Ravens Mandatory Minicamp Day 2 Press Conferences

Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. Feet The Ravens held their second day of mandatory mini camp on Wednesday, and we also had a chance to hear from the coordinators as well as quarterback Lamar Jackson and All Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley. Now, this is a big week on the offseason calendar. The entire team is here for mandatory mini camp. It's the last time that the full team is together. After this week, everyone breaks, they go their separate ways, and then they all come back to

First practice with Odell yesterday. How do you think he looked out there?

Thank you? Little pretty smooth Chris routes, great hands as everybody know. You know he can catch the ball. Look pretty good Outdo.

You say you guys are gonna be a right out after any camp? Yea home for in other sessions for you ever your season? And were you looking forward to the.

Up those kids?

Uh?

I believe it's very important just so we can just keep our chemistry going, keep building on chemistry. Cause the season's right there, you know, off season pretty much over it?

Maar, are you feeling more comfortable making the adjustments I saw yesterday?

Made the one to Andrews?

It look like if you guys attack that, w are you you feel like making then adjustments that the line of scrimmage is becoming more comfortable?

Yeah?

Uh absolutely, And the more I'm being here it helps. It helps both of us out a lot. And like I said before in uh another interview, uh coach top Monkt just giving us the keys to the offense to let us do our thing, it's pretty much helping us a lot as well.

Themar house the worst for that kind of telling that.

You have what you did in high school.

It's like a lot of your mother stuff, you know, was about fortress, the very way you kind of checked with the fire right kind of man. Nor a little that does remind you of about what you.

Get back then? Uh N, Nah, not really, because ours were strictly sickness. I never had to get in the hudder at all. You know, this offense, I still had to get in a hudder and made cars and stuff like that.

So nah, not really, Famar.

You have nowaday put that manatic treadwall after a wide receiver. You didn't have five former first round picks at wide receivers this year. I mean for a I mean, how how much do you think this the expectation thing and the the white people group has has really.

Progressed the car I mean, we don't really care about the expectations, just the guys that gotta get out there and do what they do. You know, the reason they went first round just you know, make those plays and stuff like that. And I believe we got the guys to do it.

Flamar, if you could.

Think back to when you started to really feeling the back bread Roman's offense, how long did that take?

And how long do you think it would take you to really feel comfortable at Todd roubleson?

Uh, I don't think that long. Uh g Roll's offense, it didn't take that take that long. I think I believe twenty nineteen that's when he got the OC job. And you know, we I feel like we went fourteen too. And of course Todd Monk and I don't know, the sky's the limit with this offense.

We gonna see how much time do you allow for that naturation periodistications of learning when you.

Play by uh you do take loan you know it. Just gotta study. You know, it's a job at the end of the day. So me doing my job studying and try to learn the INDs and outs and pinpoint everything, every detail you need to help, Lamar.

It's you know, football in a lot of ways.

It's it's not that different, you know, no matter who the coach is, well, terminology, terminology will change with the actual fundamentals of it.

Not that different, right, similar to you for you or right, y'all see it the same way. You know, just the terminology, but everything guess pretty much the same, Lamar.

When you guys leave tomorrow, how do you want to leave things after? Like tomorrow's last practice? Like you in your mind, you know, what does a successful week look like this week? And how do you wanna leave things? If you know before the break?

Well, let's finish this practice, well is last practice tomorrow, Chris. Let's make ourselves look good out there, and we gonna see how the rest go, LaVar.

I just graduated from Morgan State, and I remember when you came.

And hung out of the chi pla.

Okay, what is there?

You come and me with you're younger in fans and just me in the community of Baltimore.

Uh, I mean it's cool, you know. And I was there with friends and family as well, so, uh, you know, just to just hang out with the kids. I'll say they kids, cause I'm twenty six now, so like just hang out with the kids. And you know some players who was out there lacrosse team. I think I was playing lacross a little bit just to get a motivation, you know, the you know, just reach your goals, cause that's where I'm at. That's where I'm at. Him having

Talking.

It looks like he is very keene on the small details. You just after plays get t talk talk coach, coaching guys up. Yeah, that's starting to rub off on you or you starting to be that guy that's after playing is going talking to teammates to.

Tell him what you're saying. Yeah. Absolutely, I I think I did a little bit yesterday when me and uh Nelly Nelly, when I for a route and I wanted him to do do a certain thing within that route. But yeah, you can say that it's rubbing off a little bit.

And reality surprise you at all the more, how you know, loud he is, I mean pretty stark contract before you uh rollman.

And what you guys were used to. Yeah, not even not even talking about Roman, you know, just him himself when I first signed, when im when I seen him, Uh, I didn't really think he was that you know, explosive when he speaking and stuff like that, and even in the meeting room he gonna have you laughing and stuff. But he that serious about what he's saying, you know, and and it mean a lot just for him to have that going on with our offense. You know, everybody

Mary. You mentioned, you know, of giving you the keys to the offense. Yeah, is that something sort of work eager for the past.

And then secondly, how is that adjustment been for you in terms of, uh, have you had to change how you go about things and so forth?

Yeah, I was definitely the eager just just because you know, it's certain things we see on the film on the film in the film room that we might not get when we plan. And you know, sometimes I wanted to, you know, make adjustments. But like I said, Coach Todd, giving us that that, you know, that free will, it's like we gonna make things happen.

Is it hurt you else for the term of how you feel about getting to that point?

Uh nah, not really. That's you know, just studying and stuff like that. You gonna naturally gonna naturally just go off. Nope.

I know a lot of people would create some headlines when you said this, this offense could throw.

You could throw for six thousand cards.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, But do you think do you.

Think four thousand though? Do you think four thousand is a realistic expectation?

Now? I mean yeah, But like I would say, I really was saying that then, you know, but they just blought out a proportion and say, yeah, I'm gonna my goal is six thousand yards. My goal is to win the Super Bowl. My goal never about the yards or anything like that. But I know our guys, you know, they want to bottle in their hand and made for the tackle of plays. So and I feel like we got the guys to do it. So that's what I was just saying. I feel like we could throw for

You guys be playing a seem like at a fashion of places, like getting putting out a whole quicker than yeah before.

How important is that?

And how w how did that that help you with a guy now you ask you bought?

Uh, very important, just because you gotta we got the s the clock going to play, clock going, and then we gotta see what the defense and you know, gotta make adjustments at the line and stuff like that. We still gotta have time to you know, make our adjustments and might have to change to play here and there. So it's very good to get a get to the line of scrimmage and you know, have everything cetera within that.

M talking to six thousand yards and all the new receivers.

I mean, how much more pressure.

Do you feel to produce with this office set up like that?

I feel the same I've been feeling. I don't. I don't. I don't feel like it. You know, I have pressure on my shoulders about anything playing football.

Last month I asked you about your mom or Mother's Day.

Well, it's Father's Day yeah and your dad? Yeah?

How is that?

How is that affected your life and even you're.

Playing for a band of dad, it really haven't effected my life, you know. I feel like I'm very playful, you know, and I just have a daughter, so it's like, you know, just take some adge off and just playing my daughter sometimes, you know, play around her sometimes and she make my day. So it's pretty cool, la.

What's a play lamar from now from Wednesday til you get backs?

Like cause Odell said that he was going down there or something.

Yeah, dude's coming down here hopefully you know, got to see what the guy's thinking. But uh, I feel like most of the guys that come down you know and just get ready to grind, you know, cause like I said before, the season is here. All season really over with for us you or.

Everybody knows what more games then you do go deelp back up to theere.

You know, God sig.

Downs being around here for the last month or however in so many years, is there somebody in there's an offense that you really think it's gonna be utilized a lot more.

That doesn't really.

Showing you something over the less the mother left you go an long there around m pretty much all the receivers, all the tight ends. You know they're they wricking the tail off right now. I I believe all our receivers, you know, they get a shout out there on the field, they gonna, they gonna show potential.

Kay La Mark we asked, uh, o'della yesterday the Husky Bell played with you. Yeah, he said the main the main reason was because if you were of the team, how do you feel about.

Those new markus?

That's cool. You know Odella is a legend to a lot of us. You know what he did, he did his er early in his career, and you know the past year when he was with the Rams and stuff like that. You know, O'Dell is him one of those guys. So it means a lot.

But more.

I don't think you've ever had got to break off call us.

Yeah, my cuf that's crazy. I'm like, I never got a question buy it yet. I'm my cousin.

Been like from a family perspective before, you instrumental in getting here.

Yeah, we we Actually, that's crazy. We actually talked about it. I wanna say earlier this year, earlier this year or last year. I'm like, man, we never got to play on the same team with each other. We always played against each other a youth football, high school, college and stuff like that. But now we find on the same team. It's like, that'll be dope. I make it to the two Bowl to win it. So that's our goal.

Mark.

We know you got your own uh Pinnis equipment coming after Sam.

Yeah, how you changed?

Have you changed uh your value of all since this last year?

And it is anything you wanna do physically.

For for twenty twenty three.

I mean nah, not really. You know, I'm still the same. You know, my goal is always the same goal. That's it down and looked up or anything. I don't know. I don't know hard going back to.

That uh dinner that you have with Adell back when he'd signed and so forth, or just the relationship you guys have. What what sort of impact do you think he can not just catching the ball of things like that, but just from what he brings from an IQ standpoint and the work at thinking all those sorts of things.

What just what he packed as on you.

I mean he pretty much was just telling me, you know, he he going off, I'm playing you know what I see out there? You know, just let him know what it put us in a better situation to win and you know he gonna do it. That's all. That's all I needed to hear one work place.

Are you still working with the same private quarterback coach? And is there a particular thing that he's had you focused on this off season.

I haven't worked with a miss off season, but yeah, I've been that's going pretty much still be the same coach. Yeah, you appreciate you.

That was quarterback Lamar Jackson, And of course a huge piece for Lamar and the team this year is going to be the installation of the new offense from offensive coordinator Todd Munkin now Monkin Talk reporters, and he discussed where the installation process is for this team as they've been putting this new offense into place over the course of the entire offseason.

We go back in back in Cleveland and fund out there today.

A kind of your thoughts when it kind of hiss his first steps back.

Well, excited to get him out there, get around the guys. You can tell he's been studying, you know, in his time away, so it was fun having him out there.

I think he's ready to go.

Todder have to start like yesterday, start back over because you probably get everybody.

Here, no chance, no chance. I mean they got to catch up on their own.

That's the idea of we're in the world of iPads and being able to look ahead. And we've been in contact with those guys and from what from what I've seen the guys that weren't here. Again, it's great to have here. It's always better when they're out in practicing with us. But again that's irresponsibility of being pros.

Thergis said, you're outspoken this on the field and starting to rub off on him, and he feels like he's he's.

Being louder on the field.

Deep Do you like that?

Do you like that?

I do?

Well, actually have nothing to do with me.

It has a lot to do with the quarterback and the communication and the epicenter of what we do, whether starting with the center and then the quarterback. So if that helps, then great, means I must have to keep doing it, then hell with it. So you know that's that's the start of what we do. Quarterback being loud.

Sorry to time the lastman made about the addition of the wide receivers to this offer.

But there's a lot of good tight ends on this last and you come from Georgia. Would you write and utilize multiple tight ends? Do you see a way that you can get all three of these tight ends involved in this offer?

I think so.

I mean it's.

There's nothing like having talent. I mean, it's way it is.

There's only one football still, but utilizing multiple personnel groups and trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, utilizing their skill set when you can get the best matchups.

So I'm excited to work with them. We still haven't put the pads on.

Yet, but from what I've seen with adding the wide receivers that we have and the tight ends that have been here, it's an exciting It's an exciting time and the.

Telling the guys like likely in Cola Health kind of utilize them in their path for sure.

I mean, the more versatile you are, the more things you can do with them.

Look about the tight ends.

How do you see someone day got Roy Dark and take the team, would round block memes populated?

Well, he adds a different dynamic than the other guys. Again, as we just talked about, is specific skill sets. So what are they lead at? You know, what is it that they some guys are elite at one thing. Some guys are elite at a couple different things, some things

But how much have you seen Lamar I guess improved in running your scheme what you want him to do from day one of those tas until the city.

Can well, he's embraced it. He's embraced trying to be louder, trying to be in control. He's embraced learning the system. And we still got a ways to go. You know, it's always a work in progress. We're always under construction in terms of making sure that we execute a high level. Execute a high level, because execution trumps everything. You know, I'm a firm believer that I've said it for years. Cool is out, Execution's in. The cooler we are the

It's not about that.

It's about your preparation that leads up to practice. You fight like heck during the week so that come game day it comes to life.

And from what you've seen, how has his execution good?

Good?

And that's you know, when you're on the practice field, the fun is being out there and going through the trial and error the mistakes you make.

That that's part of it too.

We're doing the same thing as we're putting this together as coaches and players for more jack from there.

But with emphasis on all these new lacking weapons and everything.

How much pleasure do you feel.

Metrics and go forth.

Under and how much do you then kind of thang.

Better than one of the all numbers last year?

Uh?

Not a lot?

And comparing it to last year.

Don't really think of metrics in a term of like where we've got to be. I mean, I think it's real simple.

What my job is?

I mean, I think that's real simple, from just as our jobs to score points, right, a defensive coordinator's job to stop them, and then how you get to that varies in a lot of ways based on your personality, your scheme, and then who you have so but at the end of the day, it's really a lot simpler than that is, how do you score more than they do? And and I'm paid to score. I mean that's what they do. I mean you, as an offense coorda, you paid to score points. Some of the other things are

I'm not.

I don't mean it that way. I just mean it's it's a lot simpler than that. And then trying to fit the pieces in the right spot.

I know you want lamar more film or the guy on the field, but now padding into otiat per day, what kind of your good that the more hast.

Grown to that?

Well, again, it's hard right now because you're in the early stages of what we do. But I say that we're almost done. So we're almost done. So maybe not so early, but I'm impressed. I mean, there's not a throw he can't make, not a play he can't make. It's like any player. It's when we get to the line of scrimmage, what are they doing? What does that mean to us our eyes in the right spot? Are we giving ourselves a chance every single play to be

Odell who went obviously n overs ever touching, but you're out running. What do you think there's impact on Lamar from the standpoint and you know, talking about having any keys for the offense, but what you're doing in an.

I hope he brings a level of trust.

I think that's part of quarterback receiver play, be it running backs, tight ends, wide outs, there is a certain level of trust. I think that's developed over time. That's why it's great that he's here, because you get to work together. You get a sense of trust where they're gonna be, how they're gonnajust, how they're going to change routes.

That's a big part of it.

You step up a report with Lamartine, I think you.

I mean, I'm gonna speak for myself, but I know you asked me. That seems easy to strike up a report. He's a nice enough kid. I mean, I don't know, I don't I don't just I don't mean that in a negative way. I keep struggling my shoulders.

It's just that's that's our job, right It's to rapport with the players and that we're on the same page. And you know, to me, it's always been really simple. I mean, we have a job for the players to create the best version we can to the players. That's what our job is and ultimately then score. So if you can't find a way to develop a rapport with your players and for them to sense that everything you're doing is for the best interest of them, you're already going to be behind the eight ball.

I'm curious if you underline how it's got for overgame to get off, and you think about the production that he has a do, but then also.

How they change.

In the latter years of the being the city went and Baker and then also you know how it's gone to day they get out some things you know with him in the RAM and just how much time he really had the offense supporting of getting your tap space in the entire office to really dig into a player individually to unlock him.

Great question, you know, and that comes with time because as you stated, like I was with him in nineteen so do I see still a tremendous football player, guy that can separate and route, run and loves to play and brings a certain amount of energy and juice and experience. And then as we practice more together, as we get more together now we try to fit it together. But he's always going to be crafty. He's always gonna be able to find a way to separate. Where that ends

Now.

It's not to get talk about your gristment here is to get out the field gattre.

A challenge is probably a strong word. Would we love him to be out here?

Of course, would we love him to be able to go through practice and be able to see that. As I told him today, I'm excited. Give me something. Run a swing round, I don't care, just jog down the field, do something, give me something to get excited about.

It's what we do.

You're excited to be around the players, and who's not excited to coach football?

Be out here with the guys, and it's what we do.

I mean there's a lot that goes on up there, and you know, trying to scheme up you know, plays and what you do, and but the fund's being on the grass, you know. So when you get on the grass, you want to see your best players.

That's fun.

We'd love for him to be out here, obviously if he's not ready to go, but we're excited and I know he'll be ready when he's when he's out there, but we certainly are better with him out there.

That was offensive coordinator Todd Munkin. And someone who knows what it's like to put a new system into place is Raven's defensive coordinator Mike McDonald. He went through that last year as he took over as a DC last year and now he talked about his expectations and thoughts for this defense going into his second year as a team's defensive play color.

Michael the Nation of Chuck Smith at the outside linebacker potuson he's going to help them with pass rushers.

Are you starting to see his impact on some of these guys? Well?

Yeah, absolutely, I mean, you know, Chuck has a vision for how how he wants to coach pass rush and it's a partnership between him and Weave, and it's just been a great collaboration to this point. And you know, you see the buy in from the guys too, and the excitement you know, on a daily basis, and so that that's where we're at right now in terms of the stage. So it's great to have the guys buy into the things that he's trying to coach him up

I go be signed.

Michael Spears, how do you see?

I believes like Justin Bodovike and sticking up can the more they got a liter.

Two roles for the years, well, yeah, it was just another year in the system. I think this is year four for Justin and uh he's doing I mean, shoot, he's been here every day.

Uh, he works extremely hard.

He's extremely tough players, as you guys know, very physical, but trying to trying to encourage him to take his next his game to the next level, especially interior pass rush game. You know, taking charge of making some calls on on how we want to apply our pass rush rules for that day. So, but all those guys are doing a great job. They're working hard. I think they work really well together, and I think you'll think you'll see a payoff in the fall.

Like good point with some of.

Those teams in the game.

You know, the World's playing stage team here Barry's blog. Steps that we're at.

Have you considered anyone there full time or what they are and World is state, how do we deify.

Kind of their wire?

Yeah, it's uh, it's tough right now where we're at. You know, it's it's great to say that we're interchangeable parts and that is true. And like at the beginning part of the off season, we do teach everything conceptually, so the guys are just learning excess. But like as we get going into the fall, we're going to want to start to slot those things kind of more full time, so guys get used to playing, you know, next to guys that they're going to be in there in the game.

I wanted to ask a.

Broader customer, you really so you know, talking to some of the round places and they're just like really jacked, you know, to get back to training camp because they're really you know, confident about their two and things like that.

And I'm just curious, what's your uh personal energy when it comes to just the AFC North and your overall macro view on the growth and evolution of the quarterbacks and the AFC North with Kashaun having this second year kind of piperating sob as count Worth Division.

Yeah, well, our first goal every year is to win the division. So those are the those are the guys that we have to study in the off season.

We have to win those games.

So I think, you know, if you look at our schedule, you know it's pretty front loaded in division games, which is a little bit unusual if if I'm if I'm correct, So it's just a it's a huge challenge. There' obviously great quarterbacks. Uh, we've won on some great battles. We've fallen short a few times, so hopefully, well we'll wind up on the on the right side of the coin this time.

But were games like we're going to names up.

Well, that's that's that's a strength of Kyle's game is is is he's so versatile, but you know there is at some point there is a trade off, you know, if you if he's never in the same spot for long enough. Just the question is is does he get good enough at those things?

So that's something we need to figure out before we get kicked off.

Hey, Mike, David Javo, and you got like, I I'm assuming the microphone works, but I could really hear myself when you're when Jack and Missy and when you first to interacted with with he was still kind of young to the game of football.

You know, what do you were you kind of your first.

Questions on him then, and how have you seen having the curved over the year twelve?

Man?

Uh?

Shoot, when we first got there, we just wanted a quick sample of who was on the roster and what they could do. And he hadn't played up until you know, when we showed up and we just saw this big, tall guy that runs like a four to four, We're like, why is he not rushing the passer? So that's pretty easy. It is a pretty easy decision to make. And uh, you know, I think about your question Jameson. It's just like I just I remember just a lot of enthusiasm and energy and positivity.

And I think he really really wants to be good.

And so when you have that and you have that mentality, you have that attitude, that's something that he's brought here and it's exciting to work with a guy like that. So I think you've seen, you know, this trajectory up to this point, and hopefully you'll continue.

Like you means, like if you've.

Seen Buck defending guys from Adape.

Sale more time, I'd like to see one.

Defending why from Adape Joba. I guess in just one day fives.

But if you'd like to kind of a stat together, well, that's definitely gonna be a challenge for us, you know, I mean in terms of setting the standard on how we want to play the run here. But right now, it's just it's impossible to evaluate because of the tempo and really, like when we're playing playing blocks, we're really practicing the fit and the technique instead of like beating the block just because of the tempo and the requirement.

So right now, I just can't answer it. But that's definitely that's gonna be a.

Challenge for a whole defense moving forwards if if you can't, if you can't you know, dictate the run and force him into passing situations, and you're gonna have a tough time on defense.

L's phobous Robinson progressing. I mean we've seen him out there for some reps with some of the starters looking out.

How's he doing.

Yeah, he's doing a great job.

I mean, his mentality is great place fast, but like like I like I was saying, I mean, it's just it's hard to evaluate until the pads come on, you know. So right now it's how you do it with the speed and like the assignment. His assignment sounds that's good. But the things that we're drafted him to do, I think, you know, we're gonna be able to evaluate that better in the fall.

I get you coach the guys you have right now between now and the start a training camp, are you involved in.

The conversation of supplementing the roster, what your needs may be how.

Does that play?

You know, if Eric or John wants my opinion, they'll they'll they'll come to me, you know, And I think it's an ongoing conversation within the building of you know, directions. We want to go on all aspects, you know, But I'm not I'm not initiating any of those conversations now.

Like a different kind of motion.

It looks like on offense here or some of those shorts the comic obviously.

A plenty of most amputees rope.

I guess do you feel like all that stuff you're kind of seeing mini camp note, Kase, it's useful for just getting this defense ready to work for what you want to see come.

Word of those using Oh yeah, they're doing a lot of great things on offense, and we want to see the more of the marrier and stuff that we see, you know, so we want to we have to be able to defend everything.

You know.

Sometimes some people, you know, subscribe to the theory of like they want to know what the offense is running so they can kind of make sure they get the right call. You know, you can see all the things and all the different kind of concepts you're gonna be and I kind of go the opposite. I just want to be out there and we have to respond to what the offense is doing because that's as game like

Not having the LAS here anymore. You know, whoever you've seen kind of step up and start to fill.

That the leadership I got to in the room, uh, the leadership void. I mean, I would say it's more within the room. You know, you see guys like Brody and Justin and Mike Pierce, you know, being back and being healthy, I.

Mean in the defensive line room. So I just want guys.

I want to encourage you guys to just be themselves, you know, and leading their own way.

You know, Klayus was obviously you know, we love them and let in his own way.

But you know, it's it's this team now, it's these guys opportunities to encourage them to just kind of be themselves like that.

Maybe it's a little premature.

To ask, but have you guys decided on who's gonna.

Be wearing out this year?

Yeah? I'll be ro Yeah, all right, okay, all right, thanks guys.

That was Defensive Coordinator Mike McDonald and now up is Special Teams Coordinator Chris Horton to.

See everyone today, just a little quick little recap on what what the spring has done for us right now. I'm very very encouraged what I'm seeing from all our guys right now. Every last one of these guys that have been here, they're working hard, they're trying to understand and get our fundamentals down. The veteran guys have done a great job of really bringing the young guys long. So again, man, I'm very pleased with what I've seen

Questions Christ obviously.

Big talking point, just the spread big wives. Just need to change the pickoffs and the trickle down effect that that might have and whether it's legitimate response to player safety and everything. Your kind of thoughts on on what's what's happening right now.

You know, obviously I think a couple of weeks John got up here and he said, we were we were not in favor of it, but you know it is in what we're gonna have to do. We're just gonna have to adjust and adapt to whatever those whatever those rules are. But when we you know, when we met, you know, there's probably some other things that you know, we could we considered. When you talk about a player

You know, adjusted to that or shakes out of things like that strategy.

Guise, what are.

Things you guys are people are biking as here screw kicks rather than not potential things they put from you guys play from the guys.

Dust you know.

Uh, one of the one of the bigger ones is gonna be you know when you kick off from the fifty right, Uh, the offense has just got a penalty. Now you're kicking off from the fifty and if you pop a ball up there and they call a fair catch, you know they've been benefited of getting that ball back

So though, those will be.

Some of the things that we'll have to discuss this offseason, some things that we've been really thinking about.

If I know, the robbers don't have to be made for several longs, but when we come to the other coach out of the team could be impacked robbers struggling. I mean, if you think them.

The effects of the new rule will be that wide ranging or could you know affect how many you know, so called specialty special stream.

You know, we really haven't discussed that, but I do know one thing. I do know that every other coach special teams coach, they want to they want to keep this play alive, one for us and for the players, for the players that have made their that have made their weight in the kicking game.

I think back to the top returners in the league.

If they don't have that play, who is Devin Hester, right, if this play is not alive, who like Devin Hess really change the game in the kickoff return game? Corredo Patterson heels director for the most kickoff returns, Right, These guys that this is an exciting play and we've made this play a lot safer.

So we want to just make sure that we as coaches continue to do that. Now as far as how the.

Roster and all that stuff shakes out, personally, I think we're gonna play this play the exact same way. Teams that are gonna want to call call the fair catcher gonna fair catch it. But for us, you know, we're gonna be as aggressive as possible, and we're gonna allow the players that make this team for the right reasons, special teams players to continue to have success in this league.

And that's our job. That's what we should do.

And as coaches, we're gonna make sure that we coach this play a lot better. We're gonna show our players how these other players got concussions. It's it's important, right, and and tackling is a big part of it. Is not it's not the play, it's it's tackling, keeping the head out of the game. All the things that the rules are in play for. We just need to enforce it.

It's curious, what would you like to see them do with fender changes? I have jobs talked about. You know, there were better ideas out there. For example, let's make an example of something we prefer.

You know, personally, I would have rather we just maybe give it another give it another year.

Let's just and let's just see how this thing, how this thing shakes out. Right, There's there's just so many there's just so many other ways. Maybe we move the ball back, you know, and we create more space for the play so that it's not excuse me, so that it's not all bunched up, right, So we believe that if there's more space for the kickoff return team to get itself started, then you don't have.

A bunch of guys just running down on top of each other.

That's maybe some another option, right, So there's little things like that that we might considered. But you know what, again, the league made a decision we're gonna have to adjust, and we're gonna have to adapt.

And that's okay. We've done it before. We will get it done a lot more.

Hit problem kick off the punts may seems like bear wind.

Yeah, based on the based on the numbers, I think what they showed, I think there was probably somewhere around nineteen and you thought you talk about the number of kickoffs that we have the number of returns, right, and so where our job is we really believe that five to six of those that as coaches we can we can help our guys again with the with the head up, keeping the head out of the game.

How much of your.

Teams are figured out already?

I know Kala has played a lot on special teams.

He's gone.

Do you have pretty much all the spots fared as it's just one or two holes? Or do you wipe the map plane?

Pretty much?

Every every year is a new year.

Every every guy comes in here, every guy gets a shot at making this team, doesn't It doesn't matter who you are. And obviously there'll be guys that you know are gonna be here. But uh, what kalais did for us on field goal block, we're gonna we're gonna have to fill. We're gonna have to fill that void, and we have guys that are here that are able to do that. A guy that comes into mind is is Brent Urban. Right, He's done it before, and uh so

Right.

You got to come in here every year and you got to earn your spot on this team, and you gotta you gotta fight every day to make this to make this team.

That's you know, a special teams coach? How does it? How do you sit with the idea of that? As the league keeps passing these rules, the rules down the name of the player safety, you know that it tends to affect your phase more than other rules.

You just you just kind of sit back and you kind of ask yourself, Okay, when's enough gonna be enough?

You know?

Uh, We're we're doing everything in our in our power as as coaches to make sure that we we consider the player. Uh that's first and foremost we think about We think about the players. And if we continue to make changes and make changes, then what is this phase gonna be right.

This has been an exciting phase of the game.

People's made their living just by doing this phase of the game covering kicks.

You think about Anthony Levine, how long he's.

Played why because he covered kicks, he covered punts, right, and he made his living on this face. Think about Matt Slater, a guy that I played college ball with, right, that's how he makes his living. So when you start talking about taking away something that these guys have done daily and done a very good job at, it's not good.

It's not good.

Option I haven't even haven't even haven't even considered it, you know, all right to appreciate it.

That was special teams coordinator Chris Horton. And lastly, today we had a chance to hear from all Pro left tackle Ronnie Stanley. Now, this is a big year for Ronnie. He's had to fight through injuries previously in his career, but now he's healthy. He's fully recovered from the ankle injuries that he had earlier in his career. He came on strong last year and played really well after getting back on the field, and he discussed where he is at this point going into the upcoming season.

So Ronnie you know, we usually typically to ask you about your health and how you're feeling. I mean, is this year so much different than maybe the past couple of years? How big differences?

For a big difference, you know, be able to go through a full off season healthy, being able to build and really uh, you know, build off what I did last season and just get better. I really feel a big difference from the last couple of years.

Ronnie.

You you were you were certainly one of those at the end of the last year who said, I expect Lamar to be back.

I want Lamar to be oving to be back. How exciting was it the day that it actually happened? And I mean, is it just kind of a joy to happen.

Oh, it's great happening here. And you know, I was just kind of having blind confidence in the whole thing.

What does he get on the field and dive into this new offense.

What are your first impressions and how different do you expect it to be?

Uh?

I mean, I don't expect it to be too different in the sense of, you know, the things that we do, at least from offensive line perspective, But I do like what with what I see and you know, the concepts and the schemes and you know, everyone working together and just the mentality behind the offense and really focus on the execution. And I think Todd Monkin has really done a great job of just you know, getting us all together and focused on the same thing.

Right, Your offseason changed? What has been as far as the preparation standpoint? How have you've been able to do it?

Different thing?

But you don't have to focus on rehaving a major.

Engine, right, Yeah. So majority of my time, you know, the past couple of years have been spent on rehab, you know, eighty percent of that off season time probably in twenty percent on training. So been able to really put most of my time on training and building and getting stronger, getting more Durrance and you know, just becoming an overall better athlete has been a big.

Difference for me.

It's as good as you felt and how long you.

Yeah, I said this, as good as I felt since you know, twenty nineteen, preseason twenty twenty, Ronnie.

Hops Igon, is it to kind of piggyback and off that to be able to start this year healthy and hopefully be able to play a full season.

Yeah, I'm very you know, thankful for the opportunity to be able to, you know, come into the season healthy. And I definitely don't take it for granted, knowing, you know, the past couple of years, how hard it is just to you know, get back in the game. So to be able to you know, kind of start a whole new season, you know, feeling good. Is very thankful for what will be your.

Role, Ronnie.

When they figure out who's gonna play next to you, that's a big holes, your.

Left guard, whoever it is.

It's just help them as much as I can and just you know, can continue to try to be a leader and do my best to help help the players around me be better.

Saying the name, do you have somebody in mind that you think.

You know, I've only been back a day, so we'll see. We'll see. There's a lot of good guys out there. But you know, we've had guys around that I know that can play, that I've played with, so yeah, so there's a lot of names out there that can fit the bill.

Ronnie Harball talked yesterday about how they came down and talk to you guys on Monday about the gambling rules.

Obviously there's been a lot of headlines about that.

You know in the last few months.

As a player, do you feel like there's any lack of clarity it's what you guys can do and can't do, and is that something that concerns you.

At all or do you think it's No, I don't think it concerns me. I think, you know, there might be a lack of clarity, but I don't think so, because you know all the different rules between gambling and all the different sides fantasy and all that. So I think guys, especially in the newer generation, probably get a little bit, you know, more confused about what they can

Ronnie, you mentioned that, you know, it's nice not having to focus on what we have. That's it.

What are you most focused on in terms of of going into the season in particular areas in.

The game, obviously over all.

You're trying to do?

What are the different areas and focused for me?

For me, I think just trying to become the best athlete I can and just really feeling like my athletic ability pre injury, trying to match up with that and be even better, and also just technique wise, just always trying to hone in on that. That's always one of my biggest focuses is making sure my technique is you know, on point. So I would say that being the best athlete I can and just really focusing on just holding

But you feel less you were at maybe like last year after coming back, because do you feel like you were playing back to that two thousand nineteen level. I mean, everyone talks about your two thousand nineteen season. Do you think by last year, towards the middle of the league of the season, you were back to.

That that same level.

You know, it's hard for me to tell, but you know, in my head, I don't think I will be until i'm you know, like I said, I feel confident in just the way I move and it kind of feels the same to me. But I think production wise it was fine. I think, you know, no one was really upset about that. But for the standard I have for myself, I do want to be better.

So we're getting back.

I think so, and I've and I really feel after this offseason my confidence level that I will get back and you know, further than that level is has gone up because you know, just the things I've been able to work on and really build, you know, through the off season, Monnie, how have.

You adjusted to the offense according to Tom off this coaching style. We hear him a lot more than probably coaches and gears past.

How have you adjusted to plan under him?

Oh?

I love it.

You know, he's he's just a real guy in and I really believe that we have the same beliefs and mentality when it comes to, you know, what makes a successful offense. And he's all about the details. He's detail oriented, focused on the execution. I really think he's focused on the right things and getting everyone to think about the things that how he thinks about it, and I think he's doing everything the right way.

Hey Mark, Thanks, that was offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley and you are listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast feed. Also, if you want more insight, analysis and interviews from everything happening inside the under Armed Performance Center, go ahead check out the Lounge podcast fee. We've got all of that for you there, so subscribe to that feed. Leave a rating and a review on the Lounge feed as well

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