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The Ravens Lounge

Dre'Mont Jones Explains Where His Tenacity Comes From; Plus Previewing Ravens-Steelers

The Ravens Lounge

Baltimore Ravens

Sports, Football

4.9659 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Ravens DE Dre'Mont Jones talks about where his physicality comes from, his position flexibility, why he's fit in so well in Baltimore, his Ohio background with a boxer as a father, and more. Plus, team insiders Ryan Mink and Garrett Downing preview Sunday's huge Ravens-Steelers tilt.

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0:00.0

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

0:08.0

We are thrilled to sit down with Ravens linebacker Draymont Jones and Draymond, I'll start here.

0:14.0

So super nice guy. Like just since you've come here, I've been I've been impressed. I'm not going to lie.

0:19.0

Like nice guy, very chatty,

0:21.6

easy to chat with in the locker room. But, you know, after the Jets game, you said this. You said,

0:27.0

contrary to what some may believe, I'm a pretty angry person. I fit the mold. So it's this nice

0:34.4

balance of nice guy off the field, but on the field, like you are a Raven.

0:38.0

Where does the angry guy come from? Explain that to us.

0:41.8

I think just growing up, having like years worth of older friends.

0:46.7

Like I played like up and like everything I played when I was younger.

0:49.3

So I was the younger person on the field.

0:50.7

Okay.

0:51.0

On the court.

0:52.1

Because you were big.

0:53.0

So big.

0:53.3

I was big.

0:53.9

So you would think I was older? I had to kind of just be like a little more like be tough, be more aggressive just to, you know, keep up with the older kids. You know, they always want to mess with the younger do. So it's kind of just molding me into that now. Interesting. Is it a light switch kind of thing? Like, to Ryan's point, you can have a conversation and nice guy, but then, like, man, you do play angry. Like, you play violent. And so do you look at it as I get on the field and I flip the switch and I go into kind of that mode? Yeah, it has to be that way. Because when you're out there playing football, it's kind of like survival of fittest in that aspect because you're competing. You know, guys are trying to like, especially as a de-lineman, like you're, my job is to literally move somebody against her will. And I got to do that for 48 minutes. So right. You got to have to type into that a little bit. Yeah. I'm actually interested because, you know, I kind of intro, you're like an outside linebacker slash defensive end slash Z lineman like I called you a linebacker but you're like how do you view yourself I guess yeah

1:48.9

I don't know anymore I've done literally every uh I played every spot since it's been in a league

1:55.2

I've been a one technique I've been zero rookie year I was with the Broncos on 30 downs and whatnot I've done nine five six

2:02.5

any technique with regards to D-Line I've done it so me just D-Line is the best way to put me

2:07.6

yeah how do you think you were able to develop that versatility um so for time like even in

2:14.6

college I first came as a D-N and then I put put on some weight to be a D-Tackle, and then it just kind of helped me be, get a variety of things early on in college, and then I was just strictly D-Tacled, but I've had experience it at D-N. So I've just been doing everything. Basketball helps too. Yeah. So I think it's where my variety comes from. Yeah. Kyle Hamilton does the same thing on the back end. You know, he moves all over the place.

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