November 20, 2025 • 29 mins
Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken, Defensive Coordinator Zach Orr, Special Teams Coordinator Chris Horton, quarterback Lamar Jackson, and running back Derrick Henry speak with the media after practice Thursday.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. The date is Thursday,
November twentieth, and today, after practice ahead of the week
twelve home matchup with the New York Jets, we heard
from the Ravens coordinators Todd Monkin, Zach Orr, and Chris Wharton,
as well as quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry.
First up on Ravens Press Past Podcast, we have quarterback
(00:23):
Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I meant the kneed last weekend this week and you
know a lot of people, a lot of fans wanted
to know, you know, how are you feeling physical life.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I'm good.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
I was able to practice.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know good? You feel like that?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
Has it affected your playing at all? Because a lot
of people will say when you're.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know, had some injuries, you're not.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
At full strength.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Has that how to be a play at all? Now?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I mean if it just happened in the game, probably,
But you know, if if it was injured, took some
time off and you was able to come back.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I dot it.
Speaker 6 (01:03):
The part that it's something different almost the last three weeks.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Uh, I mean, it's just part of football, I guess,
you know, but I'm good.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
Have you had to you know, you had you pointed
it out if they get the past, had you've gotten older,
Like if you had to sort of try to figure
out how to manage your body through some of those
injuries and things like that, whether it's you know, have
not practicing or whatever the case, maybe if if you
sort of had to figure that out. I guess to, Okay,
I'm I'm not twenty two. I'm not that open.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah, I don't think I'm old at all right now,
not that old. I'm not old at all right now.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
Wait, I guess if you if you had to try
to figure out how to manage too when you get
those that's your point these things happening.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Yeah, you know, but it's my first time, you know,
dealing with something like this, and like while I'm playing
at that, you know. So, I mean we got great
trainers and stuff like that. Our staff is good. So,
like I said, I'm good.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
Yeah, I think or we find it might be your
new normal.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Just you might need a day or two off here
and there, just cause you are dealing with some things
right now for this season.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Probably We'll see how I go though, Gotta see how
coach feel about it.
Speaker 8 (02:14):
Why you got all you gots gonna get from your perspective.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
Why is the red zone to the effective.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
In last few weeks?
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Uh, I can't call it, you know. All I know
is you just need to work, work better, work, work
a little harder putting points on the ball while we're
in the red zone. Cause our defense do a great
job at stopping teams and sometimes putting us in a
position to score. And uh, we do a great job
dropping the ball down the field and getting the red
zone as well. But we need to find a way
to put points on the board by touchdowns and not
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just letting loop you know, kick the field goals all
the time.
Speaker 9 (02:45):
Mar DeAndre, he's someone who doesn't need a lot of
targets to come up big for you.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Like in the game like it's catching Cleveland.
Speaker 10 (02:52):
What have you learned about him as a teammate and
his reliability in some of those clutch moments.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Man, he's that's why he's gonna be a Hall of famer,
you know. And that's why he's a Hall of Fame
caliber receiver.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
And the way he handed his business, you know, he
not loud, you know, complaining and stuff like that that
he's not getting targets and when his numbers called, he's
making players for us, and hopefully his number get caught
a lot more, you know, cause he definitely got big
playabilities at all times.
Speaker 11 (03:16):
Really that being said, I mean, you did target him
a bunch of this past game.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
If you only the one catch.
Speaker 11 (03:22):
But I is, uh, is that relationship when you and
d hops still kind of developing or.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
He still figure? Ain't any parts of that out?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I I feel like, uh, sometimes it was it was
like the the coverage or I I feel like I
should have made a better throw, like on the uh
box fade, I should have made a better throat right there,
and he would have you know, he would have had
to catch. Cause I feel like any time the ball
is in his area perimeter, he had catch.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
That ball, you know.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
So I felt like if it was a better pass,
he would have had that. But one of 'em, the
dB was right there. I'm not gonna throw interception, you know,
we not gonna force it.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Oh good?
Speaker 11 (03:56):
Has it?
Speaker 6 (03:56):
Has there ever been a time when when you were
like caught from behind that it surprised you that if
you got tackle.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
The time curious only when I start like when I'm
thinking it's like I'm gone and nobody chasing me. That
probably been the only time. But other than that, Nah,
I don't recall getting caught in the league at all though,
so rarely, Yeah, I don't When did I get caught? Rarely?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
What who caught me?
Speaker 12 (04:20):
And the Chiefs?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Oh that don't count. I do not count. Everybody know
that was a touchdown for a I ain't even know
he dove.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, that don't count.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Get walked down. I ain't get walked down like he
was rapped out already, he was full stride. I'm looking
in front of me, I'm like, oh, it's six, and
I'm like, what the f happens?
Speaker 11 (04:40):
Man?
Speaker 6 (04:41):
At this point of the year or two to your point,
like it's football? Where this week eleven or twelve? Uh?
Like if you ever uh played a game like a
hundred percent physically, like it totally healthy, like it late
in the year?
Speaker 13 (04:57):
Uh have I?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Uh? I believe?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
So last year year before, well no, yeah yeah, the
year before twenty twenty two, I got hurt. So nah,
twent ten one, I got hurt. But the year before that, yeah,
I was a hundred percent.
Speaker 9 (05:11):
So yeah, belong to that statistically, at least rushing wise,
your numbers are down compared to what they usually are.
Do you feel like that's a element of the offense
that you guys may be messing a little.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Bit right now?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Nah, not really, you know, cause we got great running backs.
You know, we got Derren Henry. That's what we got
'em for, you know, cause I believe AMC Championship that
was a big conversation. Oh, we wasn't running the ball
a lot. Shoulda gave a ball to the running back.
Then we got a guy like Derek Henry who came
over here ran for like fifteen hundred yards eighteen hud
whatever it was, you know in uh Chestice Hill, Keaton, Mitchell,
She and Ali. We got all these great running backs.
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So when my number get called, we'll see what you've.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Always been really good at.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
And I don't know how you do you we've your
body in a s way where he does typically get
hit out four four.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah it see maybe the past few.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Games have you felt maybe even this year total you've
been the hits have been little bit harder this year
than maybe improving my Sure.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
The heart that hits you been taking uh in the pocket. Yeah,
because when I'm running, I don't think I got hit.
Nobody hit me when I was running, but probably in
the pocket if I'm not expecting it. Probably, But I
believe any quarterback who get hit in the pocket is
gonna be a hard hit. You know, defensive line is strong,
like three hundred pounds, two hundred and some pounds. Guys
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who bent a lot, Probably you probably get hit hard.
Use that quarterback, You're probably get hit hard to Damson.
HiT's your hard man, Yeah man, But yeah, in.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
The pocket probably, you know.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
But outside the pocket, h yeah, I can I can
move around and won't really get hit, So I can't call.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
It to that point. Did you feel that that Dallas
turner on that they put it on you?
Speaker 4 (06:49):
You got fine for the Minnesota? Yeah, yeah, he got
me right there. I wasn't expecting that at all. Yeah,
I wasn't expecting that. Am I surprise he got fine?
I don't know, Like I really don't be peniten to
the rules like on defensive guys of what's legal wasn't illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
So I al ready can't call it.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I'm glad. I'm glad we got to call them all
that way. He dropped all his weight on me. I'm like, damn,
But yeah, man, question.
Speaker 11 (07:20):
I mean, I think he got twenty three sacks all
of last year, and that's how many you have this
year in a fewer games.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Talked it off to line by that man, But I
mean that man, it's trying to realistically.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
I mean that you feel the cumulative weight of some
of the pressure you've been getting this year.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
I mean it's part of football, you know. Sometimes guys
get you, sometimes they won't, you know. Like I said,
I'm talking to my guys about that. They probably gonna
like that. Though, like you guys had him, it's twenty
three sacks. They probably not gonna like that.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
So it's more more for la place.
Speaker 8 (07:53):
You built a tight relationship with Isaiah likely over the
last four years. Why do you feel like he hasn't
had has been he breaking games this year since he
came back from the injury, and do you feel like
it's still gonna come his way at some point?
Speaker 4 (08:04):
I mean, uh, we got other tight ends, you know,
other guys eating you know, but he's been coming along,
you know, as the seasons been going on, and he
was out like the first few weeks, you know, but
his time is coming, you know. But like I said,
we got other guys who's been stepping up and doing
that thing. So you know, when your numbers called, I
feel like he's gonna do what he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
That was QB Lamar Jackson answering questions about this Sunday's
game against the Jets. Now we'll hear from offensive coordinator
Todd Munkett.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Over just the past two weeks.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Have you seen some I know, every play and every
guy's separate.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Have you seen any kind of reds or themes that
are you know, similar?
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Why you guys aren't as put out the as these.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Guys you we are.
Speaker 7 (09:03):
It's and always is with everything that we do, a
combination of things in every facet whatever say aspect of
what we do. You got to scheme it better, you
got to coach it better, you got to execute better.
And that's really whether you're doing it really well or
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you're doing it poorly, you got to look at it
and say, Okay, how can we be better?
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And that's just the way it is.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Have you dedicated any more time practice to red zone execution?
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Well, we dedicate every day every time.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
I mean we have the same amount of time last
year we were first in the league, same amount of
time we had last year.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
We dedicate this year to it.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
We start off the week on Wednesdays we do a
former red zone and then today we do red zone.
Then tomorrow we really hammer red zone. Like I said,
there's a number of things we can do better, you know,
And like everything that we do on offense, it's starts
with me. How do we scheme it? Better, call it better,
execute better? Because it's all of that. There's not one
thing in particular, just like that wasn't one thing last
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year that was in particular why we were so successful.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
It was the combination of everything collective.
Speaker 14 (10:13):
Tom As far as Lamar, he's been dealing hand free
night looting to him there and came back has had
some ny single thing.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Has any of his injuries?
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Has that impacted your game plan or what you guys
have gone at all?
Speaker 6 (10:32):
A big fourth down fall last week, utilizing Derek and
Mark and Ricard and.
Speaker 12 (10:37):
Having those three available, is that something going forward?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I mean I can mix and.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Match and use Lamar also as a deep boy.
Speaker 14 (10:45):
Having pat back, how much of a bigger asset is that?
Speaker 6 (10:48):
Well?
Speaker 7 (10:49):
I think Kevin Patricard back has been a tremendous boost
for us. I mean, the things he allows us to
do in the run game. Protection, his physicality that he
brings is is a big part of that. And then
anything that we do, it doesn't matter whether it's third down,
fourth down, any down and distance. We're always trying to
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mirror up what we do as best we can, what
we've done and what we've presented to the defense. How
can we do something off of that?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
You know? And that just happened to be one of them.
Speaker 9 (11:21):
So I know we said the red zone issues are
that product of multiple things. Specifically, I guess with the
inability to run the ball down in the red zone,
why do you feel like you haven't been able to
consistently do that part?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I guess down in it.
Speaker 7 (11:37):
Well, that's sure, that's a part of it, but that's
not the only part of it. We have to run
it better, and it's not just the red zone, you know,
short yardage in the black zone, third downs. We always
have to be able to run the ball well. And
then when we don't, then we have to be able
to execute in the passing game, which we have in
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the past, and we're certainly more than capable of doing it.
But all of us and I think our guys would
agree to that, have owned that. And you know, some
of the last couple weeks have been unfortunate. You know,
we get the ricochet off Rogers helmet a week ago,
we had a hell of a two minute drive and
kick a field goal. But that gives you, oh for
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one in the red zone. But that was really a
hell of a drive. And I'm not making excuses.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
We've got to be a lot better in the red zone.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
But what matters most, just like any week, is that
we're elite this week in the red zone. Right, We're
unbelievable in terms of offensive penalties, right, we haven't had
procedural we're not holding. But you know what matters is
that we don't have penalties this week, right that were
great on third down, that we're able to run it
this week. They we're able to throw it this week,
just like just like anything, right, if you go oh
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for foreign baseball the day before, you know what matters
now frickin' today.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
That's what matters right now.
Speaker 7 (12:54):
And really that's the way we're going to look at
it is you can't carry over stats, right, but we
sure how can fix it and be really good this week.
Speaker 8 (13:02):
Did you have a sense that the fourth down play
to Mark could not just get you a first down,
but could be an explosive play.
Speaker 7 (13:09):
Oh at that point, you're just trying to get the
first down. I mean, let's be real honest here. I mean,
you know, you know that you got to get the
first down?
Speaker 3 (13:18):
What a you know?
Speaker 7 (13:20):
And that started with with coach and a recommendation from
coach Rball and that comes. I mean, how we do
it offensively is it's a collaboration. Everybody has a part
of the game plan. I love it when coach is
a part of that and our coaches are part of
it because then we all own it because there's good
and bad in that.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Right, sometimes it works out great.
Speaker 7 (13:42):
And so what you do and that when we were
talking about red zone and do we work a little
more on it, Well, when you see those plays, that's
that's a byproduct of how we worked it during the week, right,
And that's true when you are struggling, you you didn't
need to commit more time to something, and we did.
And that was just a byproduct of coaches thought, us
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bringing it to life collectively and then working our rear
ends off during the week that if the look came up,
that we thought we'd get that the guys would really execute,
but I know I gave you more than that. I
think it would be a touchdown, but obviously it's got
to be up. There is one of the most exciting moments.
And you know how many years of coaching, right of
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how important that was at.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That moment.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
And what we had done up till that point to
just not take a hold of that game, right, you
know what I'm saying. We went in that game saying
give them nothing, give them zero, and we didn't do that.
We gave them life. And for that to happen was
an elite moment.
Speaker 14 (14:46):
Last week. You got to these plays have to be
oiled up. That was the word you used, oiled up
to be ready to use them in the game. Do
you know, say, Friday, do you make that determined? Friday
said it, yeah, we're good with that play if it
comes up, or would would you scrap it if it
hasn't looked good during the week.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
I think there's levels of oil like with any play
that we have. I don't think you're ever one hundred
percent sure, right, I think you feel very confident that
if we get X look that it gives us the
best opportunity to have success, I guess is the best
way to put it. You're never one hundred percent, no
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matter what in life, you're not. But I think the
more that you work something, and there's nothing more exciting
than when you do work something and you get that
look right, because there is no guarantee you get the
exact look, I guess the best way to put it
but to get the right look to have the guys
work as hard as they did all week to be
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in that position, because it does take some choreography. I
mean marks under center, I mean the spacing of the
blocking and everything else. So and I know we're continuing
to go on about the play, but it's just like
I said, that's every play that we have is that way.
There's choreography with it and trying to make sure we
execute a high level.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
Justice back soon.
Speaker 13 (16:07):
But the Keaton and the touches he had in this Browns.
Speaker 11 (16:11):
Game and the production he got out of it, is
that sort of the target of how much you want
him involved in the offense.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
We'd like Keaton to be involved.
Speaker 7 (16:19):
It's uh, as I said at the beginning here, you
guys were around me, is we got a good problem
we have. We have a lot of good skill players,
and Derek is deserving of touches. Keaton is justices. Our
Our wide receivers are tight ends, and we need to
continue to keep Keaton involved. He's shown that to be
a valuable asset and be explosive for us as a
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great change up to Derek.
Speaker 6 (16:42):
Go back to what you're saying about red zone. I'm
sure you aretas in particular among the many things the
perspective the offensive line, is it as simple as sometimes
it just seems to be more push up there or
how do you kind of view?
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I wouldn't say it as simple as that.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
I uh, As I said before, There's.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
There's so many.
Speaker 7 (17:07):
Aspects or things that go into having success, And like
I said, it always starts with me and who we
have and how we scheme it and then how we
execute it during practice that carries over the games. That's
that's the way it is. And we can coach better,
we can play better. That's that's the way it works.
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We win as a team, we lose as a team.
We have success as a team. And I can't wait
to get there Sunday because it's there's it's part of
what we do right is to uh, whatever it is
we're doing well at, we continue down that track and
keep fighting to be elade at that and the things
we're not we fight to fix it. And that's what
you do, and we'll continue down that road.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Do you think the success you've have with those variations
the last two weeks on those short ordage plays, does
that also have the potential of maybe making it a
little easier the next time you line mark up there
and just have it and go straightforward. I mean, does
it have that?
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (18:08):
I mean I would think so, but I don't. I
don't control what they do defensively. You know, all we
can do is is plan for what we see on
film and what we think that gives us the best
chance to execute it at a high level. That's again,
that's all aspects of our game plan.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
You're listening to Raven's Press Past podcast. That was OC
Todd Monkin addressing the media after today's practice. Next up
on Raven's Press Past podcast, you'll hear from defensive coordinators
Zach or.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Big of a difference is.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
It's going against high ride rather than you know, I
think they had stuck with dust.
Speaker 15 (18:54):
I don't think it's a it's a major difference. You know,
they had one game versus Tampa where ty Ride really
played most snaps and pretty much ran out of the
same offense. Some of the QB designed runs went away,
but Tyrod can still do that and somebody the philosophy
stayed the same. So we know Tyrod real familiar with him.
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He's approsed. I mean, what's this his fifteenth year, so
we know he's gonna be prepared. Man, he's a hard worker.
You don't be in this You're not in this league
this long if you can't play. Obviously he could still play.
You can see that on film. So we got to
be ready for him.
Speaker 11 (19:27):
Zach, what do you remember from Tyrod was a teammate
of yours when you were a rookie. What do you
remember from him? And how has he maybe changed as
a player, And you know, looking.
Speaker 15 (19:33):
At him now, I think the one thing that stood
out to me when I seen Tyrod, even though he
was the backup quarterback, he was in here early and
he was in here late, and just from Afar. That
stood out to me as a young guy coming into
the league of the dedication and the hard work that
you have to put in to stay in this league
and to progress in this league. And then he left
on went to be a Pro Bowl quarterback, a starting
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quarterback for years and he's still going. But very talented athletic,
can make all the throws, and he's a he's a
real diligent guy. So he's real smart. So he's going
to be prepared. That's one thing that I know he
took seriously with his preparation. You can see that carry
out through throughout his career exactly.
Speaker 14 (20:10):
Were you know, we only get see the individual drills,
but we saw Kyle Hamilton working with the linebackers today.
How hard is it for you or the challenge for
you to decide how to ration his workload.
Speaker 15 (20:22):
The good thing about it, he makes it easy because
he can handle it.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Man.
Speaker 15 (20:25):
I mean, it's it's just phenomenal the football i Q
and information that he can retain and then go to
apply it in real time. And you got to give
credit to him. He's he's always prepared. He's always thinking forward,
he's always studying, and you gotta give credit to Pagano
and and and Donald Man. Those guys preparing great in
the meeting room. So it's not really challenging for me.
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I'm just like, hey, Kyle, can you handle this? And
he says, yeah, I'm good. That's all I need to hear.
So and he goes out there and executes it. So
hats off to him. It's remarkable of what he's able
to do for us.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
Is it tempting or difficult to like not overuse him
from the standpoint of like, you can do so much
and you almost it's like having a toy in some
sense and seeing what it can and can't do.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 15 (21:13):
I think the biggest thing is is he still is
human and you want to let him go out there
and go play fast. So we're definitely mindful of that.
And it's a lot more things that we would like
to do, but you have to build up to that.
So you know, I say, he's done a great job,
and you just continually slowly add more to his plate.
He already has a lot on his plate. And I
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just think that the way the system is built, the
way that the coaches coach, in the way that the
players prepared, it allows him to go out there and
play multiple positions because we teach it in concepts. So
long as he understands the concepts. He'll be able to
do a lot of different things for us.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Zach Obviously, you don't really stood out as break up
in the end.
Speaker 11 (21:51):
Zone at the end of the game, but just season long,
I mean, what has he done in coverage has made
him sort of reliable option.
Speaker 15 (22:00):
He's a technician, he's real smart man, Cheeto. We're glad
we got him. He's a real student of the game.
So he's in the room talking about route concepts, splits, releases,
He's constantly talking to the DB's and the defense about
what we can anticipate in what coverage we're in. And
then the ability for him to play the ball down
the field. That's what stood out to us specifically watching
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him when he was a free agent, is that he
never panics when the ball is in the air and
that play right there, I'm telling you, I mean, some
of the best of the best in the world.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Nine nine percent of.
Speaker 15 (22:29):
Those guys are gonna get a PI called on them,
and the play Cheeto made that that's one of the
best players I've personally seen as a past breakup. But
he's he's real good for our room and he's been
steady for us the whole year and now, you know,
for some reason the last couple of weeks, teams have
been challenging him, and I'm glad that, you know, now
the world can start to see, you know, his true
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talent and his true ability because now he's got an
opportunity to make plays on the football and he's been
able to do that for us.
Speaker 12 (22:57):
Each I know, like injuries kind of make this a
movie target. But is there like a simple, easy explanation
for why you think these past five games have kind
of gone the way that you guys wanted compared to
the first five.
Speaker 15 (23:10):
I think that we just obviously we got healthy. You know,
we had to make some adjustments, we lost some guys
for the year, had to make some adjustments. But I
just think I got to do credit to the players, man.
The players, I think they really come together, and you know,
they've been leading the charge, holding themselves accountable and holding
and holding each other accountable and going out there putting
the work and going out there executing. So hats off
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to them, man, I think that's that's that's where the
credit got to go to. And then you got to
get credit to the coaches just staying together and preparing
their guys. I appreciate y'all.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
That was defensive coordinator Zach or answering questions before the
Ravens face of New York Jets this Sunday. Next up
is special teams coordinator Chris Horton.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
What's up?
Speaker 5 (24:01):
What's up?
Speaker 10 (24:02):
Good to see everyone. Hope all you guys are doing well.
Just look at looking back at that Cleveland game. You know,
I thought there were two plays that that I felt
like were kind of uncharacteristic of of you know, of
our play and kind of what we expect from our guys.
But uh, other than that, I thought our guys came out,
they played physical after we got past those those two plays, man,
I was very pleased with, uh what I saw on
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the tape.
Speaker 5 (24:23):
Uh. What questions do you have, Chris?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
What is the teaching with Will Johntay coming off of
the the the ball that he watched, the ball that gets.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Up in own Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
Uh, you know there's a very simple uh coaching points.
You know.
Speaker 10 (24:34):
Uh, the one thing for us, the one thing I
tell the Johnte every time he goes out on that field, man,
just keep being great.
Speaker 11 (24:39):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (24:39):
Ever since he walked in this in this building, Uh,
he's done a lot of good things, uh, filled in
the ball, getting yards for us and and just really
being a difference maker in the return game. But as
far as that, as far as that play, I think
that's a that's a learning experience for him, right, Uh
in a situation where the ball's up there, he gets
to a spot and then the ball cuts down on him.
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If you got a up to that ball, you know,
we always talk about just make a make a decision,
to make it quickly like that one.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
The way that ball is coming down, just let it go.
And we can live with that because.
Speaker 10 (25:08):
We always talk about at the end of the down,
the ball needs to go back to the offense.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
A very simple, easy fix for us.
Speaker 10 (25:15):
Again, he's done a lot of great things for us,
and now we're gonna make sure that he continues to
do that.
Speaker 14 (25:21):
You say you stay two plays, So I take it
you were okay with him fielding that punt backing up
at the two yard line, and why.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
It's a it's a great it's a great decision.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Bo.
Speaker 10 (25:32):
I mean, the ball, the ball's under a four second hangtime.
The guy punted the ball sixty five yards, right, he's
a playmaker, right, And then him getting the ball in
his hands. We talk about those decisions. If he felt
those gunners down on him, he'll let that ball go.
He'll let that ball. Guy firmly, truly believe he'll let
that ball go. So if we're not gonna take away
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the punt, returning his ability to make plays when their
decision makings have been very good so far, except for
maybe filling that ball, trying to fill that ball that
was coming down again learning experience, Christ was the.
Speaker 12 (26:07):
Pub the punt that Lejohn tay muff?
Speaker 13 (26:09):
Was it just the win?
Speaker 3 (26:11):
That was?
Speaker 12 (26:11):
I mean, was it a kind of exotic kick added
to that?
Speaker 10 (26:14):
No, it wasn't exotic at all. It's just a normal
turnover ball. Ball got caught up in the wind. It
started out to our right and then boom, it hit
the win and just came down right. And that's just
one that he's got to learn from. It's a lefty
right and just understanding when that ball is going to cut,
just let it go, let it hit the ground and
we'll be fine.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
Of Chris.
Speaker 11 (26:33):
I know, for a kicker, the next kick is always
the biggest kick. But that's the forty four yard or
to tie the game. That's a pretty big one, especially
for a rookie kicker. Knowing as the season gets later,
you know, you get into the playoffs potentially all that
the high leverage spots. How nice is it for him
to handle that and now have that kind of in
his you know, just his experience moving forward, knowing that
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he's made a kick like that.
Speaker 10 (26:58):
I think everything that he done up until this point
has been has been phenomenal, right, And just to be
in that in that moment, in that stadium, which is
a hard place to kick in, and make that type
of field goal for our team, to put us in position,
you know it was it was huge for him. And
I think those are things that as we continue to
go throughout this season, we're gonna lean on him, right,
We're gonna need him to do things like that to
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give us an advantage. So, I mean, we were all
thrilled for him, and I think that's why he's here,
because we know what he's capable of.
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Speaker 1 (27:49):
That was special teams coordinator Chris Wharton answering questions from
the media before the Ravens face the two and eight
just this weekend. Next up on Ravens Press Pass podcast,
we have running back.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Dere Can.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Go out there to execute that practice and watch field
and cover the details and let the church back the Sunday.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
But nobody's not like, oh we need on the wild moment,
but we want to we want to win, like dominate.
Speaker 11 (28:15):
This second is shorter confidence showing shortyarder situation stuff going forward.
Speaker 10 (28:23):
This this must have been the best player I haven't
seen in all life, because I mean.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
We just executed the play.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
It worked, and we always have confidence, not because one
play with for it.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
So it's time we don't have confidence.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
I mean, defenses get paid too.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Sometimes they don't.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Get the best of you.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Sometimes you will.
Speaker 6 (28:38):
So that's just football, very kind of related.
Speaker 14 (28:41):
What do you think has to change or how can
that red zone, especially deep red zone.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
You prove execution?
Speaker 4 (28:49):
You know US is executing, us being better that all
ties it together.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
I think it's just us focused on it.
Speaker 5 (28:56):
And getting getting better at it.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Letting the results show. Just execute, the US President.
Speaker 5 (29:03):
I'll start the player.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
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Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. The date is Thursday,
November twentieth, and today, after practice ahead of the week
twelve home matchup with the New York Jets, we heard
from the Ravens coordinators Todd Monkin, Zach Orr, and Chris Wharton,
as well as quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry.
First up on Ravens Press Past Podcast, we have quarterback
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Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I meant the kneed last weekend this week and you
know a lot of people, a lot of fans wanted
to know, you know, how are you feeling physical life.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I'm good.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
I was able to practice.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know good? You feel like that?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
Has it affected your playing at all? Because a lot
of people will say when you're.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know, had some injuries, you're not.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
At full strength.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Has that how to be a play at all? Now?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
I mean if it just happened in the game, probably,
But you know, if if it was injured, took some
time off and you was able to come back.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I dot it.
Speaker 6 (01:03):
The part that it's something different almost the last three weeks.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Uh, I mean, it's just part of football, I guess,
you know, but I'm good.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
Have you had to you know, you had you pointed
it out if they get the past, had you've gotten older,
Like if you had to sort of try to figure
out how to manage your body through some of those
injuries and things like that, whether it's you know, have
not practicing or whatever the case, maybe if if you
sort of had to figure that out. I guess to, Okay,
I'm I'm not twenty two. I'm not that open.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Yeah, I don't think I'm old at all right now,
not that old. I'm not old at all right now.
Speaker 6 (01:43):
Wait, I guess if you if you had to try
to figure out how to manage too when you get
those that's your point these things happening.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Yeah, you know, but it's my first time, you know,
dealing with something like this, and like while I'm playing
at that, you know. So, I mean we got great
trainers and stuff like that. Our staff is good. So,
like I said, I'm good.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
Yeah, I think or we find it might be your
new normal.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Just you might need a day or two off here
and there, just cause you are dealing with some things
right now for this season.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Probably We'll see how I go though, Gotta see how
coach feel about it.
Speaker 8 (02:14):
Why you got all you gots gonna get from your perspective.
Speaker 6 (02:17):
Why is the red zone to the effective.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
In last few weeks?
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Uh, I can't call it, you know. All I know
is you just need to work, work better, work, work
a little harder putting points on the ball while we're
in the red zone. Cause our defense do a great
job at stopping teams and sometimes putting us in a
position to score. And uh, we do a great job
dropping the ball down the field and getting the red
zone as well. But we need to find a way
to put points on the board by touchdowns and not
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just letting loop you know, kick the field goals all
the time.
Speaker 9 (02:45):
Mar DeAndre, he's someone who doesn't need a lot of
targets to come up big for you.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Like in the game like it's catching Cleveland.
Speaker 10 (02:52):
What have you learned about him as a teammate and
his reliability in some of those clutch moments.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Man, he's that's why he's gonna be a Hall of famer,
you know. And that's why he's a Hall of Fame
caliber receiver.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
And the way he handed his business, you know, he
not loud, you know, complaining and stuff like that that
he's not getting targets and when his numbers called, he's
making players for us, and hopefully his number get caught
a lot more, you know, cause he definitely got big
playabilities at all times.
Speaker 11 (03:16):
Really that being said, I mean, you did target him
a bunch of this past game.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
If you only the one catch.
Speaker 11 (03:22):
But I is, uh, is that relationship when you and
d hops still kind of developing or.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
He still figure? Ain't any parts of that out?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I I feel like, uh, sometimes it was it was
like the the coverage or I I feel like I
should have made a better throw, like on the uh
box fade, I should have made a better throat right there,
and he would have you know, he would have had
to catch. Cause I feel like any time the ball
is in his area perimeter, he had catch.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
That ball, you know.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
So I felt like if it was a better pass,
he would have had that. But one of 'em, the
dB was right there. I'm not gonna throw interception, you know,
we not gonna force it.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Oh good?
Speaker 11 (03:56):
Has it?
Speaker 6 (03:56):
Has there ever been a time when when you were
like caught from behind that it surprised you that if
you got tackle.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
The time curious only when I start like when I'm
thinking it's like I'm gone and nobody chasing me. That
probably been the only time. But other than that, Nah,
I don't recall getting caught in the league at all though,
so rarely, Yeah, I don't When did I get caught? Rarely?
Speaker 5 (04:18):
What who caught me?
Speaker 12 (04:20):
And the Chiefs?
Speaker 4 (04:22):
Oh that don't count. I do not count. Everybody know
that was a touchdown for a I ain't even know
he dove.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, that don't count.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Get walked down. I ain't get walked down like he
was rapped out already, he was full stride. I'm looking
in front of me, I'm like, oh, it's six, and
I'm like, what the f happens?
Speaker 11 (04:40):
Man?
Speaker 6 (04:41):
At this point of the year or two to your point,
like it's football? Where this week eleven or twelve? Uh?
Like if you ever uh played a game like a
hundred percent physically, like it totally healthy, like it late
in the year?
Speaker 13 (04:57):
Uh have I?
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Uh? I believe?
Speaker 4 (05:00):
So last year year before, well no, yeah yeah, the
year before twenty twenty two, I got hurt. So nah,
twent ten one, I got hurt. But the year before that, yeah,
I was a hundred percent.
Speaker 9 (05:11):
So yeah, belong to that statistically, at least rushing wise,
your numbers are down compared to what they usually are.
Do you feel like that's a element of the offense
that you guys may be messing a little.
Speaker 5 (05:25):
Bit right now?
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Nah, not really, you know, cause we got great running backs.
You know, we got Derren Henry. That's what we got
'em for, you know, cause I believe AMC Championship that
was a big conversation. Oh, we wasn't running the ball
a lot. Shoulda gave a ball to the running back.
Then we got a guy like Derek Henry who came
over here ran for like fifteen hundred yards eighteen hud
whatever it was, you know in uh Chestice Hill, Keaton, Mitchell,
She and Ali. We got all these great running backs.
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So when my number get called, we'll see what you've.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Always been really good at.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
And I don't know how you do you we've your
body in a s way where he does typically get
hit out four four.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Yeah it see maybe the past few.
Speaker 5 (05:59):
Games have you felt maybe even this year total you've
been the hits have been little bit harder this year
than maybe improving my Sure.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
The heart that hits you been taking uh in the pocket. Yeah,
because when I'm running, I don't think I got hit.
Nobody hit me when I was running, but probably in
the pocket if I'm not expecting it. Probably, But I
believe any quarterback who get hit in the pocket is
gonna be a hard hit. You know, defensive line is strong,
like three hundred pounds, two hundred and some pounds. Guys
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who bent a lot, Probably you probably get hit hard.
Use that quarterback, You're probably get hit hard to Damson.
HiT's your hard man, Yeah man, But yeah, in.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
The pocket probably, you know.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
But outside the pocket, h yeah, I can I can
move around and won't really get hit, So I can't call.
Speaker 6 (06:44):
It to that point. Did you feel that that Dallas
turner on that they put it on you?
Speaker 4 (06:49):
You got fine for the Minnesota? Yeah, yeah, he got
me right there. I wasn't expecting that at all. Yeah,
I wasn't expecting that. Am I surprise he got fine?
I don't know, Like I really don't be peniten to
the rules like on defensive guys of what's legal wasn't illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
So I al ready can't call it.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
I'm glad. I'm glad we got to call them all
that way. He dropped all his weight on me. I'm like, damn,
But yeah, man, question.
Speaker 11 (07:20):
I mean, I think he got twenty three sacks all
of last year, and that's how many you have this
year in a fewer games.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Talked it off to line by that man, But I
mean that man, it's trying to realistically.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
I mean that you feel the cumulative weight of some
of the pressure you've been getting this year.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
I mean it's part of football, you know. Sometimes guys
get you, sometimes they won't, you know. Like I said,
I'm talking to my guys about that. They probably gonna
like that. Though, like you guys had him, it's twenty
three sacks. They probably not gonna like that.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
So it's more more for la place.
Speaker 8 (07:53):
You built a tight relationship with Isaiah likely over the
last four years. Why do you feel like he hasn't
had has been he breaking games this year since he
came back from the injury, and do you feel like
it's still gonna come his way at some point?
Speaker 4 (08:04):
I mean, uh, we got other tight ends, you know,
other guys eating you know, but he's been coming along,
you know, as the seasons been going on, and he
was out like the first few weeks, you know, but
his time is coming, you know. But like I said,
we got other guys who's been stepping up and doing
that thing. So you know, when your numbers called, I
feel like he's gonna do what he's supposed to do.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
That was QB Lamar Jackson answering questions about this Sunday's
game against the Jets. Now we'll hear from offensive coordinator
Todd Munkett.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Over just the past two weeks.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Have you seen some I know, every play and every
guy's separate.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Have you seen any kind of reds or themes that
are you know, similar?
Speaker 5 (08:57):
Why you guys aren't as put out the as these.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Guys you we are.
Speaker 7 (09:03):
It's and always is with everything that we do, a
combination of things in every facet whatever say aspect of
what we do. You got to scheme it better, you
got to coach it better, you got to execute better.
And that's really whether you're doing it really well or
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you're doing it poorly, you got to look at it
and say, Okay, how can we be better?
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And that's just the way it is.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Have you dedicated any more time practice to red zone execution?
Speaker 3 (09:35):
Well, we dedicate every day every time.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
I mean we have the same amount of time last
year we were first in the league, same amount of
time we had last year.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
We dedicate this year to it.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
We start off the week on Wednesdays we do a
former red zone and then today we do red zone.
Then tomorrow we really hammer red zone. Like I said,
there's a number of things we can do better, you know,
And like everything that we do on offense, it's starts
with me. How do we scheme it? Better, call it better,
execute better? Because it's all of that. There's not one
thing in particular, just like that wasn't one thing last
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year that was in particular why we were so successful.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
It was the combination of everything collective.
Speaker 14 (10:13):
Tom As far as Lamar, he's been dealing hand free
night looting to him there and came back has had
some ny single thing.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Has any of his injuries?
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Has that impacted your game plan or what you guys
have gone at all?
Speaker 6 (10:32):
A big fourth down fall last week, utilizing Derek and
Mark and Ricard and.
Speaker 12 (10:37):
Having those three available, is that something going forward?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I mean I can mix and.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Match and use Lamar also as a deep boy.
Speaker 14 (10:45):
Having pat back, how much of a bigger asset is that?
Speaker 6 (10:48):
Well?
Speaker 7 (10:49):
I think Kevin Patricard back has been a tremendous boost
for us. I mean, the things he allows us to
do in the run game. Protection, his physicality that he
brings is is a big part of that. And then
anything that we do, it doesn't matter whether it's third down,
fourth down, any down and distance. We're always trying to
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mirror up what we do as best we can, what
we've done and what we've presented to the defense. How
can we do something off of that?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
You know? And that just happened to be one of them.
Speaker 9 (11:21):
So I know we said the red zone issues are
that product of multiple things. Specifically, I guess with the
inability to run the ball down in the red zone,
why do you feel like you haven't been able to
consistently do that part?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
I guess down in it.
Speaker 7 (11:37):
Well, that's sure, that's a part of it, but that's
not the only part of it. We have to run
it better, and it's not just the red zone, you know,
short yardage in the black zone, third downs. We always
have to be able to run the ball well. And
then when we don't, then we have to be able
to execute in the passing game, which we have in
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the past, and we're certainly more than capable of doing it.
But all of us and I think our guys would
agree to that, have owned that. And you know, some
of the last couple weeks have been unfortunate. You know,
we get the ricochet off Rogers helmet a week ago,
we had a hell of a two minute drive and
kick a field goal. But that gives you, oh for
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one in the red zone. But that was really a
hell of a drive. And I'm not making excuses.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
We've got to be a lot better in the red zone.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
But what matters most, just like any week, is that
we're elite this week in the red zone. Right, We're
unbelievable in terms of offensive penalties, right, we haven't had
procedural we're not holding. But you know what matters is
that we don't have penalties this week, right that were
great on third down, that we're able to run it
this week. They we're able to throw it this week,
just like just like anything, right, if you go oh
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for foreign baseball the day before, you know what matters
now frickin' today.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
That's what matters right now.
Speaker 7 (12:54):
And really that's the way we're going to look at
it is you can't carry over stats, right, but we
sure how can fix it and be really good this week.
Speaker 8 (13:02):
Did you have a sense that the fourth down play
to Mark could not just get you a first down,
but could be an explosive play.
Speaker 7 (13:09):
Oh at that point, you're just trying to get the
first down. I mean, let's be real honest here. I mean,
you know, you know that you got to get the
first down?
Speaker 3 (13:18):
What a you know?
Speaker 7 (13:20):
And that started with with coach and a recommendation from
coach Rball and that comes. I mean, how we do
it offensively is it's a collaboration. Everybody has a part
of the game plan. I love it when coach is
a part of that and our coaches are part of
it because then we all own it because there's good
and bad in that.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Right, sometimes it works out great.
Speaker 7 (13:42):
And so what you do and that when we were
talking about red zone and do we work a little
more on it, Well, when you see those plays, that's
that's a byproduct of how we worked it during the week, right,
And that's true when you are struggling, you you didn't
need to commit more time to something, and we did.
And that was just a byproduct of coaches thought, us
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bringing it to life collectively and then working our rear
ends off during the week that if the look came up,
that we thought we'd get that the guys would really execute,
but I know I gave you more than that. I
think it would be a touchdown, but obviously it's got
to be up. There is one of the most exciting moments.
And you know how many years of coaching, right of
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how important that was at.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
That moment.
Speaker 7 (14:28):
And what we had done up till that point to
just not take a hold of that game, right, you
know what I'm saying. We went in that game saying
give them nothing, give them zero, and we didn't do that.
We gave them life. And for that to happen was
an elite moment.
Speaker 14 (14:46):
Last week. You got to these plays have to be
oiled up. That was the word you used, oiled up
to be ready to use them in the game. Do
you know, say, Friday, do you make that determined? Friday
said it, yeah, we're good with that play if it
comes up, or would would you scrap it if it
hasn't looked good during the week.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
I think there's levels of oil like with any play
that we have. I don't think you're ever one hundred
percent sure, right, I think you feel very confident that
if we get X look that it gives us the
best opportunity to have success, I guess is the best
way to put it. You're never one hundred percent, no
(15:23):
matter what in life, you're not. But I think the
more that you work something, and there's nothing more exciting
than when you do work something and you get that
look right, because there is no guarantee you get the
exact look, I guess the best way to put it
but to get the right look to have the guys
work as hard as they did all week to be
(15:45):
in that position, because it does take some choreography. I
mean marks under center, I mean the spacing of the
blocking and everything else. So and I know we're continuing
to go on about the play, but it's just like
I said, that's every play that we have is that way.
There's choreography with it and trying to make sure we
execute a high level.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
Justice back soon.
Speaker 13 (16:07):
But the Keaton and the touches he had in this Browns.
Speaker 11 (16:11):
Game and the production he got out of it, is
that sort of the target of how much you want
him involved in the offense.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
We'd like Keaton to be involved.
Speaker 7 (16:19):
It's uh, as I said at the beginning here, you
guys were around me, is we got a good problem
we have. We have a lot of good skill players,
and Derek is deserving of touches. Keaton is justices. Our
Our wide receivers are tight ends, and we need to
continue to keep Keaton involved. He's shown that to be
a valuable asset and be explosive for us as a
(16:40):
great change up to Derek.
Speaker 6 (16:42):
Go back to what you're saying about red zone. I'm
sure you aretas in particular among the many things the
perspective the offensive line, is it as simple as sometimes
it just seems to be more push up there or
how do you kind of view?
Speaker 3 (16:56):
I wouldn't say it as simple as that.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
I uh, As I said before, There's.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
There's so many.
Speaker 7 (17:07):
Aspects or things that go into having success, And like
I said, it always starts with me and who we
have and how we scheme it and then how we
execute it during practice that carries over the games. That's
that's the way it is. And we can coach better,
we can play better. That's that's the way it works.
(17:29):
We win as a team, we lose as a team.
We have success as a team. And I can't wait
to get there Sunday because it's there's it's part of
what we do right is to uh, whatever it is
we're doing well at, we continue down that track and
keep fighting to be elade at that and the things
we're not we fight to fix it. And that's what
you do, and we'll continue down that road.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Do you think the success you've have with those variations
the last two weeks on those short ordage plays, does
that also have the potential of maybe making it a
little easier the next time you line mark up there
and just have it and go straightforward. I mean, does
it have that?
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (18:08):
I mean I would think so, but I don't. I
don't control what they do defensively. You know, all we
can do is is plan for what we see on
film and what we think that gives us the best
chance to execute it at a high level. That's again,
that's all aspects of our game plan.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
You're listening to Raven's Press Past podcast. That was OC
Todd Monkin addressing the media after today's practice. Next up
on Raven's Press Past podcast, you'll hear from defensive coordinators
Zach or.
Speaker 3 (18:47):
Big of a difference is.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
It's going against high ride rather than you know, I
think they had stuck with dust.
Speaker 15 (18:54):
I don't think it's a it's a major difference. You know,
they had one game versus Tampa where ty Ride really
played most snaps and pretty much ran out of the
same offense. Some of the QB designed runs went away,
but Tyrod can still do that and somebody the philosophy
stayed the same. So we know Tyrod real familiar with him.
(19:14):
He's approsed. I mean, what's this his fifteenth year, so
we know he's gonna be prepared. Man, he's a hard worker.
You don't be in this You're not in this league
this long if you can't play. Obviously he could still play.
You can see that on film. So we got to
be ready for him.
Speaker 11 (19:27):
Zach, what do you remember from Tyrod was a teammate
of yours when you were a rookie. What do you
remember from him? And how has he maybe changed as
a player, And you know, looking.
Speaker 15 (19:33):
At him now, I think the one thing that stood
out to me when I seen Tyrod, even though he
was the backup quarterback, he was in here early and
he was in here late, and just from Afar. That
stood out to me as a young guy coming into
the league of the dedication and the hard work that
you have to put in to stay in this league
and to progress in this league. And then he left
on went to be a Pro Bowl quarterback, a starting
(19:54):
quarterback for years and he's still going. But very talented athletic,
can make all the throws, and he's a he's a
real diligent guy. So he's real smart. So he's going
to be prepared. That's one thing that I know he
took seriously with his preparation. You can see that carry
out through throughout his career exactly.
Speaker 14 (20:10):
Were you know, we only get see the individual drills,
but we saw Kyle Hamilton working with the linebackers today.
How hard is it for you or the challenge for
you to decide how to ration his workload.
Speaker 15 (20:22):
The good thing about it, he makes it easy because
he can handle it.
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Man.
Speaker 15 (20:25):
I mean, it's it's just phenomenal the football i Q
and information that he can retain and then go to
apply it in real time. And you got to give
credit to him. He's he's always prepared. He's always thinking forward,
he's always studying, and you gotta give credit to Pagano
and and and Donald Man. Those guys preparing great in
the meeting room. So it's not really challenging for me.
(20:47):
I'm just like, hey, Kyle, can you handle this? And
he says, yeah, I'm good. That's all I need to hear.
So and he goes out there and executes it. So
hats off to him. It's remarkable of what he's able
to do for us.
Speaker 6 (20:59):
Is it tempting or difficult to like not overuse him
from the standpoint of like, you can do so much
and you almost it's like having a toy in some
sense and seeing what it can and can't do.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 15 (21:13):
I think the biggest thing is is he still is
human and you want to let him go out there
and go play fast. So we're definitely mindful of that.
And it's a lot more things that we would like
to do, but you have to build up to that.
So you know, I say, he's done a great job,
and you just continually slowly add more to his plate.
He already has a lot on his plate. And I
(21:33):
just think that the way the system is built, the
way that the coaches coach, in the way that the
players prepared, it allows him to go out there and
play multiple positions because we teach it in concepts. So
long as he understands the concepts. He'll be able to
do a lot of different things for us.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Zach Obviously, you don't really stood out as break up
in the end.
Speaker 11 (21:51):
Zone at the end of the game, but just season long,
I mean, what has he done in coverage has made
him sort of reliable option.
Speaker 15 (22:00):
He's a technician, he's real smart man, Cheeto. We're glad
we got him. He's a real student of the game.
So he's in the room talking about route concepts, splits, releases,
He's constantly talking to the DB's and the defense about
what we can anticipate in what coverage we're in. And
then the ability for him to play the ball down
the field. That's what stood out to us specifically watching
(22:21):
him when he was a free agent, is that he
never panics when the ball is in the air and
that play right there, I'm telling you, I mean, some
of the best of the best in the world.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Nine nine percent of.
Speaker 15 (22:29):
Those guys are gonna get a PI called on them,
and the play Cheeto made that that's one of the
best players I've personally seen as a past breakup. But
he's he's real good for our room and he's been
steady for us the whole year and now, you know,
for some reason the last couple of weeks, teams have
been challenging him, and I'm glad that, you know, now
the world can start to see, you know, his true
(22:51):
talent and his true ability because now he's got an
opportunity to make plays on the football and he's been
able to do that for us.
Speaker 12 (22:57):
Each I know, like injuries kind of make this a
movie target. But is there like a simple, easy explanation
for why you think these past five games have kind
of gone the way that you guys wanted compared to
the first five.
Speaker 15 (23:10):
I think that we just obviously we got healthy. You know,
we had to make some adjustments, we lost some guys
for the year, had to make some adjustments. But I
just think I got to do credit to the players, man.
The players, I think they really come together, and you know,
they've been leading the charge, holding themselves accountable and holding
and holding each other accountable and going out there putting
the work and going out there executing. So hats off
(23:32):
to them, man, I think that's that's that's where the
credit got to go to. And then you got to
get credit to the coaches just staying together and preparing
their guys. I appreciate y'all.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
That was defensive coordinator Zach or answering questions before the
Ravens face of New York Jets this Sunday. Next up
is special teams coordinator Chris Horton.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
What's up?
Speaker 5 (24:01):
What's up?
Speaker 10 (24:02):
Good to see everyone. Hope all you guys are doing well.
Just look at looking back at that Cleveland game. You know,
I thought there were two plays that that I felt
like were kind of uncharacteristic of of you know, of
our play and kind of what we expect from our guys.
But uh, other than that, I thought our guys came out,
they played physical after we got past those those two plays, man,
I was very pleased with, uh what I saw on
(24:23):
the tape.
Speaker 5 (24:23):
Uh. What questions do you have, Chris?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
What is the teaching with Will Johntay coming off of
the the the ball that he watched, the ball that gets.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Up in own Yeah.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
Uh, you know there's a very simple uh coaching points.
You know.
Speaker 10 (24:34):
Uh, the one thing for us, the one thing I
tell the Johnte every time he goes out on that field, man,
just keep being great.
Speaker 11 (24:39):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (24:39):
Ever since he walked in this in this building, Uh,
he's done a lot of good things, uh, filled in
the ball, getting yards for us and and just really
being a difference maker in the return game. But as
far as that, as far as that play, I think
that's a that's a learning experience for him, right, Uh
in a situation where the ball's up there, he gets
to a spot and then the ball cuts down on him.
(24:59):
If you got a up to that ball, you know,
we always talk about just make a make a decision,
to make it quickly like that one.
Speaker 5 (25:05):
The way that ball is coming down, just let it go.
And we can live with that because.
Speaker 10 (25:08):
We always talk about at the end of the down,
the ball needs to go back to the offense.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
A very simple, easy fix for us.
Speaker 10 (25:15):
Again, he's done a lot of great things for us,
and now we're gonna make sure that he continues to
do that.
Speaker 14 (25:21):
You say you stay two plays, So I take it
you were okay with him fielding that punt backing up
at the two yard line, and why.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
It's a it's a great it's a great decision.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Bo.
Speaker 10 (25:32):
I mean, the ball, the ball's under a four second hangtime.
The guy punted the ball sixty five yards, right, he's
a playmaker, right, And then him getting the ball in
his hands. We talk about those decisions. If he felt
those gunners down on him, he'll let that ball go.
He'll let that ball. Guy firmly, truly believe he'll let
that ball go. So if we're not gonna take away
(25:53):
the punt, returning his ability to make plays when their
decision makings have been very good so far, except for
maybe filling that ball, trying to fill that ball that
was coming down again learning experience, Christ was the.
Speaker 12 (26:07):
Pub the punt that Lejohn tay muff?
Speaker 13 (26:09):
Was it just the win?
Speaker 3 (26:11):
That was?
Speaker 12 (26:11):
I mean, was it a kind of exotic kick added
to that?
Speaker 10 (26:14):
No, it wasn't exotic at all. It's just a normal
turnover ball. Ball got caught up in the wind. It
started out to our right and then boom, it hit
the win and just came down right. And that's just
one that he's got to learn from. It's a lefty
right and just understanding when that ball is going to cut,
just let it go, let it hit the ground and
we'll be fine.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
Of Chris.
Speaker 11 (26:33):
I know, for a kicker, the next kick is always
the biggest kick. But that's the forty four yard or
to tie the game. That's a pretty big one, especially
for a rookie kicker. Knowing as the season gets later,
you know, you get into the playoffs potentially all that
the high leverage spots. How nice is it for him
to handle that and now have that kind of in
his you know, just his experience moving forward, knowing that
(26:57):
he's made a kick like that.
Speaker 10 (26:58):
I think everything that he done up until this point
has been has been phenomenal, right, And just to be
in that in that moment, in that stadium, which is
a hard place to kick in, and make that type
of field goal for our team, to put us in position,
you know it was it was huge for him. And
I think those are things that as we continue to
go throughout this season, we're gonna lean on him, right,
We're gonna need him to do things like that to
(27:21):
give us an advantage. So, I mean, we were all
thrilled for him, and I think that's why he's here,
because we know what he's capable of.
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Speaker 1 (27:49):
That was special teams coordinator Chris Wharton answering questions from
the media before the Ravens face the two and eight
just this weekend. Next up on Ravens Press Pass podcast,
we have running back.
Speaker 3 (27:59):
Dere Can.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Go out there to execute that practice and watch field
and cover the details and let the church back the Sunday.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
But nobody's not like, oh we need on the wild moment,
but we want to we want to win, like dominate.
Speaker 11 (28:15):
This second is shorter confidence showing shortyarder situation stuff going forward.
Speaker 10 (28:23):
This this must have been the best player I haven't
seen in all life, because I mean.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
We just executed the play.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
It worked, and we always have confidence, not because one
play with for it.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
So it's time we don't have confidence.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
I mean, defenses get paid too.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Sometimes they don't.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Get the best of you.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Sometimes you will.
Speaker 6 (28:38):
So that's just football, very kind of related.
Speaker 14 (28:41):
What do you think has to change or how can
that red zone, especially deep red zone.
Speaker 3 (28:46):
You prove execution?
Speaker 4 (28:49):
You know US is executing, us being better that all
ties it together.
Speaker 6 (28:54):
I think it's just us focused on it.
Speaker 5 (28:56):
And getting getting better at it.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Letting the results show. Just execute, the US President.
Speaker 5 (29:03):
I'll start the player.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
You're listening to Raven's Press Past podcast. That was the
King Derrick Henry answering questions ahead of the Ravens Week
twelve home game against the New York Jets. That's it
for today. Thanks for listening to the Ravens Press Past podcast.
Don't forget to subscribe to this feed as well as
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(29:34):
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