1 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: It was not an enjoyable process. But um, you know, 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing that helped me in it 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: is my faith. You're fighting every day, I mean your 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: ten and I feel like I'm fighting. And I hope 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: i'm you know, just the average guy. I hope people 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: see me. Is is that. I love it where everyone's like, oh, 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: Danny Woodhead can play, I can play in the NFL. 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge. I am Ryan Mink and I'm 9 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: Garrett Downing and we're excited about today's episode. You know, 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, we've had a guest that we've talked about 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: having on for a long time here. He's a bit 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: of a podcast No, it's not Alex Collins. It's not 13 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: Alex Consin. Definitely a different running back. You know what. 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: We moved on. We moved on. I don't need you, 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: you need me anyway. Yeah, we had a great guest. 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: Danny Woodhead is going to join the podcast. You've probably 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: heard of him, you know, he just returns the field 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: pretty ball or dude. You know, we get the guests 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: around here, right, you know, Danny Woodhead on injured reserve, 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: gets the activation this week. What does he want to do? First? First, 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: order of business, not Disney World. Go on the lounge. 22 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: Go on the lounge, Mike and Mike, I'll pass the lounge. Yes, 23 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: So we were really excited for that interview. Before we 24 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: get to that, I want to read an email. Been 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: a little little bit since you read an email. As always, 26 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: you can reach us at the Lounge at Ravens dot 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: NFL dot net, and this one actually came to us 28 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: before the Green Bay game. By the way. Heck of 29 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: a game, great game, great game. You're there, by the way, 30 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: going back to the draft, this was a heck of 31 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: a first pick. It was the first pick. It was 32 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: first pick. It's a slam dog. Come on, what am 33 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: I supposed to do? I know, but you tried to 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: downplay and say it was because I was trying to 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: play mind games with you. I was in your head. 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: You were down it for a second. It was cold, 37 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: it was you know, we were wondering whether it's gonna 38 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: be frozen. Country was a frozen tun My fingers are 39 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: still little chilly. It's pretty cool. Anyway. This email comes 40 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: from Brian and Kayla and it says, hello, lounges, this 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: is my first email. Would have been a huge fan 42 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: of the podcast since its beginning. I'm a longtime Ravens 43 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: fan living in the midst of Packer country. I'm so 44 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: excited about the upcoming game at lambeau Field, as I 45 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: will be present, but mostly because I want to witness 46 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: the first time the Ravens defeat the Packers on their turf. 47 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: You got it, Buddy said he was at the game 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: eight years ago when the Ravens played and lost the 49 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 1: Packers on Monday night, and he has kept that ticket 50 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: in his wallet for that entire time, waiting to see 51 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: the next time the two teams would meet. He actually 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: even sent a photo as proof of the ticket in 53 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: the wallet. Yeah, so pretty awesome. So there's a lot 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: more of this. We're gonna kind of move on. He said. 55 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: He has a hope for Danny Woodhead and the offense. 56 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: There you go, we deliver, uh so really good stuff. 57 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: Uh Brian was Brian YenS Jen's I think YenS Uh So, 58 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: there you go, Brian, we delivered Buddy and Danny what 59 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: had we even deliver that one for you? So thanks 60 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: for listening as always, Like I said, you can read 61 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: us at the lounge at Ravens NFL dot Net. Well 62 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 1: thanks Brian and without any further ado, this now jump 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: into our interview with Ravens running back Danny Wood. Hit Danny, 64 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 1: I want to get into some personal stuff, have fun, 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: but before we do that, we should probably talk a 66 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: little football, since you're kind of a big story on 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: this team right now when it comes to the football 68 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: part of things. So you return to the field for 69 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: the first time since Week one in Green Day, and 70 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: you made it past the first offensive series, So let's 71 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 1: go Yeah, exactly, that's that's uh, you know, it's it's 72 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: funny that uh, it's funny that you say that just 73 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: because I mean, goodness, gracious, nine weeks ago or whatever 74 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: the heck it was. I mean, that's it only made 75 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: to the first and but you know, it was great 76 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: being back out there felt great and you know, excited 77 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: for you know that what's what's gonna keep happening. Yeah, 78 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: there was the first pass that you caught. I think 79 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: it was the fourth offensive play of the game, five 80 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: yard and you're a little slow getting up off the turf, 81 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: and I was, I was sitting at home get with you. 82 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: I was like, Daddy, Yeah, No, it was funny because 83 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: I was as I was getting I would have got 84 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: up quicker, but I had all this grass in my 85 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: face mask and I was like trying to rip it 86 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: out and and and that's probably why I even came 87 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: to the sideline, and Ham was like, yeah, grass in 88 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: my I got grass in my face mask. I need 89 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: to get it out somehow. So you gave everybody a 90 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: heart attack running, Yeah I didn't. I didn't really I 91 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: I didn't even think anything of it. I was just like, gosh, 92 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 1: it's kind of annoying that I have a you know, 93 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: a clot of dirt and grass in it. How you know, 94 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: annoying probably doesn't do it justice, but you know, you 95 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: you're obviously so excited for this season and everyone, I 96 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: think fans, the team, everyone was really excited for what 97 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: you would be able to bring. And and we all 98 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: saw that like the very first series, and then and 99 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: then you got hurt. And then it's not just like 100 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: oh you're gonna miss a game, you had to miss eight. 101 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: You know how frustrating was that period for you? But 102 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: you know it sucked it obviously, Yeah it was not. 103 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: It was not an enjoyable process, But um, you know, 104 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing that helped me in it 105 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: is my faith and that's you know, there there's always everything. 106 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: What I truly believe is everything happens for a reason. 107 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: Does it make sense all the time? No, maybe afterwards, 108 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: and um it will. And you know, so what I did, 109 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: I try to spend things, you know, and and and 110 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: look at the positives which you wouldn't think there's many 111 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: positives in that, um but positive. For me, it was 112 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: all right, my wife's gonna we're gonna have our fourth 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: baby a week from then, and she's she's only had 114 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: c sections because of how the first one went, and 115 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: it gave me, like, looking back, it ended up giving 116 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: me the whole time that she recovered. And and whether 117 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: you're whether you believe in a god or whatever it is, 118 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: I feel like that's you know what, Okay, I guess 119 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: it's my time to be a dad and be around 120 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: the house a little bit as I'm rehabbing, and um, 121 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: so I tried to take a different spin on it 122 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: and not you know, don't pout about it. Um it's 123 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: just a hamstring. It's you know, there's there's way worse 124 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: things going on in this world. I had. I hurt 125 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: my hamstring. Does it suck, Yes, But let's you know, 126 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm gonna trust you God, We'll see 127 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: how it works out. And it you know, maybe maybe 128 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: it was for me to be around my my wife 129 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: to help her because she it's pretty tough to take 130 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 1: quick care of for kids when you have a C section. 131 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: And uh so I felt like it, uh it worked 132 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: out how it was supposed to, even though it's not 133 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: what we envisioned or wanted. How did you make the most? 134 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about spend the time with your family. 135 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: Do you come out of that feeling like rejuvenated, not 136 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: just from a physical standpoint, but also kind of from 137 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: a mental from a from a father's standpoint of having 138 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: all that time, you know, as a dad and as 139 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: a husband. I feel like, um, the season can get. 140 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: Like what people don't understand is we're in hotels every weekend, 141 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: even in home games. So it's like you're on call 142 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: for sixteen straight, seventeen straight weeks, whatever it may be. 143 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: Like say a doctor, my brother is an orthopedic surgeon, 144 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: when when sometimes they're on call, they have to go 145 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: on call Saturday or or in my case it's Saturday, 146 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: but like they stay and sometimes they have to stay 147 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: the night well, that's kind of what it is as 148 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: far as your family. So you give up a lot 149 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: and and and I try to do the best I can, 150 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: try to be a father and a husband, and and 151 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,679 Speaker 1: and do the best I can at that. I'm saying, 152 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: you know that, that's that's my number one um, you know, 153 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: outside of my relationship with christis to be a father 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: and be a husband. But it is hard, and time 155 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: is sacrifice. So I guess, yes, I was home. More 156 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: does it rejuvenate me? It rejuvenates me anytime I see 157 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: my family. It's going to rejuvenate me to tonight after 158 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: you know, after work, to go see my kids and 159 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: to spend time with my wife, just because that's what 160 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: it is. So maybe there was a little bit more 161 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: rejuvenation than Let's not forget this is a newborn baby, 162 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: so you think you can't throw around. That's that, that 163 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: is true. But I will say now that now I 164 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: don't think she knows she's smiling. I think it's kind 165 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: of an accidental. But there's something. There's there's something. There's 166 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: something when a baby when when your baby smiles at you, 167 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: and we're starting to see that, So there's a little 168 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: bit more rejuvenation and with a hamstring that you couldn't 169 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: go like sprinting up the stairs to get a diaper 170 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 1: or something. You know that that's like a plus parenting 171 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: right there with a bad hand four kids. Well you 172 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: should have seen me at the hospital, because I mean 173 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: it was only a week after. I mean, I wasn't 174 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: in a great place, but I did, I did. I 175 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: did everything I could to to be there for and 176 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta be honest. My my mother, Lawn 177 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: my mom were out too for a time period. But 178 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: you know that's that's also new to them, to have 179 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: three or three other little ones running around. Yeah, well, 180 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: let's give ahead a little bit because you you brought 181 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: it up. I did want to talk about just your 182 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: deep faith and how important that has been to to 183 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: your career because it's you know, a lot of guys 184 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: talk about that, but I feel like that's something that 185 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: that you deeply, deeply care about and that it just 186 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: shaped you in many ways. How do you feel like 187 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: that has made you a better football player? I guess 188 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: outside of just a better person. I I think I 189 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: think in because because it's in life. But obviously football 190 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: is a part of my life, and I think it's 191 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: it's not not not a banking on yourself and relying 192 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: at least relying on mine. Is God a higher power? 193 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: And and I think it's it's made me more than anything. 194 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: You know, trust in my faith that that I mean, 195 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: there is a plan. I don't know if you're familiar 196 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: with the Bible, jeremiahven for I know the plans I 197 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: have for you. Not to YadA YadA YadA. But what 198 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: I'm saying is, God has a plan for my life 199 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: no matter what I do, no matter if I tore 200 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: my a c L last year, no matter if I 201 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: tore my a c L my rookie year, no matter 202 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: if I hurt my hamstring this year or any other 203 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: knick knack injuries you have. You know my deal is 204 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: is I'm just gonna trust his plans. Now does it? 205 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: Does it mean like I'm not the guy that's gonna 206 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: like this sucks? I hate this? No, because I do. 207 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: When I get hurt, I still do. I mean everyone does. 208 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: It's just it's weird if you don't. So, Yes, I 209 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: get mad. I I'm I was angry when it happened. 210 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: When they like, really I had a I had a 211 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: hamstring last year, like, how how is it? How is 212 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: this happening? Right? Like? And in some people like would 213 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: they question God? Yeah, Like with with my relationship with 214 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: christ I still was like, what the heck? I thought 215 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: you brought me to this place after a long rehab, 216 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: you know, YadA YadA, and then now this happens and 217 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: I'm out for a long time. But I think it's 218 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: the I think it's the thing that I go back 219 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: to is Yeah, I'm gonna question and kind of be 220 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: frustrated with it, but at the end of the day, 221 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: I trust him, and I go back and be like, 222 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: all right, you know, I don't know why this took 223 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: a detour again, but I trust that you know what's 224 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: going on a whole lot better than I do, because 225 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: you know what you created this, this place, this whole earth, 226 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: and I think you know a little bit more than 227 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: I do. Even though I get a little bit frustrated. 228 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: We're kind of jumping around a little bit here, and 229 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: you just have a really kind of interesting story, you know, 230 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: to get to this place, and you never got When 231 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: they come into the league, I think there's a sense 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: of you know, I'm gonna make it in this league 233 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: from every single undrafted player that's out there, but a 234 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: lot don't you know, every single guy. But when you 235 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: came into the league, you're a five ft eight guy, 236 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 1: it's all like you had this great college pedigree that 237 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: everyone knew who you were coming out? Did you usually 238 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: not get shat? I know, but you're good? But do 239 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: you when you come in are you thinking that you 240 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: could being be a guy that's in this league for 241 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: seven eight not? You know, like that you could be 242 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: that player? You know. I think the biggest thing was 243 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: I was trying to make the team for one year. 244 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: And I mean that's when when you're undrafted, that's not 245 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: you're not always thinking which which is the best thing 246 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: that could happen to someone? Because you're fighting every day. 247 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: I mean year ten and I feel like I'm fighting. 248 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: I feel like every day I'm And maybe it's my 249 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: personality too, but coming off the practice field, if I 250 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: felt like a route didn't go how I wanted it, 251 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: or a run didn't go how I wanted it, it 252 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: can be unhealthy if you take it to a ext 253 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: dream extreme and I've done that before, But then I 254 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: sit and think about it. I can't, I can't. I 255 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: can't get over it, and I'm saying, like in a practice, 256 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: even if it's a one on one's route or I 257 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: mean there's been times where we're just doing routes on 258 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 1: air and I'm like, I didn't like how that felt 259 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 1: wear you down. I mean, if you have that yes, 260 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: and and that and that's the thing, if if you 261 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: let it, and I'm sure earlier on it, I I 262 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: don't want to say it wore me down, but I 263 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: could take it to an unhealthy um to where it 264 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: is almost unhealthy where I'm at home and I'm not 265 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: spending I'm not spending um good time with my family 266 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: where you're almost sitting and stewing and thinking. Um. But 267 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: I think now that now that I'm in year ten, 268 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: it's a little bit different, you know. I yah, no, 269 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: well not not so much that, but just like the 270 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: I know it's unhealthy. I know I need to be 271 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: there for my family. I know, UM, you know I 272 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: what's important. You know, the game is important, obviously, but um, 273 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: I think, uh, first and foremost, I need to take 274 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: care of you need to take care of your home. 275 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: And I mean obviously that's this being a job, but um, 276 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: I think if you get to a healthy, healthy, spot 277 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: in that and and in uh maybe it's some form 278 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: of maybe a little bit obsessive compulsive about things. But um, 279 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: if you can find that medium, I think it's a 280 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: really great thing. And it's I think that has helped me, um, 281 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: you know, be have a longer career. I mean another 282 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: thing that helped me a ton was I remember rookie year, 283 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: I was in a player programs meetings and someone said, 284 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: and I think he was undrafted, came up and he said, 285 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: you will play as long as you want to play. 286 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: It's like, yeah, right, that's bullcrap. That's the stupidest thing 287 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: I've ever heard, you know. But then as I as 288 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: I kept going in, I was like, Okay, I'm gonna 289 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: get a chance. And then I got a chance in 290 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: New England and I really got the opportunity to play. 291 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: I kind of started to believe that because if you 292 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: take care of your things, whether it be UM, the treatments, 293 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: you do, the preventative stuff, um, whatever it may be, 294 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: or when you do get hurt, you're doing things the 295 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: right way. You're having a great attitude going in there. 296 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: You're you're doing everything you can to crush the rehab. 297 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: You're you're making sure you know what to do on 298 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: any given play at any given spot. What if someone 299 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: goes down, well you better you better know the slot receiver. 300 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: You better know the Z or the X. Because at 301 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: the end of the day, they want people that they 302 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: can count on, people in the front office, coaches. If 303 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: you have someone you can count on, then then you're good, 304 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: exactly And that's exactly right. And so I took that approach. 305 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna, okay, I'm not gonna let you know. As 306 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,359 Speaker 1: long as I do the right things, Uh, I can play. 307 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: I believe that I can play as long as I 308 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: want to. Right. I want to back up a little 309 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: bit and go back to your background growing up in 310 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: small town Nebraska. Uh, how do I pronounce the north Plattina? 311 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: North plattin Abraska, plattin Nebraska? So big ward there, I 312 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: didn't know if it was plates right? Fair? Fair, thank 313 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: you fair? Now. Um, So, how much do you think 314 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: that that small town upbringing in kind of mill of nowhere, 315 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: Nebraska really made you who you are? I think the 316 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: I think it probably did a little bit, but I 317 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: think more than anything, it was the parents that I had, 318 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: and I think the values the um, what's important um 319 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: and and not always being uh. What's important as in 320 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: you know, your obviously your faith, your family, UM, treating others. Right, 321 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: I think that, uh, I think that that's done more 322 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: for me than the small town. Now, small town, I 323 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: love it, you know, growing up there. I think there's 324 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: definitely some thing's the that uh you know, have molded 325 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: me and the you know, maybe the small town, but 326 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: my parents grew up in the small town too, so 327 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 1: maybe it helped mold them and and put the values, um, 328 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: you know on on what's really important. You know, it's 329 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: not the it's not the money, the money hungry world 330 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: that we live in. It's more about your family, loving people. 331 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, as long as 332 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: you have all that stuff, as long as you have 333 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: things you know in order, you know, with the faith 334 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: and family, everything's gonna be cool. Right, You're gonna be good. 335 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: May not have as much money as some, may have 336 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 1: more than some, but at the money in here might 337 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: have more the but but at the end of the day, 338 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,680 Speaker 1: you're going to be good. Yeah, I'm a small town 339 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: as well. What is the most small town thing about 340 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:08,719 Speaker 1: North Platte, Nebraska, you know, county. I don't know if 341 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: it's the I mean, the thing I love North Platte. 342 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: But the thing that now going back drives me nuts 343 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: is that everywhere, besides a few roads, everything's twenty five. 344 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: And that's just the thing that as as you're living 345 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: in cities for the since I've been living in cities 346 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: for the past ten years, Uh, it is hard to go. 347 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: You have to do everything in your power to go 348 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: twenty five or under. Well, especially probably you probably don't 349 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: even take a car. You probably have a nice car, 350 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: you know, the Honda Civic that you when you say 351 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: the Jaguar, it's it's just it's tougher. It's almost like 352 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 1: you take your foot off the break and it's like 353 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: you're going twenty seven. Doesn't it just feel like? I agree, 354 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: it's but you don't even touch them. Plus, then you 355 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: have those small town cops. You're definitely getting there. It's 356 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: like it's like you go, you go free over and 357 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: it's like, oh man, you drive by a cop and 358 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: your heart starts pumping. You're like how and you start 359 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: freaking out. You're like, oh no, and then you're like 360 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: looking in your rear view like when I go, and 361 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: they probably are following you. That's the thing. They probably 362 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: are following you, and uh but no, it's it's great. 363 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: It's great a hero of North Platteo. So you can 364 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: probably get out of those tickets. I don't know, man, 365 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to. I don't want to take I 366 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: don't want to take that chance. Okay, you still go 367 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: back to the brasket though, right, I mean that's where 368 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: you got so home home. We've had a home in Omaha, 369 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: elk So Elkhrn is like just right outside, but it's 370 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: part of Omaha in eastern part of the state. And 371 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: then where I grew up, North Plattes about from our 372 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: places like four hours or maybe a little less, depending 373 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: on if you have kids. Right on the Midwest, everything's 374 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: like four hours, yeah, everything everything to drive, and there's 375 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes at least in between towns. It's pretty standard. 376 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: The crazy thing, too, about about your football history is 377 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: that you were like the Nebraska player of the year 378 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: in high school. I think two three, right, yes, and 379 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: then all you want to do is go to Nebraska 380 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: from what I understand, Yes, and I cried in three 381 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: when they lost to Florida State when we missed a 382 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: field goal. So yeah, I was I was a Nebraska fan, right, 383 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: and then it didn't quite work out that way with 384 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: the whole recruiting thing. Tell us the story behind that 385 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: and how much that motivated you. Yeah, I think it 386 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: did a little bit. Uh. I still remember it would 387 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: have been gosh, before my senior year at a really 388 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: two straight years of really really really good camps in Nebraska, 389 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: and I felt like I was maybe the top. Yeah. Yes, 390 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: And I had a good high school career too, And 391 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: I still remember the call. Before my senior year. I 392 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: was driving up to Shattern, where I was actually ended 393 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: up going crazy, but I was going up there for 394 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: a camp up there because my brother played up there, 395 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: and I remember the head coach and I just don't 396 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 1: want to name names because I'm not going to call 397 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: anyone out. People can look look back and figured out 398 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: by the but told me that, you know, basically, because 399 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: it was right after and I left early. I said 400 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: they weren't gonna offer me. Basically said they weren't gonna 401 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: offer me a scholarship because I wasn't big enough, and 402 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: that I didn't love that call. I mean, and people 403 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: would think that was like really small in high school, 404 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: but I really didn't change a lot. I was maybe 405 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: it was one ninety at that point. Either way, yeah, 406 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: I'm over two hundred. But they set us too small 407 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: to start, and the next the starter the next year 408 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: was like five nine. So it didn't make a lot 409 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: of sense to me. And I was just like, okay, whatever, 410 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: But you know what the thing is, I'm cool with it. 411 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: Like do I wish I played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, Yes, 412 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: I do, But like I'm so fine with it. Like 413 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: like everyone like wants wants to be like, aren't you 414 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: real mad? I'm not real mad? Like was I disappointed? Yeah? 415 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: I say that. Like now I'm a dad of four, 416 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: I can say that I'm not really mad at you, 417 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: but I'm just disappointed. But it's so comfortable. But you know, 418 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: that wasn't that wasn't the plan for my life. Um. 419 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: I I ended up going to Shatter and had a 420 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: you know, a very blessed four years there, played with 421 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: some great dudes, great friends, great teammates, great linemen. Um, 422 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: and that was a plan, that's you know. And and 423 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: once I once I committed to Shatter, and I was 424 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: cool with it, you know, like this was the door 425 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: that was open for me, that got open for me, 426 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: why not walk through it? You know, I mean like 427 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 1: that's that's that's the way I look at things, and 428 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: I look at the same I mean, same thing in 429 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: my whole NFL career and now being here Baltimore was 430 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: the door that was opened, and I'm gonna I'm gonna 431 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: walk through it and I'm gonna do everything I can to, uh, 432 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: you know, be as great as I can in this situation. 433 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: And uh, that's the way I lived my life. Right. 434 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: I feel like the size thing, like you never can 435 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: shake that it is so overblown, right because I remember 436 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: watching Hard Knocks with you and Rex Ryan was the 437 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: coach and I remember him talking in those meetings and 438 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: saying like, I love this woodhead kid. He's great, He's great, 439 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 1: and then they cut you. Right. Well, there was another 440 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: running back that no one really I mean, he was 441 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,919 Speaker 1: a little taller than me, but I don't know if 442 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: he weighed as much as me. But he never got 443 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: the small small deal that I don't understand the small 444 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: label as far as running backs. The only reason I 445 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: say this is because at the end of the day, 446 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: how many running backs are are you gonna need to 447 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: be tall? You're not typically exactly exactly so like it 448 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: to me, it doesn't make a lot of sense that argument. 449 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: I feel like it should be how like how strong, 450 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: like like look at those numbers, I mean, because there's 451 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: a lot like what I'm two O two two oh three, 452 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: how many running backs in the league or two O 453 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 1: two two oh three to five A lot? But they 454 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: don't talk about it. But it seems to be a 455 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: fun thing to talk about with me, and I'm okay 456 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: with it, like it doesn't bother me, Like everyone wants 457 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: to talk about it, Like I'm a like a real 458 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: small back, Like there's been a lot of there have been. 459 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm actually on teams I've been like 460 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: people are like, oh, he's small, and it's like, well, 461 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: you're playing another guy in first or second that's like 462 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: my size too, you know, And like I don't care. 463 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: It's fine. I've embraced it. I like to joke about 464 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: it now. But uh, for some reason that that question 465 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: keeps following me around and there's guys smaller than me 466 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: playing right now, like playing first and second down. How 467 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: many times would you say you've heard over the courseroom 468 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: of your life you're too small. Oh. I I heard it. 469 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: I heard it my freshman year of high school from 470 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: a team teammate. We're going in and because I was 471 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: homeschooled to lighth grade, going in and going to be playing, 472 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: and they said, what position are you gonna play? I'm 473 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: going to play running back? And they're like, I don't 474 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: know if you should do that, like maybe you should 475 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: play like receiver, like we r yeah, yeah. But what 476 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: he said was he was like, we already got we 477 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 1: already got two good running backs. And I was like, 478 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: I think I think I'll be all right. I think 479 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 1: I'll beat this. So it ended up working out. I'm 480 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: glad I didn't listen to at But I mean, over 481 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: the course of my career, I've heard it from so 482 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: many I've heard it from coaches too, and I'm okay 483 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: with it, Like I don't, I don't. There's no resentment, 484 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: Like I'm not mad about it. Like if you think 485 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: I'm small, I don't care, you know, Like I really 486 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't bother me, Like what like you telling me 487 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: that I'm small? What's that going to do to me? 488 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,959 Speaker 1: Is that going to make me not perform? No, it 489 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: has nothing. There's there's nothing about that that will decide 490 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: what I am as a player. Well, the first thing 491 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: that struck me when you walked in the building after 492 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: the Raven signed you was like, obviously there's the hype, 493 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: but then I looked at your legs and you have 494 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: freaking well oh my good god. But I'm like, oh, 495 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: he looks like us. No he doesn't. He does. Well, 496 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: that's well, that's what And I hope i'm, you know, 497 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: just the average guy. I hope people see me. Is 498 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: is that like as far as I as a person, 499 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 1: And I love it where everyone's like, oh, Danny Woodhead 500 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: can play, I can play in the NFL. I'm five 501 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: eight two. You're like, You're like, it's like and it's 502 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: funny you say that because then people will see me 503 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: and they're like, I'm not the same. How much do 504 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: you put out like legs legs with your like I 505 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: really don't know because like, no, there's no Maxie out anymore. 506 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: I can't remember. I can't remember that. I can't remember 507 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: the last I want to say, maybe my rookie year 508 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: or second year we did and I probably I don't know. 509 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: I don't I probably couldn't do this right now because 510 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: I don't I don't test like that anymore, but I 511 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: want to say I did like four or five or 512 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 1: four ten, ten times or something. But but I mean 513 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: like but but I mean, I don't know, I've never 514 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 1: really done one. Rep Max. So one of my favorite 515 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: kind of on this point that one of my favorite 516 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: all time videos was the video of you working at 517 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: the Sporting good store. You're going for the Patriots right right, 518 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: and you you were like selling your own jersey and 519 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: nobody at the time but recognize you. That was That's 520 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: one of the all time greats right there. Do you 521 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: think you can still get away with that or is 522 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: its cat kind out of the bag. I don't know. 523 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: I mean, well, yeah, it might be a little bit 524 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: tougher than it was then, But I mean, my not 525 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: that I am so recognizable, but I guess I've been 526 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: in the league now ten years, so it might be 527 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: a little a little but I think we could find 528 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: a way to get something done if Modele's wants to 529 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: give me a call or that's great. Well, now you've 530 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: you've become also a celebrity because you're tight with the 531 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: p f T guys, with p f T commentar and 532 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: body stool. I mean you are a big cat. You're 533 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: like the their bff. It's pretty great. You gut to 534 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: drive the van? Did You're not it was named after him? 535 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: Kind of, yeah, kind of. Those guys are hilarious. I think, 536 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: you know, they're they're talented, really talented at what they do. Um. 537 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: They they're probably a little brash, but I mean they're 538 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: they're all just everything they do is they're just being 539 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: good fun trying to be funny and trying to I 540 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: really think what they're trying to do is just bring 541 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: some light to sports, you know, make it, make it 542 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: to where they really care about sports, but really just 543 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: want people to laugh and have a good time. And uh, 544 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: they're hilarious, really nice guys, you know in in person. 545 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: And yeah, I've been I've been fortunate enough to be 546 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: able to drive the van. I thought that was pretty legendary. 547 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: How our our Twitter had me arriving in the van 548 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: where they got to activated. I thought that was pretty well. 549 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: I saw that. I saw that gift for Jeff however 550 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: you want to say it, and I was like, this 551 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: is when he gets activated, this is the one we 552 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: got to go after. Is unbelievable, And uh, I texted 553 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: p f t. I go to see it and he 554 00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: goes it was perfect. Here's the real question. Since you 555 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: got to drive the van, are you one of the 556 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: people that actually knows PFD commenter's real name? I didn't. 557 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: I actually didn't even ask. Wow, you just you just 558 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: one of those things that's left on safe Like do 559 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: we want to know? I know, it's kind of like 560 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: the mystery, because the thing is it would kind of 561 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: make it weird. Yeah, you know, like a person, Oh, 562 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: your name's John. I know it's not. It's p f 563 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: t Y, you know what I mean, Like in your 564 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: last name is common Er. Like, I don't think I 565 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: want to know, But so I I think I don't think. 566 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe someday ten twenty years later we're doing the 567 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: documentary and exactly then uh, in a in the van 568 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: that doesn't run anymore? Maybe then maybe then well just 569 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: don't take that van around North Platte might get a 570 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: speeding take. Yeah. Well that's a great thing about that 571 00:30:53,000 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: vehicle is it can't get over taken. Get so. So, Danny, 572 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Guys, 573 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: cool really good stuff from Danny. Just a great guy, 574 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: great human being. Another great signing. I'll tell you what. 575 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: You look back over the past several years and the 576 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: veterans that have been brought in here, I love them 577 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: all as dudes, you know whatever. You can judge performance 578 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: as as much as you like, but as people as guys. Yeah, 579 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: I love them all. Yeah. And I mean, you can't 580 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: predict injuries. You can't. That's not something that you know 581 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: is going to happen, and you can't necessarily prevent that 582 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: by any stretch. But here's the thing. I mean, I 583 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: think Danny is gonna catch a ton of passes the 584 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: second half of the year. I really think that his return, 585 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: I think everybody in the building kind of got a 586 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: jolt of energy. But the fact that he's coming back, well, 587 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: I wanted to ask this question, but I didn't get 588 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: to it. It's basically that Baltimore views Danny Woodhead as 589 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 1: a savior of the offense right the whole, and I 590 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: just wanted to kind of get his feeling on that. 591 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: Whether he feels that, I mean, he would have downplayed 592 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: it and been like, you know, you know, Danny, but uh, 593 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: but I think that's the reality of how Baltimore is 594 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: sizing this situation up. And I think once Ronnie Stanley 595 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: is back on the field for this offense, we already 596 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: saw flashes of the difference that Danny can make really 597 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: nice third and six, caught one for seven yards. So 598 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: I think there's hope for this offense, and I think 599 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: Danny's gonna be a big part of that. And also, 600 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: he only played thirteen snaps. You know, it's not like 601 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: they and you you didn't expect this to be the case. 602 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: But first game back, it's not like they brought it 603 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: back out there and threw him out there for seventy STAPs. 604 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: You know, that's not the plan. I kind of thought 605 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: they were going to though, but you know, you gotta 606 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: kind of working. You gotta gotta ease them along a 607 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: little bit. They want this guy to be playing in 608 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: January exact, not just a Sambery. They wanted to be 609 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: playing in January. And I think that if he does 610 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: for this offense, when a lot of people think he will, 611 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: the Ravens will be playing in January. I wonder if 612 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: they were, like, you know, that first series in Cincinnati 613 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: when he was targeted almost every single time, maybe let's 614 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: not do that again, all right, They find a happy 615 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: middle grad exactly. But I'm glad I held onto this 616 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: guy on my fantasy team. The Anny Woodhead is gonna 617 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: deliver Randy Minks a championship. Baby, it's time. All right. 618 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: Well that said, we're gonna go ahead wrap it up. 619 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: As long as you guys can email we talk about 620 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: my fantasy more. Yeah, you can email us at the 621 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: lounge at Ravens on NFL dot net. We'd love to 622 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: hear from you guys. Also, go ahead and jump on 623 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: iTunes subscribe obviously if you haven't done that already, and 624 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: then go ahead and leave a rating and a review 625 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: if it's going to be a five star. How's your 626 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: how's your fantasy doing? I haven't checked fantasy football seriously 627 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: since the draft, So you tell me, because you suck, 628 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: you tell me how it's doing. I like to kind 629 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: of be just a thorn in the side of the commissioner. Yeah, 630 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 1: and I don't don't, yeah exactly. Anyway, thanks for listening. 631 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: We'll be back there next week.