1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing, and free agency has begun. It's 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: now four o'clock, four hours into the legal tampering period, 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: and there's been a lot of action, Ravens, arrivals, departures 5 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: according to reports, and we're going to break it all 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: down for you here today and give you our reaction. 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: So Garrett, let's just start with a recap, and we'll 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: start with the good news. The arrivals. The Ravens have 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: reportedly agreed to a three year deal with John Simpson. 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: This is a reunion with the veteran guard, so shuring 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: up the interior of the offensive line. And then Tyler 12 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Huntley his deal official, a two year deal to remain 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: here in Baltimore. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: And of course the big news from over the weekend, Blockbuster. 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 3: It's easy to forget like things that happened, you know, 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: twenty four hours ago. Things change rapidly in free agency. 17 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 3: But let's not forget the reporter to move over the 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: weekend of bringing one of the best players from football 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 3: here to Baltimore. 20 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: Yep, max for two first round picks according to all 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: the reports. So today's been a tough day in many 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: ways for Ravens Sands because of all the departures. But 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: don't forget about the additions, right. 24 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 3: And those are big additions, important additions. 25 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 4: Very big. So. 26 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 1: And then on the departures, according to reports, Tyler Lindenbaum, 27 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: the Ravens top pending free agent three years eighty one 28 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: million dollars to the Las Vegas Raiders. That is a 29 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: huge deal. Tight End Isaiah Likely to the New York 30 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: Giants on a three year deal, Draymont Jones to the 31 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: New England Patriots on a three year deal, Charlie Kohler 32 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Chargers on a three year deal, 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: and Pro Bowl punter Jordan Stout the Giants on. 34 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 4: A three year deal. 35 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: A lot of three year deals, a lot of three 36 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: year deal. So those are the reported departures so far. 37 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: There's probably going there will be more, and hope, hopefully, 38 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: probably there will be more additions also. But that's where 39 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: things stand today, and I'll start here. It's not really 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: a prize. And you know, I go back to what 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: Eric DeCosta said six months ago in saying that there's 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: gonna be some good young players who play elsewhere. 43 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, because you can't keep everybody. 44 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 4: The Ravens wanted to. 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: Keep more than what they've been able to keep, and 46 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: reportedly pursued Tyler Linderbaum very aggressively in free agency, but 47 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: weren't able to match the Raiders offer. 48 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, I think that this is an indication to 49 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: me of a couple of things. One is what you mentioned, 50 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: which is that the Ravens can't keep everybody. They've paid 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 3: some franchise marquee players Lamar Jackson at the top of 52 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 3: the list. They pay Kyle Hamilton, Roquwan Smith, Fronnie Stanley. 53 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: So when you pay franchise players, you can't keep everybody, 54 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 3: and that's the scenario that the Ravens are living in. 55 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: That's first and foremost. The other piece of it is 56 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: that the league as a whole was looking at the 57 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: Baltimore Ravens and saying, we want a piece of that want, 58 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 3: we want their players. We believe in their ability to 59 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 3: draft and develop acquire good talent, and that's I think 60 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: a compliment to the organization. 61 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Part of it is that the Ravens just absolutely rushed 62 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two draft. Yeah, I mean Kyle Hamilton 63 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: at the start of it, and the Ravens were really 64 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: fortunate to get a long term deal worked out with 65 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: him during training camp last year at the start of it. 66 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 4: So, but Tyler. 67 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: Linbaum departing, you know, isaiahla Likely Charlie Kohler, a lot 68 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: of pieces of that twenty twenty two draft class, dran 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: Stout now heading elsewhere, and it shows you, I mean 70 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: you add up all the money from those free agents 71 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: that they're going to be getting, like that twenty twenty 72 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: two class was out of this world. 73 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I was a totally agree. I mean, it was 74 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: a great That was a home run class for the 75 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: Ravens with Kyle Hamilton at the top of the list, 76 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: and even like I even look, this guy wasn't part 77 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 3: of the twenty two class. But Draymond Jones, like going 78 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: back to my point about wanting a piece of what 79 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: the Ravens had been able to develop over time. How 80 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: much money did Draymond Jones make himself based on the 81 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: way he played after the trade here in Baltimore? I 82 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 3: think a nice payday. He only helped improve his stock 83 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: based on what he was able to do here when 84 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 3: that trade happened. It wasn't like a marquee trade. At 85 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 3: the deadline that everybody was buzzing about. Wasn't getting the 86 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: type of conversation that the Max Crosby trade was getting, obviously, 87 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: But he goes out there and he gets a three year, 88 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: forty one million dollar reported deal from the New England 89 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 3: Patriots searching nine about yeah three for thirty nine, who 90 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 3: were just in the Super Bowl. So like, this is 91 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 3: a guy who comes here for a deal that nobody 92 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: really was talking about at the time, played well here, 93 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 3: earned himself a nice payday, and I think it's just 94 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 3: an indication of like, Okay, this guy was able to 95 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: do it for the Ravens, played in that system, proved himself, 96 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 3: and you could use that type of discussion around a 97 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 3: lot of these guys and what they were able to 98 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 3: do here. And I think teams. I think teams look 99 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 3: at the Ravens and the players who are going to 100 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 3: be free agents and say, okay, let's start with Baltimore 101 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 3: and look at what they have that there's always good 102 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 3: players coming out of there. 103 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: Sure, let's start with Tyler Linderbaum. He was obviously the 104 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: headliner here, as we said, three years, eighty one million dollars, 105 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: this twenty seven average. So there were a lot of 106 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: reports going into free agency that Tyler Linnenbaum was going 107 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: to have a lot of suitors that were aggressively pursuing him. 108 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 4: One of the. 109 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: Reports was that he and his camp were shooting for 110 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars per year, ends up getting twenty seven. 111 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: You don't usually hear that. Usually it's we're shooting for 112 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: this and we land here a little bit below there. 113 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: You don't usually get more than you're shooting for. So 114 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: that really is a sign of how aggressive the market 115 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: was for Tyler Linnabaum. The Ravens offered him a market 116 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: setting deal. The Raiders offered him a market shattering deal. 117 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Creed Humphrey was making an average of eighteen 118 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: million dollars per year. He was the highest paid center 119 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: before Tyler Lennibaum set. 120 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 4: It to twenty seven from eighteen. It's a colossal jump. 121 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's one of the biggest market jumps at 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: a singular position in NFL history. We're talking huge and 123 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: so it's the second time in Ravens franchise history, according 124 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: to ESPN's Jameson Hensley, that they've lost a multi time 125 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: pro bowler after his rookie deal. 126 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 4: That he signed elsewhere. The other one was C. J. 127 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: Mosley in twenty nineteen going to New York Jets. Very 128 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: similar situations. Ravens were aggressively pursuing them, really wanted them back, 129 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: but another team just blew them out of the water. 130 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: And that's what ended up happening here with the Raiders. 131 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, Like Linnerbaum was somebody who I always kind of 132 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 3: felt like it will work out because he's ras did too. 133 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I mean that's why they didn't pick up 134 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: the fifth year option for him, which would have been 135 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: at like twenty three seven. I believe it was didn't 136 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: pick that up, then they didn't pick up they didn't 137 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: franchise him, ends up getting an average that's over both right, 138 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: And so I think that. 139 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 4: While Lennarbaum people knew that he was going. 140 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: To have a robust market, I don't think that it 141 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: was expected that it was going to be this big. 142 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 4: Well. 143 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I look with Lennardbaum, I look at it, 144 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 3: and the conversation has been left tackles get that type 145 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 3: of money, they get in the twenty five thirty million 146 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 3: dollar range, and right tackles typically little less guards get less, 147 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 3: centers get less, and you and so centers aren't. And 148 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 3: part of the reason on the franchise tag that and 149 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 3: the fifth year option is the entire offensive line is 150 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: just grouped into one big category for those items, and 151 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 3: historically speaking, the centers have not been making that kind 152 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 3: of money. You talk about a market shattering deal. What 153 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: this did was it put a center in the conversation 154 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: with left tackles. This puts him at according to spot Track, 155 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 3: around six in the league in terms of highest paid 156 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 3: offensive linemen everybody included average per year. And so now 157 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 3: he's making left tackle, he's making left tackle money. You're 158 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: not comparing him against centers. You mentioned Creed Humphrey, the 159 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 3: previous highest paid center at eighteen million. Well, now this 160 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 3: deal puts him into a different category of we're just 161 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: looking at him as an offensive lineman. Who is the 162 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: highest paid offensive lineman. So if they're centers that are 163 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: coming up behind Tyler Linder, Bom are gonna be really 164 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: grateful for. 165 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 4: Humphrey is going to go back to negotiating. 166 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: He's going to say eight times up and want a 167 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: new deal. But it's reset the market. You always wonder, 168 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 3: is this do other deals follow like Creed Humphrey or others, 169 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: but it certainly is a is a game changing type 170 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: of offer, and for the Ravens, at a certain point, 171 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 3: you have to come to an agreement on what you're 172 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 3: willing to offer. You set your price and you have 173 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 3: to stick to it. And if you're not going to 174 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 3: go over your price and you're not gonna pay twenty seven, 175 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: then you're just not going to pay twenty seven. And 176 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 3: like we all kind of felt going into the legal 177 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: tampering period that Okay, his agent is talking about twenty five, 178 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 3: it would be really surprising if that happens. Maybe it 179 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: ends up being more around twenty and the Ravens two, Yeah, 180 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 3: in that range, like we should still be a market 181 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 3: setting deal by a wide margin. Felt like maybe that's 182 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:49,599 Speaker 3: the neighborhood that it's in and to just bowl it 183 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: out of the water at a certain point, you just 184 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 3: have to say, that's above our price point. We can't pay. 185 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: I don't think the Ravens are in a position to 186 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: pay that kind of money to match that kind of offer. 187 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 4: Never do I think they should have. 188 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and they're at a very diferent situation 189 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: from the Raiders, who had a ton of salary cap space, 190 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: have incoming rookie, you know, in Fernando Mendoza most likely 191 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: with the first overall pick. They just traded Max Crosby 192 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: and offloaded his contract year. 193 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, the connection there's is ironic. 194 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: Well, right, and you look at Max Crosby making about 195 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: thirty on average, that's what his figure will be about 196 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six and Linda Bom at twenty seven. 197 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 4: Right, I mean, yeah, yeah, you know, And. 198 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: Just to make sure we're clear, so the fifth year 199 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: option would have been twenty three point four million, the 200 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: franchise sized tag would have been twenty five point seven 201 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: just to make sure we have those numbers correct. So 202 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: for him to go over what a franchise tag would 203 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: have cost a. 204 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 3: Left tackle franchise tag, well, that's right. 205 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: That's for all offensive linemen, so right, that's not typically 206 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 1: the center, so they're not getting factored into that. 207 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 3: Right, If you had done a franchise tag for centers, 208 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 3: it would be more like sixteen million dollars. Actual, they 209 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: don't do, they don't do, But I'm just saying like 210 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: that would have been what the franchise tag number had 211 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: been for centers, and so it's really a left ten mil. Yeah, 212 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: it's a massively. Uh, it just completely resets the market there. 213 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know, as much as it hurts, because 214 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens are in a position where they want to 215 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: get better on their their offensive line and on the interior. 216 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: You have the tackles obviously with Ronnie Stanley and Roger Rosegarden, 217 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: but they need to get better on the interior of 218 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: the line to lose Tyler Leenderbaum. 219 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 4: It still sings. 220 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: We can talk about the contract and all that stuff, 221 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: and I think the Ravens, like I said, we're not 222 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: going to match that and couldn't. And but that doesn't 223 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: mean it doesn't sting. Yeah, it still stings. And so 224 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: what do the Ravens do from here? A number of 225 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: the top available centers on the market and via trade 226 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: have already been snatched up or traded, and so the 227 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 1: free agent options are kind of dwindling. Where do you 228 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: see the Ravens going from here? 229 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, they go and they get a guard, 230 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 3: and you increase the improve the guard play. You go 231 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 3: get John Simpson, who proved himself as a starter here 232 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 3: in Baltimore, then goes elsewhere continues to play well from 233 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 3: the New York Jets. Now as a free agent comes 234 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 3: back here to Baltimore. So that's the first and foremost. 235 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 3: You also have Emery Jones going into his second season 236 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 3: and you hope that he can take a step maybe 237 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 3: step into a starting lineup, and so you have now 238 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 3: potentially improved both guard spots, and so then who's the 239 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: starting center? Obviously not ruling out a draft, the Ravens 240 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 3: have had success drafting centers. They drafted Linder Bond and 241 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: thought he was a first round pick, but they drafted 242 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: Ryan Jensen in the sixth round. They drafted Bradley Boseman 243 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 3: in the sixth round. Like, now those guys didn't necessarily 244 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 3: come in and start right away. 245 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 5: Jason Brown way back to throwback here, So like they 246 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 5: have had success drafting centers, not ruling that one out 247 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 5: drafting a center, just keep it, just keep the pipeline alive, 248 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 5: right and honestly, and Lindenbom was this way too. 249 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 3: He still went in the first round, but he went late. Basically, 250 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 3: centers historically don't go as high as tackles and guards, 251 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 3: and so you could maybe get a center, like if 252 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 3: you got one in the second round, who might be 253 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 3: one of, if not the best center in the in 254 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 3: the draft class, and would he be able to step 255 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 3: in play and play guy Maybe maybe, like that's that's 256 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 3: a that's a tall order, but I think that possibility exists. 257 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 3: So I think that the step one was improving the 258 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 3: guard play around the center. Uh, step two is continuing. 259 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 3: I think they're going to add a center to the scene, 260 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: whether it's through free agency, even those those guys are 261 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: becoming much less available drafting. And then there's also Corey 262 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: Bulloch former on drafts, a guy who I thought the 263 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 3: Ravens seemed high on last years as we're. 264 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: High on him, yeah, I mean he impressed a lot 265 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: of coaches and teammates last summer in making the fifty 266 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: three man roster and served as Tyler Linnerbaum's backup. 267 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 4: All year long. 268 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: Another guy who was high on him was Tyler Linderbaum, 269 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: who we had on the lounge during training camp, and 270 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: he really spoke glowingly about Corey Bullok and the future 271 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: that he believed he was going to have, smart, tough player. 272 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 4: Uh. 273 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: Has was really impressed with core and so I'll take 274 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: it from him. Yeah, you know, so I do think 275 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: that Corey whatever, there's a long period of time between 276 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: now and fielding a team for week one. 277 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 4: But I think Corey Bollok is. 278 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: Going to be part of that equation and competing for 279 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: a starting center spot. This is what happens sometimes, right, 280 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: you have good players who leave and it stinks. And 281 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: the Ravens wanted to keep Tyle Linerbaum. But when you're 282 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: paying so many guys, you're paying a quarterback, and you know, 283 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: you make a trade reportly for Max Crosby and you're 284 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: paying him, and you're paying all these superstars defensively Kyle 285 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: Hamilton down the line, right, Sometimes tough decisions need to 286 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: be made and you can't pay everyone, and so you 287 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: have to rely on the next crop of young players 288 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: to step up and play for you. So the Ravens 289 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: have done it with undrafted centers before. At Scurra twenty nineteen. Yeah, 290 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: they had a fantastic season, and so I have confidence 291 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: that they can develop another solution there. 292 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: Again, they've actually been doing You look at the history 293 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: of the organization, had a lot of success developing centers. 294 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 3: Some of them have been late or undrafted picks like 295 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: skur is an example, Bradley Boseman is an example, Ryan 296 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 3: Jensen is an example. 297 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 2: Like there's a bunch of guys, Lenny. 298 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, that's true, Mike Flynn. So like there's been, 299 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 3: there's been a bunch. They've also gone the veteran route. 300 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 3: We're just going back to the old times here. They've 301 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: they found Matt Burke, you know, he came in as 302 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: a veteran center. I don't know if that guy's going 303 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 3: to be you know, the equivalent is available this time around, 304 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 3: Probably not on the market given the activity in the 305 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 3: center market, which is like seeming the most active position 306 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 3: in the free agency market over the past even. 307 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 4: Trades, trades and guys cut signed. 308 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 3: It's wild, yeah, but it is tough to lose him. 309 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 3: But again, I go back to it a certain point, 310 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: you have to set your price and if someone's going 311 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: to just blow you out of the water, you have to. 312 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 4: Live with that. 313 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 3: And that's the situation here. 314 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit more about John Simpsons. So 315 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: it's a reported three year, thirty million dollars deal for him, 316 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: and as you mentioned, he played for the Ravens back 317 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three kind of he had his breakout 318 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: season then it was a seventeen game starter and that 319 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: really was the springboard to him getting a really nice 320 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: deal in free agency from the New York Jets, and 321 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: you're kind of like, wow, all right, Simpson, you know, 322 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: way to get that money. 323 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 4: And then he just had his best season of his. 324 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: Career the following year in twenty twenty four. According to 325 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, he was a top ten guard in 326 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: the league. And so you have a good run blocker, 327 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: good pass blocker, just an overall balanced, very good player. 328 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: You know, gave up a little bit more in terms 329 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: of pressures and quarterback hits this past season, but still 330 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: a strong season for John Simpson, durable big He started 331 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: every game the past three seasons for the Jets and 332 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: the Ravens. And so this is a reliable, good blocker 333 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: that the Ravens plug in. One of the top guards 334 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, certainly on the market. 335 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 3: I just think that it's it's kind of makes a 336 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 3: lot of sense. And this is a guy that can 337 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: come in. Here's your starting left are You've now addressed 338 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 3: that he's going to be your guy for the next 339 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 3: few years and you don't have to worry about that position. 340 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 3: And all right, let's roll there. You're gonna lose, you 341 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 3: lose your center, but now you get a proven veteran 342 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 3: player who's reliable, durable, good player, and that. 343 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: Helps Emery Jones can move over to the right side, 344 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: which he's a little bit more comfortable with. It was 345 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: a little bit more of an adjustment for him to 346 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: go to left guard, and so I think that also 347 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: could potentially help in his development. 348 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: Now, the other position the Ravens are going to have 349 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 3: to reset at in large measures tight end. Now Mark 350 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 3: Andrews is coming back, they signed him to the extension 351 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: last year, but Isaiah likely going to New York with 352 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 3: Hardball and then Charlie Kohler going to LA with Harwall 353 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 3: the other Hartball. So I think that we said before 354 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 3: that like the Ravens had maybe the best heigh end 355 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: room in football the last couple of years with those guys. 356 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 3: The market seems to bear that out and the investment 357 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 3: that the teams in the league are making in those players. 358 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 3: And it's going to be a reset there. But the Ravens, 359 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 3: and going back to the draft and develop strategy, they've 360 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,360 Speaker 3: been excellent at drafting and developing tight ends, and with 361 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 3: both those guys leaving, this seems like the double dip. 362 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 3: It's it's a foregone conte It's right, it's gonna happen. 363 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 3: They've done it so many times in their history. And 364 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 3: they did it with Mark Andrews and Hayden Hurst. They 365 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 3: did it with Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kohlar. They did 366 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: it with Dennis Pitta and Ed Dixon. They did it 367 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 3: with Max Williams and Nick Boyle. So the double dip 368 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 3: at tight end, I'm calling it right now out I mock, 369 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 3: you know, third and fifth rounds. Just put it in 370 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 3: the books right now. 371 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, it's not surprising to see Isaiah Likely 372 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: get the deal that he got, which was a tick 373 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: above what Mark Andrews was reportedly paid by the Ravens. 374 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: Similar three year deals. The structure will see, you know, 375 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: it could be structured differently, but when you look at 376 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: it on its surface and average per years very similar 377 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: to Mark Andrews deal. 378 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 3: You know. 379 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: The tricky part for the Ravens was Isaiah Likely had 380 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: a down year. We all saw the playmaker that he 381 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: can be and was at times during his I mean, he's. 382 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 4: A tremendous talent. 383 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: The fumbles last year, the non catch really kind of 384 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: hurt and he had a down year in part because 385 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: of the foot injury, and it just kind of especially 386 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: once the Ravens paid Mark Andrews, it became clear that 387 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: Isaiah likely wasn't likely to be back, right, and everybody 388 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: kind of knew that as much as the Ravens you know, 389 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: said it wasn't they could, they could bring him back. 390 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 4: It was unlikely, is how it seemed. 391 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: And he tested the market and got a good deal 392 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: with the coach who's familiar with his talent and the 393 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: upside that he brings right Mark Andrews, I will say 394 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: the nice part about resigning Mark Andrews and the Ravens 395 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: were Eric Tassa said negotiating with both sides. Mark and 396 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: Isaiah got a deal done with Mark, like they had 397 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: to get a deal done with somebody because they didn't 398 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: lose all three exactly, they had to get a deal done, 399 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: and so they got one done with the franchise leader, 400 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: and receptions and touchdowns and all those things right. And 401 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 1: the nice part about also bringing Arc back is he's 402 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: a good inline blocker as well, so he's kind of 403 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: a blend between what Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kohler are. 404 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: Charlie is now the highest paid blocking tight end in 405 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: the league at about eight mil per year. You look 406 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: at all the tight ends above him, they're all receivers. Charlie, 407 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: for what he became, got a really nice deal. 408 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 3: A credit to him, by the way, as a guy 409 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 3: that came in here, he was a Charlie coher coming 410 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 3: into the NFL was a receiving tight end. Remade his 411 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 3: body kind of got more rugged as an inline blocker 412 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 3: and embraced that role. And he actually, like he came 413 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 3: on the podcast a couple of times and talked about 414 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 3: having like kind of to look himself in the mirror 415 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 3: and be like, I need to reinvent myself if I'm 416 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 3: gonna find my way onto the field. And he did it, 417 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 3: and he's got a nice deal paid for it. And 418 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 3: we use the comparison to Josh Oliver many times talking 419 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 3: about Charlie. He got a very similar deal, more than 420 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 3: Josh Oliver got, but a similar type of player and 421 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 3: a similar deal. And so the Ravens are gonna have 422 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 3: to find a new inline blocker. And I wonder on that. 423 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: I think, like I said, Marks, Mark's a good blocker. 424 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah he is. But if but you want another one, 425 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 3: yeah you want you want sure, you'd like to get 426 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 3: another one. They use all three of those guys last year. 427 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 4: Absolutely, absolutely. 428 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: I do think that this year's draft class has a 429 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: number of really good receiving tight ends in prospects. So 430 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: I do think that they can certainly find Isaiah likely, 431 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, for lack of a better word, replacement. 432 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 4: Charlie is a little bit tougher. 433 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 3: I wonder if I'll go free agency on that route, 434 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 3: if you can find a free agent that's not at 435 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 3: Charlie's stage of this is your first time hitting the 436 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: open market as a free agent rookie deal just ended. 437 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 4: But more of a veteran towards the back end of 438 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 4: their career. 439 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, more of a veteran as a hard blocker, hard 440 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 3: nose blocking tight end. And those guys don't always break 441 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 3: the bank, even though Charlie just got it. 442 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 4: But if you do that, do you still double dip? 443 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 4: We got to preserve. 444 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 3: You got to preserve the double dip. That's true. The 445 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 3: double d start there and then anything else. 446 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 4: Is just us and the outside linebacker. 447 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: As we mentioned, Draymont Jones went out and got a 448 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: really nice deal, not surprising obviously with the Ravens trade 449 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,120 Speaker 1: for Max Crosby. 450 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 4: You know, defensive end. 451 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: Draymond's a DN the outside linebacker can even play some detackle, 452 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: but unlikely that he was going to return at that 453 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: point after getting the max deal done because he got 454 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: a He had a nice paiday as well, So the 455 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: Ravens reportedly gave up a conditional fifth round pick to 456 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: get him at last year's trade deadline. 457 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: They'll get a bunch of conditional picks back. 458 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: In return, could get a fifth basically recoup that loss 459 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: with him departing in free agency. The Simpsons signing will 460 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: offset one of those deals. But that is the silver 461 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: lining of all these is the comp pick formula. The 462 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna recoup not just the trade for Draymont, 463 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: but get a lot in return for a lot of 464 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: these free agent losses. 465 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 6: Yeah. 466 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 3: The other one too, that we haven't really talked about, yes, 467 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 3: is Jordan Stout Ye and he becomes the highest the 468 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 3: highest paid pund in the league. Congratulations to him, proved 469 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 3: himself last year, had the best season of his career 470 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 3: at the right time, and gets a nice payday. This 471 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 3: one it goes back to you have to make some 472 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 3: hard decisions about who you keep. The Ravens have historically 473 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 3: kept their specialists. Uh. They they've done it multiple times 474 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 3: with with Justin Tucker. They've done it with Morgan Cox 475 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,719 Speaker 3: and Nick Moore, the Sam Cook of course. Uh so 476 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 3: they've they've kept specialists. But he goes somewhere where he 477 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 3: has familiarity. John Harball special teams background. Chris Horden is 478 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 3: a special teams coach in New York, so there's a 479 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 3: lot of familiarity there. And and you again, the Ravens 480 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 3: just have to come to a decision how much they 481 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,919 Speaker 3: want to pay for that position. Do they do they 482 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 3: go back to the draft as a as an avenue 483 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 3: to find a punter. Do they try to bring in 484 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 3: a vetteran? 485 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 7: What? 486 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 3: What do you think there? 487 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 4: I can see it going either way. 488 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: I mean, to your point, the Ravens have been a 489 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: franchise that is stuck with specialists for a long time. 490 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 4: I think specialists are making more money than they used. 491 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: To now they're just getting these bigger deals and it's 492 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: it's a market reset. And when Jordan Stout made the 493 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, I think we all knew he's gonna get 494 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: paid and he really cashed in. 495 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 4: At the right time. So credit to him. 496 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: You know, it was a kind of an uneven three 497 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: years before then, and it really kind of found himself 498 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: in that year. 499 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 4: For the Ravens, though, while they. 500 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: Have traditionally kept their specialists, they also showed last year 501 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: that they're not afraid to change. I mean, they replaced 502 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: Justin Tucker with Tyler Loup, went to the draft and 503 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 1: were confident that they could find their guy, and so 504 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,160 Speaker 1: I think that they could go that route again, certainly 505 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: to draft and groom another punter. They have Randy Brown, 506 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: who's one of the best in the business and has 507 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: long track record of developing these young specialists, so I 508 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: think they have the tools in house to replace Jordan Stout. 509 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 3: I wonder if Ranny will be back on the college 510 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 3: kicking circuit again this year. 511 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he's gonna be back in the pizzerias and 512 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: looking for these guys, meeting with punters, meeting all these guys, 513 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: So that'll be that'll be interesting. 514 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 3: I'm sure that's his offseason. Just got a lot busy. Yeah, 515 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 3: but yeah, that that is important. It's an important position, 516 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 3: and uh, you know, you hope it's not too important. 517 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 3: With Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry and the rest of 518 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: the guys on this offense oil. Yeah deathly Zoyle does 519 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 3: want it to be an important position, but. 520 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: Part part of the reason why Jordan Stout got paid 521 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: was because it was unfortunately too important a position last year. Yeah, 522 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: you had more opportunities to just. 523 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 4: Line up and boom it. 524 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 2: And he showed off his big leg and the boomerang 525 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 2: and all that stuff. 526 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. Uh. Now, the other piece of the Ravens we 527 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 3: mentioned it capped is is Tyler Huntley. And we're actually 528 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 3: on the back end of this kind of have a 529 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 3: conversation with Tyler Huntley, who just put pen to paper 530 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 3: on a new contract. So we sit down with Tyler 531 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 3: to talk about that deal and saying here in Baltimore, 532 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,160 Speaker 3: I just think this makes sense. Like Tyler Huntley showed 533 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 3: last year he's the perfect backup quarterback for the Ravens 534 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 3: and for a team that has Lamar Jackson, and like, 535 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 3: I think he's good enough to start in the right situation. Uh, 536 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,720 Speaker 3: but keeping him here behind Lamar, they've got a great connection. 537 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 3: He won like the two biggest game, like the two 538 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 3: big most impressive victories the Ravens had last year. Tyler 539 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 3: Huntley stepped in and started and did a great job 540 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: Beaten playoff teams and so like, I give him a 541 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: lot of credit for stepping into a tough situation last 542 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 3: year and do it really well and having him and 543 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 3: Lamar stay here, you know, for two more years together. 544 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 3: I just take it makes too much sense. 545 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 1: Backup quarterbacks of the position you don't want to have 546 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,239 Speaker 1: to worry about and plan for, but you need to. 547 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: As the Ravens saw last year, it didn't work out 548 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: with Cooper rush Snoop ended up taking over the job 549 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: as the number two and did well, and so I 550 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: think it makes a lot of sense as a Shrew 551 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: move for the Ravens to keep them. 552 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt. So with that said, there's gonna be 553 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 3: a lot more conversation over the course on the next 554 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 3: few days. News happens quickly during free agency, so we'll 555 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 3: continue to break things down all throughout the week, So 556 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 3: we'll take a quick break when we come back, we'll 557 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 3: dive into that conversation with Tyler Huntley. 558 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 559 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit 560 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: down once again with Tyler Huntley, fresh off his contract 561 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: with the Ravens signed a new two year deal with 562 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: the Ravens to stay here in both work. Congratulations, We're 563 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: thrilled to have you. And we were joking around that man, 564 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 1: you can't go anywhere else. 565 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 4: The Ravens are home for you. 566 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 2: Just what's the feeling getting this deal done? 567 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 7: Like like like you said, it's home, family, you know, 568 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 7: and then just being able to ground with the dudes 569 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 7: that you know you put the work in with every 570 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 7: day and then go out there and shine and it 571 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 7: feels just amazing. 572 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 3: So for you to get this contract, you your story 573 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 3: to me just stands out like you come in here 574 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 3: as an undrafted guy, you make a name for yourself, 575 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 3: you leave, you come back. How do you put all 576 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 3: of that into perspective a little bit? The journey that 577 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 3: you've been on. 578 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 6: Just how you put the journey? 579 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 7: You know, that's the journey that I've been on, and 580 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 7: you know, just using every year and every day just 581 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 7: to just build and you know, grow from there and 582 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 7: just using my what I go through as experience and 583 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 7: learning lessons then you know, make it better at the end. 584 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 3: Did you have any doubt when free agency? Because I 585 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 3: felt like, you never know, to be honest in free agency, 586 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 3: you could never necessarily guarantee anything. But I felt like 587 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 3: when the season ended, like when you look at the 588 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 3: free agency list, I'm like, snoops coming back, just it's 589 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 3: a guarantee, lifetime contract. You know, yeah, it's gonna happen. 590 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 3: But how did you look at the free agency process? 591 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: Man? 592 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 7: You know, it was just more of just seeing when 593 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 7: when we was gonna get it done. You know, we're 594 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 7: just trying to just make sure everybody is on the 595 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 7: same page. And you know, it's a lot of guys 596 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 7: that was out there still in free agency that the 597 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 7: Ravens definitely needed to lock down and you know, so 598 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 7: you know, just working through all those things and you 599 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 7: know it's a bittersweet. 600 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you were the first one. 601 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 3: You were the first get. 602 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 4: What's it feel like for you? 603 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, after you play your rookie deal 604 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: here and then you're a free agent, you you know, 605 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: you went to Cleveland and then Miami and then back 606 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: to Cleveland and then back to year. 607 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 4: You know, like now to kind of. 608 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: For the Ravens to say, you know what, yeah, like 609 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna give them that two year deal and keep 610 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: them here a little longer term. You know, like what's 611 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,439 Speaker 1: the feeling of getting that deal after you kind of 612 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: bounce around a little bit. 613 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 7: Just you know, the stability of just being in a 614 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 7: place where you're familiar with and just being stable, you know, 615 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 7: being able to just know that this is where I'm going, 616 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 7: this is the time that I'm gonna be here, and 617 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 7: this is what I need to get done. 618 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: So well, you're a winner in two games last year, 619 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: two big wins beat the Bears, who were division champs, 620 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: going to Lambeau, winning Lambeau. 621 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 3: Just how much do. 622 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: You feel like you've improved your game as a quarterback 623 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: over the recent. 624 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 7: Years, just more of improved more mentally, you know, just 625 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 7: not being able to just try to guess what situation 626 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 7: I'm gonna be in, just be more prepared for the 627 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 7: situation that I'm gonna be put in, you know, just 628 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 7: understanding that the situation that we are in when I 629 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 7: go in and just being able to work through that. 630 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 6: That's what That's what been key. 631 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: So stupid something to Ryan's point about last year, Like 632 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: you showed last year like you can start in this league, 633 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 3: you can win in this league, and you did it 634 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 3: against I mean, those were the two real more key 635 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 3: wins that you had for this team last year. But 636 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 3: then you get into this process and some guys say, 637 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 3: I just want to go out there and compete for 638 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 3: a chance to start. And I've said before, like to me, 639 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 3: you're one of the best thirty two quarterbacks in the NFL. 640 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 3: That's the way I felt for a long time and 641 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 3: and I feel that way. But for you, why was 642 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 3: it important for you to say, you know what I 643 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: want to say here. I want to continue to work 644 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 3: with Lamar, work with this offense and say here rather 645 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 3: than go and chase the opportunity to potentially go start elsewhere. 646 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 7: Because of you know, just how close we've been over 647 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 7: the years. You know, that's that's we just know we're 648 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 7: going to be competing for that long run in the 649 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 7: end of the year, and that's key, Like I just 650 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 7: know we're going to be contending, and that helped me stay. 651 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 7: And then you know, just being there with my brothers everybody, 652 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 7: you know that that played a part. And then you know, 653 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 7: just that aspect of being out there. You know, going 654 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 7: out there, I was out there last year around the 655 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 7: same time. You know, the situation was a little different, 656 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 7: but you know I felt how I felt that you know, 657 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 7: be away for a second, so you know, it's you know, 658 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 7: it gets a little great, so you gotta you just gotta, 659 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 7: you know, work through everything, and then it just feel 660 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 7: better to be here this time of the year. 661 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 2: And how big a part was was Lamar in this? 662 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: And did you two have any conversations kind of leading? 663 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 6: You know? 664 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 7: The thing is, you know El called me a couple 665 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 7: of times and I called him, you know, he he 666 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 7: just kept asking like, oh when you sign and or 667 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 7: you know, stuff like that, like you ain't going nowhere, 668 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 7: and then you know, we just you know, joking and stuff. 669 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 7: But it was just fun that you know, when I 670 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 7: got it. Once we got it done, I called him 671 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 7: one of the first people I called and told him, 672 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,959 Speaker 7: you know, and everybody just happy. 673 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 6: Man, it just feels right. 674 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 3: Is the connection that you us have. You've talked about 675 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 3: it before, but is it special? I mean, you guys 676 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 3: are Florida guys. You competed each other against each other 677 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 3: when you were kids, and like now you're able to 678 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 3: continue this thing as quarterbacks for the Ravens. Like have 679 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 3: you thought about the connection that you have and how 680 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 3: special it is? 681 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: Man? 682 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 7: Definitely, Like I always say, that's if he was if 683 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 7: my mama pushed him out, we'll be brothers. 684 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, by blood. 685 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 7: So you know that's my brother and for real, like 686 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 7: you know, we just we you know, we could always 687 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 7: talk about anything, and you know, it always got to 688 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 7: be football. 689 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 3: You know. 690 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 6: He helped me get through a lot of. 691 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 7: Things, you know, and just just him his words, you know. 692 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 7: So it's amazing that you could just meet someone so 693 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 7: genuine and at the level that he is at and 694 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 7: just being able to call on them whenever you need to. 695 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 6: That's that's the special part, right though. 696 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 3: I want to go back to last year. You signed 697 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 3: with the Browns late in training camp and you get 698 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 3: a chance to play in the preseason. But I mean 699 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 3: it was late in the process, in the middle of 700 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 3: the training camp quarterbacks and they had a bunch of 701 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 3: quarterbacks I had injuries, Like it was kind of a 702 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 3: crazy situation there, and then you get cut by them 703 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 3: at the end of camp and you end up back 704 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 3: here and and Cooper Rush was the number two quarterback 705 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 3: you know at the time, and you then ultimately you 706 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 3: just continue to prove yourself, like kind of counted out 707 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 3: and you continue to prove yourself. So I'm curious, like 708 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 3: take me to right before you signed with the Browns, 709 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 3: like were you were you confident about getting another shot? 710 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 3: Did you feel like it's just gonna happen? Like what 711 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 3: are the things you're thinking about at that time? And 712 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 3: then ultimately before you come here to the Ravens. 713 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 7: Man, you know, because because I had so much time 714 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 7: to sit down and you know, just like not be 715 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 7: somewhere in OTAs. I was at home and just working out. 716 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 7: So in a while I'm working out, you know, I 717 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 7: actually took the time and to see where I was 718 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 7: weaker at, you know, see where I was, where I 719 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 7: was going wrong and stuff like that, you know, and 720 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 7: I got the opportunity to just find myself and you know, 721 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 7: help myself grow to. 722 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 6: OTAs. I miss OTAs, but everybody ot. 723 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 7: OTAs, you know what I mean. Like at the end 724 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 7: of the day, Yeah, that's a chance for us to 725 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 7: get better. But you know, when they all matter, it's 726 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 7: when the seasons start. And that's all I was thinking 727 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 7: God for is just to be where my feet was 728 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 7: when the season start. 729 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: And then yeah, let's let's ask forward to Green Bay. 730 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: That that win in Lambeau wearing the cheese, that stuff, 731 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: what was that emotion like. 732 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 7: For you, it was just pour out of you know, 733 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 7: just working hard and just not knowing where where your 734 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 7: future is at. You know, it's just being where your 735 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 7: feet is at. You know, just being able to just 736 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 7: go out there and play football and be with one 737 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 7: of the you know, the top dudes in the in 738 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 7: the National Football League. You know, being able to be 739 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 7: side by side and competing with them. You know, it 740 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 7: means even more that you go to a legendary place 741 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 7: and get a win and it's just joy. 742 00:33:58,400 --> 00:33:58,959 Speaker 4: That's awesome. 743 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: Well, congratulate relations with the Smile, with the new contract. 744 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: Maybe more commercials in your future. 745 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 4: We all love your appreciate if. 746 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: You need anybody to give the birds the bhaw you 747 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: forgotten man of many talents. 748 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 6: Yes, man, appreciate you, appreciate. 749 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 3: You're listening to the Lounge podcast. We're coming to you 750 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 3: from the Sea Geek Studio. We want to make sure 751 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 3: partners with Draft King Sportsbook. They are an official sports 752 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,760 Speaker 3: betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draftking Sportsbook. The Crown 753 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 3: is yours. Well, big thanks to Snoop. Congratulations to him 754 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 3: on the new contract. So, as we've said, it's a 755 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 3: busy week here, there's lots of moves that are happening 756 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 3: over the course of this week. We're going to break 757 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 3: it all down for you every single day on the podcast. 758 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 3: To stay tuned. Thank you so much for listening. You 759 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 3: can email us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL 760 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 3: dot net. Thanks for listening and watching. We'll be back 761 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 3: with you again soon