WEBVTT - George Warhop, Andrew Vorhees, & Roger Rosengarten: Ravens Press Conferences 6/10/25 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:07.240 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's Tuesday, June tenth. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:10.360 The Ravens wrapped up another day of organized team activities 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:12.920 after practice, we had a chance to hear from a 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:16.600 few players and coaches. First up, Roger Rose Garden. 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:21.600 Roger, after such a successful rookie season, what are kind 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:23.239 of year two goals for years? 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.160 Yeah, you know, after last season, I know I wanted 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.720 to immediately take a little time off, but it was 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:34.760 immediately hit the gates for me personally physically getting in 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:36.240 the weight room, getting. 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:37.720 Faster, bigger, faster, stronger, and just. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.000 Building onto year two because now I know I got 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:44.120 the ropes everything, and you know, just where my confidence 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.920 in my play starts to really tickets next level steps. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:49.680 So how did you change its ait? 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.239 Yeah, you know, I think it was a couple of 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:56.800 dieting things when I went back to uh off season, 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.840 and you know, compounding that with really good workouts and 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.640 staying strict and disciplined for myself, and you know, I 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:05.240 came back to you know, phase one, phase two of 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:11.000 offseason as best as I've felt. So yeah, you know, 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:12.760 I kinda I kind of lost a little bit of 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.200 weight just to give myself a little bit more healthier 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:18.920 after the season because I had some nick and bruises, 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.240 but uh then kind of slowly started to put it 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:22.280 on the way I wanted it to. 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.720 So I'm back to where I've been playing at. So yeah, 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:26.560 you know went viral. 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:31.119 Actually, yeah, when do you stop being a nobody? 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:31.560 Yeah? 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.200 I mean, actually I think last year I nobody was 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:36.960 kind of a harsh word for myself. 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.160 I'd much rather say, I know, I'm a rookie. 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.520 But you know, just going into this year, you know, 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.800 it's I'm gonna play way more, way more confidence, So 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.120 gonna go and it's a lot of good teams, a 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.440 lot of good players, So I'm excited for it. Response 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.280 from Garrett kind of give you a feeling that you 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.520 belonged here and and may give you that confidence. 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:55.720 For the rest of the year. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.840 Oh yeah, absolutely. It wouldn't only just uh Garrett. It 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:01.800 is a lot of the other players you know that 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.480 didn't get caught on film that U you know, just 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:08.200 had interactions with so fellow offensive lineman and other defensive 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.760 linement throughout the last season, you know, just stuff to build. 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:16.239 On what was against liked in the city to that 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:17.600 bull of the bols out. 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:20.639 Like self of Johnson. 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:24.000 Yeah, I mean I think my first play is in 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.919 the NFL is not how you wanted to go. But uh, 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.040 you know that just building on you know, starting from 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.480 the bottom now it could get better. So I just 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.359 wanted to build off that. And you know, I thought 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.960 I did a really good job myself and bringing others 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.639 with me on, you know, making myself better each day 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:41.720 day and day out, and just that days. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:46.320 So kind of questions, he said, Look, across sports, we 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:47.000 seeing the athletes. 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.200 You give like a lot of like abus like online 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:52.200 you have like gam and so you guys, and sounds like, yeah, 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:53.840 have you chose. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.440 That personally in any way as other pleasures rookie year 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:57.279 at college. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.760 Or yeah, it was I think it was more so college. 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:02.200 You know, I had a situation in the National Championship. 0:03:02.240 --> 0:03:05.760 It was actually pretty funny. A lot of the betters 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:09.120 would find my Venmo and Venmo requests me like you 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:10.600 lost me so and so I thought I got a 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:14.120 laugh out of it. So but you know, at the 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.960 end of the day, you never want that stuff to happen. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:17.360 So you just got to make sure you're on your 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:18.280 a game at all times. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.359 So does it feel like you're almost like helpless to 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.799 get here, like you can't stop guy gonna line you know. 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.800 Yeah, I mean, I mean that's what you sign up for. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.560 When you know, when you're playing at the biggest stage, 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.240 when you're getting televised each weekend, week out, you know 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.280 happens to everyone. So you know that's that's a part 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.280 of it. And you know, it's a different, different eras 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.560 my dad says that that I play and you know, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.360 they didn't have, you know, the cell phones back in 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.600 the day, but now we're in the modern era of 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:49.320 you know, if you. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.120 Play bad, it's probably gonna probably gonna hear about it. 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.320 So yeah, at the end of last season, we were 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.480 talking to you about the possibility that you could go 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.880 to the left tackle. Obviously with Rannie signing, that's not 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:00.480 going to happen. 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.560 How thankful are you about just staying at right tackle 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:04.600 and able to focus there? 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.200 Yeah, I mean, I remember I was on I took 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:10.120 a small vacation with him my family, and I was 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:11.680 texting Ronnie and calling him every day. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:13.400 I was like, hey man, I was like, left side's 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:14.160 looking real good. 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.919 Uh, just because you know, I thought we had a 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:19.200 really good dynamic duo of me and him and bouncing 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.440 off each other from left to right. So you know, 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.120 I think it all played out at the end of 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.920 the day and you know it's, uh, glad, he's glad 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:26.240 he's back. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:26.599 For sure. 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.279 What did you say to him when when you finally deal? 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.159 I was more so like a finally. It wasn't like 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:35.640 a thank you. It was more like a finally because 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.520 I was bugging him so so much. So you know, 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.479 I was trying to bring other teammate, other guys in 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:41.880 the old line. I was like, come on, Ronnie. 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.040 I was like, gotta get gotta get something done here. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:45.640 So and it ended up working out. 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:49.920 So when you think back to like your first encounters 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.120 with with a lot on Pittsburgh last year, how often 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.359 you got help from a tight end or from a 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.880 hip block or something. I know, like that is kind 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.640 of a test in itself, But is you know, going 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.560 from your one year through, just how much the coach 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:04.760 is trusting you to leave you one on one against 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.839 some of these high end pass rushers, is gonna be 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:08.880 like to you a mark of just how much you've 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:10.480 throwne how much these coaches trusted him. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.440 Yeah, I mean I think trust is a big thing, 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.800 you know, especially game planning. You know, the coaches have 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:19.840 a plan within each game and each matchup. But you know, 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.240 whatever the game plan is, whether that's me one on 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.240 one or a chip block on the right or left side, 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:29.000 you know, I'm gonna. 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.080 Build my game plan towards it, and you know, just 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:30.719 roll with it. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:32.960 I know it's early and there's. 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.120 A ton of physicality in the blocking encounters right now, 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:36.760 but what are you seeing out of the ed rushers 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.719 on the other side of the ball, particularly and Mike Green? 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.760 Yeah, you know those are I know, Dafe and Mike. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.640 Mike's a newer guy, but you know, Dafe has been 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.240 one of the better edge players in my opinion and 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:52.560 the NFL. And you know, he's he's definitely shouted this 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.400 this this OTAs you know, he came back bigger, faster, stronger. 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.560 So you know that just as a testament to myself, 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.840 and you know, I gotta I gotta raise my level 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:03.279 as these guys get better too. 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:04.840 So and and Mike's doing good too. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.360 He's he's picking up picking up off where where he 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:09.159 came off in college. 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:10.360 So yeah, they're both doing a real good. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:11.560 Jobs their area. 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:13.839 In your game, in the year two where when you 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.960 watched your rookie film, You're like, all right, you know, 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.120 I did really well, but I feel like I can. 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:18.799 Improve in this area. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.680 Yeah, I mean, there was too many to list for 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.680 me to you know, I'm I'm a super critical myself 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.320 on being my own coach, and you know, I went 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.279 back and through these this offseason phase. I've been watching 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.839 every single game on and I take notes, taking notes 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.919 on where I want to improve my game. So I 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:39.080 wouldn't say there's one one specific thing. There's probably ten 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.480 or eleven things that I can that guy I can 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:48.159 list off. So yeah, good deal, Thanks guys. 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.080 Next up, Andrew Voorheats. 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.920 George just said that the pressure was kind of off 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.560 you last year as you could watch Patrick. 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.520 Did you say that? Did that make you Vetteran? How 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.840 do you approach that this year coming off of how 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:04.960 that you played out? 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.440 Yeah, last year was obviously an interesting situation. Uh, personally, 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:11.520 you know, I just I went out there every day 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.680 just looking to make the best of my opportunities. So 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.119 obviously early on in the season that role looked different 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.200 than as did later on in the season. But having 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.400 a guy like Patrick McCarey had to me to look 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.520 forward to and to lean on in terms of just 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.280 maturity and an expertise all on the field was huge 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:29.480 for my growth and development. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.640 It's not difficult for you, you know, obviously for injuries, 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.520 it out, it's. 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.360 Kind of plays. Just how hard was that? 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:48.480 Yeah, it definitely was not favorable or something that you 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.800 you dream of as a football player. But you know, 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:54.280 going through what I went through my my red shirt years, 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.480 as a lot of people referred to it as, I 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.440 feel like it gave me a lot of perspective and 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.760 and really gave me the opportunity to take a step 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.120 back and look at things from a bigger picture. And 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:06.680 so I think I was able to lean back onto 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:11.360 that adversity as just kind of a cornerstone uh last year, 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:12.640 and and I felt like I was in a good 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.840 spot mentally throughout the whole process. So really thankful for 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:16.720 that opportunity. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:18.600 Was the action that you got at the end of 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.360 the year also important in that. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.920 Sort of give you a chance to prove yourself that 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.600 you're developed. Every years absolutely, you know, go prove to myself, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.040 Go prove to uh, to you guys, Go prove to 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:34.120 my teammates, my coaches everything, and uh just show that 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.760 I that you know, you know that wasn't necessarily playing 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:38.760 on Sundays at the time, right, I was still developing 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:42.440 a practice being a great scout team player, giving our 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.280 our defense opportunity to get ready for the games and 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.160 all that. So you know, I was proud of my 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.080 performance in that last game that I have to play 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.800 in in Cleveland, uh, the last week of the regular season, 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.000 and uh just look forward to building off of that 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.400 and and just proving uh uh what I. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.360 Could do and there last week. 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:01.560 But just some thing that most easy to know, another 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:02.439 off season of. 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.280 Your belt, Like then you feel much better than you 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.240 did coming into camp last year. 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:10.120 And yeah, I mean just physically more mature, mentally more mature, 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.439 just more opportunity in the playbook. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.240 Uh you know. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.360 So a great group of guys in this room that 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.559 we have right now, and and we all push each 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.240 other to be the best that we could be best 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:24.040 versions of ourselves. So that's uh, something that's super awesome 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:24.959 that we have going on. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.120 You mention, not just like getting physically better, but the 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:30.760 mental hurdle getting back out there in the grind. 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.280 What would you say really got over. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.680 That you know, just a lot, I would say, just 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:38.280 leaning on the other guys in the room, you know, 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.920 and I just I said that I commended them and 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.960 in the special UH bond that we have, and you know, 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.080 I really do believe it's some special and unique about. 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:53.560 UH US, specifically of tackle. Yea, that's tremendous player being 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:54.480 better dude. Uh. 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.079 You guys don't get the opportunity to spend as much 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:59.880 time as we do. But you know, Ronnie's an awesome dude, 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.120 and uh, you know, it's just when you get the 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.400 opportunity to play next to UH an all pro player, 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:06.600 kind of makes your life a little easier at times. 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.319 So really stoked to see what he does, excited to 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.360 have him back and looking forward to him this year. 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.120 Yeah, they're kind of a different question. 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.400 So like for us, like all sports, can see like 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:20.800 a lot of a like abuse online from like gamblers, 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:21.560 and it was a bat. 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:24.440 That started yell with them players. Have you ever exposed 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.000 it a little? You know, and you've never seen a 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:28.079 happy chance? 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:31.240 Yeah, no, nothing, kind of stay out of that world. 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.599 But thankfully I'm not subject to it. But yeah, no, 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:35.240 I haven't ever been involved. 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.480 Andrew, you've dealt with this a little. 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.720 Last year we could talk about competition to be starting. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.800 Do you how do you approach this year, George? 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.120 You just said he wants that one guy wants the 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:48.720 guy that kind of be the clear winner. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.920 Like does that experience last year help you with this 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:53.679 or do you kind of just regard as, look, I 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:54.240 I need to go. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:54.800 Win the job. 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.840 I mean good either way, right, I mean that always 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.120 just wanted about there and be the best football player 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.119 that you could be. And yeah, I mean to my perspective, 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.840 it's just there's an open position out there for grabs, 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:11.160 and uh, it's up to somebody, and so why not me? Right, 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.560 why not anybody else for that sake? But yeah, I 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.680 mean just kind of take it day by day and 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.880 uh we'll just see what what uh what happens when 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.240 it's all uh settles down and we get ready for 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:25.960 a week a week one opener. 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.840 Trying particular trouble by four. In the past, an average 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.240 athletes have become too pullers who're like those men at 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:38.839 first words, How I feel you think you can coach 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.400 in terms of the pulling askt. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:43.400 Specifically, I mean just shout out to coach Monk honestly 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.160 for uh, the design that he is, he's put together 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.360 for us in terms of our our offense and stuff, 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.880 and just coach Warhap just coaching us. 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:53.080 Uh. 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.920 Definitely feel like he prepares me and they put us 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.559 in good positions to succeed out there. So definitely feel confident. 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:04.120 And aspect of offensive line play. 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:09.720 Last, but not least, offensive line coach George Warhop. 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.880 Wonderful reduction in penalties in after week ten. Put it 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:16.319 to the offensive line up in particular. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:17.920 We can talk about some of that, and then I 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:19.760 also want to ask you if I take a distension 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:24.120 between a pre snap foul and a declinable post snap foul. 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:33.640 My gosh, this last year just was an emphasis, was 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.760 an emphasis from John on down in particular with the 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.280 holdings right number one with the holdings, and then as 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.000 an offense with the pre snap penalties. 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:46.000 So it was just just a point of emphasis. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:47.760 Okay, the rest of it, you need to talk to 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.280 the head coach about that, because I don't pay that 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.520 close attention to that stuff, right, So if they want 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.240 to decline it, they can decline it. If they don't, 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.000 they don't. Outside of that, we just don't need to 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.040 be causing them. That's my mindset. 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:02.400 Okay, Rose Garden changed from his Brookie year. 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:03.000 Into this year. 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.160 So far, there's certain things we wanted him to work 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.599 on that we talked about at the end of the 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.839 season last year and coming into this year, and he's 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:13.960 so far doing that, uh, and it's gonna be he's 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:15.880 helpful to him. He still has some stuff to work on, 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.160 but the stuff we've talked about that was a major emphasis. 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.240 He has definitely embraced that and it's changed. Can you 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:25.559 tell us any of what he's been working on with uh? No, No, Georgia, 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.600 you saw it. You were very much a part of the. 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.400 We required, you know, with your advocacy for uh. Carson Vinzon, 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:33.880 Just I guess how did he kind of catch your 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.640 eye and what do you envisioned for him at you know, 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:37.920 over the couple of years. 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.080 Carson's interesting, alright, So he played at a smaller school. 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.240 The talent level that he was playing against wasn't that great, 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.800 and he was really just okay on his college tape. 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:52.200 But when he went to the Senior Bowl and he 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.360 was playing against better players, Uh, I liked how he 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.840 competed and you got to see him going against guys 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:02.200 his size, his t on a level. He wasn't perfect, 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.240 but he competed right, and so that's what we need 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:07.200 to see. We need to see guys with his size, 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.480 his range, his length, and his ability to compete and 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:13.319 not back down. So once I saw that and how 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.959 God made him, uh, and there's not that many guys 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:17.920 like that, I was like, if we have a chance, 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:20.280 we need to draft them. So I just thought I 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.520 needed to push as much as I could for him 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.680 every time he came up so. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.520 Injury. I guess, what have you been able to do 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.280 with him to make sure he gets as. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:33.200 Up to set as I said. 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.880 One thing about Emory and both the guys Deli Deli 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.600 from LSU, both those guys. This is probably the fifth 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.040 or sixth kid I've had from that offensive line coach. 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:42.680 Uh. 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.560 They all come in well prepared. Emory's very smart, he's 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.720 very engaged. He's plugged in. He'll get off to the 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.520 side and try to do the stuff we're doing. Not 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.600 he can't do what we're doing, but he can mimic 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.040 it on his own. I've been most impressed with him 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.240 and with Deli in the meeting rooms, just understanding what 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.480 we're doing and there very very very close to being 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:03.000 really good pro players in that regard. 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.800 So do you feel like you've been encouraged by what 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.040 you've seen in Ota so far? Too many full starts, 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:10.840 so no, no, we got to be better. 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.320 Yeah, A lot of discussion on the left guards, Bob, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.320 do you want one player to take that job or 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.720 how do you envision that competition playing out? 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:25.880 For the lawyers? I believe in a starter. I don't 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:27.080 like playing two guys. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.520 So you know, we got two veteran guys here with 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:31.440 with Andrew and Benn. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:34.000 Let them fight it out, right. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:35.400 If one of the young guys come in, you know, 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.880 come up and they can add competition to that, we'll 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.800 let that happen. But I prefer to have a starter 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.920 and a backup. I don't like going in with combination guys. 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.000 So that's my hope. What do you like about Andrew 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.320 h He's continued on from what he started at the 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:53.080 end of the year last year. I thought the fact 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.280 that he got to sit when Pat took over being 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.920 the first year player, it allowed him to kind of 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:00.880 develop through the year. And when he had to play 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:03.680 against Cleveland, I thought he played very very well. Uh, 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.040 and so far this spring he's done a nice job. 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:07.960 So I'm impressed with what he's done. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:10.360 What way does it? 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:11.080 What does it all? 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:12.160 Mass? 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:17.480 Is the us really way? When the hope. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:22.080 Well, just no pressure, right, I mean we don't. People 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.040 don't understand how much pressure there is to be a 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.000 starter in this league. 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.200 Right, and then when you're really, in essence, a rookie. 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:29.840 Right, he was here his first year, but he was 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.440 on IR so in essence, he's a rookie and he's 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.360 going out there first time in this environment fighting his 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.360 ass off to be successful. There was a ton of 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.120 pressure and if you have one bad play depends on 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:41.920 the guy, right, you don't know how long that's gonna 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.200 linger for him. So when you're able to sit back 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.960 and watch Vecterans do it, watch how they handle those situations, Okay, 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.000 it kind of calms you down. So when you go play, 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.960 you know, one play is not the end end, all right. 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.080 I can overcome that and still play well in a game. 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.040 And I think that's what he got to at the 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:57.600 end of the year. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.600 Do you might perhaps co Carson kind of said, he 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.960 looks the the way you're containing kind of a tough love. 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:07.119 The type of situation with m sometimes how do you 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.480 s you've seen HIV given developed though, even if it 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:09.880 was a mess. 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:11.920 Oh oh, he's come a long way in the past 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:16.399 couple weeks. One thing about Carson that's really impressive is 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.480 number one, Uh, he wants to be the best version 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.800 of himself every day. So when he comes out here, 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:23.880 he's trying to get better from what he did yesterday. 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:24.560 Uh. 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.360 And then I I can crawl right up his stuff 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.600 and he does not ever blink. He does not blink. 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:31.840 You see him out there, he just kind of looks 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:33.320 at me. Yes, certain, he goes on and he does 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.520 what he's supposed to do. But you know, he's a 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:38.560 he's a young kid, so we're trying to get him 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.040 up to speed as fast as possible. 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:42.440