Los Angeles Rams defensive end Braden Fiske, Darious Williams, and tight end Terrance Ferguson talk about preparing for their Week 6 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So you know, after after a game like last week,
how do you guys, you know, like regroup and get
ready for the next one.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
No, the uh you know, I think we're still a
really good team. I'm like, I let one loss to
find us like that, especially you know the way we
went out. You know, I think we've got to trust
the process, continue to do what we do. You know,
I mean we got a great squad here. I mean
I'm not gonna stress over you know, one game, but
uh no, you know, we got trust the processes, keep
doing what we're doing and just keep building. Still early
in the season, a lot of games.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Left, and how do you guys use this? This kind
of like mini bye week when you know, just what
do you do to to recuperate and recover ahead of
the next week.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I kick it at the crib. I'm more of a
staycation type of guy. I'm not the type to go
out or fly. I gotta kick it at the crib.
But uh, I just try to relax, you know, take
care of the body because it's a vibe. But it's
a short body, you know. I try to stay you know,
stay with Grood, watched football over the weekend, hang out
and get ready to go for Monday.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
What stands out most about about this Ravens offense, especially
the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, man, they're physical, you know, they they do well
with their fits and uh, you know they they got
a great back behind him, so they know the track
they want to keep him on, and once he finds
a hole, he's able to hit him go. I mean
he's a home run hitter. You know, both backs him
and Justice Hill are you know, really good. So I
think you know what they bring is you know, they're
gonna be physical. It's gonna be a dogfight for sure.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And with a back like Derrick Henry, you know, you
guys have done a really good job of you know,
not having any vertical rushing lands and really keeping guys
you know, bottled up. How do you do that against
you know, such a downhill runner like Derrick Henry who's
seen so many fronts and defenses in his day.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, you know, I think we've got to stay true
to our process, you know, stay true to you know,
how we attack it, our practice, and just continue to
be physical. I think that's been the biggest thing, you know,
just being physical front, resetting the line of scrimmage, and
you know, force the teams to get into passing downs, keeping
them in those second and lungs and third and lungs,
get the get the rushers on the field, and you know,
just keep playing ball.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
And when the Ravens have a guy that like Lamar
Jackson who might not the you know who, you don't
really know if he's gonna be ready or not. How
do you kind of prepare for a matchup where you know,
you might have a really versatile a guy like Lamar,
or you might have you know, kind of more of
a pocket passer like Cooper Rush.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you know, I think at the end of the day,
it's the NFL. No matter who's out there's gonna be
a good player. And I think that's time I've learned,
you know, over the course of my year and a
half whatever it's been of no matter who's out there,
whoever lines up, you know, it's a good player. This
is the NFL. Everyone's good. So, you know, we stay
true to who we are. And obviously there's a different
element of how you rush depending on who the quarterback is.
But regardless, you know, we still got to bring our
game and you know, we gotta play because, like I said,
(02:24):
you know, it's the NFL, so everyone's gould be good.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
So you know, after after a loss like you guys
had on a Thursday night, how do you kind of
recoup and get ready for the week ahead?
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I mean, we just look forward to the next game.
You know, stuff like that happens in the NFL all
the time. So the biggest thing is is knowing the
type of team we are. You know, we we know
who we are deep down. You know, we get easy
to be five and zero, but we're not. So I
mean we just looked at the next game you wiped
out and off and then we know we'll see those
guys again later down the road.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And how do you use you know, the kind of
like many bye week to you know, what do you
personally do to kind of you know, relaxing and get
ready for that the week ahead.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I just kind of, you know, just kind of
kick back, just regenerate, you know, take the body recovery,
watch the other games. You know, we we obviously got
Baltimore coming up, so jacksonne a couple of weeks, so
just being able to watch the game just kind of
get ahead and relax. But I mean, at the end
of the day. You know, it's all about the next week.
So that was a bad taste in our mouth. Obviously
(03:24):
we didn't like to going into that mini bi week
like that. But you know, you can't get ready or
just can't wait to come.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Back to work.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I feel like that's the biggest thing is just knowing
that we had this day Wednesday ready to practice, just
being able to get off to the couch and come
back to work.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
And the cornerbacks have been you know, utilizing kind of
a rotation, you know, based on you know, drives and
stuff like that. How do you feel like that aids
itself to you know, everybody being at their best in
that unit?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, I think. I mean we got guys who could play.
I think right now it is kind of feeling, you know,
just being able to capitalize on those playoffs when we
get them. But right now, I mean we're still going
through that process. You know. The thing is is we
got we got three corners four when a color gets
back that can play. So I mean, I think the
big thing is just capitalizing off each other, working off
each other, found an energy off each other, and I
(04:12):
think that's.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Big And what is you know, some of this defense
has has a lot a lot of like six defensive
back packages. You know, how do you feel like you
guys have been able to make sure that your communication
is all on point?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah. I think that's the biggest thing is we have
a lot of time in the in the classroom, we
got a lot of time together so out there on
the field, so I mean our communication is key in
this defense. I think it's key in every defense. But
I mean, we know we got six guys. I think basically,
I mean having the level of a relationship that we
have the closest that we have helps that communication. But
(04:49):
also just being able to play off each other and
know each other is good too.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Do you feel do you feel like the defense is
more connected in the second year of Chris Shula's you know,
tenure as defensive coordinator. Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Absolutely, I mean all the way down to two guys
who don't play, I mean, we're well connected. I think
that's one of the big things that that's gonna help
push us further into this season and push us into
the the playoff season. Is our closeness in our relationships
with our team.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
And then what stands out most about this Baltimore offense, I.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Mean they got electric guys. You know they got we
got twenty two. We gotta stop Derrick Henry. He got
z flowers. He's electric on the open field getting the ball,
they got possession guys, they got you know, they're just
they're talented. They know what they do, they know how
to do it. But you know we're talented defense too,
so we can't wait for the challenge.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Can you walk us through your first career catch?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Man?
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Like, what did you see on the play and how
to go.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Down for you? Yeah, you know, super excited obviously get
out there and be able to make an impact for
the team, help them, help the team as much as
I could. And you know it is man Covers kind
of playing for Man Covered in that that scenario, seeing
a lot of that same exact person and how they're playing.
Try to get an edge, got an edge and vertical
and Matthew gave me a great ball. Go make opportunity.
(06:03):
Super blessed, you know, just always pray about it, working
the work in the in the dark and on those
type of things, make those type of plays. So just
happy to be out there.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
It's fun for it to be like kind of a
jump ball opportunity kind of a fun one to watch
on tape.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Yeah, yeah, it was. You know, it was obviously a
great ball and he put it right where I needed it.
So it definitely makes it more fun when something like
that downfield instead of you know, a flat route or whatever.
So just blessed to be putting the opportunity by the
coaches and for them to trust me to go make
that play on a big third down.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
So that the slot fade kind of the same ball
that you caught during the preseason. Is that Is that
a route that you know you have a lot of
experience with and that.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
You enjoy going. Yeah, you know, it's funny, not really,
but as soon as I got here, they obviously seen
something that coach Mevade and the staff you know, trust
me to run that route a couple of times now
obviously in the preseason and there. I think it's something
that fits into my skill set and I can make
a play on it, and I feel comfortable running the
route in college.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You didn't do it too much, but.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
You know, it's something I definitely think they've seen obviously
in the trust me to go make that play.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
You obviously had the injury during a camp tight in
such a tough position to transition from college to the NFL. Like,
was it frustrating to miss that much time in the
preseason and like to kind of put it on holds
for a.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Little bit there.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Yeah, you know, it definitely is. You know, anytime you're
not out there with the team, especially being a new
guy trying to learn the offense, get your your feet
underneath of you and you know, start to become the
player you want to be. And you were in college
and you felt, you know, comfortable, and you know the
plays and you know the speed of the game. So
I have that setback definitely. Uh, it doesn't feel good.
You know, no one wants to be off on the
sideline watching, especially when you're earlier like that. But you know,
(07:54):
but you know it, honestly, I take it as something
that's gonna make me stronger in the long run, having
something like that right off the bat. I always think
God gives trials how small, how big they are, to
people for them to make the most of their opportunity.
And so for me, you know, just taking it as
is each day trying to get better was the biggest
thing through that time.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
That's the state secrets obviously, but just in general, what's
the toughest part of warning the tight end position in this.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Offense in particular?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Ye?
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Yeah, I think in general, you think you look at
tight ends, you got to pass protect, you got a
run block.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And you got to run route.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
So one knowing all those things, you gotta be able
to know what the pass protection calls are, the run
run calls, know all the route concepts, and usually a
title you get put a lot of different different places,
so it's not just like, hey, you're in the slot here,
or you're out wide to X. You know, you gotta play.
Sometimes you're out wide, you're in the core, you're coming
across the ball. You do so many things, especially in
(08:49):
this offense where Kushmy vays, so there's a lot of
things he does with the offense. So just having to
learn those the little nuances, I think is the biggest
thing too, is you know all schemes you can kind
of when I feel like I were good to good
coaching staff at Orgon that gave me those opportunities to
learn a lot of schemes, a lot of coordinators. But
you know, there's a lot of nuances in the game
at this level.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
There's no not.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
A lot of room for error. So I think that's
kind of a big thing, learning all those skill sets
and the nuances of themself, trying to make.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Up for some of that lost time in camp, especially
when you're kind of balancing some of the scout team
responsibilities you have, and just game planning in general.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Yeah, I think the big thing is just going out
there every time, and whether it's a scout rep, a
rep with the ones, whatever, it is, just trying to
get better each rep, you know, taking those reps and
not just going through the motions, but really getting better
through those reps and trying to learn and apply our
offense to the scout team things and give the best
look I can and get better at those things because
(09:45):
all football kind of has that a little bit of carryover.
And then just really trying to take the most of
my opportunities, you know, and obviously getting with the coaches
and trying to learn and do extra stuff with blocking
and running routes and just kind of finding those nuances,
get some time with pigs, and just really asking a
lot of questions from those guys, all the older tight
ends in the room. They've really helped me out just
(10:05):
asking them questions whenever I have them,
So you know, after after a game like last week,
how do you guys, you know, like regroup and get
ready for the next one.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
No, the uh you know, I think we're still a
really good team. I'm like, I let one loss to
find us like that, especially you know the way we
went out. You know, I think we've got to trust
the process, continue to do what we do. You know,
I mean we got a great squad here. I mean
I'm not gonna stress over you know, one game, but
uh no, you know, we got trust the processes, keep
doing what we're doing and just keep building. Still early
in the season, a lot of games.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Left, and how do you guys use this? This kind
of like mini bye week when you know, just what
do you do to to recuperate and recover ahead of
the next week.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I kick it at the crib. I'm more of a
staycation type of guy. I'm not the type to go
out or fly. I gotta kick it at the crib.
But uh, I just try to relax, you know, take
care of the body because it's a vibe. But it's
a short body, you know. I try to stay you know,
stay with Grood, watched football over the weekend, hang out
and get ready to go for Monday.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
What stands out most about about this Ravens offense, especially
the offensive line.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Yeah, man, they're physical, you know, they they do well
with their fits and uh, you know they they got
a great back behind him, so they know the track
they want to keep him on, and once he finds
a hole, he's able to hit him go. I mean
he's a home run hitter. You know, both backs him
and Justice Hill are you know, really good. So I
think you know what they bring is you know, they're
gonna be physical. It's gonna be a dogfight for sure.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And with a back like Derrick Henry, you know, you
guys have done a really good job of you know,
not having any vertical rushing lands and really keeping guys
you know, bottled up. How do you do that against
you know, such a downhill runner like Derrick Henry who's
seen so many fronts and defenses in his day.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, you know, I think we've got to stay true
to our process, you know, stay true to you know,
how we attack it, our practice, and just continue to
be physical. I think that's been the biggest thing, you know,
just being physical front, resetting the line of scrimmage, and
you know, force the teams to get into passing downs, keeping
them in those second and lungs and third and lungs,
get the get the rushers on the field, and you know,
just keep playing ball.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
And when the Ravens have a guy that like Lamar
Jackson who might not the you know who, you don't
really know if he's gonna be ready or not. How
do you kind of prepare for a matchup where you know,
you might have a really versatile a guy like Lamar,
or you might have you know, kind of more of
a pocket passer like Cooper Rush.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, you know, I think at the end of the day,
it's the NFL. No matter who's out there's gonna be
a good player. And I think that's time I've learned,
you know, over the course of my year and a
half whatever it's been of no matter who's out there,
whoever lines up, you know, it's a good player. This
is the NFL. Everyone's good. So, you know, we stay
true to who we are. And obviously there's a different
element of how you rush depending on who the quarterback is.
But regardless, you know, we still got to bring our
game and you know, we gotta play because, like I said,
(02:24):
you know, it's the NFL, so everyone's gould be good.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
So you know, after after a loss like you guys
had on a Thursday night, how do you kind of
recoup and get ready for the week ahead?
Speaker 3 (02:33):
I mean, we just look forward to the next game.
You know, stuff like that happens in the NFL all
the time. So the biggest thing is is knowing the
type of team we are. You know, we we know
who we are deep down. You know, we get easy
to be five and zero, but we're not. So I
mean we just looked at the next game you wiped
out and off and then we know we'll see those
guys again later down the road.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And how do you use you know, the kind of
like many bye week to you know, what do you
personally do to kind of you know, relaxing and get
ready for that the week ahead.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, I just kind of, you know, just kind of
kick back, just regenerate, you know, take the body recovery,
watch the other games. You know, we we obviously got
Baltimore coming up, so jacksonne a couple of weeks, so
just being able to watch the game just kind of
get ahead and relax. But I mean, at the end
of the day. You know, it's all about the next week.
So that was a bad taste in our mouth. Obviously
(03:24):
we didn't like to going into that mini bi week
like that. But you know, you can't get ready or
just can't wait to come.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Back to work.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
I feel like that's the biggest thing is just knowing
that we had this day Wednesday ready to practice, just
being able to get off to the couch and come
back to work.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
And the cornerbacks have been you know, utilizing kind of
a rotation, you know, based on you know, drives and
stuff like that. How do you feel like that aids
itself to you know, everybody being at their best in
that unit?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, I think. I mean we got guys who could play.
I think right now it is kind of feeling, you know,
just being able to capitalize on those playoffs when we
get them. But right now, I mean we're still going
through that process. You know. The thing is is we
got we got three corners four when a color gets
back that can play. So I mean, I think the
big thing is just capitalizing off each other, working off
each other, found an energy off each other, and I
(04:12):
think that's.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Big And what is you know, some of this defense
has has a lot a lot of like six defensive
back packages. You know, how do you feel like you
guys have been able to make sure that your communication
is all on point?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Yeah. I think that's the biggest thing is we have
a lot of time in the in the classroom, we
got a lot of time together so out there on
the field, so I mean our communication is key in
this defense. I think it's key in every defense. But
I mean, we know we got six guys. I think basically,
I mean having the level of a relationship that we
have the closest that we have helps that communication. But
(04:49):
also just being able to play off each other and
know each other is good too.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Do you feel do you feel like the defense is
more connected in the second year of Chris Shula's you know,
tenure as defensive coordinator. Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Absolutely, I mean all the way down to two guys
who don't play, I mean, we're well connected. I think
that's one of the big things that that's gonna help
push us further into this season and push us into
the the playoff season. Is our closeness in our relationships
with our team.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
And then what stands out most about this Baltimore offense, I.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Mean they got electric guys. You know they got we
got twenty two. We gotta stop Derrick Henry. He got
z flowers. He's electric on the open field getting the ball,
they got possession guys, they got you know, they're just
they're talented. They know what they do, they know how
to do it. But you know we're talented defense too,
so we can't wait for the challenge.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Can you walk us through your first career catch?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Man?
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Like, what did you see on the play and how
to go.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Down for you? Yeah, you know, super excited obviously get
out there and be able to make an impact for
the team, help them, help the team as much as
I could. And you know it is man Covers kind
of playing for Man Covered in that that scenario, seeing
a lot of that same exact person and how they're playing.
Try to get an edge, got an edge and vertical
and Matthew gave me a great ball. Go make opportunity.
(06:03):
Super blessed, you know, just always pray about it, working
the work in the in the dark and on those
type of things, make those type of plays. So just
happy to be out there.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
It's fun for it to be like kind of a
jump ball opportunity kind of a fun one to watch
on tape.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Yeah, yeah, it was. You know, it was obviously a
great ball and he put it right where I needed it.
So it definitely makes it more fun when something like
that downfield instead of you know, a flat route or whatever.
So just blessed to be putting the opportunity by the
coaches and for them to trust me to go make
that play on a big third down.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
So that the slot fade kind of the same ball
that you caught during the preseason. Is that Is that
a route that you know you have a lot of
experience with and that.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
You enjoy going. Yeah, you know, it's funny, not really,
but as soon as I got here, they obviously seen
something that coach Mevade and the staff you know, trust
me to run that route a couple of times now
obviously in the preseason and there. I think it's something
that fits into my skill set and I can make
a play on it, and I feel comfortable running the
route in college.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
You didn't do it too much, but.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
You know, it's something I definitely think they've seen obviously
in the trust me to go make that play.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
You obviously had the injury during a camp tight in
such a tough position to transition from college to the NFL. Like,
was it frustrating to miss that much time in the
preseason and like to kind of put it on holds
for a.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Little bit there.
Speaker 5 (07:24):
Yeah, you know, it definitely is. You know, anytime you're
not out there with the team, especially being a new
guy trying to learn the offense, get your your feet
underneath of you and you know, start to become the
player you want to be. And you were in college
and you felt, you know, comfortable, and you know the
plays and you know the speed of the game. So
I have that setback definitely. Uh, it doesn't feel good.
You know, no one wants to be off on the
sideline watching, especially when you're earlier like that. But you know,
(07:54):
but you know it, honestly, I take it as something
that's gonna make me stronger in the long run, having
something like that right off the bat. I always think
God gives trials how small, how big they are, to
people for them to make the most of their opportunity.
And so for me, you know, just taking it as
is each day trying to get better was the biggest
thing through that time.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
That's the state secrets obviously, but just in general, what's
the toughest part of warning the tight end position in this.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Offense in particular?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Ye?
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Yeah, I think in general, you think you look at
tight ends, you got to pass protect, you got a
run block.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And you got to run route.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
So one knowing all those things, you gotta be able
to know what the pass protection calls are, the run
run calls, know all the route concepts, and usually a
title you get put a lot of different different places,
so it's not just like, hey, you're in the slot here,
or you're out wide to X. You know, you gotta play.
Sometimes you're out wide, you're in the core, you're coming
across the ball. You do so many things, especially in
(08:49):
this offense where Kushmy vays, so there's a lot of
things he does with the offense. So just having to
learn those the little nuances, I think is the biggest
thing too, is you know all schemes you can kind
of when I feel like I were good to good
coaching staff at Orgon that gave me those opportunities to
learn a lot of schemes, a lot of coordinators. But
you know, there's a lot of nuances in the game
at this level.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
There's no not.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
A lot of room for error. So I think that's
kind of a big thing, learning all those skill sets
and the nuances of themself, trying to make.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Up for some of that lost time in camp, especially
when you're kind of balancing some of the scout team
responsibilities you have, and just game planning in general.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Yeah, I think the big thing is just going out
there every time, and whether it's a scout rep, a
rep with the ones, whatever, it is, just trying to
get better each rep, you know, taking those reps and
not just going through the motions, but really getting better
through those reps and trying to learn and apply our
offense to the scout team things and give the best
look I can and get better at those things because
(09:45):
all football kind of has that a little bit of carryover.
And then just really trying to take the most of
my opportunities, you know, and obviously getting with the coaches
and trying to learn and do extra stuff with blocking
and running routes and just kind of finding those nuances,
get some time with pigs, and just really asking a
lot of questions from those guys, all the older tight
ends in the room. They've really helped me out just
(10:05):
asking them questions whenever I have them,
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It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
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