Inside Ravens 2024 Rookie Minicamp | Ravens Wired

welcome welcome to Baltimore welcome to the Ravens here comes the few and the mighty as everybody take advantage of opportunity while you out here everybody made it to NFL level be appreciative let's just keep working I like it I like it make me love it somebody's going to be in allp Pro you going to win a Super Bowl why not you why not us okay why not oh yeah oh yeah great job I like that I like that rip off get to the football get off the block we playing fast man we playing fast this Camp is a beginning this Camp is your start we LIF every day every day we have practice in Camp we live just like that boys just like that it's great inside everybody you just got to go get it all right so what you going to do to separate yourself This Love now you here the everything we achieve is because of you guys as a unit go someday and be a 10 Time pro Bower and uh some i' say where'd you start I start in Baltimore [Music] I constantly heard going into the draft process that you're going to have a wave of emotions but once you get that call if you get that call Nothing Else Matters the Baltimore Ravens select Nate Wiggins Roger renart AA Isaac Theon Walker TJ Tampa rashen Ali Devin Larry Nick seac sui Kane it's crazy like we you know we pulled up you see the indoor you see it say Ravens on it's like dang like we part of the NFL organization that day of you know just getting my gear ready um seeing my jersey for the first time it was like it was shocking you know was I was kind of stuck you know and just realizing that I'm actually here and you know it's only to start but you know I've come this far oh my gosh that looks so awesome wow childhood me would be like so proud you instantly feel what it means to play like a raven to train like a raven to be a raven to this day it's still hit me that I get to be here being able to represent this team this city is a dream come [Music] true welcome welcome to Baltimore Welcome to The Raven pretty good pretty good place to be don't you think you're a football player and you uh and you go to your first rookie mini camp that's pretty big deal don't you think some of you probably remember for the rest of your life never going to forget you know go on someday and be a be a 10 Time pro bowler and uh some might say where'd you start start at Baltimore listen man be yourself okay everyone else is taking would you agree we try to be somebody else they're already used up right and there's nobody that can be you like you like you you're the only one so we want you to be you if you do your best I mean your best good things are going to happen and the last thing what this Camp is all about this Camp is a beginning this Camp is your start this Camp is going to take you to wherever you go and every one of us is going to go different somewhere right because we're unique we'll see what happens okay make it your best beginning and your best [Applause] [Music] start all right baby let's go here comes the few and the mighty they look good this is the first time that we're getting to see these players on the field in purple and black for the very first time when I hear Ravens defense uh what comes mind is physical Relentless dominant just being fast and physical at all times I would say I fit right in let's just lock in man let's get after this compete today I like that I like that it's a shuffle and slide shuffle and slide see your inside hand make contact there you go that's what I want to happen if he if he tries to beat you outside that's press left knee left knee left play players when they're drafted to Baltimore they know the history here the bar is set high for defensive players in Baltimore because of the identity of this team and they also know how they're supposed to play that's with physicality that's smart that's fast that's running to the football that stuff is instilled very early on for these rookies rip off get to the football get off the block the way Raven plays on defense is second to none you know you can't really replicate it I feel like it's something that you know you just have to have that type of skill set and it has to be you so I feel like I'm a perfect fit for it but it's nothing to take slightly shoulders over your top of toes go throughout this rookie class and I think especially on defense you see guys who play like a raven that's it I know what the standard is just fast Relentless tough and physical and I have to help uphold that standard there you go snoo there you go snoo good job way to kick that right foot up there you go Chris hu's a really passionate coach these players love playing for him oh yeah he's somebody that knows ball he's done the job before he's played in the NFL and he really relates well to the players really gets those guys very hyped up on the field you can see his passion in coaching oh yeah oh yeah ooo that was spear you be dead he can wear many hats like if he needs to be honest he's going to be H us you watch the guy in front of you don't mess it up after okay now H H ho pause pause pause what we supposed to do off the block rip rip rip so start again you know you didn't do it you didn't do it yes sir hey hey Kane I see you Kane way to run kid there you go nice job temp I'm just trying to prove that of course I should have went earlier and that I'm way better than what people expect me to be and that this is the perfect organization to do that I'm just ready to kind of jail with everybody and um let's get this thing going to another Super Bowl oh yeah oh yeah TI overthrows great job who was the [Music] rat who 90 oh yeah 90 give me some love baby give me some love good job hey who was the post safety who was the post safy come on Trey come on baby tips and overthrows you got to have those got to have those hey R don't have a heart attack out there today man all right relax relax relax relax stay loose and go play football all right come here Nate come here Nate my first impression of Nate Wiggins is is just his Swagger I'm hoping that you notice that this grit grind is not for nothing when you go attack with aggression you don't win with suppression I made it this far there's no way that I'm going back the best to ever do it and I can prove it reaching for my goals let you know how I'm moving I'm not making moves I'm making a movement [Music] legendary Wiggins is a guy who plays with a lot of Swag you know he talks you know he's emotional know and he he kind of gives you the impression like hey I know that I'm good he has a confidence about him that you need to play that position he loves to compete he has a lot of belief in himself I feel like that's my game I'm flashing I talk a lot and I feel like that's how the best I play he carries himself like an NFL Corner who knows yeah I can cover whoever you throw out there opposite of me and that's going to fit in well in this DB's room I was best in my class and like everybody who Overlook me like they got some they got something worri about I swear to God I'm the best cornerback we feel like we got the best corner in the draft that's how we feel too you are going to be a great Baltimore Raven that was the player they wanted and I think they already had in mind if we get him this is how we're going to use him so yeah I think that H Zach and Wiggins that's a good fit for for the Ravens off the back coach you's done this before the Ravens have a rich history with first round quarterbacks and that's in part because of the coaching when they coming uhhuh how I beat uhhuh stay down here stay down here stay down there stay down there stay down there all right the other part about it is on that separation when they trying to when they trying to push away from you bro you run 42 you going to get back in there all right you going to get back there Zack or is going to put Nate Wiggins on one of the top wide receivers on the other team that's what he does just his athleticism and his Knack his feel for the game allows him to to stay in a wide receiver's back pocket that's not a skill a ton of guys have and Nate Wiggins does it with the best of them that combination of length you know and speed is not something you see too often in prospects and usually you don't find a player with that combination sitting there at number 30 in the draft play a three step pedal get out there you go nice you see him come up and hit people you see the hustle he plays like a raven really good job Eric D is our general manager most of you guys know Eric he picked you guys brought you in here so I thought we have a word to for that just very happy to have you guys I've met some of you guys I haven't met a lot of you guys I've been here now this has been my 29th year so uh probably older than every single one of you guys and uh uh I love this place everything it stands for I've been here for the highest I've been here for the lowest the one thing that I believe in it's all about you guys no matter what we do everything we achieve is because of you guys as a unit and I've seen the best players I've seen the worst players I've seen guys that came in as undrafted free agents become Pro bowls become Allstars become the very best so it can happen so I'm very excited to meet you guys my doors always open upstairs I'm right across with Coach Harbaugh and uh the only thing I ask is just do the right thing every single day take care of yourselves take care of your body to take advantage of every single person whose job it is to make you guys better okay that's all I got thanks what did Eric just talk about talking about with uh having dreams come true guys that are undrafted free agents and they end up being all Pros all right you got you got you know Zack or right all right defensive coordinator you know he's an undrafted free agent okay do you know what he ended up being he was an all pro he was an all pro so everybody that's in here okay everybody's in here you already in the top 1% you're in the top 1% right so take advantage of this every opportunity that you guys have out here okay if somebody's going to be an allp Pro you're going to be all proo you gonna win a Super Bowl why not you why not us okay why not right okay take advantage of every opportunity all right TJ you got it today hey locks on three one 2 three lock wow like Dre lock okay come on you be hating crazy I root for these guys cuz I love seeing people uh live out their dreams and reach their dreams I know that how hard those guys work to get to this moment all the things they had to go through that maybe we don't even know about to get to the moment that they're at right now congratulations man congratulations it's a blessing to be in this room right now right it's a blessing to be in this room right now right whether you whether you're draft piit undrafted try out it's a blessing it's a lot of people that want to be in this room in this room that you're in right now just think about Zach or's story right this is an undrafted free agent who made this team was inv valuable member of this team and then had the game taken away from him so he knows what that hunger is he knows how to get that hunger out or share that hunger and he also knows how much of a gift it is to have every single day in this game and I think that his players can read all of that off of him there's no secret about it we different here in Baltimore especially on defense side of football but as an organization we're different all right so we operate in a different Universe than any other national football team in the league all right we break it up to three different parts this these are the three different worlds you got to live in and the elements you got to have if you going to be part of bossall RAV defense no part of you realizes that he's a 31-year-old who's never called plays before there is an inherent confidence this is a guy that's been preparing to be a coach for a long time time he's been preparing to be a coordinator for a long time he was a former player here so he knows what it means to be a Baltimore Raven so he's trying to instill that in his coaching he's been here he's been through everything so he can tell us like some advice just going through this whole process it's great inside everybody you just got to go get it all right so what you going to do to separate yourself at this level now that you here the Ravens they got a lot of players who like went late like we just going to get together we going to work cuz we know like we the best we just going to outw work everybody put out look then they going to [Music] see fellas come on in here man just to piggyback off of what uh harb said last night congratulations it's a big step Next Step you guys' career obviously you uh put it on tape to be here so we're going to start it off like we do in training camp we're not here to kill you all right we're here to really give you an orientation to how we train in the sense of Temple Based training we start with a movement prep just like that boys just like that shake it out give yourself about 10 seconds take it back so today's going to be a lower body focus movement prep so it's just a mix of joint mobility and some activation and then we'll get into our major mover nice and steady down in to it quarter way up drop and go steady down in quarter drop and go job boys good job perfect just not trying to rush through it spend some time explore the end range gliding up Gliding Over so we lift every day every day we have practice in Camp we lift so really the main emphasis is or focus of it is it starts your day it's a neurological charge you're up you're moving we go from here to the team meeting OD your practice prep is back in here at 11:30 and you're rolling at practice that's how we do it a training camp I think it's important for all rookies to get in the weight room and become stronger and take advantage of all the things that the Ravens have here regarding new new nutrition and how to take care of yourself not only to get stronger would we get more durable I mean it's a long season what's going on man I'm Scott tight end yep nice that's say nice wide base what's your name Dion Deon Scott to meet good to meet you too go nice wide base toes straight ahead you know what that you know what the fancy term is called for that reciprocal inhibition reciprocal inhibition yep so when you contract one muscle another muscle has to release you can't contract two opposing muscles at the same time there you go that's a little fun fact for the day yeah yeah now I'm going to test you tomorrow see if you remember that [Music] so telling some other guys that were right after you I don't we don't really care how far you go down so long as your shoulder blades are staying squeezed so you have a neutral spine that way you load through the hamstring even if it's mid Shin it's mid Shin so long as you have a flat back so it's not so much distance so long as you can squeeze your shoulder blades all right yeah second and third set of look great perfect yep heyo work on me work on three one 2 three bigs on two one two [Music] how's it going rer wel meet you you as well nice to meet you I remember walking in and uh greeting everybody and then uh I know the biggest thing was we had the allow of like 17 minutes or whatever those the max all right Roger get right to it start talking here in a second and uh remember coach monin was in there coach D Coach Harbaugh everybody the whole staff was in there and asked me questions on o line and things yeah I'd say overall just kind of power and explosiveness so right here it looks like I have basic inside Zone targeting to the right um what it comes down to at least for me is my hand placement on an ancher I look at number two cuz I'm supposed to have a track and if anything comes on that track I'm supposed to what so uh kind of towards the end of it it hit like the 9 Minute Mark and they're like they all looked at each other and they go oh yeah well we answered all the questions on him and then that was that was the end of it so we didn't even use the whole time I thought it went super well um just cuz just from the catching The Vibes of everybody and uh how it when he came in there and just uh he was on point he knew his technique he knew his assignments he was very self-aware of the things he need to get better at and he just seemed like a motivated guy he seemed like a raven like he checked all the boxes no I I really didn't think that I was much on the radar but it then turns out you you end up are so but I'm not going to get Rosen guard there hey I think I'm uh I think I'm picking okay yeah I'm going to pick the Ravens our next up here we go Mel their next selection hey it's Eric the costum in Baltimore with the Ravens how are you I'm doing good how would you feel about playing right tackle for the Ravens Baltimore right decision right decision got the tackle you did it y got a tackle I was surprised so happy couldn't gone to a better situation and just a lot of enjoyment with my friends and family and just being around a lot of good people and then how getting that call is so amazing for Roger rosengarden to make an impact as a rookie and perhaps be a starter really he just has to do what he did at Washington he was a starting right tackle and even though he was on the right side he was blocking The Blind Side for Michael penic because he's a left-handed quarterback so he's used to being the pressure offensive lineman I blocked for uh a Heisman level quarterback before and uh to do it again is going to be super special so I know what it takes and have that chip on my shoulder of do whatever it takes and my my guy doesn't touch a quarterback mentality so I'm excited I think coming in as a rookie he knows what's his stake that there's a starting job open but he's going to have to earn it there it is that's what I want perfect just like that well done give me number twos up here you're learning it right you're learned it buddy it's great coach uh he's definitely been around the game a super long time got a lot of great stories and then I'm going to work into it bang punch one two three power step with you inside foot he has great techniques within uh certain play Styles and uh those sorts of things but Jody's a great coach plan on your outside bring your inside foot up underneath your armpit I'll set up go set yeah much better there you go playing with fast hands and fast feet I think Rosen Garden is a great place to come for a winning team chance to start right away he needs to take advantage of better good it's go come on [Music] back we ready to go the heart made out the go out we ready to go strapping [Music] the what El what El snap your head and eyes around run out of it snap your head and eyes around run out come on come on come on come on come on there we go put it away finish come on come on come on get your dep get your dep get out get out Greg Lewis he's a good coach who obviously can relate to players as a former player Greg wasn't the fastest guy or the biggest guy but he made plays he was a playmaker for a long time with the Philadelphia Eagles playing in big games with Donovan mcav Andy Reid and that crew every time we come up I don't care what the snap count is we should be watching what the ball the ball we can know it watch the ball I don't want want the track like this I want to see you see it and then flip around to try to find it again all right I know we could all do that one so he can impart that knowledge to the wide receivers the Ravens have a guy who played in the league knows what it takes to get better while you're in the league and he's got a really good personality I think he connects as a guy who can think like a player but can then think like a coach to give them tips to become better players finish it finish it finish it hey man we on air it shouldn't be no balls on the ground all we playing f fast man we playing fast I like it I like it make me love it hey communicate in and out of huddle I'm on I'm on I'm off I'm off and let's play y'all looking good man y'all looking like real ball players hey they playing find work we ain't walking back like I can tell he's himself um love to joke and um you know goof around a little bit but like when you in between those lines like it's straight business listen in the Huddle man listen in the Huddle Get Up Get Set Get Up Get Set all right pretty decent man pretty decent thus far keep playing keep playing find work find work catch finish find work catch finish find work he's just big on know knowing what you're doing then say like not saying it's a bad rep say it's a rep you can work on something pull you to the side help like tells you what you can do better and things like that so uh but he's just like he was the combine he just himself that's where I felt you know that connection there when I was at the combine the hurdles is here for us for a reason all right we want to understand we want to be like an airplane coming out all right so initially when we come out of our stands we don't want to take a step and pop straight up we want to stay low just like the airplane takeoff is low and it gradually gets higher so when we get to the top of the route we just got to drop this much to get out of it instead of being up here where we got to go all the way down that's time wasted DB's driving on us all right so we staying down low underneath the hurdle head up all right we driving off and we coming out of the hurdle all right everybody good I know it looks sweet didn't it look like I did it before how long ago was that it don't matter I got more catches than everybody over here combined [Music] I think Devon Walker could make an impact this year and he'll certainly get the opportunity with Odell Beckham gone that's certainly one playmaker the Ravens lost at that position devontes was a big play guy in college and that long deep ball is a dimension the Ravens want to improve on hey way to communicate TZ out out out out out out good job TZ we a we ain't go that far with it yet all right if you don't see a Defender a linebacker level Defender it's probably a defensive end peeling we can go flat and we can damn near block them now we don't want to block our guys and then the other look that came up was a safety cover in the back ask so we don't we ain't picking him we just try to get open in and find a spot he's a sponge uh he wants to know everything uh and he's doing a great job with that you see his length and his speed out there on the field I'm excited where he's at now and where he can go in the future F went up against Wiggins a lot of people you know wanted to see that went against him he was at Clemson I got some good work with him come up there come up there that was better you did a different move than last time all right compete fight through compete fight through all right compete fight through ain't going nowhere so you you got to make him go somewhere you got to you got to sell take deep yeah take it take it deep make him run cuz he got to he he can't let you beat him deep so he got to go but he got to believe it he got to believe he if you come off like this he ain't believing it it's got to be right here boom and I'm going and then he going to go and then you throw him by or or try to get him here boom and get inside of them quick and lift them and snap away both of us compete both of us don't want to lose so I feel like we going back every back and forth every day just going to make us better player on Sunday so I think that the Wiggins Walker matchup is going to really help Walker Wiggins is a is a really impressive player to me he's got all the attributes to be a lock down corner so if you can beat a guy like that in practice then that's going to help you have the confidence that he may be the toughest corner go against this year it gives me more confidence I can make the play hey we not going to change our route at all but it's good communicating let them know something coming all right sit it sit it sit it there we go good fine work hey we going that way he got the ball we going that way he's very patient so with me I like you know speed try to speed things up and he's just sitting there and I'm trying to work something so that'll help me like with my footwork my know decisive decision things like that those the type of guys he's going to see on on on Sundays those guys who you know win over top things like that very handsy I feel like I'm a pretty physical receiver so um those type of guys he he's going to see so I feel like I help him there that's a good start everybody feel good about the start sir a nice job okay let's look at the tape let's get better clean every little thing up and come back and be a little bit better tomorrow okay how about Trey sing why don't you get these guys a break here as everybody take advantage of opportunity while you out here everybody made it to NFL level be appreciative let's just keep working finish on three 1 2 3 good job as far as effort today all right of getting in the h getting out of the hdle all right it's a couple plays that we need to execute better understand what we need to I'll do a better job of explaining me and Coach P and then y'all got to take it home and y'all got to look at it and be thorough with all the stuff that we need to do all right when we get one-on-one opportunities we we got to win I give you more tools to win but this is more an evaluation type thing what do you got right now all right what in your tool box to go ahead and do it all right you didn't beat him before all right you can beat them again all right but just understand what we trying to get accomplished out here we want to see you guys do what y'all know do what you know and play fast and y'all did a good job of that now we'll get in here special teams get the food get to the meetings we'll look at the stuff and evaluate and we'll see when we get the corrections going and then we have tomorrow we'll come back and do the same thing again 1 2 3 what else you work for this your whole life right whole life so to commemorate that tomorrow we will have a picture we'll have a team picture tomorrow and everybody's going to get that nailed to them so I have something you can put up on your wall man I know if I was good enough to get to a rookie mini camp and I was coming out a couple years ago it'd be on my wall I promise you that but I didn't get invited I don't have one so I hope you cherish that you [Music] [Applause] okay it's really cool for the rookies to be part of the team photo that John Harbaugh does hey because not all these guys are going to make the team right so for the ones who don't this is a Keepsake for them for all times where they can put that on the wall and say to their family members down the line I was a raven at one point in my career and then even for the first round picks it's always fun looking back on those rookie photos and you see Marlon Humphrey you know when he was a rookie and how different he looks from today so it's a really cool tradition that they've established here in Baltimore all right ready 1 two three awesome same thing again one two three good that draft class they're connected for life really I mean you think about some of the draft classes they've had in the past Lamar Jackson Mark Andrews just doing something like that kind of shows that the Ravens really want to build kind of a bond with their rookie picks and they're all kind of in the same boat trying to make an impact in their first year so they support each other two this is the guys we came in with and you know we were will remember this for the rest of our lives so um it's just something that you know we can just store in our memory bank and enjoy the moment it is very cool I think for these guys it's probably a phenomenal memory last time ready they made it all the way up here it's pretty good so that's what we're all about here man we're about doing our best at football being the best we can be at and let's see how see where that takes us I bet it takes us pretty far I going to encourage you to think that way guess it will take you far too rookie mini Camp just the beginning after that you get thrown right into OTAs and that's when the veterans step on the field and it's kind of a oh wow moment for a lot of these rookies I remember Marshall yand telling the story about when he was a rookie going up against Terrell sugs and yand said he had never been put on his back his senior year in college and the first practice against Terrell sugs sugs put him on his back twice when the rookies see the vets and get to go against the vets that's when they get a much better idea of where they stand and that's when the coaches get a much better idea of what they're going to get out of a rookie never underestimate your impact don't think for one second sitting in those chairs in your chair your seat that you're sitting in right now that you can't have a massive impact on this football team in this league okay it's a tough summer that first year and the strongest ones you'll see during the season especially by the end hey these guys are making plays that's why they were forged over the summer they're going to coach us hard uh they want us to get ready and we're going to try our best to make plays out there nice job really good job I mean it was fast it was fun to watch today you know you guys were you were fast yesterday get here in the turf it's always fast than the turf right getting faster but sometimes it slows down a little bit it got faster you know you guys veteran guys led the way really well I thought you guys did a good job appreciate you guys getting out here and everybody everybody in here looked good I me there wasn't one guy in here that I looked at and thought hey he doesn't belong here every single guy belongs here you guys did help job hey I appreciate y'all boys man I got two things man dreams do come true that feel good man first practice in NFL that amazing man I'm blessed to be out here with y'all love y' boys man raav is on three ravers on Me 1 2 3