 You go in there as the enemy to go take over, and that's our plan to actually go take over. I think they call it the dog pound. I consider myself a dog, so I'm right at home and at play, so I'm excited to get back in there, and I know they have a physical football team, but so are we. Honestly, I love it. I love a challenge. At the end of the day, I love looking facing, looking something square in the face and saying, bring it on, bring it on, whatever it is. Chin up, chest out, I live by that, sunset's no regrets, so I'm looking forward to it, and I can't wait. You're considered the bad guy, because you're going into, essentially, another man's house, and you're trying to take over. Like, it's wife, kids, everyone there to watch them, so you're going over to beat their tails in front of their wife and kids, so when you think about it from that perspective, like any man's gonna fight to the death in that point, I know if that's me in that case, I know I would, so I think about it from that standpoint, and I'm just going in, you know, just like I prepared for any other game. Play to the whistle, play physical, and hit anything that moves. I feel like Roquon Smith almost deserves some kind of like an award for like the most polite, full-respectful trash talk ever. This clip has been making its rounds around national media and whatnot, and people are like, oh my goodness, I can't believe Roquon Smith said that all, he really said that about people, wife and kids, and beat them in front of their wife and kid, and I'm listening to the clip, like, did y'all not hear it? Like, this is Roquon Smith, man, he's like the nicest mean inside linebacker that there's ever been. Like, on the field, he's gonna get it done on the field, as we've seen, Roquon Smith, that boy can play, he can play his behind-off. That's why Raven's paying him $20 million a year. But when it comes to trash talk, like, I feel like he does it in the most calmest, most modest, and most almost respectful way that you could possibly do it. Like, watching that clip, and those who just, of course, the cliff knows, and shout out to WJZ Baltimore for providing that, and then, of course, you can see the entire interview on Baltimore Ravens.com, but, and on a YouTube channel as well, Roquon Smith, like, he ain't say nothing wild, he ain't say anything crazy, like, he did get some little slick shots in there to the ground, cause he was like, hey, they call it the dog pound, right? And you know what, I feel like I'm a dog myself, I say, all right, okay, Roquon, I see you with that one, that's a little one. Just a little jab right there, but he ain't say nothing out of the ordinary. He talked, he did commend them as well, he said, they're a physical football team, and so are we. And we know that that's the truth, cause Ravens defense certainly has been physical, and the thing that I've appreciated about them is that they've been handling business, and they've been missing a lot of people too, and we certainly know the problems on there, and they've definitely been handling business on the defensive side of the ball. I think what they got, two games, where they gave up three points, and I don't care who you playing, this is the NFL, baby, this is the NFL, so for you to give up three points in two different games, that's insane, especially against Joe Burrow in the Bengals, but anyway, something else that he talked about too, he said that he loves a challenge. Now, I don't think somebody would say they love a challenge if something weren't going to be challenging, and we know the Browns are certainly gonna present their challenges to these Baltimore Ravens this week, cause they are a good team, they're a good team, and they will, they're gonna make the Ravens work, man, they're gonna make their offense and the defense work like crazy, but Ravens, hey, Roquan Smith, he talked his respectful trash, and it's time for the Ravens to back it up. It's time for them to back it up against Cleveland, and with the Ravens, I don't even think that the biggest concern is Ravens' defense, cause Ravens' defense has been doing a pretty good job. In week one, they held the Texans to what, nine points, I think? In week two, the Cincinnati Bengals, they held them to 17 points. I know they scored 24, but seven of that came on the punt return. That's why I say 17 points for the defense. And then, on the game against the Colts, what was it, ended up being 19-16, I think? And with that game against the Colts, they, like, they would continue to be put in bad positions a lot by the offense. There were the turnovers by the offense, all the fumbles, then all the miscues and whatnot. The offense just could not consistently get it together that game, and the defense kept giving them chance, after chance, after chance, after chance, after chance, after chance, after chance, after chance, after chance. But the offense was like, man, we ain't got you this game. We sorry, we can't do it this game. So, and then, of course, there were little miscalls here and there, but the defense, they did what they had to do, and they've been doing it. So, I can understand why Roquan Smith has all the confidence in the world, and it's Baltimore Ravens' defense right now. But then there was one part of what he was saying that really got some people going. And he said, you're the bad guy, because you're going into another man's house and essentially trying to take over. His wife and kids are there to watch them. We're going over there to beat their tails in front of their wife and kids, and any man's gonna fight to the death at that point. So, basically just saying like, look, it's like somebody going into your house and trying to beat you in front of your family. And all in the football field, of course. But that's what they're doing. They going into the Browns' house, they going into their stadium, and they're gonna be trying to beat them in front of their family. They're gonna be trying to win a game in front of their family. Now, I feel like that part may have gotten taken a little out of context and whatnot. I think it was really the wording that he said, because that's some very sensitive wording right there, Roquan. But if you watched it, and look, you see Roquan, you listen to Roquan, so you start to feel like you know where Roquan's coming from. It's like, okay, I get what you meant. And then he finished that up, he said, we play to the whistle, play physical and hit anything that moves. But it's like, look, when you read those words on a paper, on a screen written down, and then notes and whatnot, you can read that and be like, whoa! Man, somebody really said that? But then context is important, because you listen to Roquan Smith say, oh, okay, he's a pretty nice guy. He's really nice, but so it's just, again, I think it was just made a bigger deal than what it is. But regardless, it's out there, he said it, and it's up to the Ravens to back it up. They gotta back it up. This defense, gotta come with it. The offense, gotta show up this week in a way bigger way than they did last week, because Browns, they ain't gonna take the Ravens lightly. The Browns, they know what this is. They know what this means, especially so early in the season. This is such a big game for both teams, because while it's not the end all be all, whoever loses this game is gonna be at 500. They're gonna be at two and two. Whoever wins this game, they're gonna be sitting at, not only three and one, but at the top of the AFC North. So that'll give you a nice little boost of confidence early on in the season. And again, not that all confidence is lost if whoever loses this game, but you wanna take care of business early on, so that'll make it easier and set you up easier for later. So this should be a really, really, really fun one. I'm excited to see how this one goes, because it's an away game. It's the AFC North game, man. You never know what happens in these things.