July 31, 2025 • 33 mins
Special Teams Coordinator Chris Horton, Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken, Defensive Coordinator Zach Orr, and Quarterbacks Coach Tee Martin speak with the media after training camp practice.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The date is Thursday,
July thirty first, and today at the end of training
camp practice, we heard from some members of the coaching staff,
special teams coordinator Chris Horton, offensive coordinator Todd Munkin, defensive
coordinator Zach Orr, and quarterbacks coach Team Martin. We'll get
things started with special teams coordinator Chris Horton.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
And Joshister At.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Really, what I'm seeing from Lejohonte is every day the
consistency in the in the ball catching. He's got great technique,
he's got great fundamentals, and really how we want to
fill the ball. I know early on today he got
a ball that came off pretty funny and the ball
was on the ground, So that's why we're going to
be discussing. But you know, the kids doing a heck
of a job and what we're asking him to do
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getting to the spot, making sure he secured the ball
and get vertical.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Hylo lucas us.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
Anything we're seeing any times or saying there, I'm not.
I'm not saying any patterns.
Speaker 6 (01:10):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
I think the one thing we need to do with UH,
with both guys, uh In particular is that we just
need to find that that consistency. Tyler's kicking the ball great. Uh,
the ball sounds awesome coming off his foot. But then
I think, uh, over the last uh eight days that
there might be four for missus. We just gotta find
that consistency from the the field that we're practicing on
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early in practice when we go over to UH as
a team and we're together, that we're continuing to see
the same swings in the same foot the ball. Other
than that, I think he's doing a heck of a job.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Started pretty good, damp, but uh, how was he handling.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Gliba University game every day? He's out here to get better.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Uh, he knows there's gonna be there's gonna be kicks
that uh that he misses it. And then we sit
in those meeting rooms with Randy and and we just
detail it out and we and we try to figure out, Okay,
what happened here because you are kicking the all great,
Let's just try to find the consistency in what we
do so.
Speaker 7 (02:04):
You're gonna be able to look at some different stuff
when you go to the stadium.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Let me, does that open up some possibilities.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
For you, guys, going into stadiums is a big benefit
for us because you know, the wins, the wins in
there are a lot different, right than what we see.
That's why we like kicking on field three. It's a
little bit similar to what we get. The wins are crazy, right,
and so so what the guys might see on Phil
one and two. It allows us to you know, really
get a real feel in the stadium and really dial
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these things in. But it all comes back to, hey,
are we kicking the ball straight? And that's the one
thing Randy's holding in on these guys, no matter what
the win is doing, Let's kick a straight ball, good
foot the ball, good contact, and we'll and we'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You just heard from Chris Horton, and next up we'll
hear from offensive coordinator Todd Munken.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Yeah, talk to Lamar, I think come down and kicking
this team from the love.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
When he's like, I'm only twenty eight, I mean, how.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Much room does he have for I mean, argably, you
know which would be three times three m VP.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
How much growth do you could you see still in that?
Speaker 8 (03:11):
I think there's a lot left there for him in
terms of growth.
Speaker 9 (03:17):
I think he sees the field better now than he
did even two years ago. I can't speak before then.
I can just speak to how he sees the field
based on what we're doing offensively and so and the
players that we have in the system. And I really
do I only think he's just getting started with his ability.
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He's always had the ability as a playmaker and to
run with the ball, but his ability as he's improved greatly,
which is a huge credit to him, and his ability
to throw the football to win at all times of
the game, really and in all phases of the.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Game, specifically, leave this hard guy.
Speaker 10 (04:01):
Lamar's game was that how do you see T Martin?
Speaker 8 (04:04):
Oh? Tim Martin, Oh, he does one the people job.
We're so lucky.
Speaker 9 (04:08):
You know, when I came in as the coordinator, I
said this to a group here in the building. You know,
when I came in as the coordinator, we were looking
for a quarterback coach. I mean we were looking, Hey,
who do we think can get the most out of Lamar?
Like who can? And that's crazy to say, right or
that that's probably silly, Like how can we take another
step each year?
Speaker 8 (04:25):
Take another step? Well? T was already here coaching whiteouts.
And I'll give him credit.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
He came up to Harvezei and said, hey, can I
interview for the job, And we interviewed tea and and
he killed it. And I think his personality, how smart
he is. He's been a coordinator, he played the position
I think has been invaluable. I get way, way way
too much credit for that part of Lamar's game that
goes that goes to t Martin these last couple.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Of days, you haven't We haven't seen a lot of
Bateman and Jay obviously, which has you have to see
a lot of the younger guy.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
What have you gotten to see from some these younger
roups receiving.
Speaker 8 (05:02):
Well, it's great. I mean you talk about all the
time about certain.
Speaker 9 (05:10):
Moments opportunities to come up for the young players to
be ready. And it's the expectations of the position Lamar
has that we have that that whoever steps in and
plays certain positions has to play like a raven. And
we've got to be Alextion can score points. And I
was proud of it today. Yesterday a little tougher go Okay, today,
better guys made some plays. I think every day that
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the young players are intentional, They're going to get better.
I mean we got really good kids. I think they're
really working hard at it, and every day that they're
intentional at a certain part of their craft, you can
see them getting better.
Speaker 7 (05:48):
How much you have a lot of different ways to
get a fact and find how much a train being
the just determine what your identity is.
Speaker 10 (05:54):
Going to be in for this season.
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Some of that's true.
Speaker 9 (05:56):
Some of it is who are we going to be
based on the personnel that we have, the success we
had last year, off season studies, and then as we
move along, because you can't stay stagnant as an offense.
Speaker 8 (06:10):
I mean, you've got to keep evolving. That's also with Lamar.
Speaker 9 (06:15):
That's how do we take another step in certain concepts
that we have, our ability at the line of scrimmage,
his ability to get in out of play. So that's
all a part of training camp and a big part
of the off season as well.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Now the pads have been on for a few taxes.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
What do you see it from the offensive line and
specifically as that UARDA.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
No, I'm excited that.
Speaker 9 (06:34):
I think there's a great battle between Ben Cleveland and
you know Worries.
Speaker 8 (06:38):
I think we got we got talent there.
Speaker 9 (06:39):
That's why you draft, you know, old lineman draft and
let them develop, you know, as they come along, and
then hopefully you have the ability that when you lose
guys in free agency, which we have, that you've got
guys ready to go in there and play and play
at a really high level. And I like how we've
played in pads the first couple of days. It's been hot.
It's been hard on those guys. If it's hard on anybody,
it's the big guys up front. But that's what we're
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here for, and we're here to get ourselves in football shape,
and you only do that by playing football.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
We took return of Keath Mitchell to full speed and
full health.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Does that think you start thinking of different ways?
Speaker 6 (07:11):
You got a lot of talent at backfield, but you
still only have so many players to give the ball too.
Speaker 8 (07:16):
I'm excited for him.
Speaker 9 (07:18):
I think any player that goes through the type of
injury he did where he was at playing so well,
it's not an injury in practice or someone who's not playing.
But how explosive he was, you know, and to be
doing on the field and then to have that setback,
I don't know if he was full speed last year.
But it's exciting for him. You see him smiling again,
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and I think it's only going to continue to come
along with his trust in it and his ability to
really hit it downhill.
Speaker 8 (07:47):
But it's exciting for us.
Speaker 9 (07:48):
I mean, to have another weapon, another guy that can
you know, that can make explosive plays, because that's what
the game's about.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
We talked to Charlie yesterday. I mean, so he might
be a little more on.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
The spotlight with Isaiah dealing with his injury. Where did
you see strides that you like from him last year
and where do you think that he'll build this year?
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Well, I got a lot of respect for Charlie, I
really do.
Speaker 9 (08:10):
My understanding is when he came out, he wasn't really
known as a why a blocking tight end that wasn't
his forte. He was a really good matchup guy, ball skill, guy,
red zone tough catches, which he still is. But man,
has he come a long way special teams at times,
has been a special teams captain for us. You talk
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about I having a y when you want to be
a C gap run team downhill, you know, get under center,
And I mean I think he put in six thousand
yards yesterday, I mean on the field special teams and
he was still going. I got a lot of respect
for Charlie and it's grown over the two years and
now going in the third year of BBING here.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
I think through eight practices now with this camp, I guess,
how would you evaluate how your offense is done against
this defense? I think it's where you are just with
the overall install and satisfaction level.
Speaker 8 (09:01):
As usual, you have your ups and downs.
Speaker 9 (09:04):
You know, you have some days you're like, boy, that's
the way it should look, and not even just days
plays series moments of practice. The good news is we
get to go against an elite defense from personnel and staff.
The tough thing is we get to go against an
elite defense and staff, and that really that really stresses you,
really forces you to practice every day at a high
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level or you'll get exposed. But I like the I
like where we're at. I like the way we're practicing.
But it's not always fun to go against our defense.
It's a great challenge, but it's not always fun.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I'm sure playing Seeker Kennedy, you've fully seen do the
stiff on that now you have him in it.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
How how strong of a weapon.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Is that and how tough it is for you know,
defenses and to.
Speaker 9 (09:52):
Get around What am I going to say that you
guys haven't already said. I mean, I just I was
with the Jacksonville Jaguar when he was like a freshman
in high school and he came over to the facility
and they said, this guy's a running back and I'm like,
what I mean, guy's like fourteen years old, you know,
and he looks like he's twenty eight and a lot
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like when I first saw Adrian Peterson. You know, when
you see somebody that's just different, and that was like that,
and you see him and then and then to actually
get a chance to coach him. A man that fast,
that big, that powerful, keeps himself in that kind of shape,
so prideful in getting it right. I mean, he was
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so happy today because I was wrong. I accused him
of something and he looked and usually he's not right,
so you know, so this time he was. But he
was so fired up to tell me that I was
wrong because he's so prideful. You know it when when
you say something to him, he's going to take it
to heart and he wants to get it right. So
today he was right, and so I got to eat that.
But he's it's it's just, I mean, it's cool as hell.
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I don't know what tell you. I mean, it's, uh,
we're blessed and he's blessed of us. But say it
like it is.
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Man, it's pretty damn cool to be a raven.
Speaker 9 (11:04):
And he's a raven now with this organization the players
that are around him.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That was Todd Monkin addressing the media after today's practice
and now we'll stay on this side of the ball
and hear from quarterbacks coach Tim Martin.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
The more what we put from the last peak. He
said that he does get like his game can go
to another level in your mind, what is the next
level of the are.
Speaker 11 (11:31):
The next level is just taking the things that he's
already improved in and continuing to improve in those areas,
but also consistently doing them every day, every rep, right,
And that's that's what you're chasing, is finding the areas
that you can improve in. Okay, we've identified these areas,
let's attack it. Okay, we've improved. Now let's make that
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even better, and let's do it every day. And so
I think you could take any part of his game
and say there's areas to improve and uh, at least
I'm gonna say that as a coach, right Uh, But
in his mind, Uh, he took a long time during
the offseason to think about how he was gonna come
back and approach it. And mentally he's in a different place,
you know, his third year in the system. He's playing
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with a lot of the same players. Derek is back,
and the center Tyler's back, you know, and having the
communication of the guys who he has to communicate with
the most baitman you know, uh, Zay, all the guys Mark.
You know, it's time to take not only himself to
the next level, but the whole unit. And so uh,
we're seeing that early on in training camp. Got ways
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to go, but early on, I'm pretty pleased with the
direction we're headed in as far as all of those things.
Speaker 7 (12:40):
We just discussed what kind of impacts you see the
DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
Then on Lamar, they made him play yesterday down in
Renzone seven on seven where Lamar and and and Luke
just kind of said what they were gonna do and
it didn't go right, and Lamar just stuck with him
and it ended up being a touchdown, and you usually
don't see that kind of trust with the new face
this early in training him. And so I think DeAndre
has a history of making quarterbacks feel good because the
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outcome has been good most of the time. You know,
he makes plays. It may not be the way you
may have coached it, but at the end of the day,
the result is what you want, and it's touchdowns and
first downs, and so early on, I see Lamar really
forcing the issue of really trying to develop that relationship
of trust with him, particularly versus man the man fade routes,
go routes, things of that nature, and those type routes
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were set up the other things that we wanted to
do with him.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
See what I guess obligations or responsibilities does a quarterback
have when this team, a team like this has so
many skill position players and any one of them could
incredibly be the best. You know that the number one
targ togetter in any game. You know, there's egos to manage,
like there is any locker makes more what kind of
falls to the quarterback And in a.
Speaker 11 (13:51):
Situation like that, I think this is when leadership is tested.
You know, it's who you are as a man yourself first,
because regardless of who those faces are, who those people
we are, of their talent and skill levels, they still look.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
To you to be their leader.
Speaker 11 (14:04):
And they not only l listen to you, they look
at how you go about your work and how you
go about your business. So number one, first and foremost,
it's his professionalism and how he prepares and how seriously
he practices and how hard he goes at practice. He
sets the tone, he sets the temple, he leaves by example.
I think that's first. And then secondly, everyone having this
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shared understanding that we're all here to win. You know,
one game, they may have more receiving yards than Rashard
or Derek may run the ball thirty times and we
win running the game. It it, it all depends on
how Lamar presents to everyone that at the end of
the day, we're here to win and I don't care
how we do it. You know, I wanna I can
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throw it forty times a game and win, we can
run it forty times and win. I think ultimately, for him,
what's being tested is the leadership where you do have uh,
like you said, a room full of excellent skill players
and a running back that can also carry the load as.
Speaker 10 (14:58):
Well progra so good improvisation. How is your experience with
wide receiver group helped you guys maybe prepare them for
when he does go off scratch.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Yeah, that's funny.
Speaker 11 (15:09):
We were actually talking about that, you know, earlier today,
just about how receivers think, and sometimes we see things
from this viewpoint as a quarterback, but they see other things.
And I think the more and more we practice it,
you know, we spend a lot of time practicing scrambled
drill and that was something that coach Muckin, you know,
made a huge point in twenty three twenty four. We're
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gonna continue to do that this year of finding space
for Lamar. Lamar when he's moving can still make throws
fifty yards down the field, and so you're never not open.
You know, all he's looking for is separation and to
feel a void to where he can get a completion.
And so to your point, just spending time with him
and practicing things that don't always come up in practice
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but show up in games, trying to create that environment
where we can get those results.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Trying to learning the offense.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
What have you seen hi from handcapt by and also
pleased with Cooper just a professional. You know, it had
taken every rep for the most part, was here every
day during the off season. A student of the game,
came in new system, picked it up from a protection standpoint,
the audibles to checks, progressions in our passing game. A
little different world than where he came from, but a
lot of things carry over from a schematic standpoint. We
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do things just a little bit differently and and he
loves it. You know, he has good comments during meetings,
good ideas, the ideas where he's adding things to what
we already do and like having them around.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's good for the room. He and Lamar have a
great relationship and he's fun to be around.
Speaker 6 (16:38):
With the amount of improvisation with more guys, how much
do you have to work with to.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
The offensive line coaches or with time and whether it
might be to have different rules for the offensive lineman
in terms of their release down.
Speaker 11 (16:49):
Here right we talk about having a two play quarterback.
You know, that's something that we say all the time
that they have to strain to finish and that play
may be extended. You know, that is what makes him
who he is. One of the things that makes him
who he is is the fact that if it's on time,
if the progression presents itself to get the ball out
on time, he's gonna do that. And he's one of
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the best at it. But when the defense does a
good job of covering down and matching up routes, he's
one of the best, if not the best, at extending plays.
And so we practice that, you know, not only just
the wide receivers, but we practice it with the old lineman.
You know, you have a quarterback that can be in
a lot of places in the pocket and as a
tackle that could be tough. And so, but we just
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talked to them about straining the finish, not holding. If
you feel the d lineman pull away, just let him go.
You know, by that time Lamar's probably gone anyway. And so,
but we talk about being having a two play quarterback
and in the quarterback whom we talk about being two
play quarterbacks, And so it all works together to talk about.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
These practices in terms of is the offense sharper, is
it not sharp? And mean you know you hear a
lot of that kind of stuff. Yeah, but you've been
I mean, like, can Lamart get as much out of
a practice from the offense, Is he picking as one
where it's where it is.
Speaker 11 (18:00):
Yeah, I'll tell you what's beautiful right now is our
defense is playing really good. You know, I wanna jump
the gun, but they're playing really good and they really improve,
uh personnel wise, schematically. It is another year in it
and they they're kind of kept picking up where they
left off towards the end of the season on defense.
And it's good for us because we were able to
export some things early on last year that's not being
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exploited right now. So the diamonds are into detail and
they're forcing us to be very very detailed in everything
that we do. And so you're gonna have that championship teams.
One side of the ball doesn't always win.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
You know.
Speaker 11 (18:34):
It's some back and forth, right and then there's some
button heads. There's some good days and bad days for
both sides, and you wanna see that, especially in training camp.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (18:43):
I like where we are as a team, but we
we like getting the looks that we we were getting
from our our defense.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
They're challenging us.
Speaker 11 (18:49):
We're on install six already and about ninety percent of
our offense is already in, which is an aggressive approach.
But we'll uh put another code of paint on it,
you know, next week, and then we'll start some games
and see what we have. What is how.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
More his ability proves what if? To her? What you
have seen this?
Speaker 8 (19:08):
He's really improved in noways seen right now?
Speaker 5 (19:11):
I mean you've been with him long, bir then how
have you seen happen? I think he's always be activation
where but where has he?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (19:19):
I think he's always had natural great feel vision, right,
Lamark can now only see things, but he can make
calculations at a rate that's almost inhuman right. But now
he's putting his eyes in the right places and seeing
the right things. I think that's kind of how I
can wrap that up, right, It's what are you seeing?
Speaker 2 (19:39):
And why? You know? Why did you start here? You know?
Speaker 11 (19:42):
What did you see in that pressure that made you
move the protection over there? What did you see in
the run game that made you check that play? So
I think he's always seen things well. He's always had
great feedback and information on the sideline during games, and
sometimes you see stuff that we don't see until the
next day when you're tape you're like, how do you
see that? And so, But he's gifted in that regard
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right now, I think with the experience in this system
and how we do things and how people are gonna
work to defend him, you know, having his eyes in
the right places for the right reasons is where he's,
where he's grown, and where he's doing a really good job.
Speaker 12 (20:17):
Right now here he's are going into sis, he said,
down there to see what the suspassive not passive that
ring any second question?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
He hes to coach him with his running it all
or it's like he's much I could.
Speaker 11 (20:30):
Say, I think miss feliciaud has faly got a lot
to do with.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
That, you know.
Speaker 11 (20:34):
But no, he's in great shape. You know, he came
in a great weight, which he last year decided that
this is why I wanna play.
Speaker 10 (20:41):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (20:41):
He has his own workout regimen that he does during
the off season. All I can tell you is he
is flying. You know, he took off yesterday in two
minute drills. I don't know if he got touched, you know,
and did a front flipping in his own and all
that kind of stuff. But no, he's running really well,
and I can really see in his foot quickness, you know,
in all of our footwork drills that we're doing in
the quarterback room. His a capability in the pocket. You know,
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they can't tackle him, but they're they're still not They're
still having a hard time touching him too. But I
like where he's at to go the long haul. We
know it's all the way till February. The mental condition,
in the physical conditioning that it takes to get to
the Super Bowl. I think that that's what's on his mind.
And he's looking really good.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
See rushed out of the lead of the offense, and
what do you see have Devin Mary.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Coop has been great bill solid backup for us.
Speaker 11 (21:29):
You know, Veteran won some games last year, a lot
of positive reps during the offseason. So I like where
Cooper is and I like Devon's development. Devon is doing
a really good job. Arm talent is not the question.
He could throw it with the best of him in
this league. He has an excellent arm, But when you're
an inexperienced quarterback and you're seeing it a lot from
the other side of the ball, you can be baited
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into turnovers and things of that nature. I think where
he's improved there's really taking care of the football and
making good decisions underneath. When they explos of play is
not presented. And that's the type of growth that I
want to see that we want to see as offensive
staff because armtown is not the question with him. It's
about uh taking care of the football, moving the football,
getting the ball on the end zone and making great decisions.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
And he's he's on a good track right now.
Speaker 6 (22:16):
What did I just when you guys go from eleven's
to seven? Is this the emphasis for the quarterback change
at all?
Speaker 2 (22:24):
From eleven? Set explaining that to him again on seven?
Speaker 11 (22:27):
Oh you're talking about oh seven on seven eleven? I'll
say this a team is real football in my opinion,
Like when you're good on good, that's that's football, right.
The protections, the pressures, all of that. Seven on seven
is more of we've installed these routes. This is why
you're working this way, and let's make sure that we
have the discipline to do the right thing right. We
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talked about it versus covered too, We talked about it
versus man. You got man, you got covered too. Did
you do the right thing or not right? And that's
kind of like a ramping to eleven on eleven? You know,
you walk through it, doing our walk through practices, you
kind of get individual drews to work on those routes.
You do seven on seven to kind of put schematically
the time in together and where people are gonna be,
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and then now you play real football against the team.
So to me, ultimately, you can't do enough eleven on eleven.
You can't do enough team ball, but there's a place
for seven on seven. It's more about time and precision
and seeing where people are so that when you do
go team you know where the guys are on time
and things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
But I value it. I value it.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, you're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. That
was QB coach T Martin last up today. But certainly
not least is the man in charge of the defense
sac or.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
How y'all doing? Y'all doing a right good to see y'all.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Man players like.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Balance probably starts with Mike ever any party to play
with it.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
But what's kind of stuck out with you?
Speaker 2 (24:02):
What about here?
Speaker 5 (24:05):
That's a that's a good question. I would say.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
He kind of.
Speaker 12 (24:07):
Reminds me like uh CJ. Mosley when when we when
we came in together as rookies. I mean, obviously a
talented player a highly decorated player at at the college level.
But but came in, Uh, CJ came in, and you
didn't think he was a rookie by the way he
prepared and by the way he worked and got thrown
into the fire early in the spring and in camp
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practicing with the ones, and and and did a heck.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
Of a job.
Speaker 12 (24:30):
And that's the same thing we see for Malaco man.
I mean, his attention to detail is phenomenal. You know,
obviously he's a real talented player. Uh he's shown that
out here in camp, uh through the first week, week
and a half, and you know, he's doing a great
job for us. So I'm excited about Malachi. We're excited
about him. I think Double D and uh Pigano and
Brendan are doing a great job with him. And the
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thing that you appreciated about him is, you know, the
the pro game is different from the college game, but
he picks up, he picks up what you teach him
in the classroom and what you do and walkthroughs real fast.
And he rarely makes a mistake and if he does
make a mistake, he corrects it.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
The next time. And so he's he's way.
Speaker 12 (25:07):
Beyond his years as as a person and as a player.
So you know, I'm excited to see him to continue
to grow.
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Same position music. You guys end up to us to
call on Sanoozy King. Seems like he's out a good
camp so far. The guy who's not afraid of contact yet.
Where do you think he'll make his imprints if he
is called of him?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Man?
Speaker 5 (25:24):
I mean, uh sows.
Speaker 12 (25:25):
He has always been a real smart player, a physical player.
I think he's moving better in the back end than
what he did last year, So that's a credit to
what he did in the off season and training. He's
moving a lot better. He's comfortable with the system, so
he's doing heck of a job. I have full confidence
in Sanousie man, so I'm excited for him. I'm excited
to see him get out here in these games and
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and really see how he's grown as a player, because
we see it out here since the spring that uh,
he's came back different.
Speaker 5 (25:54):
Teddy Man, Teddy been shoot, he's another guy. Man.
Speaker 12 (25:57):
These rookies are. It's a good but good bunch of rookies.
I mean, first and foremost they talented, but they work hard, man.
These guys work hard and they are real high football
IQ players, and Teddy fits that mold. So he's done
a heck of a job. He's been physical with the pads.
Come on, He's playing both positions, Mike will and Dome,
which is impressive for rookie to come in and do,
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and he's doing a good job at.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
Both of them. He's vocal, so I'm excited about him.
Speaker 12 (26:22):
Man, I'm really excited about Teddy.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Every day it seems there's a Nate Wiggins matchup against Hopkins.
What does he gain from that? And what are you
talk to about breaking those down afterwards.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
It's funny you said that because I told him the
other day.
Speaker 12 (26:36):
I said, just imagine you was on your visit to
Clemson and you've seen probably d hop on the walls,
and now you guard them in practice. And he just
started laughing and smirked at me. But man, d hop
been one of the best receivers in league for a
long time. Man, I mean, what's is his thirteenth year.
I think he's still at top of his game. So
now Nate's learning all the little tricks that receivers do,
that the vet moves that they pull out there on
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the outside and de Hoppits can still at a high level.
I've been impressed with him, so Nate. It's good work
for Nate and he accepts a challenge. He's won a
lot of battles and de Happis got him as well,
so this is gonna make him better.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Man.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
We talk about it.
Speaker 12 (27:10):
Iron sharpens iron, and it's good that we get the
opportunity to do that with our own guys.
Speaker 10 (27:14):
We have a lot of options at cornerback. What have
you been able to see from bol corner?
Speaker 12 (27:18):
And they've been good man, the two rookies they've been
good as well. Like I said, this this is a
real impressive rookie group. So you know, I'm excited to
see what they're gonna do and in the game. Uh,
we know, we know they're talented. Like I said, they
just put their head down and work. That's the whole
Rooky class. Like uh, I can't say enough about them.
So now it's it's just what they're gonna do on
the field when when the lights get a little brighter
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in these preseason games and we expect them to go
out there and do great things exactly.
Speaker 10 (27:44):
Cale hamilton Is said that Nate Wiggins is your one
to year two jumpers as big a rump as anybody.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
On this whole team.
Speaker 10 (27:50):
What do you think is the difference to what you
saw from Nate Wiggins last year and what you're expecting
this year.
Speaker 12 (27:54):
He's just more locked in on his technique and fundamentals.
Like Nate, everybody says that we all know what you
guys know it, and he played great for us last year.
He is one of the most physically gifted cornerbacks I've
personally seen, and all he had to do was just
continue to work on his technique, which he did last year.
But now him coming in with that mindset and knowing
the defense skin He's a smart player, so now he
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understands the defense like the back of his hands. Now
he could really lock in on his technique. He's been
doing that since spring. He was here all spring. He's
carried it over through training camp and he's doing great
things out there. So I can't be even again how
happy I am with Nate in his maturity and his
growth too.
Speaker 6 (28:33):
What do you know about being a defensive coordinator on
this training camp?
Speaker 2 (28:36):
But you couldn't have known last year.
Speaker 12 (28:38):
I would say, just really just hone in and focus
on the important things. I think my first year, you
kind of get you got so much going on in
your mind. You got fundamentals, you got scheme, You're trying
to just keep your head above water on all the
different responsibilities you have. So now I'm used to that now,
just focusing in on the guys building that chemistry together, man,
because that's what's important. As long as they are all
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on the same page and we continue to drill it
and talk about in the classroom, the better we're going
to be. So I'm definitely better than what I was
at this point last year.
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Were there things like it's kind of looking back at
your one that you wish you've been more vigilant about.
I mean just kind of looking back at my own memories,
like Lamar had a great camp, but I don't remember
a huge amount of explosives and that season starts and
that's a problem for you. So are there things looking
back that you wish you had been more vigilant.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
Out or what?
Speaker 5 (29:27):
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 12 (29:28):
I think that, you know, I didn't skip any steps
me personally, I don't think we skipped steps as a staff.
But I think that we got better and I think
it starts with me. I got better, you know, whether
it's communication or or whatever it is. But I don't
I don't really live in the past.
Speaker 8 (29:44):
Man.
Speaker 12 (29:44):
I think you know that that experience last year was
a good experience for me, and I just learned from
it and and grow from it.
Speaker 10 (29:52):
Trend sensence accounts or to drop and still spoke about
your belief in him when you sent him into.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
The off season.
Speaker 10 (29:58):
What were some of the things you wanted to have
to focus on and how it's see time.
Speaker 12 (30:01):
Just focus on on reading his keys and footwork. His
stuff is just fundamental, man. Just when when the offense
changes the picture or my feet right or my eyes right,
and uh, he's focused on that. He's he's in here
all the time. Santunci and uh Dean Uh not Dean.
His son, Matt peas and and Noah have done a
good job with him. So he's having a real good camp.
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Now he just has to go put it together in
the preseason games. So you know, nobody's gonna leave leave
any stone unturned, like like Trent Simpson. Man, he's gonna
do everything he can to be the best player you
can possibly be.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
So you know, we'll see how you've seen both ray
Row from his rookie season.
Speaker 12 (30:38):
To now, similar to some noos man like he's a
he's a heavy hitter, but he understands the defense now
like a lot of times when you're a rookie, you're
just trying to focus on what but what I have
to do and it's and you can make plays on
doing what you're supposed to do. But when you understand
how the whole scheme fits together, the person next to you,
how what his responsibility is. Okay, now look at the formation.
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It's only so many things offense can do out of
that formation. Now I can play faster and I can
make plays and shoot my shot.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
So just like.
Speaker 12 (31:06):
Sanoosi man, he's he understands the scheme more so now
he's able to go play freely and cut it loose.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Is there anything that you've seen in the secondary under
Chuck Ggano and and something that they didn't You didn't
you weren't sure of when.
Speaker 6 (31:20):
Chuck came back, but that you see now throughout drink
against it.
Speaker 12 (31:24):
I wouldn't say it would be anything that I was
unsure of. Just everything I've heard from players who who
who've been coached by Chuck, coaches who've coached with them,
and people who know him as a person who's has
all been great things. So he's been great, man, and
as a as for a mentor for me, a mentor
for us as a coaching staff, he's been great for
the dB room. But what I see from the dB room, man,
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is just I see.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Ownership from everybody in that room.
Speaker 12 (31:47):
You know, everybody's taking ownership to being the best they
can be, working as hard as they possibly can work
and holding each other accountable. So you know they're doing
a great job, and I appreciate them.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Time to get physicians specific training.
Speaker 6 (32:02):
In this off seas, I know everybody works out and
did that, and anybody you know, they played the game
for a long time and they don't need to.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
But which players would you cite as has taken a
lot of time on big camps or position specific training.
I think a lot of a lot of our guys
do that.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
Man.
Speaker 12 (32:15):
I mean everything, I feel like all the training now
and the offseason is is so positioned specific.
Speaker 5 (32:22):
But I think I think everybody has done that.
Speaker 12 (32:23):
I would say, you know, Tavius Robinson has been a
guy that I've seen add more more arsenal and more
tools to his more tools to his arsenal from a
pass rusher, I mean, he's still a sledgehammer in the
run game. And I can say the same thing for
Travis Jones. Like Travis Jones, he's pulled out a couple
more pass rush moves, a couple more counter moves that
I haven't seen it from him before. So I think
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that's a testament to the coaches here and the work
they've done in the offseason as well.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
And we've seen Jalarmer Davis get some snaps inside and
look look pretty good there. Has that transition gone as
smoothly as you expected, more smooth than you expect. I mean,
obviously it's a different world going from the outside of.
Speaker 12 (33:00):
Yeah, Like I think I said this in the spring,
man Jalen is he's probably the smartest dB in room
because he knows all positions and can play them all
well his day and gives man, this guy willing he
stay healthy. If he stays healthy, I think that he's
going to do real good things for us. So you know,
we hope he can stay healthy. I know he's working
hard at it. He's in the weight room, he's in
the training room. He's doing everything he can, so I'm
hoping he can stay healthy and go out there and
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show everybody what he really could do.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
That was defensive coordinator Zach Or answering questions from the
media after today's training camp practice. That's it for this Thursday.
Thanks for listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast and
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for listening and we'll see you next month.
Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The date is Thursday,
July thirty first, and today at the end of training
camp practice, we heard from some members of the coaching staff,
special teams coordinator Chris Horton, offensive coordinator Todd Munkin, defensive
coordinator Zach Orr, and quarterbacks coach Team Martin. We'll get
things started with special teams coordinator Chris Horton.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
And Joshister At.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Really, what I'm seeing from Lejohonte is every day the
consistency in the in the ball catching. He's got great technique,
he's got great fundamentals, and really how we want to
fill the ball. I know early on today he got
a ball that came off pretty funny and the ball
was on the ground, So that's why we're going to
be discussing. But you know, the kids doing a heck
of a job and what we're asking him to do
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getting to the spot, making sure he secured the ball
and get vertical.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Hylo lucas us.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
Anything we're seeing any times or saying there, I'm not.
I'm not saying any patterns.
Speaker 6 (01:10):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
I think the one thing we need to do with UH,
with both guys, uh In particular is that we just
need to find that that consistency. Tyler's kicking the ball great. Uh,
the ball sounds awesome coming off his foot. But then
I think, uh, over the last uh eight days that
there might be four for missus. We just gotta find
that consistency from the the field that we're practicing on
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early in practice when we go over to UH as
a team and we're together, that we're continuing to see
the same swings in the same foot the ball. Other
than that, I think he's doing a heck of a job.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Started pretty good, damp, but uh, how was he handling.
Speaker 5 (01:44):
Gliba University game every day? He's out here to get better.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Uh, he knows there's gonna be there's gonna be kicks
that uh that he misses it. And then we sit
in those meeting rooms with Randy and and we just
detail it out and we and we try to figure out, Okay,
what happened here because you are kicking the all great,
Let's just try to find the consistency in what we
do so.
Speaker 7 (02:04):
You're gonna be able to look at some different stuff
when you go to the stadium.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Let me, does that open up some possibilities.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
For you, guys, going into stadiums is a big benefit
for us because you know, the wins, the wins in
there are a lot different, right than what we see.
That's why we like kicking on field three. It's a
little bit similar to what we get. The wins are crazy, right,
and so so what the guys might see on Phil
one and two. It allows us to you know, really
get a real feel in the stadium and really dial
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these things in. But it all comes back to, hey,
are we kicking the ball straight? And that's the one
thing Randy's holding in on these guys, no matter what
the win is doing, Let's kick a straight ball, good
foot the ball, good contact, and we'll and we'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You just heard from Chris Horton, and next up we'll
hear from offensive coordinator Todd Munken.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Yeah, talk to Lamar, I think come down and kicking
this team from the love.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
When he's like, I'm only twenty eight, I mean, how.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Much room does he have for I mean, argably, you
know which would be three times three m VP.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
How much growth do you could you see still in that?
Speaker 8 (03:11):
I think there's a lot left there for him in
terms of growth.
Speaker 9 (03:17):
I think he sees the field better now than he
did even two years ago. I can't speak before then.
I can just speak to how he sees the field
based on what we're doing offensively and so and the
players that we have in the system. And I really
do I only think he's just getting started with his ability.
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He's always had the ability as a playmaker and to
run with the ball, but his ability as he's improved greatly,
which is a huge credit to him, and his ability
to throw the football to win at all times of
the game, really and in all phases of the.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Game, specifically, leave this hard guy.
Speaker 10 (04:01):
Lamar's game was that how do you see T Martin?
Speaker 8 (04:04):
Oh? Tim Martin, Oh, he does one the people job.
We're so lucky.
Speaker 9 (04:08):
You know, when I came in as the coordinator, I
said this to a group here in the building. You know,
when I came in as the coordinator, we were looking
for a quarterback coach. I mean we were looking, Hey,
who do we think can get the most out of Lamar?
Like who can? And that's crazy to say, right or
that that's probably silly, Like how can we take another
step each year?
Speaker 8 (04:25):
Take another step? Well? T was already here coaching whiteouts.
And I'll give him credit.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
He came up to Harvezei and said, hey, can I
interview for the job, And we interviewed tea and and
he killed it. And I think his personality, how smart
he is. He's been a coordinator, he played the position
I think has been invaluable. I get way, way way
too much credit for that part of Lamar's game that
goes that goes to t Martin these last couple.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Of days, you haven't We haven't seen a lot of
Bateman and Jay obviously, which has you have to see
a lot of the younger guy.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
What have you gotten to see from some these younger
roups receiving.
Speaker 8 (05:02):
Well, it's great. I mean you talk about all the
time about certain.
Speaker 9 (05:10):
Moments opportunities to come up for the young players to
be ready. And it's the expectations of the position Lamar
has that we have that that whoever steps in and
plays certain positions has to play like a raven. And
we've got to be Alextion can score points. And I
was proud of it today. Yesterday a little tougher go Okay, today,
better guys made some plays. I think every day that
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the young players are intentional, They're going to get better.
I mean we got really good kids. I think they're
really working hard at it, and every day that they're
intentional at a certain part of their craft, you can
see them getting better.
Speaker 7 (05:48):
How much you have a lot of different ways to
get a fact and find how much a train being
the just determine what your identity is.
Speaker 10 (05:54):
Going to be in for this season.
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Some of that's true.
Speaker 9 (05:56):
Some of it is who are we going to be
based on the personnel that we have, the success we
had last year, off season studies, and then as we
move along, because you can't stay stagnant as an offense.
Speaker 8 (06:10):
I mean, you've got to keep evolving. That's also with Lamar.
Speaker 9 (06:15):
That's how do we take another step in certain concepts
that we have, our ability at the line of scrimmage,
his ability to get in out of play. So that's
all a part of training camp and a big part
of the off season as well.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Now the pads have been on for a few taxes.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
What do you see it from the offensive line and
specifically as that UARDA.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
No, I'm excited that.
Speaker 9 (06:34):
I think there's a great battle between Ben Cleveland and
you know Worries.
Speaker 8 (06:38):
I think we got we got talent there.
Speaker 9 (06:39):
That's why you draft, you know, old lineman draft and
let them develop, you know, as they come along, and
then hopefully you have the ability that when you lose
guys in free agency, which we have, that you've got
guys ready to go in there and play and play
at a really high level. And I like how we've
played in pads the first couple of days. It's been hot.
It's been hard on those guys. If it's hard on anybody,
it's the big guys up front. But that's what we're
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here for, and we're here to get ourselves in football shape,
and you only do that by playing football.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
We took return of Keath Mitchell to full speed and
full health.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Does that think you start thinking of different ways?
Speaker 6 (07:11):
You got a lot of talent at backfield, but you
still only have so many players to give the ball too.
Speaker 8 (07:16):
I'm excited for him.
Speaker 9 (07:18):
I think any player that goes through the type of
injury he did where he was at playing so well,
it's not an injury in practice or someone who's not playing.
But how explosive he was, you know, and to be
doing on the field and then to have that setback,
I don't know if he was full speed last year.
But it's exciting for him. You see him smiling again,
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and I think it's only going to continue to come
along with his trust in it and his ability to
really hit it downhill.
Speaker 8 (07:47):
But it's exciting for us.
Speaker 9 (07:48):
I mean, to have another weapon, another guy that can
you know, that can make explosive plays, because that's what
the game's about.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
We talked to Charlie yesterday. I mean, so he might
be a little more on.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
The spotlight with Isaiah dealing with his injury. Where did
you see strides that you like from him last year
and where do you think that he'll build this year?
Speaker 8 (08:06):
Well, I got a lot of respect for Charlie, I
really do.
Speaker 9 (08:10):
My understanding is when he came out, he wasn't really
known as a why a blocking tight end that wasn't
his forte. He was a really good matchup guy, ball skill, guy,
red zone tough catches, which he still is. But man,
has he come a long way special teams at times,
has been a special teams captain for us. You talk
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about I having a y when you want to be
a C gap run team downhill, you know, get under center,
And I mean I think he put in six thousand
yards yesterday, I mean on the field special teams and
he was still going. I got a lot of respect
for Charlie and it's grown over the two years and
now going in the third year of BBING here.
Speaker 6 (08:51):
I think through eight practices now with this camp, I guess,
how would you evaluate how your offense is done against
this defense? I think it's where you are just with
the overall install and satisfaction level.
Speaker 8 (09:01):
As usual, you have your ups and downs.
Speaker 9 (09:04):
You know, you have some days you're like, boy, that's
the way it should look, and not even just days
plays series moments of practice. The good news is we
get to go against an elite defense from personnel and staff.
The tough thing is we get to go against an
elite defense and staff, and that really that really stresses you,
really forces you to practice every day at a high
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level or you'll get exposed. But I like the I
like where we're at. I like the way we're practicing.
But it's not always fun to go against our defense.
It's a great challenge, but it's not always fun.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
I'm sure playing Seeker Kennedy, you've fully seen do the
stiff on that now you have him in it.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
How how strong of a weapon.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Is that and how tough it is for you know,
defenses and to.
Speaker 9 (09:52):
Get around What am I going to say that you
guys haven't already said. I mean, I just I was
with the Jacksonville Jaguar when he was like a freshman
in high school and he came over to the facility
and they said, this guy's a running back and I'm like,
what I mean, guy's like fourteen years old, you know,
and he looks like he's twenty eight and a lot
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like when I first saw Adrian Peterson. You know, when
you see somebody that's just different, and that was like that,
and you see him and then and then to actually
get a chance to coach him. A man that fast,
that big, that powerful, keeps himself in that kind of shape,
so prideful in getting it right. I mean, he was
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so happy today because I was wrong. I accused him
of something and he looked and usually he's not right,
so you know, so this time he was. But he
was so fired up to tell me that I was
wrong because he's so prideful. You know it when when
you say something to him, he's going to take it
to heart and he wants to get it right. So
today he was right, and so I got to eat that.
But he's it's it's just, I mean, it's cool as hell.
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I don't know what tell you. I mean, it's, uh,
we're blessed and he's blessed of us. But say it
like it is.
Speaker 8 (11:01):
Man, it's pretty damn cool to be a raven.
Speaker 9 (11:04):
And he's a raven now with this organization the players
that are around him.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That was Todd Monkin addressing the media after today's practice
and now we'll stay on this side of the ball
and hear from quarterbacks coach Tim Martin.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
The more what we put from the last peak. He
said that he does get like his game can go
to another level in your mind, what is the next
level of the are.
Speaker 11 (11:31):
The next level is just taking the things that he's
already improved in and continuing to improve in those areas,
but also consistently doing them every day, every rep, right,
And that's that's what you're chasing, is finding the areas
that you can improve in. Okay, we've identified these areas,
let's attack it. Okay, we've improved. Now let's make that
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even better, and let's do it every day. And so
I think you could take any part of his game
and say there's areas to improve and uh, at least
I'm gonna say that as a coach, right Uh, But
in his mind, Uh, he took a long time during
the offseason to think about how he was gonna come
back and approach it. And mentally he's in a different place,
you know, his third year in the system. He's playing
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with a lot of the same players. Derek is back,
and the center Tyler's back, you know, and having the
communication of the guys who he has to communicate with
the most baitman you know, uh, Zay, all the guys Mark.
You know, it's time to take not only himself to
the next level, but the whole unit. And so uh,
we're seeing that early on in training camp. Got ways
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to go, but early on, I'm pretty pleased with the
direction we're headed in as far as all of those things.
Speaker 7 (12:40):
We just discussed what kind of impacts you see the
DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 11 (12:44):
Then on Lamar, they made him play yesterday down in
Renzone seven on seven where Lamar and and and Luke
just kind of said what they were gonna do and
it didn't go right, and Lamar just stuck with him
and it ended up being a touchdown, and you usually
don't see that kind of trust with the new face
this early in training him. And so I think DeAndre
has a history of making quarterbacks feel good because the
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outcome has been good most of the time. You know,
he makes plays. It may not be the way you
may have coached it, but at the end of the day,
the result is what you want, and it's touchdowns and
first downs, and so early on, I see Lamar really
forcing the issue of really trying to develop that relationship
of trust with him, particularly versus man the man fade routes,
go routes, things of that nature, and those type routes
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were set up the other things that we wanted to
do with him.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
See what I guess obligations or responsibilities does a quarterback
have when this team, a team like this has so
many skill position players and any one of them could
incredibly be the best. You know that the number one
targ togetter in any game. You know, there's egos to manage,
like there is any locker makes more what kind of
falls to the quarterback And in a.
Speaker 11 (13:51):
Situation like that, I think this is when leadership is tested.
You know, it's who you are as a man yourself first,
because regardless of who those faces are, who those people
we are, of their talent and skill levels, they still look.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
To you to be their leader.
Speaker 11 (14:04):
And they not only l listen to you, they look
at how you go about your work and how you
go about your business. So number one, first and foremost,
it's his professionalism and how he prepares and how seriously
he practices and how hard he goes at practice. He
sets the tone, he sets the temple, he leaves by example.
I think that's first. And then secondly, everyone having this
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shared understanding that we're all here to win. You know,
one game, they may have more receiving yards than Rashard
or Derek may run the ball thirty times and we
win running the game. It it, it all depends on
how Lamar presents to everyone that at the end of
the day, we're here to win and I don't care
how we do it. You know, I wanna I can
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throw it forty times a game and win, we can
run it forty times and win. I think ultimately, for him,
what's being tested is the leadership where you do have uh,
like you said, a room full of excellent skill players
and a running back that can also carry the load as.
Speaker 10 (14:58):
Well progra so good improvisation. How is your experience with
wide receiver group helped you guys maybe prepare them for
when he does go off scratch.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
Yeah, that's funny.
Speaker 11 (15:09):
We were actually talking about that, you know, earlier today,
just about how receivers think, and sometimes we see things
from this viewpoint as a quarterback, but they see other things.
And I think the more and more we practice it,
you know, we spend a lot of time practicing scrambled
drill and that was something that coach Muckin, you know,
made a huge point in twenty three twenty four. We're
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gonna continue to do that this year of finding space
for Lamar. Lamar when he's moving can still make throws
fifty yards down the field, and so you're never not open.
You know, all he's looking for is separation and to
feel a void to where he can get a completion.
And so to your point, just spending time with him
and practicing things that don't always come up in practice
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but show up in games, trying to create that environment
where we can get those results.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
Trying to learning the offense.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
What have you seen hi from handcapt by and also
pleased with Cooper just a professional. You know, it had
taken every rep for the most part, was here every
day during the off season. A student of the game,
came in new system, picked it up from a protection standpoint,
the audibles to checks, progressions in our passing game. A
little different world than where he came from, but a
lot of things carry over from a schematic standpoint. We
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do things just a little bit differently and and he
loves it. You know, he has good comments during meetings,
good ideas, the ideas where he's adding things to what
we already do and like having them around.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
It's good for the room. He and Lamar have a
great relationship and he's fun to be around.
Speaker 6 (16:38):
With the amount of improvisation with more guys, how much
do you have to work with to.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
The offensive line coaches or with time and whether it
might be to have different rules for the offensive lineman
in terms of their release down.
Speaker 11 (16:49):
Here right we talk about having a two play quarterback.
You know, that's something that we say all the time
that they have to strain to finish and that play
may be extended. You know, that is what makes him
who he is. One of the things that makes him
who he is is the fact that if it's on time,
if the progression presents itself to get the ball out
on time, he's gonna do that. And he's one of
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the best at it. But when the defense does a
good job of covering down and matching up routes, he's
one of the best, if not the best, at extending plays.
And so we practice that, you know, not only just
the wide receivers, but we practice it with the old lineman.
You know, you have a quarterback that can be in
a lot of places in the pocket and as a
tackle that could be tough. And so, but we just
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talked to them about straining the finish, not holding. If
you feel the d lineman pull away, just let him go.
You know, by that time Lamar's probably gone anyway. And so,
but we talk about being having a two play quarterback
and in the quarterback whom we talk about being two
play quarterbacks, And so it all works together to talk about.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
These practices in terms of is the offense sharper, is
it not sharp? And mean you know you hear a
lot of that kind of stuff. Yeah, but you've been
I mean, like, can Lamart get as much out of
a practice from the offense, Is he picking as one
where it's where it is.
Speaker 11 (18:00):
Yeah, I'll tell you what's beautiful right now is our
defense is playing really good. You know, I wanna jump
the gun, but they're playing really good and they really improve,
uh personnel wise, schematically. It is another year in it
and they they're kind of kept picking up where they
left off towards the end of the season on defense.
And it's good for us because we were able to
export some things early on last year that's not being
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exploited right now. So the diamonds are into detail and
they're forcing us to be very very detailed in everything
that we do. And so you're gonna have that championship teams.
One side of the ball doesn't always win.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
You know.
Speaker 11 (18:34):
It's some back and forth, right and then there's some
button heads. There's some good days and bad days for
both sides, and you wanna see that, especially in training camp.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (18:43):
I like where we are as a team, but we
we like getting the looks that we we were getting
from our our defense.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
They're challenging us.
Speaker 11 (18:49):
We're on install six already and about ninety percent of
our offense is already in, which is an aggressive approach.
But we'll uh put another code of paint on it,
you know, next week, and then we'll start some games
and see what we have. What is how.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
More his ability proves what if? To her? What you
have seen this?
Speaker 8 (19:08):
He's really improved in noways seen right now?
Speaker 5 (19:11):
I mean you've been with him long, bir then how
have you seen happen? I think he's always be activation
where but where has he?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (19:19):
I think he's always had natural great feel vision, right,
Lamark can now only see things, but he can make
calculations at a rate that's almost inhuman right. But now
he's putting his eyes in the right places and seeing
the right things. I think that's kind of how I
can wrap that up, right, It's what are you seeing?
Speaker 2 (19:39):
And why? You know? Why did you start here? You know?
Speaker 11 (19:42):
What did you see in that pressure that made you
move the protection over there? What did you see in
the run game that made you check that play? So
I think he's always seen things well. He's always had
great feedback and information on the sideline during games, and
sometimes you see stuff that we don't see until the
next day when you're tape you're like, how do you
see that? And so, But he's gifted in that regard
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right now, I think with the experience in this system
and how we do things and how people are gonna
work to defend him, you know, having his eyes in
the right places for the right reasons is where he's,
where he's grown, and where he's doing a really good job.
Speaker 12 (20:17):
Right now here he's are going into sis, he said,
down there to see what the suspassive not passive that
ring any second question?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
He hes to coach him with his running it all
or it's like he's much I could.
Speaker 11 (20:30):
Say, I think miss feliciaud has faly got a lot
to do with.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
That, you know.
Speaker 11 (20:34):
But no, he's in great shape. You know, he came
in a great weight, which he last year decided that
this is why I wanna play.
Speaker 10 (20:41):
Uh.
Speaker 11 (20:41):
He has his own workout regimen that he does during
the off season. All I can tell you is he
is flying. You know, he took off yesterday in two
minute drills. I don't know if he got touched, you know,
and did a front flipping in his own and all
that kind of stuff. But no, he's running really well,
and I can really see in his foot quickness, you know,
in all of our footwork drills that we're doing in
the quarterback room. His a capability in the pocket. You know,
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they can't tackle him, but they're they're still not They're
still having a hard time touching him too. But I
like where he's at to go the long haul. We
know it's all the way till February. The mental condition,
in the physical conditioning that it takes to get to
the Super Bowl. I think that that's what's on his mind.
And he's looking really good.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
See rushed out of the lead of the offense, and
what do you see have Devin Mary.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Coop has been great bill solid backup for us.
Speaker 11 (21:29):
You know, Veteran won some games last year, a lot
of positive reps during the offseason. So I like where
Cooper is and I like Devon's development. Devon is doing
a really good job. Arm talent is not the question.
He could throw it with the best of him in
this league. He has an excellent arm, But when you're
an inexperienced quarterback and you're seeing it a lot from
the other side of the ball, you can be baited
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into turnovers and things of that nature. I think where
he's improved there's really taking care of the football and
making good decisions underneath. When they explos of play is
not presented. And that's the type of growth that I
want to see that we want to see as offensive
staff because armtown is not the question with him. It's
about uh taking care of the football, moving the football,
getting the ball on the end zone and making great decisions.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
And he's he's on a good track right now.
Speaker 6 (22:16):
What did I just when you guys go from eleven's
to seven? Is this the emphasis for the quarterback change
at all?
Speaker 2 (22:24):
From eleven? Set explaining that to him again on seven?
Speaker 11 (22:27):
Oh you're talking about oh seven on seven eleven? I'll
say this a team is real football in my opinion,
Like when you're good on good, that's that's football, right.
The protections, the pressures, all of that. Seven on seven
is more of we've installed these routes. This is why
you're working this way, and let's make sure that we
have the discipline to do the right thing right. We
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talked about it versus covered too, We talked about it
versus man. You got man, you got covered too. Did
you do the right thing or not right? And that's
kind of like a ramping to eleven on eleven? You know,
you walk through it, doing our walk through practices, you
kind of get individual drews to work on those routes.
You do seven on seven to kind of put schematically
the time in together and where people are gonna be,
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and then now you play real football against the team.
So to me, ultimately, you can't do enough eleven on eleven.
You can't do enough team ball, but there's a place
for seven on seven. It's more about time and precision
and seeing where people are so that when you do
go team you know where the guys are on time
and things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
But I value it. I value it.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, you're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. That
was QB coach T Martin last up today. But certainly
not least is the man in charge of the defense
sac or.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
How y'all doing? Y'all doing a right good to see y'all.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Man players like.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Balance probably starts with Mike ever any party to play
with it.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
But what's kind of stuck out with you?
Speaker 2 (24:02):
What about here?
Speaker 5 (24:05):
That's a that's a good question. I would say.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
He kind of.
Speaker 12 (24:07):
Reminds me like uh CJ. Mosley when when we when
we came in together as rookies. I mean, obviously a
talented player a highly decorated player at at the college level.
But but came in, Uh, CJ came in, and you
didn't think he was a rookie by the way he
prepared and by the way he worked and got thrown
into the fire early in the spring and in camp
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practicing with the ones, and and and did a heck.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
Of a job.
Speaker 12 (24:30):
And that's the same thing we see for Malaco man.
I mean, his attention to detail is phenomenal. You know,
obviously he's a real talented player. Uh he's shown that
out here in camp, uh through the first week, week
and a half, and you know, he's doing a great
job for us. So I'm excited about Malachi. We're excited
about him. I think Double D and uh Pigano and
Brendan are doing a great job with him. And the
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thing that you appreciated about him is, you know, the
the pro game is different from the college game, but
he picks up, he picks up what you teach him
in the classroom and what you do and walkthroughs real fast.
And he rarely makes a mistake and if he does
make a mistake, he corrects it.
Speaker 5 (25:04):
The next time. And so he's he's way.
Speaker 12 (25:07):
Beyond his years as as a person and as a player.
So you know, I'm excited to see him to continue
to grow.
Speaker 7 (25:13):
Same position music. You guys end up to us to
call on Sanoozy King. Seems like he's out a good
camp so far. The guy who's not afraid of contact yet.
Where do you think he'll make his imprints if he
is called of him?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Man?
Speaker 5 (25:24):
I mean, uh sows.
Speaker 12 (25:25):
He has always been a real smart player, a physical player.
I think he's moving better in the back end than
what he did last year, So that's a credit to
what he did in the off season and training. He's
moving a lot better. He's comfortable with the system, so
he's doing heck of a job. I have full confidence
in Sanousie man, so I'm excited for him. I'm excited
to see him get out here in these games and
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and really see how he's grown as a player, because
we see it out here since the spring that uh,
he's came back different.
Speaker 5 (25:54):
Teddy Man, Teddy been shoot, he's another guy. Man.
Speaker 12 (25:57):
These rookies are. It's a good but good bunch of rookies.
I mean, first and foremost they talented, but they work hard, man.
These guys work hard and they are real high football
IQ players, and Teddy fits that mold. So he's done
a heck of a job. He's been physical with the pads.
Come on, He's playing both positions, Mike will and Dome,
which is impressive for rookie to come in and do,
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and he's doing a good job at.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
Both of them. He's vocal, so I'm excited about him.
Speaker 12 (26:22):
Man, I'm really excited about Teddy.
Speaker 6 (26:24):
Every day it seems there's a Nate Wiggins matchup against Hopkins.
What does he gain from that? And what are you
talk to about breaking those down afterwards.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
It's funny you said that because I told him the
other day.
Speaker 12 (26:36):
I said, just imagine you was on your visit to
Clemson and you've seen probably d hop on the walls,
and now you guard them in practice. And he just
started laughing and smirked at me. But man, d hop
been one of the best receivers in league for a
long time. Man, I mean, what's is his thirteenth year.
I think he's still at top of his game. So
now Nate's learning all the little tricks that receivers do,
that the vet moves that they pull out there on
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the outside and de Hoppits can still at a high level.
I've been impressed with him, so Nate. It's good work
for Nate and he accepts a challenge. He's won a
lot of battles and de Happis got him as well,
so this is gonna make him better.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Man.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
We talk about it.
Speaker 12 (27:10):
Iron sharpens iron, and it's good that we get the
opportunity to do that with our own guys.
Speaker 10 (27:14):
We have a lot of options at cornerback. What have
you been able to see from bol corner?
Speaker 12 (27:18):
And they've been good man, the two rookies they've been
good as well. Like I said, this this is a
real impressive rookie group. So you know, I'm excited to
see what they're gonna do and in the game. Uh,
we know, we know they're talented. Like I said, they
just put their head down and work. That's the whole
Rooky class. Like uh, I can't say enough about them.
So now it's it's just what they're gonna do on
the field when when the lights get a little brighter
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in these preseason games and we expect them to go
out there and do great things exactly.
Speaker 10 (27:44):
Cale hamilton Is said that Nate Wiggins is your one
to year two jumpers as big a rump as anybody.
Speaker 5 (27:49):
On this whole team.
Speaker 10 (27:50):
What do you think is the difference to what you
saw from Nate Wiggins last year and what you're expecting
this year.
Speaker 12 (27:54):
He's just more locked in on his technique and fundamentals.
Like Nate, everybody says that we all know what you
guys know it, and he played great for us last year.
He is one of the most physically gifted cornerbacks I've
personally seen, and all he had to do was just
continue to work on his technique, which he did last year.
But now him coming in with that mindset and knowing
the defense skin He's a smart player, so now he
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understands the defense like the back of his hands. Now
he could really lock in on his technique. He's been
doing that since spring. He was here all spring. He's
carried it over through training camp and he's doing great
things out there. So I can't be even again how
happy I am with Nate in his maturity and his
growth too.
Speaker 6 (28:33):
What do you know about being a defensive coordinator on
this training camp?
Speaker 2 (28:36):
But you couldn't have known last year.
Speaker 12 (28:38):
I would say, just really just hone in and focus
on the important things. I think my first year, you
kind of get you got so much going on in
your mind. You got fundamentals, you got scheme, You're trying
to just keep your head above water on all the
different responsibilities you have. So now I'm used to that now,
just focusing in on the guys building that chemistry together, man,
because that's what's important. As long as they are all
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on the same page and we continue to drill it
and talk about in the classroom, the better we're going
to be. So I'm definitely better than what I was
at this point last year.
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Were there things like it's kind of looking back at
your one that you wish you've been more vigilant about.
I mean just kind of looking back at my own memories,
like Lamar had a great camp, but I don't remember
a huge amount of explosives and that season starts and
that's a problem for you. So are there things looking
back that you wish you had been more vigilant.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
Out or what?
Speaker 5 (29:27):
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 12 (29:28):
I think that, you know, I didn't skip any steps
me personally, I don't think we skipped steps as a staff.
But I think that we got better and I think
it starts with me. I got better, you know, whether
it's communication or or whatever it is. But I don't
I don't really live in the past.
Speaker 8 (29:44):
Man.
Speaker 12 (29:44):
I think you know that that experience last year was
a good experience for me, and I just learned from
it and and grow from it.
Speaker 10 (29:52):
Trend sensence accounts or to drop and still spoke about
your belief in him when you sent him into.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
The off season.
Speaker 10 (29:58):
What were some of the things you wanted to have
to focus on and how it's see time.
Speaker 12 (30:01):
Just focus on on reading his keys and footwork. His
stuff is just fundamental, man. Just when when the offense
changes the picture or my feet right or my eyes right,
and uh, he's focused on that. He's he's in here
all the time. Santunci and uh Dean Uh not Dean.
His son, Matt peas and and Noah have done a
good job with him. So he's having a real good camp.
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Now he just has to go put it together in
the preseason games. So you know, nobody's gonna leave leave
any stone unturned, like like Trent Simpson. Man, he's gonna
do everything he can to be the best player you
can possibly be.
Speaker 5 (30:33):
So you know, we'll see how you've seen both ray
Row from his rookie season.
Speaker 12 (30:38):
To now, similar to some noos man like he's a
he's a heavy hitter, but he understands the defense now
like a lot of times when you're a rookie, you're
just trying to focus on what but what I have
to do and it's and you can make plays on
doing what you're supposed to do. But when you understand
how the whole scheme fits together, the person next to you,
how what his responsibility is. Okay, now look at the formation.
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It's only so many things offense can do out of
that formation. Now I can play faster and I can
make plays and shoot my shot.
Speaker 5 (31:05):
So just like.
Speaker 12 (31:06):
Sanoosi man, he's he understands the scheme more so now
he's able to go play freely and cut it loose.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Is there anything that you've seen in the secondary under
Chuck Ggano and and something that they didn't You didn't
you weren't sure of when.
Speaker 6 (31:20):
Chuck came back, but that you see now throughout drink
against it.
Speaker 12 (31:24):
I wouldn't say it would be anything that I was
unsure of. Just everything I've heard from players who who
who've been coached by Chuck, coaches who've coached with them,
and people who know him as a person who's has
all been great things. So he's been great, man, and
as a as for a mentor for me, a mentor
for us as a coaching staff, he's been great for
the dB room. But what I see from the dB room, man,
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is just I see.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
Ownership from everybody in that room.
Speaker 12 (31:47):
You know, everybody's taking ownership to being the best they
can be, working as hard as they possibly can work
and holding each other accountable. So you know they're doing
a great job, and I appreciate them.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Time to get physicians specific training.
Speaker 6 (32:02):
In this off seas, I know everybody works out and
did that, and anybody you know, they played the game
for a long time and they don't need to.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
But which players would you cite as has taken a
lot of time on big camps or position specific training.
I think a lot of a lot of our guys
do that.
Speaker 8 (32:15):
Man.
Speaker 12 (32:15):
I mean everything, I feel like all the training now
and the offseason is is so positioned specific.
Speaker 5 (32:22):
But I think I think everybody has done that.
Speaker 12 (32:23):
I would say, you know, Tavius Robinson has been a
guy that I've seen add more more arsenal and more
tools to his more tools to his arsenal from a
pass rusher, I mean, he's still a sledgehammer in the
run game. And I can say the same thing for
Travis Jones. Like Travis Jones, he's pulled out a couple
more pass rush moves, a couple more counter moves that
I haven't seen it from him before. So I think
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that's a testament to the coaches here and the work
they've done in the offseason as well.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
And we've seen Jalarmer Davis get some snaps inside and
look look pretty good there. Has that transition gone as
smoothly as you expected, more smooth than you expect. I mean,
obviously it's a different world going from the outside of.
Speaker 12 (33:00):
Yeah, Like I think I said this in the spring,
man Jalen is he's probably the smartest dB in room
because he knows all positions and can play them all
well his day and gives man, this guy willing he
stay healthy. If he stays healthy, I think that he's
going to do real good things for us. So you know,
we hope he can stay healthy. I know he's working
hard at it. He's in the weight room, he's in
the training room. He's doing everything he can, so I'm
hoping he can stay healthy and go out there and
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show everybody what he really could do.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
That was defensive coordinator Zach Or answering questions from the
media after today's training camp practice. That's it for this Thursday.
Thanks for listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast and
don't forget to subscribe to this speed as well as
the Lounge podcast, where the Ravens Insiders are breaking down
training camp practices, interviewing players, and much more. Thanks again
(33:47):
for listening and we'll see you next month.
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