WEBVTT - Andrews, Smith, & Madubuike: Ravens Training Camp 7/20/24 Press Conferences 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.600 Training camp is officially underway. Welcome into the Ravens Press 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.240 Pass podcast. It is Saturday, July twentieth, and the full 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:12.920 Ravens team reported to Baltimore today for the start of 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.560 training camp. After the players arrived, we had a chance 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.800 to hear from a few of them, including veteran linebacker 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:20.880 Roquan Smith. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.120 Travels any good places since we last talked? 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:33.080 Oh yeah, I was fortunate enough to get over to Paris. 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.120 Paris was really cool. Got to hang out with a 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.680 good bit of my guys and other guys around the league. 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:41.960 Did Spain as well. Spain is pretty cool. I've been before, 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.800 just did Barcelona this time and then got over to Germany, 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.519 which was a random spot for me, but I was 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.800 over there in Europe, so I'm like, why not try 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:51.400 something new? 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.639 So it was cool. It was interesting. 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:54.560 Bro. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.240 What are your thoughts on the addition to Eddie Jackson. 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:57.480 And you played with? 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.320 Yeah, no, I'm very happy to have an here. 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:03.920 I think he'll be a great asset to our team. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:05.760 Put a lot of playmaking ability. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.120 He's proved it before, so I think with the group 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.720 of guys that we already have here him coming along, 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:13.880 I think it'll be really good for him and being 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:15.120 really good for us as well. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.520 Did you put in a good word with their did? 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.480 He asked, Hey, would you would you think Eddie? 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:21.080 Oh? 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.199 Yeah, I like you know, I always tell the truth. 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.320 I got great respect for Eddie. Been knowing Eddie since 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.840 I came into the league, And like I said earlier, 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.000 I think he's a great asset for our team. Obviously, 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.840 been making plays in this league for a very long time, 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.560 and with the guy with the pieces that we have here, 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.640 and then with his talent and having him in his role, 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.840 I think it'll go well for us. 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.880 Obviously, the defense have unbelievable year last year. The guys 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:49.480 lost a few players on that side, brought in some guys. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.400 Can they be can you can the unit be as 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:54.200 good as last year? 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:55.240 And it's so how. 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.920 I think we can be better, honestly, and I know 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.880 we can not, just more so think, but yeah, have 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:03.480 a great deal of respect for the guys that we're 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:07.120 here before. Good luck to those guys and the places 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.120 that they are. But I have the utmost respect for 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:11.840 each and every guy that's in here, and I know 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.240 the potential that each and every guy have, and so 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.600 it's all about just going out and proving it week 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.880 in and week out, and I think it starts in 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.359 training camp, day in and day out. You know, it's 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.280 definitely everybody's decided early on. And I know we got 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:27.520 the mindset of guys pushing through diversity when we face that. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.920 But I love the pieces that we have here and 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.360 I think we'll be able to show that to the 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:34.120 world soon enough, and maybe we'll come back to this 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.760 conversation at the end of the year and we'll be like, Wow, 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:38.360 can we be better than that? 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:40.280 What do you think about that? 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.919 Because obviously whenever he changed coordinators, people are going to 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.760 be like, how different is it going to be? I mean, 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.000 you have a lot of the course in core players back, 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.639 but you know, with Zach being here, how much different 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.520 do you think this defense will walk? 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.040 I think the pieces are very similar that's here, and 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.560 I have a great deal of respect for Zach. His 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:01.320 mind's that he's been out there on the field, and 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.080 believe it or not, Like obviously him and Mike are 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.639 two totally different people and they're unique in their own way, 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.919 but through the headset, they actually sound the same. It's 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.959 like all these every voice I've heard through a headset 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.480 all sound the same, and I'm like, is that Mike 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:16.120 or something like? 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:16.359 Then? 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.120 I told Zeo one day during OTA, So it's pretty funny. 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.360 But I'm excited for Zo, for him to showcase what 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.520 he's able to do with the pieces that we have 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.480 here and showcases to the world. And you know, we've 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.880 all been doubted before things. Oh may not be as 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:32.720 good as this or that or the third, but hey, 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:34.520 that's what the game gives us. 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:35.560 An opportunity to prove that. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.160 And I have a great deal of respect for Zo 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.200 and that he'll prove it weekend and week out. And 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.280 it's gonna start here in training come preparing for the year. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.960 Mike didn't really blitz heavily out there. Do you think 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.880 Zach might be a little bit more aggressive than than Mike. 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.240 Hey, I think we're all They're all unique in their 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.600 own ways. So you know, come week one and you 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.560 know throughout the season, we'll all see for ourselves and 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:00.200 not just a word them out. 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.880 Look one, Trent and Simpson, you know we've heard you 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.560 talk a lot about him. What have you seen out 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:11.400 of him football wise, IQ wise, et cetera that he can, 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.280 you know, can step into that role next to you 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.960 again sort of you guys, maybe not miss a beat there. 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.000 Yeah, absolutely, Trent Man, the guy works his tail off 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:24.119 like no other, always trying to find ways to get better, 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.400 and you can see it day in and day out, 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.720 his approach to the game, his extra meeting time, and 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:32.160 the guy is probably one of the most athletic people 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.560 on the team, if not, you know, jumps out the 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:38.080 gym four to three speed, can do everything. And I think, 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.599 you know, with more reps in him putting it all together, 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.520 I think the guy really has a chance to be 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.479 special and he has a hungry attitude. So I'm just 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.560 excited to go to work with him, and I know 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.880 we'll be complimentary to each other out on the field, 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.640 and I'm excited for it. 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:55.800 At the end of Minnie Camp, you said he had 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.520 plans to go with the Trent on a trip to that. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.120 Was that able to work out and what was it 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:02.480 like being with him if so? 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.000 With any stories of the checks. 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:06.520 No, we actually wasn't able to make it out. 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.320 We tried to make some last minute adjustments, but at 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:10.760 the end of the day, you know, we all have 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.200 lives outside, so he had some things he had to do, 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:16.080 and you know, I still got me a few trips in, 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.160 but I'm sure he got out on a trip as well, 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:20.159 So I was excited for him, and I try to 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:23.119 tell him, you know, it's about getting out and experiencing life, 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.120 you know, outside of just American in a sense, and 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.279 like you know, understanding other cultures and things that you 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.240 know just bring you joy and it and you know 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.560 you can learn a lot. So I think he's he's 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.000 taking that in and he got out and enjoyed himself 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.240 a little bit, and that's what it's all about, enjoying yourself. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:39.880 Now it's back time and the work. 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.800 How's the new music thing you got? Jatia don Oh? 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:45.479 It was pretty cool. 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:49.880 So it was just a little sneak peak weekend, the 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.280 July sixteenth weekend, I think that was. Yeah, so it 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.400 officially opened up in August, So excited about that. 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:57.320 Should be pretty cool. 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.880 Look, one, this team has done so well in the 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.520 regular season, you know, and put yourselves in great positions 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.680 for the season. You guys haven't gotten to where you 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.200 want to be that what do you think in your 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.680 mind it has to be, you know, to get this 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.080 team just over that one extra hurdle to get. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:15.640 To that super Bowt. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:17.720 Yeah, I think I think it starts right now. 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:19.800 I think it just honestly starts with each and every 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.760 person looking themselves in the mirror day in and day out, 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:26.200 and when times get tough and taking that extra step saying, hey, 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.120 this is what gonna get us over the hump, and 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.479 every person raising their standard, even myself, there's things I 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.599 can do better, There's things every single person on the 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.599 team can do better, And it's about if you hold 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.000 yourself to that high standard, which I know each and 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.560 every guys felt the pain last year, and having that 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.800 drive and that pain filling all throughout the offseason as 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.440 well as throughout camp when times get tough, just going 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.159 back to those moments and not forgetting why you're doing 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.280 it and who you're doing it for outside of you know, 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.880 the name on the back of your jersey, but for 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.840 the guys that's in the locker room, for everybody that's 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.320 paying their hard on money, for the sick kids who 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.159 are huge fans of us, that you know or do 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.599 anything in the world to be in our position. So 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.520 I think when you think about all of those things, 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.600 it just truly like gives you an extra drive. And 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:11.760 I think when you look at each and never got 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.000 in the locker room. I think that's the attitude that 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.120 we have, and I'm just excited for us to showcase 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.960 that starting out in training camp, getting better against each other, 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.880 and it'll always be about competing against each other because 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:23.920 that's what it'll be out. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.800 On the game that game field as well. 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.960 When you talk about your belief that you feel like 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:29.760 the defense can be better this year than it. 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.920 Even once last year, is it because of that mentality? 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:34.080 What do you feel like. 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:34.880 Feeds into that? 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.480 Yeah, I think that mentality is definitely part of it. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.800 But I think also with the guys, you know, more 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.600 experience playing with each other. You know, there are a 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.280 couple pieces that are gone, but I think the most 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.160 more time that we've had together understanding each other, this 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.240 bunning throughout camp and I think willing to put everything 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.880 on the line just a bit more for one another 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:57.000 and knowing that what the ultimate goal is to get 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:58.320 to where we want to go and we all know 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.600 where that's at. But it's going to start a one 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.560 game at a time and one day at a time, honestly, 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.680 and I'm excited for it. 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.680 Requin just individually, is there anything in training camp that 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.440 you're looking to accomplish, or any particular area that you. 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:13.160 Want to focus on. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:15.400 Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of things honestly 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.640 that I want to focus on. But talking with coach 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.320 de Leon, which I think is a great asset for 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.280 us as well, Like there's something that where we're gonna 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:26.520 do as linebackers, like you know, each and every day, 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.800 where it's writing things down where it's like, Okay, these 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.320 are things that I want to focus on and getting better. 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:34.840 But I think there's so many things I can get 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:38.000 better at, like whether that's you know, disengaging off blocks 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.520 quicker because there's never you never could be quick enough. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.400 Whether that's route recognition, matching routes better, you know, catching 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.720 more interceptions. I dropped a few last year, so getting 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.280 on the jugs even more so like things like that 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.840 and causing more have it, forcing more turnovers, that's like 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.199 definitely a thing that I want to do. Get a 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.800 lot more punches on the ball, so expect that a 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.400 little more, a lot of big hits. But people I 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.360 know curl up sometime when I'm coming. But the fist 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.840 is coming as well, So I'm excited about that and 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.120 being able to showcase that and try to take my 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:09.319 game to a new level. 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:18.720 We also heard from veterans tight end Mark Andrews. 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:19.840 Yeah, you're seven. 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.959 I mean how different does it feel? I mean, does 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:24.000 it feel like you're seven? 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:25.560 For you? 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:27.200 You know, time flies when you're having fun. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:28.520 It doesn't feel like you're seven. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.320 It feels like just yesterday coming here as rookie, and 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.160 but you know, so excited, a lot of work has 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.840 been put in and excited to see where this team 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:38.120 goes during training camp. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.160 Mark, you said you're feeling pretty good as you broke 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.520 for the off season. Just puts your healths out aside 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:43.880 right now? 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.680 What are you feeling great? Yeah? I feel awesome. I see. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:48.080 Like I said, I spent a lot of work in 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.960 the off season to work on myself and again after 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.160 as you know, just put in that work and excited 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.120 to go out there and help this team and continue 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.600 to grow in this offense and get better together. And 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:01.640 I feel hundred percent, you know, if not better than 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:02.000 I ever have. 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:04.920 How does it feel going from working out and training 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.720 as a rehabilitation versus working and training gets stronger and 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.360 improving and not having to get back to where you were, 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:12.120 but growing. 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:13.480 I think it's a delicate balance. 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:14.920 And I think, you know, that's one of those things 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.520 when your body knows, it knows, you know, And there's 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:19.280 a point this off season, you know where I was. 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.240 You know, it's like you go to bed one one 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:22.640 day and you wake up the next day and then 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.000 you start going. You start, you know, you work on 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.200 your strength to start working on the football stuff instead 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.120 of the the rehab stuff. And you know, thankfully, pretty 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.719 early on in my my training, you know, sessions of 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:33.280 the off season. 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:34.160 You know that happened. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.120 I think you last time, you know this, you mentioned 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.840 you did some things differently maybe in the off season 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.320 that it liud the you know, coming back from injury 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.520 and so forth, as an example of maybe something different 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.760 you did. You know, you're seven versus year two or whatever. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:50.079 You know. 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:51.880 I think for me, you know a lot of balancing 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.760 a little different muscles and started doing a little bit 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.160 of Pilate's stuff like that. 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:57.640 You know. 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.559 But I ran a ton this offseason, you know, I 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.560 think everybody knows, you know, I like to work hard, 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.480 to like to the only way to get better at 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.360 football is playing football. So we spent the time, you know, 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.839 me and my family and everybody involved to run a 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.120 lot of routes, catch a lot of balls and excited 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:12.600 to show that. 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.920 Off Who was covering you this year and who was 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.040 throwing the ball in your family? 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.000 My brother, my brother was covering me, my dad. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.680 We have the ball machine, so he's he's the quarterback 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:28.480 gun thing that he's a sniper on it. 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:30.280 Mark last year, you all are learning todd marketing confidence. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.439 Having the year under your belt. 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.959 Now, how has that changed this training camp for you and. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:36.920 The rest of the off It's great, you know, it's 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.640 it's only going to evolve more and more. I think 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.640 as guys get more comfortable as always in year two 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.920 after having an offense and learning it, things are new. 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:46.679 You're trying to figure out who you are and as 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:47.400 an identity. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:49.160 And I think right now we've got a really clear 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:50.679 picture of what we want to be, how we want 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.000 to operate and be efficient and give the tools to 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.840 Lamar and coach Monk to to being the best player 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.720 at all times. And yeah, it's gonna evolved. It's gonna 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.800 look little bit different, but I think it's gonna be 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:03.720 really well polished. 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.480 I know it's probably hard to remember a year ago, 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:07.880 but does it feel like you're. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.280 Starting from a much higher platform this year's you kick 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:11.600 off training camp as opposed to. 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.360 The last year with one hundred percent. 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.320 You know, I think just the knowledge and understanding of 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.760 you know, of what we know of the offense, terminology, 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:19.400 all that stuff. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.040 But you know, having a year in the offense, you're. 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.480 Able to see, you know what kind of works, you know, 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.960 where dangerous at you know, mostly in what plays, you 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.520 know in certain instances, and so we're taking all the 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.120 information you know, applying it and uh and growing off that. 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:33.199 How good do you think this is? 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:35.319 This secondary We went up against some training camps. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.840 We got an incredible defense and that's and that's you know, 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.320 with iron sharpens iron, and you know, we're gonna have 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.840 our hands full with with going against those guys and 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.800 excited about those competitions. It's gonna make us better, you know, 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:50.679 Let's make our receivers better and make the tight ends 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.680 better and we're gonna be flying around. We're gonna be competitive. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.320 But at the same time, you know, it's it's, uh, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:57.760 you know, we love each other. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.920 A little bit different edge training camp when you know 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.280 it's the Chiefs week one. 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.160 You know, I think that's a. It's it's fun to 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:07.520 be able to look forward to that. You know, it's 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.160 a big game. It's it's the first game of the year. 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:12.800 You know, I'm some of that. You know, I take 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.200 one game at a time, so right now it's you know, 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.320 it's one practice at the time, and I'm. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:18.400 Focused on that right now. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.080 Obviously, it's an exciting thing and if it gets it going, 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.079 it gets you going. But for me, it's just day 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.959 by day getting better, you know, helping this team get 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.240 better and you know, taking each practice to work on something, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.120 to to make us as well rounded as we can be. 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.760 Adding a guy like Derek Henry, just how excited her 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.920 here for what he can bring to this offense. 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:37.840 It's incredible. 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:38.080 Man. 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.680 You know, you have a guy like like Derek, and 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.400 then you got number eight in the backfield. It's you know, 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.760 we've been against you know, Derek so many times, you know, 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.840 in the last you know, seven years I've been you know, 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.640 playing here. So you know, just knowing that the type 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:52.400 of type of player that he is, you know, how 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.400 tough he is, and the type of game plans you 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.160 have to have for a guy like Derek is it's 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:57.760 gonna be all eyes on him and eight, you know, 0:13:57.800 --> 0:13:59.920 and so for us, you know, being around those guys, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.600 it's it's making the plays. You know, that's going to 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.920 open things up for for some really good things, which 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:05.920 I'm excited about. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:07.920 And Mark, I mean, you did so much to get 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.640 back to just even the AFC Championship game, and you know, 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.400 everything you did in the spring I think probably exceed 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:15.840 the expectations here. When did you kind of feel for 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:17.720 yourself that you like you said you feel one hundred percent. 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:18.920 When did you kind of feel like. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.240 Yeah, I'm one hundred percent, and and how did I feel? 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:23.320 What should you got there? 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:23.600 Yeah? 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.040 It was probably you know about you know, March April, 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.960 about a month after the season ended. You know, I 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.720 put in some work stabilization stuff, but it felt incredible, 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.120 you know, be able to go out there, you know, 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:35.720 run her out. You know, I know I know what 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.840 it had felt. You know, we worked really hard, you know, 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:40.280 right after I got the surgery because it was a 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.560 quick turnaround, so you know, the pain. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.800 Thresholds and all that stuff had to go through a lot. 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.400 So for me to be able to go through the 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:50.280 off season and go through a training session and feel incredible, 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:52.320 you know, be flying around and have the next day 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:53.440 and be able to do it again. 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:55.400 That was a great, a great feeling. 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.360 And with Lamar and now I mean again you know 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.840 seventy and with Lamar too, With you guys, is there 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.240 anything that you have seen that maybe if in his 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.360 progression that has really impressed you the most, maybe if 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.920 it's even over the past, like just this past year. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:13.840 Being with one, Yeah, I think he's just I think 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.760 Lamar is just like everybody else, you know one. He's 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.760 the most special player in the world. You know, there's 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.120 no one else like him. He's the best quarterback in 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:25.040 the NFL. And he continues to show you know why 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.240 he's labeled that, you know, and and for me in 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.520 my head, it's just constantly making the big plays, constantly 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.520 making the right decisions and leading us guys. You know, 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.800 he's our he's our captain, our leader, and we all 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:37.800 look to him. And he's got a heavy burden on 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.480 his shoulders, but he comes to work every day, has fun, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:41.400 enjoys it and. 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.000 Just year after year he's impressive. 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.760 He grows and that's not easy to said because he's 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:47.600 already at the very top. 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:49.560 And how is that? 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:52.840 I mean, because obviously as a team. You guys have 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.000 been very successful, and he has been very successful, but 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.600 you haven't been to where you want to be. A 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:01.640 lot of that criticism gets placed on Lamar. How has 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.320 he been able to kind of handle when it seems like, 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.800 you know, obviously, as a team you win and lose, 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.840 but he sometimes kind of gets the brunt of it. 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:11.840 Yeah, you know, I think that's a part of the 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.760 position and part of being Lamar. He's grown up and 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.560 had to had to, you know, deal with things like 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.800 this his whole life. And you know, the thing that 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:21.200 stands out about him is he's got an incredible faith 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:25.000 and belief in God and in himself and and his teammates. 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.280 And uh, when you have belief in something else, it's 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.600