1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's Tuesday, June tenth. 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: The Ravens wrapped up another day of organized team activities 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: after practice, we had a chance to hear from a 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: few players and coaches. First up, Roger Rose Garden. 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 2: Roger, after such a successful rookie season, what are kind 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 2: of year two goals for years? 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, after last season, I know I wanted 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 3: to immediately take a little time off, but it was 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 3: immediately hit the gates for me personally physically getting in 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 3: the weight room, getting. 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 4: Faster, bigger, faster, stronger, and just. 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: Building onto year two because now I know I got 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 3: the ropes everything, and you know, just where my confidence 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 3: in my play starts to really tickets next level steps. 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: So how did you change its ait? 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think it was a couple of 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: dieting things when I went back to uh off season, 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: and you know, compounding that with really good workouts and 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: staying strict and disciplined for myself, and you know, I 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: came back to you know, phase one, phase two of 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 3: offseason as best as I've felt. So yeah, you know, 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: I kinda I kind of lost a little bit of 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 3: weight just to give myself a little bit more healthier 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 3: after the season because I had some nick and bruises, 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: but uh then kind of slowly started to put it 26 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 3: on the way I wanted it to. 27 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 4: So I'm back to where I've been playing at. So yeah, 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 4: you know went viral. 29 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 2: Actually, yeah, when do you stop being a nobody? 30 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 4: Yeah? 31 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 3: I mean, actually I think last year I nobody was 32 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 3: kind of a harsh word for myself. 33 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 4: I'd much rather say, I know, I'm a rookie. 34 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: But you know, just going into this year, you know, 35 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: it's I'm gonna play way more, way more confidence, So 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 3: gonna go and it's a lot of good teams, a 37 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 3: lot of good players, So I'm excited for it. Response 38 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 3: from Garrett kind of give you a feeling that you 39 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 3: belonged here and and may give you that confidence. 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 2: For the rest of the year. 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely. It wouldn't only just uh Garrett. It 42 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: is a lot of the other players you know that 43 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: didn't get caught on film that U you know, just 44 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 3: had interactions with so fellow offensive lineman and other defensive 45 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: linement throughout the last season, you know, just stuff to build. 46 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:16,239 Speaker 5: On what was against liked in the city to that 47 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 5: bull of the bols out. 48 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: Like self of Johnson. 49 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think my first play is in 50 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 3: the NFL is not how you wanted to go. But uh, 51 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 3: you know that just building on you know, starting from 52 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: the bottom now it could get better. So I just 53 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 3: wanted to build off that. And you know, I thought 54 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 3: I did a really good job myself and bringing others 55 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 3: with me on, you know, making myself better each day 56 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: day and day out, and just that days. 57 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 6: So kind of questions, he said, Look, across sports, we 58 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 6: seeing the athletes. 59 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 7: You give like a lot of like abus like online 60 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 7: you have like gam and so you guys, and sounds like, yeah, 61 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 7: have you chose. 62 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: That personally in any way as other pleasures rookie year 63 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,279 Speaker 2: at college. 64 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: Or yeah, it was I think it was more so college. 65 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 3: You know, I had a situation in the National Championship. 66 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: It was actually pretty funny. A lot of the betters 67 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 3: would find my Venmo and Venmo requests me like you 68 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: lost me so and so I thought I got a 69 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: laugh out of it. So but you know, at the 70 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 3: end of the day, you never want that stuff to happen. 71 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: So you just got to make sure you're on your 72 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 3: a game at all times. 73 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 2: So does it feel like you're almost like helpless to 74 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: get here, like you can't stop guy gonna line you know. 75 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I mean that's what you sign up for. 76 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 3: When you know, when you're playing at the biggest stage, 77 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 3: when you're getting televised each weekend, week out, you know 78 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 3: happens to everyone. So you know that's that's a part 79 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: of it. And you know, it's a different, different eras 80 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: my dad says that that I play and you know, 81 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 3: they didn't have, you know, the cell phones back in 82 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: the day, but now we're in the modern era of 83 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 3: you know, if you. 84 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: Play bad, it's probably gonna probably gonna hear about it. 85 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, at the end of last season, we were 86 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: talking to you about the possibility that you could go 87 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: to the left tackle. Obviously with Rannie signing, that's not 88 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: going to happen. 89 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: How thankful are you about just staying at right tackle 90 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: and able to focus there? 91 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I remember I was on I took 92 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 3: a small vacation with him my family, and I was 93 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: texting Ronnie and calling him every day. 94 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 4: I was like, hey man, I was like, left side's 95 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 4: looking real good. 96 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: Uh, just because you know, I thought we had a 97 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: really good dynamic duo of me and him and bouncing 98 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 3: off each other from left to right. So you know, 99 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 3: I think it all played out at the end of 100 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 3: the day and you know it's, uh, glad, he's glad 101 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 3: he's back. 102 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 4: For sure. 103 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 2: What did you say to him when when you finally deal? 104 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 3: I was more so like a finally. It wasn't like 105 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: a thank you. It was more like a finally because 106 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: I was bugging him so so much. So you know, 107 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 3: I was trying to bring other teammate, other guys in 108 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: the old line. I was like, come on, Ronnie. 109 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 4: I was like, gotta get gotta get something done here. 110 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 4: So and it ended up working out. 111 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 6: So when you think back to like your first encounters 112 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 6: with with a lot on Pittsburgh last year, how often 113 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 6: you got help from a tight end or from a 114 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 6: hip block or something. I know, like that is kind 115 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 6: of a test in itself, But is you know, going 116 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 6: from your one year through, just how much the coach 117 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 6: is trusting you to leave you one on one against 118 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 6: some of these high end pass rushers, is gonna be 119 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 6: like to you a mark of just how much you've 120 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 6: throwne how much these coaches trusted him. 121 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think trust is a big thing, 122 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 3: you know, especially game planning. You know, the coaches have 123 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 3: a plan within each game and each matchup. But you know, 124 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 3: whatever the game plan is, whether that's me one on 125 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: one or a chip block on the right or left side, 126 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 3: you know, I'm gonna. 127 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 4: Build my game plan towards it, and you know, just 128 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 4: roll with it. 129 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 6: I know it's early and there's. 130 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: A ton of physicality in the blocking encounters right now, 131 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: but what are you seeing out of the ed rushers 132 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: on the other side of the ball, particularly and Mike Green? 133 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know those are I know, Dafe and Mike. 134 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 3: Mike's a newer guy, but you know, Dafe has been 135 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: one of the better edge players in my opinion and 136 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 3: the NFL. And you know, he's he's definitely shouted this 137 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: this this OTAs you know, he came back bigger, faster, stronger. 138 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: So you know that just as a testament to myself, 139 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 3: and you know, I gotta I gotta raise my level 140 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 3: as these guys get better too. 141 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 4: So and and Mike's doing good too. 142 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 3: He's he's picking up picking up off where where he 143 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 3: came off in college. 144 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 4: So yeah, they're both doing a real good. 145 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: Jobs their area. 146 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: In your game, in the year two where when you 147 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: watched your rookie film, You're like, all right, you know, 148 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: I did really well, but I feel like I can. 149 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 2: Improve in this area. 150 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there was too many to list for 151 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 3: me to you know, I'm I'm a super critical myself 152 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: on being my own coach, and you know, I went 153 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 3: back and through these this offseason phase. I've been watching 154 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 3: every single game on and I take notes, taking notes 155 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 3: on where I want to improve my game. So I 156 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 3: wouldn't say there's one one specific thing. There's probably ten 157 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 3: or eleven things that I can that guy I can 158 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 3: list off. So yeah, good deal, Thanks guys. 159 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: Next up, Andrew Voorheats. 160 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 6: George just said that the pressure was kind of off 161 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 6: you last year as you could watch Patrick. 162 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: Did you say that? Did that make you Vetteran? How 163 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: do you approach that this year coming off of how 164 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: that you played out? 165 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 7: Yeah, last year was obviously an interesting situation. Uh, personally, 166 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 7: you know, I just I went out there every day 167 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 7: just looking to make the best of my opportunities. So 168 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,119 Speaker 7: obviously early on in the season that role looked different 169 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 7: than as did later on in the season. But having 170 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 7: a guy like Patrick McCarey had to me to look 171 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 7: forward to and to lean on in terms of just 172 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 7: maturity and an expertise all on the field was huge 173 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 7: for my growth and development. 174 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 3: It's not difficult for you, you know, obviously for injuries, 175 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: it out, it's. 176 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 2: Kind of plays. Just how hard was that? 177 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 7: Yeah, it definitely was not favorable or something that you 178 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 7: you dream of as a football player. But you know, 179 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 7: going through what I went through my my red shirt years, 180 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 7: as a lot of people referred to it as, I 181 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 7: feel like it gave me a lot of perspective and 182 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 7: and really gave me the opportunity to take a step 183 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 7: back and look at things from a bigger picture. And 184 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 7: so I think I was able to lean back onto 185 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 7: that adversity as just kind of a cornerstone uh last year, 186 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 7: and and I felt like I was in a good 187 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 7: spot mentally throughout the whole process. So really thankful for 188 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 7: that opportunity. 189 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: Was the action that you got at the end of 190 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: the year also important in that. 191 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 7: Sort of give you a chance to prove yourself that 192 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 7: you're developed. Every years absolutely, you know, go prove to myself, 193 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 7: Go prove to uh, to you guys, Go prove to 194 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 7: my teammates, my coaches everything, and uh just show that 195 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 7: I that you know, you know that wasn't necessarily playing 196 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 7: on Sundays at the time, right, I was still developing 197 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 7: a practice being a great scout team player, giving our 198 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 7: our defense opportunity to get ready for the games and 199 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 7: all that. So you know, I was proud of my 200 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 7: performance in that last game that I have to play 201 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 7: in in Cleveland, uh, the last week of the regular season, 202 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 7: and uh just look forward to building off of that 203 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 7: and and just proving uh uh what I. 204 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 4: Could do and there last week. 205 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 2: But just some thing that most easy to know, another 206 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 2: off season of. 207 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 6: Your belt, Like then you feel much better than you 208 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 6: did coming into camp last year. 209 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 7: And yeah, I mean just physically more mature, mentally more mature, 210 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 7: just more opportunity in the playbook. 211 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 4: Uh you know. 212 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 7: So a great group of guys in this room that 213 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 7: we have right now, and and we all push each 214 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 7: other to be the best that we could be best 215 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 7: versions of ourselves. So that's uh, something that's super awesome 216 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 7: that we have going on. 217 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: You mention, not just like getting physically better, but the 218 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: mental hurdle getting back out there in the grind. 219 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 4: What would you say really got over. 220 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 7: That you know, just a lot, I would say, just 221 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 7: leaning on the other guys in the room, you know, 222 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 7: and I just I said that I commended them and 223 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 7: in the special UH bond that we have, and you know, 224 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 7: I really do believe it's some special and unique about. 225 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 4: UH US, specifically of tackle. Yea, that's tremendous player being 226 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 4: better dude. Uh. 227 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 7: You guys don't get the opportunity to spend as much 228 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 7: time as we do. But you know, Ronnie's an awesome dude, 229 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 7: and uh, you know, it's just when you get the 230 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 7: opportunity to play next to UH an all pro player, 231 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 7: kind of makes your life a little easier at times. 232 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,319 Speaker 7: So really stoked to see what he does, excited to 233 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 7: have him back and looking forward to him this year. 234 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're kind of a different question. 235 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 6: So like for us, like all sports, can see like 236 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 6: a lot of a like abuse online from like gamblers, 237 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 6: and it was a bat. 238 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: That started yell with them players. Have you ever exposed 239 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: it a little? You know, and you've never seen a 240 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 2: happy chance? 241 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, no, nothing, kind of stay out of that world. 242 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,599 Speaker 7: But thankfully I'm not subject to it. But yeah, no, 243 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 7: I haven't ever been involved. 244 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 3: Andrew, you've dealt with this a little. 245 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 6: Last year we could talk about competition to be starting. 246 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 4: Do you how do you approach this year, George? 247 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 6: You just said he wants that one guy wants the 248 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 6: guy that kind of be the clear winner. 249 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 3: Like does that experience last year help you with this 250 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: or do you kind of just regard as, look, I 251 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 3: I need to go. 252 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 4: Win the job. 253 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 7: I mean good either way, right, I mean that always 254 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 7: just wanted about there and be the best football player 255 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,119 Speaker 7: that you could be. And yeah, I mean to my perspective, 256 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 7: it's just there's an open position out there for grabs, 257 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 7: and uh, it's up to somebody, and so why not me? Right, 258 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 7: why not anybody else for that sake? But yeah, I 259 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 7: mean just kind of take it day by day and 260 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 7: uh we'll just see what what uh what happens when 261 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 7: it's all uh settles down and we get ready for 262 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 7: a week a week one opener. 263 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 2: Trying particular trouble by four. In the past, an average 264 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 2: athletes have become too pullers who're like those men at 265 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 2: first words, How I feel you think you can coach 266 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: in terms of the pulling askt. 267 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 7: Specifically, I mean just shout out to coach Monk honestly 268 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 7: for uh, the design that he is, he's put together 269 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 7: for us in terms of our our offense and stuff, 270 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 7: and just coach Warhap just coaching us. 271 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 4: Uh. 272 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 7: Definitely feel like he prepares me and they put us 273 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 7: in good positions to succeed out there. So definitely feel confident. 274 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 7: And aspect of offensive line play. 275 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: Last, but not least, offensive line coach George Warhop. 276 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 2: Wonderful reduction in penalties in after week ten. Put it 277 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 2: to the offensive line up in particular. 278 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 6: We can talk about some of that, and then I 279 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 6: also want to ask you if I take a distension 280 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 6: between a pre snap foul and a declinable post snap foul. 281 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 5: My gosh, this last year just was an emphasis, was 282 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 5: an emphasis from John on down in particular with the 283 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 5: holdings right number one with the holdings, and then as 284 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 5: an offense with the pre snap penalties. 285 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: So it was just just a point of emphasis. 286 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 5: Okay, the rest of it, you need to talk to 287 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 5: the head coach about that, because I don't pay that 288 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 5: close attention to that stuff, right, So if they want 289 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 5: to decline it, they can decline it. If they don't, 290 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 5: they don't. Outside of that, we just don't need to 291 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 5: be causing them. That's my mindset. 292 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 4: Okay, Rose Garden changed from his Brookie year. 293 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 2: Into this year. 294 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 5: So far, there's certain things we wanted him to work 295 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 5: on that we talked about at the end of the 296 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 5: season last year and coming into this year, and he's 297 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 5: so far doing that, uh, and it's gonna be he's 298 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 5: helpful to him. He still has some stuff to work on, 299 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: but the stuff we've talked about that was a major emphasis. 300 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 2: He has definitely embraced that and it's changed. Can you 301 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 2: tell us any of what he's been working on with uh? No, No, Georgia, 302 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 2: you saw it. You were very much a part of the. 303 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 6: We required, you know, with your advocacy for uh. Carson Vinzon, 304 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 6: Just I guess how did he kind of catch your 305 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 6: eye and what do you envisioned for him at you know, 306 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 6: over the couple of years. 307 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 5: Carson's interesting, alright, So he played at a smaller school. 308 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 5: The talent level that he was playing against wasn't that great, 309 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 5: and he was really just okay on his college tape. 310 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 5: But when he went to the Senior Bowl and he 311 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 5: was playing against better players, Uh, I liked how he 312 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 5: competed and you got to see him going against guys 313 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 5: his size, his t on a level. He wasn't perfect, 314 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 5: but he competed right, and so that's what we need 315 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 5: to see. We need to see guys with his size, 316 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 5: his range, his length, and his ability to compete and 317 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 5: not back down. So once I saw that and how 318 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 5: God made him, uh, and there's not that many guys 319 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 5: like that, I was like, if we have a chance, 320 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 5: we need to draft them. So I just thought I 321 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 5: needed to push as much as I could for him 322 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 5: every time he came up so. 323 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 4: Injury. I guess, what have you been able to do 324 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 4: with him to make sure he gets as. 325 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 2: Up to set as I said. 326 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 5: One thing about Emory and both the guys Deli Deli 327 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: from LSU, both those guys. This is probably the fifth 328 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 5: or sixth kid I've had from that offensive line coach. 329 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 2: Uh. 330 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 5: They all come in well prepared. Emory's very smart, he's 331 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 5: very engaged. He's plugged in. He'll get off to the 332 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 5: side and try to do the stuff we're doing. Not 333 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 5: he can't do what we're doing, but he can mimic 334 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 5: it on his own. I've been most impressed with him 335 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 5: and with Deli in the meeting rooms, just understanding what 336 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 5: we're doing and there very very very close to being 337 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 5: really good pro players in that regard. 338 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 2: So do you feel like you've been encouraged by what 339 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: you've seen in Ota so far? Too many full starts, 340 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: so no, no, we got to be better. 341 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, A lot of discussion on the left guards, Bob, 342 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 6: do you want one player to take that job or 343 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 6: how do you envision that competition playing out? 344 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: For the lawyers? I believe in a starter. I don't 345 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: like playing two guys. 346 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 5: So you know, we got two veteran guys here with 347 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 5: with Andrew and Benn. 348 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: Let them fight it out, right. 349 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 5: If one of the young guys come in, you know, 350 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 5: come up and they can add competition to that, we'll 351 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 5: let that happen. But I prefer to have a starter 352 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 5: and a backup. I don't like going in with combination guys. 353 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 5: So that's my hope. What do you like about Andrew 354 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 5: h He's continued on from what he started at the 355 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 5: end of the year last year. I thought the fact 356 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 5: that he got to sit when Pat took over being 357 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 5: the first year player, it allowed him to kind of 358 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 5: develop through the year. And when he had to play 359 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 5: against Cleveland, I thought he played very very well. Uh, 360 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 5: and so far this spring he's done a nice job. 361 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 5: So I'm impressed with what he's done. 362 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 2: What way does it? 363 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 4: What does it all? 364 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 5: Mass? 365 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 2: Is the us really way? When the hope. 366 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 5: Well, just no pressure, right, I mean we don't. People 367 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 5: don't understand how much pressure there is to be a 368 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 5: starter in this league. 369 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 2: Right, and then when you're really, in essence, a rookie. 370 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 5: Right, he was here his first year, but he was 371 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 5: on IR so in essence, he's a rookie and he's 372 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 5: going out there first time in this environment fighting his 373 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 5: ass off to be successful. There was a ton of 374 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 5: pressure and if you have one bad play depends on 375 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 5: the guy, right, you don't know how long that's gonna 376 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 5: linger for him. So when you're able to sit back 377 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 5: and watch Vecterans do it, watch how they handle those situations, Okay, 378 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 5: it kind of calms you down. So when you go play, 379 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 5: you know, one play is not the end end, all right. 380 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 5: I can overcome that and still play well in a game. 381 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 5: And I think that's what he got to at the 382 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 5: end of the year. 383 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 2: Do you might perhaps co Carson kind of said, he 384 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 2: looks the the way you're containing kind of a tough love. 385 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 2: The type of situation with m sometimes how do you 386 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 2: s you've seen HIV given developed though, even if it 387 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 2: was a mess. 388 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 5: Oh oh, he's come a long way in the past 389 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 5: couple weeks. One thing about Carson that's really impressive is 390 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 5: number one, Uh, he wants to be the best version 391 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 5: of himself every day. So when he comes out here, 392 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 5: he's trying to get better from what he did yesterday. 393 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 4: Uh. 394 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,360 Speaker 5: And then I I can crawl right up his stuff 395 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 5: and he does not ever blink. He does not blink. 396 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 5: You see him out there, he just kind of looks 397 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 5: at me. Yes, certain, he goes on and he does 398 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 5: what he's supposed to do. But you know, he's a 399 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 5: he's a young kid, so we're trying to get him 400 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 5: up to speed as fast as possible. 401 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 2: So it's whatever means necessary to get that done. 402 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 5: But I I I am really this whole rookie class 403 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 5: we have here that they brought in. All these guys 404 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 5: really do a nice job. They work, Uh, they try 405 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 5: to get better game. I mean they're at all different stages, 406 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 5: they offer m different spots. But I'm really really impressed 407 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 5: with the group these guys brought in. Eric did a 408 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 5: great job with that. He do is yelling through a 409 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 5: guy cotin in the next center. Next year, we're starting 410 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 5: to work here and read both Okay at center. I 411 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 5: don't know if they'll get team reps at it, but 412 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 5: with Delhi Plate Center at LSU, so both of those 413 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 5: guys eventually will be pulling the ball in practice. 414 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: So all right, thank you for no prop. 415 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Raven's Press Past podcast. Make 416 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: sure you hit subscribe and also head over to the 417 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: Lounge podcast feed and subscribe there as well. Thank you 418 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: so much for listening, and we'll be back again tomorrow.