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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. I am Gary

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Speaker 1: Downing sitting here with Clifton Brown, who's filling it for

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Speaker 1: Ryan Mank and we are excited today to be joined

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Speaker 1: by Ravens defensive back Pepe Williams.

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Speaker 2: How you doing today?

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Speaker 3: Good? Good man? Everything as well?

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Speaker 2: Awesome.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're excited to sit down and talk with you today.

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Speaker 1: And you've been a guy at the very beginning of

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Speaker 1: camp here that I think we've been watching closely because

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Speaker 1: this is a big camp for you. So how do

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Speaker 1: you feel like training camp has been going here for

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Speaker 1: the first few weeks.

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Speaker 3: Uh, Most importantly, I'm healthy. Yeah, you know that that

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Speaker 3: was the biggest goal for me. Just stay healthy, keep

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Speaker 3: my body right, you know what I mean, come especially

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Speaker 3: from last camp. You know, I came back at camp,

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Speaker 3: you know, had what I had, But this year healthy,

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Speaker 3: been working, feel stronger, faster, you know, and just pretty

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Speaker 3: much getting into him with the defense, learning different spots

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Speaker 3: so I can like get the whole picture. You put

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Speaker 3: all the pieces together on the puzzle, so I understand everything.

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Speaker 3: So I've been to myself on that and I know

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Speaker 3: some good days, some bad days, but all and all,

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Speaker 3: like growth, I've been growing.

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Speaker 1: The health thing is is probably the biggest, I guess

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Speaker 1: piece of your story so far, as like when you've

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Speaker 1: been on the field, you made plays, especially in practice.

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Speaker 1: We've seen that, you know, but then just staying healthy

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Speaker 1: is a challenge. How so last year you dealt with

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Speaker 1: the ankle injury and cost you.

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Speaker 2: Basically the whole season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess how how challenging was dealing with with

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Speaker 1: that last year?

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Speaker 3: Uh? Pretty much it was. It's like more mental than anything,

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean. You could do all the

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Speaker 3: treatment and all the all the recovering and getting stronger,

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Speaker 3: but like your mental has to be there. Like so

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Speaker 3: like my first surgery, basically I kind of rushed the

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Speaker 3: process in my head, like I was trying to move

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Speaker 3: too fast, trying to get back out there because I

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean, I didn't want to lose

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Speaker 3: my spot and things like that. So it was like

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Speaker 3: a reset, just humbling me and telling me just chop

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Speaker 3: just take it day by day to slow down, do

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Speaker 3: the stuff right, you know, right, recovery, right, sleep. So

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Speaker 3: after my second surgery, I kind of like I just

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Speaker 3: told myself I came to peace with like take my time,

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Speaker 3: get healthy and get back to me. So like all

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Speaker 3: and now it's it's I mean, it isn't easy, but

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Speaker 3: if you just chop wood and carry water and stay

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Speaker 3: with it, your body was just start back development to itself.

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Speaker 3: So that was the biggest thing with me. Like so

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Speaker 3: now it's like my mentor is just back back to

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Speaker 3: my first year. Like it's just being a dog and

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Speaker 3: like not let anything like weigh me down and things

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Speaker 3: like that. So I don't even be thinking about my

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Speaker 4: Make plays, Pepa, listen, do you talk right there? Kind

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Speaker 4: of remind me of Jelling Arbor Davis. Like you guys

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Speaker 4: came in together. He's another guy who's injuries have been

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Speaker 4: holding him back. Now he's having a good camp. You're

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Speaker 4: having a good camp. I'm just curious how much of

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Speaker 4: you guys bond then, How have you helped each other?

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Speaker 4: I got get through these tough couple of years. We

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Speaker 4: haven't been on the field as much as you want to.

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Speaker 3: Well, most definitely. I mean we we're pretty tight in

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Speaker 3: and with that process of just like coming in at

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Speaker 3: stuff like that. Uh, just back and forth, like you

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Speaker 3: know what I mean. So it's like I talked to

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Speaker 3: five and basically he told me saying, it's more mental

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Speaker 3: than anything. When I first got my surgery, you know,

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Speaker 3: He's just like, bro, it's more mental to anything. Just

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Speaker 3: don't don't get down on yourself. Like Five is. It's

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Speaker 3: like a a genuine person like he he understands a lot,

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Speaker 2: So you know what I mean, when did you start

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Speaker 2: to feel like yourself again.

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Speaker 3: I'll say this off season. Okay, you know last year

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Speaker 3: I came back, I think it was the last game

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Speaker 3: of the season, got some gunterrupts and stuff. But I

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Speaker 3: Was just coming off. It's still kind of you know,

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Speaker 3: letting it go, like stop thinking about it. Stopped thinking

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Speaker 3: work through it. The doctor told me, Ad told me

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Speaker 3: it was more so like off season me being able

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Speaker 1: As a corner, I feel like maybe, I mean, this

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Speaker 2: Play at a high level.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I've heard Jimmy Smith talk about that

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Speaker 1: over the years and Marlin, if you have something that

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Speaker 2: Like, is that how you Is that how you feel?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Facts, I mean, we play dB. It's the hardest

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Speaker 3: even happen, my mom, I'm already half a second late,

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Speaker 3: you know what i mean. So it's like it's like

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Speaker 3: watching film. You watch film, but you're gonna go out

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Speaker 3: You just naturally let your mind take you. Oh, I've

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Speaker 3: seen it. We trigger, you feel what I'm saying, Like,

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Speaker 3: No guessing, like just reaction. So that's pretty much where.

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Speaker 4: You've been here long enough to know this defense. Well,

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Speaker 4: like so many guys here, you're a versatile guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: you play a lot of positions. So if you were

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Speaker 4: Zach Orr and Okay, I'm gonna put Pepe in the

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Speaker 4: best place or the blessed. How can Pepe best help

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Speaker 4: the Ravens, what would you say?

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Speaker 3: Uh, most definitely, my energy is just gonna change everything.

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Speaker 2: But well, there's no doubt about that. We feel we

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Speaker 3: More so more so, I've been training a lot and

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Speaker 3: now it's like I feel like I'm more efficient in

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Speaker 4: Now you mentioned slot. Now, Arthur Molett, the coach, Roballs said,

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Speaker 5: With the knee thing. Don't know how long. You know,

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Speaker 4: Out with him the best obviously, But for all you

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Speaker 4: guys in the room, I know it's always next man

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Speaker 3: For sure. Always next man up, everybody stay ready. So

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Speaker 1: If I if I say, if someone asks you, what's

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Speaker 1: your position, what are you telling the defensive back? DV

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Speaker 1: not nickel not corner safety DV can cover all of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna hard be hard to get rid of me.

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Speaker 3: Once you can do a lot of things, it's hard

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Speaker 3: I was big on like just doing whatever it takes

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Speaker 3: So moving to safety wasn't a problem. That was a problem.

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Speaker 3: like and that plays another part, like the way your

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Speaker 1: So it's like, do you you feel like you know

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to, right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I have no choice because when when when that

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Speaker 5: Now, this might be the deepest corner group in the league.

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Speaker 4: Was already deep, and then like in April, they draft,

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Speaker 3: That, I mean, I wouldn't say nothing goes to my mind,

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think a lot of people don't understand that about

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Speaker 3: Good, now you know I got somebody behind me that's ready,

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Speaker 1: I always go back to like you're I remember when

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Speaker 2: You just always have struck me as a player that

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Speaker 1: Of instincts, Is that do you attribute that to the

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Speaker 2: Where does that come from?

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Speaker 3: Definitely when I was growing up, I was the little kid.

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean. Like, if you're scared, there's

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Speaker 3: I'm saying, Like, like like how Roe said we're going

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Speaker 3: because he's scared. Now you know what I'm saying, he

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Speaker 3: it's like you got to be fearless for sure.

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Speaker 2: And you've like, so you've heard all the trash talk.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're like people say you're too small, Like you've

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Speaker 3: That doesn't bother you, Nah, not at all, because you know,

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Speaker 3: it's like the little guys get it done.

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Speaker 5: That's all I know.

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Speaker 3: Little guys get it done because we overlooked, you know

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Speaker 3: what I mean, people always saying we can't do this,

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Speaker 3: can't do that. So it's like that little man syndrome,

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Speaker 4: Speaking of trash talk, I mean, these guys this room

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Speaker 4: highly competed. So, hey, do you engage in trash talk?

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Speaker 4: And who are some of the best trash talkers in

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Speaker 1: If you say that, you don't engage the trash more.

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Speaker 3: So, I don't like I talked trash at practice, you know,

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Speaker 3: just to just to get the guys going. But like

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Speaker 3: in game situation, I don't really talk trash unless you say,

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Speaker 3: somebody pocket to me because I'm so locked in and

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Speaker 3: worry about giving the call Nikka left, Nickel right, things

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Speaker 3: like that, and just understanding my assignment, you know, things

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Speaker 3: of my teammates, now you're gonna hear Pepe. You know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying. But who talks the most trash? Marcus

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Speaker 3: talks a lot of trash, Marcus, for sure, Marcus. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna have to give it. Tomorroow. Marlow talks trash. He

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Speaker 3: for sure.

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Speaker 1: YEA.

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Speaker 4: On the flip side too, the guys you cover for

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Speaker 3: Nellie? Really, God neddy don't know how to be quiet.

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, Nelly gonna talk track. He gonna he's

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Speaker 3: gonna cry by the he going to flag and then

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Speaker 3: he just he's gonna he gonna make sure he's saill whatever.

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Speaker 3: He's a real actor.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would have guessed. I would have made guess today.

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Speaker 5: But Nelly Nelly low get down load.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, show, he's gonna talk, He's gonna be trying to

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Speaker 3: get a call that we didn't even do nothing. What's

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Speaker 2: Looks like true DV you never had He've never interfered

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like, come on, bro, you just trying to

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Speaker 3: do stuff now for sure.

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Speaker 1: So one thing that also stands out to me about

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Like what just being me?

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Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying, Like people respect you more

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Speaker 3: when you just be you. You know what I'm saying. When

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Speaker 3: I came in the room. I've seen all the different personalities,

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Speaker 3: and I'm like, I could just be me here, just

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Speaker 3: coming at being a raven. They let you be you,

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Speaker 3: you know what I'm saying, That's what they want. They

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Speaker 3: So it's like it's another like I don't have to

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Speaker 3: like respect everybody in the building, and just be you man,

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Speaker 3: have so fun. When it's time to lock in, lock in,

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Speaker 3: it's like we just show us in there. You know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying, Like, you can't come in our room

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Speaker 3: I mean. So like that's why I say we got

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Speaker 1: How do you then flip the switch from being like

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Speaker 1: we ask all the guys, who's a class clown?

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Speaker 2: Like your name came up a lot, right.

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Speaker 1: So you're people, You're funny, you joke, you bring the personality,

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Speaker 1: But then you do turn the switch, right, you do

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Speaker 2: Now, how do you how?

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Speaker 1: And honestly, like the DB's probably dominated the question of

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Speaker 3: I mean, uh, I say, it's like I'm more like

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Speaker 3: I love when people laugh, Like I don't really like

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Speaker 3: bad vibes. You know, we all go through so much

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Speaker 3: I just be wanting to see laughs and things like that.

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Speaker 3: So it's like when it's trying to lock in, everybody

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Speaker 3: like when it's go time, like game day, you might

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Speaker 3: I'm saying. The ball that's not we're just chilling something

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Speaker 3: I know when it's all right, let's lock in. We

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Speaker 3: really need to get this done. So it's like it's

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Speaker 3: like a good balance between the two. Yeah, I know

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Speaker 3: when it's time to joke around and get some laughs,

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Speaker 4: Like you mentioned the Ravens letting you be you. That's

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Speaker 4: some of the things they're telling you, Pappy. This is

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Speaker 4: we see for you. Just curious what they're saying to

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Speaker 3: I know Coach christ always tells me like keep doing

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Speaker 3: like what he need me to do? What they need

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Speaker 3: me to help out today, Like because I know I

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Speaker 3: play Nickel two, but like if you need to go

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Speaker 3: always tell us, like even the whole room, like we

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Speaker 3: it's like, as long as I keep doing that, and

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Speaker 1: How big of these so pre first preseason games coming

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Speaker 1: up on Friday? Like you you get excited about these

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Speaker 2: Are you fired up?

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Speaker 3: I fired up? Man, don't even lie. It's been like

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Speaker 3: like the whole nine, Like you know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 3: Like it's been like a whole year, like me just

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Speaker 3: urge to get out on that field man and go

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Speaker 3: fly around. So it's like Friday, it's time, It's gold time.

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Speaker 3: I'm just cutting loose.

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Speaker 2: It will be emotional at all.

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Speaker 3: Nah, It's never emotional. Like, got a lot of respect

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Speaker 3: for the game, you know what I mean? But this

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Speaker 3: is what I do. Yeah, Yeah, that's what I do.

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Speaker 2: And if we're looking at, uh, if we fast.

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Speaker 1: Forward, you know a few months here, and we're looking

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Speaker 1: do this season?

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Speaker 3: Pretty much? Pepec came back ready, Pepe came back ready

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Speaker 3: to go, came back to help the team win like

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Speaker 3: things like that, like he came back ready, you know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying. Like when guys come off injuries, everybody

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Speaker 3: expecting them like still be going through it or whatnott.

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Speaker 3: I don't let none of that hold me back. Once

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Speaker 3: I'm healthy. I'm healthy. Once I can go, I can go.

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Speaker 3: There's no excuses. I don't want to hear nothing else

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Speaker 3: about my ankle. I want to hear nothing else about

444
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Speaker 3: this that or you're coming off. That's that's over. That

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Speaker 3: was last year. It's a whole new year. It's a

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Speaker 3: whole new Pepe. Like I'm back to me, you know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying. So for sure like this year, a

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Speaker 3: couple of months season, get ruling Pepe back.

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Speaker 4: It's not up to you. But would you like to

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Speaker 4: play a lot on Friday? I mean, do you want

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Speaker 4: to play a lot in the free season?

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I ain't played in the whole Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: want a god damn fly around. Yeah, fly around, make

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Speaker 3: some tackles, hit some people, catch some interceptions. You know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying. Just do me just go get that

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Speaker 3: whole game? Feeling giving the call in those situations when

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Speaker 3: tempo and stuff like we got to give a call,

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Speaker 3: like make sure everybody on the right page, like things

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Speaker 3: like that, Like I take pride in that, like going

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Speaker 3: out in the game prepared and ready to asseecute.

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Speaker 1: Awesome.

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Speaker 2: Well, we can't wait to see you play.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 1: I know he heard talking to guys, you know, because

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Speaker 1: you know free season. I understand it's not the regular season,

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Speaker 1: but like what I always say is that it matters

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Speaker 1: to a lot of the players, like talking to you,

468
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Speaker 1: like you can tell how much that game is going

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Speaker 1: to mean to you.

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Speaker 3: It's the tone, it says, the tone and pretty much

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Speaker 3: you know, just being a raven, like you gotta go

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Speaker 3: out there every snap and be a raven. You know

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Speaker 3: what I'm saying, Like you just can't wait to be

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Speaker 3: a raven when the season start. So if coach tell

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Speaker 3: me to scrap up, I gotta play, I'm finna go

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Speaker 3: rave it awesome.

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Speaker 1: Well, we can't wait to see that. We appreciate your time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much and good luck this year.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Awesome you're listening to Lounge podcast when we're coming to

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Speaker 1: you from the Sea Geeks Studio. Also, we want to

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Speaker 1: give a shout out to our friends at Draft King Sportsbook.

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Speaker 1: enjoined the conversation with Pepbe likes as we said, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the guy brings so much energy. He's fun, he's charismatic.

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Speaker 1: I think easy got a root.

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Speaker 4: For absolutely, I mean, lovable personality. Hasn't had a chance

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Speaker 4: to play as much as he wants because of the injury,

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Speaker 4: and now that he's healthy, great to hear him say

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Speaker 4: how good he feels, because when he's played, he's played well.

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Speaker 5: So he's really looking forward to the.

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Speaker 4: Preseason showing that he's back, Like he said that the

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Speaker 4: injuries are behind him, and yeah, if he can do that,

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Speaker 4: you never know how these seasons are gonna play out.

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Speaker 4: He could end up being a huge part of the secondary.

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Speaker 4: Even though he's not a god that you know, the

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Speaker 4: first person people name when they talk about the Rayland secondary,

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Speaker 4: he could be a key piece.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Him.

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Speaker 1: Him and Jalen Armor Davis came into this offseason in

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Speaker 1: training camp in a pretty similar situation and talented player's

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Speaker 1: fourth round picks going into the third year. Who can

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Speaker 1: be really good while they're on the field, but they've

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Speaker 1: dealt with injuries and I think, honestly, I think both

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Speaker 1: of them have have risen to the occasion. They've been

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Speaker 1: on the field every single day, They've played well, They've

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Speaker 1: gotten their hands on the football at times. I think

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Speaker 1: that they have kind of done exactly what you want

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Speaker 1: from from both of them.

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Speaker 2: And I know you.

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Speaker 1: Asked Pepe about it in the conversation, and he has

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Speaker 1: an opportunity now with Arthur Mallett dealing with a knee injury.

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Speaker 1: You know, reports are he can miss time in the

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Speaker 1: regular season, and if that's the case, then you know

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Speaker 1: Pepe could have a chance there. And even before the

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Speaker 1: injury is Arthur Mlett, I think that you know, Pepe

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Speaker 1: is a guy that he's gonna he's gonna do everything

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Speaker 1: you can to try to play his way onto the field.

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Speaker 1: And even as a rookie, he stepped into some moments

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Speaker 1: his rookie season. You know that you wouldn't necessarily expect

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Speaker 1: for an undersized corn who's a fourth round rookie. And

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's, as I said to him, like,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's intimidated or scared of big stages

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Speaker 1: or moments, And I like the way that he plays

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Speaker 1: the game, the instincts that he brings, the mindset that

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Speaker 1: he brings, I like all of it with him.

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Speaker 4: Yeah right, it's never too big for him. And now

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Speaker 4: he's been there a couple of years, he really knows

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Speaker 4: the system well and he can play fast, So unlike

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Speaker 4: his rookie season where he did well, but yeah, it

532
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Speaker 4: was all new to him, it's not anymore. And I

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Speaker 4: think that gives him an edge maybe over some of

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Speaker 4: the younger players who are talented as well, but don't

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Speaker 4: have his experience in this system. And you mentioned his versatility.

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Speaker 4: Wherever the Ravens may need him in his secondary, he

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Speaker 4: can play. He literally played every position in the secondary

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Speaker 4: at college.

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Speaker 5: So when he came to a.

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Speaker 4: Team like this that likes doing the positionless defense thing,

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Speaker 4: it really fit his style. And if he's healthy again,

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Speaker 4: the more you can do, the more chance you'll have

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Speaker 4: to get on the field.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So the game coming up on Friday, seven thirty pm

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Speaker 1: against the Eagles. If you want tickets for that, you

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Speaker 1: can get those on SIKI or Baltimore Ravens dot com.

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Speaker 1: Just a couple of notes about the stuff around the

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Speaker 1: game before we talk dive into some of the elements

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Speaker 1: of the game itself. We have announced the new upgrades

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Speaker 1: and unveiled some of these new upgrades at Mt.

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Speaker 2: Bay Stadium, So.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna look a little different and it'll be exciting

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Speaker 1: for fans to walk into that for the first time

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Speaker 1: on Friday after all the work we put in this offseason.

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Speaker 1: The Millerite Gatehouse is something that's really cool, as well

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Speaker 1: as the roof deck above that, so you'll be able

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Speaker 1: to check that out during the game. It should be

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Speaker 1: pretty awesome for fans to see. And we also have

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Speaker 1: some new premium spaces, the Black Wings Suites and as

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Speaker 1: well as club level or field level seats as well, so.

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Speaker 2: Updated club level.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of cool stuff that's going on at

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Speaker 1: the stadium that we're excited to unveil starting this week

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Speaker 1: with the preseason game again coming up on Friday against

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. As we get into that game, like what

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Speaker 1: is it in your mind? In addition to that, we

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Speaker 1: talked about Pepe, but like, what is the thing that

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Speaker 1: you are most excited to watch and see how it

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Speaker 1: plays out?

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Speaker 4: Well, we've been talking about the offensive line for months

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Speaker 4: and right it's time to play games against somebody else.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, you know with Tayland line Broun wasn't gonna

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Speaker 4: play anyway, but with him being out, now you've got

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Speaker 4: you know, people gonna take snaps at center, uh, the

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Speaker 4: right side, left guard Vhoere he seems to be the favorite,

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Speaker 4: but he hasn't played a game, you know, and over

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Speaker 4: a year. So what happens on the offensive line I

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Speaker 4: think is at the top of my list to see

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Speaker 4: who plays well, where guys play, and that may factor

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Speaker 4: into decisions going forward. And then also, you know, you

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Speaker 4: got places like the wide receivers. After you know, the

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Speaker 4: top three or four guys, there's a lot of talented

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Speaker 4: guys competing for roster spots roles at wide receiver. So

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Speaker 4: those are two things I'm interested in. The Ravens defense

586
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Speaker 4: is so deep and they're going to keep it, you know,

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Speaker 4: quote unquote vanilla in the preseason games, that's not to me.

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Speaker 4: There's always you know, you want to see how guys

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Speaker 4: are playing, but really that offensive line getting snaps, live

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Speaker 4: snaps in bads against another team, against other guys who

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Speaker 4: are trying to prove themselves. I think that's gonna be

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Speaker 4: a really big barometer as to where guys stand on

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Speaker 4: that offensive line.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think the offensive line for me,

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Speaker 1: I agree, is number one. I am also interested to

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Speaker 1: see the secondary Pepe Jalen Nate Wiggins first round pick,

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Speaker 1: there's a chance to see him, I'm guessing, so I'm

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Speaker 1: curious to see that. The other position that I'll you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm a little bit curious about. You know, there's not

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Speaker 1: too much buzz about this position. But like running backs,

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Speaker 1: so Keaton Mitchell last year came on the scene in

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Speaker 1: training camp and then he won a spot based on

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Speaker 1: how he looked in the preseason. Running Backs get a

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Speaker 1: lot of opportunities in the preseason because, especially in the

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Speaker 1: second half of these games, you're handing the ball off

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Speaker 1: a lot, so you're gonna give these running backs opportunities.

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Speaker 1: So obviously it's Derek Henry and Justice Hill as your

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Speaker 1: top two running backs, but you have a competition there

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Speaker 1: for the third spot is keeping Mitchell is coming back

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Speaker 1: from this injury, so rashein ali fifth round rookie could

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Speaker 1: be that. Guy owen Wright is another player in camp

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Speaker 1: who's look good at times. Does anybody stand out in

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Speaker 1: that competition that is for that third running back spot

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Speaker 1: who could end up playing, you know, a role early

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Speaker 1: in the season how much we'll see, but a role certainly.

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Speaker 5: No question.

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Speaker 4: I mean with running backs, to me, I want to

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Speaker 4: see if they can break tackles, make guys miss, If

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Speaker 4: they have an opportunity to catch the ball, will they

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Speaker 4: do it? And yeah, I mean and vision are they

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Speaker 4: finding the holes? If they're there and hitting them quickly,

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Speaker 4: We'll be able to see those things more in game

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Speaker 4: situation than we will at practice. So yeah, those two

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Speaker 4: guys you mentioned, there is an opportunity, particularly as you said,

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Speaker 4: until Keaton comes back, for them to do something. And

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Speaker 4: you never know because again last preseason, who was talking

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Speaker 4: about Keaton Mitchell being one of the big playmakers on offense.

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Speaker 4: But when he got in there and got his opportunity

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Speaker 4: he made he was a huge difference for the Raivens offense,

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Speaker 4: Dene right until you know he got hurt, he became

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Speaker 4: one of the biggest weapons. And that to me, there's

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Speaker 4: game speed and practice speed sometimes is different. Keith Mitchell

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Speaker 4: definitely when he got on the field against other teams,

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Speaker 4: his speed just jumped.

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Speaker 5: Out like this guy, they can't catch him.

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Speaker 4: So if we can see some of that type of

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Speaker 4: jews from anybody, whether it be a wide receiver or

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Speaker 4: running back, that's immediately going to be filed away by

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Speaker 4: the coaching staff as someone who may be able to

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Speaker 4: help him this year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be fun again Friday, seven thirty

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Speaker 1: pm m Andcy Banks Stadium. After the game, Cliff and

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Speaker 1: I are going to do a recap podcast, So we're

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Speaker 1: talking about the stuff going into the game, but after

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Speaker 1: that game, we're going to break it all down for

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Speaker 1: you and you'll be able to listen to that in

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Speaker 1: the subscribe subscribe button on the press Pass feed as well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for watching and listening, and we

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Speaker 1: will talk with you again after that game on Friday,