1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and we are thrilled to sit 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: down with rookie linebacker Teddy Buchanan. Thanks for joining us. 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: And I'll say this, Teddy, you made history with this 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: appearance because you are the first I already got. You 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: are the first player I think that has ever texted 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: me like reached out ahead of time to let me know, like, hey, 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: I'm running a little bit late, like let's just can 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: we move to this time. Usually, you know, we're like 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: and our. 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: Guys are great. They're great. 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: I don't mean to like whatever, but we're usually tracking 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: them down. And Teddy was like proactive and was like, hey, 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: I know we set up this time like whatever, I'm 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: gonna be a little late. We're visiting a hospital. So 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: kudos to you, Teddy. I knew I liked you already 17 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: and now like even more functual. 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 3: It's perfect appreciate that. 19 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: So, uh, you know, obviously getting embarked embarking on your 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: career here, and how do you feel like things are 21 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: going for you? So far? 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 3: Man? Things have been great. 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 4: I feel like I'm a part of an amazing organization 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 4: and just having the chance to you know, integrate with 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 4: the team and meet all the guys. Man, It's it's 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 4: been really cool. And yeah, I've been just having fun. Man, 27 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 4: I'm living on my dream, so just trying to do 28 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 4: it to the best of my ability and just really 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 4: be appreciative every single day. 30 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you think of. 31 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 2: The off season program? 32 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 5: You know, you get here after the draft and you 33 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 5: you have to learn the playbook, you have to learn 34 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 5: the city, you have to learn your teammates. What have 35 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 5: you taken away from these last couple of months since 36 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 5: being here and getting drafted. 37 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's definitely been a process. I've I definitely feel 38 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 4: like I've settled in compared to when I first got here. 39 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 4: I kind of compared it to being a freshman in college. 40 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 4: You just kind of like every little thing and trying 41 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 4: to find out where places are and you know, what 42 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 4: do I eat? When when is this going to happen? 43 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 4: So just trying to figure all those things out. But 44 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 4: as I've done that, it's been a great adjustment. I've 45 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 4: feel like a mini camp and uh OTAs went really well. 46 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 4: I feel like I grew a ton and uh really 47 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: I saw growth with with everybody a ton, So that 48 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 4: was that was really cool And yeah, I feel like 49 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 4: it's a small accomplishment to do that, but. 50 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: I'm proud of that. 51 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,679 Speaker 5: Do you feel like when you when you come into 52 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 5: a new place and you're a rookie, like part of it, 53 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 5: you're just you have to learn where things are, Like 54 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 5: you've got to learn where the locker room is or 55 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 5: where the training room is, and like what the process is. 56 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 5: But then you're also trying to like make a name 57 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 5: for yourself and show that you're ready to play and 58 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 5: all that. Do you feel like there's but how do 59 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 5: you balance those things? Like I'm just trying to establish 60 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 5: yourself but then also trying to like learn how the 61 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 5: NFL works, Like there's both things are kind of a 62 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 5: big step when you're coming into this new place. 63 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's definitely been one of the biggest challenges 64 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 4: so far as just finding that balance between figuring everything 65 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 4: out but also you know, pushing the envelope forward and 66 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 4: proving yourself as a player. But I mean, yeah, it's 67 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: kind of what you have to do as a rookie, 68 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 4: is you know, you want to respect everybody and what 69 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 4: they've done. You know, we have a lot of great 70 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 4: players on this team, so obviously want to show them 71 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: the respect that they deserve. At the same time, I 72 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 4: want to prove myself to them and earn their respect 73 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 4: as well. So yeah, it's been it's been a good 74 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 4: process so far, and I feel like I've definitely made 75 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: progress towards, you know, making that adjustment. 76 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: Well, talking about impressing the veterans, I think, you know, 77 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: certainly you're doing that. And the unique thing about you 78 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: is like you step right into a pretty good competition, 79 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, and right next to Roquan you know. Obviously 80 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: Trenton's coming back and he was a starter at the 81 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: beginning of last year. But like, I think a lot 82 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: of people see that as like, hey, Teddy's going to 83 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: push him, you know, and that's gonna be a competition. 84 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 2: Like how do you kind of view that? 85 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: I know that's a lot for a rookie to be, like, 86 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: I'm competing for some serious playing time, But how do 87 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: you handle it? 88 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: Yeah? 89 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 4: I mean for me, it's I don't really look at 90 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 4: it as you know, I'm to focus on the day 91 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 4: to day, so I just control what I can control. 92 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 4: I try and show up every single day and and 93 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 4: do what I can do, and you know, whatever that 94 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: leads to, that's really out of my hands ultimately. So 95 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 4: for me, it's all about focusing on the process and 96 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 4: just letting the result take care of itself. 97 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, well you looked good on the field, man, And 98 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: I won't lie. The first thing that stands out when 99 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: we're I'm looking out on the field. 100 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: Like Teddy is jacked. 101 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 1: I'm like, you might have like the biggest legs of 102 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: like other than like a D lineman or O lineman, Like, 103 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: what is the your quad workout has to be insane? 104 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 4: Well, yeah, I gotta give credit to my dad on 105 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 4: this one. He kind of he kind of got me 106 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 4: into lifting at a young age and it's something that 107 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 4: I really enjoy. 108 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 3: And yeah, I've been doing it for a while, so 109 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: you don't miss a leg day, it seems. 110 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 4: I try not to say, but yeah, I feel like 111 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 4: the weight room is a huge part of football and 112 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 4: it definitely has helped me not only just you know, 113 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 4: being strong and being a good player, but also staying healthy. 114 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 4: I feel like that's that's super important for football especially. 115 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, what did you start to get into weightlifting? 116 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: So my dad always had me doing like push ups 117 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 4: and stuff, So I kind of I feel like i'd, like, 118 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 4: you know, six years old, I was probably doing push 119 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: ups and stuff. Like my dad wasn't like forced me 120 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 4: to do it. I just saw him doing it, so 121 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 4: it made me really want to do it as well. 122 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 4: And and then yeah, I've obviously I started lifting around 123 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 4: like eleven twelve, nothing crazy, but definitely introducing it young 124 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: really helped me. Then again, seeing my dad do it, 125 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 4: I feel like when your dad does something, you're gonna 126 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 4: kind of copy that and replicate it. So it made 127 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 4: it easy for me to have that example. 128 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 5: Was he was he kind of your trainer growing up 129 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 5: or even still to this day or did he just 130 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 5: more get you interested in the weightlifting side of things. 131 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's a huge football fan, so he was. 132 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 4: He coached me growing up, and I would say he 133 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 4: kind of trained me as well, nothing like super serious 134 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: or formal, but it was always a fun way that 135 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 4: made me enjoy the game. So yeah, I mean the 136 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: workout stuff it Yeah, the point is that workout stuff, 137 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 4: it definitely comes from my dad. 138 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 139 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: What on the field, what's kind of been like some 140 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: of the biggest takeaways or lessons that you feel like 141 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: you've learned so far. 142 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's. 143 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 4: I would just say, man, just continue to be myself 144 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 4: and and just continuing to grow and improve and and 145 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 4: just do the things that have gotten me to this point, 146 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 4: but also just try and improve on those things and 147 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 4: and just never being satisfied. I feel like a big 148 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 4: thing that I've noticed is it's just every single day 149 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 4: you have to bring it, and there's no day where 150 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 4: you can just relax and be like, you know whatever, 151 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 4: I'm tired. 152 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, day off. 153 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,799 Speaker 4: So just coming prepared every single day and just bring 154 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 4: really giving your all every single day and treating every 155 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 4: single day as a new day. 156 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 3: Yeah. 157 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: I feel like if you're in the same room with Rokwan, 158 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: then like there's no choice but. 159 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: To do that. 160 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: I agree, what's what's it like kind of being in 161 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: the same room with him and I'm sure trying to 162 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: pick up as much as you can for him. 163 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a blessing for sure to have a guy 164 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 4: like that, you know, who's done at such a high level, 165 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:19,679 Speaker 4: and just to be able to watch him on film, 166 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 4: watch what he does in the day to day. And 167 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 4: also I'm just thankful for him embracing me as a 168 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 4: rookie and kind of you know, taking me under his 169 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 4: wing and teaching me. So yeah, it's been an amazing 170 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 4: room to step into. And and yeah, Rose an awesome 171 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 4: player and and you know, just an amazing leader as well. 172 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: You talked about this a little bit on the night 173 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 5: that you were drafted. But obviously there's a great history 174 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 5: of linebacker play in Baltimore. You have a great one 175 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 5: right now in Roquan Smith. And when you go into 176 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 5: that room, I'm sure there's pictures of ray Lewis on 177 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 5: the wall or CJ. Mosley or Zach Wars defensive coordinator, 178 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 5: like a long history, Jamil McLain, a lot of great 179 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 5: linebackers who have been here. How do you take that on, 180 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 5: knowing that like there's been a this is a position 181 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 5: maybe above any other where, like excellence is expected. 182 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I am super excited about that. 183 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 4: It's something that you know, I love, Like I have 184 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 4: the chance to to to prove myself and to you know, 185 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 4: continue this legacy. And you know, when you have guys 186 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 4: like that, like you have no choice but to step 187 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 4: up your game and elevate you know, how you play. 188 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 4: So I feel like that's only going to make me 189 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 4: a better player. And you know at the Ravens, like 190 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: it means something to be a linebacker, and that's something 191 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 4: I've heard and something I've noticed and felt. So yeah, 192 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 4: I feel like that's only going to push me to 193 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 4: be a better player. 194 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 2: Have you had your Welcome to the NFL moment yet? 195 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: Man? 196 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I've I've had a few moments where you know, 197 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 4: it's like, Wow, these guys are good. I kind of 198 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 4: want to say, I'm saving that for when the pad's 199 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 4: got on. Yeah, there's been some moments, but I don't 200 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 4: think there's been an official moment. 201 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 3: Oh oh wow. 202 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 203 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: Is there any part so far in practice where you're like, Okay, 204 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: like I can I can do this, I can cover 205 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,559 Speaker 1: this guy? You know, Like I imagine when you get 206 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: to this level, you're like, am I good enough to 207 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: hang at this level? You know, you know it, but 208 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: like until you do it, you don't really know it, 209 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like, what part of your 210 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: game do you feel like, all right, this is translating, 211 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? 212 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 3: Yeah? 213 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 4: For me, I feel like physically like I feel like 214 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 4: I can compete and run with guys. 215 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 3: I feel like, you know, I have the tools to 216 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 3: do that. 217 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, for me, I feel like it's the main thing 218 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 4: that I've been focused on, especially in OTA's mini camp 219 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 4: with no pads, has been the mental side of the game. 220 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 4: Understanding what the offense is trying to do and really 221 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 4: understanding you know, the defense as it's all new to me, 222 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 4: and you know, also practicing two positions, just balancing all that. 223 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 4: I feel like that's been my main focus. 224 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you. 225 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 4: Know, I feel like it's definitely an adjustment, but I 226 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 4: feel like I've always believed in my ability, and you know, 227 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 4: going through this whole draft process and you know, meeting 228 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 4: guys throughout the league throughout that it's kind of gave 229 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: me the confidence like, Okay, you know, I feel like 230 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 4: I belong here, and I feel like I do belong 231 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 4: here and I am here, so I might as well, 232 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 4: you know, give him my all and just let it loose. 233 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll say so, I was with you at Jimmy's 234 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: Seafood for an event with the rookies, so Jamie McLean 235 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: took them all and learned how to pick crabs and 236 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: all this stuff, and just this just popped my head 237 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: when you were saying that was like another rookie came 238 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: up to Teddy and they were like talking through a 239 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: play and like assignments on that play, and we're in 240 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: the middle of like picking crabs, like everybody's just like 241 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: chowing down, and you're kind of like, no, no, this 242 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: is what it's called and like this is this this 243 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: is everybody's role. And I was like again, I was 244 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: like impressed, you know. And so it feels like you're 245 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: just a dude who's like got his head on straight 246 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: and like you're about your business. Where does that come 247 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: from for you? Like how do you look at that 248 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: side of the game, the mental side and the preparation 249 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: film and all that. 250 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, well I can add to that. We're at the hospital, 251 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 4: which is a great thing we did today. I have 252 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 4: a ton of fun with the kids and we're we're 253 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 4: playing football with this kid and he has the ball 254 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 4: and we're playing. The two linebackers is me and Jay Higgins, 255 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 4: and we're going through actual call. 256 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 3: You know. 257 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 4: But but yeah, it doesn't stop. 258 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: But yeah, I would just say. 259 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 4: I guess I guess it kind of starts with I 260 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 4: was never like a highly recruited guy, so I feel 261 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 4: like I've always had to do the little things and 262 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 4: do the extra work to you know, make sure, make 263 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 4: sure I'm you know, up up to standard and stand out. Yeah, especially, 264 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 4: you know, I just it wasn't I didn't have the 265 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 4: external validation to say, oh, you're a great player. It 266 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 4: was always, you know, I had to prove myself. So 267 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 4: with that comes you know, doing the extra things. And 268 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 4: I feel like that's kind of where I got that from. 269 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: What I was just gonna say, why do you feel 270 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: like you were were lately recruit You know, you started 271 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: YUC Davis and all that. Hell you were doing the 272 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: push ups. Didn't they know you were doing the push 273 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: ups since you were five six years old? Yeah? 274 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 3: I mean what was going on here? 275 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 4: I think a part of it, you know, reflecting on 276 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 4: and having the perspective is I played quarterback really in 277 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 4: high school a lot of the time. So my defensive 278 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 4: tape it was I would say it was good. I 279 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 4: thought it was good, But I was playing quarterback also, 280 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 4: so there might have been question marks there. 281 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 3: And I also. 282 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: Had my best year by far, my senior year. So 283 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 4: the for yeah, for you know, a lot of colleges 284 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 4: have already given out their offers by the junior year. 285 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 4: But man, I would really say that was a blessing 286 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 4: for me, Like I said, I didn't have that everyone 287 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 4: telling me how good I was at a young age. 288 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 4: So it continued to drive me, and I feel like, 289 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 4: you know, I wouldn't take it back for anything. I 290 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 4: feel like it, you know, ultimately got me where I 291 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 4: am now. 292 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 5: So you played quarterback in high school, and of course 293 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 5: it played linebacker as well. 294 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 2: But if we. 295 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 5: Were having this conversation when you were junior senior in 296 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 5: high school, like were you hoping to play quarterback at 297 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 5: the NFL? Were you thinking that defense was always the 298 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 5: route that you would end up? 299 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 2: Tell me about that? 300 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I was hoping to play quarterback until 301 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 4: I got offer from defense, and then I was like, 302 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 4: all right, yeah, you know I've I've been a football 303 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 4: player since I was really young, so I've played both 304 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 4: sides of the ball in my whole life. So I 305 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 4: was like, it's not necessarily something completely new. Like I 306 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 4: knew I could play defense, but I did want to 307 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 4: play quarterback until I didn't. 308 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, what was your quarterback style? 309 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 2: Like, how would you describe yourself? 310 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 4: I could throw, I was like I would say I 311 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 4: was like a I was a passer first, Like I 312 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 4: could run, but like I really tried to distribute the 313 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 4: ball first and then just run when needed. 314 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: Okay, trick plays if we need a trick flay here worked, 315 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: that's real tricky. 316 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 3: I've been lifting too much. I lost the shoulder. 317 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 2: Special here. 318 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,479 Speaker 5: Do you do you actually think that the quarterback experience 319 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 5: helps you in terms of understanding of the game, what 320 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 5: kind of like the quarterback of the defense of the 321 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 5: middle there a linebacker. 322 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I feel like just kind of knowing what it's 323 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 4: like to play quarterback that kind of helps you understand 324 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 4: what the other quarterback is going through and what things 325 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 4: might make it difficult for them or how it might 326 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 4: make it easy. So having that understanding and then having 327 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 4: learned offense, obviously it's in high school, but still you 328 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 4: have an understanding of how the quarterback is reading things 329 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 4: and and it's different things like that, and just processing 330 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 4: the game. And another thing that I think is like 331 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 4: kind of underrat is the pressure of playing quarterback. 332 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 3: It's you know, it's it's a lot of pressure. 333 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 4: So being able to take that to linebacker and be 334 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: able to just kind of embrace the pressure that come 335 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 4: in any football game has definitely helped me. 336 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 2: Nice. 337 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: That's interesting. I'm curious about you know, you to talk 338 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: about your journey and you wouldn't change anything. And like 339 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: we said, you started UC Davis and played for four 340 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: years there and then kind of had your breakout season 341 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: last year at Cal. How did that that journey kind 342 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: of shape you going that path? 343 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like it it Yeah, it just made 344 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: me a resilient guy. I feel like there were moments where, 345 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: you know, the NFL seems far out of reach. I 346 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 4: don't know how many guys have really gone, you know, 347 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 4: at least got drafted to the NFL from Davis. It's 348 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 4: not something you see every day and just the FCS 349 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 4: in general, right, So you know there's moments where you 350 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 4: know the path to the NFL was not very. 351 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 3: Obvious or very clear. 352 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 4: So I feel like that's just made me resilient, really 353 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 4: giving me a strong belief in myself. Yeah, it just 354 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 4: like working my way up from that. It's something you 355 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 4: can't take away and something that you know, I'm proud 356 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 4: of myself for doing. 357 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: And why did you want to play all four years 358 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: at UC Davis. 359 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 3: Yeah? 360 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 4: I felt like, you know, Davis believed in me when 361 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 4: I first got there, and there was a lot of 362 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 4: things that I wanted to do there a lot of 363 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 4: games that I wanted to win. 364 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 3: And. 365 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 4: I wanted to graduate from there. So I was able 366 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 4: to get my degree. Uh, graduated with a degree in design. 367 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 4: And then, you know, when I felt like I had 368 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 4: done everything that I wanted to do there, I felt like, Okay, 369 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 4: now it's a good time to leave. I knew I 370 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 4: could transfer for my fifth year. I kind of had 371 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 4: mapped that out, and you know, I got great support 372 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 4: from Davis. They they were completely understanding and supportive in 373 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: the sense of of me leaving. And yeah, I just 374 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 4: can't thank them enough for that. 375 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 5: Were you thinking, if you know, you go back to 376 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 5: your freshman, sophomore, junior year at U see Davis. You 377 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 5: mentioned that the path to the NFL could be hard 378 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 5: to see at times. But was your vision all that 379 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 5: you would end up in the NFL or were you 380 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 5: thinking as a student athlete and maybe I'll play the 381 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 5: rest of my college career and then I'll go on 382 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 5: to a career design Like what was your thought process 383 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 5: when you were at UC Davis in those early years. 384 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like I always, you know, I was 385 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:20,959 Speaker 4: always shooting for the NFL. And yeah, but like in 386 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 4: the moment in the day to day, That's not necessarily 387 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 4: what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about, you know, how 388 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 4: good of a player can I be today? How what 389 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 4: can I do to you know, when I'm a when 390 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 4: I'm a freshman at Davis, how can I, you know, 391 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 4: earn a spot? How can I get on the field? 392 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 4: Am I good enough to get on the field with 393 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 4: these college guys? So it's really a step by step thing. 394 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 4: And then I've And that's kind of like the advice 395 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: i'd give to any like kid, any anyone who's trying to, 396 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 4: you know, achieve a really big goal, is you can't. 397 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 4: You have the goal and then you kind of forget 398 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 4: about it and you really focus on what I can 399 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 4: do today and what I can do in the position 400 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 4: I'm to be the very best of that position. 401 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean think it's great perspective. I mean, there's 402 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 5: a lot of guys who were at the who are 403 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 5: at that level that dream of sitting in your shoes 404 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 5: right now, but it can seem so far away. But 405 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 5: I think it's it's a good perspective that you have. 406 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 5: So you play, you play four seasons at UC Davis 407 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 5: and then you transfer to Cal and you were a 408 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 5: Cal fan growing up, is this correct? 409 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 3: I For me, COL was my dream school. 410 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 4: I didn't I honestly didn't watch a ton of COL 411 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:28,199 Speaker 4: football just I don't know why. But yeah, once, like 412 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 4: I took a visit there and stuff, and like I 413 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 4: really loved it. 414 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 3: I really wanted to go there. 415 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 4: And they gave me a PWO so I was going 416 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 4: to take the scholarship over that. But yeah, it was 417 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 4: definitely a place that I wanted to be coming out 418 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 4: of high school. 419 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: I had to motivate you a lot, for sure, You're like, 420 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: I'm going to earn that scholarship. 421 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 4: It was a good feeling when you know, they came 422 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 4: back around and I was able to earn a scholarship. 423 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 4: And and I really did have a lot of pride 424 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 4: playing for Cal, even in my first year because that's 425 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 4: my hometown team. So it really meant a lot for 426 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 4: me to put it on that uniform. And yeah, I 427 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 4: just had a lot of pride planned for them. 428 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I remember moment in my career where 429 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: it was like they said you're not quite good enough, 430 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: and the chip that that puts on your shoulders just say, 431 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna show I'm gonna show you. 432 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 3: So you had. 433 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: You did that, You went to Cow and like had 434 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: this breakout season. What I mean, you had a great 435 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: season at UC Davis before going there, but then you 436 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: on a national stage you did it. What was that season? 437 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 3: Why? 438 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: How did it all come together for you this past 439 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: season at Cow and what did that do for you 440 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: as a player? 441 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. 442 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 4: It was really interesting because for me, I kind of 443 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 4: felt like I was the same player. Obviously I'm getting 444 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 4: better as I go, but yeah, it felt like I 445 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 4: was doing the same things I was doing A Davis 446 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 4: was just on a national scale and everyone got to 447 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 4: see it. 448 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 3: And you know, I had. 449 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 4: My coach, coach sermon, Uh, he's a linebacker coach in 450 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,719 Speaker 4: the DC. He he really I feel like, put me 451 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 4: in a lot of good spots to make a lot 452 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 4: of plays. And how the defensive system that you know, 453 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 4: I fit really well in, so that helped me out. 454 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 4: And then I had, you know, just great players around me. 455 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 4: So it all just worked out and I was able 456 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,479 Speaker 4: to have some good games and just show everyone on 457 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 4: a national stage what I could do. But it was 458 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 4: just weird for me because I felt like I was 459 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 4: doing a lot of the same things that I had 460 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 4: always been doing right right. 461 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 5: Well, It's it's interesting because, like he asked you about 462 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 5: realizing that you can play at the NFL level, you 463 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 5: get out there practice and feel like I can play. 464 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,479 Speaker 5: I'm curious if you go back to last year when 465 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 5: you transfer from UC Davis to cal like how quickly 466 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 5: did you realize like, oh, I'll have no problem hanging 467 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 5: at this level. 468 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 4: That was actually a big thing in my mind, was 469 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 4: you know, am I good enough? Like I'm gonna take 470 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 4: a step up? You know, we played a few FBS 471 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 4: teams at Davis, but you know, I was like, how 472 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 4: am I going to fare in a whole season? You know, 473 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 4: how am I going to hold up? And I think, 474 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 4: you know, we actually cow We played Davis the first game, 475 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 4: so that was crazy. 476 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 2: Was that emotional? 477 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it was. 478 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 4: I was relieved when it was over, I would say, 479 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 4: just because you know, there's a lot of media attention asking, 480 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 4: you know, and I was like, that's the game you 481 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 4: can't lose, just from just from a personal perspective, like 482 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 4: I got all my buddies back at Davis, Like I 483 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 4: still talk to them all the time. I'm just talking 484 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 4: to them now, and yeah, if I lost that game, 485 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 4: I literally never hear that one, Like I actually would 486 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 4: have been like upset, like Arry. 487 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, but how many talk does you have that game? 488 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 3: I think I had like a I had an okay game. 489 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 4: But anyways, the segway is that we played Auburn the 490 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 4: next week, so it was a big step up. We 491 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 4: played at Auburn and we were able to go out 492 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 4: there when that game, I had a really good game, 493 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: and I think that at that moment I kind of 494 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 4: knew like, Okay, you know this, I belong and I 495 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 4: not only do belong, but I'm a really good player. 496 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 2: That's awesome. 497 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: Watching your college statement, what stands out to me is 498 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,719 Speaker 1: like you're playing like your hair's on fire, man, Like 499 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: you're just all over the place, and you know, I 500 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: mean the ability to rush the passer, dropping coverage obviously, 501 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: you know, the run, tackling all that stuff, Like you're 502 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: just you're everywhere. Where does that kind of style of 503 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: play come from? And was there like a linebacker that 504 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: you looked up to or emulated from your youth? 505 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 3: Yeah? 506 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 4: I feel like, you know, I played a lot of 507 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: sports growing up, Like football has always been my thing. 508 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,119 Speaker 3: It's always been what I've been best at. 509 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 4: But I played everything growing up, so just kind of 510 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 4: having the versatility to you know, just be an athlete 511 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 4: and fit in in different spots. I feel like it's 512 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 4: something something I'm good at and something that you know, 513 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 4: it's helpful. As a linebacker, you're asked to do a 514 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 4: lot of different things. You're kind of you know, sometimes 515 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 4: you're up on the line, sometimes you're dropping back to 516 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 4: the post. So right, there's a lot of different things 517 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 4: that you do. In terms of linebackers growing up, I 518 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 4: feel like, you know, ray Lewis stands out obviously had. 519 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 2: A pretty good career. 520 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I'm from the Bay, So like Patrick 521 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 4: Willisonavar Bowman, even Fred Warner, Uh like Luke Keekley. There's 522 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 4: a lot of great linebackers that I can think of. 523 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 4: Even started watching row so yeah, there's just so many 524 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 4: and just trying to see what they do, emulate their 525 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 4: game and yeah, just inspire to be like those guys. 526 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 1: And I said you played with your hair on fire. 527 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: The one thing that stands out was the long hair 528 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: in college, So what what you know that that is 529 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: kind of a signature. I feel like, I don't know 530 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: West Coast linebackers, long hair is spilling out of the 531 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: home up. 532 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 3: So what what happened? Why did you make the decisions 533 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 3: go shorter? Well, the decision came. 534 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 4: I was in the shower, and I just like, it 535 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 4: took a long time to watch and detangle and it's 536 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 4: the whole process. And I was like, it was right 537 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 4: after the season. I had the new year coming up. 538 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 4: I knew I was going to go out to train 539 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 4: for the Combine, I was going to do the East 540 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 4: West game. I was gonna do all these different things. Yeah, 541 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 4: and I was like, I don't want to be spending 542 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 4: thirty minutes a few times a week washing my hair, 543 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 4: Like that's just too much. And another part of it was, 544 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 4: you know, I kind of wanted to restart and kind 545 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 4: of as my NFL career goes on, kind of gradually 546 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 4: grow the hair backround, kind of kind of earn that back. 547 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 4: I didn't want to just come in like yeah, I 548 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 4: just kind of wanted to earn it and make it, 549 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 4: make it, you know what I mean? 550 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a new Like how how long had it 551 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 5: been like this is a haircut before you got this side. 552 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 4: I started growing it out right when COVID started, so 553 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 4: it was probably like five years. 554 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 555 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 4: So it was a hard decision. It wasn't easy, but 556 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 4: at the same time, it does feel good to just be. 557 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 2: Able to not have all that hair that quick shower 558 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 2: of the morning. 559 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 5: I'm curious about the combine, Like, you helped yourself with 560 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 5: the combine, had a really good performance there, and kind 561 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 5: of like is the theme here. You prove yourself at 562 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 5: UC Davis and then pretty quickly once you got to 563 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 5: cal that you showed everybody that you could hang on 564 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 5: that level, and you're working to do that here. But 565 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 5: the combine was an important step for you to really 566 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 5: show your athleticism to these NFL teams. How important do 567 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 5: you think that was and ultimately getting you to this 568 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 5: point of getting drafted by the Ravens. 569 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think the combine is important. I 570 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,919 Speaker 4: don't know how important it is, but I was excited 571 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 4: for the combine. You know, we did mock combines at Davis, 572 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 4: so I knew roughly what my numbers were going to be, 573 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 4: and I was excited to show that. I feel like 574 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 4: a lot of people just didn't necessarily know yeah, or 575 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 4: you know, you need to go prove it, you need 576 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 4: to go do it, obviously, but I felt like there's 577 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 4: a good opportunity to show what kind of athlete I am, 578 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 4: and I feel like I was able to do that. 579 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. 580 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 5: Was there much talk between you and the Ravens during 581 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 5: the draft process, Like was this a place that you thought. 582 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 5: I'm sure everybody has their whatever three to five teams 583 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 5: that they think are most likely. 584 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 2: Were the Ravens one of those for you? 585 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 4: Uh? Not really relative to the amount I talked to 586 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 4: some other teams, I did not talk to the Ravens 587 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 4: a bunch. So yeah, I was surprised but excited on 588 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 4: draft Day when you know, I got that call from 589 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 4: from Eric. But yeah, it was was it was that 590 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 4: was an amazing moment just getting that call. And but yeah, 591 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: it wasn't really on my radar, to be honest. 592 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, where did you think you're going? Because I want 593 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: to be able to go back, like several years from 594 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 1: now when you're balling out and you know, having this 595 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: great career and I'm going to be like they missed out? 596 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 3: Oh man, it was I didn't. 597 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 4: I had no idea, But in my head, I knew 598 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 4: I was going to go, Like I just knew I 599 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 4: was going to go somewhere where I didn't expect to go, 600 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: but you me unexpected. I didn't have any like thirty visits, okay, 601 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 4: but I had a bunch of Zooms so I met 602 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 4: with like probably like twenty twenty one teams, but I 603 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 4: did not meet with the Ravens on Zoom. 604 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 3: So I was like, maybe they don't like me, Like 605 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,199 Speaker 3: I don't know, but yeah, it's hard. I had no 606 00:26:59,240 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 3: idea where I was going to. 607 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of thirty visits are honestly 608 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: for like guys that teams have questions about. That's what 609 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: I heard, And just like talking to you, it's like, yeah, 610 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: this guy he checks all the boxes. Like I think 611 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: you've got a good feeling about him. 612 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, Well my. 613 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: Last question for you is West Coast guy, California kid, 614 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: what's it like going West Coast to East Coast. 615 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 3: It's definitely different, you know that. 616 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 4: It's it's it's the first time in my life where 617 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 4: like I'm just talking to people asking where they're from, 618 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 4: and like, no one's from California. They're like, oh, I've 619 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 4: never even visited. 620 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 3: I'm like, oh my gosh, Like. 621 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 4: You're visit out yeah, you're visiting out in great Weather. 622 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 4: But it's definitely different. But I've enjoyed it so far. 623 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 4: I mean I've had a chance to you know, get 624 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 4: into the city. You know, I think every every single 625 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 4: dish you can possibly get out here has like crab 626 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 4: or something on that, like some type of seafood. 627 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 3: But you know, that's what we do. 628 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, It's it's good though, and and yeah, it's been fun. 629 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 4: I feel like, you know, that's what life's all about. 630 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 4: I was exploring places, and I'm just excited to continue 631 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 4: to immerse myself in the community and get to know, 632 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 4: you know, the city and the people. 633 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 3: So I'm excited. 634 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: Is there a like the pace? Is the pace different? 635 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I know that's what everybody says is old 636 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: West Coast. It's sports, chill and all this stuff. Like 637 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: for you, are you like, all right, this is kind 638 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: of a different pace. 639 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 3: I don't know, I don't know about pacing. I'd like, 640 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 3: you know, it's it's not that different. It's yeah, I mean, 641 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 3: it's it's more human. It's it's more human. 642 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 2: It's still be more humid. 643 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 3: Was hot. 644 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 4: It's probably one hundred degrees in Davis right now, check 645 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 4: my weather out, but it probably is. So the he's 646 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 4: it is what it is. Yeah, I think it's the 647 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 4: winter that's going to be a little different. 648 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, that will be much different. My last question is 649 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 5: this I read that you are into cooking. 650 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 2: Is this correct? 651 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 3: I am? Yeah? 652 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 2: Okay, So what's your go to dish? 653 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 4: I really just like to make a good steak, Yeah, 654 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 4: Rabbi or New York rip reverse seer method? 655 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: All right? 656 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, what's the reverse ser You put in the oven 657 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 4: first so it gets up to temp. I like to, 658 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 4: you know, pull it out probably one twenty is twenty two, 659 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 4: and then you see her it and it continues to 660 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 4: go up, but you kind of cook it first and 661 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 4: it's nice and dry, like you can't really mess up 662 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 4: to see her because it's already kind of cooked a 663 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 4: little bit and it turns out pretty good. 664 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 2: When you were his age, what was your go to method? 665 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 2: Cereal in a box? 666 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was spaghetti spaghetti with. 667 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 5: Well that's awesome. Yeah, thank you so much for the time. 668 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 5: And look forward to growing the hair out because you 669 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 5: know you're gonna earn it. Now you're gonna grow the 670 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 5: hair out. You're gonna earn it, and it's gonna be 671 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 5: fun to watch. 672 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's growing out. 673 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 4: I'm not gonna I might get a lineup or something, 674 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 4: but I'm not I'm not cutting it till it's till 675 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 4: it's long. 676 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 3: Awesome. Yeah, I appreciate you guys having Yeah. 677 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 2: Thank you, man, appreciate it. Welcome back to the Latch Podcast. 678 00:29:58,320 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 5: We are coming to you from the Sea Geek Studio. 679 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 5: Want to mention our partners with Draftking Sportsbook. They are 680 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 5: an official sports betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draftking 681 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 5: sports Book. The Crown is yours. Well, thank you to 682 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 5: Teddy for joining us. Enjoy the conversation with him, just 683 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 5: get to know him a little bit, and looks he 684 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 5: has the potential to be a significantly important player for 685 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 5: this defense. He's in a competition really for a starting 686 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 5: job along with Trenton Simpson, and there's possibility that both 687 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 5: of them, of course, end up playing a lot of 688 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 5: snatch for this team. But Teddy's a guy to watch 689 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 5: this year. I really think that he could be a 690 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 5: big time player for this team. 691 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that. You know, I would certainly handicap 692 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: Trenton as being the leader for the starting job. You know, 693 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: he started much of last season and I talked to 694 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: him before Mini camp finished, and he feels a lot 695 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: better than he was last year, especially in the mental 696 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: side of the game that Teddy also talked about in 697 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: processing and feels like things are slowing down and all that. 698 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: So like, I think the Ravens feel good about where 699 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: Trenton is and Trenton feels really good about where he is. 700 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: With that said, at linebacker, you don't Broquan might play 701 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: one hundred percent of the snaps, but the other guy doesn't, 702 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: you know, and look at even even before Trenton, you know, 703 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: wasn't starting last year. You know, Malik Harrison played a 704 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: lot of snaps. Chris Board played a lot of snaps. 705 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: So like, there are inside linebacker snaps to go around, 706 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: and I think that Teddy, along with Jake Hummel, you know, 707 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: he's going to be playing special teams primarily. I think 708 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: I think Teddy could eat up a lot of those 709 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: snaps that MALIEK. Harris and Chris Board won't be now 710 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: that they're elsewhere. 711 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 5: Well, it's interesting because both both Teddy and Trenton have 712 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 5: a similar skill set in that man, they are athletic 713 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 5: and they can fly around to football if they when 714 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 5: I watch both of them, like they have those skills, 715 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 5: they can cover, they can run sideline to the sideline, 716 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 5: shore tacklers like. They have a lot of the similar skills, 717 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 5: and so I think a lot of that's going to 718 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 5: come down to just who's playing obviously the best in 719 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 5: these preseason games and in training camp, like who seems 720 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 5: to have the best feel for the defense, who's moving 721 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 5: the best, And it could end up being combination of 722 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 5: the two of them. 723 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 2: I think they're both really good players. So I like Teddy. 724 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 5: I think that he's he's off to a really strong 725 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 5: start and now he just has to keep growing from here. 726 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I just like him as a person. I 727 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: was impressed with him here in this interview. You know, 728 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: he's just a mature guy for a rookie. You're like, man, 729 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: and that really goes across this rookie class I've been 730 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: as players and really as people. It's I mean, Malachi gosh, 731 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: it feels like Malachi has been in the league for 732 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: ten years, you know. And I get similar vibes from Teddy, 733 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: you know, I just think he's got his head on straight. 734 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 5: I like players that prove themselves every step along the way, 735 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 5: counted out, not really expected to do much. Go to 736 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 5: UC Davis, like how many guys have played at UC 737 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 5: Davis in the past twenty years, and like all of 738 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 5: them at some point probably thought, oh, I'm gonna go 739 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 5: pro eventually, all of those dreams, right, And he's done 740 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 5: it now and so but like then he proves himself 741 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 5: and he gets the scholarship from the big school, then 742 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 5: he goes into the big school, he wins a starting 743 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 5: job right away, has one hundred fourteen tackles five sacks 744 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 5: last year, and it ends up getting drafted. 745 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 2: Now he's in a similar situation. Okay, next step upright, 746 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 2: to prove yourself? What can you do? 747 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 5: And you know, I think that he's off to a 748 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 5: strong start. So again there's this's a long path here, 749 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 5: but like I think that all signs are pointing up 750 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 5: on him and it's been just good to get to 751 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 5: know him a little bit and I think that he's 752 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 5: going to be an important player for this team. 753 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: And obviously training camp will be the next step for him. 754 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 1: As a linebacker, you know, you can look great no 755 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: tas in mini camp, but once those big blockers start 756 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: coming downhill and looking to really kind of put their 757 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: pads on you and their hands on you, it's a 758 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: different game. So that'll that'll be an important step for 759 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: Teddy as well. 760 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, so training camp is right around the corner. We're 761 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 5: going to continue breaking down everything leading into that. Thank 762 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 5: you so much for watching and for listening. As always, 763 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 5: you can email us at the lounge at Ravens dot 764 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,000 Speaker 5: NFL dot net. 765 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, and we'll talk with you again 766 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 2: soon