December 29, 2025 • 25 mins
Head Coach John Harbaugh speaks with the media on Monday following the Ravens' 41-24 win over the Green Bay Packers.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens are
gearing up for a week eighteen showtout against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This is a Sunday night football game, a winner take
all match for the AFC North Crown. As the Ravens
prepare for that matchup, today we heard from head coach
John Harbaugh.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Okay, great seeing everybody. Really appreciate everybody being here. We're
preparing for our game on Sunday night. We're excited looking
forward to it, and we've got a lot of work
to do. What questions you have, John.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Obviously we weren't there yesterday to be with you for
the brown Steelers game.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Anyway, you can reenact your reactions that the fourth down
pass that kind of sealed the Browns winning.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Thanks for asking, is there something out there on that? Oh?
Good good? There were phones we uh well, we had,
we had, we had the coaches came over and and
some players came over to the house, and uh, you know,
it was it was probably like a lot of fans,
you know, we had to watch it and uh uh,
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there was plenty of times where I wasn't watching it.
You know, sometimes it's you know, someone told me at
one point in time, don't move you're you know a
couple of good plays that happened that I wasn't allowed
to move. But but we we had we we had fun.
But it was also you know, it's it was a
nail biter, and uh, great job by the Browns. Obviously
a lot of respect for our division. You know, our
division is a very tough division, hard fought games, and
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our division across the board, all four of these teams
know how to play each other, and uh, that was
a great example of uh of AFC North football. Really,
So we're appreciative of the opportunity that it affords us,
and it's our job right now to prepare for it.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Well, how do.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
You kind of look at it when you have you know,
you and Pittsburgh, you guys have gone at it for
years in this division, and I'm sure neither of you
have had the season she thought you would have. But
here you are in the last week of season playing
for the division. I mean, it's that kind of you
always say it's the weekly the week league in the
NFL season is unpredictable. That kind of fall into that.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, I mean, it's a great opportunity we'll be playing
a division championship game on Sunday, you know. That's what
we're that's what we're doing in last week of the season.
We're excited about that and it's a meaningful thing, you know.
And so we've worked hard to get to this position.
And there's a lot of different paths in football, you know,
and there's a lot of different paths in life. And
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this is the path of the twenty twenty five seasons.
So here we are, and you know, our goals to
make the most of it.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
Do you expect Lamar to be able to play this
week or that still.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
To be determined?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, well it's to be determined, you know. I mean
still he's coming off he's coming off of very serious
injury and and he's working at it. So I'm in
here today working at it. So I think we'll know
a lot more on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Coach, Have you had a chance to be with the team,
I mean the speak to the team about this opportunity
that was presented to them.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
No, we haven't met yet. Today today's they're well, it's
an official off day today. Tomorrow we'll be on a
normal schedule since we play on Sunday. Jerry, we're on
our normal week schedule, so we'll talk to him about tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Might you go later with the hitting next week? Knowing
the physicality that the Steelers ratings.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
The three Brands, Uh, well, you must have been watching
the shows. Coach Kyer talked about that. I happen to
see that because I was watching TV this this weekend,
and like other weekends. You know, we don't really I mean,
at this point in time of the season, we haven't
been in pads for about three weeks now. Rules that
rules don't really lie you being pads too much, but
also we haven't wanted to be, we haven't needed to be.
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We are focused. We will focus on technique for sure,
blocking technique and all the different things that we do,
but it's not this point in time of the season.
There's not a lot of hitting that you do in
practice anyway, So it's kind of where we're at. Johnny,
you could Justice Hill return for practice this week possibility.
I'll probably know more about that closer to Wednesday, but
(04:07):
I haven't. We haven't discussed that yet today.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
John M.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
Tyler probably you know, you talk about him when you
guys brought back here.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Obviously you'd been.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Here, you know a number of years and then went
away and then he comes back. What what gaves? What
what gave you guys the beolief and trust in him.
You know, we've seen how he's played in these sort
of must win games this year and how have you
so you sort of see him grow, uh.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You know, to this point in his career.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Well, you know, it's just a compliment, I think, a
credit to him and what he's been doing all really
since he got into the NFL. He was a hard worker,
you know when he came here and had a couple
opportunities as you were, as you remember, you know, and
and did uh, it did pretty darn well, you know
for the most part. And uh, and it kind of
showed he had a chance and then went into other
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places and and continued to grow and improve. I feel
like there was noticeable improvement, you know, in different aspects
of his game. He'd be the first to tell you that,
I know. And uh, and then you know, when we
when he came back in, you know, we'd watched him
on tape, we'd seen him in games from last year
and then preseason tape this year. But when he came
back in, uh just because the opportunity presented itself. You know,
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he was available, and uh, it was it was just
really an opportune type of a thing for us. And
he looked good in practice. You know, he look he
looked like wow. You know, I'll tell you snoops, come
come away. As he's improved and he was good before.
So uh, to see it come to fruition in these
games and to win these big games is really awesome.
You know, it's just incredible and night wonderful and and
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and he deserves it and we're we're definitely appreciative of it.
I mean, the guys, the guys, Uh, the guy's rally
played great football around him, and he played a heck
of game.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Maybe be one of those noticeable improvements.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Well, I mean, I just think it's just operating the offense.
You know, for sure. Decision making at the line was
really good. Uh, you're in Lambeau. It's loud. It wasn't perfect.
We had a couple of pre snap things, but nothing
nothing too too damaging. Ball handling I thought was good,
ball security, protected the football, made good decisions where he
put the ball, throwing it, got the ball out, you know,
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really in good rhythm. On the on the because they
were mostly all rhythm passes, got the ball out on rhythm.
All those things were were It's definitely a step up
probably you know as he in his career, i'd say,
continued to climb with I knew the market.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Practice so last week, but throughout the week with the
back intusion.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
Was their improvements to you?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Were you told with their improvements with them throughout that week?
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Though?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yes, yes, absolutely there was improvement throughout the week. Uh,
I mean it was. It was not good at all
early in the week and it improved as the week
went on. And that was that was cause for you
know optimism.
Speaker 7 (06:50):
The final decision coming down to the training staff and
consulting with them as that won't make it.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
It's what it always is. The doctors and training staff.
The coaches aren't deciding, you know, who plays from radical standpoint,
the the effectiveness that you've have seen from Snoop in
his two starts, does that does that.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Change the calculus at all?
Speaker 6 (07:09):
I mean, if if Lamar is kind of close to
ready but you're not.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Sure, like do you push it or not push it?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
The fact that you have a lot of confidence and Tyler,
does that play into.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
That or no. I think the fact that we have
a lot of confident in Tyler is a real big
positive and real plus. But it doesn't factor into whether
Lamar plays. If Lamar is ready to go, he's playing.
That's it for sure.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
John here all in the excitement posting, you did acknowledge
kind of the shock of how the defense played.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Now having reviewed to take and you know what did
you make with that?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
You talked about big players.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
You know, was there a theme? Was something that really
comes out is sort of why that was happening?
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Yeah, there was.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
I mean it was just technique. It was technique in
the back end really, you know, corner position, you know,
and uh, it wasn't anything. It wasn't really across the board.
It wasn't any kind of miscommunications or anything like that.
We played things right, We just didn't play. We didn't play.
We didn't play the past game.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Uh, from a coverage standpoint, in the back end, it
was really outside lane throws that you saw made. Uh
they were they were just too easy, you know, we
didn't cover them well. And then the quarterback getting out
of pocket. You know, we got him a few times,
but he got out a few times. You know he's elusive,
but a couple of those were more our fault, you know,
just our rush lanes weren't uh as good as they
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needed to be. And sometimes it was getting him down too.
He got out our grasp once or twice. So those
are the two things that were very much pinpointed to
the problem in terms of the yards that were given up.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
We had one I'll say this, we had.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
One seam route. The first touchdown was a seam route
against Cover two that we didn't We didn't play that
right and or well and honestly to it, you know,
it wasn't a great call against that route. So I'd
say I'd say those those were the Those are the three.
Speaker 8 (08:54):
Things Johnny Guy post of three tapers running in But
just the deafness of the zone running game over these
past couple of weeks where we're there has just been
you know, pipping off chunk games like we're kind of
a kind of seen from the packet or aspect of
your runing.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah, I mean, it's probably up average wise, just because
we hit some big runs, you know, and it hasn't
all it hasn't all been you say, zone and there's
a lot of versions of zone runs, you know, and
like the last one was was a toss zone play
that we run with a crack block on the edge,
and you saw Das have have a heck of a
block on the defensive end there, you know. So I
think a lot of a lot of it's just it's
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really execution, you're really what it really is, what it is,
and we do it.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
We do.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I think our coaches do a really good job of
scheming up the run game and presenting it all the
different types of schemes, but even just the zone the
zone versions presenting it different ways. There's different ways to
tag it in terms of, you know, how you're blocking
the edges, how you're blocking the linebackers who you're working towards,
and that sort of thing where it's an inside zone
and outside zone and cut back play, a bounce play,
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and these are all things that are part of it
that I think have been put together really well. But
really the main thing is the execution. You know, The
blocking and the running have made them work.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
You talk about that, I'm curious what you see from
the tight ends. It looked like the tight ends are
really blocking very well.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
In Green Bay, Isaiah likely had a really good blocking
digit what'd you see from them in that retar?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, it's really good, really good. Isaiah was really good
on the edge, did a great job and numerous different
opportunities and gave them a lot of trouble out there
on the edge. But really, I mean that there's a
new challenge this week because these guys on the edge
are really good. I mean, these outside backers that we're
about to go against in Pittsburgh, we go, we know
them well, we play them a lot. They know how
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to get off blocks. I mean, they do a great
job of setting the edge and tearing off blocks, probably
as good or better than anybody in the league in
terms of that. In terms of that, in terms of
their run defense. The other thing to do a great
job of is they present off the backside edge really
really aggressively on your zone run games. So you've got
to deal with those guys. That's kind of where it starts.
You know, you want to run the one run the
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outside zone play man, you better, you better have a
plan for those guys.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
John, was the plans to kind of lean on Derek
as much as you guys did, or was it you know,
as you saw that the kind of Knight of was
having you kind of just pivoted that way.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
It was to lean on him like we did. Uh
and uh, you know, I know there's a lot of
talk about that, but it's pretty much pretty much always
the plan that way to a degree. But I would
say definitely ramped it up for sure conditions and and uh,
where we're at it as a team, you know, where
offense is at, and what we thought was the best
way to win the game was definitely Derrick Henry, you know.
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And then the opportunity was really presented itself because we
were having success and we got plays. You know, so
the more plays you have, the more times you can
run it, uh, and the more times you give to Derek.
And really the only times you really came off the
field were you know, obvious third downs and uh and
when he when he needed a break. So that's kind
of how it went.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
You guys have obviously put each other a million times.
Rival raid is what it is. First time, this will
be a winner, go home game for you know, these
two teams in Week eight team and I'm just curious
you're now you're focused on the game, but you're what
do you think of that? And and do you do
(12:20):
you you know, does that do you find that interesting
or compelling in anyway?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Yeah? You know, I really didn't realize it until Chad
mentioned it when we were walking in the room here.
You know, I guess he anticipated your question and I
was like, wow, that's is that right? You know, I
didn't realize that that's that's that's something. And we probably
would have thought it wouldn't have been you know, it
might have been another time it would have come up.
But uh, that's about the much headspaces I can give it.
Uh So, other than that, it's a it's a it's
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a it's a division championship game for sure, But it's
a game. You know, it's a game. It's in Pittsburgh
against the Steelers. You know, we kind of understand that
that part of it too. So we've got to get
ready for all that.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
DK metcalfin not being available to them. How does that
change kind of your preparation.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
For that all?
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah. I mean, you know, you look at who's in
and who's out for sure. I mean, obviously you know
DK Metcalf you know, that's a that's a look at trouble.
He gave us in the first game. Uh So that's
that's you factor it your factor Washington whether he can
play or not for sure, Austin whether he can play
or not for sure. Those are those are big playmakers
for those guys. But then you look at the you
know the other guys they have, you know, Gainwell is incredible.
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Uh They're running backs are just I think top of
the line running backs. I mean, both those two guys are.
Jalen's amazing, you know downhill, and they get him the
ball in so many different ways. They do a great
job of getting in the ball. I mean they'll run
a progression pass concept over here. Then they'll have like
a it's a we call it an escort type of
a flair pass, and it's really a it's a run play,
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you know, if they dump it out there and Aaron
does an incredible job of sorting all stuff out screens. Uh,
just they do a great job. And then you've got
the tight ends. I mean, those they got two tight
ends that are legitimate, big time pass catching threats. So
we've got to deal with both those two guys. And
then John new I mean he'll he'll take it sweep,
so he'll get in the backfield and run it, he'll
take a pitch, you know, he'll do all that kind
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of stuff. He'll be up on the edge blocking in firemouth.
I mean, you know, really anywhere you know, down steam routes,
middle of the field, you know, quick end breakers, stick routes,
option routes, seven routes to the corner. You've got to
be you know, all over those those routes with him.
And then you know, you know, I mean the Valdez
s Gantling. You know, he's he's a big target and
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a fade and box fade and a crossing route guy
and big body guy. So he kind of fills that
role for Metcalf to a agree. I mean, they've got guys.
They've got guys, So the game plan for the guys
that they.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Have in some matters just the way it should be.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
This is I mean, the NFL decided to making this
game from hime two of the regular season, u knowing
the history between these two teams, and it all comes
down to.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Just the regular season going into this year.
Speaker 7 (15:07):
I mean a lot of people thought it was gonna
come down to the Ravens in this year.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
But I don't know, if you look at it the
same way.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
Or look at the way the NFL has placed this
game on Sunday and I have the same fashion with
the respect of showing the franchises.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I'm sorry, what's the question?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
I was absolutely as.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
My thoughts on it being the last game is that
the question.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
And the longstanding history and the fact that the NFL
showed you got so much respect.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Oh okay, okay, I got lost for a minute. It
was well said, though. What you said was really cool.
I just I was swimming in it a little bit. Yeah,
it's it's it's really awesome. I mean, I agree with you.
I think it's really cool. It's uh, it's it's it's
what you want. It's uh, it's nobody was disappointed, you
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know that we're playing Sunday night. It's not really what
you know, it's not forefront of your mind because we
got to go play the game. You know, the game
could have been at four o'clock, could have been one o'clock,
could have been could have been Saturday, Saturday night. You
know that would have been fine. I wouldn't have really cared.
So the fact that Sunday night just means we got
to wait longer.
Speaker 9 (16:10):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
It's kind of my mindset is like, man, we got
to wait that much longer to go play, So we
got to set our clock accordingly and be ready, you know,
at eight twenty on Sunday night. But all those things
you're talking about, I think when you take a step back,
you know, especially as a Ravens fan, you know, or
in the organization, you guys take a step back, and
you got to you know, now your head a little
bit and go, yeah, that's probably the way it should be.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
We we respect the Steelers, you know, the organization, and
we respect the AFC North, you know, and so all
those things you're saying, Sure, I acknowledge that and and
feel good about it along.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
Those lives as you know, someone who's adverse in football
history as you are.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Was it surprising to you? Is that to learn if
there's never been an eight North three pet.
Speaker 8 (16:51):
And after you guys are waiting away from that side
of the field.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Yeah, I've known that for a while. It was a surprise,
but then not a surprise when I thought about it
for about five seconds, you know, because it's so darn competitive.
Kind of goes back to what you're talking about. I mean,
I'm assuming it's the only division that that's the case.
I bet it is if we were allowed to bet.
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So the it's it's something to think about. It's it's
a big deal, but it's a game, you know. So
it's like any big game. There's a lot riding out
and there's a lot to there's a lot to there's
a lot of a lot to earn, you know, but
you got to go play winning football game. You gotta
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go play the type of game that can beat a
really good football team in their stadium, you know, really
when the stakes are really high, you know. And I
know they feel the same way. But it's our responsibility
to take care of us, take care of our business,
play our game the way we play it, you know,
and and to execute it the way we need to
execute to get the job done. Keep it simple, Go
play hard, go play well, Go play good football. Our
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goal will be to play our best game of the season,
you know, and that's what we'll be really focused on,
you know. That's what we have to get ready for.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
I know, probably the anxiety ridden to watch party, but
it's also I guess a cool film for you guys.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
Is there anything that.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
Stuck out about the Browns game plan against the Steelers that.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
You guys are drawing from.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Uh, well, like all three phases kind of generally, I
thought the Browns, you know, their game plan was probably
play to their defense, you know, and that's smart. You know.
They did a great job with that. Their defense was
up to it, played a great game offensively. They didn't
have too many mistakes. They had a couple, they had
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one close call it that didn't didn't hurt them. They
had another pick you know, down there in their end.
But I'm sure they tried to minimize their their the turnovers.
You know, that was probably a big part of their plan.
They did that for the most part. They ran the
ball pretty well times, you know, effectively, but they played
a field position game, you know, so uh and special
teams was solid for them. So that was probably, you know,
probably the basis of their plan. I would think, is.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
There anything when you feel like can you apply to.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Our team guys?
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. I mean all those things
are going to be really really important. We're not the
same team as them, so you know, we'll lean on
different things schematically, we'll lean on different things probably strategically,
you know, but generally, a winning football game, you know,
I think that was kind of the basis. I think
they tried to shorten the game. You know, that's always
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part of it. But you know, you also have to
play to your strengths, and we have we have certain
strengths you know that other teams don't have, you know,
so we want to play to those strengths too.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
You know, when you're watching the really tense moments of
a game like that, are you are.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
You still a coach or are you still in coach brain?
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Or are you are you a fan?
Speaker 2 (19:43):
At those common fan model, be honest with you. I mean,
I'm I'm complaining about the play calls, you know, I'm
I'm wonder why they didn't do this or that.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
You know, what do they think?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Ye?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, the clock management, you know, we do. I got
to just be an honest.
Speaker 8 (19:59):
John was a se ration viewed in because you know,
the challenge that's head or what was the atmosphere like
when they finally.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Had it was?
Speaker 5 (20:06):
It was?
Speaker 2 (20:06):
It was? It was. It was woke, it was it
was uncorked, man, it was, it was.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
It was.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
It was raucous.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Yeah, it was great.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Everybody was jumping around and fired up and happy. A
lot of hugging, a lot of hugging. You know, you talk.
Speaker 9 (20:20):
About the belief and the team throughout the week going
into that.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Must win game in Green Bay.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
What did you like about the emotions that went into that.
Speaker 9 (20:27):
Game and really the accountability that the players had for
each other too, just like getting plays done, making sure
there were you know, minimum states throughout, but also in
a sense of taking that.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Into another must win.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Game in a row here, right, Well, yeah, that's exactly right.
I mean, you know, we we've we've we've been We've
been playing with a lot of energy, a lot of emotion,
a lot of physicality for a lot of weeks, you know,
and I feel like our team has carried out all season.
Like most teams we've had, We've had ups and downs
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with our execution, and our execution probably was at you know,
for the most part, a really high level throughout the
game in all three phases, but not where we want
it to be either. So we've got to keep chasing
the execution. But as far as the other part you're
talking about that, you know, the intangible part, I thought
that was a really high level and it has been
at a high level, but probably at its highest level.
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So we need to even take that to the next
level too, because it has to go there. You know,
this is a playoff game, then then you know, if
you know, then there's after that. It's going to just
keep ramping up. I don't know if it can get
much more intention and it's going to get on Sunday night,
but it's in that realm. It's going to be in
that realm. So we've got to be ready for it.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
You talked about, you know, you were asked about job
security last week.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
If you expect you back next year. A lot of
people are going to.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
Maybe look at this game, probably unfairly. So is it
kind of referenced between you yourself and Mike is the
too longest tenured coaches in the league.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
And I'm just.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
Curious that you feel that at all and kind of
just how you view that.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Generally.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Yeah, I really just really don't have the space for that.
You know, it's just not something that you have the
ability to think about. It's not important. It was important,
you had an impact and a bearing, you know, then
you I think you think about it, but you think
about it because it's always that way, you know, So
(22:27):
it's probably all that stuff makes it all kind of
interesting and kind of fun and and real. Uh it's
it's uh, it's sports. You know, that's how sports are.
And I think that's part of the intrigue of it all.
So I feel like really honored to be a part
of that. And if I just being honest with you,
I feel really honored to be a part of it.
I know there's there's always pressure. There's always pressure, But
you know, I think it was Billy Jean King who
(22:48):
said pressure is a privilege, right was it was it
Billy Jean King who said that, you know, and that's
that's something that is earned, you know. So you know,
we feel we feel we feel like it's it's something
very worthwhile to be in games like this. And if
those are the things are being talked about along with that,
that's okay. You know, that's a privilege too. So let's
(23:11):
get to work and let's go try to play our
best game, try to coach our best game.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
John turn them Where's have been kind of like the
the key thing in some of these big games, especially
at some of the big moments, is that something that
you feel like you need to over emphasize going into
this game, or do you not want to spend too
much time talking about something you don't want to be
an issue.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, it's good, good, good psychology question. Probably you know
what would be the best way to make it clear?
Make the point? But we we Uh it's critically important.
You know, probably couldn't over emphasize it enough. And uh,
and it's just gonna be so important. I mean, the
team that wins the turnover battle is gonna have a
real edge and winning the game. So we know that
that needs to be us. We need to make that happen.
(23:55):
You know, they're having the exact same conversation over there,
just like every team that's playing this week is talking about.
But in a game like this, that's that's it. It's
going to start with that. So we got to make
that priority one.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
How did you get out of that game health wise?
Otherwise we got out of it?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Well, yeah, we're wearing good shape healthwise, nothing else. Uh,
that's that's a major thing. Or it looks like it's
going to be an issue at this point in time.
Hopefully nothing will pop up as a week goes on.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Marlin gonna have the player with the whatever, that's a
good question.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
There's a timeframe on that I'm not sure if this week,
if it's coming off or not, we'll know more about that.
I just don't know, but it's gonna be kind of
in this range. I think we'll check on that for you.
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Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens are
gearing up for a week eighteen showtout against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This is a Sunday night football game, a winner take
all match for the AFC North Crown. As the Ravens
prepare for that matchup, today we heard from head coach
John Harbaugh.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Okay, great seeing everybody. Really appreciate everybody being here. We're
preparing for our game on Sunday night. We're excited looking
forward to it, and we've got a lot of work
to do. What questions you have, John.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Obviously we weren't there yesterday to be with you for
the brown Steelers game.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Anyway, you can reenact your reactions that the fourth down
pass that kind of sealed the Browns winning.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Thanks for asking, is there something out there on that? Oh?
Good good? There were phones we uh well, we had,
we had, we had the coaches came over and and
some players came over to the house, and uh, you know,
it was it was probably like a lot of fans,
you know, we had to watch it and uh uh,
(01:11):
there was plenty of times where I wasn't watching it.
You know, sometimes it's you know, someone told me at
one point in time, don't move you're you know a
couple of good plays that happened that I wasn't allowed
to move. But but we we had we we had fun.
But it was also you know, it's it was a
nail biter, and uh, great job by the Browns. Obviously
a lot of respect for our division. You know, our
division is a very tough division, hard fought games, and
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our division across the board, all four of these teams
know how to play each other, and uh, that was
a great example of uh of AFC North football. Really,
So we're appreciative of the opportunity that it affords us,
and it's our job right now to prepare for it.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
Well, how do.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
You kind of look at it when you have you know,
you and Pittsburgh, you guys have gone at it for
years in this division, and I'm sure neither of you
have had the season she thought you would have. But
here you are in the last week of season playing
for the division. I mean, it's that kind of you
always say it's the weekly the week league in the
NFL season is unpredictable. That kind of fall into that.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, I mean, it's a great opportunity we'll be playing
a division championship game on Sunday, you know. That's what
we're that's what we're doing in last week of the season.
We're excited about that and it's a meaningful thing, you know.
And so we've worked hard to get to this position.
And there's a lot of different paths in football, you know,
and there's a lot of different paths in life. And
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this is the path of the twenty twenty five seasons.
So here we are, and you know, our goals to
make the most of it.
Speaker 6 (02:41):
Do you expect Lamar to be able to play this
week or that still.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
To be determined?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, well it's to be determined, you know. I mean
still he's coming off he's coming off of very serious
injury and and he's working at it. So I'm in
here today working at it. So I think we'll know
a lot more on Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Coach, Have you had a chance to be with the team,
I mean the speak to the team about this opportunity
that was presented to them.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
No, we haven't met yet. Today today's they're well, it's
an official off day today. Tomorrow we'll be on a
normal schedule since we play on Sunday. Jerry, we're on
our normal week schedule, so we'll talk to him about tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Might you go later with the hitting next week? Knowing
the physicality that the Steelers ratings.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
The three Brands, Uh, well, you must have been watching
the shows. Coach Kyer talked about that. I happen to
see that because I was watching TV this this weekend,
and like other weekends. You know, we don't really I mean,
at this point in time of the season, we haven't
been in pads for about three weeks now. Rules that
rules don't really lie you being pads too much, but
also we haven't wanted to be, we haven't needed to be.
(03:45):
We are focused. We will focus on technique for sure,
blocking technique and all the different things that we do,
but it's not this point in time of the season.
There's not a lot of hitting that you do in
practice anyway, So it's kind of where we're at. Johnny,
you could Justice Hill return for practice this week possibility.
I'll probably know more about that closer to Wednesday, but
(04:07):
I haven't. We haven't discussed that yet today.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
John M.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
Tyler probably you know, you talk about him when you
guys brought back here.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Obviously you'd been.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Here, you know a number of years and then went
away and then he comes back. What what gaves? What
what gave you guys the beolief and trust in him.
You know, we've seen how he's played in these sort
of must win games this year and how have you
so you sort of see him grow, uh.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
You know, to this point in his career.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Well, you know, it's just a compliment, I think, a
credit to him and what he's been doing all really
since he got into the NFL. He was a hard worker,
you know when he came here and had a couple
opportunities as you were, as you remember, you know, and
and did uh, it did pretty darn well, you know
for the most part. And uh, and it kind of
showed he had a chance and then went into other
(05:03):
places and and continued to grow and improve. I feel
like there was noticeable improvement, you know, in different aspects
of his game. He'd be the first to tell you that,
I know. And uh, and then you know, when we
when he came back in, you know, we'd watched him
on tape, we'd seen him in games from last year
and then preseason tape this year. But when he came
back in, uh just because the opportunity presented itself. You know,
(05:26):
he was available, and uh, it was it was just
really an opportune type of a thing for us. And
he looked good in practice. You know, he look he
looked like wow. You know, I'll tell you snoops, come
come away. As he's improved and he was good before.
So uh, to see it come to fruition in these
games and to win these big games is really awesome.
You know, it's just incredible and night wonderful and and
(05:46):
and he deserves it and we're we're definitely appreciative of it.
I mean, the guys, the guys, Uh, the guy's rally
played great football around him, and he played a heck
of game.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Maybe be one of those noticeable improvements.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Well, I mean, I just think it's just operating the offense.
You know, for sure. Decision making at the line was
really good. Uh, you're in Lambeau. It's loud. It wasn't perfect.
We had a couple of pre snap things, but nothing
nothing too too damaging. Ball handling I thought was good,
ball security, protected the football, made good decisions where he
put the ball, throwing it, got the ball out, you know,
(06:18):
really in good rhythm. On the on the because they
were mostly all rhythm passes, got the ball out on rhythm.
All those things were were It's definitely a step up
probably you know as he in his career, i'd say,
continued to climb with I knew the market.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Practice so last week, but throughout the week with the
back intusion.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
Was their improvements to you?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Were you told with their improvements with them throughout that week?
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Though?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yes, yes, absolutely there was improvement throughout the week. Uh,
I mean it was. It was not good at all
early in the week and it improved as the week
went on. And that was that was cause for you
know optimism.
Speaker 7 (06:50):
The final decision coming down to the training staff and
consulting with them as that won't make it.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
It's what it always is. The doctors and training staff.
The coaches aren't deciding, you know, who plays from radical standpoint,
the the effectiveness that you've have seen from Snoop in
his two starts, does that does that.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Change the calculus at all?
Speaker 6 (07:09):
I mean, if if Lamar is kind of close to
ready but you're not.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Sure, like do you push it or not push it?
Speaker 4 (07:15):
The fact that you have a lot of confidence and Tyler,
does that play into.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
That or no. I think the fact that we have
a lot of confident in Tyler is a real big
positive and real plus. But it doesn't factor into whether
Lamar plays. If Lamar is ready to go, he's playing.
That's it for sure.
Speaker 6 (07:30):
John here all in the excitement posting, you did acknowledge
kind of the shock of how the defense played.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Now having reviewed to take and you know what did
you make with that?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
You talked about big players.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
You know, was there a theme? Was something that really
comes out is sort of why that was happening?
Speaker 5 (07:46):
Yeah, there was.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
I mean it was just technique. It was technique in
the back end really, you know, corner position, you know,
and uh, it wasn't anything. It wasn't really across the board.
It wasn't any kind of miscommunications or anything like that.
We played things right, We just didn't play. We didn't play.
We didn't play the past game.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
Well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Uh, from a coverage standpoint, in the back end, it
was really outside lane throws that you saw made. Uh
they were they were just too easy, you know, we
didn't cover them well. And then the quarterback getting out
of pocket. You know, we got him a few times,
but he got out a few times. You know he's elusive,
but a couple of those were more our fault, you know,
just our rush lanes weren't uh as good as they
(08:24):
needed to be. And sometimes it was getting him down too.
He got out our grasp once or twice. So those
are the two things that were very much pinpointed to
the problem in terms of the yards that were given up.
Speaker 5 (08:37):
We had one I'll say this, we had.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
One seam route. The first touchdown was a seam route
against Cover two that we didn't We didn't play that
right and or well and honestly to it, you know,
it wasn't a great call against that route. So I'd
say I'd say those those were the Those are the three.
Speaker 8 (08:54):
Things Johnny Guy post of three tapers running in But
just the deafness of the zone running game over these
past couple of weeks where we're there has just been
you know, pipping off chunk games like we're kind of
a kind of seen from the packet or aspect of
your runing.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Yeah, I mean, it's probably up average wise, just because
we hit some big runs, you know, and it hasn't
all it hasn't all been you say, zone and there's
a lot of versions of zone runs, you know, and
like the last one was was a toss zone play
that we run with a crack block on the edge,
and you saw Das have have a heck of a
block on the defensive end there, you know. So I
think a lot of a lot of it's just it's
(09:35):
really execution, you're really what it really is, what it is,
and we do it.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
We do.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
I think our coaches do a really good job of
scheming up the run game and presenting it all the
different types of schemes, but even just the zone the
zone versions presenting it different ways. There's different ways to
tag it in terms of, you know, how you're blocking
the edges, how you're blocking the linebackers who you're working towards,
and that sort of thing where it's an inside zone
and outside zone and cut back play, a bounce play,
(10:01):
and these are all things that are part of it
that I think have been put together really well. But
really the main thing is the execution. You know, The
blocking and the running have made them work.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
You talk about that, I'm curious what you see from
the tight ends. It looked like the tight ends are
really blocking very well.
Speaker 7 (10:17):
In Green Bay, Isaiah likely had a really good blocking
digit what'd you see from them in that retar?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, it's really good, really good. Isaiah was really good
on the edge, did a great job and numerous different
opportunities and gave them a lot of trouble out there
on the edge. But really, I mean that there's a
new challenge this week because these guys on the edge
are really good. I mean, these outside backers that we're
about to go against in Pittsburgh, we go, we know
them well, we play them a lot. They know how
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to get off blocks. I mean, they do a great
job of setting the edge and tearing off blocks, probably
as good or better than anybody in the league in
terms of that. In terms of that, in terms of
their run defense. The other thing to do a great
job of is they present off the backside edge really
really aggressively on your zone run games. So you've got
to deal with those guys. That's kind of where it starts.
You know, you want to run the one run the
(11:04):
outside zone play man, you better, you better have a
plan for those guys.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
John, was the plans to kind of lean on Derek
as much as you guys did, or was it you know,
as you saw that the kind of Knight of was
having you kind of just pivoted that way.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
It was to lean on him like we did. Uh
and uh, you know, I know there's a lot of
talk about that, but it's pretty much pretty much always
the plan that way to a degree. But I would
say definitely ramped it up for sure conditions and and uh,
where we're at it as a team, you know, where
offense is at, and what we thought was the best
way to win the game was definitely Derrick Henry, you know.
(11:41):
And then the opportunity was really presented itself because we
were having success and we got plays. You know, so
the more plays you have, the more times you can
run it, uh, and the more times you give to Derek.
And really the only times you really came off the
field were you know, obvious third downs and uh and
when he when he needed a break. So that's kind
of how it went.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
You guys have obviously put each other a million times.
Rival raid is what it is. First time, this will
be a winner, go home game for you know, these
two teams in Week eight team and I'm just curious
you're now you're focused on the game, but you're what
do you think of that? And and do you do
(12:20):
you you know, does that do you find that interesting
or compelling in anyway?
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Yeah? You know, I really didn't realize it until Chad
mentioned it when we were walking in the room here.
You know, I guess he anticipated your question and I
was like, wow, that's is that right? You know, I
didn't realize that that's that's that's something. And we probably
would have thought it wouldn't have been you know, it
might have been another time it would have come up.
But uh, that's about the much headspaces I can give it.
Uh So, other than that, it's a it's a it's
(12:48):
a it's a division championship game for sure, But it's
a game. You know, it's a game. It's in Pittsburgh
against the Steelers. You know, we kind of understand that
that part of it too. So we've got to get
ready for all that.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
DK metcalfin not being available to them. How does that
change kind of your preparation.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
For that all?
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Yeah. I mean, you know, you look at who's in
and who's out for sure. I mean, obviously you know
DK Metcalf you know, that's a that's a look at trouble.
He gave us in the first game. Uh So that's
that's you factor it your factor Washington whether he can
play or not for sure, Austin whether he can play
or not for sure. Those are those are big playmakers
for those guys. But then you look at the you
know the other guys they have, you know, Gainwell is incredible.
(13:28):
Uh They're running backs are just I think top of
the line running backs. I mean, both those two guys are.
Jalen's amazing, you know downhill, and they get him the
ball in so many different ways. They do a great
job of getting in the ball. I mean they'll run
a progression pass concept over here. Then they'll have like
a it's a we call it an escort type of
a flair pass, and it's really a it's a run play,
(13:50):
you know, if they dump it out there and Aaron
does an incredible job of sorting all stuff out screens. Uh,
just they do a great job. And then you've got
the tight ends. I mean, those they got two tight
ends that are legitimate, big time pass catching threats. So
we've got to deal with both those two guys. And
then John new I mean he'll he'll take it sweep,
so he'll get in the backfield and run it, he'll
take a pitch, you know, he'll do all that kind
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of stuff. He'll be up on the edge blocking in firemouth.
I mean, you know, really anywhere you know, down steam routes,
middle of the field, you know, quick end breakers, stick routes,
option routes, seven routes to the corner. You've got to
be you know, all over those those routes with him.
And then you know, you know, I mean the Valdez
s Gantling. You know, he's he's a big target and
(14:33):
a fade and box fade and a crossing route guy
and big body guy. So he kind of fills that
role for Metcalf to a agree. I mean, they've got guys.
They've got guys, So the game plan for the guys
that they.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Have in some matters just the way it should be.
Speaker 7 (14:52):
This is I mean, the NFL decided to making this
game from hime two of the regular season, u knowing
the history between these two teams, and it all comes
down to.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Just the regular season going into this year.
Speaker 7 (15:07):
I mean a lot of people thought it was gonna
come down to the Ravens in this year.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
But I don't know, if you look at it the
same way.
Speaker 7 (15:12):
Or look at the way the NFL has placed this
game on Sunday and I have the same fashion with
the respect of showing the franchises.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I'm sorry, what's the question?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
I was absolutely as.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
My thoughts on it being the last game is that
the question.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
And the longstanding history and the fact that the NFL
showed you got so much respect.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Oh okay, okay, I got lost for a minute. It
was well said, though. What you said was really cool.
I just I was swimming in it a little bit. Yeah,
it's it's it's really awesome. I mean, I agree with you.
I think it's really cool. It's uh, it's it's it's
what you want. It's uh, it's nobody was disappointed, you
(15:53):
know that we're playing Sunday night. It's not really what
you know, it's not forefront of your mind because we
got to go play the game. You know, the game
could have been at four o'clock, could have been one o'clock,
could have been could have been Saturday, Saturday night. You
know that would have been fine. I wouldn't have really cared.
So the fact that Sunday night just means we got
to wait longer.
Speaker 9 (16:10):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
It's kind of my mindset is like, man, we got
to wait that much longer to go play, So we
got to set our clock accordingly and be ready, you know,
at eight twenty on Sunday night. But all those things
you're talking about, I think when you take a step back,
you know, especially as a Ravens fan, you know, or
in the organization, you guys take a step back, and
you got to you know, now your head a little
bit and go, yeah, that's probably the way it should be.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
We we respect the Steelers, you know, the organization, and
we respect the AFC North, you know, and so all
those things you're saying, Sure, I acknowledge that and and
feel good about it along.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
Those lives as you know, someone who's adverse in football
history as you are.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Was it surprising to you? Is that to learn if
there's never been an eight North three pet.
Speaker 8 (16:51):
And after you guys are waiting away from that side
of the field.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
Yeah, I've known that for a while. It was a surprise,
but then not a surprise when I thought about it
for about five seconds, you know, because it's so darn competitive.
Kind of goes back to what you're talking about. I mean,
I'm assuming it's the only division that that's the case.
I bet it is if we were allowed to bet.
(17:17):
So the it's it's something to think about. It's it's
a big deal, but it's a game, you know. So
it's like any big game. There's a lot riding out
and there's a lot to there's a lot to there's
a lot of a lot to earn, you know, but
you got to go play winning football game. You gotta
(17:37):
go play the type of game that can beat a
really good football team in their stadium, you know, really
when the stakes are really high, you know. And I
know they feel the same way. But it's our responsibility
to take care of us, take care of our business,
play our game the way we play it, you know,
and and to execute it the way we need to
execute to get the job done. Keep it simple, Go
play hard, go play well, Go play good football. Our
(17:58):
goal will be to play our best game of the season,
you know, and that's what we'll be really focused on,
you know. That's what we have to get ready for.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
I know, probably the anxiety ridden to watch party, but
it's also I guess a cool film for you guys.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
Is there anything that.
Speaker 9 (18:12):
Stuck out about the Browns game plan against the Steelers that.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
You guys are drawing from.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Uh, well, like all three phases kind of generally, I
thought the Browns, you know, their game plan was probably
play to their defense, you know, and that's smart. You know.
They did a great job with that. Their defense was
up to it, played a great game offensively. They didn't
have too many mistakes. They had a couple, they had
(18:38):
one close call it that didn't didn't hurt them. They
had another pick you know, down there in their end.
But I'm sure they tried to minimize their their the turnovers.
You know, that was probably a big part of their plan.
They did that for the most part. They ran the
ball pretty well times, you know, effectively, but they played
a field position game, you know, so uh and special
teams was solid for them. So that was probably, you know,
probably the basis of their plan. I would think, is.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
There anything when you feel like can you apply to.
Speaker 4 (19:03):
Our team guys?
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. I mean all those things
are going to be really really important. We're not the
same team as them, so you know, we'll lean on
different things schematically, we'll lean on different things probably strategically,
you know, but generally, a winning football game, you know,
I think that was kind of the basis. I think
they tried to shorten the game. You know, that's always
(19:26):
part of it. But you know, you also have to
play to your strengths, and we have we have certain
strengths you know that other teams don't have, you know,
so we want to play to those strengths too.
Speaker 6 (19:35):
You know, when you're watching the really tense moments of
a game like that, are you are.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
You still a coach or are you still in coach brain?
Speaker 5 (19:41):
Or are you are you a fan?
Speaker 2 (19:43):
At those common fan model, be honest with you. I mean,
I'm I'm complaining about the play calls, you know, I'm
I'm wonder why they didn't do this or that.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
You know, what do they think?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Ye?
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, the clock management, you know, we do. I got
to just be an honest.
Speaker 8 (19:59):
John was a se ration viewed in because you know,
the challenge that's head or what was the atmosphere like
when they finally.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Had it was?
Speaker 5 (20:06):
It was?
Speaker 2 (20:06):
It was? It was. It was woke, it was it
was uncorked, man, it was, it was.
Speaker 5 (20:11):
It was.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
It was raucous.
Speaker 5 (20:12):
Yeah, it was great.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Everybody was jumping around and fired up and happy. A
lot of hugging, a lot of hugging. You know, you talk.
Speaker 9 (20:20):
About the belief and the team throughout the week going
into that.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Must win game in Green Bay.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
What did you like about the emotions that went into that.
Speaker 9 (20:27):
Game and really the accountability that the players had for
each other too, just like getting plays done, making sure
there were you know, minimum states throughout, but also in
a sense of taking that.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Into another must win.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Game in a row here, right, Well, yeah, that's exactly right.
I mean, you know, we we've we've we've been We've
been playing with a lot of energy, a lot of emotion,
a lot of physicality for a lot of weeks, you know,
and I feel like our team has carried out all season.
Like most teams we've had, We've had ups and downs
(20:59):
with our execution, and our execution probably was at you know,
for the most part, a really high level throughout the
game in all three phases, but not where we want
it to be either. So we've got to keep chasing
the execution. But as far as the other part you're
talking about that, you know, the intangible part, I thought
that was a really high level and it has been
at a high level, but probably at its highest level.
(21:21):
So we need to even take that to the next
level too, because it has to go there. You know,
this is a playoff game, then then you know, if
you know, then there's after that. It's going to just
keep ramping up. I don't know if it can get
much more intention and it's going to get on Sunday night,
but it's in that realm. It's going to be in
that realm. So we've got to be ready for it.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
You talked about, you know, you were asked about job
security last week.
Speaker 5 (21:45):
If you expect you back next year. A lot of
people are going to.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
Maybe look at this game, probably unfairly. So is it
kind of referenced between you yourself and Mike is the
too longest tenured coaches in the league.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
And I'm just.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
Curious that you feel that at all and kind of
just how you view that.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
Generally.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
Yeah, I really just really don't have the space for that.
You know, it's just not something that you have the
ability to think about. It's not important. It was important,
you had an impact and a bearing, you know, then
you I think you think about it, but you think
about it because it's always that way, you know, So
(22:27):
it's probably all that stuff makes it all kind of
interesting and kind of fun and and real. Uh it's
it's uh, it's sports. You know, that's how sports are.
And I think that's part of the intrigue of it all.
So I feel like really honored to be a part
of that. And if I just being honest with you,
I feel really honored to be a part of it.
I know there's there's always pressure. There's always pressure, But
you know, I think it was Billy Jean King who
(22:48):
said pressure is a privilege, right was it was it
Billy Jean King who said that, you know, and that's
that's something that is earned, you know. So you know,
we feel we feel we feel like it's it's something
very worthwhile to be in games like this. And if
those are the things are being talked about along with that,
that's okay. You know, that's a privilege too. So let's
(23:11):
get to work and let's go try to play our
best game, try to coach our best game.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
John turn them Where's have been kind of like the
the key thing in some of these big games, especially
at some of the big moments, is that something that
you feel like you need to over emphasize going into
this game, or do you not want to spend too
much time talking about something you don't want to be
an issue.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
Yeah, it's good, good, good psychology question. Probably you know
what would be the best way to make it clear?
Make the point? But we we Uh it's critically important.
You know, probably couldn't over emphasize it enough. And uh,
and it's just gonna be so important. I mean, the
team that wins the turnover battle is gonna have a
real edge and winning the game. So we know that
that needs to be us. We need to make that happen.
(23:55):
You know, they're having the exact same conversation over there,
just like every team that's playing this week is talking about.
But in a game like this, that's that's it. It's
going to start with that. So we got to make
that priority one.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
How did you get out of that game health wise?
Otherwise we got out of it?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Well, yeah, we're wearing good shape healthwise, nothing else. Uh,
that's that's a major thing. Or it looks like it's
going to be an issue at this point in time.
Hopefully nothing will pop up as a week goes on.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Marlin gonna have the player with the whatever, that's a
good question.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
There's a timeframe on that I'm not sure if this week,
if it's coming off or not, we'll know more about that.
I just don't know, but it's gonna be kind of
in this range. I think we'll check on that for you.
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