Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Training can't continue
Speaker 1: today with day two and we got to hear from
Speaker 1: some Marquee players once the Ravens concluded practice, as well
Speaker 1: as head coach John Harbaugh. Today we heard from wide
Speaker 1: receivers Odell Beckham Junior and Zay Flowers as well as
Speaker 1: star safety Marcus Williams. Let's kick things off today with
Speaker 1: head coach John Hartball.
Speaker 2: Okay, appreciate everybody being out here. Great day for football.
Speaker 2: Our guys made the most of it. I thought we
Speaker 2: had a good solid work day. Second day was better
Speaker 2: than the first day, so we appreciate that. We try
Speaker 2: to get better every single day. I thought our guys
Speaker 2: did that today. I handled the elements, all those kind
Speaker 2: of things well and we'll be looking forward now, finish
Speaker 2: up with some meetings tonight and get into tomorrow. What
Speaker 2: questions you have the element the coming out late out
Speaker 2: of ann Yeah, it is and we thought it. You know,
Speaker 2: we thought about it in the last couple of days
Speaker 2: because of the heat. So they're doing their their their
Speaker 2: pre practice and their individual indoors in the in the indoor,
Speaker 2: so they do that in there and it kind of
Speaker 2: keeps them out of the heat for another half hour
Speaker 2: to forty minutes, which is a positive. So that that's uh,
Speaker 2: it's been good and they appreciate.
Speaker 3: It and related adjustments that you have to make more.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you have to be very vigil I
Speaker 2: think our staff does a great job, training staff, strength
Speaker 2: and conditioning staff. Everybody's doing a great job of making
Speaker 2: sure we get the hydration. We're monitoring every single player.
Speaker 2: Uh you know, you may have a player here there,
Speaker 2: it's got to take some time out or you pull
Speaker 2: them back. We took a little more time between drills.
Speaker 2: You saw today we had we had a period right
Speaker 2: before field goal where we just took an extended water break,
Speaker 2: you know, just try to cool them down and get
Speaker 2: the helmets off, stop them moving a little bit. It's
Speaker 2: it's it's good. It's not often you play in this
Speaker 2: kind of heat in the NFL. Maybe in early September
Speaker 2: you might get a day that's hot.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: So it's there's really no reason to push it, to
Speaker 2: push it beyond the you know, the edge for sure,
Speaker 2: and I don't think we've even close to that, but
Speaker 2: there isn't there is an aspect of it with acclamation.
Speaker 2: It is positive if you haunt the right way, and
Speaker 2: I thought our guys did a good job of that.
Speaker 4: Is there any playful comments from the D line about
Speaker 4: the lay of it?
Speaker 2: No, the D line wasn't there because the offensive line
Speaker 2: is always out here earlier working. So I think the
Speaker 2: D line knows better than that.
Speaker 4: Day's a training camp down. How do you feel like
Speaker 4: the guys are out the that your offensive system?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think they're on their way. You know,
Speaker 2: it's kind of hard to put a great out. We
Speaker 2: really don't try to do that right now. We just
Speaker 2: look at everything that we need to correct. We always
Speaker 2: talk about confronting everything that has to do with our football,
Speaker 2: every single thing, not each other, not anybody, but the
Speaker 2: football part of it. So we're looking at all that
Speaker 2: stuff really hard and just trying to improve on it
Speaker 2: and get on the same page.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: It's a chemistry, cohesiveness, talk it all out, make sure
Speaker 2: that we always shared understanding.
Speaker 4: Tom, we haven't asked you about Nick Moore getting hurt
Speaker 4: for a trading camp. Obviously you never want as your
Speaker 4: lungs happened, but given the timing and that you could
Speaker 4: bring in something like tail of experience. He has feel
Speaker 4: good about being able to acclimate.
Speaker 2: With that very good point. I mean, for Tyler to
Speaker 2: be available was kind of a It's a blessing for
Speaker 2: us for sure, and we appreciate it. He's a he's
Speaker 2: a pro. He's one of the best in the business,
Speaker 2: you know, and he had an injury last year and
Speaker 2: now he's fully healed.
Speaker 3: We love Nick.
Speaker 2: The timing was tough as unfortunate deal, but he'll he'll
Speaker 2: come you know, he'll come back with flying colors, I'm sure.
Speaker 2: But the Tyler just got right in there seamlessly. There's
Speaker 2: a few things to learn, but he stepped right in.
Speaker 2: He's a really good fit for what we do with
Speaker 2: our pump protection. So we're happy about.
Speaker 5: What are you looking for? It is time to get
Speaker 5: from you and tear your guys, especially their cats on
Speaker 5: the right.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 5: What are you watching for it to make it a successful.
Speaker 2: Day for those great point. I mean, I think first
Speaker 2: of all assignment in alignment, we want guys to be
Speaker 2: in the right spot. We're looking for communication, and then
Speaker 2: we're looking for technique. You want to see the footwork,
Speaker 2: the timing of the technique inside with the big guys
Speaker 2: with the hand placement move their feet, leverage base, those
Speaker 2: kind of things.
Speaker 4: Can come holler and say, so far we've had a
Speaker 4: lot of you know, couldn't bring the bottle in the
Speaker 4: past two days, a lot of different books. Is not
Speaker 4: indicative of trying to see where towards best. Got more.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I really believe it's a versatile group
Speaker 2: when you really look at it, because all those guys
Speaker 2: have played every spot, so you know we're gonna use
Speaker 2: that to our advantage. I know, the offensive coaches or
Speaker 2: are really trying to build it in where you see
Speaker 2: those guys moving around in different spots, a lot of motions,
Speaker 2: things like that, So I don't it'll be hard to
Speaker 2: find guys a little bit with what we're doing that's
Speaker 2: a positive, and then we're just putting the offense in
Speaker 2: with the guys we've got, so beyond that, I think
Speaker 2: it's kind of teaching it, getting good at what we're doing,
Speaker 2: and then as we do that, we're going to a
Speaker 2: feel for where we're at with who does what when
Speaker 2: the time comes.
Speaker 4: We have the bank, the bank.
Speaker 2: Steve a shady Steve shady. Yeah, Steve wanted to Steve
Speaker 2: couldn't couldn't read them either, So Yeah, it's really interesting. Like,
Speaker 2: as a co coach, if all these guys, if none
Speaker 2: of these guys had a number out here and I
Speaker 2: was watching the tape as a coach, I could tell
Speaker 2: who everybody is. I don't know what it is. I
Speaker 2: think any coach would tell you that. You just know
Speaker 2: your people. You know, you know how they move, you
Speaker 2: know what they look like. But if you don't do
Speaker 2: it every day, you know you need the numbers. So
Speaker 2: you're welcome.
Speaker 3: Last year.
Speaker 2: It's gotta be.
Speaker 3: It's gotta be.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, here's a guy that's a year
Speaker 2: into the system. It's the same system as last year.
Speaker 2: He's definitely taken over in terms of communication.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: And then with you know, Chuck was doing that last year,
Speaker 2: so I think he was. He was you know, Chuck
Speaker 2: kind of had that role. So he's done great with it.
Speaker 2: He's playing great, he's confident, he's talking out there, he's
Speaker 2: running around. It's fun to watch.
Speaker 3: I'll take him smatch.
Speaker 1: Mark and.
Speaker 4: You know how how tricky is its balance miscal a
Speaker 4: miscality and knowing.
Speaker 3: That has all how good it see guys?
Speaker 2: And well, that's right. I mean that was a play
Speaker 2: that was perfect because there was no phys the County
Speaker 2: two in terms of contact, and yet he was able
Speaker 2: to time it up, get his hand in there and
Speaker 2: make a great play. So I think the ability to
Speaker 2: make that play without going through and you know, the
Speaker 2: tackle going through the receiver like he normally would with
Speaker 2: the legal hit, he did it in the way we
Speaker 2: didn't touch Mark at all. That's pretty darn good, you
Speaker 2: know what.
Speaker 3: I mean. To see him to be able to do that.
Speaker 2: I'm always amazed by the athletic ability of these guys.
Speaker 2: I mean, and you guys watch it so you guys know,
Speaker 2: it just blows your way, right, the fact that these
Speaker 2: guys can play so fast and not be on the
Speaker 2: ground hardly ever, not running too each other the way
Speaker 2: they do it's it's just a testament to the level
Speaker 2: of play really, and there their talent. Charlie prank I
Speaker 2: didn't have any nice guys said, you know, we didn't
Speaker 2: see much last year as during this man that was
Speaker 2: the wrong Yeah, Ruth, you and Charlie's ready to go.
Speaker 2: You know, he's big, he's strong. I think he's uh,
Speaker 2: he's determined and he's running routes. He made a real
Speaker 2: nice catch yesterday on that inside box fade made the
Speaker 2: wheel route today for the big.
Speaker 6: Point looks good.
Speaker 5: The couch with with hire defenders.
Speaker 4: SA guys need plays.
Speaker 3: You expect to get the more volumes as you had
Speaker 3: kind of have antab.
Speaker 2: We still go for the plays. I mean, you may
Speaker 2: get a couple more plays with the with the fast tempo,
Speaker 2: but we try to keep the volume we have. We
Speaker 2: measure the volume very closely. There's a litre questions that
Speaker 2: looking with the love and say, you know, I just
Speaker 2: I like the way coaches a Midwest style coach. You know,
Speaker 2: we we we know what you were about, the same
Speaker 2: age and we come from the same part of the country.
Speaker 2: So the style, uh, you know, the way he the
Speaker 2: way he interacts and relates, there's a lot of energy
Speaker 2: to it. You know, I appreciate it.
Speaker 3: It's got a great job.
Speaker 1: Man the Green and Stevens versatilities God same teams with the.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he can do that too. You know
Speaker 2: that it goes to the versatility point. I think right
Speaker 2: now he's played mostly safety. He can go outside and
Speaker 2: play corner, so you know that's that's something. The more
Speaker 2: you can do, you know, he's he's got a lot
Speaker 2: of tools, so it's gonna help us, all right, Thanks everybody.
Speaker 1: Now, there's been a lot of buzz about rookie wide
Speaker 1: receiver Za Flowers. He has earned the nickname the Joystick
Speaker 1: from quarterback Lamar Jackson. He's been impressive throughout the off
Speaker 1: season in the early part of training camp, but he
Speaker 1: talked today about his expectations going into his rookie season.
Speaker 7: Alight ready, then Lamar gave you the jeweys Stick. Yeah,
Speaker 7: I like it like it's It's a nickname that ran
Speaker 7: in my family. My brother had the nickname Joystick, So
Speaker 7: I guess I get to take it over.
Speaker 5: So he's about a lot of time to go to
Speaker 5: all in the connat kind of time that I'm up
Speaker 5: in trading cap.
Speaker 7: What's the biggest thing for him to be to take
Speaker 7: the work man, I'll say, just working hard every day,
Speaker 7: like going for what you want and because you know,
Speaker 7: he did it as a young player too, a thousand
Speaker 7: yard season, thousand yard season, and I'm just trying to
Speaker 7: learn what he did, take a routine from him, and
Speaker 7: trying to just use it towards my way and do
Speaker 7: with my way.
Speaker 2: Worse specific stuff that.
Speaker 7: I'd say, taking care of your body, making sure your
Speaker 7: body always prepared for the work you do.
Speaker 4: What about those sessions you guys how in in South
Speaker 4: Florida drop rocking and so forth? He did you get
Speaker 4: how ade.
Speaker 3: It was? More?
Speaker 7: We was like with Lamar, so we was kind of
Speaker 7: running our stuff like for the team, and he was
Speaker 7: just teaching me about delaying on routes, being patient and
Speaker 7: taking my time, not always speeding everything, not making everything
Speaker 7: so fast.
Speaker 3: See, you seem like you can.
Speaker 5: Smile me since draft, Like you're still riding that that
Speaker 5: high from from draft night as we go into training
Speaker 5: camp right now.
Speaker 7: Nah, man, I just I just like working. I love
Speaker 7: being out here on the field playing and being with
Speaker 7: my teammates.
Speaker 3: Say, like some rookies seemed like.
Speaker 6: Kind of shine you know and approach and roll your more.
Speaker 3: You seemed just the opposite. Uh, why your stuff?
Speaker 7: It's football, man? We all can't we coming to play
Speaker 7: and I'm tryna win just like they are.
Speaker 3: Uh say, I think you were.
Speaker 4: Saying and you don't really wanna be paid to any
Speaker 4: one receiver positions worn.
Speaker 8: Play at all?
Speaker 1: Who's a like important with Todd.
Speaker 3: And it seems to just wanna all the receivers, all
Speaker 3: these different positions all all the time, you wouldn't see out.
Speaker 7: Yeah, he just let he He use everybody's ability to
Speaker 7: the best. Like he put everybody in places where they'll
Speaker 7: be able to make plays. So you let me play outside.
Speaker 7: I play outside in college where seventy five percent of
Speaker 7: my time. Instead you let me play outside inside. Then
Speaker 7: he put O outside. Then he'll put Nelson that du
Speaker 7: that we all just rotating, we all play makers. So
Speaker 7: he just use it to the best of his ability.
Speaker 3: Stands.
Speaker 6: But in terms of what you expected from your first
Speaker 6: training camp for a few days and versus in reality
Speaker 6: had a second.
Speaker 7: Hair, Uh, like what I expected, I expected to like
Speaker 7: run into something crazy, like be super tied, like intense
Speaker 7: crazy practice. But I it kind of remind me of college,
Speaker 7: Like it's a little shorter and I feel like it's
Speaker 7: a little easier.
Speaker 3: They're talking about the todds of offense.
Speaker 6: You're more comfortable in.
Speaker 8: It than how comfortable do you feel about what.
Speaker 3: You did suppose?
Speaker 7: Okay, Uh, I'm super comfortable. He make you feel comfortable.
Speaker 7: I my receiver coach make you feel comfortable. And everybody
Speaker 7: that's around, all the vets, they help you out so
Speaker 7: much that it feel like you just just learning and
Speaker 7: you playing.
Speaker 3: You think working out what you've been working out with
Speaker 3: an order even before you got to drink, Devin and
Speaker 3: or so many here.
Speaker 1: But it is, what, how did you describe this mindset?
Speaker 3: We didn't take this mindset that is, let me get
Speaker 3: to this sea.
Speaker 7: Yeah, winning super Bowl that's the same mindset I got.
Speaker 7: That's the same mindset I had on draft night when
Speaker 7: they drafted me. And then we got old. So it's like,
Speaker 7: definitely go get one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, say, how different has this learning process you?
Speaker 8: If you as a rookie you tryna learn the playbook
Speaker 8: the the NFL player and pars like when you first
Speaker 8: got to college with.
Speaker 3: A posse of profit.
Speaker 7: Uh, it a fe like it's not a difference. I
Speaker 7: just can't believe I'm s a NFL player still that
Speaker 7: I'm here. But you know, I'm just grinding away every day,
Speaker 7: staying humble and trying to go work.
Speaker 8: Has a playbook anything, It's more difficult.
Speaker 7: Than you prinking, bear, Uh, I was not really, It's
Speaker 7: just you just getting in the playbook, learning it and
Speaker 7: applying it on the field.
Speaker 5: Then I said, been like being on the field with
Speaker 5: guys that you watch coming up like Lamar OPJ Mark Andrews,
Speaker 5: Like it's something that you're not only out there with
Speaker 5: those guys, but you're looking they're looking for you to
Speaker 5: be a a key.
Speaker 3: Piece in offense right along with the Uh.
Speaker 7: I ain't really sink in yet, but I feel like
Speaker 7: first game in the sink in when I see them
Speaker 7: do some crazy stuff and then I'll do something crazy,
Speaker 7: but that that'll probably when it's sank in. Say this yourself,
Speaker 7: border Oh absolutely, I had to use a cold towel today,
Speaker 7: did ye?
Speaker 3: You're preparing for your rookie season and you're around like
Speaker 3: a bunch of better race.
Speaker 6: Who would you say has been the biggest mentor to ye?
Speaker 3: I'll say all the guys.
Speaker 7: They all support me and try to help me out
Speaker 7: with things that they seen that I haven't, and like
Speaker 7: Nelson helped me out a lot. Oh and uh Lamar
Speaker 7: helped me out a lot too, But everybody, like just
Speaker 7: do they part and help me out and try to
Speaker 7: help me they best of the ability, so they do.
Speaker 2: The people pull up your phone after you kind of
Speaker 2: go viral and like work after the barn or cha
Speaker 2: next call that was life.
Speaker 7: Uh Nah, I don't really pay attention to it. Honestly,
Speaker 7: it's just a workout and I'm just trying to get
Speaker 7: my work and go on about my business. Honestly.
Speaker 4: Say when you talk about taking sure of your body
Speaker 4: and words and things that you've had to prioritize your complicated.
Speaker 7: Uh, it's the same thing. Just taking care of my legs.
Speaker 7: You know, make sure I'm doing the cold tub norma
Speaker 7: text and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: Say when you see the advice, that's stuff with you.
Speaker 7: Throups play a process and being shot where you go
Speaker 7: be yourself. You don't gotta change for nobody.
Speaker 3: Be yourself.
Speaker 7: You know, it's a lot more media, so you don't
Speaker 7: change for nobody. Always smile, stay happy, and play football.
Speaker 7: That's all.
Speaker 3: It is my dad.
Speaker 4: Special time around Obja, what is it you're trying to
Speaker 4: learn from his approach? That's legs and the kind of success.
Speaker 7: You wanna have, just like keeping my body healthy and
Speaker 7: being consistent every year. Uh yeah, that's why I think
Speaker 7: it detrives me perfect. And then out the Cutts fives
Speaker 7: do everything explosive, so try to make people miss it's
Speaker 7: a perfect name.
Speaker 3: Man, he'll get done.
Speaker 7: I was thinking about Professor X. But we'll go and
Speaker 7: we'll go with that joystick.
Speaker 3: With Jak.
Speaker 4: There.
Speaker 7: JK is super funny, super funny. Is we just chat live?
Speaker 7: You know it just we haven't had a real conversation yet.
Speaker 7: But he a great guy.
Speaker 3: Yep, thank you.
Speaker 1: Now there's been lots of conversation and focus on the
Speaker 1: veteran Odell Beckham Junior. He was a big free agent
Speaker 1: acquisition for the Ravens and he's been one of the
Speaker 1: best receivers in the NFL throughout his career. He talked
Speaker 1: today about his journey here to Baltimore and what he
Speaker 1: expects in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 8: What help does it ever get old here? And the
Speaker 8: chance for you or you're everywhere you step.
Speaker 3: On this ever never get old man. You know, first
Speaker 3: day yesterday, coming out, I just wanted to be grateful
Speaker 3: for that moment. You know, it was a long time
Speaker 3: in rehab. You know, I've talked about it obviously, you know,
Speaker 3: dark days, hard times like and just to be able
Speaker 3: to be back out there running around. I didn't care
Speaker 3: what happened, you know, it just was just a blessing
Speaker 3: to be able to step on that field. You know,
Speaker 3: say a prayer and think and you know, for another opportunity.
Speaker 3: So I was just in a very gratitude state. I
Speaker 3: guess you could say, so you hope you saw your.
Speaker 4: Prost after practice about how it a lot to happen.
Speaker 1: When your family just saw out here. What was that
Speaker 1: like in britand through after practice?
Speaker 3: It's just like I remember being you know, I remember
Speaker 3: being the rookie and coming in and you know after
Speaker 3: practice you seeing everybody's kids run up to 'em and
Speaker 3: their family and just that like warming embrace and y
Speaker 3: and your little ones and looking at you and you're
Speaker 3: all here. You know, you're working hard for your family
Speaker 3: and yourself. So to me, it just was very surreal.
Speaker 3: Like my son, it's really you know, him running up
Speaker 3: and you know, uh, some of my family out here.
Speaker 3: So yeah, just feel blessed.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you're looking basically you look that you've developed
Speaker 4: a lot physically since if any camp, you're more explosive,
Speaker 4: you look. Do you feel more comfortable and confident than you?
Speaker 3: Appreciate that. Appreciate that I I've been working, you know. Uh,
Speaker 3: like I said, when you come out to mini camp,
Speaker 3: you know, I have my own opinions on it. But
Speaker 3: at the end of the day, like we play in September,
Speaker 3: and it's about a gradual peak. You know, if you're
Speaker 3: ready to play a game in mini camp, you know,
Speaker 3: when is that slope gonna start to turn downwards? You know?
Speaker 3: And I'm just happy to be able to you know,
Speaker 3: it was a lot of hard work, you know, going
Speaker 3: from two three days, you know, going from a gym
Speaker 3: to a field to lunch to work it out to recovering.
Speaker 4: Just happy that you see it, I feel like happy
Speaker 4: out there for another training camp or was there like
Speaker 4: a almost strange feeling could spend.
Speaker 3: As it's it was a strange there's a I think
Speaker 3: I talked to my coach about that. I said, Man,
Speaker 3: my last training camp I think was in two thousand
Speaker 3: and twenty one. You know it, it just was a
Speaker 3: strange feeling, like do we have to sleep in the hotel?
Speaker 3: What's the schedule? Like, you know, just kind of getting reacclimated.
Speaker 3: But I think because of everything that's happened in my life,
Speaker 3: like the things that you used to find yourself maybe
Speaker 3: like having small complaints about like you just you know,
Speaker 3: I'm trying my best, you like to not hear it
Speaker 3: out of me and just to know that, you know,
Speaker 3: and in a matter of split seconds, Like you know,
Speaker 3: things happen. Uh So, like I say, just gratitude is
Speaker 3: all I'm feeling right now, knowing that there's a lot
Speaker 3: of work to be done. And yeah, it's cool, and
Speaker 3: you know, I'm just trying to enjoy the moment and
Speaker 3: have for it right now, but there's a lot of
Speaker 3: serious work that needs to be done. So I'm just
Speaker 3: trying to find one thing to get better at each
Speaker 3: and every day.
Speaker 5: You know, with Todd Monk and how you worked with
Speaker 5: him in Cleveland, are there any still similarities or differences
Speaker 5: from the culture style from then as to where he
Speaker 5: is now.
Speaker 3: I think life's all about situations and not every situation
Speaker 3: is for everybody, and that's just how it is. And
Speaker 3: I could see that you know that may that situation
Speaker 3: may not have been for him or myself. And you know,
Speaker 3: he went to Georgia and wins national championships, and you
Speaker 3: could see a level of confidence in him that I like,
Speaker 3: like you walk into the room, you grab the energy
Speaker 3: or a dominant force, and you know, obviously he has
Speaker 3: command of what he's seeing and I think he knows,
Speaker 3: I think, but he knows exactly what he wants to do,
Speaker 3: and he sees what we have here. So I just
Speaker 3: think the level of confidence. Not to say that he
Speaker 3: didn't have it, but just from what I'm seeing now,
Speaker 3: he just he seems very happy to be here.
Speaker 4: And how much most of it did you get it?
Speaker 3: I don't know exactly, just enough, you know. I look,
Speaker 3: you know, somebody was like, man, how much you wait?
Speaker 3: Won eighty And it was just it was funny to
Speaker 3: me because I'm not nowhere near one of its, you know.
Speaker 3: So it just I've been working hard. Like I say,
Speaker 3: it's a lot of work I had to put in
Speaker 3: to be able to even step back onto the field
Speaker 3: and compete with, you know, the the best in the world.
Speaker 3: And we got a a very good defense that I
Speaker 3: have to go against every single day. So I have
Speaker 3: no doubt in my mind that they'll be able to
Speaker 3: to to get me. Right, joll You got to spend
Speaker 3: time with Day and Labari in South Florida. Now you
Speaker 3: spending time in say on labarn camp with Day. What's
Speaker 3: impressing you the most about him?
Speaker 4: And do you see any similarities.
Speaker 3: From you or a rookie with him that to him? Uh, definitely,
Speaker 3: the the smile that he has on his face, the
Speaker 3: joy the like he he definitely AH appreciates being here
Speaker 3: and just being able to spend time with him in
Speaker 3: Florida and just kick it and you know, now, you know,
Speaker 3: pick his braind and him pick my brain. Like I
Speaker 3: feel like I I I know my role as you
Speaker 3: know the guy who he you know, I used to
Speaker 3: watch you in middle school. I'm a little older, so
Speaker 3: I know that I'm the leader, uh and the follower
Speaker 3: all in all in the same breath. And I think
Speaker 3: that's important for a leaders to be able to follow
Speaker 3: and listen. So just being able to be out here
Speaker 3: with them now finally in the same colors and practice
Speaker 3: and just knowing, you know, what we're working for and
Speaker 3: what we're working towards. As much fun as we have,
Speaker 3: you know, we all take it very seriously. Well, I'm
Speaker 3: not gonna say anything about percentages because I know that.
Speaker 3: But right now, are there any limitations do you feel,
Speaker 3: you know, coming back from the injury? Is there any
Speaker 3: limitations while.
Speaker 1: You're out there?
Speaker 3: Na, it's just hot, know what I mean, Like I don't,
Speaker 3: there's no real limitations. It's just about you know, knowing
Speaker 3: every detail of the playbook and that way when you
Speaker 3: know every single thing, you know, which is day two.
Speaker 3: Once you you know every single every single thing, you
Speaker 3: could play fast and I could just feel myself just
Speaker 3: wanting to continue to learn, continue to find something to
Speaker 3: get better. I continue to harp on one thing for
Speaker 3: the day to come back and correct it the next
Speaker 3: day again. Like I don't know a percentage, I just
Speaker 3: feel I feel like I'm gonna continue to work to
Speaker 3: get back to who I know, I truly am.
Speaker 8: What's your impression of the offen together to try.
Speaker 4: To start around?
Speaker 3: Yh you know, we all we got a lot of work,
Speaker 3: you know, uh ahead of us. But I think that
Speaker 3: I'll just let to wait, wait, wait til we get
Speaker 3: to September and and and see what we have going.
Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
Speaker 6: You have a lot of young wide receivers on the teams.
Speaker 3: How are you a mentor to them?
Speaker 6: And are you car and how do Cooper cared.
Speaker 3: You to be that for them? Experience? You know, I
Speaker 3: learned from you know, Victor Cruz. I mean I I
Speaker 3: I've been around Cooper Clubs, the Matthew Staffords, Eli Manning
Speaker 3: is I I mean I The list goes on and on,
Speaker 3: and people who aren't even you know receivers. It's who
Speaker 3: I learned from about you know how to be a
Speaker 3: leader and how to lead, and I know that. I
Speaker 3: know my role is. Uh. I obviously I won't make
Speaker 3: plays like don't get me wrong, you don't want to
Speaker 3: score a touchdowns. I wanna dance, I wanna have fun, uh,
Speaker 3: but definitely to help the younger guys mentally, physically, spiritually,
Speaker 3: however I can, and I embrace that role in that opportunity,
Speaker 3: and I take it very serious. So I don't mind.
Speaker 3: I don't mind being the older guy for us, you know.
Speaker 7: In the room.
Speaker 3: Soyo, what's getting your impression in the very culture say
Speaker 3: part of it's it's I It's the real deal. I'll
Speaker 3: be honest. I could feel the the the love of
Speaker 3: the city. I could feel the excitement about the opportunity
Speaker 3: you know, we have in front of us. And again,
Speaker 3: like I said, I take that seriously, Like I take
Speaker 3: it very serious. Gotta learn how to hit the strut
Speaker 3: and all that you know, and just have fun with
Speaker 3: him man, embrace the opportunity and win some games.
Speaker 6: Although you think it a lot about gratitude, you tweeted
Speaker 6: about that last night, but you did allude to some
Speaker 6: other blessings that you would like to see in your future.
Speaker 6: Can you share perhaps what those might be.
Speaker 3: You can't share those. But it has to do with
Speaker 3: a lot of dancing, a lot of fun, a lot
Speaker 3: of touchdowns, you know, yeah that or the bop or
Speaker 3: whatever we gotta you know, the bird flew out and
Speaker 3: the hit accent tier and deer good. Yeah, I like
Speaker 3: it though, I like it. Somebody came up to me
Speaker 3: the other day he said something. I had to had
Speaker 3: to have him repeat it. But you know, just embracing
Speaker 3: every every single bit of uh what we have going here.
Speaker 2: But you brought up a defense and obviously you guys
Speaker 2: have a lot of talent and seeing rob but the
Speaker 2: secondary has talent.
Speaker 3: And some continuity. What what ways are they pushing you
Speaker 3: guys in the artist in the secondary where you might not.
Speaker 3: I mean, you got a all pro corner, you got
Speaker 3: you know, safeties who were you know, probably gonna be
Speaker 3: all pro d line linebackers. Like it's it's everything you
Speaker 3: look for in the defense and a tough, fast physical Uh.
Speaker 3: It just presents a challenge and that challenges every single day.
Speaker 3: So that's why I said, I know it's gonna uh
Speaker 3: get me right.
Speaker 2: One more you spend time with the more you know employee,
Speaker 2: and you know in the off seas gottle Bit and
Speaker 2: now here, what you say, is this kind of mindset that.
Speaker 3: You need to the season in the field? U. I
Speaker 3: think it'd probably be a better question for him, but
Speaker 3: you know, just looking for far he he he looks
Speaker 3: like he wants his mind's only on the super Bowl
Speaker 3: and he knows that, you know, that's a daily process,
Speaker 3: day at a time, details, you know, all the little
Speaker 3: things that go into uh the end result that people
Speaker 3: see with the confetti. It just seems that he he
Speaker 3: really wants to win and he wants to have fun.
Speaker 3: He like you said, he wants a third for six
Speaker 3: six thousand yards, you know, and I'm I'm not mad
Speaker 3: at him if he does.
Speaker 4: But what was uh find the the hair color choice
Speaker 4: for the season?
Speaker 3: Finished? Purple? I've done it before, you know. I always
Speaker 3: just feels fun to switch it up, you know, And
Speaker 3: it's probably the only time, like you know, when not
Speaker 3: being playing football, that I really haven't died, otherwise I'll
Speaker 3: be an adult, uh for the rest of the time.
Speaker 3: But you know, just det have fun. Purple kind of
Speaker 3: faded out so well, next time you see me, it'll
Speaker 3: be a little more purple. But you know, it goes
Speaker 3: nice with it, It goes with uniform safety.
Speaker 1: Marcus Williams is one of the most important players on
Speaker 1: this defense. He made an immediate impact last year after
Speaker 1: coming to Baltimore in free agency. He's a ballhawk who
Speaker 1: just has a knack for the football. He missed some
Speaker 1: time last year with a risk injury, but when he
Speaker 1: was on the field, he was an absolute difference maker
Speaker 1: for this defense, and he talked about what he hopes
Speaker 1: to accomplish in his second season as a Raven.
Speaker 3: Were here, everybody all quiet, I'd like to play at
Speaker 3: that bunch of about it? What do you think of it?
Speaker 8: I get the ball all the time. That's nothing new
Speaker 8: to me. I mean I just look at the ball,
Speaker 8: and when the ball is there, I just attack it.
Speaker 8: I mean, that's that's what the game is about, right.
Speaker 5: Marcus was comfortability level in this defense right now. Second year,
Speaker 5: more acquainted with your role defense, especially in communication.
Speaker 3: The bottom was raving about your communication yesterday. I'm just
Speaker 3: look about right. I mean, every day we just worked
Speaker 3: to get better. Each day.
Speaker 8: I worked to you know, perfect my craft and do
Speaker 8: those little things by communicating, being leader out there, just
Speaker 8: talking to my guys, and you know, as you see,
Speaker 8: we we all come together, we make plays, and that's
Speaker 8: just gonna all help us all get better.
Speaker 3: I think coming years that you wanted to be more
Speaker 3: than I mean, I've always been a communicator. It's n
Speaker 3: it's nothing new to me.
Speaker 8: I mean I've always done it, even last year when
Speaker 8: I was here, So it's really nothing new. But continue
Speaker 8: to do what I what I gotta do to make
Speaker 8: sure our team's in the right spot.
Speaker 3: That's what do you think about him? How start year?
Speaker 3: He looks great?
Speaker 8: I mean, since he's a rookie, he's always been getting better.
Speaker 8: He's gonna continue to get better. Uh in the film room,
Speaker 8: out on the field, get him more comfortable, you know,
Speaker 8: playing together side by side. So you know, as long
Speaker 8: as he continues to to focus, lock in and come
Speaker 8: out here and and do all he can to to work, Uh,
Speaker 8: I think it's gonna be great.
Speaker 3: Industry that you have to.
Speaker 1: Jail and your feel to see trying to go back last.
Speaker 3: In that process.
Speaker 8: Oh of course, anybody, anybody you go go out there
Speaker 8: with you you know, you wanna build that chemistry. But Uh,
Speaker 8: just being usually being together for a whole year, you know,
Speaker 8: it gives us gives us that uh that chemistry already.
Speaker 8: So just be able to talk to him, him being
Speaker 8: able to listen, and I he even tells me stuff.
Speaker 8: So I it's just you know, feeding off each other
Speaker 8: so we could both get better.
Speaker 4: Or you got off to such a hot start when
Speaker 4: the indujury he came back.
Speaker 5: Persons interception, your first games, you come away from here saying, man.
Speaker 3: There's so much more meats up on the boat than me,
Speaker 3: and you know, I can't wait to show that in too.
Speaker 3: I got injury.
Speaker 8: Uh shoot, I mean I I if I came back
Speaker 8: and I had a pick, and it means I was
Speaker 8: pretty good. Uh But nah, I mean there's always there's
Speaker 8: always more from me. There's always there's always that next
Speaker 8: step that I could take.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 8: I'm not finished being the best person I could be.
Speaker 8: You know, I haven't peaked. I'm still working. I'm still young.
Speaker 8: You know, I'm still trying to be better than every
Speaker 8: single person that steps out on the field.
Speaker 3: Or that's the offensive.
Speaker 4: I'm trying to attacks for a lot of heart, but
Speaker 4: defensively for you guys, so that kids, you have how
Speaker 4: can you guys.
Speaker 8: Can have to see it's it's up to us though.
Speaker 8: We we have to we have to put in the time.
Speaker 8: We got to put in the work. And it starts
Speaker 8: right here, starts right down on training camp.
Speaker 3: He he makes a millionaires up to t to be
Speaker 3: Is it just right? Position? What?
Speaker 5: What do you think is the the biggest key to
Speaker 5: making the josif for.
Speaker 8: Sh well, shoot, you gotta be a ball hog, I guess,
Speaker 8: and I mean that's what I am.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 8: I mean, I watch a lot of film. I come
Speaker 8: out here, I practice hard and so so it translates
Speaker 8: to the game days.
Speaker 5: Marcus, what are you saying from some of those young
Speaker 5: past rushers specifically dating the job? Hope we didn't get
Speaker 5: to see a lot of them last year.
Speaker 3: What are you saying from him and always progress.
Speaker 1: So far this year?
Speaker 3: I think they're hungry.
Speaker 8: They're hungry young guys who who wanna get after, who
Speaker 8: wanna make some plays, and they're not gonna stop until
Speaker 8: they get these sacks to get the quarterbacks down and
Speaker 8: not let anybody get bound.
Speaker 3: Par you making a big reception that a field gets
Speaker 3: every time that felt.
Speaker 8: I hope he makes all those in game day shoot.
Speaker 3: I mean you see him. You see it from his
Speaker 3: past teams.
Speaker 8: He makes those plays, spectacular catches and great great receiver.
Speaker 8: So you know, hopefully we come out here in game
Speaker 8: one and he's doing the same thing. Our color teacher
Speaker 8: is Mike mc thomins in the house.
Speaker 3: He helped you guys some career from this time last
Speaker 3: years in this uh.
Speaker 8: He takes us time to teach us every single day
Speaker 8: to you know, locked in all those small details. You know,
Speaker 8: if we if we have a mess up here and there,
Speaker 8: you know he's making sure we correct it. He's not
Speaker 8: gonna wait until the filmo. We're gonna say, Okay, that's
Speaker 8: what you guys need to do right now, and then
Speaker 8: when we go to the film whom we correct it
Speaker 8: again so that we know next time we come out
Speaker 8: here is corrected and we're ready to go.
Speaker 4: Marcus jerious seeing we're all you know, quite a lot
Speaker 4: of a lot of people curious perspective to defender what you.
Speaker 3: Seen the stands there.
Speaker 8: Young talent he's coming out here, is really quick, fast,
Speaker 8: gets off the ball, you know, it catches the ball.
Speaker 8: He's he's gonna be He's gonna be a star as
Speaker 8: long as he puts that time in that work in,
Speaker 8: comes out here each day and works and grinds and
Speaker 8: never gets complacent. I think he's gonna go out there
Speaker 8: and ball.
Speaker 1: That was safety Marcus Williams. You also heard from Odell
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior is a Flower and head coach John Harball.
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