Speaker 1: Welcome into Ravens Press Pass. Today is Sunday for you.
Speaker 1: It is Wednesday for the Ravens as they are an
Speaker 1: adjusted calendar, getting ready for Thursday night football to kick
Speaker 1: off the season against the Kansas City Chiefs. And as
Speaker 1: we do on a typical Wednesday during a game week,
Speaker 1: we hear from head coach John Harbaugh as well as
Speaker 1: quarterback Lamar Jackson. We also heard from linebacker Rokwan Smith
Speaker 1: as well as running back Derrick Henry, and then we
Speaker 1: went into the locker room and caught up with safety
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton as well as rookie cornerback Nate Wiggins. Let's
Speaker 1: start off with head coach John Harbaugh.
Speaker 2: Okay, good to see everybody. Sure appreciate you being here.
Speaker 2: Good day, hot day out here today. Guys did a
Speaker 2: good job with practice and we're looking forward to getting
Speaker 2: ready for the game.
Speaker 3: What questions you have, John, You're pretty.
Speaker 4: Familiar with six stacks over there over there with there's
Speaker 4: practice packers. What's kind of the thing that you guys
Speaker 4: have to account for?
Speaker 5: What well?
Speaker 4: Is it something that he does it's different than some
Speaker 4: other teams.
Speaker 2: No, I mean it's everybody's different than every other team.
Speaker 2: So it's kind of a tough question to answer. He's
Speaker 2: he's unique and what he does a lot of things
Speaker 2: that he does we do. We do that he does
Speaker 2: other teams do, and other things that are unique. It's
Speaker 2: kind of the way it's all put together, probably for
Speaker 2: any any coach, when when certain blitzes show up or
Speaker 2: when coverages show up, He'll keep it moving on you.
Speaker 2: He'll keep you guessing, for sure. I think that's one
Speaker 2: of the great strengths of what Steve does as a
Speaker 2: defensive play caller.
Speaker 3: So, yeah, they do a great job.
Speaker 6: Are you finding that you have to balance the emotions
Speaker 6: of week one, of last seasons and of this being
Speaker 6: the Chiefs? Is that anything that's kind of bringing into
Speaker 6: play and how do you as a coach?
Speaker 7: Sure?
Speaker 2: I mean, I think those things are always in play.
Speaker 2: It's it's an emotional game, it's an emotional sport. It's
Speaker 2: an emotional life, isn't it. I mean the things that
Speaker 2: you have in your life that you care about are
Speaker 2: important to you, and you want to do well and
Speaker 2: you want to be successful. Those are all things that
Speaker 2: matter to all, you know, So no different for our guys.
Speaker 2: So you know, we talk about the things that that
Speaker 2: we need to do in terms of being successful. That's
Speaker 2: what we talk about with the guys all the time,
Speaker 2: and the things that you're talking about are certainly part
Speaker 2: of that.
Speaker 8: John, we've never talked to you since you guys have
Speaker 8: brought in Tyler Huddly again.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's good to have Tyler back.
Speaker 2: You know, he'll be he's working off the practice squad
Speaker 2: be uh, he'll be in as our third quarterback at
Speaker 2: this time right here, so you know, he kind of
Speaker 2: knows the offense it's been. It's a lot different maybe
Speaker 2: in some ways than it was when he was here,
Speaker 2: but a lot the same too, So he'll have to
Speaker 2: relearn a lot of things and see where we're at
Speaker 2: since he's been gone.
Speaker 3: But he's doing a good job of that, very diligent
Speaker 3: and we're happy to have him back.
Speaker 6: Coach Rigunni Thailand Wallace, the impact he has had on
Speaker 6: training camp, special teams, how do you see he's development
Speaker 6: to be an asset.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean to me Toilan's been a very
Speaker 2: steady grower as a football player, you know, and he's
Speaker 2: developed into a very good player for us. He won
Speaker 2: us a game last year. He's made he's made catches
Speaker 2: on offense, he's blocked people. I expect him to take
Speaker 2: another step, maybe the biggest step of his career so
Speaker 2: far this year.
Speaker 9: Hey, coach, you've been doing it before, but is it
Speaker 9: kind of a unique and strange situation when you enter
Speaker 9: of a game if you've.
Speaker 6: Not seeing these guys in a live situation, whereas you.
Speaker 9: Know week three you've seen what these guys look like,
Speaker 9: where some of these guys haven't played since the AFC
Speaker 9: Championship in a live setting.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, for sure, it's it's the first game. You know,
Speaker 2: it's the opener, the real opener. It wouldn't be any
Speaker 2: different even the head played in the game a little bit,
Speaker 2: because it's still different, but it probably enhances that whole
Speaker 2: kind of a situation more than it would. So there's
Speaker 2: a lot of unknowns that you go in and I
Speaker 2: think you learn a lot. You certainly have a better
Speaker 2: understanding of where your team is that on Friday than
Speaker 2: you do on Wednesday. So we'll be looking forward to
Speaker 2: that part of it too.
Speaker 10: You think, with you know, some of the experience you
Speaker 10: have along the offensive line, that you're asking for something
Speaker 10: different than Ronnie Stanley in terms of being now one
Speaker 10: of the oldest guys.
Speaker 2: They've been one of the oldest guys for a while.
Speaker 2: I feel like, so, No, Ronnie's doing a great job.
Speaker 2: He's working hard, he's looked good in practice, and see
Speaker 2: him out there doing extra right now, I'm looking forward
Speaker 2: to seeing High Place Thursday night.
Speaker 10: John, there's only.
Speaker 11: One team that you get to prepare for for a month,
Speaker 11: so you know, I had that's your next opponent. What
Speaker 11: have you learned over the years about getting ready for
Speaker 11: that opener?
Speaker 12: And how's that kind of involved.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't know. There's a lot of things.
Speaker 2: You learn about a lot of things and certainly take
Speaker 2: it all into account. How you run training camp, how
Speaker 2: you run the practices up until that game, how you
Speaker 2: organize the reps, all those different kinds of things.
Speaker 3: But one of the big.
Speaker 2: Lessons to me is that you have to remember it's
Speaker 2: it's the first game, but it's not the only game.
Speaker 2: So you know, we're gonna have another game after that,
Speaker 2: and we're gonna have We're gonna we're gonna have seventeen
Speaker 2: regular season games and as many postseason games as we earn,
Speaker 2: so that we've got to keep that in mind and
Speaker 2: kind of keep it in perspective that way have been.
Speaker 5: You've had maybe.
Speaker 4: Less interactions with the Andy over the summer because this
Speaker 4: is the first game.
Speaker 3: We never talk over the summer anyway. He's too busy.
Speaker 2: He's out there in Huntington Beach at his beautiful beach
Speaker 2: home out there, So I never hear from him in
Speaker 2: the summer to.
Speaker 5: Do the coaching Academy interview thing.
Speaker 2: He did that a few years ago. Actually, yeah, so
Speaker 2: we'll be we'll be looking for another one here soon.
Speaker 2: I have to let him know expecting a new interview.
Speaker 3: But did you watch it?
Speaker 13: Wow?
Speaker 7: Was that?
Speaker 3: Was that the interviewer? The interviewe it turned you turned off? Okay? Wow, okay,
Speaker 3: boom China.
Speaker 9: I think there was a practice pretty early this summer
Speaker 9: where you guys have a lot of heavy blitzers of
Speaker 9: them are he was really really good against it in
Speaker 9: training camp. Obviously, they blitzed you with you know, six
Speaker 9: man pressures, seven man pressures pretty often in that Age
Speaker 9: Champions game. What does it take for you guys to
Speaker 9: be successful to guess that kind of pressure.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna take.
Speaker 2: It's gonna take I ding those those uh, the pressures
Speaker 2: when they're coming I ding how we're to pick them
Speaker 2: up or to block them or to throw off them
Speaker 2: with the hots and different things in the executing.
Speaker 3: That's what it takes, you know.
Speaker 2: And when they when a team comes after you with
Speaker 2: blitzes and you've got to you've got to meet him.
Speaker 2: You've got to meet him where they stand, stand your
Speaker 2: ground and and uh and uh and attack them.
Speaker 3: That's that's what you have to do.
Speaker 2: So we've been working hard at that, we always have,
Speaker 2: and I'm looking forward to seeing how we do.
Speaker 6: So I'm looking over film from preseason. Can you take
Speaker 6: away a whole lot from watching the Chiefs preseason tape
Speaker 6: or really any team's tape for Week one and bearing
Speaker 6: against them? Or is it just a lot of vanilla
Speaker 6: style plays that they're working on with, you know, not
Speaker 6: even their starters.
Speaker 3: Sometimes Yeah, it's uh.
Speaker 2: You watch it, you get a few notes and just
Speaker 2: kind of see where they're at style wise, I guess,
Speaker 2: but you don't get a lot from it.
Speaker 1: Now, here's quarterback Lamar Jackson, So Mark getting Matt.
Speaker 4: Mark Andrews back there on the practice field. Whatever the years,
Speaker 4: why do you think he has been such a good
Speaker 4: end zone, red zone.
Speaker 14: Target field, end zone, red zone, down the field, on
Speaker 14: the side side, making catches, just all around. Man, he's
Speaker 14: just got a great feel for the game and he
Speaker 14: made my job a lot easier. And I say a
Speaker 14: lot about Mark and what he does for this game,
Speaker 14: but man, he just a great all around tight end
Speaker 14: and la Mark.
Speaker 5: How do you feel to have his new back in
Speaker 5: the building?
Speaker 14: Have the ho oh, the snoop oh, Man, it's great
Speaker 14: to have my brother back in the building. Man, great
Speaker 14: to see him. Man, you know, cut his hair, a
Speaker 14: different approach, look look a little like mature like you know,
Speaker 14: but it's great to have my brother back, man, definitely.
Speaker 6: Or a two part question, how much of a relationship
Speaker 6: if you have any with Patrick Mahomes And just what
Speaker 6: do you see from him on the field that makes
Speaker 6: him unique? And and what do you take away from
Speaker 6: his game?
Speaker 14: I don't I don't have a relationship with him. I
Speaker 14: don't think I have a relationship with any quarterback in
Speaker 14: the league. I don't take anything from it, any anything
Speaker 14: from him. You know, I just play my game. But
Speaker 14: he's a great quarterback. I'm say that he's a great quarterback.
Speaker 14: He has the accolades to prove it. But man, He's
Speaker 14: just he may thing. He made things happen on the
Speaker 14: field that make it seem successful.
Speaker 15: I can see that.
Speaker 5: Mare week.
Speaker 16: Yeah, what's the biggest challenge to playing out there in
Speaker 16: Kansas City? We know it's gonna be amped up. We
Speaker 16: won every but historically and you know you played out there,
Speaker 16: you played some great games. Uh, what's the toughest thing
Speaker 16: about playing there?
Speaker 14: We just not in front of our crowd. Uh, the
Speaker 14: whole game is not like the whole Raven flock there.
Speaker 14: But it's I I know it's our fan base is
Speaker 14: always traveling with us, but it's just not our crowd.
Speaker 15: That's all.
Speaker 14: That's the biggest difference. And I'll say that, how do
Speaker 14: you need the noise?
Speaker 16: How do you use a quarterback handle all that noise?
Speaker 14: Just like any other environment, you know, just stay poised,
Speaker 14: stay locked in and listen to the cars, walk up
Speaker 14: to the line when I make my checks, and let
Speaker 14: my line know what we're doing.
Speaker 15: Stuff like that.
Speaker 5: Well, what was your reaction when you saw this game
Speaker 5: come up on the schedule? You know, you were playing
Speaker 5: the Chiefs. But for the NFL to make this the
Speaker 5: season opener means they obviously think a lot about this
Speaker 5: match out.
Speaker 3: Or uh yuh.
Speaker 14: I'm approaching like any other game, you know, but it's
Speaker 14: the start of the season, so we gotta make a
Speaker 14: greater imperson for the first game of the season.
Speaker 9: When you say you're approaching like any other game, revenge
Speaker 9: won't be on your mind at all, And I'm sure
Speaker 9: it'll be on the Ravens flock.
Speaker 14: I mean, any game I play and I feel like
Speaker 14: it's a revenge game. So I'm not just gonna look
Speaker 14: at this game like in the a revenge game anybody
Speaker 14: we played, no matter if we beat 'em or lost
Speaker 14: to 'em prior uh, previous years.
Speaker 17: I just wanna win, mar like.
Speaker 4: You know, pretty much have winning records against pretty much
Speaker 4: all the teams and quarterbacks my homes in Kansas City
Speaker 4: is the one team that's kind of been the opposite
Speaker 4: of a little bit?
Speaker 5: Does that certainly any motivation for you at all?
Speaker 14: Like I just said, that's r pretty much similar to
Speaker 14: that question. I'm approach to every game the same way.
Speaker 14: You know, I wanna win regardless win lose to daw
Speaker 14: previous times. But every game motivation you well, where.
Speaker 1: What are your emotions when you put in the work
Speaker 1: that you have this offseason, four days away from the season, kickoffice,
Speaker 1: and how would you describe your emotions.
Speaker 15: I'm ready to go.
Speaker 14: I've been going against my guys for weeks. You know
Speaker 14: it's time to go against someone else.
Speaker 18: Mar It's always been about the super Bowl for you.
Speaker 18: Last year, you go as far as you have to
Speaker 18: this point in your career. Did did Is there anything
Speaker 18: you take away from that run going into this sea?
Speaker 15: Said ah Man, just you know, we was close.
Speaker 14: It was close, but we gotta get back where we
Speaker 14: was and like I always say, finished, but it start.
Speaker 15: We won to start Thursday night.
Speaker 13: I mean think think blitzed you guys and a lot
Speaker 13: of the forty four years so percentage it at the time,
Speaker 13: and your pass was curious, like can you look back
Speaker 13: and then.
Speaker 5: What's the challenge of dealing with that?
Speaker 13: And and where did you kind of take away moving
Speaker 13: forward to you know, just next game.
Speaker 3: See h man.
Speaker 14: It was all type of things that went on in
Speaker 14: the game that we felt like we that could have
Speaker 14: worked for us went our way getting the ball out,
Speaker 14: certain certain things that went on, like we we missed
Speaker 14: certain certain things throughout that game, and it was all
Speaker 14: type of things I just can't pinpoint them blixing us
Speaker 14: cause we we picked 'em up. Sometimes, you know, here
Speaker 14: and there, all type of things we coulda did better
Speaker 14: that game.
Speaker 12: Mark kind of kind of playing off the Cordell's question.
Speaker 12: I mean, sometimes here Ravens fans say this team can't
Speaker 12: prove anything to us until January, until the playoffs. But
Speaker 12: I know you guys can't afford to really think of
Speaker 12: it that way. So I mean, what what do you
Speaker 12: wanna get out of the regular season.
Speaker 14: We gotta win. We gotta win regular season games to
Speaker 14: get to January. You know, we can't just go in
Speaker 14: to going to the season and go but iman f
Speaker 14: five and twelve, we're not. We're not gonna be in
Speaker 14: the playoffs, you know, so we gotta go into every
Speaker 14: game tryna make it to the playoffs. You know, playoffs
Speaker 14: on our mind. But at the same time, we gotta
Speaker 14: win this game that's ahead of us.
Speaker 9: What or where do you feel like you've come along
Speaker 9: the most this offseason in terms of your your handle
Speaker 9: before the snapping the Todd Monk and it has done
Speaker 9: a lot of it, you know, powering you to make
Speaker 9: protection changes, you know, using your cadence getting in out
Speaker 9: of plays.
Speaker 5: Where do you think you've come along the first.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 14: I feel like I'm way ahead of our then I
Speaker 14: was when I first got in the system last year.
Speaker 14: Very comfortable. Our guys got young guys on the offense.
Speaker 14: Those guys are getting a lot comfortable, feel like we were.
Speaker 14: We way have had of where we were prior to Uh.
Speaker 11: Men account with all the turnover lamar on the offensive
Speaker 11: line and how confident are you? They're ready to step
Speaker 11: in and we'll be seen less from.
Speaker 15: What it was before.
Speaker 14: Oh, I'm very comfortent in our guys.
Speaker 11: Man.
Speaker 14: They been busting. They behind each and every practice, you know, preseason. Uh,
Speaker 14: they been battling. I believe our guys ready.
Speaker 5: Seems like every time.
Speaker 4: You're watching AY Sports, you're seeing the them hype up
Speaker 4: the game and it's you. Always pictures of you and
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes's kind of headlining this game. What do you
Speaker 4: pick from like people saying that this could be kind
Speaker 4: of the the next great quarterback liveoy.
Speaker 17: Uh.
Speaker 14: To be honest, I don't really pay attention to it.
Speaker 14: Like I see a lot of stuff on social media,
Speaker 14: but I don't. I try to shy away from the
Speaker 14: the sports stuff cause I know they gonna be talking
Speaker 14: about the Ravens a lot, but I don't I really
Speaker 14: don't pay no mind cause I just wanna play football.
Speaker 5: What does matter?
Speaker 15: Amar Y?
Speaker 5: You had Rashot healthy for most of camp? Uh?
Speaker 9: What kind of expectations you have for him? Considering just
Speaker 9: you know, how how could you guys looked at times
Speaker 9: last year.
Speaker 14: I believe he's gonna have a great year, A great year.
Speaker 14: Uh uh, sneaky year. You know people, A lot of
Speaker 14: people be sleeping on 'em. But I believe he's gonna
Speaker 14: have a great year.
Speaker 1: Next up, running back Dereck Henry, What are you doing.
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 11: Are you finally it's like, finally it's a game week
Speaker 11: to get to this point. How hard is it to
Speaker 11: slog through all that to get to where you want
Speaker 11: to be right now?
Speaker 15: Oh?
Speaker 19: No, man, this is what you've been anticipating and waiting for.
Speaker 19: Week one is finally here, Like it's been a long
Speaker 19: time coming. I'm excited to get to work until Thursday.
Speaker 20: Are you curious how it's gonna go anywhere that you
Speaker 20: maybe haven't been for a long time, or do you
Speaker 20: feel like you know what this way?
Speaker 10: Not?
Speaker 15: Really curiously how it's gonna go? Just focus on me?
Speaker 19: Doing my job and you know, preparing the right way,
Speaker 19: preparing as a team, prepared individually and be locked in
Speaker 19: and you know this this whole week just so getting
Speaker 19: the game ready to go.
Speaker 3: You weren't here.
Speaker 10: Last year, but you know for this team, playing the
Speaker 10: team that ended season last year. Noticed any specific energy
Speaker 10: coming from the Ravens were here last year? You since
Speaker 10: the deeper meaning to this season opener for some.
Speaker 5: All these guys.
Speaker 19: I mean, yeah, of course, I mean it it's gonna
Speaker 19: be that. I mean, that was what they lost to
Speaker 19: to get to the to the big one. So you know,
Speaker 19: I'm sure that's in the the back of they minds.
Speaker 19: And you know, when it' come out and play uh
Speaker 19: Raven style of football, execute, it's so we get a
Speaker 19: w But yeah, I'm sure that's in the back of
Speaker 19: their minds.
Speaker 15: And you know, I'm sure everybody's locked in and'll be
Speaker 15: ready to go.
Speaker 5: What struck you about working with Lamar closely and seen
Speaker 5: his spreculation.
Speaker 15: To this season?
Speaker 19: I don't know the way he comes to work every day,
Speaker 19: you see why are you great? See how he approaches
Speaker 19: each and every practice, you know, being the leader out here, uh,
Speaker 19: communicating with the guys, everybody being on the on the
Speaker 19: same page. You know, Uh, his work at the shows
Speaker 19: to see why he's so productive when the season comes
Speaker 19: being the MVP there.
Speaker 1: When you when you were watching the AC Championship last year,
Speaker 1: was there any part of you was considering.
Speaker 5: What happened to the trade that line?
Speaker 1: I was thinking, how if I did if I had
Speaker 1: been the Raven, things might a bit different.
Speaker 15: Oh? Yeah, I shit, I was.
Speaker 19: I was wishing I could suit up that day watching
Speaker 19: that game. But yeah, uh, but now it's my turn,
Speaker 19: so you know, you gotta uh take advantage of it.
Speaker 19: It's gonna be hell of a game. You know, Chiefs
Speaker 19: are always tough. They sat of them all uh, on
Speaker 19: all three teams. So gotta be locked in this week
Speaker 19: to to be able to execute on Thursday.
Speaker 15: Oh, Derek.
Speaker 6: In your career the Chiefs, you have the highest yards
Speaker 6: per attempt of your career against the NFL opponent, the
Speaker 6: second most, uh yards per game against them. Is there
Speaker 6: something specifically when you play against them that you found
Speaker 6: success that causes you to see, you know, statistical success
Speaker 6: against them more so than other opponents.
Speaker 3: Uh, I don't know.
Speaker 19: I think it's just uh, they are a great team.
Speaker 19: And being a great team for a while now. The
Speaker 19: defense is solid. I think they're solid from top to bottom.
Speaker 19: That wouldn't tackle lists. They're disruptive, so you know, you
Speaker 19: just gotta bring your a game when you going up
Speaker 19: against those guys. And you know, I've been fortunate enough
Speaker 19: to have success when you play them.
Speaker 9: Derek A pretty you know, obvious question, but a lot
Speaker 9: of attention paid to this offensive line that this offseason
Speaker 9: and how important are they to you doing your job
Speaker 9: as well as you can?
Speaker 5: And uh, I guess what are your expectations for them
Speaker 5: this year?
Speaker 15: Yeah, I'm uh excited for them to go showcase.
Speaker 19: You know, them as a as a group and us
Speaker 19: as a whole and you know, go going to do
Speaker 19: our job and executing. You know, it's all tied in together,
Speaker 19: but you all trust one another. It's just going out
Speaker 19: there and put it all together.
Speaker 1: How would you say your body feels that are a
Speaker 1: miss season es compared to the previous years.
Speaker 19: Bodies feels the same. Hasn't changed much. No, no, the
Speaker 19: age difference, but my body still feels good.
Speaker 11: What impressures you on the upfront for Kansas City when
Speaker 11: you're when you're looking at him and getting ready for them.
Speaker 19: This year course uh nine to five. I mean we
Speaker 19: all know who he is type of player. He is
Speaker 19: this disruptive, a game wrecker, uh five six, Uh. He
Speaker 19: does a great job for them as well. Fifty f
Speaker 19: fifty four.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 19: They use him at backer and they put him on
Speaker 19: on the outside. I think they're just tall from top
Speaker 19: to bottom with Nick thirty two uh uh, j uh,
Speaker 19: Jude twenty three McDuffie.
Speaker 15: On the outside.
Speaker 19: They got some other guys that gotta replace uh with
Speaker 19: trays and free agency.
Speaker 15: But I think they still have the same scheme.
Speaker 19: Of guys who are working well with it, and they
Speaker 19: do a great job of running this scheme as well.
Speaker 21: There.
Speaker 13: You know, at this point in your career, played obviously
Speaker 13: in big games. Curious how you view a game like
Speaker 13: this against if any champions, prime time all that sort
Speaker 13: of things. Is that, do you at any any different
Speaker 13: league compared to sort of most games to get more
Speaker 13: amped up for those games.
Speaker 15: Or anything like that.
Speaker 19: Nah, none at all. I mean, at the end of
Speaker 19: the day, it's just football. While I've been playing since
Speaker 19: I was five years old. But the atmosphere and you
Speaker 19: know it be in the first game at night, you
Speaker 19: know them coming off with Super Bowl, they being at
Speaker 19: home and Arrowhead, which you know, the environment's gonna be loud,
Speaker 19: is gonna be it's gonna be hostile, But that's what
Speaker 19: you want.
Speaker 15: I mean, especially on opening night.
Speaker 19: You know, everybody watching the first game of the year,
Speaker 19: the kick calls the twenty twenty four seasons.
Speaker 15: So I'm excited. So it's it's gonna be fun. So
Speaker 15: I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 1: Next up, linebacker Rokwan Smith.
Speaker 4: So what's the biggest challenge when you're against homes and
Speaker 4: a Chiefs offense.
Speaker 17: Yeah, I think first and foremost just eliminating Iran, making
Speaker 17: the guys one dimensional, just like any other game. And
Speaker 17: once you make a team one dimensional and knowing exactly
Speaker 17: what they'll do and given situation, it gives us the
Speaker 17: chance as a defense to really pin our ears back
Speaker 17: and do exactly what we would like to do.
Speaker 10: With you know, Zach checking over the DC and a
Speaker 10: couple of new faces. Do you feel like you guys
Speaker 10: were able to show, you know, the Kansas City offense
Speaker 10: something you appreciably different than what.
Speaker 5: They saw in the AFC Championship.
Speaker 10: Do you think they're going to be dealing with some
Speaker 10: different shapes from your defense.
Speaker 17: Honestly, I think every year is different and every year,
Speaker 17: each and every team is unique, and this defense is
Speaker 17: unique in its own way. Not focused on last year
Speaker 17: how Mike did things, but I'm various side that was
Speaker 17: zo at to him and the way he's gonna call
Speaker 17: the game. Have a lot of faith in him, and
Speaker 17: we're just gonna get out there and play our brand
Speaker 17: of football, and that's what we're gonna do, and at
Speaker 17: the end of.
Speaker 15: The day, we'll let the chips lay where they lay.
Speaker 6: When you said, you know, last year was a different team.
Speaker 6: Is there any emotions or anything that you carry over
Speaker 6: for motivation or for just remembrance anything like that, or
Speaker 6: is that completely wiped away and you're focused just solely
Speaker 6: on this and that's the past.
Speaker 17: Oh well, you know, obviously the guys that was here
Speaker 17: last year definitely gonna carry that over into the season.
Speaker 17: So it's about, you know, having that and putting that
Speaker 17: in your back pocket and just using that as motivation
Speaker 17: on top of the motivation that's already there, being able
Speaker 17: to do exactly what we do and knowing that this
Speaker 17: is the first game on the schedule and they're in
Speaker 17: our way of what we want for ourselves. So it's
Speaker 17: just about going out there and handling business as business
Speaker 17: should be handled.
Speaker 11: Having a camp with Trent Simpson next to you all
Speaker 11: the way through here, what is how have you seen
Speaker 11: him grow through this camp and is he ready to
Speaker 11: fill the shoes of.
Speaker 17: The PQ left trend is unique in his own way.
Speaker 17: PQ hats off to him, miss amount of respect for him.
Speaker 17: Always be my brother, So you know, no bad blood
Speaker 17: there at all. But with Trent, you I'm very excited
Speaker 17: for him, the stuffs that he's made throughout OTAs as
Speaker 17: well as into into training camp. I'm very excited about
Speaker 17: him and you know, showcase to the world exactly what
Speaker 17: he can do. And I like Maligue Harrison as well,
Speaker 17: So I'm very excited about you know, all the guys
Speaker 17: in the room, Chris Board, Josh Ross, whoever the case
Speaker 17: may be. So I'm excited and I know those guys
Speaker 17: are gonna show exactly why they've been busting their tails
Speaker 17: all off season.
Speaker 8: I know you're a guy who plays with a lot
Speaker 8: of motion.
Speaker 5: There's gonna be a lot.
Speaker 8: Going on Thursday night for you know, first game rematch
Speaker 8: all that. Do you kind of have to talk to
Speaker 8: the players about making sure to kind of keep that
Speaker 8: in check. I mean, it seemed like in a playoff game,
Speaker 8: you know, even Kelsey baited a couple of people a
Speaker 8: couple of times, and you've got penalties.
Speaker 5: To bring that up at all this week.
Speaker 8: To kind of make sure everyone's into the game but
Speaker 8: also relaxed and not taking different penalties and reacting.
Speaker 17: Yeah, I think I think that's critical, being able to
Speaker 17: just like keep your composure throughout the game. Yeah, there
Speaker 17: was different calls that probably should have went the other way,
Speaker 17: but hey, we can't ask reps for anything at any
Speaker 17: point throughout the game. We know how to line up
Speaker 17: and kick the man's tail across from you, and I
Speaker 17: think once you do that, that's all what it boils
Speaker 17: down to beat the man between the whistle. Guys want
Speaker 17: to do cheap shot, Hey, I'll see your next play.
Speaker 17: That's what truly matters, and that reveals who you are
Speaker 17: as a person and as a football player. So we
Speaker 17: stand on that, and we stand on business. And we
Speaker 17: have a veteran, a great veteran president on the team,
Speaker 17: so I'm not worried about any of the guys buying
Speaker 17: into that stuff.
Speaker 15: So we'll see him when we see him.
Speaker 20: Are you a super Bowl guy where like you're thinking
Speaker 20: about that throughout the year and where you feel like
Speaker 20: it can't be a fully successful year if you don't
Speaker 20: get there or is that not useful for you to
Speaker 20: sort of think about that as a framework?
Speaker 17: No, I think each and every guy a goal and
Speaker 17: as a team should be to make the super Bowl.
Speaker 17: But there's a process in place, and you have to
Speaker 17: respect the process. And I'm firm believer in respecting the process.
Speaker 17: So it starts with week one. Kansas City is in
Speaker 17: our way for what exactly we want to do, and
Speaker 17: sure from their eyes, we're in their way. So at
Speaker 17: the end of the day, it's gonna be a clash
Speaker 17: and hey, made the best man win.
Speaker 21: But I like us sort of the ideal way to
Speaker 21: start off this season when you know that the super
Speaker 21: Bowl winners last year, you know they're gonna be celebrating
Speaker 21: their super Bowl.
Speaker 9: The emotion you can't kind of wratch it up any
Speaker 9: higher than it's gonna be on Thursday.
Speaker 10: Do you do you like starting the season under those circumstances?
Speaker 17: Hey, honestly, man, what what way to have a bigger
Speaker 17: show than when the whole entire world is watching you,
Speaker 17: regardless of what happened last year.
Speaker 7: Hey, that's last year.
Speaker 17: This is a completely new season, and like, hey, the
Speaker 17: whole world's gonna be watching people from all over. So
Speaker 17: I'm very excited about our defense and our offense, the
Speaker 17: special teams as well, to put a show on in
Speaker 17: front of the entire world and do it and look
Speaker 17: good while we're doing it.
Speaker 16: At this time last year, Lamar Jackson said he you know,
Speaker 16: he had to shake off a little rust in that
Speaker 16: week one game after not playing at all in the
Speaker 16: in the preseason. A lot of this defense didn't play
Speaker 16: at all in the preseason. What's what's the challenge to
Speaker 16: go from like, you know, zero one hundred immediately, or
Speaker 16: how do you avoid any kind of rusty start which
Speaker 16: could cost.
Speaker 5: You in this game?
Speaker 17: Yeah, you definitely, you definitely hear those but hear those things.
Speaker 17: But a lot of veteran presence in this room, and hey,
Speaker 17: last year didn't play in the preseason, But this year
Speaker 17: is a totally new year. I have a miense amount
Speaker 17: of respect for each and every guy I go out
Speaker 17: on the field with, and hey, if you watch practice
Speaker 17: at all throughout training camp, I think some of those
Speaker 17: practices harder than a lot of those games we played
Speaker 17: in last season, So we'll definitely be ready. I trust
Speaker 17: the process from up top to down bottom, throughout our
Speaker 17: work habit throughout the week. So I'm very excited and
Speaker 17: we'll show exactly to the world exactly how not rusty
Speaker 17: we are.
Speaker 4: The Chiefs are one of the few teams to beat
Speaker 4: Lamar multiple times. You know Lamar in the competitive is
Speaker 4: how much do you think that serves as motivation?
Speaker 17: Brend I'm sure anytime you lose against anyone, that's gonna
Speaker 17: be extra motivation and whatnot.
Speaker 15: But it's about it's football.
Speaker 3: At the end of the day.
Speaker 17: We know I have all my faith in Lamar, He's
Speaker 17: the leader of this team, and knowing that he's gonna
Speaker 17: lead us exactly where we want to go at the
Speaker 17: end of the day, and all we can do is
Speaker 17: continue to support him. So it's not about to past
Speaker 17: anything like that. It's about right now and it's the moment.
Speaker 17: There's nothing better than the moment. So whatever happened in
Speaker 17: the past happened. You know, we can't change that. But
Speaker 17: we can change is what's coming up, and that's Thursday night.
Speaker 11: Maur has really slimmed down from that game in the
Speaker 11: AUC Championship. Gam How different does he look to you
Speaker 11: and what does that How has that changed what he's
Speaker 11: done on the field throughout the camp and you've.
Speaker 17: Seen Yeah, No, the guy looks electric, look like he's
Speaker 17: back at Louisville in a sense me watching him take
Speaker 17: it eighty ninety, but also can zip it down the
Speaker 17: field as well. I need to get on that diet
Speaker 17: plan maybe so, yeah, but no, he looks great. We'll
Speaker 17: talked to CEO a few weeks ago and he said,
Speaker 17: you know, he's still going to continue to be himself
Speaker 17: even though he has new responsibilities in DC.
Speaker 10: What kind of ways have you've kind of seen him
Speaker 10: in adapt But what has he kind of retained from
Speaker 10: being your position coach that you think is gonna infuse
Speaker 10: in the other aspects of the defense?
Speaker 17: Yeah, I think, honestly, man, in which I respect as
Speaker 17: a person. When you respect someone that never changed all
Speaker 17: us of what comes their way. And when a guy
Speaker 17: stand tenth tos on what he believes in and who
Speaker 17: he is as a person, you always have to respect that.
Speaker 17: And he's been that since Like, he's still himself, same
Speaker 17: energetic guy. It's just Hey, he has a different title
Speaker 17: by his name, but hey, and he carries that very well.
Speaker 17: But don't look at him any different. But I'm very
Speaker 17: excited for him to showcase to the world as well.
Speaker 17: He's been counted out many times throughout his life, as
Speaker 17: we all know, so he'll have the perfect, perfect opportunity
Speaker 17: this season and a perfect opportunity Thursday night us as
Speaker 17: a team to go out and show exactly what we've
Speaker 17: been busting our tail for day in and day out.
Speaker 9: We heard Lamar be more talkative on the field before
Speaker 9: the snap. You in training camp as someone who kind
Speaker 9: of has to match wits with quarterbacks for the snap,
Speaker 9: what have you kind of seen from his development and
Speaker 9: how important could that be for getting this offense into
Speaker 9: more advantageou spots, Not that last year's team struggled without
Speaker 9: any kind of spot.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 17: Absolutely, Like I said, the head of this horse is Lamar,
Speaker 17: so we all know that, and as ego, we go
Speaker 17: as a team. So I'm very excited. He definitely has
Speaker 17: been more vocal and obviously he's a lot slimmer, a
Speaker 17: lot more quicker too, So I was like, wow, So
Speaker 17: I'm just very excited for him to showcase to the
Speaker 17: world exactly how he've grown each and every year as well,
Speaker 17: because we all changed year in and year out and
Speaker 17: we grow in different ways. So there's a lot of
Speaker 17: growth there, and I'm very excited about Lamar and how
Speaker 17: he's going to lead our team this season.
Speaker 1: Now we head into the locker room where we hear
Speaker 1: from safety Kyle Hamilton. What are the emotions kicking off
Speaker 1: the season with the whole country watching?
Speaker 7: You know, just what's this game feel.
Speaker 5: Like to you?
Speaker 22: Yeah, I think we're all just excited. You know, we've
Speaker 22: been talking about all off season that last year and
Speaker 22: now we wanted to but it gives us perspective on
Speaker 22: what we need to do to get back to where
Speaker 22: what we did last year and win that game.
Speaker 1: What lessons did you take from battling against Kelsey?
Speaker 7: You know, it's just a it's a patient saying. It's
Speaker 7: same with anybody.
Speaker 22: You know, It's just being patient, trusting your game. Nothing
Speaker 22: really crazy, But you know, I'm excited to play against
Speaker 22: everybody on that team. I think our defense as a
Speaker 22: whole is prepared and de scided going to Airrowhead, having
Speaker 22: your game.
Speaker 1: This secondary is just absolutely loaded kind of what are
Speaker 1: your expectations going into this year for the secondary?
Speaker 7: Yeah, we're just deep as a group. I would say.
Speaker 7: Everybody's talented, everybody's hungry.
Speaker 22: A lot of new faces in the room, but a
Speaker 22: lot of guys who've been here obviously, And I think
Speaker 22: we're kind of we meet after our like mandatory meetings
Speaker 22: and practice and stuff like that, and I think we're
Speaker 22: all just focused on the same goal and we're all
Speaker 22: excited to just get the season going.
Speaker 18: How so much made of the term revenge game by
Speaker 18: fans a lot of media. How is it for you personally?
Speaker 18: How do you view going up against the Chiefs but
Speaker 18: now the second consecutive is real?
Speaker 22: Yeah, I think you can't ignore the situation, the who
Speaker 22: you're playing against, but and you gotta respect them at
Speaker 22: the same time. But I feel like what keeps me
Speaker 22: playing out my best just going to like it's another game,
Speaker 22: not getting too high, uh, not getting too low, stay
Speaker 22: even killed, saying kill, and it's going out there and
Speaker 22: play my game.
Speaker 4: Kyle Cheeks one week MR multiple times in his career.
Speaker 4: You know war is competitor M How much do you
Speaker 4: think that kind of motivates the metal?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 22: Yes, and no, I mean, whenever anybody loses to anybody,
Speaker 22: doesn't matter what it is, you kind of get back, get
Speaker 22: back at that person, prove that you know we can
Speaker 22: beat them too. So I think Lamar has the same
Speaker 22: mindset that I have Thereby in the building has, and
Speaker 22: you know, we're trying to go in there on Thursday
Speaker 22: and get a win.
Speaker 23: Kyle, there's always more unknown in week one than any
Speaker 23: other game because you don't have to intake that means anything.
Speaker 23: Since last year with Kansas City and their reputation for
Speaker 23: trick plays, creativity on offense, does that create a greater
Speaker 23: sense of you guys that really need to be on
Speaker 23: the point fundamentally, just knowing that there could be some
Speaker 23: wrinkles that you haven't seen before from them.
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely with them.
Speaker 22: You know they've shown it in the past and they've
Speaker 22: had success with it for the past however many years,
Speaker 22: And definitely gotta be on our piece and Q's in
Speaker 22: that sense. But I think it just comes down to
Speaker 22: that every game, you know, anybody can re draw something
Speaker 22: to that's somebody's eyes or rules and stuff like.
Speaker 7: That's just how does stay disciplined. Do you like this matchup?
Speaker 1: Do you like starting the season against the two ton champs,
Speaker 1: the team to beat you on the road in their place, Like,
Speaker 1: is this kind of how you would.
Speaker 3: Draw it up?
Speaker 15: Uh?
Speaker 22: Yeah, I think having such a big game like this
Speaker 22: and you know everybody's gonna be watching, and then us
Speaker 22: having the poise to go out there and hopefully get
Speaker 22: a win. I think we'll propel us uh during the
Speaker 22: year and give us a sense of what we need
Speaker 22: to do going into a game, what our preparation looks like,
Speaker 22: what we did right, what we did wrong, and you know,
Speaker 22: from then on just kind of hit the ground rolling.
Speaker 3: I'm sure we're.
Speaker 5: Gonna see a lot from this defense that we saw
Speaker 5: last year since the guys were so successful. But what
Speaker 5: do you think is gonna be sort of exact stamp
Speaker 5: on things?
Speaker 7: Just running hit, just keep it simple, running hit.
Speaker 3: Hell.
Speaker 20: Are you you a guy who judges this season by
Speaker 20: how I end?
Speaker 5: Or do you try to sort of take a more
Speaker 5: nuanced view him and say, you know, a.
Speaker 20: Lot of stuff happens over the or the portfol year.
Speaker 5: You know, I'm gonna take a good at that.
Speaker 20: How do you want?
Speaker 7: I think I'm more.
Speaker 22: Result oriented in the way that you know, we lost
Speaker 22: at the end of the year, and nobody remembers the
Speaker 22: AFC Championship runner up from ten years ago, and you know,
Speaker 22: we're trying to be that team there, but remembers won
Speaker 22: Super Bowl.
Speaker 7: So you know we lost.
Speaker 5: It is what it is.
Speaker 7: Had a good year, but you gotta do it again.
Speaker 1: And last but not least, playing in his first NFL
Speaker 1: regular season game, here's cornerback Nate Wiggins.
Speaker 7: All right here with Nate Wiggins.
Speaker 1: Nate, you know, what, what are the emotions like before
Speaker 1: your first NFL regular season?
Speaker 24: Is a lot going through my mind right now. I
Speaker 24: just I'm just happy to be here. Uh just I'm
Speaker 24: ready to go, you know, I'm just ready to play.
Speaker 7: How do you manage the emotions? How do you stay calm?
Speaker 24: Just going just taken it up day by day, just
Speaker 24: coming to practice, going day by day, watching film. I mean,
Speaker 24: it's you know, a lot of emotion, but I'm just
Speaker 24: going day by day, taking it, taking any day by
Speaker 24: day as I can.
Speaker 7: You had a really strong preseason.
Speaker 1: What did that do I know you're always the confident guy,
Speaker 1: but what did that do to kind of prove it
Speaker 1: to you?
Speaker 7: Hey, I can do it in a game in the NFL.
Speaker 7: I mean that just brought me more confidence into my game.
Speaker 24: That's what I needed. I needed just to play in
Speaker 24: the preseason. So I can just bring more confident and.
Speaker 7: I think that's what it That's what it is.
Speaker 15: So I'm looking forward.
Speaker 3: To the first man.
Speaker 7: Though, you're a really fast guy.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs drafted a really fast guy a couple of
Speaker 1: picks before you. What are your thoughts about the possibility
Speaker 1: of matching up with Xavier Worthy.
Speaker 7: I can't wait to see. I mean speed, very speed.
Speaker 3: Uh that we're gonna see.
Speaker 15: I guess we're gonna see what the fastest. So uh,
Speaker 15: let's see.
Speaker 1: And to be on prime time everybody's watching, you know,
Speaker 1: your first game in that kind of environment, in the
Speaker 1: era ahead against the two time Super Bowl champs, what
Speaker 1: does that do also for you?
Speaker 7: I mean it bring it brings a lot of joy.
Speaker 24: Just in my first game, I guess considered winning the
Speaker 24: best quarterback they ever playing the game. So I mean,
Speaker 24: uh uh, I mean that's that's a lot. I mean, so,
Speaker 24: I mean I'm not gonna face somebody better than him,
Speaker 24: so I mean, just get out of the way. So
Speaker 24: I feel like it's good. It's a good thing for me.
Speaker 18: So make you go up against the two time MVP
Speaker 18: and Lamar Jackson every day, how do you feel like
Speaker 18: Steph prepares you for going up catching the boom?
Speaker 15: Yeah?
Speaker 24: I feel like that prepared me a lot, Like I said,
Speaker 24: I mean, like you said, he the two time MVP
Speaker 24: and batm hoone went considered one of the best, So
Speaker 24: I feel like I go, I'm going against the best
Speaker 24: every day. So I mean I don't really feel like
Speaker 24: you no drop off, So I'm ready to play.
Speaker 18: How long does it take you to fully feel like
Speaker 18: you're in the game now?
Speaker 4: I mean this will be the first real game you
Speaker 4: play at this level.
Speaker 18: What do you feel like you need for you to say,
Speaker 18: all right, it's go time.
Speaker 24: I probably just need one player in the game, just
Speaker 24: one hit, and I think I'll be ready to go.
Speaker 7: I mean it's time to shine.
Speaker 18: Then where's the excitement level for you for Thursday?
Speaker 5: Right now?
Speaker 4: The latest of pre season games?
Speaker 7: I know, but this is the real.
Speaker 24: Yeah, this is the real. I mean my excitement level
Speaker 24: through the roof. I mean, I can't tell you how
Speaker 24: the siting movement right now, Like I've been working all
Speaker 24: my life for it. So I mean I'm ready to just.
Speaker 15: Put on the show for everybody.
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