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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. We have the

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Speaker 1: pleasure of sitting down with Gino Stone, who I was

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Speaker 1: just saying to him, this might be the closest back

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Speaker 1: to back lounge appearances ever in lounge history. So, I mean,

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Speaker 1: obviously that's the biggest news of the week for you. Obviously. Uh, Gino,

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Speaker 1: congrats one year contract coming back. I think we all knew,

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Speaker 1: you know, Gino, it's gonna land back here, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. I mean, you were what a free

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Speaker 1: agent for maybe eighteen hours, twelve hours less than that?

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Speaker 1: So just one are the emotions you know, returning, Um

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Speaker 1: just happy, you know, it's a place I wanted to be. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just something I talked about my agent

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Speaker 1: where I would see myself, and I thought, this is

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Speaker 1: the best place for me. Uh you know, I feel

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Speaker 1: like what we have coming back, I have what type

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Speaker 1: of roule I can have, and um, what type of

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Speaker 1: rule I already had on this team. So I just

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Speaker 1: wanted to expand on that and uh, you know, get

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Speaker 1: ready to go work with you guys and get ready

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Speaker 1: for superow Rown or somebody that right, right, So, So

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Speaker 1: did it ever enter your mind, like, oh, man, I

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Speaker 1: could be playing somewhere else potentially, or you were always

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Speaker 1: like it's going to be the Ravens. I know it's

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Speaker 1: gonna work out. Yeah, I mean probably. Um, when I

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Speaker 1: didn't get the tender, uh, I was like, there could

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Speaker 1: be a possibility I could go somewhere else, you know,

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Speaker 1: and uh, it's all the emojis on twitters. We always

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Speaker 1: got to be reading the emoji game. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I did have I mean I did have a few

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Speaker 1: other offers out there, but uh, you know, I just

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Speaker 1: I just felt like this the place that I wanted

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Speaker 1: to be, you know. Um, you know, so that's kind

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Speaker 1: of what I went with CATCHA. Do you know you've

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Speaker 1: been a guy who, you know, ever since you came

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Speaker 1: here kind of had to fight and earn your spot

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Speaker 1: and you've done it very well. Just curious about your

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Speaker 1: mindset when you first came here, because nothing was you know,

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Speaker 1: hand it to you and given to you. How you've

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Speaker 1: been able to just thrive and keep getting better in

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Speaker 1: a place where you know, you didn't come in with

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Speaker 1: a spot that was guaranteed. Yeah. I mean I feel

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Speaker 1: like sometimes I went to in college, you know, my

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Speaker 1: like I started growing up all the way till I

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Speaker 1: got to college. In my freshman year of college, I

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Speaker 1: mean I was like second team, third team, played really

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Speaker 1: the season. So I really burnt my redshirt just playing

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Speaker 1: kickoffs because but I wanted to be on the field

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Speaker 1: so on to play. So you know, I worked my

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Speaker 1: worked my butt off, got it all the way up there.

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Speaker 1: And then I feel like carry it helped me carry

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Speaker 1: over here because you know, I feel like it'd been

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Speaker 1: different if I would went all the way through college.

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Speaker 1: Say I started and then got to the league. There's

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Speaker 1: some people that do that and then they don't understand like, oh,

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Speaker 1: now I gotta play special teams. And I feel like

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Speaker 1: Coach Farns them prepared me well for to play special

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Speaker 1: teams and get ready for the league to play special teams.

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Speaker 1: And you know here I had to. I had to,

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Speaker 1: And one thing my coach and uh I, what Coach

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Speaker 1: Parker always say is never get to play. And so

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Speaker 1: every time I have that extra step I could do

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Speaker 1: something to where I get I feel like I'm comfortable

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Speaker 1: an uncomfortable situation. So that's why I try to keep

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Speaker 1: know I never get complacent, uh, and just know, well,

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Speaker 1: I gotta work for every day. You talk about your

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Speaker 1: your role and the potential for you to have a

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Speaker 1: bigger defensive role. Obviously, the trade of Chuck Clark kind

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Speaker 1: of opens that up a little bit. What was your

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Speaker 1: reaction when you first saw the news that Chuck was

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Speaker 1: was heading to the Jets. Yeah, I mean Chuck was

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Speaker 1: So you are I mean you kind of kind of

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Speaker 1: I know he's gonna do great wherever you wherever you go, so, um,

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Speaker 1: Chuck was kind of known for his film study and

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Speaker 1: You know what do you what do you take from

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Speaker 1: Chuck moving forward? Yeah, No, I mean it's actually funny

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Speaker 1: because like sometimes in me is like Chuck would like,

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Speaker 1: you know. I liked what I see stuff on film

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Speaker 1: that probably like he wouldn't see, and he sees on

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Speaker 1: I was always picking his brain and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: trying to tell him like, hey, why why aren't he

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I didn't think of that, you know. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And then especially with the like you said, the film thing, like,

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's that's a good thing about having

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Speaker 1: all of them set of eyes in the film room,

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Speaker 1: because some people see stuffs different then and then or

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Speaker 1: think different. So right, But Chuck, Yeah, he was one

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Speaker 1: of the smartest guys in the room. He always and

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Speaker 1: in the room, do you know obviously Kyle being there,

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Speaker 1: you know he's gonna you know, Harb City's gonna still

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Speaker 1: play kind of a versatile role. He'll probably play a

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Speaker 1: little bit more deeper safety, you know, kind of in

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Speaker 1: We're last year and still playing a lot of three

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Speaker 1: can see me, Kyle and Marcus all working together, Um,

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Speaker 1: being out last year, you stepped in your playing time,

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Speaker 1: went up defense did in Mississpa. Can you talk about

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Speaker 1: that experience and how much you think that will help

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Speaker 1: that whole experience and that uh, them seven games I

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Speaker 1: like I proved myself that. You know, I've approved myself.

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Speaker 1: Hey you could, you could play in this league and

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Speaker 1: you could do it for a long time, you know. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just I was like a welcome really

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Speaker 1: It's not I did nothing, nothing too crazy, but you know,

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Speaker 1: just show I go out there, it's still uh do

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Speaker 1: you back. I thought the importance was also special teams.

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Speaker 1: You know, not only what you bring defensefully, but but

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Speaker 1: Anthony Levine co Cap had before kind of as the

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know co co captains. What's

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Speaker 1: what's the right term here? Marlow was called me co

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Speaker 1: pilot like that that's actually really good. What did co

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Speaker 1: Cap say to you at the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: How did he evaluate your special team's performance stepping into

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Speaker 1: was weird for me though, because I went from seven

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Speaker 1: going back full time special teams. I was telling them,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned, you know, you it was to prove you

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Speaker 1: can kind of proved to yourself what you could do

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Speaker 1: last year. I know in college you were a playmaker.

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Speaker 1: you know, if Mike puts me in the rotation regularly,

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Speaker 1: I can be a guy who can make plays. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's what I mean. I feel like that's what everyone

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Speaker 1: giving up it's a touchdown. So um, but yeah, I

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Speaker 1: still make plays on the ball, go get picks, uh

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Speaker 1: fourth amost whatever it is. So I just I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to go out there get turned overs. I mean I

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Speaker 1: showed him preseason that's gotta turned over. The regular season

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Speaker 1: last one for me. I know there's Uh, isn't there

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Speaker 1: a good dB coming out of Iowa this year? Rileys? Yeah? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So give us a scouting report. You know, it's almost

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Speaker 1: draft season here, give it to us. No, I mean, shoo,

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Speaker 1: he's he's he's he's taller than you're thinking. He's like

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Speaker 1: six foot six one. Yeah, but he got speed. He

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Speaker 1: could run. He's a track guy coming out of high school. Okay, Um,

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Speaker 1: so he got speed and uh, you know he likes it.

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Speaker 1: He's he's gonna fight. I mean he's not you're with

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Speaker 1: you're what your stereotypical corner that people are gonna pick.

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Speaker 1: But m but I play with him for two years

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Speaker 1: and um, I mean he's he's a playmaker. He's a

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Speaker 1: ball hawk. He goes against a lot of picks. Um,

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Speaker 1: you got good hands and he's reliable. That's one thing

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Speaker 1: I can say about Rally. All Right, Well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: guess we're gonna see him a lot. We saw I

428
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Speaker 1: saw him a lot last year. I think I won

429
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Speaker 1: all those battles. I was gonna say, did you ever

430
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Speaker 1: like square up in the old like did you have

431
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Speaker 1: any offensive defense? But on special teamson, we saw I

432
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Speaker 1: saw him a couple of times, and then when I

433
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Speaker 1: was playing kicking turn with dude was out. Uh. He

434
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Speaker 1: he might have got a shoestring on me. You might

435
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Speaker 1: have shoestring got me, but uh, one on one note

436
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Speaker 1: when we played good or he was a according right

437
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Speaker 1: right by, one on one with him. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

438
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Speaker 1: Oh that's pretty funny. So you're you're you're talking trash

439
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Speaker 1: all off season. Then I guess, yeah, I'm in his

440
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Speaker 1: head and now he's on defense out a lot more.

441
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Speaker 1: Now I'm being his head even more though. Yeah, it'll

442
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Speaker 1: be a fun little river. Yeah, how fun is that?

443
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Speaker 1: I mean to have your brother in the same division

444
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Speaker 1: playing for a rival, Well, I mean, that's got to

445
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Speaker 1: be a good time. It's crazy. Were playing three times

446
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Speaker 1: last year, like I'm playing the time my entire life

447
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Speaker 1: han't play against him, and then played him three times

448
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Speaker 1: one season. It's a wild But we'll have a lot

449
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Speaker 1: more battles to go. Yeah, well we got we gotta

450
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Speaker 1: get him in the playoffs this time. Oh yeah, awesome,

451
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Speaker 1: Well justice congrats man, Yeah, thanks for having us, Thanks

452
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Speaker 1: for coming big thanks to Justice and big thanks to Gino.

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Speaker 1: Pretty awesome to get both those guys back. We want

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Speaker 1: only at DraftKings, So really, you know, the Ravens have

465
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Speaker 1: not brought in anybody as of the time of recording

466
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Speaker 1: this because things change fast. These podcasts tend to get

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Speaker 1: dated quite quickly. But as of recording this Friday at

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Speaker 1: thirty eight, they have not signed anybody from the outside

469
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Speaker 1: so which isn't really surprising, but they have made some

470
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Speaker 1: key additions, and not just additions but retentions. Let's say,

471
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Speaker 1: you know, just the contract restructures for some guys. First

472
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Speaker 1: of all, that we thought, hey, these guys might be

473
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Speaker 1: on the cutting board, you know, just based off business

474
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Speaker 1: only you know, kept Zeitler, kept who am investing here?

475
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Speaker 1: Who else? Gus as we said, kept some key guys

476
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Speaker 1: that could have potentially headed elsewhere. Right, and and now

477
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Speaker 1: obviously Justice, you know, coming back, Gino coming back who

478
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Speaker 1: were Justice was an unrestricted free agent. Gino was a

479
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Speaker 1: restricted free agent, who became an unrestricted free agent. Those

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Speaker 1: are big moves, you know, and just to kind of

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Speaker 1: keep this team together and now I think sets them

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Speaker 1: up for in a position where they can bring in

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Speaker 1: somebody from the outside, right, I mean all those signags

484
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Speaker 1: you mentioned are important because you need death as Michael

485
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Speaker 1: Pierce that was the other restructures. Yes, right, So having

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Speaker 1: all those guys now back in the fold, as you said,

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Speaker 1: now they can kind of pick and choose a little

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Speaker 1: bit more and not have to worry so much about

489
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Speaker 1: replacing you know, defensive lines exactly, you know, which is

490
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Speaker 1: tough when you only have five draft picks, so you

491
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Speaker 1: don't want to create a whole lot of holes and

492
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Speaker 1: you only have five picks. No, so it's important we've

493
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Speaker 1: learned how important depth is for laying around here in

494
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Speaker 1: past two years unfortunately with the injuries we've had to make.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean this is how the Ravens generally

496
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Speaker 1: do business. I mean we've had you know, other years

497
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Speaker 1: with Marcus William Blast year, we brought in some big guys,

498
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Speaker 1: but the history of the Ravens is mostly to do

499
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Speaker 1: it like this. You'll not jump right in, you one

500
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Speaker 1: of the big players, the big spenders, sit back, wait

501
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Speaker 1: and then hopefully add some pieces later on in free

502
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Speaker 1: agency that are really going to be big. And you

503
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Speaker 1: know there's guys out there, some of some of our own,

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Speaker 1: you know, Marcus Peters still out there justin Houston. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you know, at some point those guys come back and

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Speaker 1: then maybe augment with a piece or two here before

507
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Speaker 1: or after the draft. Right for Eric to Cosa, it's

508
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Speaker 1: always about value, right, which really resonates with me guy

509
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Speaker 1: who's always looking for the budget value. And so oftentimes,

510
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Speaker 1: you know, the Ravens have pounced on kind of that

511
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Speaker 1: second wave in from a free agency or even the

512
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Speaker 1: third wave, right like when rosters settle in it you know,

513
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Speaker 1: kind of shake out a little bit. Sometimes you have

514
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Speaker 1: guys that are released or whatnot that break free. You know,

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Speaker 1: so It wouldn't surprise me if the Ravens got in

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Speaker 1: into the fray a little bit more here in the

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Speaker 1: second wave of free agency. You know, they still obviously

518
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. You know, their reports are that there's interest

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Speaker 1: in Odell Beckham Junior. They're one of three teams the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, and the Ravens reportedly are the teams that

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Speaker 1: are kind of in on the Odell Beckham sweepstakes. You know,

522
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Speaker 1: they still have cornerback. Do they bring back Marcus, they

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Speaker 1: bring in an outside report, there's a report out there

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Speaker 1: or an outside player I should say support that rock

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Speaker 1: Usin is visiting the Ravens. Again, that's just a report.

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Speaker 1: We don't know. But we're seeing a little bit more

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Speaker 1: smoke here that a move could be coming, no question.

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Speaker 1: I mean we've talked about wide receiver in corner ever

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Speaker 1: since the season ended, and the Ravens are going to

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Speaker 1: make moves at those positions and not maybe just with one,

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Speaker 1: might be a couple of players at both of those

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Speaker 1: positions when you include the draft and what they may

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Speaker 1: do in free agency. So yeah, I do expect in

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Speaker 1: the next week or two that the Ravens are going

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Speaker 1: to bring somebody in from the outside. I think that

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Speaker 1: if I had to guess, it's going to happen at

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Speaker 1: one of those two positions, either wide receiver a corner,

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Speaker 1: and you know, hopefully it'll be someone who can step

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Speaker 1: right in and play a role, because as as they've said,

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Speaker 1: and we all agree that those two positions, they definitely

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Speaker 1: are looking to upgrade and add to what they already have.

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Speaker 1: Right now, you're a Temple guy, what do you what

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Speaker 1: do you think with thoughts on Rock your sin? Of course,

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Speaker 1: what am I going to say? Hey, if you get

545
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Speaker 1: a player from Temple, he's going to be tough. Yeah, yeah,

546
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Speaker 1: he's going to be smart. So you've had good Tavon

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Speaker 1: Young yep. I mean, you know, there's some similarities I

548
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Speaker 1: think between the Gavon Yeo was a heck of a

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Speaker 1: player for the Ravens. Too bad, you know, the health

550
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Speaker 1: issues with him. But yeah, Rockerson, I think he's a

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Speaker 1: guy who he's got upside. I think that he would

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Speaker 1: be a nice fit. I think he as they say,

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Speaker 1: he already plays like a Raven so and I'm sure

554
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Speaker 1: he's heard things from Tavon about being here. Yeah, I

555
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Speaker 1: remember Rock being at the Senior Bowl and having a

556
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Speaker 1: really good Senior Bowl a number of years back, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then I went to the Colts. I mean he

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Speaker 1: was like a day two pick I think of the

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Speaker 1: Colt second round exactly, and played really well, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean he, like Tavon, a smaller and stature kind

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Speaker 1: of guy you think of as a traditional more of

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Speaker 1: a nickel corner, which would be a nice fit, especially

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Speaker 1: because you expect to see Kyle Hamilton probably playing a

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Speaker 1: little bit more in that Chuck Clark true safety role. Again,

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Speaker 1: he'll still be used for you know, he's a versatile player.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna want to capitalize on that. Have him cover

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Speaker 1: tight ends. You'd probably feel better about Kyle Hamilton covering

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Speaker 1: some of these big body tight ends and Rocky of Sin.

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Speaker 1: But if they're going to go three wide with some shifty,

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Speaker 1: little wide receiver, you know, in the slot, I'd feel

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Speaker 1: great about Rocky Sin. Again, we're talking about this. It's

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Speaker 1: you know, there's reports, there's reports he's visiting. We're not

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Speaker 1: sitting you're saying he's a raven, But like I would

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Speaker 1: be in favor of that move if they were to

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Speaker 1: bring him in. I think that would be a good addition.

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Speaker 1: And it also means I don't think it rules out

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Speaker 1: the possibility that if they come to a good deal

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Speaker 1: with Marcus Peters potentially down the line, that he could

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Speaker 1: still return. And I would be stunned if the Ravens

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Speaker 1: didn't draft a cornerback in the first two days of

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Speaker 1: the draft. You know, if they, I think there's certainly

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Speaker 1: a possibility they could draft one in the first round.

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Speaker 1: It's loaded. And if they don't get one in the

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Speaker 1: first round, you know, with a third round, would not

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Speaker 1: be surprising to me at all. Right, And I mean

586
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Speaker 1: in that position to have this cruisal, I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: it is. I mean, you never know. It seems like

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Speaker 1: every year, Oh what's that at corner exactly Week four?

589
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: Like we don't we don't have enough quarters? Right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean all of I agree with everything you said there.

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Speaker 1: I feel like, yeah, the Ravens this year's draft, being

592
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Speaker 1: deep at that position obviously is an advantage for them. Ye,

593
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Speaker 1: they could jump on a guy they love day one.

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Speaker 1: If they don't, they'll still be quality there day two. Yep.

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Speaker 1: And that wide receiver. Uh, you know, like I said,

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Speaker 1: there's the report that the Ravens are one of the

597
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Speaker 1: interested teams in Odell. What are your thoughts on that?

598
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Speaker 1: Odell's extremely talented guy. Um, I think the biggest concern

599
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Speaker 1: right now would be a health you know, staying healthy

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Speaker 1: all year. But Odell he's a difference maker. And I

601
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Speaker 1: think that it's funny he's he's the type of guy

602
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Speaker 1: that teammates get excited seeming about playing with him. I mean,

603
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Speaker 1: everybody sees has seen the talent. Yeah, he's he's he's

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Speaker 1: a guy, you know, and you know, Tom I get

605
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Speaker 1: even talked about, you know, he's he's a face guy.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that's recognition. I think he would definitely

607
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Speaker 1: excite the fan base. He's a play maker, yep. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I would just keep my fingers crossed like with every player.

609
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Speaker 1: But definitely can he stay healthy? Yeah, I mean I

610
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Speaker 1: think the question with him is can he be that

611
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Speaker 1: dude again? You know? And and teams reportedly went out

612
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Speaker 1: and saw him do a workout recently. And I saw

613
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Speaker 1: a couple clips online look pretty good, look sweet and

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Speaker 1: one handers and stuff. I mean he looks fast, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he hasn't had a one thousand

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Speaker 1: yards seasons since twenty nineteen. Now, who was his offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator back then, Todd Munkin with the Cleveland Browns. As

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Speaker 1: you said, Todd said, you know, he's an electric player.

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Speaker 1: I really like Odell, so I think we know where

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Speaker 1: he stands. But you know, I mean there's reports that

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Speaker 1: that O'Dell wants a pretty big contract, multi year contract.

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Speaker 1: You know. Can the Ravens make that, you know, make

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Speaker 1: that happen right now with their salary cap situation. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, um, but you know, it's certainly intriguing. I

625
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Speaker 1: think that there will be a veteran wide receiver added

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Speaker 1: to this team at some point. You know, the Vikings

627
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Speaker 1: released Adam feeling is that somebody, you know, especially you

628
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Speaker 1: know how the Ravens like to jump on guys who

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Speaker 1: are released so they don't pick down against the comp

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Speaker 1: pic formula. Could that be a fit? Maybe down the line,

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Speaker 1: it could a trade happened, I think, and I've said before,

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Speaker 1: I think that that's a very interesting avenue to explore,

633
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Speaker 1: is trading for a wide receiver, you know, because it

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Speaker 1: can be difficult in free agency you don't have a

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Speaker 1: lot of cap room. If you trade for somebody, they

636
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Speaker 1: come theoretically potentially at a much much better cap number. Um,

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Speaker 1: a guy like Jerry Judy, for example, But do you

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Speaker 1: want to give up a first round pick for a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver that's going to be under contract for two

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Speaker 1: more years? You know. So there's a the ying and

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Speaker 1: yang there. So I don't know. I think I do

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Speaker 1: think that just because you know, we're seeing a lot

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Speaker 1: of free agent wide receivers come off the board, right

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Speaker 1: Juju goes, Paris Campbell recently is gone, the guy with

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Speaker 1: Slayton is gone with the Giants. You know, you're starting

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Speaker 1: to see what was originally a slower market start to

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Speaker 1: get rolling a little bit now to I think the

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Speaker 1: Ravens benefit hasn't been outrageous, numbers hasn't been very expensive,

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Speaker 1: but the names are starting to dwindle a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I think the Ravens at some point will get in

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Speaker 1: on that action. There's no question. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: as rumors, you know DeAndre Hopkins is supposed to be

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Speaker 1: on the block too. That's another big name receiver who

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Speaker 1: you know might be playing elsewhere. Now that's a different

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Speaker 1: salary cap situation that is much different than Judy that is,

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Speaker 1: but you know what I mean, my feeling is, you know,

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Speaker 1: wine receivers generally speaking. I mean there's been guys who

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Speaker 1: stepped right in, like Jamar Chase who's been dominant, but

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Speaker 1: that position sometimes it does take a couple of years

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Speaker 1: for god to be impact. And that's one advantage. We're

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Speaker 1: going after a veteran guy. You know, if you can

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Speaker 1: find a guy who's already established in the league, who

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Speaker 1: has some Jews, who can step right in and help.

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Speaker 1: To me, this is a great opportunity for wine receiver

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Speaker 1: to come in. I mean new offensive coordinator. Um, you'll

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Speaker 1: have an opportunity here, I think. I mean the question

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Speaker 1: is Lamar, Well, the questions Lamar every every wide receiver

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Speaker 1: that's thinking about coming to the the ball. The first question, Yes,

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Speaker 1: is Lamar throne to me? Or is he not? That

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Speaker 1: question will be answered at some point YEA, And yes,

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Speaker 1: it's it's up in the air. But I'm still if

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Speaker 1: I'm a guy looking for an opportunity, I don't rule

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Speaker 1: it out because of the Lamar situation coming to Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: I really don't. I would agree. I mean, it's a winning,

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Speaker 1: winning team exactly. They want you at that position. They

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Speaker 1: want you to be an impact guy, no matter who's

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball to you. You'll get an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: show what you can do. So yeah, I mean when

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Speaker 1: I think there's a difference, I think that the change

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Speaker 1: of offensive coordinator in this offseason certainly impacts and people

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Speaker 1: around the league see all that stuff, and I think

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Speaker 1: that they look at Tom Munkin and say, all right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that Georgia offense humming. It's pretty clear. I think that

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Speaker 1: he wants to get the wide receivers more involved. I

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Speaker 1: do think that Baltimore is a more probably desirable destination

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Speaker 1: to come for wide receivers now that the change has

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Speaker 1: been made to OC. And that's their shade. I think

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Speaker 1: that's just probably the facts. Under Greg Growman, it was

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Speaker 1: seen as a very run heavy offense. It was. It's

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Speaker 1: not only seen it was exactly right. Yeah, So I

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Speaker 1: think you know. The other thing that to keep in

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Speaker 1: mind here is the Ravens also need to keep enough

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Speaker 1: salary cap space, enough cash free in case the team

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Speaker 1: does make an offer to Lamar Jackson. They reach an offer,

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Speaker 1: Sheet said, the Ravens have the ability to say, all right,

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Speaker 1: we'll match that if you get if you box yourself

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Speaker 1: into a corner where you can't, if you make it

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Speaker 1: easier for other teams to sign him to an offer

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Speaker 1: sheet that you cannot match. Well, now it's it's more

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Speaker 1: risky that you could lose Lamar. So I think that's

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Speaker 1: also part of the equation for the Ravens and why

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Speaker 1: they we haven't seen them spend a lot of money yet,

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Speaker 1: is they need to keep that door open and make

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Speaker 1: sure that they can make every effort to keep Lamar here.

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Speaker 1: It's an unusual off season, it is, for sure, you know.

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Speaker 1: And yes he's he's a franchise quarterback, and yes that's

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Speaker 1: the number one priority. So it does affect everything. Eric

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Speaker 1: Decaza said some as much at the combine that yes,

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Speaker 1: it does affect other things that we're doing. But I

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Speaker 1: think the Ravens have done a good job so far

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Speaker 1: with Lamar situations still being unsettled to accomplish, you know,

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Speaker 1: some of the signings that they are trying to figure

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Speaker 1: out what they're gonna do with the draft and free agency.

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Speaker 1: They haven't let it paralyze them. Yep. But it's unusual,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, it's it's gonna be main the elephant in

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Speaker 1: the room until it's settled. You know, what's gonna happen

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Speaker 1: with a little more Yep, for sure. Well, thank you

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Speaker 1: Cliff for joining us, Cliff Don Brown, everybody stepping in

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Speaker 1: for Garrett on this Friday, And to all those of

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