Speaker 1: Welcome in the Ravens Press Best. Today we heard from
Speaker 1: head coach John Harball, pass rush coach Chuck Smith, and
Speaker 1: outside linebacker Tavius Robinson. First up, let's hear from head
Speaker 1: coach John Harball.
Speaker 2: Right, okay, good seeing everybody.
Speaker 3: Very much.
Speaker 2: Appreciate you being here.
Speaker 4: Beautiful day, beautiful setting, and a bunch of guys working
Speaker 4: hard and trying to make the most out of everything
Speaker 4: they're doing while they're out here. So I really appreciate that.
Speaker 4: It's been fun. We've enjoyed it. And uh and we'll
Speaker 4: be getting ready soon to move on to mini camp,
Speaker 4: which'll be great.
Speaker 2: What questions Jack.
Speaker 3: Question?
Speaker 4: Yeah, we had minor things like bo a minor ankle.
Speaker 4: I think who's he had a minor ankle stuff like that.
Speaker 4: Nothing serious. Yeah, he's fine.
Speaker 2: As far as I know.
Speaker 5: Just where the team you just talked about it mandatory
Speaker 5: min AGAFT next week.
Speaker 6: Just about through three weeks of OTAs, you know, what
Speaker 6: have you seen, what have you liked?
Speaker 7: And where do you feel like you need to.
Speaker 2: Grow the most?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean you know, there, there's there, it's a
Speaker 4: it's a it's kind of a it's a time for
Speaker 4: for reaping. I guess you know, I mean you're planting,
Speaker 4: you know this, just work on everything you're planning, seeds
Speaker 4: and everything you do offense, defense, special teams, individual technique,
Speaker 4: situational football, field position football, all the different things. You're
Speaker 4: just working all the time to try to plan as
Speaker 4: well as you can as much as you can, try
Speaker 4: to do some weeding, you know, and get to get
Speaker 4: the mistakes out as much as you can, and really
Speaker 4: prepare for training camp. That's really what you're doing right now.
Speaker 4: So I feel really great about it. I mean, I
Speaker 4: think the guys have been intention Intentionality has been has
Speaker 4: been a real big message in this offseason. We're trying
Speaker 4: to be intentional about everything we do. Understand what we do,
Speaker 4: we do it for a reason, uh, and then understand
Speaker 4: what the reason is.
Speaker 2: And I think they really take it out. I believe,
Speaker 2: I believe they've really.
Speaker 4: Taken it to heart, you know that really try to
Speaker 4: do that, and when you do, that makes for a
Speaker 4: better practice. So I feel really good about the practices.
Speaker 4: There's lots of things to work on, and you know,
Speaker 4: but they're they're in there plowing the field every single day.
Speaker 8: Johanadza Isaac is a guy that I mean, I know
Speaker 8: you were high on him when he drafted and he
Speaker 8: kind of last year was a loss of season. What
Speaker 8: what do you see from him so far now and
Speaker 8: what do you.
Speaker 2: Kind of see him for the season. Yeah, he looks good.
Speaker 2: He's been in the weight room. He's he kind of
Speaker 2: he lost weight.
Speaker 4: Uh, guy kind of trimmed up and we did a
Speaker 4: lot of movement stuff and then he came back. He
Speaker 4: started putting them back on the muscle mass a little bit.
Speaker 4: So he's he's about probably where you want him now
Speaker 4: and moving really well. Uh, really doing a good job
Speaker 4: in practice. He looks good to me, so it there'll
Speaker 4: be time after this mini camp to see him in
Speaker 4: pads and all that and see how he does.
Speaker 2: But I expect him to play really well.
Speaker 4: I mean, he's talented and he looks he looked good
Speaker 4: at this point.
Speaker 3: It seems like he's going to place.
Speaker 2: What do you think?
Speaker 5: Hell just I mean, obviously this would.
Speaker 3: Be put you know when you have a guy that
Speaker 3: keep well, what does that kind of well?
Speaker 4: I mean I would expect it to be honest with you,
Speaker 4: you know. I mean if I'm if I'm a running
Speaker 4: back or I'm a skilled player, I want the ball,
Speaker 4: you know, and now they moved that touch back back
Speaker 4: to the thirty five up to the thirty five, right,
Speaker 4: So I'm pretty sure that people are gonna put give
Speaker 4: the guys a chance to return it. So I'm sure
Speaker 4: he's aware of that and he wants the ball in
Speaker 4: his hands. So if we have a guy who doesn't
Speaker 4: want the ball in his hands, it's a perceiver, a
Speaker 4: tight end, running back or a quarterback that now you know,
Speaker 4: then they're what are we doing? So but he'll be
Speaker 4: good at too. One thing we did learn last year,
Speaker 4: running backs with a new setup have really kind of thrived,
Speaker 4: you know, for whatever reason. So you know, we've got
Speaker 4: some guys be thinking to it, Keaton being one of them.
Speaker 9: What have you seen from TJ, Tampa and OTAs.
Speaker 8: What are your expectations or hopes for him going into
Speaker 8: the season after not playing as much as probably would
Speaker 8: have liked luster.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, you know, he's been healthy. You know, that
Speaker 4: wasn't the case last year. He came in with the
Speaker 4: groin type situation to get surgery on, so that's been
Speaker 4: a big plus. So the reps are really good for him.
Speaker 4: I've seen a lot of flashes. I mean flashing some
Speaker 4: real good plays, keep chasing the consistency with the technique.
Speaker 4: I think TJ is a young player in the sense
Speaker 4: that I don't even think sometimes he understands how good
Speaker 4: he is, how talented, how big he is, you know.
Speaker 4: So I want him to play big, you know, play
Speaker 4: like a big corner and embrace that as far as
Speaker 4: his technique. And he's been working on doing that and
Speaker 4: you see it really coming around.
Speaker 9: He's one of the guys who went to Chuck Pagano
Speaker 9: when he first got here, just seeking advice. How valuable
Speaker 9: is a simple question. But how valuable is to have
Speaker 9: a guy like Chuck or some for a guy in
Speaker 9: his positions.
Speaker 2: Oh well, yeah, of course.
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, Chuck's a great coach and does
Speaker 4: a great job of these guys experienced. But Chuck, even
Speaker 4: when he was a young coach, he was a great coach.
Speaker 4: I know because I was young then too, you know.
Speaker 4: And he's always been a talented, superstar secondary coach, defensive
Speaker 4: back coach, defensive coach, coach.
Speaker 2: He was a great head coach. So yeah, it's very valuable.
Speaker 10: Camp.
Speaker 9: I've got a lot of young corners in that room.
Speaker 3: It's two high profile guys.
Speaker 6: Available, or you do you like.
Speaker 8: Where you're at as far as your quarterback depth that's
Speaker 8: in the building or is that something you guys are
Speaker 8: kind of looking outside.
Speaker 2: The play Well, I mean I really look at it
Speaker 2: as an ore.
Speaker 4: I look at it as an and you know, yes,
Speaker 4: we're happy with the guys we have and I'm very
Speaker 4: confident those guys are all going to do well and
Speaker 4: we turn over every stone, you know. So you're always
Speaker 4: interested in in anything you see on the waiver wire
Speaker 4: or anything else.
Speaker 11: John, what have you seen in devontees Walker as he
Speaker 11: heads into your two excuse me, in devontees Walker?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 11: What differences have you seen this?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Great question, tz Man. He's just way more confident, you know,
Speaker 4: way more way more certain. You know, when he runs
Speaker 4: a route, you know he's off the ball, he's in
Speaker 4: his break, he's out of his break, he's upfield, he
Speaker 4: goes and gets the ball. Simon Wise, you know, comes
Speaker 4: out of the huddle much more aware just a year in.
Speaker 4: So you know, I want to translate that now to
Speaker 4: the games and the competition, but I expect him to
Speaker 4: do really well.
Speaker 2: He looks good, John.
Speaker 3: That starts getting one episode him. What have you seen
Speaker 3: the Jets least.
Speaker 2: Yeah, same thing.
Speaker 4: He's he's he's pretty very mature player. You know, it's
Speaker 4: the kind of guy that that's why he's the first
Speaker 4: round pick. You know, he's the kind of guy that
Speaker 4: you would expect to be able to step in to
Speaker 4: a role like that. I mean, that's why you draft
Speaker 4: him in the first round. And you know with our
Speaker 4: Darius situation, he got thrust into that situation maybe a
Speaker 4: little sooner than we'd hoped, but he's embraced it, so
Speaker 4: expect him to do very well.
Speaker 12: John Tavie's Robinson had kind of a week last year.
Speaker 12: What do you think contributed to that?
Speaker 9: And how do you see the trajectory of the next.
Speaker 10: Two years play again?
Speaker 4: You know, I think contributed to that is what standing
Speaker 4: next to Steve Mashati out here during practice and we
Speaker 4: both were looking at number ninety five Mistavious and he said,
Speaker 4: has he ever missed a practice? I'm like, he's never
Speaker 4: missed anything. He's never missed a practice, he's never missed
Speaker 4: a meeting, he's never missed a lifting session, he's never
Speaker 4: missed a meal. You know, he hasn't missed anything. So
Speaker 4: all he does is and when he goes and does it,
Speaker 4: he does his best, you know, he uh, he works
Speaker 4: hard at everything he does and and it shows up.
Speaker 4: And when he plays, he plays, he plays, he plays
Speaker 4: full throttle, you know.
Speaker 2: So I think that's the key. Plus he's big and talented.
Speaker 11: KI a red star recruit for multiple reasons. Since he's
Speaker 11: gotten here. What are some of those ways that you've
Speaker 11: seen him stand out.
Speaker 4: To that example the level, well, one example, I think
Speaker 4: it's been reported. You know, he was organizing walkthroughs at
Speaker 4: the hotel for the rookies, you know, pretty much the
Speaker 4: whole camp. I think that's pretty cool, you know. And
Speaker 4: he's always on point. He's always he's always he can
Speaker 4: answer any question, you know, in a meeting, and you know,
Speaker 4: we may we may be back there and say he
Speaker 4: all right, Malachi, and you throw a situation at him
Speaker 4: and he knows, you know, he's been studying, comes prepared
Speaker 4: and uh, and I don't again, I mean, I'm sure
Speaker 4: he's made a mistake or two maybe with some minor
Speaker 4: leverage things, but I've never seen him make a real,
Speaker 4: a real mistake.
Speaker 2: Yet.
Speaker 4: You know, he's he's he's uh, very very much a pro,
Speaker 4: probably way advanced beyond his years in terms of being
Speaker 4: a pro.
Speaker 9: Sitting on the safeties. I mean, what have you seen
Speaker 9: the probably from sin new seeking so far?
Speaker 4: You know, well, I saw him flashing today. You saw
Speaker 4: it too, right, flying around, showing up where he's supposed
Speaker 4: to show up. I think he's taking big step, you know,
Speaker 4: this year. It's starting to look like he could be
Speaker 4: that guy, maybe play that.
Speaker 2: Role as the third safety.
Speaker 4: Perhaps got a long way to go still, but he's
Speaker 4: looking like he's got a shot.
Speaker 3: A lot of bigger they get one gast catching that.
Speaker 3: You know, they got a couple of fuel of them
Speaker 3: out there.
Speaker 2: But the interview like giving.
Speaker 9: Him when you have you know, as far as flexibility
Speaker 9: and having two guys that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I Charlie helped me catches to Charlie
Speaker 4: have today, but height didn't he you know, he had
Speaker 4: a bunch of catches today. So you know, Charlie doesn't
Speaker 4: want to hear about two pass catching tight ends. He
Speaker 4: wants to hear about three. And we got a couple
Speaker 4: other guys in there, and he wants to hear about four.
Speaker 4: You know, So I just you know, as many guys
Speaker 4: that you can that the quarterback can be confident and
Speaker 4: throwing the ball to and knowing they're gonna make a play.
Speaker 4: I think that just makes you just way more, way
Speaker 4: more dangerous.
Speaker 1: Next up here is pass rush coach Chuck Smith. He
Speaker 1: works with the outside linebackers, the inside linebackers, defensive line,
Speaker 1: he works with everybody.
Speaker 9: Here's Chuck Smith.
Speaker 3: Off season.
Speaker 12: How do you think that's going to contribute to his game?
Speaker 12: And how are you working him on? How are you
Speaker 12: working with him on incorporate?
Speaker 10: I think it's just the evolution of Adafe. I think
Speaker 10: he's grown up. You know, he's you know, a guy
Speaker 10: who always had a lot of muscle in his body.
Speaker 10: But I think it's one of those things that he
Speaker 10: realized that with his size, with his speed and as athleticability,
Speaker 10: that he can put them more weight. And you know,
Speaker 10: the more weight you can, the faster you generate power,
Speaker 10: with the ability to still have flexibility, ben and all
Speaker 10: this other things. I think it was a natural growth
Speaker 10: for him, you know, to do for his career game.
Speaker 11: I'm sure what were the things that you wanted to
Speaker 11: work on going into off season. Where do you see
Speaker 11: him at now?
Speaker 10: Well as far as the things that I can control
Speaker 10: from a pass rur standpoint, you know, we want to
Speaker 10: get him on the field, you know, really get him going,
Speaker 10: you know, So he's working really it's almost like his
Speaker 10: first year for him when you look at it, because
Speaker 10: he didn't get a chance to do a lot of stuff.
Speaker 10: But one of the things that a DCE has worked
Speaker 10: really hard on is he's understanding the defense.
Speaker 3: That's the first thing.
Speaker 10: So from that standpoint, he's working on understanding the defense.
Speaker 10: You know, he's in good shape, is having a good
Speaker 10: get off, he's working hard in his coverage, all the
Speaker 10: different things that you want a guy to do. DCEs
Speaker 10: working super hard, you know, And we're excited about him,
Speaker 10: and I can't wait to see when we put the
Speaker 10: pads on, you know, in camp and get after and
Speaker 10: that's gonna be really the measuring stick of where he's at.
Speaker 8: There was a lot about a lot of chatter about
Speaker 8: Mike Green when the Ravens and drafting run you we're
Speaker 8: excited about picking him up. What did you see from
Speaker 8: him on tape free drafting? How is that translations what
Speaker 8: you've seen here?
Speaker 10: Well, the first thing I saw Mike Green was effort
Speaker 10: guy who runs to the ball. And if you've watched
Speaker 10: him out here. Mike Green runs to the ball every
Speaker 10: play and that you don't have to coach him on.
Speaker 10: That's one of the best things when you get to
Speaker 10: be a pro. You shouldn't have to coach effort. And
Speaker 10: a lot of guys that come out of college, you know,
Speaker 10: you say, let's go, let's go.
Speaker 3: You know, got to push him.
Speaker 10: That's one of the first things I saw on Mike Green.
Speaker 3: And then he's coachable. You know, he wants to learn.
Speaker 10: He's in there asking questions with Matt and Dennis when
Speaker 10: we're all combined, as far as as a defensive front,
Speaker 10: when we're all together in the room, and that's another
Speaker 10: thing that stands out in him. He's super smart, you know,
Speaker 10: and picking up the defense. And you know, I give
Speaker 10: Mike a lot of credit he comes out here. Mike
Speaker 10: has heavy hands. He doesn't turn down reps and heavy hands.
Speaker 10: He puts hands on guys. He's shown that he has
Speaker 10: the ability to you know, strike blocks. And you know,
Speaker 10: in this again, we're not you know, all out and
Speaker 10: all that to be seen again when we get into camp.
Speaker 10: But as far as Mike doing everything we ask, he's
Speaker 10: doing it. And from a past us standpoint, Mike is
Speaker 10: very you know, he's skilled up. You know, give him credit,
Speaker 10: give him school a lot of credit, and his coach
Speaker 10: in college at Marshall and probably Virginia. You know, Mike,
Speaker 10: he can cross shop Mike and spind Mike and ghosts.
Speaker 10: But you know, from that standpoint, you know, Mike is
Speaker 10: the best example of this new generation that have learned
Speaker 10: like from the pros, and he comes in already really
Speaker 10: highly skilled up, so you know, give him a lot
Speaker 10: of credit. I mean, Mike is get off just amazed
Speaker 10: that you know, he's in his base two point stance.
Speaker 10: He has no false steps. You know, he gets off
Speaker 10: on the ball fast. So I can't say enough about
Speaker 10: Mike so far. You know, now we put the pads on.
Speaker 10: So the Mike Green that we've seen so far as
Speaker 10: everything that we thought he would be.
Speaker 3: You know, when we decided to draft.
Speaker 9: Him around this time last year, you called Tavius Robinson.
Speaker 9: I think it was like a glass eater Clarius. Where
Speaker 9: you've seen him take steps since then? And what are
Speaker 9: your hopes and expectations for him this year?
Speaker 10: Listen, Tavia's Robinson doesn't get enough credit because Tavia's Robinson
Speaker 10: is one of our center pieces. He's not just a
Speaker 10: guy who you know he came up. He's a overachiever. No, No,
Speaker 10: Tavia's Robinson. When you look at from an organization standpoint,
Speaker 10: I believe in speaking for organization, I shouldn't be, but
Speaker 10: I think they'll always agree. Tavis Robinson's everything you look
Speaker 10: for in a Baltimore Raven. Every day, Tavy's Robinson showed up.
Speaker 10: And this is not me exaggerating. He sits in the front,
Speaker 10: he takes notes, he plays hard. He's taking more snaps
Speaker 10: than anybody here since I've been here. In practice, he
Speaker 10: works after practice. You know, he's a good person. He
Speaker 10: got that dog in them. And what he's really worked on,
Speaker 10: really hard we've worked on is Tavy's Robinson now is
Speaker 10: going to be a I believe, a bone to fire
Speaker 10: pass rusher and he has an opportunity to have a
Speaker 10: breakout season. I mean, you know, Tavius Robinson came out
Speaker 10: at Coyles, he ran a four to six. But then
Speaker 10: also being in fairness to how it works, Tavia sitting
Speaker 10: a part of the rush group. You know what I mean,
Speaker 10: Doff and he had Jadevion. You know you had Kyle,
Speaker 10: you know you had those guys, and those are double
Speaker 10: digit sackers, you know what I mean, guys who've had careers.
Speaker 3: So he's not getting those reps.
Speaker 10: So if Tavi's Robinson had two hundred and fifty pass
Speaker 10: reps a year, he gets seven, eight nine sacks. It's
Speaker 10: just about the numbers. But Tavi's Robinson is everything you
Speaker 10: look for. He's gonna be a good rusher. He's adding
Speaker 10: rush moves in his repertoire. He's got power. But make
Speaker 10: no bones about it, Tavy's Robinson is a centerpiece in
Speaker 10: our defensive front for what he does and moving forward.
Speaker 9: I know you work listening against the linebackers, but I
Speaker 9: know also through reputations intensive ye company also for advice
Speaker 9: all the time. Talk a little bit about Travis Jonsen,
Speaker 9: agains chas Peble's.
Speaker 3: Rights and what they can do.
Speaker 10: Okay, all right, first let me answer something to make
Speaker 10: something clear. I'm the past rush coach. I'm not the
Speaker 10: outside linebacker coach. I'm not the defensive line coach. What
Speaker 10: I am is I oversee the pass rush from the
Speaker 10: defensive line, the outside linebackers, the linebackers, as well as
Speaker 10: the development of the secondary.
Speaker 3: So that's how it works. Now.
Speaker 10: So Matt Robinson's outside linebackers. Dennis Johnson is the linebackers.
Speaker 10: We all work together called a defensive front. There's three
Speaker 10: of us along with Megan Rosberg and Andrew Rogan. It's
Speaker 10: really four of us who really put it together. So
Speaker 10: you know, you kind of understand the context of what
Speaker 10: I'm saying. So I do get a chance to work
Speaker 10: with everybody. Now Travis Jones, so I can answer you
Speaker 10: a question. Travis Jones is a fantastic Travis Jones is
Speaker 10: a is a pass rusher that I'll put him out
Speaker 10: there one on one with ninety five percent of the
Speaker 10: offensive guards in the league and they can't block him.
Speaker 10: Travis Jones is getting ready to be one of the
Speaker 10: best interior rushers in the game. Last year, when he
Speaker 10: was healthy, he was one of the best interior rushers
Speaker 10: in the game. The film doesn't lie, nor do the
Speaker 10: respect he has from the other teams. Uh, Travis Jones has.
Speaker 3: He's skilled up.
Speaker 10: And one of the things when I first got here
Speaker 10: we talked about some of the people that were here.
Speaker 3: We talked about everybody.
Speaker 10: We want everybody to have a skill, whether you're big,
Speaker 10: you're small, you're a cornerback of linebacker. When everybody has
Speaker 10: skilled Travis Jones has multiple moves and he does a
Speaker 10: chop drive, he can do a hump, he can do
Speaker 10: long arms, he can do everything Travis Jones. If things
Speaker 10: go the way I see it for Travis Jones and
Speaker 10: the way I think the overview of our team goes,
Speaker 10: Travis Jones has a chance to be a Pro bowler.
Speaker 10: He's as good as any defensive line of noseguard in
Speaker 10: the National Football League. And I think this year, when
Speaker 10: he stays healthy entire season, I think he'll prove it
Speaker 10: and put.
Speaker 3: It on tape.
Speaker 7: Jones David Joba to me, he spent a lot of
Speaker 7: time here, the off'son working, m has a few years
Speaker 7: under his bell opously highly skilled. What do you see
Speaker 7: from here and what's the Key's got a a lot
Speaker 7: of potential.
Speaker 10: Well, I think the first thing is Jobo last year
Speaker 10: was pretty much the first year he was healthy. You
Speaker 10: know that when you think about it, that's part of it.
Speaker 10: So a lot of times when you're getting healthy, you're
Speaker 10: not necessarily gaining, You're just trying to manage to get
Speaker 10: back to where you started. So now I think this
Speaker 10: offseason he has his platform has raised from the standpoint up,
Speaker 10: he's had a chance to work harder. You know, he
Speaker 10: has a chance to do the different things that it
Speaker 10: takes from the strength standpoint, and he's worked really hard.
Speaker 3: Jobo.
Speaker 10: You know, he plays hard, he competes hard, and you know,
Speaker 10: I'm excited about you know, what he gets a chance
Speaker 10: to do in camp.
Speaker 3: I's curious.
Speaker 12: What would you notice?
Speaker 5: It's different, exact word.
Speaker 2: You know this time heard the baby last time? Stand
Speaker 2: down to you.
Speaker 3: All right, I'm glad. Is this the last question?
Speaker 10: I'm glad this is I was hoping somebody asked me
Speaker 10: this because I was all last year. I was watching
Speaker 10: everybody broadcasting talking.
Speaker 3: I lived it, I walked it. I've seen it.
Speaker 10: I watched this coordinator stand on ten toes. Zach Orr
Speaker 10: is the guy. Zach Orr, I'm telling you is is
Speaker 10: going to be an incredible coordinator.
Speaker 3: And let me tell you why.
Speaker 10: When we were struggling last year, I watched him stand
Speaker 10: in front of these mics every week and talk to y'all.
Speaker 3: He didn't flinch.
Speaker 10: But I also watched them stand in front of the
Speaker 10: room of a room someday. I mean we played after
Speaker 10: the Bengals, it wasn't like we were celebrating because they
Speaker 10: from a defensive standpoint, they did a lot. They had
Speaker 10: great days on us. Zach Or man looked those players.
Speaker 3: In the eye.
Speaker 10: He never get at the high and hide or logan
Speaker 10: too low. He stayed in the middle. And I'm telling
Speaker 10: you he always would be positive, but he was tough.
Speaker 10: He's tough on the coaches and the players, and he
Speaker 10: would tell everybody. He would show everybody how close we
Speaker 10: were to actually having success. Like it might be an
Speaker 10: angle of a defensive backrouns of ball, or it might
Speaker 10: be a pass rusher that ran past the quarterback and
Speaker 10: the quarterback ran. Zach would stand and talk to everybody,
Speaker 10: and he led. He never flinched. And watching this cat
Speaker 10: do it. And I know last year a lot of people,
Speaker 10: you know, they were in the media, We're saying, well,
Speaker 10: this guy came in and helped. No, No, zach Orr
Speaker 10: did it. Zach Orr in those rooms with the coaches,
Speaker 10: he led. He made the changes in support with coach
Speaker 10: Harball and the guys on that staff. But zach Orr
Speaker 10: truly led the charge. I'm a witness to it, and
Speaker 10: I've been wanting to say this because dude is the truth.
Speaker 10: Dude didn't flinch, and dude is going to be one
Speaker 10: of the best coordinators in the league. He is smart,
Speaker 10: he is a leader, and when you watch him work
Speaker 10: every day, this dude comes to work. I'm telling you,
Speaker 10: and I'm just glad. That was my last question because
Speaker 10: I wanted to make set the record straight because I'm
Speaker 10: a part of it, and I have no reason to
Speaker 10: come compare and bys y'all because.
Speaker 3: You know I roll.
Speaker 10: But Zach Orr was the one who changed what we
Speaker 10: did last year. And give John Harball a lot of credit.
Speaker 10: You know he was in there with us too, but
Speaker 10: I gotta give Zach most of the credit for the
Speaker 10: adjustments that happened in that secondary and also helping us.
Speaker 10: Coaches like call him like I mean, the youngest in charge,
Speaker 10: That's what I call him. He's a special coach and
Speaker 10: I'm just I'm really blessed to be around a guy
Speaker 10: like that.
Speaker 1: Next up, let's hear from outside linebacker Tavis Robinson.
Speaker 3: Smith.
Speaker 12: I don't know how much he called it, Juck Smith,
Speaker 12: but they were absolutely raving about your work ethic. Where
Speaker 12: does that come from? Is that something that dates back
Speaker 12: to your college days? I was being in front taking notes.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it just goes back to kind of
Speaker 5: college and like my journey and that's kind of what
Speaker 5: has got me to where I am at this point.
Speaker 5: So it's something that it's always gonna be in my
Speaker 5: blood and just kind of how I operate for the
Speaker 5: rest of my life and everything.
Speaker 12: So yeah, said that he feels like you're prime for
Speaker 12: a breakout year.
Speaker 9: Why do you feel like that might be true?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think just you know, going into my third
Speaker 5: year here, like things are just coming smoother, like the
Speaker 5: way I see plays everything, Like as the years have
Speaker 5: gone on, it's gotten easy. I've been seeing plays better, uh,
Speaker 5: you know, and it's kind of like just taking it
Speaker 5: to the next level every year. So I think this
Speaker 5: year is going to be great for sure.
Speaker 8: You ever miss a meeting, you don't ever miss a meal,
Speaker 8: you don't ever miss a practice, you don't ever miss
Speaker 8: a rep. Yeah, when you spend the time that you
Speaker 8: kind of maybe wanted to and push through.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think.
Speaker 5: I mean everyone here, you know, we get tired during
Speaker 5: those camp days. But again, you know, we're blessed to
Speaker 5: do this. We're blessed to come on this field every day.
Speaker 5: So you know, I would be dead wrong to miss
Speaker 5: out on something, whether it's a rep, a lift, or
Speaker 5: anything like that.
Speaker 9: So have you missed any practices in your whole careero?
Speaker 3: I haven't, No, no, sir.
Speaker 6: What you know, Chuck was saying that he feels like
Speaker 6: you're becoming a Bodifi pass rusher and in that aspect
Speaker 6: of your game, where do you feel this that you've
Speaker 6: made strives?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know, going into my third year
Speaker 5: with Chuck, you know, I've learned so much from him,
Speaker 5: and you know, he's been a great coach. Just to
Speaker 5: pick his brain and have someone who's done it at
Speaker 5: the highest level and learn from him, I think again
Speaker 5: every year, I just think I'm getting better learning from him.
Speaker 5: And uh yeah, I think it's just again going to
Speaker 5: step it up and notch in the pass rush.
Speaker 6: What's been your impression of Adape Did you see him
Speaker 6: and you like fully crappy thrown?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 5: No, Adafa, you know, yeah, No, he's been a dog,
Speaker 5: so you know, uh yeah, it's good to see him,
Speaker 5: and uh, I think he's gonna have another a great year.
Speaker 5: That's a guy that you know, I've kind of looked
Speaker 5: up to since I got here.
Speaker 8: So Yeah, truck Smith with Tody and he said, everybody
Speaker 8: has to have a skill.
Speaker 10: What's yours?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think mine's power. Like I'm not the the physical.
Speaker 5: I like coming off and you know, using my head
Speaker 5: a little bit and uh, bull rushing guys. So that's
Speaker 5: kind of my my staple right now. But then it's
Speaker 5: just building off of that. It's kind of my goal.
Speaker 8: So the way of actually caging the effectiveness effectiveness of
Speaker 8: that until the pads come on in training camp.
Speaker 2: I mean, is there a way to know if you're
Speaker 2: actually winning.
Speaker 3: As a power rusher? Yeah, in these early stages of
Speaker 3: the off PHAs, not really.
Speaker 5: No, it's a ot as without the pads, it's kind
Speaker 5: of hard to you know, judge that. But when once
Speaker 5: the pads come on.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I know you're close with Trent and Simpson.
Speaker 6: What have you seen from him this offseason and even
Speaker 6: handling last season?
Speaker 9: How that kind of played out for him?
Speaker 5: Yeah, just another they're great offseason with him. I mean again,
Speaker 5: we were up here in the building all day. You know,
Speaker 5: we took our little two weeks at the end of
Speaker 5: the season, and then we were here for the whole summer.
Speaker 5: So uh yeah, just a guy who was again in
Speaker 5: here every day, working, getting better, taking care of his body.
Speaker 3: So I think he's gonna have a great year too.
Speaker 4: What's aboutream beyond just the hype being the second round thing.
Speaker 5: Yeah, No, he's been a guy who's been very attentive
Speaker 5: at meetings and that's that's a big thing, you know,
Speaker 5: getting in and learning the playbook is unless you play fast.
Speaker 5: So he's been a guy who's been on that knows
Speaker 5: his stuff, and I think he's gonna be a baller
Speaker 5: for sure.
Speaker 11: It's basically your one for Lisa. After the injuries last year,
Speaker 11: I guess, how did you see him try to keep
Speaker 11: up even when dealing with injuries.
Speaker 9: And what difference have you seen it?
Speaker 5: Sorry witha dec Yeah yeah, I think you know again
Speaker 5: in his rookiear he had injuries and stuff, but and
Speaker 5: same with it decent now, you know, I see him
Speaker 5: getting treatment like recovery, doing recovery stuff, active recovery.
Speaker 3: Every day.
Speaker 5: He's in there doing yoga with me at the end
Speaker 5: of the thing. So I think he's he's learned how
Speaker 5: to take care of his body, and I think again
Speaker 5: he's gonna be a dog as well.
Speaker 1: And lastly, here's second year outside linebacker Adisa Isaac.
Speaker 12: Injuries were a factor in both just getting actimated of
Speaker 12: the team during the season. How has this offseason been different?
Speaker 12: How do you think that's gonna help you feel.
Speaker 9: To a successful year?
Speaker 13: Yeah? This this this year has definitely been way different
Speaker 13: than last year. Just uh feel a lot much fresher,
Speaker 13: you know, with all the rehab that I did last year,
Speaker 13: just get my body right this year and from the
Speaker 13: off season that the time we had off coming into
Speaker 13: this year, I feel like I took the right steps
Speaker 13: to be mentally and physically prepared for what's what's gonna
Speaker 13: happen in camp and throughout the season. So I'm definitely
Speaker 13: in a good spot now moving forward. I'm just excited.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 11: Do you do anything different to make sure that nagging
Speaker 11: injury doesn't come back?
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 13: I just, you know, really just emphasized the the main
Speaker 13: injuries that I had, which was the hamstring, and really
Speaker 13: just uh took a deep dive on what's what's causing it,
Speaker 13: and then attacked the rehab and then attacked my off
Speaker 13: season workouts. And I'm feeling great, so you know, and
Speaker 13: that's that's kind of what I was driving for coming
Speaker 13: back and I'm just stacking and looking for good things.
Speaker 9: How challenging is that your rookie season.
Speaker 6: You know, you're going to the league, you're drafted in
Speaker 6: the third round, You're really excited, and then to have
Speaker 6: those kind of setbacks.
Speaker 9: How do you deal with that from mental perspective?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it was.
Speaker 13: It was definitely a tough you know, you know, getting
Speaker 13: on the biggest stage and then you know, having a
Speaker 13: couple of hiccups. But you know, adversity has just nothing
Speaker 13: new for me, and I feel like, you know, I'm
Speaker 13: I'm I'm the same undiadversity. You know, I just kind
Speaker 13: of attack it with with calmness and in a sharp mind.
Speaker 13: And I feel like, you know, tough, tough times don't last.
Speaker 13: So it's just as a matter of just putting my
Speaker 13: head down, putting the work in, and I know that,
Speaker 13: you know, sooner or later, I'm gonna come back on top.
Speaker 13: So it's just a matter of time. Yeah, you had.
Speaker 8: One hamstring injury and then a different hamstring injury in
Speaker 8: the other.
Speaker 13: Like right right that that happened a preseason game. That
Speaker 13: the second one.
Speaker 9: Yeah, is there any kind of you know, t J.
Speaker 6: Tampa also dealt with injuries last year, the rookie class,
Speaker 6: just some of you guys kind of dealt with his
Speaker 6: nagging things.
Speaker 9: Did you bond in any way with each other during
Speaker 9: that time?
Speaker 13: I mean we bonded the whole year. I feel like
Speaker 13: we had a we had a good class. We all
Speaker 13: very like minded, you know, came from similar places, you know,
Speaker 13: had similar stories, so we all bonded regardless. But that definitely,
Speaker 13: you know, put a more emphasis on it, you know,
Speaker 13: just pushing each other to come back, and you know,
Speaker 13: just talking about what we're gonna do, how we're gonna
Speaker 13: do it, and just get ready for the season, you know,
Speaker 13: and high high expectations.
Speaker 8: How have you leaned on a way for your no
Speaker 8: long time to kind of guide you through being a
Speaker 8: pro last year?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 13: Yeah, you know, I've I've played with always since since college,
Speaker 13: so I've known him for a while and even since college.
Speaker 13: You know, he was my host at Penn State, so
Speaker 13: you know, he's always been kind of like a big
Speaker 13: brother to me and just you know, kind of just
Speaker 13: showing me the way and showing me how to do
Speaker 13: things the right way. So it's been it's been amazing
Speaker 13: to end up here, and you know, be reunited with
Speaker 13: him and continue continue the journey through.
Speaker 6: Yeah, what the outside linebacker room is like in that dynamic,
Speaker 6: A lot of young guys kind of hungry to make
Speaker 6: their mark.
Speaker 13: Yeah, Like I kind of said with my recruiting class,
Speaker 13: we was all we all like minded in our room.
Speaker 13: We have the same kind of mo how play style,
Speaker 13: so we kind of all get it. And then you know,
Speaker 13: the scheme fits us perfect. So it's just a matter
Speaker 13: of us going out there executing, being on the same
Speaker 13: page and you know, playing raven football.
Speaker 3: So yeah, you heard minutes you already.
Speaker 8: Talk about every pass rusher needing to have their own skills, Right,
Speaker 8: What's what do you look at to make your skill?
Speaker 3: My skill?
Speaker 13: I you know, I'm a lengthy and I have speed,
Speaker 13: so you know, combine that, you know with U h
Speaker 13: A lot of moves that complement that, and you know,
Speaker 13: just my effort and my will to to make things
Speaker 13: happen is is also going uh make make make it work.
Speaker 13: So but definitely using my length, my long arms, my
Speaker 13: speed to get around the edge, my my a lot
Speaker 13: of movements and just putting it all together and blending
Speaker 13: everything together and you know, but just make my name.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what is.
Speaker 11: It like to have a pass or specific coach like
Speaker 11: truck Smash And what are some name tap places you've
Speaker 11: learned from him during your time.
Speaker 13: Oh, it's been great, you know, just emphasis on like
Speaker 13: a lot of our stunt movements and like a lot
Speaker 13: of the details that you know a lot of other
Speaker 13: coaches might not focus on. You. We've emphasized that a lot,
Speaker 13: and you know, it's probably not gonna it's gonna show up,
Speaker 13: but it won't show up on the stat sheets. So
Speaker 13: it's something that's that's really important to our room and
Speaker 13: something that we really hone in on.
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