1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: I looked at the roster, I looked at the team. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: I looked at the history that you guys have had, 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: and you know, it's like, man, I need to be 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: a part of it. But you can't factor out of 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: fullback if you want to have a balanced offense. So 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: I'd say that, you know, the fullback spot is not 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: a dying bread. I say it's coming back even more. 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,159 Speaker 1: That was probably the worst and the best day of 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: my life. I was with my mom. We actually crowd 10 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: frustration and tears of joy at the same time. Welcome 11 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: into the lounge for what's a really good episode this one. 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what money it's good. What we're gonna 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: do today is we decided there's always just appetite for 14 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: getting to know the undrafted rookies every single year. We 15 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: want to know. That's like the main question we get 16 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: as soon as the draft is over, rather than people 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: asking about like the first and second round pick, it's 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: like who the Ravens gonna sign as undrafted free agents? 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: Which are undrafted free agents have the best chance to 20 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: make the rosters. Yeah, who's the hig jam? Literally after 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: every single draft, the top the story that gets the 22 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: most traffic on our website and on our app is 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: almost always Ravens Signed fifteen undrafted free every second with 24 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: Ali Faile Ali faile, um and so. And what we're 25 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: gonna do today is we want to introduce you to 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: three of the undrafted free agents around this team who 27 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: have a little bit of buzz about them. And it's uh, 28 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: Ricky Ortiz, the fullback out of Oregon State, Tim White, 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: the wide receiver, kick returner, punt returner at Arizona State. 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: And take one Myzell the running back. Smoke is a 31 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: smoke out of Virginia. So we caught up with all 32 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,639 Speaker 1: three of them. Uh, you just had some really interesting 33 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: conversations before we get into that. We have a good 34 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: email as always. You can reach us at the lounge 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: at Ravens the NFL dot net. Go ahead, Garrett, great email. 36 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: This is from Spin. You're gonna butcher this last name 37 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: SLOWASKI dude, No, No, he's from what Germany? Fit spin 38 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: Slowski Slowkowski Slowkowski. Yeah sounds polish. It does sound polish, 39 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: but Sence I live in The email says since I 40 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: live in Germany, the NFL wasn't really popular here until 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: about one or two years ago, and I have to 42 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,119 Speaker 1: admit I am a Ravens fan only since the Mile 43 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: High Miracle. So we have a new Ravens fan. That 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: was a good time exactly, if there's a time to 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: get on the bandwagon, not bad. Um. And so it's 46 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: a long email, so I won't read all of it, 47 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: but he says that as I heard the Ravens were 48 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: selected to playing, you know, London, it was tough for 49 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: me to find other friends who would go to the 50 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: game with me to watch in England. He did recruit 51 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: from friends to come there. He's going to be there 52 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: in Wembley. Uh. And he says that he needs us 53 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: to let him know what pub we're gonna go to. Yeah, 54 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: he wants to be Basically, he's in Germany. He's the 55 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: only Ravens fan in Germany, or so he thinks. Uh. 56 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: And he's just really pumped to be like in a 57 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: place where there's tons of Ravens fans so he can 58 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: kind of feel at home for once. So and so 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna make that home for him. We're still deciding 60 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: this a little teaser. We as we've said on this podcast, 61 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: Garrett and I will both be in London, and we're 62 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: deciding what pub we're gonna be at to have the 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: Lounge taped live from the pub. Maybe we'll throw back 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: a bar too, Yeah, and we have there's there's been 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: some scouting trips across over to London and there's there's 66 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: one that's I think staying out stand it out. We 67 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: might do it live to fans, we might bring some 68 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: fans on. That's just a little teaser. It's gonna be 69 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good time. Yeah, So stay tuned 70 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: for that. Can't wait for it. And we'll keep everyone 71 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: posted in terms of what pub we will be at 72 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: and when we're gonna have that live episode of the 73 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: Lounge from London. So thank you very much for the 74 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: email said. Yeah, So with no further ado, let's jump 75 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: into our first interview with returner Slash Wide receiver Tim White. Tim, 76 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: you know, we just want to get to know you 77 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: a little bit better, and first of all, I want 78 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: to kind of start at beginning with you with your childhood. 79 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about where you grew up 80 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: in California and what it was like there. Yeah, I 81 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: grew up in you know, Los Angeles, California. You know, 82 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: kind of kind of moved all over the place, you know, 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: especially during you know my high school or you know 84 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: junior middle school area, you know times. But you know, 85 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: definitely tough times, you know, for my parents have large family, 86 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: seven sisters and one brother, and uh, you know, we've 87 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: just been been all over you know, experienced everything. You know, 88 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: definitely hard times growing up. And you know, my parents 89 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: they managed to get us through it and kept us 90 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: positive throughout those times. So, uh, a lot of those 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: tough times, they you know, they sing hard, but you know, 92 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 1: looking back at it makes you smile and you know, 93 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: just enjoy the times that you were. You were there 94 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: with your sisters and your brothers, and you fought through 95 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: it and got got through it with them. So could 96 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: you elaborate a little bit on what this hard times 97 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,559 Speaker 1: were exactly? Yeah, definitely, you know, sleeping in cars and 98 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, you know, just hardships, real tough, tough times. 99 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: You know. Homelessness, you know, it was one of the 100 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: big things for for me, and you know, that was 101 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: one of those things that I experienced often times when 102 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: I was younger. Uh, you know, our parents managed to 103 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: get us in hotels and you know, sometimes apartments or 104 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: houses at times, but uh, you know, just the consistency 105 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: of homelessness, you know, growing up, when you have to 106 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: go through that and deal with the struggles and those hardships, 107 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: how does that prepare you for really the rest of 108 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: your life. I feel like if you were to go 109 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: through that, you probably feel like you can beat anything 110 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: that you faced later on in life exactly that that 111 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: it definitely shapes your mindset and you know, your character 112 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: as you get older. And that's one of the things 113 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: is when I look back at it, you know, and 114 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: understand when I really realized what I really went through, 115 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: it's like, wow, you know, I couldn't get through anything. 116 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: And you know, it definitely builds your skin. You know, 117 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: it makes you have tough, tough skin, and you know, 118 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: just lets you know who you are. Did you even 119 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: realize when you were going through it that it was 120 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: it's hard times? There was that's just what you were 121 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: in that you didn't necessarily know good or bad, but 122 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: this was just what your situation was. Yeah. Yeah, at 123 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: the time, I just thought it was what it was. 124 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't really look at it like, you know, 125 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm homeless or anything. Uh. Our parents, you know, I'm 126 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: sure all the pressure was on them you know, they 127 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: had seven seven of my sisters look out for and 128 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: one brother. So but you know, we were just kids, 129 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: you know, going through everything. We had real fun adventures 130 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: and you know, just experienced things that you know a 131 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: lot of other kids want to experience honestly, but you know, 132 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: we we did it and we had fun doing it. 133 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: How long was the period when when you were bouncing around? 134 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 1: Was it your entire entire childhood or uh, I would 135 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: say so, definitely my entire childhood. Growing up. It wasn't 136 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: always you know, homelessness, but it was you know, definitely 137 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: on and off, and there were times that were longer 138 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: than others and times where it was you know, longer 139 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: than others opposite you know, where we were in the 140 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: house for a long time. But definitely once I got 141 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: to my sophomore year of high school, when I moved 142 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: to Heart High School, that's when the stability came and 143 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: we were in the house until you know, I graduated 144 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: high school and all of that. So right it was there. 145 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: Is there one time that sticks out in your head 146 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: that was especially difficult or or one time that was like, 147 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: hey man, we were having fun despite the circumstances. One 148 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: story that really sticks out in your head. Yeah, many times, 149 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: many times I would say it was just the long 150 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: walks to school, you know, uh, you know, sixth grade, 151 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: fifth grade, it was just you know, six mile walks, 152 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: and you know it. It was a grind for sure, 153 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, and you would have so much time to 154 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: just think about, you know, everything that you're going through, 155 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, but those were also the best times. 156 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: And those were the times where you know, I thought 157 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: of football and thought of track, you know, and you 158 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: would you know, I was a kid to run and 159 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: be joking out, you know, trees and just doing all 160 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: types of stuff. If you if you were driving, you know, 161 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: looking at me, you'll be like, what is this kid doing? 162 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: But that's because I always wanted to play football, and 163 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: I always wanted to, you know, share that experience that 164 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: all my other classmates were doing, you know, they're playing football. 165 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: So that's what made me, you know, were those long walks. 166 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: But it was also tough at the time. So you 167 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: ring up football. So you start running track playing football? 168 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: Did you do both the starting at the same time, 169 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: starting at the same time my junior year of high school. Yeah, So, um, 170 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,679 Speaker 1: I always wanted to play you know, I always played, 171 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: you know, on the playground and everything, but we moved 172 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: around a lot, so I never really had a chance to. 173 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: But you know, finally we got stable, you know, at 174 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: Heart High school, and that's when you know, I tried 175 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: out for the team and made the team. Uh, you know, 176 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: started doing track after football season, and you know, I 177 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: started doing high jump. Actually I thought I was a sprinter, 178 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: but you know I went out there and I wasn't 179 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 1: the fastest guy. I was just playing around and did 180 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: high jump jump like six six and I was like, oh, 181 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: let me, you know, continue doing this, and from there 182 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: I just took over all the jumps and you know, 183 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: enjoyed that. As far as football, you know, I was 184 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: always a playmaker. You know, once the ball was in 185 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: my hands, you know I was raw, you know as 186 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: a as a player, but once the balls in my hands, 187 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: it was like, you know, something special was gonna happen, 188 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: especially if there's trees on the field, if you're playing 189 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: in the forest, trees, cars, cars, lights and whatever there. 190 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit more about I mean, you 191 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: became like an Olympic level triple jumper. Tell us about 192 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: that progression and what it was like when you almost 193 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: made it to the Olympics. Yeah, triple don't started off 194 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: for me. I was I was the number one in 195 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: the league for high jump and long jump my junior year. 196 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: So my senior year, I was like there was one me. 197 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: I had an open event, and I was like, man, 198 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: let me, let me try and do triple jumps. So, 199 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 1: you know, I asked the coach. I was like, I 200 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: have an open event, you know, let me try to 201 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: do triple jump. And he was like, okay, you know sure. 202 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: So my first jump, you know, I went off. I 203 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: didn't even know what it was. He taught me at 204 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: the spot what triple jump was, and I'm like, all right, 205 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: my first jump, I jumped like forty five. That put 206 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: me like third in the in California state, like top 207 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: ten in the nation, and I'm like okay, So I 208 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: got hanging. Right after that, I just started getting you know, 209 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: used to it and you know, getting familiar with it, 210 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: and then you know, I was top two in the state, 211 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: top three in the nation, you know, after that, and 212 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: from there, you know, I continued jumping at College of 213 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: the Canyons, my junior college that I went to, and 214 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: it was just awesome, you know, I felt really comfortable 215 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: doing it, and you know, from there, I jumped at 216 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: the Pan American Games, you know, nationally, you know, in 217 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: the national championship and won that. You know, so from 218 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: there I just felt like chiple dump was something that 219 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: I could do and you know, I was just naturally 220 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: good at. So who's a better track star? You or 221 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: Marlin Humphrey? You guys talk about this. We haven't actually, 222 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: but um, I'm not sure what what his you know, 223 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: track background is actually because what was his event? I 224 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: think what was it? I want to say it was hurdles, 225 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: but hink I mean, he didn't go to the Olympic 226 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: child so I'd say I'd say me. But anytime you 227 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to do it as a dual sport 228 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: athlete in college, especially at universities, you know, big time 229 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: universities that are you know, big in football, you know, 230 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: that's obviously a blessing. And Marlon was able to do 231 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: both for a little bit of time at Alabama, and 232 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: obviously I was able to my two years at Arizona State. 233 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: So it just shows you know, what kind of athletes 234 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: we are and what kind of dedication and you know, 235 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: the hard work that we put in. Did you debate ever, like, 236 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: all right, I just want to solely focus on track 237 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: and try to be an Olympians as my career. Or 238 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: how did football outweigh that? Yeah? Football was automatic. That 239 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: was something that you know is a dream for me. 240 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: And you know track was also, but football was something 241 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: that I had. You know, my passion is through the 242 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: roof for and that's something that you know, I felt 243 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: like I couldn't give up. So football is definitely something 244 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: I approached and you know, committed to. Have you ever 245 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: tried to triple jump while like doing a punt or 246 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: kick return? I haven't, but I haven't. I have leaped 247 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: over a couple of people, so they like, yeah, they 248 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: were a little confused and looking back like, all right, 249 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: you just jumped over me. So one thing that I 250 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: think is so interesting for you guys when you go 251 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: and drafted is how you have you earn a unique situation. 252 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: Obviously everyone wants to get drafted, right, but then if 253 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: you don't, you're a unique situation where you can pick 254 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: and a lot of people you have probably had. Did 255 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: you have offers from a number of different teams? What 256 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: was that process for you? Yeah? Definitely offers from a 257 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: number of different teams, and you know, a lot came 258 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 1: at me last minute, you know, like hey, you know, 259 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: offering big numbers or whatever, and I was just like 260 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: for me, you know, after my pro day, it was automatic, 261 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: like I was looking at the Ravens. Yes, there, I 262 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: was looking at the situation and the area everything, so 263 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: um from that point, you know, already I kind of 264 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: already knew if you know, I didn't get drafted, then 265 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: I was gonna I had them at the top, you know, 266 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: so I already chose the Ravens if I didn't get 267 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: drafted that um, Like I said, I looked at the roster, 268 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: I looked at the team. I looked at the history 269 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: that you guys have had, and you know, I was like, man, 270 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,599 Speaker 1: I need to be a part of it. You know, 271 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: I want to be here. So that's what I'm a 272 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna strive for, and I'll put it, 273 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: you know, out in the air. And it's exactly what happened. 274 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: You know, I had the chance to choose, and you know, 275 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: teams came out with you with bigger offers, but I 276 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: was like I already set my mind up. You know 277 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: that I'm going to be a Raven So let me 278 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: go do this. Already created my guy, I'm Madden, so 279 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: I give him my number. So yeah, I was ready 280 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: for it. Do you know Jermaine Lewis did you did 281 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: you come across him and Ravens history, because you kind 282 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: of remind me of him. He was a returner here 283 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: during the Super Bowl year in two thousand. He was 284 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: like kind of a smaller guy, like you, really fast 285 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: kind of guy. You know. I'm like, you think of 286 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,599 Speaker 1: great Ravens returners. Do you think that Jacoby? Jacoby is 287 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: like a taller, kind of long, longer guy. You gotter 288 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: remind me of Jermaine a little bit, I'm sure. So 289 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: he brings out the returner thing. I'm sure part of 290 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,599 Speaker 1: the reason that you you look at the roster and 291 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: you're thinking about the teams, you look at the returner position, 292 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: you say, there's an opening. So you know, how how 293 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 1: have you felt just kind of in that transition from 294 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,599 Speaker 1: a football standpoint of being out there during O T 295 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: A S A mini camp and fielm like, all right, 296 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: I can return at the NFL level. Yeah. Well, like 297 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: I said earlier, you know, growing up, uh, you know, 298 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: I was really raw you know, to start my football career. 299 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: And but one of the things that you know it 300 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: was a part of me is that once the balls 301 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: in my hand, it was there was something that was 302 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: going to happen, you know. So, uh, you know, once 303 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm out here and you know, doing o t as 304 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: in mini camps, I felt really good about coming out 305 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: here and catching punts and you know, return and kick returns. 306 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: You know, that's just something I've been I worked really 307 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: hard at, you know, Arizona State, and something that's a 308 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: part of me. I take high pride in and you 309 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: do want to go out there and make play. So 310 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: I felt real comfortable. That's the most comfortable position that 311 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: you know, I feel out right now. They can't have 312 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: enough playmakers. Exactly, exactly cool. Thank you so much, man, 313 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: it was a pleasure talking to you, all right. Thanks 314 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: to Tim. Really enjoyed just kind of learning about his story. Um, 315 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: another person with an interesting story is Take one, myzel 316 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: running back from Virginia. So let's jump into it with 317 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: take one. Take one. Really happy to have you. We 318 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: just kind of want to, Yeah, we want to introduce 319 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: you the fans a little bit more. Uh, and I 320 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: think we got to start out with the nickname. All right, 321 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: nickname Smoke, which is pretty much the most badass nickname 322 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: that is sick. How did you get the nickname? Well, 323 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: I started off in high school my freshman year, you know, 324 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: I did. I played varsity, but then you know, get 325 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: as much playing time. But I was used as like 326 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: a tackling dummy for like the starters. So I used to, uh, 327 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: we used to do this little open field tackling drill 328 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: and none of older guys could tackle me in open field. 329 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: So I head coach end up coming up with that 330 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: name my ninth for a year, and they stuck with 331 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: me ever since that's awesome to sit throughout college, everybody 332 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: called you Smoke, So coach Lennon started calling me that, 333 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: and then uh, you know, I ask things started to 334 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: turn up from me, you know, start with the success 335 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: at uv A, you know, the announcers, then professors, students. 336 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: It was just crazy. That's awesome, and it proved true. 337 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: I mean you basically, you are a really tough guy. 338 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: To bring down a CEC record it's all time and 339 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: a CC record holder for most yards receiving and rushing 340 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: over fift yards, the first player to ever do that. 341 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: I mean, did you go into college thinking like, yeah, 342 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: I could, I could kind of set a CC records 343 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: or did he even take you by surprise? It kind 344 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: of took me by surprise actually. You know, coming in 345 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: it was kind of rough. So like coming in coming 346 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: out of high school, you know, being like a five 347 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: star and all that things. It was like a lot 348 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: of pressure build up on, you know, a lot of 349 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: pressure that you don't ask for. And then I came 350 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: in my freshman year, you know, I had a high 351 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: ankle spraining injury. I missed a couple of games. Then 352 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: they're like, oh this guy, you know, the big time 353 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: five star, where is he at? And then uh, my 354 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: sophomore year was it was a lot better. I'll use 355 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: as a third down backjet sweet type of guy. And 356 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: then once I had my chance to start, I had 357 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: my last two years to start, I was just like, 358 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'm a block out. All the outside North's 359 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: focused on what I could focus on. And I had 360 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: a new coaching staff. Coach Baby came in, helped me 361 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: out a lot, and just took off from me. You know, 362 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: they changed the offense using me a lot, you know, 363 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: mismatches and you know, changing the run game, and it 364 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: was just me just taking advantage of all those opportunities. 365 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: So it's crazy it was only really two years as 366 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: a starter and you still set the records because that 367 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: I would thought you were starting as a freshman, kind 368 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: of build on it got at all. That's study I think. 369 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: Uh my junior year was probably the first time I 370 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: ever besides high school even got like tin carries a game. Wow. 371 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: So how the heck when you put up all the 372 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: stats like that, do you go undrafted? That's the golden question, 373 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: I think here the million dollar question. Uh that's something 374 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: that can't even Yeah. So uh with that process, I 375 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: definitely thought I would get drafted. You know, it started off. 376 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: You know, I kind of saw some of it unfolded. 377 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't get invice to the combine. I 378 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: saw like other backs that I even got higher praise, 379 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: you know, all a CC whatever it was, get invited 380 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: to the combound. I was like, wow, that's interesting or whatever. 381 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: So I still try to, you know, just stay prayed 382 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: up and focused on what I can control. And then uh, 383 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: no Senior Bowl. I've got a late invite to the 384 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: NFL PA Bowl, and I took a lot of pride 385 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: in that So that that week, you know, I was 386 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: focused on I want to show them that I'm not 387 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: only just the best running back here, because all the 388 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: running backs there, maybe besides one I got a combat 389 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: invite and I didn't, And I was like, I'm just 390 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: focused on I had a chip on my shoulder. So 391 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: going into that game, had a great week of practice 392 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: that end up breaking their Russian record in the game 393 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: and still no combine and it was all good. Does 394 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: that would take place after the Senior Bowl and all 395 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: that stuff? Or actually actually it was like right before 396 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: the same bowl. So actually some people I know, somebody 397 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: I trained with, actually got a uh rec Bowl invite 398 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: from that game, So you didn't know, we gotta talk 399 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: to feel savage about this. Yeah, I know our class, 400 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: like the running back class this year this past year, 401 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: was pretty stacked, but uh, you know, I kind of 402 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: looked at myself as being different. You know, I felt 403 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: like it was a lot of guys in the draft class. 404 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: You know, it's a lot of us or a lot 405 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: of them that can run for a thousand yards, But like, 406 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: what can you do to separate yourself from those guys? 407 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: And I take proud of like catching the ball, you know, 408 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: running outside of the bat field, and you know, I 409 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: just let God take control, so you don't get the 410 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: senior win, but you don't get the combine invite. And 411 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 1: then the way that you know, our scouts always talk 412 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: about how it'll kind of turn over every stone to 413 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: find different guys. And one of the big events that 414 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 1: they do every year is they have a local pro 415 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: Day and you've participated in that, right, I mean so, 416 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: and I think that is that one of the things 417 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: that put you on the radar of the scouts here. No, definitely, 418 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: So that's what that was the feedback that I got 419 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: from running back coach here. So basically leading up to 420 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: the local pro Day, I had like a couple of 421 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: visits with a couple of teams and I actually missed 422 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,919 Speaker 1: the date and we had to reschedule it. So I 423 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: came here. It was like the hardest workout that I 424 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: had of all teams. It was like the hardest one. 425 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: But I had a couple of workouts for like different 426 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: teams and forty nine the charges and all those guys 427 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: and other ones with visits. So I came here and 428 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: the individual period was only like five minutes long, but 429 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: it was not stopped the whole entire time, so I 430 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 1: couldn't and I just had got off a flight and 431 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: all that stuff, like doing all that traveling. So you know, 432 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: I did the individual period and I had to get 433 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: the chance to run routes for the coaching staff, and 434 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: uh I ran routes from the running back spot and 435 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: the receiver spot, and I caught punts for at least 436 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: like thirty or forty minutes or whatever. So after, you know, 437 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: they was really impressed with what they saw. And uh 438 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: I was speaking to our running back because he said 439 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: that he really didn't know who I was besides like 440 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: from high school. You know, he really wasn't big on 441 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: me of like what I guess he didn't see nothing 442 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: prior to me, like leading up to that moment. So 443 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: from that day, that's when they started looking into the 444 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: film or whatever it is. And uh and I've been 445 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: in contact with them every since. And then uh I 446 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: had from that day, I kind of knew that there 447 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: wasn't planning on drafting it back, but it was like 448 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: if I was to slide out of the draft, they 449 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: would be interesting in me, you know whatever. It was, 450 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: so and looking towards like the draft they didn't draft 451 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: any like backs or any offensive players, so they kept 452 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: their word. And that was a bit reason, you know what, 453 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: me sticking with my decision after I want to draft it. 454 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: So it was when you were making decision after you're 455 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: going drafted, one of the reasons you chose here is 456 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: because they're saying that they kept their word and saying 457 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 1: they were going to they wanted you. That was the 458 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: That was probably the worst and the best day of 459 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: my life. Like that was that decision. I was with 460 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: my mom. We actually cry frustration and tears of joy 461 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: at the same time. Like it was like right after 462 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: the draft, like so many phone calls, so many phone calls, 463 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: and uh, you gotta make like the biggest decision of 464 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: your life within like five minutes because they got to 465 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: go on to the next person to try to fill 466 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: those spots and uh. And I actually was almost committed 467 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: to another team and then coach called me and when 468 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: they're figuring everything out, and I was just like, you 469 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: know what, I was like, man, my mom just talked 470 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: about it. I just want my gut fell in my 471 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: sound going to Baltimore. It was the coach they called. 472 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: Is that the one that you talked to and he 473 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: was the one that kind of made the final pitch too. 474 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: How much of you learned from Danny Woodhead because you know, 475 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: he's also a back that does a lot as a receiver, 476 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: So how much of you kind of followed what he does. 477 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: It's a lot you can learn from him, obviously, you know, 478 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: me playing like the same role he played is awesome. 479 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: You know, just to get the chance to just be 480 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: up under his wing. So just a lot, you know, 481 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: as far as his knowledge of the game, you know, 482 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: just to take that part of the game as serious 483 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: as possible. You know, the guy, he's not the biggest guy. 484 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest guy, but that man played in 485 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: the league how many years? Eight years or so years, 486 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: and that's something that I want to accomplish. I'm like, 487 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: how did he do that? How did he you know, 488 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: stick around that long? And I can tell, like when 489 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: he's on the field, he's the smartest player probably on 490 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: the field. You know, I don't the quarterback, you know, 491 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: they always smart, but he's probably one of the smartest 492 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,239 Speaker 1: players on the field. You know, you can learn from 493 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: a lot, you know, running routes. You know, I'm a 494 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: big time dude. Don't like running routes, but it's a 495 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: lot you can learn from watching him running routes, just 496 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 1: his patience, the way he set you up and just 497 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: catching everything for real. Well, I remember watching practice and 498 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: reporters that we're always looking for like something to just 499 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: kind of stand out a little bit, you know, because practice, 500 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: you know, it's interesting for you guys, sometimes for us 501 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: and it gets a little sluft. I specifically remember you 502 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: going up and making one hander by the sideline like 503 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: early on O T S. I want to say you 504 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: remember this one camp? Okay, yeah, And I remember all 505 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: the reporters we are like everybody see that one, alright 506 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: one now? So I think you've definitely made an impression, 507 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: right yeah, So thank you so much, Smoke really appreciate. 508 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: Fans are gonna like watching you. Thank you, Thank you 509 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: very much, Tay Kwant. As he exits, we welcome in Ricky. 510 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: We're just running on through today, you know, line of 511 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: great interviews. So here comes Ricky uh fullback slash linebacker, 512 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: fullback here, but he played just about everything in Oregon State. 513 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: Here's Ricky Ortiz. Let's talk about fullback first of all 514 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: the Ravens. Sign you as an undrafted rookie free agent 515 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,719 Speaker 1: right after Kyle used check leaves. So you gotta be like, nice, 516 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: here we go, open foolback spot, let's do this thing. 517 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: What was what was your what was behind your decision 518 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: to sign the Ravens and your reaction when you saw 519 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: that you had that open shot. Well, I think that 520 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: you know, it started with getting a phone call, an 521 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: early phone call from coach Hammock and just you know, 522 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: really sensing the confidence in his voice that I was 523 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: his guy, you know, that I was number one on 524 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: his list for fullback, and uh, I thought it was 525 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: a perfect opportunity. I mean, he talked about Juice and uh, 526 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: you know how he developed here and now he had 527 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: the chance to coach him. So I thought it would 528 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: be a great opportunity for myself, you know, to be 529 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: put in a position where I, you know, I could 530 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: could become that elite fullback, you know, and be able 531 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: to be versatile like I wasn't in the offense in 532 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: Oregon State, you know. And so just having that opportunity 533 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: really and and just uh, you know, taking advantage of 534 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: it while I'm here, you know, has been has been 535 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: probably probably one of the bigger uh, you know, bigger 536 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: things that that I think that that will kind of 537 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: lead me to become the best, like the best that 538 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: I can be at that spot. So looking at Juice, 539 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 1: it seems like when you're in college and you're thinking about, Okay, 540 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to try to make this jump to the 541 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: NFL level. Do you look at a guy like Kyle 542 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: and say, like that is the kind of role? Is 543 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: he sort of like the model of like the new 544 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: fullback in today's game? You know what at first, I 545 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: you know, I was I didn't study a lot of 546 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: the fullbacks because at Oregon State, I mean I played 547 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: every spot, played linebacker, fullback, tie end, age back, quarterback, slot, receiver. 548 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: So you know, but you know, after after really getting 549 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: into the film, I mean, uh my, you know, my father, 550 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,239 Speaker 1: my father, you know, talked to me um before my 551 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: senior season, and you know, we both agreed that I 552 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: was fullback. You know, it was just what what the 553 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: team needed at the time. And he talked to me 554 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: about DeMarco from the Falcons who just got signed by 555 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,959 Speaker 1: the Bills on a bigger contract, and he talked to 556 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: me and then he talked to me, he said, hey, 557 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: watch Juice and uh. You know, I started watching their 558 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: highlights and I saw a lot of similarities, you know, 559 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: between my game and their game. I mean they're both 560 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: you know, great fullbacks in the league right now, So 561 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, kind of studying you know, those guys and 562 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: you know, seeing seeing what they bring to the table 563 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: and knowing that that I'm very similar in that fact. Um, 564 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: I think it was you know, it was gonna set 565 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 1: me up, you know, to have a good shot at 566 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: the next level. So um, I would say that Juice 567 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: and both DeMarco uh from the Falcons were great examples 568 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: to me, and they represented just something that I wanted 569 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: to become when I step foot in the league. So 570 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: I know that Jews would always get mad when we 571 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: would ask him about whether fullbacks are dying breed. He 572 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: got tired of that question by the end of his 573 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: four years here. So I'll get used our on the 574 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 1: question right from the start. Here are fullbacks of dying breed? 575 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: I don't think so. And that's because I mean this 576 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: this past two teams in the in in the Super Bowl, 577 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: you know, they had fullbacks. So I mean I came 578 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: from both pro style and then switched to a spread offense. 579 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: My last two years at Oregon State. So I know 580 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: both sides of the things. But I think that you know, 581 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: fullback is essential to an offense. I mean, you know 582 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: they bring so much to the table. Um they're just physical. 583 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: I mean you want that physical guy coming through the whole, 584 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, leading, leading the running back either on ISO 585 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: or you know, outside zone or power. You know, you 586 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: want that physical feeling you know, to come from from 587 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: that guy, that presence. And uh, you know you can't 588 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: factor out of fullback if you want to have a 589 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: balanced offense. So I say that, you know, the fullback 590 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: spot is not a dying breed. I say it's coming 591 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: back even more. You know, I love I love personally 592 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: watching all Stut when he played for the He was 593 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: like with those old school man and teams with all 594 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: start and the work done. Thou your lightning, Yeah nasty, yeah, 595 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: just watching those guys, you know, watching him play, you 596 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: know that physicality. You know you can't replace that, you can't. 597 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: You gotta have that that guy in the offense, you know, 598 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: you gotta I like to call it the linebacker of 599 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: the offense. Um. You know, you have to have that 600 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: physical guy, that physical presence. Like I said, and uh, no, 601 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: answer your question. I don't think it's about Ricky. This 602 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: is where you gotta flip the question on Garrett and say, well, Garrett, 603 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: our journalists are dying writers. Yeah, your profession is dying Garrett, 604 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: right right, But yeah, that's your profession. But anyway, speaking 605 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: of professions, you gotta get into your other profession here, 606 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: which is being an avocado farmer, which is pretty awesome, 607 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: not a bad fallback. So you gotta tell the story. 608 00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: How did you first get into avocado farming? Uh, it 609 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: was back in the day, man, It was in middle 610 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: school with me and my buddy Adrian Contraras you know, 611 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: I've told this start many times, but you know it's developing. 612 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean, our ideas, you know, I have just been 613 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: kind of floating around, uh in the middle, you know, 614 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: since middle school, and you know they came to life, 615 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: and you know, we we saw just a a great market, um, 616 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: great opportunity for us as you know, business business partners, 617 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: and we took advantage of it. His dad owned land 618 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: down in Mexico, so you know, being that he's a 619 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: dual citizen, it enabled us to actually start planning avocado trees. 620 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: So um, then from I don't know how many years 621 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: going back now, UM say third too, so about ten, 622 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: ten years, ten eleven years since we started that. Um, 623 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: it's just grown. I mean the markets, it's it's incredible 624 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: just watching the market. You know, the prices are going up. 625 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: I mean consumer demand is is high. So yeah, yeah, 626 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: I mean you see the prices. My dad prizes them 627 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: all the time. I mean he's he sees them now 628 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: at Avocado and some stores in California. So I don't 629 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: know if that's due to Trump's tax on the border, 630 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: but because you know, with those taxes that he's inflicting, 631 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: all the all the farmers are going to do is 632 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: raise their price, which is still make it the same. 633 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: So I don't know how beneficial that is to that tax. 634 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: But but yeah, so we have some We definitely, we 635 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: definitely are are focusing more on wacamole, I think, and 636 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be pretty huge for us. Um, 637 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: we're trying to, you know, make it more of a 638 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: sports business, so kind of get get some of the 639 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 1: NFL guys, and by guys, I mean guys that we 640 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: think that are fit for positions in our company and 641 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: in kind of use them, I mean market the business, 642 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: use them as investors. I mean we have I have 643 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: a couple of buddies in the league, so and I 644 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: think that they would be great, great fits for you know, 645 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: our company. And not only would we be impacting you know, 646 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: one area or targeting one area, he wouldn't you would 647 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: be hearing it, you know, around the country in different organizations. 648 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: And I think that that's that's something that we we 649 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: kind of are are We're gonna you know, go for 650 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: and make a business plan for so um right now, 651 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,479 Speaker 1: it's about getting those machines, uh up and ready and 652 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: then from there, I mean everything's U s d A 653 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: certified with the Tree, so you know, as far as 654 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: that goes, it's all good. So I would say, just 655 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: really focusing on building our team next and building that 656 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: business plan, getting those machines and then getting stuff started, 657 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: kind of advertising a little bit more with the league. 658 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's a great way to at the advertised. 659 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: The NFL has done a great job of advertising Walkamoly 660 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: and avocados, so you know it would be be pretty 661 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: cool to just get in get on get in on 662 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: that and uh you know, hopefully just start taking off avocados. 663 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: Do you like pretty shut on an annual basis. Yeah, 664 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: so it's annually. I mean we have I mean it 665 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: produces harvest is year round. So you could probably i'd say, 666 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: range from like two hundred. It depends on the avocado tree. 667 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: But there's two to fifty a tree, so you multiply 668 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: that by however many trees you have, which is like 669 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: two hundred for us. So it's a lot of walkamoly man. 670 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: And you know what what's cool about that is that 671 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: you could actually uh target some of the other farmers 672 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: for waca mooly the avocado. Nobody sees what avoca I 673 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: mean the avocad. There's a lot of avocados that fall 674 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: to the ground. So being sustainable and being a sustainable 675 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: company means for us is like actually taking those avocados 676 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: off of other farmers hands and start making the walk 677 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: the mole out of it and sometimes otherwise throw them out. 678 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: They yeah that you can't sell them to the to 679 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: the market. You can't put them in the market because 680 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: they look they don't look like they're red. There's some 681 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: of them are red, their sunburnt, h they've been on 682 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: the ground. So you don't sell those avocados. But they're 683 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: perfectly good, so in a in a sustainable but way, 684 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,439 Speaker 1: we wanted to take advantage of that and uh really aim, 685 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: you know, towards a just using that as more product, 686 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:41,800 Speaker 1: because I mean, Jalisco, the state of Jalisco in Mexico 687 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: is just it's swarming with avocado. So I mean there's 688 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,879 Speaker 1: tons of farmers out there, and it'd be pretty easy 689 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: to take those off their hands and actually use that 690 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: as as part of our product. Interesting, you've got big 691 00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:02,760 Speaker 1: plans ahead of you, tons of them recipe. Yeah, so 692 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: that's a that's a secret, so you gave it. I 693 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 1: can't just tell everybody on this podcast. I'm gonna invite 694 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: him to you know, if we're not playing the super Bowl, 695 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: Ricky's getting invite to my super Bowl party. It's a 696 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: glockamoli guy I've been working on. I'm made glacamole the 697 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: other days. You know, I've got it's hard. It's hard 698 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 1: to mess it up. Put it that way, it's kind 699 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: of hard to mess it up. You can put a 700 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: ton of ingredients in it. You could use sour cream 701 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: whatever you want, right, Yeah, simple, I think simple is better. 702 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:36,280 Speaker 1: But um, for me, I like not using sour cream. 703 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:41,240 Speaker 1: It's kind of going it's going natural and adding whatever 704 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: you want to add. You want to spice it up, 705 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: spice it up, put some whatever kind of chili you 706 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 1: want to put in there. But uh, there's a lot 707 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 1: of things you can do with it. You can make 708 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: smoothies out of it, and that's something that my mom 709 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: just started doing. So, uh, it's pretty cool, pretty cool stuff. 710 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 1: Cream I have not so you would have avocado, and 711 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: it just shows you diverse avocados though. So see this 712 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 1: is I don't really have a branch of your business here, 713 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,719 Speaker 1: I cream. I don't think there's a huge craving for 714 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: avocado ice cream. And they said the same thing about 715 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: glacamole fifty years ago. Yeah, ortiz pleasure man. Thank you 716 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: guys for having me appreciate it, all right, thanks to Ricky. 717 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,920 Speaker 1: And I still don't understand why you like addvocado ice cream. 718 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: There's some things that are meant to be ice cream 719 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: are meant to be. You know. There's my brother in 720 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,840 Speaker 1: law just had asparagus ice cream. Yeah, that's disgusting, you know, 721 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: said delicious. There's no need to make asparicus ice cream. 722 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,280 Speaker 1: That just it's healthy. You make healthy ice cream. Avocado 723 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 1: ice cream. But I don't want healthy. I want you 724 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,759 Speaker 1: can It's the best of both worlds. It's not the 725 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: best of both worlds because it's still asparagus ice cream. 726 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: If I want ice cream, I want something good. I 727 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,919 Speaker 1: put some peanut butter in there. That's what I wanted 728 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,080 Speaker 1: my ice cream. I don't want my nutty, but you 729 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: out there peanut butter. I don't want carrots and asparagus 730 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: and avocado and kale ice cream. That is ridiculous. Don't 731 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 1: give me any of that, like all that stuff. Quick story. 732 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: Quick stories ruined good things. People like you ruined good 733 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: make good things even better. Now I need spinach ice cream. 734 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 1: This what's wrong with this country? Go ahead, that's what's 735 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: wrong with this country. Quick story, quick story of the avocado. 736 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: This is just a you know words the wise for 737 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,960 Speaker 1: all you listeners out there. Never sign up to be 738 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,319 Speaker 1: the guacamole person to a party. You know, when they 739 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,279 Speaker 1: say everybody brings something, don't sign up for the guacamole. 740 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: My wife made this mistake a couple of years ago 741 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: for a Christmas party slash holiday party uh for the department. 742 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: Here she says, yeah, we'll bring the guacamole. Then you 743 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,879 Speaker 1: have thirty people at the party. Right, that's a lot 744 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: of avocados. That's like Ricky's entire tree farm. So we 745 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 1: have to buy. We go to the trainer Joe's to 746 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: get avocados and I'm like, babe, we got like ten bags. 747 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 1: It causes like fifty bucks to bring this thing. I 748 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: could have bought a pie for five. We spent drop 749 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: fifty bucks bring a ton of We came seriously with 750 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: a wheelbearer full of GUACAMOLEI guess how much got eaten? 751 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,439 Speaker 1: Guess how much? Well I was there. I was there, 752 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: but but I'd say a fair amount of the guacamole 753 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: got eaten. But that did not Even when you came 754 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: in with a five gallon drum and people eat one 755 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: gallon of it, you still have a lot of avocados. 756 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,880 Speaker 1: You know how brown that got in my fridge? You 757 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: did not? You probably did try to recycle that and 758 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: keep it. Absolutely. I take it back home and put 759 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,319 Speaker 1: the pits in it. I tried to eat. That never works, 760 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,799 Speaker 1: was picking around little brown spots for a little while. 761 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,240 Speaker 1: You know me, that never works cheap. I don't throw stuff, 762 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: and you still this is probably like three years ago 763 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,799 Speaker 1: that this happened and still working on it. Well, yeah, 764 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: you probably still have it in your fruits somewhere, somewhere 765 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: at the bottom. You gotta pick through it. But you 766 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,360 Speaker 1: use that to try to get out of bringing anything 767 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,720 Speaker 1: for the Christmas party. Well three years ago I brought 768 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: three years ago. Now I'm like the I'm the soda guy, 769 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: bring the coke and sprite exactly, that's my job. Now 770 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: you have the the otus is on you to bring 771 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,760 Speaker 1: the good stuff. Just a bad party guest. Um. Anyway, 772 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 1: I really enjoyed all the three of these interviews with Ricky, 773 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: Tim and Take One just it was fun to get 774 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: to know of them have unique stories. Um and I 775 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,320 Speaker 1: think all three of them they're gonna push your rosters 776 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: by day for sure. They've got It's not on the 777 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: fifty three then on the practice squad. These are guys 778 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: to root for sure. It's easy. You can see why 779 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: that they're likable. So um. As always, if you have questions, comments, 780 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: emails that you want to share with us, you can 781 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 1: do that by emailing us at the lounge at Ravens 782 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: dot NFL dot net. We also want to encourage you 783 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,839 Speaker 1: guys to leave a rating and a review on iTunes. 784 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes there's a lot of them coming in. 785 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,319 Speaker 1: Lately it's been a little stagnant. Um. We need, you know, 786 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 1: step up. Yeah, and UH just have to let you 787 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,360 Speaker 1: know that we will not have an episode of the 788 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: podcast next week during the fourth of July break. Uh, 789 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: the whole company has basically given the week off. Thank 790 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,919 Speaker 1: you very much, Stevie b uh. And so we will 791 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: not have one next week and I will not be 792 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,560 Speaker 1: here the following two weeks. Think is going to be 793 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: out for the next six weeks. There's only got to 794 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,360 Speaker 1: be somebody. There's somebody here that has to keep this 795 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,839 Speaker 1: place afloat, and it, generally speaking is always me. You'll 796 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,960 Speaker 1: find me in Amsterdam, Belgium and France. Good sir, Yeah, again, 797 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,319 Speaker 1: not pulling your weight, and I've got to get the 798 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,960 Speaker 1: job done. But luckily for the listeners of the podcast, 799 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: I am here and I will not relent. Well, thank 800 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,479 Speaker 1: you very much for listening, and we'll be back soon.