get it done. Mark, Andrews, Ravens, tight end here with us
on PFT live Mark. Welcome how are you buddy? Do a great man.
Thank you guys for having me on. Come on man. We're a mean
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How does your body feel after getting through a season? He
had some dings this year and that's natural.
So it's part of playing football but how do you usually
feel this time of year? Pretty good. You know, I think this
year I came out pretty healthy and that was a blessing. There
was during a time
during the year where I was hurting a little bit. And but
I started to feel better towards the end of the year and start
to get in a Groove going a little bit. And so, but I feel
good right now, I'm excited for her to be able to train this
offseason
be incredibly focused and diligent about
the things I need to get a better at and attack that,
right? And then drink your protein, shake to make sure it
happens. It's right, that recovery, right? Like, all
right, so let's start like, you know,
With Greg Roman that conversation there are you kind
of surprised that that that happened as far as been under
the spotlight been under scrutiny? You guys have done
some good things but
you know where you kind of see this offense going without
Greg. Yeah, you know, I got a ton of respect for for gyro and
he was actually by Titan coach when I was when I was a rookie.
So I learned a tumbler of time from him and
I, he's an incredibly smart individual and
Incredibly gifted
just as offensive mind. So I think
wherever he goes, whatever he does, he's going to be.
He's gonna be very Very very well off and
I'm excited to see, we're going to go, you know I don't know
you know who they're going to choose or what they're doing.
But I know they're doing their due diligence to
put you know, the players that they have, you know, which
a lot of good ones to the best position. Well, I know that.
Yeah. So what do you think? What do you think you guys need
a little bit? I'm with you I got great respect for Greg
Roman right. There was always the talk about head to run game
is great but hey we need more in the pass game,
right? Mike and all that, you know, so
what do you think is that next phase of the offense that need to
maybe push the Over the hump a little bit.
I just there's so many different offenses that you
could choose for. Now I just think that, you know, this is
such a pass Happy League nowadays that if you're not
doing it you're almost falling behind. So I think there's
going to be some of them wore in that department. Some
sort of that. Yeah, right. And
you know we've had that but
you know I think that whoever we choose is
obviously the Ravens going to be able to run the ball and we
know that you guys aren't going to stop. And do they all those
big dudes? You got up there and everything percent, right JK,
Dobbins Gus, you know, Gus Edwards and all our, all our
big guys in the line. So we're going to be the run the ball,
but
we all we got to be able to pass the ball to hire more
slanted trip asking that's a dangerous team and we start
doing that. Yeah. Right. Mark, what do you make as a talk that
we hear from time to time that veteran receivers don't want to
be part of that offense and it's been blamed on. Lamar
Jackson at times been blamed on, Greg Romans at times, it's
the
identity. It's the run-heavy offense, I guess from your
perspective, hey, more targets for me if we don't have a bunch
of great receivers but what do you make of that? When you hear
that,
I think we got to change that narrative. I think that,
you know,
the The Ravens should be a spot that guys want to go should be
a destination and we're going to make it that well, tell
people about Lamar and like his talent throwing the football
a little bit like
he still gets like
putting a box of. He's a running quarterback and I'm
an ex quarterback, he's got an arm Talent. He's got arm town, man.
He can slim the heck out of the right. He puts it where it
needs to be you know some of the best balls I've
ever caught in my life been from Lamar just incredible
throw some of them off the back of his foot, you know, getting
pressure and he's a guy that always keeps the play alive so
you can always give you
always got to be ready and
He's such a
saint allant. Obviously he's incredibly talented with his
feet but to me is arm is what makes him really special? Yeah,
how hard was it to play without him down the stretch? Again
this season, it was tough. You know, obviously on Mars, my guy
and,
you know, not having one of your Leaders
with you is tough, but
look at Tyler Huntley. He was just in the Pro Bowl and crazy
and he can sling the heck out of the ball. Yeah, so we're
very, we're very blessed with two great quarterbacks like
that and
You know, I think he did an incredible job. I just think
different scenario.
They have been better off. Well, tell us like, what is
the, the, you know, the Lamar effect a little bit, right? You
know, we hear
opposite teams gush about them but like, when you're out on
the football feel like do you know, Tyler Hundley great
respect for him but he's not Lamar Jackson. Like
tell us Lamar as far as just that extra element, he brings
on the field and then maybe even just some of like, what's
his leadership style a little bit? Yeah, I mean, whenever you
have in the morning, The field. The defense is so worried
about. Number 8, that's right. So you do you sense that when
you're out there for sure,
right? Everything that they're doing all the game planning
things are all about Lamar Jackson, you know, how they
could stop that guy because he's so special. And so
as an offensive player that that takes a little bit of
pressure off of you. Yeah, more eyes are on that guy. So you
get to, you know, find a little more spots here or there. So
just when I get you have a talent like that on the field,
it just makes your job easy. Yeah, okay, elephant in
the room.
We know about Lamar's contract, situation, is due to become
a free agent. Some decisions need to be made by him by the team
etcetera, through all of this and extended into the regular
season. And there was talking to the end of the season about
why wasn't playing
his because of the contract,
how much do you pay attention to that? How much is your phone
blowing up with texts from your teammates about what's going on
and Islam are going to be here? Yeah, you know, I don't really,
you know, pay too much attention to any of that because
you know any time you're in a position like Lamar is you
know, Heisman Trophy winner, there's so many you know you
know his whole career there's going to be so much pressure is
gonna be so many people that talk about it. Them
put out different narratives and
to me it's just like, what? Lamar be Lamar, you know, let
him be a person, you don't know, no one really knows what
he's going through, right? You know what? You know, no one
knows how he feels. So,
I do know these incredibly
incredibly, you know, Fierce competitor
and that, you know, he loves playing football, he loves
winning games, he hates losing. And so, I know that if he could
have been out there, he would have been. So
yeah, is it. Take over the conversations in the locker
room? A little bit though, like, to the point? I mean, you
know, I'm a fan like
when I was on the Bucs Super Bowl.
Team and we had stuff going on and we were talking about in
the locker room like, you know, we had the drama with Keyshawn
right? Or when you know in the locker room it's
it's Wednesday morning before you go into the team meeting
and every what's going on with Keyshawn. What's this is that
conversation? Come up a lot and may you know you make some guys
may be like you know, what's going on but
like I said you had a
we were, it was tough not having them out there but we're
also blessed with
Tyler Hunter. Yeah. But but when Mark Andrews head hits
the pillow at night,
do you consider Sure, as you're laying there trying to fall
asleep. Holy s***. I may not have them are Jackson's. My
quarterback next year is that entered your brain?
No, no. I think I think Lamar she hasn't it entered your
brain. I think what Mars are Raven for life. I know that,
I know that the organization I know they want Lamar and I know
that,
you know, he has a lot of respect for the organization as
well. So I think both parties want to get this deal done is
just about just about doing it. Yeah.
Do you ever though, consider like, is there something
I could do to help break the like everybody wants to be together
here. What can I do
clunk heads together?
Get this done. I'm gonna buy you.
Don't do that. There's enough money to go around.
Steve Bisciotti. He's got plenty of money. Do not give
him your job. They do that.
Don't do that. All right. I do want to ask you about the Super
Bowl a little bit. Yeah, I know you didn't get to play
the Eagles this year.
You know? The Chiefs. You got a little history with them.
Tell us about like spaags the Chiefs. Defense it. What's it
like going against them? Yeah. I think the last time I played
a game against them was like Two years ago. But
just from what I remember, it's going to be a physical
defensive front. They fly around their front is very
vertical, vertical charge. So that creates a lot of Havoc.
Yeah. With an offense but
I also think the Chiefs offensive line is very solid.
Yeah. Very tough. One of my best friends were laying on
Brown. I know he's going to be ready to go fired. Yeah you got
to Oklahoma
guys on that align. That's right. Yeah. Creed Humphrey. So
right. That's going to be that's going to be a good line.
It's going to be a good test for them but
I think it's gonna be a physical game, really good
defense. As you know, with the Eagles, you know, I have a lot
of respect for Jalen Harrison and what they've done and write
the kind of have that similar offense to the Baltimore Ravens
and
they're doing a good job. Slinging around Dallas. Go dirt
playing really good ball. Yeah. It's going to be a close game
your lean and chief so I hear
I mean I got it. I got it
for my boy Orlando. So okay
and I think Patrick Mahoney says a chip on his shoulder.
Yeah I hear that. Who's the best team that you guys saw year?
Here I'll throw up the schedule for you just so you can see it,
ya
know who was the team that you just pop to you?
I think that you know, you got to get, you got to give you
respect to,
you got to give respect to the Bangles. Yeah. In the bills you
know those are two good teams and obviously you know
the Bengals had our number a little bit this year. So
yeah that's one game. I'll be Circle next year. Yeah, boy.
And that Bengals game to the playoff game. It just shows you
how one keep us, nice changes. Everything. If that ball gets
over, the lot of hustle guys, try a little hustle
in the back
right? Where those weird plays. But yeah man, I was just I was
like, just get him. Just get him. Just get him. Give her
defense a chance, right? Just go. Where you like,
do you think there should have been a flag on that play? You
think he got pushed in the back? I mean, I think there was
definitely a little bit of pushing the back, you know,
again, like that's such a weird play being on the 1-yard line.
They're, you know, they're running back and
it's tougher for rep to call that someone especially under
30 yards behind the action. Yeah, because I can't keep up
with you guys, but at least through the effort, man. I was
working trying to get it. I was trying to calm down. Are you
Amazed by Travis Kelce
at tight end? I had a great time in yourself. I am. Yeah,
I think I just think that
What is it? First of all, hit the season that he's had this
year's incredible, right? But he's had these this type of
season over and over and over and over again and so you got
to give your hat off to him and
just the way that he approaches game, approaches, everything and
continues week, after week, just bawling out and play
an incredible football. It's
it's so insane. I love watching him play and and again I have
a ton of respect for him. Yeah. Hey before I let you go because
we haven't talked much about this at all but more than 6
million people watched it on Sunday. You were there in Vegas
for the flag football.
Ballgame. What was your take on the whole experience? I had
fun, man. It was just fun to be out there and meet all these
great players. Get to pick their brain. You know, have
some fun and hang out with family, but the game itself was
a
good time. We got to, you know, obviously put a little flag
football. That's a fun. Make some plays and just enjoy
the moment. When you pick brains, what are you trying to find
out? You just ask guys, you know, you know, you had me, ask
them
your routine just just different thing like that,
everybody's got their own different vibe, different
things that they do and just a Things that they said, do you
have stuff that you do that? You hold back?
Nah, I don't really hold back. You know, son wants someone
wants to know something. Someone wants to pick my brain.
You know, I'll be open to that. And yeah, who's the freakiest
tight in the game right now? Frank, I know you're confident
in your ability so you'll talk about it. But yeah. Like
is there I get just a freak. Like your guy won't like,
nobody knows about this guy, how good he is. I mean, Darren
wohlers one, that just jumped in my office saying, Turn such
a freak, right. Athletically is just so gifted.
He's, I mean, he's a tight end. He's playing
Gunner, like what, you know,
I think I see it like, lose another. Oh yeah. I know.
I love lies a Got Game. You guys are good little tandem
together. Yeah. Well thank you Mark. Thank you, mr. Osgood
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