a leader of this defense
Speaker 1: and he's really setting the tone and he's confident about
Speaker 1: this defense, which he talked about on Saturday. What's up?
Speaker 1: How's the intensity to go up? When you when you
Speaker 1: step in the state practice.
Speaker 4: It's a little different feeling for sure. Like when I
Speaker 4: got off the bus, like I come in with my
Speaker 4: headphones on, I'm like, oh man, Like I had to
Speaker 4: remind myself we just practicing for a second. I come
Speaker 4: through the locker room and whatnot. But it's definitely sweetened then,
Speaker 4: you know, It's always good seeing the fans out in
Speaker 4: the stadium. You know, love seeing those guys here. Those
Speaker 4: guys are always coming with a lot of passions, so
Speaker 4: have a lot of respect for that and just you know,
Speaker 4: still excited to be here and still excited to put
Speaker 4: on opening day for them as well.
Speaker 1: You know, it's been really hot these past few days.
Speaker 1: How does that affect the whether you're able to practice,
Speaker 1: the tempo, everything that goes into it.
Speaker 4: Oh, definitely definitely affects you. But it's mental at the
Speaker 4: end of the day. Definitely is definitely draining for sure,
Speaker 4: but it's just repairing us for the season. We're building
Speaker 4: up our cardio, getting our legs right with a lactic
Speaker 4: acid as well. So I'm excited. I think the heat
Speaker 4: is a good thing and as long as we just
Speaker 4: stand hydrated, taking care of ourselves and everything will be good.
Speaker 4: It'll pay dividends for us in a long haul.
Speaker 6: Rocal communication has been something that PEQ said.
Speaker 2: Marcus Williams said earlier this week.
Speaker 6: How big was that something that you guys worked on
Speaker 6: this offseason.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's huge. Always been on the same page, even
Speaker 4: if you're wrong, you know, if we're all all eleven
Speaker 4: or wrong doing the same thing, then likelihood will still
Speaker 4: be all right if you ask me so. It's critical
Speaker 4: in this defense as long as you communicate, that solves
Speaker 4: a lot of problems. And just knowing where someone else
Speaker 4: is each and every given play gives you a lot
Speaker 4: of confidence as well. Communication breeze confidence. In my opinion, mean,
Speaker 4: what have you seen? I feel like just since we've
Speaker 4: been out here, since we got the camp, uh since
Speaker 4: Ota is honestly just how everyone is so eager to
Speaker 4: just be together, bust our tails day in and day out,
Speaker 4: and just come out and just find ways to get better.
Speaker 4: There's no player looking at it as like, oh, I'm
Speaker 4: too good for this, I'm too good for that. We're
Speaker 4: all like in here each and every day busting our tails,
Speaker 4: trying to get better, trying to find little things to
Speaker 4: improve on, and I feel like we continue at that rate.
Speaker 4: The skuy's the limit for us, and I don't feel
Speaker 4: like we have I've said it before, I'll set it again.
Speaker 4: I don't feel like we have any weaknesses on defense,
Speaker 4: and we just can't get complacent and do our jobs
Speaker 4: to the best of our ability.
Speaker 2: And then I think the sky's the limits.
Speaker 1: One of the newcomers to the team this year is
Speaker 1: running back Melvin Gordon. Team signed him early in training
Speaker 1: camp and he's added to a really talented running back mix.
Speaker 1: Now this is a veteran running back who's been a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl player in his career, and he talked about
Speaker 1: landing here in Baltimore here.
Speaker 7: With Melvin Gordon.
Speaker 5: Just Melvin, just what led you to joining the Ravens
Speaker 5: and why did you make decisions come here?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 7: This good organization and uh, you know, they they wanted
Speaker 7: me to be here, so you know, it's nothing better
Speaker 7: than them being in the locker room. But uh, you
Speaker 7: know people in an organization that want you to be.
Speaker 5: There, right And obviously you know, the Ravens have a
Speaker 5: lot of other good running backs, Gus and JK and guys.
Speaker 5: I mean, just what do you feel like you're kind
Speaker 5: of bringing to this running back room to compliment those guys?
Speaker 7: Uh, just you know, just I don't know another is
Speaker 7: supposed to play maker. Uh you know, I'm just waiting
Speaker 7: on my opportunity. And you know, those guys kind of
Speaker 7: got there. Uh you know, they're kind of establishing this
Speaker 7: in this organization, and uh, you know, they got drafted
Speaker 7: here they've been here for you know, four plus, I
Speaker 7: think four plus hears everybody here. So you know, being
Speaker 7: a new guy, Uh, you know, you just gotta you
Speaker 7: gotta take you know, each and every opportunity for what
Speaker 7: is worth and and make the best of it. And
Speaker 7: and when I get the ball in my hands and
Speaker 7: I get to do my thing, I just gotta I
Speaker 7: gotta show them while I'm still valuable.
Speaker 2: So we'll talk about establishment.
Speaker 5: You're a pro Bowl running back.
Speaker 7: You know, what do you want to prove to people?
Speaker 5: You know, after your last year in Denver?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I still got it. You know that I just
Speaker 7: was in a bad situation. And uh, you know, I'm
Speaker 7: sure it's a lot of guys that's over there right
Speaker 7: now thinking the same thing that I'm thinking. Like, you know,
Speaker 7: people do a lot of dirt, kick them when they
Speaker 7: were down and disrespected and disrespected their name, and it's
Speaker 7: just a lot to prove.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 7: I'm just in a different color now. Some of those
Speaker 7: guys get to do it in those jerseys over there
Speaker 7: in Denver. Uh you know, So you know, I'm happy
Speaker 7: that you know, most of the guys that that you
Speaker 7: know didn't have the years that we wanted due to
Speaker 7: a bad situation, got another opportunity. Uh, just to show
Speaker 7: the world. And and really that's that's all you can
Speaker 7: ask for.
Speaker 5: You know, there's a lot of free agent running backs
Speaker 5: still out there. You know, what does it feel like
Speaker 5: for you that the Ravens came out and got you?
Speaker 7: You know, it feels good, man. I mean, I'm honestly
Speaker 7: blood Uh, you know, nothing to complain about with anything
Speaker 7: when it comes to this. You know, I'm happy that
Speaker 7: I get to put on the jersey and represent, you know,
Speaker 7: an organization. You know, I'm excited because I could be
Speaker 7: at home and be wondering what I'm what I'm gonna
Speaker 7: do next, you know, and I have some things lined up,
Speaker 7: but it's just you know, I'm I'm not ready to
Speaker 7: get my dream up right now. And like I said,
Speaker 7: I think I was supposed to be over here, I
Speaker 7: think two years ago. But you know I'm here now,
Speaker 7: and uh, you know, they gave me opportunity and and
Speaker 7: uh and they believed in me, and I want to,
Speaker 7: you know, I want to. I want to do my
Speaker 7: best and show them why you know, they made.
Speaker 2: The right decision to bring me.
Speaker 5: I'm curious what happened two years ago. How close were
Speaker 5: you to becoming your raven back then? That's close.
Speaker 2: That was really close.
Speaker 7: People don't even know.
Speaker 2: But yeah, everything worked out for a reason exactly here now.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you, Bell, I appreciate it.
Speaker 7: Man, Thank you.
Speaker 1: That was running back Melvin Gordon. You also heard from
Speaker 1: linebacker ro Kwan Smith, quarterback Lamar Jackson, and head coach
Speaker 1: John Horrbaugh. You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast.
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