Good morning everybody. Today is Wednesday June 7th and we are 96 days away from NFL week

one Sunday. Bring up 96 days because I really go out of my way to make an effort not to

really fall in love with teams until that 96 day count is in the single digits. I like

to keep things very late in the year. However, with the Baltimore Ravens kind of got the

love bug biting me just a little bit here. We'll see how much it is. You can tell in the

tone of my voice as we go through this. So to tell the whole story here, we have to go back to

February 21st, dead of winter, western Alberta, Canada, sitting at the desk, Todd Munkin is

introduced as the offensive coordinator. He's got the press conference. Now these press conferences

are important to watch as a fan is a better because you get a sense sometimes for what you're

going to expect in the season to come from what they say during the press conference. This is

usually a time where you get a little bit of something because the guy is trying to sell what he's

bringing to the team, sell it to the audience, sell it to the fans. The Todd Munkin press conference

really got me going. I'll say it. It was unfolding. Kids say six to midnight. I believe is the

expression. I'm sitting at the desk and I'm like, oh, oh, oh, as he's going on here and it's

as a better, you get really excited about these things. So let's walk through it. So he comes up

to the podium. He's introduced, goes through his spiel, gives a sort of thank yous and all that

and he's introduced and then he starts getting asked questions and he starts responding his first

big response in the quote. The game has become more of a space game using all 53 in the third yards

using the width and depth of the field using space and focusing on your skill players.

The game has changed a lot and it's continuing to change at one time. It was tall pocket passers

and now you're seeing more shorter athletic players making the difference. The game has changed in

terms of utilizing their athleticism. What they bring to the table is very important because it's

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