WEBVTT - Andrews, Brade, & Harbaugh: Press Conferences 8/30/24 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:05.840 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass podcast. Is Friday, August thirtieth. 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.000 The Ravens are preparing for the week one opener against 0:00:09.000 --> 0:00:11.160 the Kansas City Chiefs. After practice, we had a chance 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:12.840 to hear from head coach John Harball. 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:17.040 Thanks for being here, good day, We're working hard. What 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:17.759 question do you have. 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:20.440 Back out there? 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:22.640 And just from what you were thinking, how do you look? 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:25.079 Mark looked good? Yeah, he looked good. I had a 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.520 good practice, coach, tell them Wallace had. 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.360 A really good training camps here were working on practice. 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:34.560 He's got your more opportunities in the offensive season. 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:36.000 You're a vision him getting opportunities. 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:36.800 I do, I do. 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.920 I think Thailand's going to get an opportunity, opportunities everywhere 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:43.159 offense and special teams. Uh, he's looked good, had a 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.120 couple of nice plays out there today, of course, and 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.640 uh like he does really every day. 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.680 So looking forward to seeing how he does this year. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.760 Obviously from here, getting a lot of hype about that. 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.280 How cool has that been for you to watch? 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:55.320 It? 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.800 Also left in particular stod out about. 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:00.000 Him for Audi right, Well, you know, just for him, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:01.480 it's you know, really I think it's kind of cool 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:04.200 that he's from here and he's close by growing up 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.200 here in Maryland and everything. That's a big deal. We 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.200 appreciate the terms, we appreciate the program over there, all 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:10.199 the programs over there. 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:12.759 So that's that's that's that's that's big. 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.840 But more than that, individually, you're really happy for these 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:17.680 guys that make it like he's undrafted free agent. He 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:19.800 just made an NFL football team. That's a big deal. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.520 And he did it the hard way, earned it, you know. 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.320 He he made plays and he's very diligent and uh, 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.360 he's gonna get his opportunity this season to play some 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.399 NFL football and I think he's gonna do very well. 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:30.760 John. 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.560 You look at you know, the list of undrafted free 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:35.400 agents that you've had over the years of Wood You're 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:38.280 deep it support near your own. What do you think 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:42.119 that having a legacy like that kind of jusus into 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:44.440 into the culture of this team and just every year 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.440 it seems like you have a guy who can come 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:50.320 out of the undrafted island and make diibuts. 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:51.400 Uh. 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:57.680 Well, it's a meritocracy. You know, football is uh, you know, 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.160 there's there's there's no there's no there's no area in 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.560 football there's no crowns. You have to you have, there's 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:04.720 no royal. Jerry Rosberg used to say it best. I 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.840 was searching for this. Now now I remember there's no 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.400 royalty in football. You know, you got to go out 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.560 and you've got to earn everything every every week. Ray 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.360 Lewis used to say, you know, the biggest challenge is 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.000 the fact that you've got to go do it the 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.680 next day, especially when you're at that level, because at 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.600 that point in time, everybody wants to put put you 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:24.799 up on their mantle. 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.519 So to speak, as as a ray Lewis type player. 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.359 So the more accomplished you become, the tougher becomes to 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.000 uh to live up that meritocracy. 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:34.960 You got to do it. So that's the beautiful thing 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:35.400 about it. 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.560 So much of bailed up for the season, everything going 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.239 on in the off season, camps, everything. Are you getting 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:43.520 to the point now to where you're kind of ready 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.639 to see what your team looks like this year? 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.080 Of course, and this is what you look forward to. 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:49.560 You know, you do all that work in the off 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.720 season and preseason and even during the season for the games, 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.720 so you as as challenging as they are, as much 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.680 tension as there is. You're excited to go to go compete, 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.200 you know, and that's what we're looking forward to. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.280 John, I knew you guys obviously been had the Chiefs 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:07.400 in your mind and so forth. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.320 I guess what's the They're a very. 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.079 Good football team. What's the challengeing for today? Maybe playing 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.520 a team like that, I mean one versus you know 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.240 last time you saw them at the end of the season. 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:17.919 Is there a difference? 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.919 Is there a different kind of challenge involved in. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.519 At her Yeah, that's a good question. 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.920 I don't really know, I mean just because it's really 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:29.040 not something I've really thought about. I mean, this is 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:30.880 that was a challenge that game, and this is a 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.160 challenge this game. There's a lot of similarities. It's the 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.240 same team, you know, but it's a different place and 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.360 it's a different setting, so that'll be different. Of course, 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.560 they've changed the team. We've changed the team, so that'll 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:46.200 be different. Just like every year. So every game is different, 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:48.400 even when you play the Steelers or the Browns or 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.360 the Bengals. First game, second game is still different, you know. 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:55.640 So it's just every game stands on its own. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.520 I think you'd share on the free guys before practicing today. 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:04.840 Which three guys went proxiate Patrick McCary. That's a decent thanks. 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.320 Uh Eddie has Eddie didn't make a flight, They got 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:09.080 flights canceled. 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:09.960 That was his deal. 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:14.360 The other two guys are just standard operating stuff right now. 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.200 All good, good, thanks honey. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.600 This gym going back to the NFL give you kind 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.240 of three hours to fill on Saturday. Now, don't have 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:24.880 to watch Michigan. 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.920 Oh yeah, yeah, well that's a good points about that. 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.400 Well this Saturday, we're gonna be busy because we have practice, 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.920 but uh we we have a walk through practice. 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:36.440 That's a really good point. Saturday is gonna be more open, 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:37.920 you know, and get some. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.159 Time with Angery. We spend time together watching the game. 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.200 She me she goes shoot or something she'd go do, 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.240 she'd leave and do her own thing. I'm glued to 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:45.360 the set now. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.080 Just you even get to watch Michigan. You can still 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:50.880 watch way that's sure. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:56.040 To watch watch wink. Yeah, I love wing. Yeah, never thought. 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.560 Thank you for that. Next Saturday. All right, we'll see 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:00.760 you guys. 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.159 We also heard from tight end Mark Andrews, who returned 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:08.960 to practice. He'd been sidelined for the last week. After 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:11.120 being in a car accident, but he was back on 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:12.720 the field and talk with the media today. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.560 Feeling really good, Feeling really good. You know, I'm excited. 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.640 My body feels good, and I can't wait for this 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:21.640 first game in the season. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:27.160 Obviously a few weeks ago involved with that car accident. 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:30.560 Just how scary was was that the whole apple? 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.919 You know, it's it's extremely scary. You know, it was 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.919 definitely a serious thing, and you know it kind of 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.120 for me, it puts things in perspective of you know, 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.200 to tell the people that you're around that you love, 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.400 that you love them, and you know, wear your seat belt. 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.359 You never know what's gonna happen on the road. You 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.919 never know, you know what things might be thrown at you, 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:52.279 what things might come at you in I'm very blessed 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.320 and fortunate, you know, to one I've got on my 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.040 side and to be wearing my seat belt, and yeah, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.520 it was a scary moment. Put things in perspective. But 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.440 I'm feeling good. I'm excited about the season. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.600 As much as you want to share. What kind of 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.520 effects were you feeling like after they kept you off 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.800 the field, and I mean you must have been shaking up. 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.680 What was kind of bothering you if you could share? 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:17.720 No, Yeah, you know, like I said, there's I mean, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.119 there's still stuff going on with like insurance and stuff 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:23.719 like that. But you know, for me, I'm moving forward, 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.160 and like I said, I feel really good. I'm excited. 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:28.440 I'm excited for this game. It's a big game. The 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.839 guys has been working hard, and my body feels great, 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:36.159 and you know, for me, I'm moving forward. And yeah, 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:36.479 you have. 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:37.720 Something, chicks, you can't that much. 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.520 Is it good to kind of have something in front 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:41.320 of you and the start of this season and just 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.080 feel like okay, like put my head down. 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.640 Go back to business or yeah, you know. And I've 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.919 always kind of had that mindset of being resilient moving 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.919 forward and you can't take things for granted. And I 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:53.799 think for me that definitely, you know, you know showed 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.400 me that, and yeah, you know, just moving forward, you know, 0:06:57.920 --> 0:06:59.880 you know, having a big picture in mind and that 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.440 the team that's winning games and trying to be the 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.080 best player and best teammate that I can be for 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:05.200 this team, moving forward. 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.280 From a mental standpoint to kind of be like all right, 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:10.000 I'm past this. 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:11.760 You know, when you have something. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:15.320 Serious yeah, you know, I think at first it's it's 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.160 a pretty big shock. But I was in meetings probably 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:19.960 about you know, an hour later and people were like, 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:27.920 what are you doing here? But yeah, for surely. 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.760 Talk about just is urgency going into the seasons that 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.040 you guys came in sat Hi, You're how. 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.800 Would you describe your mindset on that funt you see urgency? 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.000 You know that you have them for the year. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.360 Just focused, you know, I think every year's focused and 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.040 every years to tournament, but just the guys that we 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.080 have this year, it's really fun. It's a fun group. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.240 It's a it's a group that you know, we fly around, 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.440 we work together, we're always on the same page. And 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.160 that's been the best thing about it is the communication, 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.840 the open communication of making sure we're all on the 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.360 same page and moving towards the same goal. And I 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:00.840 think this is probably the best year we've had of that. 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.400 And I'm excited to see, you know, us get tested 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.120 and we will get tested, and our first test is 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:10.840 this Thursday, and yeah, I'm excited for that challenge with 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.840 Lamar for a while now, what have you noticed about 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:14.800 him this summer? 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:17.400 He's talked a little bit about. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.080 Being more vocal with different guys, expressing himself a little more. 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:22.320 From someone who knows him well. 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.960 Whatever you notice, well, I think even you guys see it. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.160 You know it's you know, he's he's the goat and 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.640 every way you know to me, and he's proven that 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.480 just about every year. And you know, he's always finding 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:35.360 a way to elevate himself in his game and just 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.680 a complete package of you know, taking control of this offense, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:40.760 you know, tell him, telling everybody what he wants to 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.640 be done. You know, he's been extremely vocal about that, 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.240 which I think has been amazing for for everybody. And 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.040 and that goes back to all of us being on 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.760 the same page. And you know he's got that down, 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.000 you know, really really well right now, and you know, 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.520 guys are bought in. So, like I said, we're gonna 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.960 be tested this weekend and I hope it shows how 0:08:58.000 --> 0:08:59.040 do you do's. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.880 A strong start last year before the injury, How excited 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.800 is it to be healthy now and going back again, 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:07.880 especially starting off against the Chiefs. 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.640 Of All team that's big, you know, it's big, and 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:11.720 you know, having the last game being played against them, 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.880 and you're not really feeling like myself just yet body 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.640 feels healthy. You know, I've worked really hard this offseason 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.880 and had a good camp, and you know, obviously it's 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.640 time to go put the work in for this season 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.840 and just take it play by play, day by day, 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.960 game by game. And if we do that, we're gonna 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.160 we're gonna have a lot of success. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.080 How do you balance the big goals that you have 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:36.400 for the end of the year with not skipping the 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.240 steps that you need to take together? And do you 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.240 ever talk to the younger players about you know, you 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:41.960 can't take for granted that you're gonna be. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:42.440 There at the end. 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.440 Yeah, yeah, I think that we have such a great 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:46.880 team at this point and guys that have been here 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:48.840 long enough where they can see it, you know, in 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.160 our demeter, how we practice, how we care ourselves that 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.640 you can't you know, look too far forward, just being 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.560 the now, being the present, and if you do that, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.400 you know good things are gonna happen. You know, if 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.480 we if we play, you know, each day, each play 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.240 how supposed to play, we're gonna get to where we 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:02.839 need to be at the end of the year. And 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:04.800 at the end of the day, it's just you know, 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.640 praying to God for health and safety and yeah, we 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.400 wor at your years playing with Lamar heard of what 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.960 he makes him so great is improversational ability, is as 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:16.960 a route runner and a target. 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.240 How do you prepare for that unpredictability? 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.079 You know, I think he's got a really good flow 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.320 of the game and feel of the game, and he 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:25.240 makes it easy on us. 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:25.520 Guys. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.280 You know, if you're if you're working to get open, 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.640 you're finding a way, you're being creative. You know, usually 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.280 good things that happen when you have a guy like Lamar, 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.040 And so for us, it's just working for him, being 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.040 there for him. And if we do that, you know, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.160 he's gonna put us in a good spot. 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.920 Matchup problems you and Isaiah isa they likely to do 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.400 at the same time, too tight ended sets, what kind 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.640 of matchup problems can get created for prominent. 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:47.400 Sort of challenges for them. 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:48.079 It's gonna be tough. 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:48.199 You know. 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.520 I think we're both very versatile players, and obviously you know, 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.160 Likes had an incredible camp and we're gonna be able 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.800 to do a lot of things together. And you know 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.000 that's kind of be to be determined to see how 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:00.800 that goes. And as you know, we can work off 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.559 each other, but there's a lot of you know, it's 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.000 just a dynamic. Do I think. 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.640 This time you pretty much had a winning records against 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.920 all the team one team kids city, you do not. 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.160 Is that something that you guys recognize talk about or 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:18.920 it does it bother you guys at all that that's 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:22.240 one team that you know, you guys haven't dominated over these. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:22.760 Past few years. 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:24.559 You know, I think for us, it's the first game 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.680 of the year. You know, we're trying to you know, 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:28.680 work towards a goal and that's to you know, be 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.840 the best team in the NFL, and it starts with 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.880 this weekend. But you know, we we don't look too 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.520 far too far into this thing. You know, it's it's 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.960 our first game. You know, it is what it is. 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.000 You know, their incredible organization, incredible team, and we gotta 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:41.800 be ready for the fight. 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.360 For this week has involved looking back at that AFC 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.240 championship or is it more their preseason footage? I mean, 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.559 how much do you allow last year to kind of creep. 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:51.920 Into the present? 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:53.560 You know, it's still early on in the in the week, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.360 but there's carry over. You know, with anything, there's same guys, 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.000 same players, you know, and so for us being able 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.680 to diagnose the know what's to come, and and be 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.240 able to do our job to the best of our 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.000 ability and see what's coming we're gonna do that. 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.600 You use previous year's motivation or are you somebody who 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.480 says it's a new year, new team that's discinin only. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:14.520 How do you averge it? 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:16.360 Yeah? 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:17.760 I think it's a little bit of everything. I think, 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.040 you know, when you you look back at things, you 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:21.800 kind of have to look back to go forward. And 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:23.920 you know, for me, it's also being in there now, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.280 you know. So I'm extremely driven person. You know, I've 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.440 always wanted to win, focused all that stuff, But you know, 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.480 knowing your past is always a good thing and you 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:32.319 can use as fuel. 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.160 How do you think that the kind of stuff that 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.720 you guys have emphasized before the snap on offense with 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.440 Lamar specifically, it can help you in a game like 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.120 this where you know, the Chiefs show a lot of 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.080 stuff before the snap there, restive all that kind of 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.960 How do you think what you guys did this offseason. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:48.800 Can help you Thursday night? 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.760 I think it just gives you know, Lamar and Monk 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.400 the tools to diagnose, diagnose, and assess things, and uh, 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.240 when you're able to do that and you get yourself 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.760 in a good plague, in a good situation and move 0:12:58.800 --> 0:12:59.440 forward from there. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.720 To be clear, your practice was about a by product 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.080 of the accident, correct. 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:05.480 Yeah, no, it's you know, for me, like I said, 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.839 it's a you know, I feel good. I'm ready to 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.920 be forward from from everything that happened. And yeah, my 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:12.680 body feels great. 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:19.200 We also heard from undrafted rookie safety Bo Break. He 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.680 made the team's fifty three man roster after the cutdown 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.480 earlier this week. He's a local kid who talked about 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.000 the significance of making the team and how it was 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.319 truly a dream come true. 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.640 So you knew you had a good camp, good preseason, 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.280 but sir, pick us through when you had the conversation 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:38.079 that you learned that. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.520 You made three man Yeah, actually I learned out here. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:47.040 It was during practice, our practice after the Green Bay game, 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.120 and Eric came up to me and he was like, 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.200 you had a pretty good preseason. I was like, yes, sir, 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.080 thank you. You know, I'm still nervous, you know, haven't 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:56.920 made a team yet. And then he just broke the news. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.280 He was like, congratulations, You've made the three man roster, 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.120 and I was like, I thanked him, I appreciate it. 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.559 I gave him a hug. And then of course when 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.400 I got home, I had to tell the parents. So, uh, 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.120 that was a great experience, they said, our crying, but 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:11.640 that was a that was a nice experience. 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:13.880 But yeah, what were your like emotions? 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:15.400 I don't know, you know, what were your mind like, 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:17.360 did you think you were probably on the team, or 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:19.040 what was going through your head? 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:22.600 So so I'm obviously I'm hoping I'm making it, but 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.800 my mindset going into it was not to get too 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:27.600 high on it. You know, I might make it, might not, 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:29.680 just so I don't have it. I don't want to 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:35.320 any have any expectations. And just that was a mindset. 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.560 I mean, I was like, whatever happens happened in the preseason, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.600 I played the best I could have played, you know, 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.360 so I left everything out there and I was, you know, 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.000 totally fine with that, and so, not knowing what the 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.880 future had for me, I went into the next practice, 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.000 you know, happy to just get the opportunity and showed 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:53.040 myself and came out on the other side. Three. 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:54.840 When you were a kid growing. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.360 Up around here, did you ever envision that. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:59.080 You could be on the scene. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.080 It was a it was a dream. You know, every 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.600 kid around here with your Ravens fan, you dreamed to 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:05.240 be on the Ravens. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:05.320 You know. 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.840 I grew up watching you know, ray Lewis ed Reid. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.320 You know I was watching the Super Bowl, you know, 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.600 I was coming up. I was born thousand and two, 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.360 so I mean after that two thousand and nine to 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.560 you know, now, I've just been watching the Ravens. I've 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.040 been you know, a fan of them. But it's it's 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.160 been a dream. You know. When I used to play Madden, 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:23.680 I used to put myself at a running back, you know, 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.920 so it was my dream play running back. But now 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.000 this is couldn't have you know, I dreamed of it, 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.440 but couldn't really imagine it, you know. So this has 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:36.000 been amazing and amazing experience. It's been better than I 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.800 could have ever expected and just I mean dream come true. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:40.760 So I gotta make the most of it. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.520 Or had aspirations. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.320 I'm sure of getting drafted, yeah, and you know, being 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.080 an undrafted re agent to making the team is a 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.320 big crime. How did you have to kind of reset 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.200 yourself before this preseason and how do you feel like 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.600 you were able to kind of get on the track 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:57.280 where now you're. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:57.760 On the team. 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:03.600 Yeah, I just stay levelheaded. You know, going into the drafts, 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:04.920 I thought I was gonna get drafted. You know, I 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.160 didn't really think there was a doubt about that, and 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:10.000 so putting those expectations on myself and what was gonna happen, 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.640 you know, kind of was me not being fair to myself. 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.840 And so after that didn't happen, you know, I just 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.000 had to move on right away. So when I chose 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:19.640 to come here, I knew I had to, you know, 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:24.080 prove myself to everybody in the league. And that's what 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.160 I'm trying to do. So coming out here, you know, 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.760 we have the best secondary in the nation, and you know, 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.520 being able to play with these guys and you know, 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.360 really competing for a job, but not trying to like 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:39.240 play against them, really trying to learn from them. We 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:40.840 have a lot of veterans and you know, we have 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.080 all pros. You know, Eddie Jackson came in later on, 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.240 and I mean I just try to learn as much 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:46.720