Welcome into The Lounge presented by Draft Kings. I'm Ryan Mink here with Garrett Downing.

And we are thrilled to sit down with Dennis Pitta, the Ravens former tight end. And of course,

good friend to Joe Flacco. So, you know, we asked... And good friend of the lounge. And good friend

of the lounge. Dennis has had a number of appearances on the lounge. So Dennis, good to have you. We asked to get Joe on the pod and he declined. You know, he's got a, I guess he's got something important going on this week. I don't know. So we got his proxy. We got Dennis who's like basically like the

second best thing to get Joe on the pod. Yeah. So thanks for joining us, buddy. Anytime.

You know, I'm glad that I'm best known as just Joe Flacco's friend out there in Baltimore.

Here's the thing. I'm proud of you too because, man, it's been a lot of years since I've been on this podcast. And I've been on a handful of times. You know, this has been a cute little podcast. I didn't think you guys would make it this far. And I'm just impressed this thing still going on, to be honest. Well, also, the jokes haven't changed either. I think we probably used that same joke previously when we've had you on. So the jokes just keep getting recycled over and over. No, I don't think I've ever used that one. This is all new material here, but, you know, I didn't think this would last. I mean, I didn't think you two had what it took to make it in the podcast business, but...

Define the odds, baby!

You guys are still here, so proud of you too.

Thank you, Dennis.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and excited to have you come back for the Ravens 30th anniversary celebration.

So just, you know, how pumped are you for the game to come back and see a bunch

of the guys? Yeah, I'm excited. I mean, we live all the way on the opposite side of the

country, and so getting to games is never easy. But we always like to get out to one or two games

every year, and I'm bringing my son, and he's 12 years old now playing tackle football for the

first time so you know he loves the Ravens he loves Lamar Jackson he he's so excited to go so

it it certainly means a lot to him and that's that's the most fun part about it now going back to

the games and be able to take him around and, you know,

give him a great experience at at M&T Bank Stadium.

And it just so happens that the Ravens are playing, you know, an old friend of mine, Joe Flacco.

Joe's first return to M&T Bank Stadium since he left for Denver, you know, how many years ago.

And it's crazy that of all the teams that he's been on, he's never played, you know, how many years ago? And it's crazy that of all the teams that he's been on,

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