June 10, 2025 • 18 mins
OL Coach George Warhop, G Andrew Vorhees, & RT Roger Rosengarten speak with the media.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's Tuesday, June tenth.
The Ravens wrapped up another day of organized team activities
after practice, we had a chance to hear from a
few players and coaches. First up, Roger Rose Garden.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Roger, after such a successful rookie season, what are kind
of year two goals for years?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, you know, after last season, I know I wanted
to immediately take a little time off, but it was
immediately hit the gates for me personally physically getting in
the weight room, getting.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Faster, bigger, faster, stronger, and just.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Building onto year two because now I know I got
the ropes everything, and you know, just where my confidence
in my play starts to really tickets next level steps.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
So how did you change its ait?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Yeah, you know, I think it was a couple of
dieting things when I went back to uh off season,
and you know, compounding that with really good workouts and
staying strict and disciplined for myself, and you know, I
came back to you know, phase one, phase two of
offseason as best as I've felt. So yeah, you know,
(01:11):
I kinda I kind of lost a little bit of
weight just to give myself a little bit more healthier
after the season because I had some nick and bruises,
but uh then kind of slowly started to put it
on the way I wanted it to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
So I'm back to where I've been playing at. So yeah,
you know went viral.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Actually, yeah, when do you stop being a nobody?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I mean, actually I think last year I nobody was
kind of a harsh word for myself.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I'd much rather say, I know, I'm a rookie.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
But you know, just going into this year, you know,
it's I'm gonna play way more, way more confidence, So
gonna go and it's a lot of good teams, a
lot of good players, So I'm excited for it. Response
from Garrett kind of give you a feeling that you
belonged here and and may give you that confidence.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
For the rest of the year.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Oh yeah, absolutely. It wouldn't only just uh Garrett. It
is a lot of the other players you know that
didn't get caught on film that U you know, just
had interactions with so fellow offensive lineman and other defensive
linement throughout the last season, you know, just stuff to build.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
On what was against liked in the city to that
bull of the bols out.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Like self of Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, I mean I think my first play is in
the NFL is not how you wanted to go. But uh,
you know that just building on you know, starting from
the bottom now it could get better. So I just
wanted to build off that. And you know, I thought
I did a really good job myself and bringing others
with me on, you know, making myself better each day
day and day out, and just that days.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
So kind of questions, he said, Look, across sports, we
seeing the athletes.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
You give like a lot of like abus like online
you have like gam and so you guys, and sounds like, yeah,
have you chose.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
That personally in any way as other pleasures rookie year
at college.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Or yeah, it was I think it was more so college.
You know, I had a situation in the National Championship.
It was actually pretty funny. A lot of the betters
would find my Venmo and Venmo requests me like you
lost me so and so I thought I got a
laugh out of it. So but you know, at the
end of the day, you never want that stuff to happen.
So you just got to make sure you're on your
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a game at all times.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
So does it feel like you're almost like helpless to
get here, like you can't stop guy gonna line you know.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, I mean, I mean that's what you sign up for.
When you know, when you're playing at the biggest stage,
when you're getting televised each weekend, week out, you know
happens to everyone. So you know that's that's a part
of it. And you know, it's a different, different eras
my dad says that that I play and you know,
they didn't have, you know, the cell phones back in
the day, but now we're in the modern era of
(03:47):
you know, if you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Play bad, it's probably gonna probably gonna hear about it.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
So yeah, at the end of last season, we were
talking to you about the possibility that you could go
to the left tackle. Obviously with Rannie signing, that's not
going to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
How thankful are you about just staying at right tackle
and able to focus there?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, I mean, I remember I was on I took
a small vacation with him my family, and I was
texting Ronnie and calling him every day.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
I was like, hey man, I was like, left side's
looking real good.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Uh, just because you know, I thought we had a
really good dynamic duo of me and him and bouncing
off each other from left to right. So you know,
I think it all played out at the end of
the day and you know it's, uh, glad, he's glad
he's back.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
What did you say to him when when you finally deal?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I was more so like a finally. It wasn't like
a thank you. It was more like a finally because
I was bugging him so so much. So you know,
I was trying to bring other teammate, other guys in
the old line. I was like, come on, Ronnie.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
I was like, gotta get gotta get something done here.
So and it ended up working out.
Speaker 6 (04:45):
So when you think back to like your first encounters
with with a lot on Pittsburgh last year, how often
you got help from a tight end or from a
hip block or something. I know, like that is kind
of a test in itself, But is you know, going
from your one year through, just how much the coach
is trusting you to leave you one on one against
some of these high end pass rushers, is gonna be
(05:06):
like to you a mark of just how much you've
throwne how much these coaches trusted him.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Yeah, I mean I think trust is a big thing,
you know, especially game planning. You know, the coaches have
a plan within each game and each matchup. But you know,
whatever the game plan is, whether that's me one on
one or a chip block on the right or left side,
you know, I'm gonna.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Build my game plan towards it, and you know, just
roll with it.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
I know it's early and there's.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
A ton of physicality in the blocking encounters right now,
but what are you seeing out of the ed rushers
on the other side of the ball, particularly and Mike Green?
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, you know those are I know, Dafe and Mike.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Mike's a newer guy, but you know, Dafe has been
one of the better edge players in my opinion and
the NFL. And you know, he's he's definitely shouted this
this this OTAs you know, he came back bigger, faster, stronger.
So you know that just as a testament to myself,
and you know, I gotta I gotta raise my level
as these guys get better too.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
So and and Mike's doing good too.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
He's he's picking up picking up off where where he
came off in college.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
So yeah, they're both doing a real good.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Jobs their area.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
In your game, in the year two where when you
watched your rookie film, You're like, all right, you know,
I did really well, but I feel like I can.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Improve in this area.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, I mean, there was too many to list for
me to you know, I'm I'm a super critical myself
on being my own coach, and you know, I went
back and through these this offseason phase. I've been watching
every single game on and I take notes, taking notes
on where I want to improve my game. So I
wouldn't say there's one one specific thing. There's probably ten
(06:39):
or eleven things that I can that guy I can
list off. So yeah, good deal, Thanks guys.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Next up, Andrew Voorheats.
Speaker 6 (06:53):
George just said that the pressure was kind of off
you last year as you could watch Patrick.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Did you say that? Did that make you Vetteran? How
do you approach that this year coming off of how
that you played out?
Speaker 7 (07:05):
Yeah, last year was obviously an interesting situation. Uh, personally,
you know, I just I went out there every day
just looking to make the best of my opportunities. So
obviously early on in the season that role looked different
than as did later on in the season. But having
a guy like Patrick McCarey had to me to look
forward to and to lean on in terms of just
(07:25):
maturity and an expertise all on the field was huge
for my growth and development.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
It's not difficult for you, you know, obviously for injuries,
it out, it's.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Kind of plays. Just how hard was that?
Speaker 7 (07:44):
Yeah, it definitely was not favorable or something that you
you dream of as a football player. But you know,
going through what I went through my my red shirt years,
as a lot of people referred to it as, I
feel like it gave me a lot of perspective and
and really gave me the opportunity to take a step
back and look at things from a bigger picture. And
(08:05):
so I think I was able to lean back onto
that adversity as just kind of a cornerstone uh last year,
and and I felt like I was in a good
spot mentally throughout the whole process. So really thankful for
that opportunity.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Was the action that you got at the end of
the year also important in that.
Speaker 7 (08:21):
Sort of give you a chance to prove yourself that
you're developed. Every years absolutely, you know, go prove to myself,
Go prove to uh, to you guys, Go prove to
my teammates, my coaches everything, and uh just show that
I that you know, you know that wasn't necessarily playing
on Sundays at the time, right, I was still developing
a practice being a great scout team player, giving our
(08:42):
our defense opportunity to get ready for the games and
all that. So you know, I was proud of my
performance in that last game that I have to play
in in Cleveland, uh, the last week of the regular season,
and uh just look forward to building off of that
and and just proving uh uh what I.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Could do and there last week.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
But just some thing that most easy to know, another
off season of.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Your belt, Like then you feel much better than you
did coming into camp last year.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
And yeah, I mean just physically more mature, mentally more mature,
just more opportunity in the playbook.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Uh you know.
Speaker 7 (09:14):
So a great group of guys in this room that
we have right now, and and we all push each
other to be the best that we could be best
versions of ourselves. So that's uh, something that's super awesome
that we have going on.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
You mention, not just like getting physically better, but the
mental hurdle getting back out there in the grind.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
What would you say really got over.
Speaker 7 (09:33):
That you know, just a lot, I would say, just
leaning on the other guys in the room, you know,
and I just I said that I commended them and
in the special UH bond that we have, and you know,
I really do believe it's some special and unique about.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
UH US, specifically of tackle. Yea, that's tremendous player being
better dude. Uh.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
You guys don't get the opportunity to spend as much
time as we do. But you know, Ronnie's an awesome dude,
and uh, you know, it's just when you get the
opportunity to play next to UH an all pro player,
kind of makes your life a little easier at times.
So really stoked to see what he does, excited to
have him back and looking forward to him this year.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah, they're kind of a different question.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
So like for us, like all sports, can see like
a lot of a like abuse online from like gamblers,
and it was a bat.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
That started yell with them players. Have you ever exposed
it a little? You know, and you've never seen a
happy chance?
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Yeah, no, nothing, kind of stay out of that world.
But thankfully I'm not subject to it. But yeah, no,
I haven't ever been involved.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Andrew, you've dealt with this a little.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Last year we could talk about competition to be starting.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Do you how do you approach this year, George?
Speaker 6 (10:45):
You just said he wants that one guy wants the
guy that kind of be the clear winner.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Like does that experience last year help you with this
or do you kind of just regard as, look, I
I need to go.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Win the job.
Speaker 7 (10:55):
I mean good either way, right, I mean that always
just wanted about there and be the best football player
that you could be. And yeah, I mean to my perspective,
it's just there's an open position out there for grabs,
and uh, it's up to somebody, and so why not me? Right,
why not anybody else for that sake? But yeah, I
mean just kind of take it day by day and
(11:17):
uh we'll just see what what uh what happens when
it's all uh settles down and we get ready for
a week a week one opener.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Trying particular trouble by four. In the past, an average
athletes have become too pullers who're like those men at
first words, How I feel you think you can coach
in terms of the pulling askt.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Specifically, I mean just shout out to coach Monk honestly
for uh, the design that he is, he's put together
for us in terms of our our offense and stuff,
and just coach Warhap just coaching us.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
Definitely feel like he prepares me and they put us
in good positions to succeed out there. So definitely feel confident.
And aspect of offensive line play.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Last, but not least, offensive line coach George Warhop.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Wonderful reduction in penalties in after week ten. Put it
to the offensive line up in particular.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
We can talk about some of that, and then I
also want to ask you if I take a distension
between a pre snap foul and a declinable post snap foul.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
My gosh, this last year just was an emphasis, was
an emphasis from John on down in particular with the
holdings right number one with the holdings, and then as
an offense with the pre snap penalties.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
So it was just just a point of emphasis.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Okay, the rest of it, you need to talk to
the head coach about that, because I don't pay that
close attention to that stuff, right, So if they want
to decline it, they can decline it. If they don't,
they don't. Outside of that, we just don't need to
be causing them. That's my mindset.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Okay, Rose Garden changed from his Brookie year.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Into this year.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
So far, there's certain things we wanted him to work
on that we talked about at the end of the
season last year and coming into this year, and he's
so far doing that, uh, and it's gonna be he's
helpful to him. He still has some stuff to work on,
but the stuff we've talked about that was a major emphasis.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He has definitely embraced that and it's changed. Can you
tell us any of what he's been working on with uh? No, No, Georgia,
you saw it. You were very much a part of the.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
We required, you know, with your advocacy for uh. Carson Vinzon,
Just I guess how did he kind of catch your
eye and what do you envisioned for him at you know,
over the couple of years.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Carson's interesting, alright, So he played at a smaller school.
The talent level that he was playing against wasn't that great,
and he was really just okay on his college tape.
But when he went to the Senior Bowl and he
was playing against better players, Uh, I liked how he
competed and you got to see him going against guys
his size, his t on a level. He wasn't perfect,
(14:02):
but he competed right, and so that's what we need
to see. We need to see guys with his size,
his range, his length, and his ability to compete and
not back down. So once I saw that and how
God made him, uh, and there's not that many guys
like that, I was like, if we have a chance,
we need to draft them. So I just thought I
needed to push as much as I could for him
(14:22):
every time he came up so.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Injury. I guess, what have you been able to do
with him to make sure he gets as.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Up to set as I said.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
One thing about Emory and both the guys Deli Deli
from LSU, both those guys. This is probably the fifth
or sixth kid I've had from that offensive line coach.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
They all come in well prepared. Emory's very smart, he's
very engaged. He's plugged in. He'll get off to the
side and try to do the stuff we're doing. Not
he can't do what we're doing, but he can mimic
it on his own. I've been most impressed with him
and with Deli in the meeting rooms, just understanding what
we're doing and there very very very close to being
really good pro players in that regard.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
So do you feel like you've been encouraged by what
you've seen in Ota so far? Too many full starts,
so no, no, we got to be better.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, A lot of discussion on the left guards, Bob,
do you want one player to take that job or
how do you envision that competition playing out?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
For the lawyers? I believe in a starter. I don't
like playing two guys.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
So you know, we got two veteran guys here with
with Andrew and Benn.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Let them fight it out, right.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
If one of the young guys come in, you know,
come up and they can add competition to that, we'll
let that happen. But I prefer to have a starter
and a backup. I don't like going in with combination guys.
So that's my hope. What do you like about Andrew
h He's continued on from what he started at the
end of the year last year. I thought the fact
that he got to sit when Pat took over being
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the first year player, it allowed him to kind of
develop through the year. And when he had to play
against Cleveland, I thought he played very very well. Uh,
and so far this spring he's done a nice job.
So I'm impressed with what he's done.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
What way does it?
Speaker 4 (16:10):
What does it all?
Speaker 5 (16:11):
Mass?
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Is the us really way? When the hope.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
Well, just no pressure, right, I mean we don't. People
don't understand how much pressure there is to be a
starter in this league.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Right, and then when you're really, in essence, a rookie.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Right, he was here his first year, but he was
on IR so in essence, he's a rookie and he's
going out there first time in this environment fighting his
ass off to be successful. There was a ton of
pressure and if you have one bad play depends on
the guy, right, you don't know how long that's gonna
linger for him. So when you're able to sit back
and watch Vecterans do it, watch how they handle those situations, Okay,
it kind of calms you down. So when you go play,
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you know, one play is not the end end, all right.
I can overcome that and still play well in a game.
And I think that's what he got to at the
end of the year.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Do you might perhaps co Carson kind of said, he
looks the the way you're containing kind of a tough love.
The type of situation with m sometimes how do you
s you've seen HIV given developed though, even if it
was a mess.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Oh oh, he's come a long way in the past
couple weeks. One thing about Carson that's really impressive is
number one, Uh, he wants to be the best version
of himself every day. So when he comes out here,
he's trying to get better from what he did yesterday.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (17:24):
And then I I can crawl right up his stuff
and he does not ever blink. He does not blink.
You see him out there, he just kind of looks
at me. Yes, certain, he goes on and he does
what he's supposed to do. But you know, he's a
he's a young kid, so we're trying to get him
up to speed as fast as possible.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
So it's whatever means necessary to get that done.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
But I I I am really this whole rookie class
we have here that they brought in. All these guys
really do a nice job. They work, Uh, they try
to get better game. I mean they're at all different stages,
they offer m different spots. But I'm really really impressed
with the group these guys brought in. Eric did a
great job with that. He do is yelling through a
guy cotin in the next center. Next year, we're starting
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to work here and read both Okay at center. I
don't know if they'll get team reps at it, but
with Delhi Plate Center at LSU, so both of those
guys eventually will be pulling the ball in practice.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
So all right, thank you for no prop.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
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Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It's Tuesday, June tenth.
The Ravens wrapped up another day of organized team activities
after practice, we had a chance to hear from a
few players and coaches. First up, Roger Rose Garden.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Roger, after such a successful rookie season, what are kind
of year two goals for years?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, you know, after last season, I know I wanted
to immediately take a little time off, but it was
immediately hit the gates for me personally physically getting in
the weight room, getting.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Faster, bigger, faster, stronger, and just.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Building onto year two because now I know I got
the ropes everything, and you know, just where my confidence
in my play starts to really tickets next level steps.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
So how did you change its ait?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Yeah, you know, I think it was a couple of
dieting things when I went back to uh off season,
and you know, compounding that with really good workouts and
staying strict and disciplined for myself, and you know, I
came back to you know, phase one, phase two of
offseason as best as I've felt. So yeah, you know,
(01:11):
I kinda I kind of lost a little bit of
weight just to give myself a little bit more healthier
after the season because I had some nick and bruises,
but uh then kind of slowly started to put it
on the way I wanted it to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
So I'm back to where I've been playing at. So yeah,
you know went viral.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Actually, yeah, when do you stop being a nobody?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I mean, actually I think last year I nobody was
kind of a harsh word for myself.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
I'd much rather say, I know, I'm a rookie.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
But you know, just going into this year, you know,
it's I'm gonna play way more, way more confidence, So
gonna go and it's a lot of good teams, a
lot of good players, So I'm excited for it. Response
from Garrett kind of give you a feeling that you
belonged here and and may give you that confidence.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
For the rest of the year.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Oh yeah, absolutely. It wouldn't only just uh Garrett. It
is a lot of the other players you know that
didn't get caught on film that U you know, just
had interactions with so fellow offensive lineman and other defensive
linement throughout the last season, you know, just stuff to build.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
On what was against liked in the city to that
bull of the bols out.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Like self of Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, I mean I think my first play is in
the NFL is not how you wanted to go. But uh,
you know that just building on you know, starting from
the bottom now it could get better. So I just
wanted to build off that. And you know, I thought
I did a really good job myself and bringing others
with me on, you know, making myself better each day
day and day out, and just that days.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
So kind of questions, he said, Look, across sports, we
seeing the athletes.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
You give like a lot of like abus like online
you have like gam and so you guys, and sounds like, yeah,
have you chose.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
That personally in any way as other pleasures rookie year
at college.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Or yeah, it was I think it was more so college.
You know, I had a situation in the National Championship.
It was actually pretty funny. A lot of the betters
would find my Venmo and Venmo requests me like you
lost me so and so I thought I got a
laugh out of it. So but you know, at the
end of the day, you never want that stuff to happen.
So you just got to make sure you're on your
(03:17):
a game at all times.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
So does it feel like you're almost like helpless to
get here, like you can't stop guy gonna line you know.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, I mean, I mean that's what you sign up for.
When you know, when you're playing at the biggest stage,
when you're getting televised each weekend, week out, you know
happens to everyone. So you know that's that's a part
of it. And you know, it's a different, different eras
my dad says that that I play and you know,
they didn't have, you know, the cell phones back in
the day, but now we're in the modern era of
(03:47):
you know, if you.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Play bad, it's probably gonna probably gonna hear about it.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
So yeah, at the end of last season, we were
talking to you about the possibility that you could go
to the left tackle. Obviously with Rannie signing, that's not
going to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
How thankful are you about just staying at right tackle
and able to focus there?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, I mean, I remember I was on I took
a small vacation with him my family, and I was
texting Ronnie and calling him every day.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
I was like, hey man, I was like, left side's
looking real good.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Uh, just because you know, I thought we had a
really good dynamic duo of me and him and bouncing
off each other from left to right. So you know,
I think it all played out at the end of
the day and you know it's, uh, glad, he's glad
he's back.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
What did you say to him when when you finally deal?
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I was more so like a finally. It wasn't like
a thank you. It was more like a finally because
I was bugging him so so much. So you know,
I was trying to bring other teammate, other guys in
the old line. I was like, come on, Ronnie.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
I was like, gotta get gotta get something done here.
So and it ended up working out.
Speaker 6 (04:45):
So when you think back to like your first encounters
with with a lot on Pittsburgh last year, how often
you got help from a tight end or from a
hip block or something. I know, like that is kind
of a test in itself, But is you know, going
from your one year through, just how much the coach
is trusting you to leave you one on one against
some of these high end pass rushers, is gonna be
(05:06):
like to you a mark of just how much you've
throwne how much these coaches trusted him.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Yeah, I mean I think trust is a big thing,
you know, especially game planning. You know, the coaches have
a plan within each game and each matchup. But you know,
whatever the game plan is, whether that's me one on
one or a chip block on the right or left side,
you know, I'm gonna.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Build my game plan towards it, and you know, just
roll with it.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
I know it's early and there's.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
A ton of physicality in the blocking encounters right now,
but what are you seeing out of the ed rushers
on the other side of the ball, particularly and Mike Green?
Speaker 4 (05:40):
Yeah, you know those are I know, Dafe and Mike.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Mike's a newer guy, but you know, Dafe has been
one of the better edge players in my opinion and
the NFL. And you know, he's he's definitely shouted this
this this OTAs you know, he came back bigger, faster, stronger.
So you know that just as a testament to myself,
and you know, I gotta I gotta raise my level
as these guys get better too.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
So and and Mike's doing good too.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
He's he's picking up picking up off where where he
came off in college.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
So yeah, they're both doing a real good.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Jobs their area.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
In your game, in the year two where when you
watched your rookie film, You're like, all right, you know,
I did really well, but I feel like I can.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Improve in this area.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, I mean, there was too many to list for
me to you know, I'm I'm a super critical myself
on being my own coach, and you know, I went
back and through these this offseason phase. I've been watching
every single game on and I take notes, taking notes
on where I want to improve my game. So I
wouldn't say there's one one specific thing. There's probably ten
(06:39):
or eleven things that I can that guy I can
list off. So yeah, good deal, Thanks guys.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Next up, Andrew Voorheats.
Speaker 6 (06:53):
George just said that the pressure was kind of off
you last year as you could watch Patrick.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Did you say that? Did that make you Vetteran? How
do you approach that this year coming off of how
that you played out?
Speaker 7 (07:05):
Yeah, last year was obviously an interesting situation. Uh, personally,
you know, I just I went out there every day
just looking to make the best of my opportunities. So
obviously early on in the season that role looked different
than as did later on in the season. But having
a guy like Patrick McCarey had to me to look
forward to and to lean on in terms of just
(07:25):
maturity and an expertise all on the field was huge
for my growth and development.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
It's not difficult for you, you know, obviously for injuries,
it out, it's.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Kind of plays. Just how hard was that?
Speaker 7 (07:44):
Yeah, it definitely was not favorable or something that you
you dream of as a football player. But you know,
going through what I went through my my red shirt years,
as a lot of people referred to it as, I
feel like it gave me a lot of perspective and
and really gave me the opportunity to take a step
back and look at things from a bigger picture. And
(08:05):
so I think I was able to lean back onto
that adversity as just kind of a cornerstone uh last year,
and and I felt like I was in a good
spot mentally throughout the whole process. So really thankful for
that opportunity.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Was the action that you got at the end of
the year also important in that.
Speaker 7 (08:21):
Sort of give you a chance to prove yourself that
you're developed. Every years absolutely, you know, go prove to myself,
Go prove to uh, to you guys, Go prove to
my teammates, my coaches everything, and uh just show that
I that you know, you know that wasn't necessarily playing
on Sundays at the time, right, I was still developing
a practice being a great scout team player, giving our
(08:42):
our defense opportunity to get ready for the games and
all that. So you know, I was proud of my
performance in that last game that I have to play
in in Cleveland, uh, the last week of the regular season,
and uh just look forward to building off of that
and and just proving uh uh what I.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
Could do and there last week.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
But just some thing that most easy to know, another
off season of.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Your belt, Like then you feel much better than you
did coming into camp last year.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
And yeah, I mean just physically more mature, mentally more mature,
just more opportunity in the playbook.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Uh you know.
Speaker 7 (09:14):
So a great group of guys in this room that
we have right now, and and we all push each
other to be the best that we could be best
versions of ourselves. So that's uh, something that's super awesome
that we have going on.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
You mention, not just like getting physically better, but the
mental hurdle getting back out there in the grind.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
What would you say really got over.
Speaker 7 (09:33):
That you know, just a lot, I would say, just
leaning on the other guys in the room, you know,
and I just I said that I commended them and
in the special UH bond that we have, and you know,
I really do believe it's some special and unique about.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
UH US, specifically of tackle. Yea, that's tremendous player being
better dude. Uh.
Speaker 7 (09:54):
You guys don't get the opportunity to spend as much
time as we do. But you know, Ronnie's an awesome dude,
and uh, you know, it's just when you get the
opportunity to play next to UH an all pro player,
kind of makes your life a little easier at times.
So really stoked to see what he does, excited to
have him back and looking forward to him this year.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Yeah, they're kind of a different question.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
So like for us, like all sports, can see like
a lot of a like abuse online from like gamblers,
and it was a bat.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
That started yell with them players. Have you ever exposed
it a little? You know, and you've never seen a
happy chance?
Speaker 7 (10:28):
Yeah, no, nothing, kind of stay out of that world.
But thankfully I'm not subject to it. But yeah, no,
I haven't ever been involved.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Andrew, you've dealt with this a little.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Last year we could talk about competition to be starting.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Do you how do you approach this year, George?
Speaker 6 (10:45):
You just said he wants that one guy wants the
guy that kind of be the clear winner.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Like does that experience last year help you with this
or do you kind of just regard as, look, I
I need to go.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
Win the job.
Speaker 7 (10:55):
I mean good either way, right, I mean that always
just wanted about there and be the best football player
that you could be. And yeah, I mean to my perspective,
it's just there's an open position out there for grabs,
and uh, it's up to somebody, and so why not me? Right,
why not anybody else for that sake? But yeah, I
mean just kind of take it day by day and
(11:17):
uh we'll just see what what uh what happens when
it's all uh settles down and we get ready for
a week a week one opener.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Trying particular trouble by four. In the past, an average
athletes have become too pullers who're like those men at
first words, How I feel you think you can coach
in terms of the pulling askt.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Specifically, I mean just shout out to coach Monk honestly
for uh, the design that he is, he's put together
for us in terms of our our offense and stuff,
and just coach Warhap just coaching us.
Speaker 4 (11:52):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (11:53):
Definitely feel like he prepares me and they put us
in good positions to succeed out there. So definitely feel confident.
And aspect of offensive line play.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Last, but not least, offensive line coach George Warhop.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Wonderful reduction in penalties in after week ten. Put it
to the offensive line up in particular.
Speaker 6 (12:16):
We can talk about some of that, and then I
also want to ask you if I take a distension
between a pre snap foul and a declinable post snap foul.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
My gosh, this last year just was an emphasis, was
an emphasis from John on down in particular with the
holdings right number one with the holdings, and then as
an offense with the pre snap penalties.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
So it was just just a point of emphasis.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Okay, the rest of it, you need to talk to
the head coach about that, because I don't pay that
close attention to that stuff, right, So if they want
to decline it, they can decline it. If they don't,
they don't. Outside of that, we just don't need to
be causing them. That's my mindset.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Okay, Rose Garden changed from his Brookie year.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Into this year.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
So far, there's certain things we wanted him to work
on that we talked about at the end of the
season last year and coming into this year, and he's
so far doing that, uh, and it's gonna be he's
helpful to him. He still has some stuff to work on,
but the stuff we've talked about that was a major emphasis.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He has definitely embraced that and it's changed. Can you
tell us any of what he's been working on with uh? No, No, Georgia,
you saw it. You were very much a part of the.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
We required, you know, with your advocacy for uh. Carson Vinzon,
Just I guess how did he kind of catch your
eye and what do you envisioned for him at you know,
over the couple of years.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Carson's interesting, alright, So he played at a smaller school.
The talent level that he was playing against wasn't that great,
and he was really just okay on his college tape.
But when he went to the Senior Bowl and he
was playing against better players, Uh, I liked how he
competed and you got to see him going against guys
his size, his t on a level. He wasn't perfect,
(14:02):
but he competed right, and so that's what we need
to see. We need to see guys with his size,
his range, his length, and his ability to compete and
not back down. So once I saw that and how
God made him, uh, and there's not that many guys
like that, I was like, if we have a chance,
we need to draft them. So I just thought I
needed to push as much as I could for him
(14:22):
every time he came up so.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Injury. I guess, what have you been able to do
with him to make sure he gets as.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Up to set as I said.
Speaker 5 (14:33):
One thing about Emory and both the guys Deli Deli
from LSU, both those guys. This is probably the fifth
or sixth kid I've had from that offensive line coach.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
They all come in well prepared. Emory's very smart, he's
very engaged. He's plugged in. He'll get off to the
side and try to do the stuff we're doing. Not
he can't do what we're doing, but he can mimic
it on his own. I've been most impressed with him
and with Deli in the meeting rooms, just understanding what
we're doing and there very very very close to being
really good pro players in that regard.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
So do you feel like you've been encouraged by what
you've seen in Ota so far? Too many full starts,
so no, no, we got to be better.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
Yeah, A lot of discussion on the left guards, Bob,
do you want one player to take that job or
how do you envision that competition playing out?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
For the lawyers? I believe in a starter. I don't
like playing two guys.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
So you know, we got two veteran guys here with
with Andrew and Benn.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Let them fight it out, right.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
If one of the young guys come in, you know,
come up and they can add competition to that, we'll
let that happen. But I prefer to have a starter
and a backup. I don't like going in with combination guys.
So that's my hope. What do you like about Andrew
h He's continued on from what he started at the
end of the year last year. I thought the fact
that he got to sit when Pat took over being
(15:56):
the first year player, it allowed him to kind of
develop through the year. And when he had to play
against Cleveland, I thought he played very very well. Uh,
and so far this spring he's done a nice job.
So I'm impressed with what he's done.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
What way does it?
Speaker 4 (16:10):
What does it all?
Speaker 5 (16:11):
Mass?
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Is the us really way? When the hope.
Speaker 5 (16:19):
Well, just no pressure, right, I mean we don't. People
don't understand how much pressure there is to be a
starter in this league.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Right, and then when you're really, in essence, a rookie.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Right, he was here his first year, but he was
on IR so in essence, he's a rookie and he's
going out there first time in this environment fighting his
ass off to be successful. There was a ton of
pressure and if you have one bad play depends on
the guy, right, you don't know how long that's gonna
linger for him. So when you're able to sit back
and watch Vecterans do it, watch how they handle those situations, Okay,
it kind of calms you down. So when you go play,
(16:50):
you know, one play is not the end end, all right.
I can overcome that and still play well in a game.
And I think that's what he got to at the
end of the year.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Do you might perhaps co Carson kind of said, he
looks the the way you're containing kind of a tough love.
The type of situation with m sometimes how do you
s you've seen HIV given developed though, even if it
was a mess.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
Oh oh, he's come a long way in the past
couple weeks. One thing about Carson that's really impressive is
number one, Uh, he wants to be the best version
of himself every day. So when he comes out here,
he's trying to get better from what he did yesterday.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (17:24):
And then I I can crawl right up his stuff
and he does not ever blink. He does not blink.
You see him out there, he just kind of looks
at me. Yes, certain, he goes on and he does
what he's supposed to do. But you know, he's a
he's a young kid, so we're trying to get him
up to speed as fast as possible.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
So it's whatever means necessary to get that done.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
But I I I am really this whole rookie class
we have here that they brought in. All these guys
really do a nice job. They work, Uh, they try
to get better game. I mean they're at all different stages,
they offer m different spots. But I'm really really impressed
with the group these guys brought in. Eric did a
great job with that. He do is yelling through a
guy cotin in the next center. Next year, we're starting
(18:04):
to work here and read both Okay at center. I
don't know if they'll get team reps at it, but
with Delhi Plate Center at LSU, so both of those
guys eventually will be pulling the ball in practice.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
So all right, thank you for no prop.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
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