WEBVTT - Training Camp Report Day Press Conferences 0:00:02.920 --> 0:00:06.160 Welcome into Raven's press pass Today on the eve of 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:09.240 the first practice of training camp. We are going to 0:00:09.320 --> 0:00:13.080 hear from tight end Mark Andrews, tackle Morgan Moses, and 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:14.840 linebacker Rokwan Smith. 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:16.959 First up, let's hear from Mark. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:19.600 There's a lot of excitement. I mean, there's a lot 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:20.880 of excitement in Baltimore. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.080 We know what this team can be, but right now 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:27.800 it's just focusing on us each and every day trying 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:29.320 to get, you know, just a little bit better each 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.319 and every day, to get to the point where we 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.080 need to be. And I'm excited to start training camp, 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.480 get things going, and just see the hunger in this group. 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.400 You guys never shy away from the high expectations, but 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.159 knowing what the roster looks like, the money that's invested 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:44.960 in it, do you see kind of a small window 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.240 and do you feel that as far as what could 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:49.120 happen this season and potentially next. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:50.240 I don't know about small window. 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.239 You know, I think that we've been you know, we've 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.280 been a really good team for you know, a long time, 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:58.080 and some things have happened here or there, But you know, 0:00:58.160 --> 0:00:59.640 you do look at our roster and there's a lot 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:01.440 of talent, a lot of talent on both sides of 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.120 the ball. And I love our coaches too, just in 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.720 an organizationally, it's just an amazing place to be in place. 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.080 So you know, that's why there's a lot of excitement 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.319 in this town, in this facility and and everywhere. So 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:16.759 it's time for us to to get to practice, work 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.200 hard each and every day. That's that's really what it's 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:19.639 all about. 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.360 Mark, you, when you look at this roster and named 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.560 everything that you that you guys just did for the 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:26.480 roster of this all season, do you feel any more 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:29.679 optimistic about you gask the chances this year that maybe in. 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:31.360 Years there, I don't know about any more. 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.320 You know, I'm always you know, extremely optimistic and excited. 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.720 You know, I think anytime you know you're playing out 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:38.880 a place like this, you've got a chance to win. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.959 But yeah, there's definitely a lot of you know, excitement 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:45.520 and optimism, especially with you know, the the few additions 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:46.200 that we've had and. 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.240 Like I said, you got you gotta look at both 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.560 sides of the ball. It's dangerous unfinished business at all. 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.640 And considering me with the last couple of years and 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:55.440 we are not being there at the end, you guys 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.840 were right there and close, but couldn't get worry when 0:01:57.880 --> 0:01:58.279 to get. 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.000 Yeah, I think we've gotten close, you know, And that's 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:01.720 part of it. I think that's gonna be something that 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.200 drives you, drives each and every one of us that 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.000 that's been here and played here during those years, is 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.799 just letting those guys know that we do have unfinished 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.040 business and it's time the role. 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.560 What about Mark, You've had to excel not a lot 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.359 of great pieces around you on the outside, and now 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.200 you do have all these other pieces. But you've been 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.040 Lamar's safety valve for so many years. 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:20.960 So how do. 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.839 You justify getting everybody all their their balls? But you've 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.200 been the guy that's been moving the chains for so long. 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.079 Just being a team player, you know, I think that 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.520 you do things the right way, you play the right way, 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.520 the balls will come to you, you know. But at 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.400 the same time, you know it's it's it's important to 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.880 spread the ball out and I know that the guys 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.160 that we have on this roster are able to get open, 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.840 make the big time catches and do all those different things. 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.760 So again, being a team guy, I just want to 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:49.120 win games. That's all that matters to me. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.320 Got to play it all this safety valve idea. I 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:55.040 mean you've you've thrived finding open space sometimes when it 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.440 plays break down. What's sort of the balance with Todd 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:02.840 Monkin in the new walk defensive, you know, having additional 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.239 structure or new structure, but still giving you some space 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.320 and freedom to find some of those teams. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.440 Well, I'm still learning, you know, I'm still learning the offense. 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:11.840 And that's why I'm so excited to get back to 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.519 training camp and really carve up, you know, my role 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.400 and find out the douce and don'ts of the offense 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.840 and you know, find times where maybe I'll take something 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:22.720 that maybe I shouldn't. 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.280 But the mars on the same page with that mark. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.160 Does it feel like with the talent that you guys 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.840 have on offense at every position? Does it does it 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.600 remind you all like that you had a home over 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.360 there were stars basically everywhere you looked on that chart. 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:37.480 Yeah, I mean you look around at the room and. 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.760 It's it's a lot of dogs. It's a lot of 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.040 dogs everywhere. And that's why we played with in Oklahoma. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:44.680 So that's a that's a beautiful thing, you know, and 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.920 that's what this time of year is about is getting together, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:52.640 having all these personalities messed together, getting better together, grinding together. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.880 This is a tough time of year, so we got 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.560 to embrace the grind as one. 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:57.680 Mark, you guys have. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.920 Had great years and think back to next twenty nineteen 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.960 year and you guys were fourteen game you you've shown 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.280 the ability to be a really good regular season team. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:06.760 What do you think it will take for you guys 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.000 to really put it all together in January? 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:10.040 That's a great question. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.720 I just think it's, you know, we've been so close, 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:15.200 and I think that, you know, if we get the 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.480 opportunity to get there again, you know, we've got the lot, 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.240 a lot to prove and and things that you know, 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.080 it's unspoken business. So I'm excited to get to that point. 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:23.800 Mark. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:25.600 You the veteran in the uh tight end rom with 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.600 Nick uh no longer hear uh? 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.760 How does that uh your role change in that in 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:31.239 that sense? 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.360 Uh, it's you know, it's you know, I've obviously learned 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.159 uh so much from Nick and being that young guy 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.880 and him being a third year I learned a lot 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.040 from him just being a leader. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.799 You know, you look up to guys that are older, 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.479 th older than you have been through it. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.920 And so I'm just gonna be there for those guys, 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.760 you know, try to give him as much knowledge as 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.200 I can, and you know, just be a be a 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:54.200 good person and uh teammate and you know, show 'em 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:54.560 the ropes. 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:55.120 Mark? 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.760 Did having a new offense, being in a new offense 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.640 change the way you prepare for the season in terms 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.560 of is there certain things you worked on more? Did 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.000 you spend more time in the playbook than you normally 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:08.320 have been in an offense. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:08.960 You were familiar with? 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:11.280 Not really, you know, it's it's you know, it's one 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.280 of those things where you know, I feel like I 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.760 can grasp the offense pretty quickly and that. But it's 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:18.080 you know, this is the time where we really dive 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.560 down and and learn and get to it. But basically 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.680 the same thing. It's been working hard. You're getting strong, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.560 getting fast, And I say that every year, but I 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.080 can't wait for the season and I can't wait for 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:30.520 this training camp to start and to getting better. 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.159 What do you think I mean? Because you had mini 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.800 camp and looking at and in the off season. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.520 Looking at the new offense, what kind of stood out 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.960 to you maybe as maybe a little bit different than 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:41.200 maybe what you guys have done that. 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:42.960 Well, it's kind of look different, you know, And I'm 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:46.520 excited for all the Baltimore fans really everybody to see, 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:48.920 you know, the difference of of what this offense could be. 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.040 You know, I have a lot of respect for Coach 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.320 Roman and what we've had and and kind of the 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.440 the things that we built here. I think there's a 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.880 lot to stand on with that. This is gonna be 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.040 a different offense. There's gonna be little nuances here there. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.479 We're gonna be able to throw the ball and you know, 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.560 do good things. You know, I'm excited about the receivers 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.440 and Coach Monkin's doing his thing. He's really teaching well 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:13.720 and making us all excited about learning and installing his offense. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.880 Your role changing in this offense that you're that you 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:23.240 start to work over, I think it'll be different. You know. 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:25.680 It's it's hard to you know, pick out one one 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.920 little thing, but I think I'll be able to do 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.960 some different things, different routes, different combinations of routes that 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.360 we can feed off of. But you know, I feel 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:35.839 like I could run any route in the tree, and 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.160 so I thinkna be, I'm gonna be able to do 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.599 that and be utilized that way likely. 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:42.400 And colder in year two. 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.800 And you, is this the deepest tight end room in 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:46.480 the league. 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:48.280 And it's a deep one. Yeah, it's for sure deep one. 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:50.599 I think we've got a great group. We have a 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.960 great coach, coach Goatsee. He's kind of really the ring 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.760 ring leader of it all and we learned a lot 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.760 from him. So it's gonna be a fun year. It's 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.000 gonna be fun tight end group. And I can't wait 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:02.520 to see the guy the plays that these guys make. 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:03.880 How much tight you this year? 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:04.240 Uh? 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.040 I didn't go, Yeah, I didn't go. I unfortunately had 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:09.840 a wedding I had to go to. But I know 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.120 Isaiah went. He had a great time. I saw those 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.200 all the videos of those guys, and uh, I think 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.360 it's just an incredible event for those guys to get together, 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:17.800 mesh and and learn from each other. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.160 Market's talk about. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.880 Your your role changing in different combinations. Is that exciting 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.400 for you to have kind of a new, something new 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:25.640 that you can kind of focus on? 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:25.840 You know? 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:27.960 Yeah, I think it's new and exciting. I think anytime 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:29.880 you can learn something that you've been you know, I've 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.000 been playing in the same offense for you know, like 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.200 the last five years, so I think and as a player, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.080 I'm gonna be able to grow learn and I'm just 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:38.520 gonna soak it all in like I'm a like I'm 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:39.120 a rookie. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:39.600 Mark. 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.400 At some point, you see Raven's veterans I've been here 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.640 for a while, they graduate to the point where they're 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.680 getting vet days at practice, where they have that league way. Yeah, 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.160 is John Harbar which Gotzie came to and say, hey, Mark, 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.600 you know you wanna get on that plane or is 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.240 that something you'd endorse. 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.440 Or or I don't push you out. 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.560 You've like going out there and practicing every day. 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.000 Yeah, you know, I I love to worry. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.600 You know, a body feels great, you know, I feel 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.120 like you know, if they come to me and say, hey, 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:06.440 you want to you want to off day, I'll probably 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.560 fight it a little bit. But I've got a big 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:10.640 picture of mind where you know, I want to be 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.600 playing late in the playoffs and feel incredible. 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:13.520 That's my goal. 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:13.800 You know. 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.800 I know things happened, but being smart as part of it. 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.560 You know, Todd Heap was someone that you know, he 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:21.120 talked to us two or three years ago, and he 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.440 said by year four or five, he said, the biggest 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.800 thing for me was I learned to practice and play smart, 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:28.960 and so I'm trying to adapt that a little bit. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.560 Made a lot of strides as the blocker and taking 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:34.960 a lot of pride in that. Do you think that 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.920 in says will help you make will help make you 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.559 better as a receiver, as a you know, right on 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.559 play action everything like that. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.280 Yeah, just being versatile. You know, I know what my 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.200 bread and butter is. It always will be, you know, 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.520 being a danger in the past game. But I think 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.480 you know, you know, I feel strong. I know I'm 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.160 able to do those type of things. So you know, 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:56.920 hopefully we'll be able to use that in different ways 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.480 and you know, maybe be hidden a little bit. I 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.720 don't know if I'll ever be hidden, you know, to defenses. 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.160 But we'll see. Mark. 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.480 I know you were around him a little bit than 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.959 many camp Bekham has been around this league for a 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.960 long time. Being around is there anything that surprised you 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:11.959 about him that you that you didn't know? 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:14.640 I don't know about surprise. You know, he's got a 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:18.880 great attitude, great personality. He's an infectious person to be around. 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.640 He's kind of got that factor to him and really 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.559 excited to see you know, all that hard work you 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.000 know he's been putting in, and see him in training 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:29.160 camp and and just get this offense, offense meshing together 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.560 as one and and moving towards the same goal and 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.960 you know, not taking any days off and pushing pushing 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.760 each other to be great. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.439 Aside from next as in a sorry, just what about 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:42.160 him as a coach? 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.840 Has really stout he's firing, and he's fired. 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.360 He really loves what he's doing. You know, I really 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.400 believe that there's no other place he'd rather be. And 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.840 then you know the Baltimore Ravens, you know, this year 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.240 right now teaching these guys. So I think that's an 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.600 awesome thing. That's I think it's a cool thing to 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.320 have a coach that's so fired up, loves what he does, 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.560 really believes in his you know, offense, and you know, 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:04.840 I think it's cool. 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.400 Seeing the off season work that Obja and say Flowers 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:08.800 to put in with the more does it give. 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.680 You more confidence going into the season that everybody's on 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:11.400 the same page. 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.000 You know, I think that that those type of things 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.440 are important you know, I think it's more so important 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.160 just chemistry. I know that Mars gonna put the ball 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.360 where it needs to go. And but yeah, I think 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.000 it's awesome. I think it's awesome those guys were able 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.840 to get together, work together, and just just shows their 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.280 commitment to to to working together and being teammates. 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:31.520 Mark, you're talking. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.520 About having dogs everywhere on offense? Yeah, Now does it 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.440 feel like that the identity of the Ravens as a 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:37.920 hole is gonna come from that side. 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:38.120 Of the ball? 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:38.360 To you? 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:41.520 I hope it comes from both. You know, I think 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.520 that's where where dangerous teams come from. Is is uh 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.200 is having a great you know, obviously defense, which I 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.640 think we have. It's a very good defense, and then 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.960 a great offense. So if we can feed off each other, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:53.959 it's gonna be a dangerous team. I usually it's a 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.480 little bit lopsided. It's usually how teams work. But if 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.000 we can make you both those happen, it's a good team. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.800 And then you George Kittle said that, uh, you know, 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:04.920 he would take your hands if he was building you know, 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:06.600 the ideal tight end of the league. Do you agree 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.760 with that? And then who else would give you. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:11.720 I think a lot of those guys have incredible hands. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.960 That's very sweet of him to say that, but yeah, 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:17.880 there's a lot of great tight ends in this league. 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:22.119 I think everybody's got their unique style, unique playing abilities, 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.280 and that's why it's such a cool position, is because 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.920 everyone brings their own flavor to it. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.040 Good stuff for Mark Andrews. Next up is tackle Morgan 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:32.840 Missus when. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:36.280 Started training camp. Is it still exciting this many years? Oh, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:37.200 it's really exciting, man. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.920 Obviously, the opportunity to get back to playing football is 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.480 obviously a great one. But just the changes that we've 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.640 made as an organization and as a team, it's hard 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.600 not to get excited, you know, to get to play 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.960 with Odell and obviously Lamar's a flowers seeing those guys 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:54.120 connection throughout the off season and just being focused in 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:55.240 h and ready to go. 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.119 Where's your comfort level. 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.480 From the offense from when we saw you in the 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.480 field last to playbook the off. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:02.839 Season to now, you know, obviously he's always a work 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:03.600 in progress, you know. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.000 I you know, going into year ten, I've played in 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.760 a uh a lot of different offices, schemes, and but 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:10.640 it's always good to have a challenge to be able 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.320 to come in and and and and be you know, 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:13.760 be able to get in something different. 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:15.520 I think that allows you to grow. 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:17.840 And I'm looking forward to seeing the whole offense grow, 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.640 just not myself, but the offensive line adapting to the 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.760 new scheme. Lamar obviously being able to have more hands 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:25.560 on with the play calling and just all the players 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.160 that we have surrounded him just gives us a great 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.280 good deal of talent. And obviously it looks good on paper, 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.000 but you know, we got to put it together and 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:32.960 I look forward to doing that. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.760 Morgan, do you expect this offense to be among the 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.079 faster he played in or just faster than last. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.720 Year's as was, you know, a a lot faster. 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:40.960 You know. 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:42.920 Obviously you give a you know, you know Zay Flower 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.040 seeing him and what an unbelievable rookie he is. Man 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.400 just to be able to, uh, you know, have him 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.160 come into mini camp and OTAs and he already has 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:52.920 that mindset of if you ever had a chance to 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.680 sit down and talk to him, he has a mindset 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.439 that he's been in the league already for three years 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.720 and every you know, and obviously he's a sponge. You know, 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.800 he's willing to ask questions and to soak it up 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.320 and and uh and learn. And obviously when you have 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.600 a rookie and rookies and a lot of our rookies 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.440 are like that, you have a group of rookies coming 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:09.240 and willing to do that. Man, the sky's the limit 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:10.079 for those guys as well. 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.479 So I was actually talking about the tempo between. 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.079 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, that's that too. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:16.280 You know. 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:20.560 Obviously, you know, the offense, allowing Lamar to check plays 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.680 and get into a little different things that he sees 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:24.959 to get us in the right place, just to be 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:26.240 able to hit those you know, those things. 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:26.360 You know. 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.200 Obviously we had a little bit of struggle last year, 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:30.480 you know, getting out of the huddle a little bit 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:32.240 and things like that. So being able to call a 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.360 lot of stuff at the line of scrimmage and get 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.520 plays at a hot tempo, it's it's it's incredible, incredible. 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.400 You're going into year ten and you've been known as 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.320 a guy that's always available. 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.319 Right now, how much pride do you take in to 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:45.679 that at this stage. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:46.000 In your careers. 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:47.920 I mean, you can't make the team in the tubs, man, 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.000 That's always been the model, right, So you know, just uh, 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:52.760 you know, like you said, going to year ten, But 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.199 it's just that that mindset of not letting your guys down. 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:56.840 You know, you got fifty three guys that are willing 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.520 to lay it on the line. You never want to 0:13:58.520 --> 0:13:59.640 be that guy that's in between. 0:13:59.640 --> 0:13:59.840 Man. 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:02.080 So just being ready and being focused and doing everything 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:04.520 you can to be sure that you you're available. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.920 That's always been my model and my key to my 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:07.839 success in my career. 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:11.079 So so far, clearly you're excited about some of these 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.040 new pieces in terms of the new pieces, the largers, 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:15.400 can you signed here long term? 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:16.880 Like how does all of that kind of just affect 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:18.760 the energy and the exciting going into this season. 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:20.920 You know, it was a long, long off season for 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:22.360 all of us for a while, you know, but we're 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.560 here right and that's the exciting thing. We got things done. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:28.600 I know, everybody's happy to get out there. And you know, 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.000 obviously mini camping o Ta's was a snippet of just 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.880 what what what you see on offense and obviously, you know, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.560 having a defense that's going into year two of a 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:41.200 you know, our defensive coordinator and they're playing faster, and 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.040 they're they have a lot of talent. You know, obviously 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.960 a job boing those guys and a da FE, They're 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:46.760 gonna challenge us. 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:48.320 And that's what you want, right as a veteran guy. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:49.680 You want to go out there knowing that you're gonna 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.760 be challenged every day so you can raise the bar 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:52.520 day by day. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.480 And I think we've done that. And that's your question. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:57.160 I was wondering, what do you see on the other 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.320 side of the ball with a da FE and year 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.760 three now a job of coming into year two. You 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.360 see these guys every day, people wondering where the rush 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:05.000 is gonna come from? 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:05.640 What you see? 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:07.840 Well, number one is uh, you know they have a 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.640 great teacher mentor and Chuck Smith. You know, you look 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:13.960 at his resume and the things that he's done over 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.800