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Oh, you know what first before you jump right into the good stuff the juicy stuff What made you want to get started on YouTube? So man, it's so it's kind of crazy. I I went to school for communications So I've always wanted to I've always wanted to do something as far as being an analyst calling games whatever may have been I've always loved it. I I love to be able to talk sports. I've done that for a long time and growing up man I have my own little show. I Had a Christian radio show man So it was funny I had breaks and a lot of people don't understand how you had to hit record and play at the same time Your cassettes so I was going that literally bro at the age of what eight nine and ten And so my mom still got the cassettes, but it's truly been a blessing for me Because I was able to overcome just my anger with football When I left the game, I Truly believe God was called me to another you know direction and I was angry with that and obviously I left my rough, you know rupture my Achilles and Had a couple contract offers on the table, but it was just like man I need to kick it with my family see my kids grow up. Yeah, and Finally now I'm able to talk ball So I was like man, let's go and and just just just talk ball on YouTube whether it's YouTube Facebook and on Twitter So I'm rolling with it. Yeah, man, cuz I've been seeing a little updates and stuff I saw the video you did about the Melvin Gordon about the contract hold out and whatnot and in the video I think you made another video recently about the PDs, right? So yeah, I like it. I like that some that's pretty much the same exact thing that I do Just talk whatever football talk any updates that go on in the NFL And just talking talk about it straight up talk about it straight up Yeah, I'm a course of Ravens Fannie see me with this big purple shirt on But on here on my channel like I like I told you before I like to keep it straight up I don't I'm not a homer got on a bunch of purple shades. Well. Oh, yeah, the Ravens They're the best in the world all the time. No, I ain't with that. Right. I talked straight up. So Question I have for you. Well, we got plenty of questions, but what was your favorite? I know what my favorite one is, but what was the favorite hit that you made in your career favorite one? Man, I Gotta so a lot of people have not seen this hit and I'm actually putting together a highlight for nine You know of my nine-year career but when I was in Kansas City, we played the Raiders and Justin Fargus was coming down the middle and we were in cover two and I ran the app and One of my teammates hit his elbow and when he hit his elbow the ball was popping up and I came when I say I Broke his face mask. I clean that cat up, man So that's probably my favorite hit off, but I've had a lot of hard hits in my career But if I look back at that one that was one that I'm talking about he couldn't do nothing, but just take it, bro And he was sleep Okay, so yeah that that I gotta look that one up because I'm not familiar Because I was gonna say that I'm sure you probably heard before from other Ravens fans Too was the one in that AFC championship game against the Patriots and I believe it was stick Steven really where you get You put him to sleep, too Yeah, so is that is that something that you um that you may show as a big part of your game like College and stuff. Well, so man, I've been you know the way that I played his game I'm an old-school football player and I think that's one of the reasons Ed and I We met so well We jailed when I as soon as I got to Baltimore. It is a guy where he's gonna He's obviously you guys have seen him He's gonna pick off, you know balls in the back end. He's gonna roam He's gonna do things and I'm one of those dudes where I'm stand where I'm supposed to be and I'm gonna make you pay For coming in the area that I'm in and so, you know, it was like literally we jailed and we got along But you know from you know great school playing metro ball You know man, I've always been a hitter and that's something that I love I don't claim the I tell people all the time. I've never looked to one of I don't want to be in a Hall of Fame I have a Super Bowl ring and I've never worn it I just you know my I'm proud of being a hitter and when people try to say other guys that hit better to me I tell them I did it clean number one and and you can't you can't find another safety as far as that Went out there on a consistent basis and just tore into people I take that man and people get upset, but I keep it real So you said something very interesting and I've had a lot of discussions on this channel about that same thing You said that you don't want to be in the Hall of Fame But you you got a Super Bowl ring, right? So do would you what would you put on a higher scale Hall of Fame or Super Bowl ring a Super Bowl ring? I think you look at a lot of these guys that are in a Hall of Fame They will trade the Hall of Fame in just to get a Super Bowl ring, you know, you look at the Buffalo Bills Man, they went for was it four straight years in a row and did not get you know Kelly was one of the best quarterbacks Damarino a lot of people don't understand how good Damarino was This man is a 64 65,000 yards. Maybe a little bit more, you know passing the ball in his career Unreal whipping the ball and has never ever seen a Super Bowl or even won a Super Bowl And I guarantee you he will trade that in For Super Bowl title look at Tony Gonzalez, you know, I'm saying like one of the top tight ends in the league and still is yet to get a Super Bowl ring So, you know, it's awesome, you know, I'm saying but I think you know when I entered is not entered this game I play football for an outlet, you know to get stay away from home and stay out of trouble things of that nature I never played it. I was good at it. But you know when I got to the NFL I was just like man, I'm just gonna play and keep balling as long as the Lord keep me in this thing I'm gonna go with it and that's what I did. But you know, as far as the Hall of Fame, man I don't buy into that. I mean, I'm not demeaning anybody that you know, I just that's just not for me Yeah, I feel like I feel the same way like with the with the Hall of Fame It is a beautiful thing to make it to the Hall of Fame But I feel like with football players like the NFL is that ultimate goal, man Like the NFL like there's no high then there's no higher high than that Right in that Super Bowl ring because with the Hall of Fame It's like I think like six people that get in every year like six or seven people that get in every year But with the Super Bowl, there's only one team. Yeah, and that's it there's one team every single year and There's no second place. There's no none of that stuff There's one team every year and if you're not part of that team, then oh well So yeah, I definitely agrees a special thing man And so many guys coming to this league and never ever see a playoffs let it on the Super Bowl So yeah, you definitely when you see it and that's that's one thing in Baltimore We told our rookies you not gonna come across this often, you know I mean the company to go to the Super Bowl your rookie year that was an amazing and to go and win You know what I mean? So that's that's an awesome thing How does it how does it feel to have had The rulebook change Because of the hit you made on Tom Brady man, so a lot of people, you know a lot of Patriot fans are upset at that and and they they call me dirty and say it was a dirty plane Like I tell people you got to understand that there was not a penalty at that point You know me in an NFL so to call me dirty for doing that and it wasn't intentional You know, I went I went to go try to gut the running back because I think it was a play-action pass So I got up late. He was on me. And so when I went to lunch for Brady, obviously I hit his knee And as I tell people I think I talked about it on my show, you know It's one of those things as a player where you know, I'm not usually grossed out You know what I mean? Like I'm a hard here. I've seen man guys snore before they hit the ground You know, so all the stuff has happened when I hit him literally everything in his knee I heard I heard him scream, bro. And so that was one of those one of things I was just like that was just disgusting You know, but I tell people all the time I'm not I'm not proud of that but at the end of the day the show must go on because if I would have got heard On that in that play they had a car to be off the football field and the game would still be a plan So you'd be upset about that play. It's crazy, man The man is one Super Bowls before and won them after get over it Love it. Um Now with uh with that being said You you obviously won a Super Bowl with the Ravens in the 2012 season. Where how was it just How was it the communication factor with you and because you spoke on a little bit before but how was the communication factor with you And Ed Reed, how was that playing alongside him and him playing alongside you? How did that work so well, you know, so and that was and I talked about this too And my look, you know telling people what really happened While I was in Baltimore, but and I we communicated well, you know, I'm I love to go out there and especially for him Like I told him I'm like it let me know when you go somewhere So I can cover that ground if I need to but you know, I'm a guy where when I watch film You know, I don't just watch it just to watch it I watch it to to figure out what they like to do tend to seize of players How they like to runners how to like to break down when they switch the ball things that nature So one of the great things Ed and I did man We literally what we will watch them together and then we will separate watch film Invigil Lee come back together and put notes and figure it'd be like yo, all right I had that or he I had that and I didn't have this so it worked well, we literally meant our locks were next to each other and You know before every home game or before every game period, but we just went over everything and My tablet out his tablet out and we just sitting there just shooting back and forth And so we just literally played the game with each other You know before the game was even played and it was it just went like clockwork We play so much faster so much better so much smarter than everybody else in the game And it was a blessing to be able to play with him Blessing to be able to even you know be on that team and I mean it was just awesome. Yeah Yeah, things obviously definitely worked out that year. Yeah now not everything worked out and I know you explained this on your own on the most recent video that you did on your YouTube channel, right? but us as fans We look to different reporters. We look to different Stuff on the web whether be Twitter whether it be different websites or whatnot and we had continued to hear about a Mutiny we continue to hear about a mutiny or is the mutiny with the players versus the coaching whatnot and I know you explained on the YouTube channel that that that wasn't the case There wasn't the case and you said that you guys were were given the floor To where you you guys could have like sort of an open dialogue But I guess the floor was presented to you, but it was almost like somebody regretted giving you the floor Can you explain that a little bit? So as I tell you know, I Haven't touched on it and I tell people all the time. Yes, that happened in 2012 and here We are in 2019, you know, I'm the type of person where I have Literally had to I've held on to that I never You know when it when it when I was asked about it I would just laugh it off shrug my shoulders never said anything But you know, I'm finally to a point to where I'm like I can finally talk about it because of what was done on their part I was just so angry with it But you know, we look back at that at that situation when we lost To the Houston Texans we obviously took a beating Yes, so when we got back to Baltimore on that I believe it was a Monday if I'm not mistaken whatever it was, but you know coach Opened up the floor. He was like, yo, you know, anybody got anything to say because Even leading up to that and I didn't talk about this in the in the video But we were doing things that were just beating the guys just beating our bodies up for no reason You know running our legs not, you know having just it was just stupid things that was going on with Coach Coach Harbaugh that we were like, okay This this is getting out of hand and you know in order if you want us to play at our highest level You got to pull back at some point. You can't just keep pulling the leash on us and thinking We're going to be able to perform when it's game time. So when we got into the meeting You know, he opened the floor asked everybody what they wanted to say So a couple you know, a couple guys stood up said some things, but then we got back to somebody says some about the Houston Texans game Well, he came back and was like, well, I have no idea what happened And so that's where I stood up and I go, well, no, no, no, no, you you didn't know what happened Because you told me and my teammate that you were going to run the ball Or are you going to throw the ball and if they sat you sat fumble ran it back for touchdowns They intercepted the ball you were going to keep throwing the ball all over the football field thinking we were going to be able to bail Y'all out. Well, you can't do that and he go. No, I didn't say that So me I'm looking like oh, so you caught so I pointed like I said you called me a lot So he sat there and I mean that's where we me him went back and forth and then other guys stood up Was like, yo, uh, we ain't having that one, bro Like we a team you can't be doing that bullcrap and that just he did not like that and so It was just to the point man where you know He regretted it and he held on to you know, he held on to that that that that anger And we were you know, like I said, we were a veterinary team as you guys know And we had a council Well, we had the council and the other you know other things that were just taking place where we were going up to them And letting them know, you know, how the team was doing And if you look at it everybody else in that council He let go So it's you know, it's it's it's unfortunate Is a lot of things that people have no idea about and I get it being a fan You know, you want to you you ride and you die for your team? I understand that but as I tell fans all the time when you're outside the door Don't know what's going on inside the door and what you know A player comes to tell you what's going on inside the door But you get mad to tell me what's really going on inside the door when you've never been inside the door I ain't gonna I'ma shoot you straight. I don't I don't care about fame I don't care about cloud. I'm just going to I want fans to know and understand what's really going on And that's why I talked about it. Appreciate that man. And what what made you um After all this time, what made you finally like just want to get it out? Was it something that you just felt like was on your chest or you just wanted to Just break free of it or what what what made you want to get it out now? So when I look at this thing man, I I am a You know, I don't I don't want to say a whole grudge is because I've been through a lot of my life And I've I've forgiven I I didn't say I forget but I've forgiven people and I have forgiven them But I think you know with me leaving the game and then um You know just kind of looking back When I look back at that I I always I tell them I renegotiated my contract with baltimore And they all knew we left uh baltimore To go to the off season going to the off season They knew we all had talked about going back to the super bowl And I truly believe that team should have three to four super bowls They nobody nfl was able to touch us with even with losing a couple players here and there Nobody still would have been able to touch us. I think when it comes down to in situation They shouldn't never let him go you let that man retires a raven For you to let him go and walk out that door That was pitch poor awful as far as the management and for the coach, but once again, um I looked at what they did with in my situation when they let me go when free agency started Well, I had a four-year deal on the table They held my rights knowing they held my rights And then you lied to me to get me back to baltimore to be the ball in baltimore for six hours But in a in a doctor's office for three minutes That was bullcrap and I I did not I just when players say you mess with my money when they say you mess with my time That's what they mean. They messed up my money. They messed up. They wasted my time and they lied to me And and they're sitting in front of cameras renegotiating contracts as a head coach getting new deals You know, I'm sending they're keep going about their business when I had to go play on a one-year deal I renegotiated it but at the same time That's money that I lost on a four-year deal where I had upfront money, you know what I'm saying? That's what pissed me off Right understood me And because you said that the the team with the uh that was offering you the four-year deal You missed out on that because they still had your rights when the team was going to offer you a deal Exactly Yeah, I I talk about it on here all the time. Um football is definitely the NFL is definitely a business Okay, um, and it is a dirty business It is a very dirty business and it's crazy how um With the NFL it's a very dirty business and We as fans we are on the outside looking in and we see a lot of stuff that gets done Where I have people get done wrong and whatnot. Um, I even I remember a on on some podcast with victor cruz He was talking and I and when he was first saying that I was like, uh, but then I when he kept talking I was like wow that that actually makes a lot of sense When with how players will have um escalators in their contracts or incentives in their contracts Like for instance, so if this player gets a thousand yards, then you get a million dollar bonus or something right and Well teams will if a player is approaching that That incentive Then the team will hold him back from getting that incentive just so they don't have to pay them Right, so it's uh, yes. It's definitely a dirty game. It definitely is man It sucks and I mean a lot of fans, you know, you don't understand But like you said man, and this is why I like talking and this is why I like having you know, open dialogue with people You know what I mean? Like because when you can talk to somebody who you know, you don't come with this this this you know, uh This big this big defense, you know what I'm saying? Like you're not you're not defensive you you you like Okay, I'm open to learning. I want to know at the same time I see it just it makes the conversation that much better where we both I can learn The fan and the fan can learn, you know from the player's perspective and I mean it just goes over well Right that makes sense, man. So what's what's the biggest thing that? You miss about football if you miss it I think the biggest thing is the Competition, you know you for me. I'm 34 years old. Um, I retired at 30 um I I still can play this game and a lot of people say but are you still can't play? I still work out every day. I still run every day If a team You know wanted me to come in I can go in and I can complete a workout and go help a team But that's not, you know, what I'm supposed to do right now Um, so you miss the competition on sunday You missed the camaraderie, uh in the locker room. You missed the guys But I think the the one thing I don't miss is the young players, you know, especially this league is younger These these teams are so young man. The average age I think 24 25 and so I don't miss Having a babysit. I don't miss having to tell a guy to get up You know to come to practice, you know to win it, you know what I'm saying? Like you faced that and when I left baltimore That was one of the things I faced here in tennessee, you know when we left meetings guys want to go back and order jordan's They, you know, they couldn't stay awake in meetings But they can sprint back to the locker room get on their phones and their laptops and order jordan's or look at cars or Talk about how they going out. I'm looking like no we in meetings. Y'all was just asleep a minute ago Now you wide awake. You know doing what you do the babysitting part of it, man. I just You know, I don't miss that but just the competition on sundays. I definitely definitely miss Yes, it's a new generation man. Oh, yeah. Um, so Speaking about younger players um, the current ravens They made a lot of decisions recently and they got a lot younger. Yeah, I had some different positions But more specifically at the quarterback position Do you feel Even in just your time there and even before even after Do you feel that the ravens put fleckle In the best position to succeed So i've had a lot of raven fans talking to me, you know, a lot of raven fans talking to me about this I don't think, you know, when you look at it, um When joe lost weapons on the offside of the ball, uh, you know, he didn't have a consistent Didn't have a consistent running game. Um He didn't have his receivers dropped more balls than they call um, you know, I look at joe last year, um You know, and i'm not gonna sit here and say he played his best ball. I'm not I'll be a hundred percent honest, you know, i'm a straight shooter Uh, but I think, you know, uh, when you look at this I think it was deeper You know what i'm saying then what what what we were seeing on the football field um You look at what's going on with the coaches, um, I'm not surprised if you had all kind of mess You know going on in in in in the meeting rooms inside the facility before, you know, during throughout the week Uh, and and you can kind of see it now where you got that change out of the guard, man. It's just It's going to look different. It's going to be different. You know what I mean? Because the gm's new the quarterbacks new Uh, uh, the the style of play is about to be completely different Your anchors on defense Everybody, you know guys have been there, but at the same time terrell was the last one. I believe, you know on that team That's gone I don't I don't think people understand How big of uh like that culture how big terrell was um and That's about to I'm excited for what they're doing, but it's going to look different man and and as far as for joe You know, joe could have played better. I don't think they put him in the best way. I don't think they put the right People the right personnel around him. Um, so he struggled and uh, so you just they got rid of them It's a new day for the ravens. They look different Both sides of the ball buster yard is hanging on. He's there. Uh, but they gotta they gotta make it happen Yeah, it's definitely a um a new age Uh in baltimore and yeah with like you said with the terrell sucks um, it is It is a big blow. Um, but I remember before I think back in um Maybe like about yeah the after the 2012 season Um, I really appreciated leadership a lot more than I had before when it came to a football team Because I I I really didn't think it was that big of a deal Um, like when the season went like yeah when everybody was gone if I ray lures retired They ain't re-signed airy. They they cut you they um, they shipped off and quombolding um K the k I think k was going to go to Seattle Or he went to philly went to philly. Oh, yeah, he did go to philly lrb went to new oralis Hmm. Yeah, they they gutted that thing out and paul krugler left too, but um, I uh I was thinking back then i'm like, okay The team will be fine or whatever and that's back then before before I had I had my purple shades on back then so I was like a ravens fan and you couldn't tell me no different I had that tunnel vision and that was it. It was just ravens or nothing Right. Um, so I was like, okay. Yeah, they'll be fine. They can get past all those players that they replaceable or what not But then just watching the team and watching them in uh different games where Normally, they might have had a playmaker They may have put somebody in the right position to make a play to stop a team or to to get a touchdown or whatever I noticed there was just a lot less of that and it just seemed like the team Didn't really have too much direction And that was really the season where I was like, oh wow leadership actually does make a big difference and a guy and experience is of great teacher um, and you can't You can't take away somebody's experience and what that can do to the next person and how that experience that that one person Has uh can help teach somebody else um, and With terrell suggs It's like yeah, he and with terrell suggs. He was he was good at both He was a great leader and like you said, he was like the last the last one left of this Like that real ravens defense. Um, that old school type of defense too because I know jimmy smith was there, but He how do you explain it? He was there and he was part of it, but it just not to say I guess because he's a cornerback. Maybe I don't know but um With terrell suggs. He was like there there. He had been there and um when I was for sure that When he became a free agent this offseason, I was like, oh, yeah He's probably just gonna retire raven or whatever. He ain't gonna go to no other team I never saw him go into another team. But then when he signed with the car, I was like, wow It was a shocker and but that loss It is it's bigger than the play on the field It's a lot bigger than the play on the field because that that leadership value that they lost and then it's it's eric Weddle too. Um, and even though they they they did up I feel like they upgraded that safety with Earl Thomas. He's more athletic than and then eric weddle I'm just hoping that he can really be The leader the communicator because eric weddle even though he had lost a step He lost a few steps that dude every single play coming down to the line of scrimmage getting guys set up Then back peddling all the way back. Uh, and it just What he did I I feel like it may be undervalued Um Because he did an amazing job at it, but I'm Earl Thomas. I'm sure he'll be fine too But yeah leadership is a quality that I've grown to appreciate a lot more over the years and and losing the sucks and losing the weddle and losing them only two Um, those were some some real big losses for the Ravens um, do you think now That they'll be able to Continue success with the with this new type of Ravens that new type of Culture that they have right now because I know I've seen you voice voice your opinion on some stuff On twitter last year throughout the season. Um, but I just want to hear straight from you. How you feel about these new Ravens so Wonder big things When you look at when when new management comes um Obviously eric the cost is in in charge now So I honestly my honest opinion him and harbore are going to clash don't clash big time Uh, because eric the cost got uh, he has to get people to understand. This is no longer ozzy's regime This is no longer ozzy's players are they're about to be out the door. I'm about to get my players in You know, everybody's have said everybody said, oh, well the baltimore's baltimore's have been good at You know signing receivers or drafting receivers Well, you got to look at that now when he comes in he said, okay weak weak weak cannot be weak in the area That was an area where we're weak in So in order to be strong in the area you're going to lose in another area So I I think when you look at the culture Of what the baltimore ravers were built on I tell people all the time the baltimore ravers moved to a three four defense I want to say in 97 or 98 So when they moved to a three four defense in 97 98 the foundation They're that's when ray luis finally started to figure out. Okay. Whoa This this is what we're gonna do. This is who we are and that has that has um That has gone, you know through the years like when I was there and you know, maybe a year Maybe a year or so after I left But you got to look at it now where so many pieces Are are leaving and I and I tell people all time and I could be completely wrong But even with the Earl thomas signing Earl thomas is a guy that's been he plays the post I'm not saying Earl thomas can't play in the box. I'm not saying Earl thomas can't tackle But in his defense, he's going to be asked to tackle more than he's ever been asked to tackle in his career He's not going to be a post player You don't really have a post player in this defense unless we just show unless they just show a all out cover three or cover one So he's going to be in a position where he got to come downhill and we all know he comes downhill fast and hard Well, he's not the biggest guy in the world either. No, so you have to look at Can you handle that workload? You know I'm saying like eriguelo is not a dominant safety like that where he can come down and just smack smack smack smack He's a smart player, but that's not his that's not who he is and I think if you see after we left in 2012 That oh those momentum hits Those you know scaring players to come across that was that left. Yeah, that was wrong No more every Roman, you know, I mean, so I'm not saying that this team isn't good I think when you look at this situation It's going to be It's going to be some clashes because eric the costa He's got to get the players and the coaches to understand This is his team He's got to and when that happens guys read that they can read that they can feel that they they sense that And you want to have you want to have all kind of mess and and I mean When you don't have a quarterback at the at you know, and nothing against Lamar Jackson But he is not a guy that you could say go out through the ball 45 50 times a game He's not so Are you going to run yourself out of competing because if you're running the ball all game long But the offense putting up points against the defense, but you running the clock all day long You're not going to be able to stand these games So I just I think it's going to be a rough year You know what I mean, and that's just and that's no hate. I just honestly think it's going to be a rough year Simply because of everything that's what this is the first year for you know, uh The mark Jackson being a starter first year for eric the costa to beat a gm You know, uh first year for this offense a new look offense You know first year for a lot of new players on the outside of the ball You got some defensive players coming in it's not going to be the same makeup So You know, I see rough But they can you know take it surprising Yeah, yeah No, some good points that you made some of that stuff. I didn't think about uh, just with the uh The first year for so many different Changes. Yeah seismic changes to not little stuff But yeah, like you said first year new quarterback first year offensive coordinator first year all these different pieces Um coming to sort of try to jail together. Uh, and it's going to be um Yeah, if the Ravens are going to have success this year it's going to be very important for those pieces to jail And gelling isn't always so easy. Um And because I mean you could liken it to a profession where you if you had Just you to use a call center for example, you get a new manager Uh, you may have had a previous manager that did things a certain way and you might have liked it a certain way You might have been used to that or whatnot comfortable with it Then you get a new manager and all of a sudden boom You got to change up the way that you do stuff and you may bump heads You may clash with that new manager and you may not like their style. So That could lead to some problems between you and that new manager. So, uh, yeah, we're going to see how everything plays out this year um, so that should definitely uh It's going to be interesting like i'll be telling people it's going to be a very interesting season as it always is Yeah, um With with the division with the afc north Who do you think will win the afc north and white? Everybody's hype and i i get the hype um With cleveland i do I say for cleveland they're gonna have to They're gonna have to jail You know getting those characters under control because you got a lot of characters. You got two number one receivers You have a quarterback that obviously could play the game They're going to have a three-headed monster at running back, you know after week eight Um, offensively they can do some things defensively. I think they're still growing. They're still trying to figure some things out I like I like pittsburgh, but at the same time I think once again, they're going through some transformation stuff as well You know where ben is trying to figure out he's trying to let everybody know i'm the leader I can get things done. I can win without labion. I can win without antonio brown I don't think uh shoester is a number one receiver So now we're gonna figure out can he get open on his own without having a true You know i'm saying number one receiver or number, you know true number one in front of him Where he's eaten off of double coverage or him, you know beaten guys I do Cincinnati People say i'm crazy I I honestly think Cincinnati gonna show up and show out this year. Um I think pittsburgh Just because of they still have some pieces there They're going to be tough obviously baltimore and pittsburgh are tough teams the foundation is there But I think when you look at this i'm willing to go out on the limb And say I see Cincinnati two potentially one In the division Cleveland if cleveland can do some things I think cleveland finishes second I think pittsburgh finishes Fourth and baltimore finishes third Um, but this i'm just going out on the limb. I want to say pittsburgh baltimore, but Cincinnati's they've been quiet. You ain't really heard none the bottom I know lou and rumo. He was my uh defensive Position coach in college. He's a smart dude knows how to put guys in position. He's the new defense coordinator for the bangles You know, I think the bangles are doing special things on the offensive side of the ball defensively. They're good. Um, so That's that's kind of how I see the division it can I hope i'm wrong But that's kind of how I see it right now Yeah, bingles. That's an interesting thing I I never I don't hear anybody pick the bangles to win the division But a lot of people could be sleeping on them and um, I know bangles. They always give Well, they give ravens and browns trouble pittsburgh. They don't really get them too much trouble But um bingles for the longest they have been a team that has been super super super talented on both sides of the ball But I felt like their biggest problem has been lack of uh coaching and leadership Because they like they got like Of course aj green andy dawg and I feel like he's so so but when he's hot, he's hot Yes, any dawg and is hot. He is hot when he's not he's not but he can be hot and he could tell some people to Tell some defenses apart. Um, especially when you got a aj green when they just re-signed a tyler boy to a new deal too Which I think he's well deserved enough. Um But yeah, that's that's that's an interesting pick. That's a very interesting pick Um, but you did give some good reasons for it. So again, yeah, we we we're gonna see what happens um Now what what's the the funniest story that you have not and not even just with the ravens Would which whichever team you played for before but there's a story with the chiefs of the titles Whoever what what's the funniest football story? That you remember hang man, uh, it's been It's been a lot of stories But I think that the biggest one that comes from all by man because it's obviously out there on youtube and A lot of players fans talk to me about it laugh about it But when I you know when I was dancing in the locker room in kansas city I forgot all about that video man. Yeah, man A lot of people don't know what really happened. Why why that was so I just if hard knocks was uh hard knocks was following the team well We had if we had a you know, uh, the camera crew was all women and then we had a She was like a manager like a director. It was a woman as well So i'm a fool at heart man. So I i'm i'm a clown. I love to have fun And so we were in we had just finished practice. So we were going out. We was in between practices or whatever and um They were they were just like yo If football didn't work out for you like what would you be doing right now? And so i'm literally playing around. I was like shoot. I said, I mean if i'm gonna get a quick buck I'm you know, I'll be a stripper and they were like what? Yeah, I'll be a stripper and so um, so the lady was just like She's like, can you really dance and so I come from a family of dancers like, you know, we dance we get down So, uh, you know and I came up in gymnastics and ballet Um, and so that's where my flexibility came from So I she was like you can't dance. I was like, oh, I'm about to act the fool right now So that's when I went to grab the cd. I went and put it in so I was just like hey if I'ma go all in I'm going and run I didn't expect it to be as crazy as it was But I guess seeing a football player drop down to do the splits and pop and everything goes they wasn't used to that Brother, but uh, yeah, that's probably one of the craps. We've had some other crazy moments You know, I mean like that's one of the craziest hey and and for everybody watching if y'all haven't seen that video If you haven't seen that video Go go watch it go watch it because the story doesn't do it enough justice If if you put the story in the video together, then you'll be like, oh wow. So go go Go watch that video, man. Yeah, um What are you up to these days? Dude, man, I'm uh, so I obviously I started out You know, as I said about my son. He's uh, he's 11 and um, he's he plays safety and and uh slotting some running back But he's physical and uh, we've I've coached a seven on seven team since he was five And he's like dad. I want to play ball. So I was gonna hold him. I was gonna hold him up till seventh or eighth grade And just continue to let him play play some seven on seven or whatever continue to you know, perfect his craft And I was just like man, I can't hold him back no more You know, he he 11 years old 122 pounds and And uh out here in tennessee, man, they they out here man. He's jokers. They saw he was 122 pounds So they put him with like the lineman And you know never seeing them and so we went out there that a little joker. I mean he fast He instinctive great instincts just do special things with the ball and uh, you know so just been coaching him we've had evals all this week and um So i'm doing that and and and obviously, you know, getting this, you know, the bennard pauler show out Because I want to be able to bring football to fans from a player's perspective So they understand a little bit more what's going on, you know, and even you know Even in light of the situation that happened yesterday if i'm not mistaken with the taylor la wan here in tennessee A lot of fans are just jumping on saying oh, well, you know, he didn't know You know, because that's the story. He fed them, you know, but you know for fans to say well, he didn't know about the the the the illegals Uh No, that's not true fans need to understand what what really happens You know players have the resource to be able to check everything you put into your body You have the resources you have the people there I want fans to understand stop just taking anything a player says And and i'm not this is not me dog and a player I'm a player that have always been for the fans. I love the fans. I love You know being able to communicate and get to know the fans. I want the fans to understand what goes on in the locker room What goes on on the game field what goes on in the meeting room? And so uh, that's you know me building that uh from the youtube channel to the you know to the social media You know, that's just kind of what i've been doing and just enjoying time with my family You know, so it's been it's been a great. It's been a blessing Um, so that's what i'm up to these days. Cool. That's what's up, man. So appreciate that um So is with your son How how far you think he's gonna go? Do you ever watch like old games old old film together of you playing? so So one of the crazy and this was one Truly a blessing. I mean him coming up. He watched me play, you know, his entire life But in ball tomorrow He would always come to practice with me and he will sit over and watch ray writes So he was he will watch ray ricky Um, watch the running back position and I always thought okay Well, he's just gonna be an officer player if he want to play uh football You know, he loved it like he will come home dad Ray did this today dad ray did that ricky did this this how they was running the ball And when i say he just sits and just watches film And for him to you know, finally say dad I'm gonna be a safety. I'm gonna be a safety and when we put him in that safety at Five or six play seven or seven It was just like that and i'm talking about his back pedal to his t-step out catching the ball Running the back. He like he looked like he runs with the ball one hand in the ball And just just doing some special things so he watched obviously a lot of it He's physical like I like I am But uh, that was just a great experience for him to be able to be on the field because ravens, you know The way you know, I see them and they allow the practices to be open to family. It was just an awesome thing. So um Yeah, man, I think I I think A lot of a lot of parents say how good their kid is I can honestly say my son is very talented. Um, you know, we don't know when it comes to the nfl I didn't know I was going to nfl until my sophomore year in high school I was like, I I can do this. I have a gift and so I think it's going to be around the same time for him And you know, and we'll see I don't you know, if he wants to be a basketball player tennis player, whatever it may be That's what I want him to I want him to go in his direction But football for some reason is where is that for him? I mean, yeah, uh, because I They can uh, your kids they take a they can take a liken to what you like Right. Um, they they tend to follow in your footsteps if they see you really love something Then yeah, they might be right there too trying to do the same thing. So Yeah, we'll see how it all goes, man so This season Football season is well football season is here, man. Yeah, if you had to pick Any two teams Well, not any two teams, but What two teams right now? Obviously This is before injuries because we just getting the training camp and it's before anything that's before roster cut downs, but What two teams would you say you would think will go to the Super Bowl this year? man, um Right now I have a gut feeling is matt ryan's time I think, you know, matt ryan is he's he's done some things I think, you know, they got to look at how they just pissed that Super Bowl way to the patriots Um, they've been hungry. Um, you've got weapon. Officially dude. They got weapons Uh, defensively, they're really good. I think dan quinn is going to eat that. He's talking about taking over a play calling defensively for the falcons I I could see the falcons going from the nfc um From the afc, man I don't want I don't want to count the patriots out, but I honestly believe um We're going to see Man, I don't want to count the patriots out. I want to say I don't know who gonna represent the afc yet, man I really don't because no team is just clear cut for me. I you know, they're not clear cut, you know I want I want to give la I was about to say san ega. I want to give I want to give the chargers I think it's gonna be two guys that, you know, philip river goes out and not really go out. I mean, I think he it's his time Um, he's got a lot of weapons offensively Uh, so yeah, and and and I'm going out on the limb I see the raiders in the playoffs. So we'll see I said the same thing too. Yeah, I think the raiders are gonna be there. Um, Do you do you think the game is too watered down there? Oh Most definitely, you know, you look at this game and they want points. Uh, they're obviously Showing the players in the national football league and they're showing the the fans We give we're the standard for the quarterback position or the quarterback pay or contract is a hundred million dollars That's the standard right now do we Do these guys, you know, do they Do they deserve it? I mean, I don't want to sit here and say no, but at the same time. I'm like, you know Oh, I don't want to say I don't want to say yes a hundred percent but I'm looking at when you do things like that. You're telling everybody on your team. We're only willing to pay five to six dies I'm for everybody. I want everybody to be paid. And that's why I'm saying this new cb yeti I truly believe the the owner showed that they want two and a half billion dollars by adding these two games So players use your leverage if they want that I think every contract 16 million dollars and less should be guaranteed Because you're throwing money around you throw money to these quarterbacks 140 million dollar contracts Six guys on the island of falcons got big contracts. The rest of those guys don't And they're not guaranteed, but you're guaranteeing 58 million to a quarterback you're guaranteeing 45 million to a linebacker. I mean, I don't know those are exact numbers But why can't you guarantee those contracts guarantee those 60 million dollars of less contracts because that's the bulk of your team So when you know when you talk, you know, we talk about the water down Ball man It's hard to watch sometimes because db's can't jam office. The players push off They they they they you know officer pass affairs with a you know, a little rub routes and everything else But you're telling the db. They can't touch them. You can't tackle a quarterback So, you know, to me like in the wrong way Yeah, so it's it's it's tough to watch at times. But I mean it's still entertaining You know because the competition so they know they got leveraged by doing that too. Yeah Yeah, that is um, I it's it can be very tough for us as fans So I I can't imagine it must be frustrating as somebody that's actually been there and done that before to see Some of these flags like I think the worst one um One of the worst ones last year was uh In the afc championship game. I was a d4. Who was the christian? I forgot what who which d in uh Had touched. I'm ready. Yep. He touched him right there. Didn't even push him didn't touch them 15 y'all penalty roughing the passer They kept them in that drive to score to win Yeah, I was like wow like come on now. Yeah, um, but it's Oh, man, I can't imagine being in your shoes with it um With you spoke a little bit about the uh possible 18 game schedule I think it's gonna go down within the next two years. I'm I'm not a fan of it at all I know nfl. They always talk safety safety safety, but I don't feel like adding two more games is really safety and in the game. It's not a safe game it's not a safe game and um I know they had some some rule with some players that uh, I don't think every player could play all 16 games I I forgot exactly what the rule is with that that they would do But how would you feel about an 18 game schedule? Well, you know, I talked to I touched on this, uh, as far as you know, in one of the videos that I did Um, we talked about 18 game season I would only agree to this You know, number one the lifetime insurance for players that are about to retire for the players that have retired needs to They can they can do that these guys have put their bodies on the line for teams Uh, and they can provide lifetime insurance um now When you look at the 18 game season No player can play more than 16 games. So it's still a 16 game season um, I think if I if I remember quick, I'm trying to remember everything that I had in the video, but I would the the owners talked about a potential 15 adding 15 million dollars to the salary cap Well, they know if you go 18 games and only The players can only play 16 games. Then that means the rosters have to increase Well, you just can't throw a potential 15 million dollars because by them saying potential they owners they're businessmen They know how to bamboozle. They know how to be whatever. They didn't get rich by being polite They've done some shisty stuff so If you're going to add money It needs to be around 30 to 35 million to each salary cap and we know that that goes up every year every year Add the 30 to 35 million to the salary cap The rosters need to go to 68 instead of 53 man rosters. He needs to go to 68 You need to cut all practice squad. There should be no practice squad label Everybody is on the team because everybody's going to have to play because if every And and and only add two non-conference games because those games shouldn't matter So, you know, it the division game the division, uh, the all the division games all the conference games Those are the games that your starters play The non-conference games That's where you start putting in your backup quarterbacks. Let him play but to me I think that's an end and then of course the 16 million 16 million dollar contracts unless Those need to be guaranteed. I think if the players can get that accept the deal because We all say we want to make this game safer by adding it two more games It's still the same amount of hits If I don't get hurt the 16 16, uh, regular season game He's gonna get hurt is 16 regular season games because that's all he could play So by adding the two games It's a win for the owners and it's a win for the players because you got guaranteed money You have money more money coming in on the back end for the players Um bigger rosters and you get more rest for those two games You can rest twice throughout the week and I say still at one extra buy week Okay. Wow. See I'm glad I asked about that because uh I wasn't thinking about none of that stuff Wow, okay All right, so how long do you think uh kickoffs are still going to be in the game for? You can't um You can't remove I don't think and if I remember talking to uh, uh, a lawyer Um that has dealt with the NFL, uh, and then uh talking to a couple players former kickers and punters If you remove that you're taking away an opportunity for them to be able to play and make money So I think that's uh obstacle that they're going to face When they deal, you know, if they try to implement that rule I honestly don't think it'll happen They'll keep adjusting, you know I think what they've done right now on the kickoff, you know, you can't have you know more than two man wedge You know all that stuff I think that's where it stops. You know, they can't do anything else to keep it safer Uh punts need to be a part of the game. I think fans want those are important parts of a game That could potentially change the outcome of a game A muck pun, you know what I'm saying or pump return for a touchdown if the game three to three You know what I'm saying like those things are big Momentum swings for teams and I think if you get rid of that and it's just offense defense I don't think the game, you know, it's fun anymore because you know We're not seeing a punter be able to sit there and keep a ball in the air for five and a half seconds You know what I'm saying stuff like that where you just you you look at that and that's beauty You know what I'm saying like that that you know him kicking it out at the one-yard line That right there you can't get rid of that man. You you got to keep that a part of the game Yeah, I hope they do I talked about it in previous videos before I think they're gonna get a get rid of it within like the next two years um, I hope they don't but just Just so I because I when they did the um aaf AF they didn't have kickoffs at all Like with the aaf that was sort of like the nfl's guinea pig Well, they were like, oh, you know what? Let's see how this works and they watched that and they were like, okay the game still had a pretty good flow without the kickoffs And nobody was really complaining about it. You know anything and the game still went on just fine So I think that was sort of like maybe a little they were putting out fillers and whatever to see how the game would be Without kickoff. So hopefully they don't um because yeah, like you said that will take away opportunities That would take away jobs Yeah, we'll kickers. I mean because yeah, you you still got to kick field goals and whatnot, but um, as far as the kickoffs it kick kick return because there's guys on different teams that make the make this team just to be Returnment. Um, so yeah, that would that will take away from their pockets too. So Oh, we'll see man. We'll see how that goes down. Um, xfl XFL how you think the xfl is gonna do and did you watch it before? I didn't watch it before. I think you know this af League, I think they they looked at some things that you know, potentially you could do and there's some things you probably shouldn't do Um, I think it's gonna be ran better. I think the financially the backing Um, it's there. I thought the effort af. There's some some pretty cool things that was that was there um I think is going to get fans An outlet, you know to be able to continue to watch football as they deal with the af I don't necessarily I mean the NFL is going to look at players from that Uh league and potentially bring them in for workouts or things of that nature But I mean, I don't know how long it can last That's it's going to be a tough thing to be able to Fill a stadium because if you written these stadiums out man, like, you know And you're not filling it and just you know, even with the tv, uh contracts That the af did, you know, they should have did better with I mean, they should have paid the money upfront to keep those Uh to keep those games nationally televised Anybody going to look for no channel? No, no, no, no, you know channel two thousand eight hundred for it You know what I mean? Like anybody like I ain't got that You know what I'm saying? So you you got you got to keep these games nationally televised I think the xfo is going to try to do it. I don't know as far as longevity. I don't know how long it will be um You know, because it's just so many players out. It's a lot of I mean you got Uh-oh We lost them He's still connected, but I'm not sure what happened. There we go. You're back Yeah, so yeah, I just don't I don't I don't know. I don't know how I don't know the long jb Okay, yeah, we'll see because I mean they yeah, like you said, they definitely got a good backing a good financial backing because basic man He definitely got it. Oh, yeah. Got it. He um He ain't short uh in his pocket. So he he straight with that But um, yeah, I do think that they can they can look at the aaf see some things that they did good Because what I like with the aaf I like how there was a level of transparency With it especially and it was there was some sloppy stuff But at the same time it was a brand new league it was a brand new project So that was understood that that was going to come with it. Um One of the things that I did like and it I liked how they tried it Um, it didn't always run smooth, but at the same time they put it out there Was with when they were reviewing plays with when the aaf would review plays Um, they would actually let you listen in Um to when they were reviewing what they were watching what they were saying why they were watching and whatnot And I I like that. Right. I like that because I know what NFL and of course NFL They I'm sure they're not gonna they they're not gonna do that Um, because they got whatever going on behind the with the rest of whatnot, but um I I I I had loved that because it made you feel like okay Well, this is what they see and this is what I'm seeing too And it just it just allowed you to be in their heads Like with the rest in the NFL, I don't think we're ever gonna be in their heads Um, but the aaf did that and and I'm sure there's other things too that the xfl can take away both from aaf and nfl too Um and implement Excuse me their own style with the uh with the football and of course it's going to be a big entertainment factor as well Since it is vinsic man, and he is the the chairman and owner of the wwe right now. So Yeah, he that's gonna be uh, that's gonna be it's gonna be fun to see How it plays out. Yeah, I know for me with aaf I was excited for it because it's like, oh, yeah, let's go football is over nfl is over But now we still get more football but it It was a lot of football man Like to to not have like no break at all like to go from Super Bowl to boom football again Right. It was like wow. This is uh, that's a lot right, but Ended up fizzling out. So unfortunately, uh, but It's all good man. So what what you want to tell the people watching about your youtube channel, man Oh man, uh, you know for me as I've said before What I what I want to what I'm going to provide is it's just you know football from a players players perspective It's going to be honest ball honest talk Um, you're going to be able to understand what's going on. What what really happened with our team We all see the obvious things a ball was under thrown. We do it in double coverage or Things that nature, but when it comes down to why did they run that play? You know, what was some of the tendencies that they've been showing? Why did the team come in this way? Um, you know, what player was actually slack and whose fault was it because we all I've seen fans just blame the player that the camera put the you know that the camera put it on You know, the camera just found somebody and everybody blamed him When when the truth be told he was going to you know hustle to help somebody else out So, you know when you look at things like that, you know, I want to be able to be I'm a real dude, you know So if some of the stuff that I say, I've been ticked a lot of people off with just, you know, uh Taylor law thing But that's fine But I told you true if you want to believe a lie that he said cool, you know You be you be that that that doormat that that you know, some players walk on and uh, but I want to I want to be able to add that to You know Social media to be to add that to you know, obviously the youtube and and to be able to You know, let you know what's going on at all times, uh, whether it's, you know In the on sunday on monday on thursday or you know, what happened with the player? What was he thinking when he got in trouble or you know, did he really feel that drug test? Whatever it may be. So, you know, I just want to give it to you from a player's perspective And and just be real and uh, you know, that's that's just me. That's what I do So, you know, hopefully, you know, hopefully it keeps it continues to grow because it's been outstanding That's far. So, uh, I'm excited about it Cool, man. So again, y'all make sure y'all subscribe Uh to benar pilot his benar pilot juniors youtube channel Again, it's down in the it's down in the description the link for his channel So I know some of y'all are subscribed already Um, yeah, somebody in the comment section asking about it right now It's called the benar pilot show and the link for it is in the description of this video So y'all make sure y'all check that out y'all follow him on twitter is crush boy 31 You got anything else you need to plug a twitter and instagram or a website anything? Just go ahead and let let let everybody know Well, yeah, man, like you already said it's the benar pilot show uh on youtube We're also on soundcloud. So if you're driving to work coming back from work, just kind of kicking it You just want to hear it. Um, it's the benar pilot show on soundcloud And uh, you know our facebook page the benar pilot show Um, and then you know, like like you said on twitter, it's uh at crush boy 31 Um, I love to go back and forth. I love to talk sports. I'm never going to be disrespectful Uh to anybody, you know, I will tell people if you come and insult me and I'll say something back to you You take that insult back, you know me like we can go back and forth You know, I ain't gonna curse you. I ain't gonna be whatever but I will insult you back Uh, so uh, we could say if you could if you can dish it you better be able to take it So, uh, I'm a fun dude, man. I love to smile. I love to laugh Uh, come join uh join my show and uh, you know, hear me out and let's and let's debate if you want to debate All right, so last question to end it off Do we need to put in an order for some boxing gloves for you and coach Hey, you ain't even got to answer that it's all good But you appreciate it all man, thank you All right. Hey, man, I appreciate you having me man. I got a don't hey, I got a pair of gloves I got a pair of gloves Like I said in my show, it almost went down. That's sucka. That's sucka grab me to hug me man. So Man, uh, but thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate you Hey, no problem. You're gonna have to come on again doing out during the season sometime man. Appreciate it And let me know bro is a I mean I'm here for real. All right. Appreciate it, man All right, bro