 Well, with Deebo Samuel officially requesting a trade in the background, Ravens were actually having a presser today that I'm not sure if many people even caught. But anyway, before we get into this presser, something that I gotta tell y'all, just to give you a quick reminder, sometimes I gotta remind myself of it too. Not everything has to be explained. Not everything has to be explained and not everybody deserves an explanation from you. But anyway, so the presser today started off with Strength and Conditioning Coach Steve Saunders. And he said philosophically, remember that word, that they made a few tweaks to their training program. And he was saying a lot of other stuff too, but. Anyway, next up was Rashal Bateman. Ravens, of course, their first round draft piglet, wide receiver from last year. And he said that they asked him about Batman first off. He said Batman was a 10 out of 10. He said he was the one that directed it and he played in it. So look at that boy, Rashal Bateman over there, acting in movie. He's still a wide receiver in the NFL, but he over there being in movies and stuff too and acting and directing all at the same time. That's crazy. It's a joke, relax. I know it's gonna be some people. You really thought Rashal Bateman was Batman? Anyway, gosh, he was actually about the video. He was actually about the videos of him and Lamar Jackson working out. And he said that it's been really important just for them to get that chemistry back since they both ended up missing time with injury. Of course, Rashal Bateman at the beginning of the season and then Lamar Jackson at the end of the season. So they never really got to consistently get it going. So then building up that rapport, that would just take them to a whole another level, man. And it would help the offense out so much like we've been talking about before too. He said that he feels comfortable. He said the NFL was a big mental step for him. And he said now he knows how to move a lot more going into year two and that he's excited for it. As far as his biggest takeaway from last year, he said it's being prepared when your time is cold. Said last year the Ravens were in so many situations where the next guy had to be available. Stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. You could have said it, Rashal Bateman. I would have been mad at you, but anyway. He said that having a full off-season program is very beneficial and that that face-to-face is very important. And he talked about how with him and Lamar, they got together a few times to get that work in. And he said that Pro Shade and Benja, and we saw the video of Pro Shade, we saw the video with Benjamin Victor in there too, but he did mention that they were there as well. And it's something that they had already planned on doing. He said as far as his injury, it impacted him a lot because he had never been injured before. Said that he never missed a game or never missed practice before. So it was something different that he had to take some time to get used to. As far as his number change, because that had been a big topic of conversation, him changing to number seven, he said that this is mom's favorite number. And when he said that, I was like, oh, okay, yeah, I get it. I will make the change too. They asked him, what should fans expect from you this year? What should they expect? And he said he doesn't want to say what he's going to do this year as far as what they should expect. Said he's just going to get to work. And he said he'll be at the draft party and tuned in to whoever the Ravens end up bringing in. And that was it from Rashad Bateman. He just sounded happy. Sounded like he was excited. Sounded like he's just happy to be back around everybody. That's what all these guys, like Bateman, Ricard, especially buying, buying's more than anybody. Buying sounded super excited. But we talk about buying's in a couple of minutes. Next up was Patrick Ricard. And he said it feels good to be back to a normal off season. Said the last two years, they were pretty weird having to do everything from Zoom. Now somebody mentioned how Patrick Ricard, he looked jacked already. And they asked him if he even took any time off. And he said that he did. And he said him and his wife, they traveled. And he slowly started building up when it came to his workouts. And that's important. Whatever you do is important to take time off so you can breathe, relax, enjoy yourself, enjoy your family, all that stuff. Cause you can't just keep going nonstop at whatever it is that you're doing. You need breaks. Anyway, he was asked if there was a point in the process if he thought that he wouldn't be back with the Ravens. And he said, yeah. Said that they negotiated during the season, but they just didn't get it done. But that he's excited that he is back. And of course, he signed what a three year deal with the Ravens, I think. And that with him having negotiated with the Ravens during the season, with Bradley Bowlsman having negotiated with the Ravens during the season. I'm sure there's some other ones too, but that just goes to show the Air DeCosta style of doing things. Again, he likes to try to do it early rather than later. Mark Andrews is a prime example of that. And there have been plenty of others under Air DeCosta where he signed him to an extension early rather than later rather than waiting to win their contractors up. It obviously doesn't always work out like that, but that's something, that's one thing that he did stick by when he first introduced himself as Ravens GM. He said that he was gonna do that. He was gonna try to sign guys to deals early rather than later. And that also goes for cutting and releasing players too. As far as the training regimen, he said they've been stretching more and really going through the mechanics of warming up a lot more. Said they've been taking less reps, but he said that he thinks they're trying to tone stuff down a bit. And this part, I appreciated this part. He said that since he didn't play offense in college and he's on like his third or fourth tight end coach. Yes, tight end coach. He said that it's good to get another perspective on the game because it helps him grow as a player. And I did appreciate that because it does. Especially since, yeah, he was a defensive lineman in college and of course Ravens, they picked him up as an undrafted guy and had him flip to full back just to try it out and it worked. It worked. So for him just being a sponge and gaining all the possible knowledge he can get as an offensive player, it'll go in his favor. Now next up was Josh Bynes. He said that he likes being here at the facility, being with the Ravens now, as opposed to having to show up later and get that call in the middle of the season. Cause we know how that went a couple of times. He said that in the off season who were in free agency had talked to some other teams too, but he ended up back home. He said he likes being here now and really getting the playbook and the foundation set up now. And he said that they're seeking revenge and vengeance at the end of the day from how last season went. Well, I think the first person that Ravens really need to get revenge and vengeance on is the training table, is a health. Cause that's what really just killed their season last year. There was some other stuff too though, but yeah, it started with the health. But anyway, he said that Mike McDonald used to be his linebacker coach, so he's excited to see what he does with the defense. And Ryan Mink asked about, are there any differences in the playbook? Yeah, and Bynes, he just, he wasn't getting into all that. He said, nope, I ain't telling nothing. I ain't saying nothing. Nope, cause I ain't trying to give nobody an advantage. But yeah, he just seemed like super, super happy, super bubbly, super energetic. He just seemed hype, man. Then Patrick Quinn. Patrick Quinn, he said this off season, he watched a lot of film. He said the bad spots, they were bad. They were bad, but he said the good spots were great. So, okay, I'll say okay, cool. And he said that over the season, he improved on getting off blocks. He said that he really wants to improve on everything. But one of the things that he named specifically was really finding where the QB is going with the ball. So I guess that just his awareness that he's trying to work on right now. He said he's comfortable playing either linebacker spot, Mike, Will, whatever, since he has experience with both. He talked about Derek Stingley. And he said with Derek Stingley, when he came in that he was different. Ever since the day he came in, he said you could just see it. How he was locking down Justin Jefferson and Jamar Chase. And he said if he falls to the Ravens, then he'll be really happy. And he said you can tell the difference in the style of coaching when it comes to Zach or since he played the game and he played on a pro bowl level. So he said that it'll be easy to talk to him. Like if they see something on the field then he'll be able to relate to it a lot more than some other coaches would be able to. He also talked about whoever the Ravens draft, he'll be happy with it. He did say that he saw some stuff on the big guy from Georgia. Jordan Davis is who he's talking about. Cause somebody asked, how would it be like if you had a big guy in front of you? Cause like we've been saying that would make everybody's job easier. Especially Patrick Queen, though. Now this is something that I did not even realize but I appreciated it. I think it was Jeff Zerebik that asked it. He said with Patrick Queen he was one of four or five guys on the team that played all 17 games. I didn't even realize there was anybody who did that. I really did. If you were to ask me like, what play on the Ravens played every single game last year? On top of my head, I would have said nobody. I would have said, nope, nobody did. But maybe it was Duvenay one of them too. I think maybe Duvenay might have been one. And I mean, I ain't gonna try to remember everybody right now, but yeah, that's crazy. That somebody actually lasted the whole season last year. And he said that you go from, as far as the injuries, he said when you go from Marcus Peters to a guy, and he said he wasn't trying to be like, disrespectful or anything like that. But he said just there's nobody who's Marcus Peters. There's nobody who's Marlon Humphrey. So to go from those guys to anybody after them, it's gonna be hard. So I'm sure Anthony Avery looking around like, man, that's really, but you know, he ain't mean no disrespect. And then last, but certainly not least, was Justin Madabike, and he was quick. He was like handing out. He said he's excited to have Kalea's Campbell back. Said he felt like he took a step up from his rookie year, but he still has a lot to prove. And that's true. I agree. I think we would all agree with that. He said after having two sex, that it's a goal to really work on his footwork and really work on his past rush to, so he can really perfect his craft. So it was nice to hear from some of the different Ravens, some guys who the Ravens ended up bringing back and with Josh Bynes and Patrick Card, and some guys who are going into the second, third years, Patrick Queen and Madabike going into the third, and then Rashad Bateman going into his second. So should be a fun season, fun off season. We'll see whatever else it brings. And then, you know, so on and so forth. Shout out to Deebo Sammy though. Ooh, this is, this whole off season been crazy. I love y'all team keeping clean. I appreciate y'all. I'll see y'all in the next video. We out.