1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. It is Wednesday, 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: November twentieth. The Ravens are gearing up to face the 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: LA Chargers coming up on Monday Night football. Today, we 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: heard from a couple of players in the locker room. 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: So that's kick it off with kicker Justin Tucker. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: I'm really good and again I appreciate you you checking in, 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: you know, but it's also kind of unimportant how I feel. 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: What is important is how I perform, and I really 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 2: do feel that way, you know, coming into coming into 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: practice day, going out there tomorrow, get some. 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 3: Kicks in, you know. 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 2: That's that's really all I've been looking forward to since 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: the game on Sunday, and again, taking it one kick 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: at a time is has always been a part of 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: why we have sustained success over a long period of time. 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: And you know, we're not gonna change anything about that now. 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: We're gonna continue to take it one kick at a 18 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: time and just keep getting to work. 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 4: And a common thread this kicks of late or something. 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 4: It's okay, that's if is there any consistem with it 21 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 4: or is it just each kick has its own individual 22 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 4: little thing that didn't go. 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 3: Quite right well? 24 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 2: If you just take a ten thousand foot view and 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: you look at you know, where all the kicks have gone. 26 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 3: They've gone just wide left. 27 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: So you know, I and you just mentioned it at 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: the exact same time. Each kick, you know, kind of 29 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: lives in. 30 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,199 Speaker 3: Its own in its own world. 31 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 2: But you know, the uh, the adjustment is you know 32 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: pretty clear, I just need to make it a point 33 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 2: not to let the ball carry to the left. So 34 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: you know that's something that we're gonna continue working in practice. 35 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 4: Justin you talked about uh after the game, and then 36 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 4: when you did like that before yard and you made 37 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 4: an adjustment going into that can you feel like that 38 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 4: kind of repeating that adjustment is kind of the fix 39 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 4: you need. 40 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 5: Uh. 41 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: I mean again, each kick kind of lives in its 42 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 2: own world. You know, you have to take it for 43 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: what it's worth in that moment. So you know, on 44 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: that fifty four yarder, we made it a point to 45 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 2: you know, like I described after the game, we made 46 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: it a point to uh change our aiming point, and 47 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: that one worked out for us. You know, just just 48 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 2: giving the conditions on that particular kick that was you know, 49 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: that was the the strike that we needed in that moment. 50 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: But Uh, yeah, moving forward, it's you know, the principles 51 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 2: remain the same. It's foot the ball contact, uh, finishing 52 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: downfield with my swing, seeing the ball and striking the ball, 53 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: picking the ball clean off the ground. And uh, we can. 54 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 2: We will do those things. We we just need to 55 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: carry them over. I need to carry them over from 56 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 2: pac from practice to the game. 57 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 4: When you've had as much success as you've had throughout 58 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 4: your career, you're in this spot now where you're having 59 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 4: more business than you're accustomed to. I mean, how have 60 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: you dealt with the reality of the situation that is 61 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 4: right now? 62 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I I do take it very personally. 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: Anytime I leave a kick out there, it it bothers me. 64 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: You know, for all the all the the fans, supporters, coaches, players, 65 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: anybody that cares about Ravens football. Believe me when I say, 66 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: nobody takes it more personally than I do. Nobody is 67 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: more affected than me when I missed a kick. So yeah, 68 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: I take it really personally. 69 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 3: You know. 70 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: At the exact same time, my particular line of work requires, 71 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 2: in my opinion, that I compartmentalize my feelings and I 72 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: leave them to the side, and I fol focus on 73 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 2: the action of kicking the ball in, not the consequence. 74 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 3: So as difficult as that. 75 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 2: May be at times, you know, that is the challenge 76 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: that I'm facing right now. That's my only option is 77 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: to just continue to work and focus on the action, 78 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: focus on the process, and uh, you know, let the 79 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: results take care of themselves. 80 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 3: After just putting in, putting in the works, we're going 81 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: snap the hole. You know, it's just something we don't 82 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: see normally. 83 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: Is there any particular attention to that paid after Sunday 84 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: or is that just something we don't normally say. I 85 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: think they'd just fall under the category of except that 86 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: you guys might not normally be privy to. We tend to, 87 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: you know, work on all the aspects of our operation 88 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: anytime where like today was the day we were not 89 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: kicking or punting or snapping live during team periods. But 90 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: even on those days where we're not having you know, 91 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 2: quote unquote heavy workload, we still make it a point 92 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 2: to just get together and kind of talk through our 93 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: process and stay dialed in. 94 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 4: How you feel throughout this snap whole. 95 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 3: Just consistency, I guess throughout them throughout this season. Yeah, 96 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 3: Nick and Jordan are are doing a good job. They're 97 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 3: doing a good job. 98 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: And uh, whenever I miss a kick, it's because I 99 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 2: let one get away when and I've said this before, 100 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 2: and whenever we make kicks, it's because all of us are. 101 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 3: Doing exactly what we need to do to make kicks. 102 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: It's the media to have John have your back the 103 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: way he does. 104 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 4: Look around the league, other other coaches bring in kickers, 105 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 4: you know. 106 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you've obviously earned a long. 107 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 4: Runway with incredible success that you have in a track record, 108 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 4: but still at the league it can be ugly at 109 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 4: times and guys will be fine. 110 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 5: I got to move on, but there for him have 111 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 5: your back the way you did this week. 112 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: That yeah, I do appreciate that, you know, And it's 113 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,799 Speaker 2: it's something that I will be making it a point 114 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: to reward. 115 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 6: You know. 116 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: That's that's something that all of us make it a 117 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 2: point to do. Is we reward the confidence that our 118 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 2: coaches and our teammates place in each one of us 119 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: as individuals. 120 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 3: And you know, again that's that's part of being a 121 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: team is. 122 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: Having each other's back the way that you know Harves 123 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 2: has all of our backs, that I know my teammates do, 124 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: and that you know that I will also be doing 125 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: for them whenever, you know, whenever things are going really 126 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 2: well and whenever things are not going so well. I mean, 127 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: that's that's part of being a team, and especially this 128 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: team specifically. We've we've always made it a point to 129 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 2: maintain you know, our our our culture, our our standards. 130 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 2: So you know, I'll leave it at that. 131 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: We also heard from rookie cornerback Nate. 132 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 6: Wakens, just as your thoughts kind of saw increase in 133 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 6: playing time last week, and they'll played, well, how do 134 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 6: you feel like things are. 135 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 2: Coming along for you? 136 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 5: I feel like everything's going I'm going at playing. I mean, uh, 137 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 5: I'm playing the steps I want. I mean playing. I mean, 138 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 5: I mean I'm getting a couple of flats, but I 139 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 5: mean I'm still playing. I feel like I'm playing at 140 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 5: my highest, So I feel like i still got more 141 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 5: to go. So, uh, I feel like it's on the 142 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 5: skies to them. 143 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: What have you learned what it takes to be a 144 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: corner in this league? 145 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 5: Oh, you just gotta have the next play mentality? Uh 146 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 5: Like they the receivers get played high to so I 147 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 5: mean they're gonna make plays. They gonna make. It's a 148 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 5: great play, so you just gotta have the next next 149 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: playing mentality for. 150 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: You as you get into this final stretch here, how 151 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: important do you think it is for the secondary you're 152 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: playing at its best, playing at a high leveling the 153 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: stretch for this season. 154 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 5: I feel like it's important. I mean it's a uh. 155 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 5: I feel like, uh we the a probably that in 156 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 5: the uh af see in the ball and the ball 157 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 5: going deep. So I mean we're playing a big part 158 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 5: uh and winning the game. So I feel like we 159 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 5: gotta come every every week with uh with I. 160 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: Bess, do you feel like, b you're the young guy, 161 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: you know, the in the Seconday. 162 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 6: I think that at times they test you know and 163 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 6: then you're the young guys. 164 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I feel like, uh yeah, I feel like 165 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 5: every game that uh, they test me just cause I'm 166 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 5: a rigging. 167 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: Oh it's just for you kind of What do you 168 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: think is your biggest snow causing point of emphysis downonstrutch. 169 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 5: Your uh really just uh getting my head around and 170 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 5: uh suh. I feel like, uh, I'm playing I'm playing physical, 171 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 5: so I really I don't feel like the physical physicality 172 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 5: point is a big thing. Just get my head around. Uh, 173 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 5: just stop holding I stop grabbing. Uh, I feel like 174 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 5: I can guard. You see in the lead, so I 175 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 5: s I only need to hold. So that's what I 176 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 5: gotta improve. 177 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 6: So how do you feel like that's going on? 178 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 3: Period? 179 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 5: I feel like it going good. 180 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: I working out every day. So you know, you said 181 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: like they testing you back. Do you feel like you 182 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 3: aren't testing you? 183 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 6: That's why should say word get the season? 184 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 5: Uh No, I feel like uh teams like nope, I 185 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 5: can cover us. I don't feel like they're trying to 186 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 5: text me like I was from the beginning of this season. 187 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 5: I feel like they still test me once and two 188 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 5: times in the game just to see if I'm ready. 189 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 3: So how much would you say the game is very 190 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 3: I'm ready? 191 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 5: I just played the game. 192 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 6: I don't know. 193 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I can't answer it. 194 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast Tomorrow, We're 195 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: gonna hear from head coach John Harbaugh as well as 196 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: quarterback Lamar Jackson and safety Kyle Hamilton. 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