November 3, 2024 • 23 mins
Team insiders Ryan Mink and Garrett Downing share their takeaways from the Ravens' 41-10 rout of the Denver Broncos, including a perfect day passing for Lamar Jackson, big days from Derrick Henry and Zay Flowers, what the defense showed in a step forward, and where this team still needs to improve on a short week.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome into the Lounge presented by Draft Kings.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I am Garrett Downing here with Ryan Mink and the
Ravens took down the Denver Broncos forty one to ten,
a dominant victory at M and T Bay Stadium. This
was a kind of game that shows you exactly what
this Ravens team could be. Head coach Sean Harbaugh called
it the most complete game of the season for the team.
And we are feeling pretty good after this one. So
the only person not feeling too good is Ryan here,
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whose voice is strained. You were yelling so much in
the press box.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, that must have been a you know, professional, of course,
all the time screaming Now, Halloween.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Took me down.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know, too many ghosts, goblins scared me too much.
Screaming on Halloween just took my voice out.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
So you were yelling to the press box the entire
game and you're paying for it now. But this is
a big win for this team. I mean, I think
just from a big picture standpoint, this says to me
and shows me just what the Ravens can be. And
there was a lot of concern after the loss last
week for the Ravens to come back and answer with
a dominant victory where the offense was basically unstoppable for
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the entire game and the defense showed a lot bounced
back in a big way. For those things to happen
and for the Ravens put it all together against the
team that had won five of their last six games,
I think says a lot about this group.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, I mean, let's be honest, this was an offensive
shredding that they just had against a very good defense
that we talked about entering this game. Ranked number three
in the league. They were giving up fifteen points a game.
The Ravens had more than double that after their first
drive of the second half. Right yeah, so you know,
Lamar Jackson takes off for much of the game, seven
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straight scoring drives. I mean, this offense right now and
the way Lamar Jackson is playing, I agree with Ronnie
Stanley told you after the game that the only people
that can stop them are them, you know, and when
they're executing at this high level, they.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Can't be beat.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I mean, hey, they went out, it made a big
trade for Deontay Johnson, got it, didn't get a target,
you know. I mean, it was kind of the Big
Three Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry and his day Flowers just
dominated this game.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah, totally.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Lamar Jackson finishes with a perfect passer rating in this game.
That's a fourth time of his career that he's had
a perfect passer rating, which is now tied for the
most in NFL history, actually ties Ben Roethlisberger for the
most in NFL history.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I have a feeling Lamar is going to pass him. Yeah,
Lamar's got a few more years ago he does, but
I mean, I think that your career, he does.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And I think that just shows Obviously, it shows how
dynamic and great Lamar has been in his career. And
it shows like when he didn't practice for two days
this week, still comes out leads seven straight scoring drives
for this offense. Was so efficient, so effective just to
basically everything right in this game. And I think this
was another indication of sometimes when you watch Lamar like
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we do every single week, you kind of get used
to the greatness. But then when you see a stat
like that, like, oh, he's had more perfect passer ratings
than Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or any of the
other tremendous quarterbacks who have played this game, that is
he is in rare air. And I think that that
just was a reminder of me when I saw that
sat today.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Well, John Harball said it pretty frankly at the beginning
of the season, right the vision And so Lamarira Jackson
to be the best of all time, he's got to
win championships to do that. That's still on the horizon,
still has to happen. But yeah, when he's playing at
this level and you start getting stats like that, yeah,
you're among the elite. Yeah, among the best ever. And
you know, I thought that this was a day when
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John Harball mentioned it. He said that after the Ravens
second or third series, he said, into the headset, Lamar's
on fire today and there when Lamar Jackson is playing
at that high level, I just think the Ravens are
almost unbeatable, you know what I mean. Lamar is the
best player on the field every time he walks onto
the field. Yeah, you know, so like if Lamar the
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best player is playing his best, you're done.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
And the thing it's crazy about him, It's like, so
he finishes with two hundred and eighty passing yarchs and
three touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
He threw as many touchdowns as he threw in complettions. Yeah,
that's always the incompletions. One was a drop that he
rate Bateman's hands, another one was a throwaway, and the
other one was like there's pressure and he just kind
of grounded it at Zay Flowers feet.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, and so but he finishes sixteen to nineteen, so
it's not like they were even throwing the ball at time.
But he's been so efficient. Still throws for two hundred
and eighty yards three touchdowns in this game, and then
Derrick Henery okay take over in the second half of
the game. Twenty three carries, one hundred and six yards,
two touchdowns, and man Zay Flowers he has been on
a tear lately. He finishes with five receptions, one hundred
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and twenty seven receiving yards, and two touchdowns, including the
one right before halftime. That to me, like, I know
it didn't officially, it's not like the game was over
at that point, but that score right before halftime was
kind of a sign to me, Oh, the Ravens are
just running away with this thing.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, completely, I think they Broncos had driven into deepening
the Ravens territory. Ravens held him to a field goal
and then to go back with a little over a
minute left, Yeah, and score t You're thing, I'm thinking,
all right, they're trying to work down in the field
goal of course, trying to steal a field goal for
the end of the half, and then they get the
ball back, you know, first to start the second half. Nah,
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how about a fifty three yard in a day where
he just you know, escapes and lose those guys a
little juke me, have a little stiff arm, gets by
him and just he's gone. And that's the magic of
a Flowers right there.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Say Flowers is having the kind of season at this
point where you're the you start the conversation of kind
of where he ranks in the receivers around the NFL, Like,
that's how good that he's been over the past five
games in particular, where he's getting one hundred yards multiple weeks.
He's really efficient, He gets the ball in his hands,
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he makes things happen. You know, we'll see obviously there's
still a lot of football to be played today as
we're taping this, but he's probably gonna be top ten
and receiving yards in the NFL when this week is
all said and done, and it just seems to me
like he is he is ascending in a big way,
and I'm really excited to see where he can take
this thing. This year he's been awesome. It's been it's
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been really fun to see his growth and development.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, I mean, Zave Flowers has i think top one
hundred receiving yards in four of his last five games. Yep,
that's wide receiver one.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
He came into the league twelfth in the league and
receiving yards.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Right, So there's for a long time around Baltimore been
to the Ravens have a wide receiver one?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Can they get one?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
All this stuff save Flowers whatever package he comes in, Right,
he's not aj green out there with the size and
all that stuff. But Zay Flowers, you look at the
production and the big playability, just everything he does that's
wide receiver one. That's why receiver one production. And so yeah,
you couple that with Derrick Henry and and and Lamar.
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You know, it's a it's a pick your poison offense.
And we've seen other guys high, you know, kind of
lead the way. We've seen Bateman have big games. You've
seen Justice Hill have really big games. You've seen the
tight Ends have really big games. Well your trio, the
top trio there when they when they're doing their thing. Yeah,
the Ravens are capable of thirty forty one points, you
know what I mean, Like.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Pick your poison.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I'll take the top that's the most poisonous of all
the poisons on the offense.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I'll take all three of those.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know, you get a dose of all three when
when those three are clicking like that, it's just yeah,
I'll say it again, it's unstoppable.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It was interesting in talking to to Nelson Aguilore after
the game, who also had a big catch in this game,
and it was kind of interesting, like the Ravens make
the big trade for Deontay Johnson and the outside kind
of conversation was he's gonna cut into the snap certainly
for Nelson Agilore, and he's gonna kind of take his role. Well,
Aglar had a big game and really that one big
play in the first half where it was you know.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Big catch over the middle, kind of tight Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You know that was that was a big moment. And
he said two things that were interesting to me after
the game. One is, like that route kind of changed
based on the way that he was seeing Lamar play
that and that Lamar just basically the way he described
it is that Lamar can see receivers.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Open with his eyes.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
He can basically direct these receivers where to go and
have a feel for where where that guy's going to
be open and then create a big play simply with
his eyes and the way that he sees the game
and the vision that he has. So in addition to
all the miraculous stuff that he's doing get out of
the pocket and avoiding tackles and sacks and all that
stuff like he can he can then just give these
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receivers a look on interms of where to go.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And then that can lead to the big play.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That is the level that Lamar's playing at, aside from
all the athletics stuff. Then you add in that vision
and that understanding of defenses in the game, that is
part of what's making him unstoppable.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Yeah, I completely agree.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
I mean when Lamar Lamar also is also dissecting their
blitz right the Broncos entered as the high blitz team
highst in the league. Brought that pressure today for him
to also see that stuff with his eyes.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah, and really be able to read that.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
I mean, he just looked comfortable all game long. Like
it just didn't And that's in part credit to the
offensive line, who they're not gonna win one hundred percent,
but they did played a good game today, I thought,
and just the way that Lamar manages all that he
looked very comfortable all day long. I mean he only
ran for four yards. It's the second fewis yards he's
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run for in a game he started in his career.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Yeah, just didn't have to do it. You know.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
He escaped pressure one time to pick up a first down,
but that was it. Yeah, And so it kind of
shows you too, just to pick your poison of Lamar's
game that we've always seen. Of course, we know he's
a dual threat, but hey, all right, like I missed
a couple of days of practice because back.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
In me, you know, all right, I don't need to run.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I'm just gonna throw it all over the yard, don't you.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah. I like that.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I mean I thought that that was certainly seemed like
that was part of the approach, game plan wise, scheme wise,
that they.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Weren't going to do a lot of called runs with Lamar.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
And I don't think there was a single one.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Yeah, for good reason. You know, he misses two days
of practice and it's a short week.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
It's a short week exactly like you want to keep.
You don't want him getting banged up in this game
if you.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Don't have to. For sure, he's get backed up in
any game.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
But right, you know, especially Bengals short week, you want
him coming out of this as sealthiest possible.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Right, So that was that was really good.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
And and then you will when you have Derrick Henry
rolling the way he was, it's just it's just a
beautiful thing. And Derrick Henry finishes with another game of
over one hundred yards on the ground twenty three carries.
He now has over one thousand yards on the season,
So two thousand yards Eric Dickerson's record, that's still in sight.
You know, that still is certainly a possibility for Derek
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Henry with the way that he's rolling this year. But
over a thousand yards this year, which is just remarkable.
Week nine thousand yards, that's that's silly, that's silly.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I mean, we've all seen Derek Henry has been awesome
all year. He's scored in every single game so far.
As a Raven uh And and now I think this
really illustrates just the other level that he takes this
offense to, right, Like, they just haven't had a running
back like this in a long time. The last Ravens
running back to rush for a thousand and the yards in
the season was mark ingram back in twenty nineteen. Before that,
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it was Justin Foor said in twenty fourteen.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So it's been a while. It has not been.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Commonplace for a team that's run the ball as well
as the Ravens have over the years, record setting, you know,
rushing offenses leading the league almost every year. They haven't
had that difference maker at running back. And when they
went out and got Derek Henry, were.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Like, oh yeah, all right, it's Derrick Henry. Awesome. I
mean it's been better than awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It's been as good as you thought it could be.
It's been that and much much more.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
And I think just the difference maker he is in
the red zone screwing touchdowns, I mean he is a
hammer down there just running by people his feet, the
ability to run through over people's tipper, it's incredible.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, Like both of his touchdowns that he had, they
were not just like super easy plays where he was
running completely free, like he's making guys miss.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So he Tony Romo made this goal.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
To kind of stretch over the goal line.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah, Like Tony Romo made this point during the broadcast
that Derek can he leads all running backs in yards
before contact and yards after contact this year. That's an
indication of good scheme. So it's a while before you're
getting hit, and that's an indication of a great running
back who's making things happen.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
And I think in contact between first contact and second contact.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
He also leads there.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Pretty much every part of it, he's leading the way.
But I'm with you, like the red zone stuff. On
both of those touchdowns, he had a fight for the
end zone, and I just don't think there's when you
go back in past years, I don't think the Ravens
have had that player in those moments who could come
up at the running back position and get in the
end zone when they really needed it like Derek Henry
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did today.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I just think that he's different. He's a difference maker.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
John Harbay even said as much after the game, like
this guy's different and he's added a dimension to this
offense that they didn't have before, and you can see it,
you can feel it, and man, is it fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Absolutely, So let's take a break.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
When we come back, we'll dive into the defensive side
of the ball and also talk about where the Ravens
go from here on a show short week before Thursday
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I gotta believe that Ravens fans are feeling pretty good
about the way they bounce back in this game. It
was a tough outing against the Browns a week ago,
but the defense only gives up ten points in this game.
They came up with some critical stops. They get four
fourth down stops in this game, which was really kind
of the difference, especially in the first half for this defense,
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so they're able to come up with big stops and
critical moments. It was a bounce back game for this
defense and they were desperately in need of it, and
it's encouraging to see it happen.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
I mean, and I think the way that they finished
the game was particularly strong. It's not like they let
the Broncos get a bunch of garbage yards. Yeah, garbage
points in particular. I think that's meaningful for this defense
to play kind of start to finish. I mean, le
Bronco has moved the ball at times, and there it
wasn't a perfect effort. I thought there was still some
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some guys open, you know, pretty wide open in the secondary.
But but I thought Boenicks played a pretty darn good game.
And when the only touchdown to give up in the
entire game is a trick play on fourth on fourth
down where the quarterback goes up makes a Moss like play,
like you'll take that?
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Yeah, No, I thought I thought it was.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
It just was encouraging to for the defense to get
back on track and like it started exactly the way
that you hoped it would for the defense. Which is
first drive of the game interception our Darius Washington makes
the play.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Well before that very first play the game, Marcus Williams runs.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Williams runs the alley and.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Takes down the ball carrier for a one yard game.
You're like, all right, Marcus back in the starting lineup.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah, and we should we should mention that Marcus Williams
was inserted back into the starting lineup. Did not play
last week. He'd obviously been a starter all up until
that point. Didn't play it all last week. It was
Eddie Jackson who played this week. They flipped it. Eddie
Jackson was actually a healthy scratching this game. Marcus Williams
back into the starting lineup. He went the duration, so
he made that play off the top, and then our
Darius like.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Set the tone a little bit, yeh know, especially for him,
for him and for the rest of the players out there.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
They they know what's going on with Marcus.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
They know, like that's a touchy subject, you know, Like
our starter gets sat for a game, and to see
him go and make that play to start the game,
you're like, all right, let's go, we're back.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah, and then our Darius to come up with the interception,
you know, right after that play.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, I thought that was it was just I.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Thought after they dropped the interceptions, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I thought I thought it just was like a tone
setting drive. Now ironically, that's like the only time the
Ravens offense wasn't able to convert that into points. But
then from there they just they just rolled in.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yeah, exact too easy back it up for us. But
I thought that was I was tone setting.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
And you know I did ask Rokuan after the game
about he made the comments. Of course, Roquan is never
shy about his confidence, and you know, he he talked
a little bit about that and why he felt like
this was he there was confidence in this team, felt
like that was not shaken despite the struggles of this
defenses has had. And so he's described this as a
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group as a confident bunch. And there's a lot of
outside noise and conversation around this defense, but he said
that inside the walls of this defense, that confidence has
remained unchanged. And I think that today was a really
strong sign for this group.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Yeah. I thought it was a step in the right direction.
Did they still have more room to go?
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Yes, you know, I think they still need to The
pass rushing has improved, they need to get more pressure
on these quarterbacks, especially you.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Know you're going against Joe Burrow next week.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
You know, they missed bo Nicks missed the open touchdown,
you know, Courtland Sutton or Troy Franklin. I think got
behind Arthur Mallett, had a step or two on him,
missed it right, And like.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Hey, to some degree, it's the law of averages.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Yeah, Like quarterbacks and receivers have just been playing on
a different level, completing these low percentage throws against the
Ravens tight coverage throws at an exceptionally high level. So
like eventually some of that's gonna balance out, you know,
especially when you're going against.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
A rookie quarterback. See, you'll take it.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
But next week you're going against Joe Burrow and Jamar Chasen.
Who knows about t Higgins. He missed today's game, but
I think the Bengals put up forty one points today. Also, yea,
they routed the Raiders today, So yeah, we saw what
last game was against them.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
It was a track meet.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
And so like, this defense needs to keep improving. Obviously,
there's a trade deadline on Tuesday. There will be a
lot of chatter, I'm sure here around Baltimore about do
they go out and make a move to improve this defense.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Even if you do, you get the guy in here on.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
What Wednesday Thursday game might not be for this week,
so but I think it was. It was a step
in the right direction. It was good to see some
guys make some plays. Tavius Robinson two sacks in this game.
Not a guy that's known for necessarily his fast rush
for getting sacks. To see him step up and make
some plays as good. Like we said, Marcus oard Arius,
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you know some of these guys step up and makes
a place with.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
The good time.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
A couple other notes on the defense.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
Defensive line, Yeah, that's what I.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Was just gonna say.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
The defensive line was banged up in this game. You
have Michael Pierce who got added to injury reserve, so
he's out for a month at least, so he so
he was on the shelf. Brent Urban dealing with a concussion.
He's still in the protocol. He did not play in
this game. The Ravens call up two players from the
practice squad. They call up Chris Warmly and they call
up Josh Tupewo who they just signed this week and
so shorthanded on that defensive line. Travis Jones plays, but
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he was limited in practice throughout the week dealing with
an ankle injury.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I'm not sure what his snap kind of look like,
but I'd be surprised if he won a fool.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yeah, you know, had his full share of snaps, and even.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
If he had a regardless how I'm sure he was
feeling it out there. I do not think that he
was probably feeling one hundred percent in this game. But
the defensive front was still able to be effective.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
I did talk to Broderick Washington after the game and
was like, hey, man, you know, defense bounces back, big game,
shorthanded on the defensive line, that's all good, right, And
he was like, yeah, it's okay, Like we gave up
too many yards on the ground. They give up over
one hundred yards on the ground, and he just felt
like that wasn't as good as they should have been.
And so he was not like he wasn't parading around
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the locker room talking about how great the Ravens defensive
line was in this game. Just felt like they give
up too many yards on the ground in his mind.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
I mean, they were pretty good.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I thought they were good too, and obvious saying Javonte
Williams rush for forty two yards on twelve carries.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Yeah, there was three and a half a carry, Yeah,
a long of seven. That's pretty that's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
They gave him one hundred and twenty two yards team rushing.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Yeah, bo Nicks got out.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
On him a little bit too much. He beat him
a little bit too much with his legs.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I thought he was being a little harsh on himself too.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Estimate or whatever.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Five carries for thirty five I mean yeah, Cheleo McLaughlin
who started the game for them. By the way, five
carries for ten yards.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
They did not get gashed on the ground. No, it
was not like they were running at will on them.
But but that I think that just speaks to that's
the level of expectation that this defense has.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
And I think that.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
That shows that like they despite the struggles, they still
think that there's a lot of room to grow. So
even after a game where they look pretty good, they're
not sitting here saying we've arrived, it's all, it's nothing
to worry about. Where the best pound other chests. They're saying, now,
we need to get better. And I think that that
is definitely the mentality of this team, especially on the
short week going into the Bengals game.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I thought it was important.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
You mentioned Tavius Robinson, another second year player. I thought
that had a good game with Trenton Simpson. Nine tackles,
He had a sack, big third down sack as the
Broncos were, you know, on the goal line.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
Practically late in the game. Big sack. There, two tackles
for lost in a pass deflection.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
So I thought it was maybe Trenton's best game yet,
which is a really good sign because you know, he's
a young player who's really getting his first taste of
NFL extensive action next to Brokwon Smith, and he hasn't
made a lot of plays up to this point of
the season. To see him pop a little bit here today,
I think that's another good step for a young player
that's critical for the defense.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
The Ravens also in the secondary, got back more than
Humphrey Nate Wiggans. Neither of them played last week. Important
to have them back in the lineup, and certainly hope
that you know they played, they played the whole game,
you know, kind of split snaps in this one, but
certainly hope that there. Don't think it would be anything
other than this, but one hundred percent ready to go
for Thursday night.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
On the short week.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
You know, you hope just coming off the short week
to the recovery time is there for them. So but
it was good to having them back in the live
I think they made a difference having them available.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
Yeah, I completely agree.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Look the way you look at it, the Ravens are
six and three. They're still in second place behind Steelers
who are six and two. That game's upcoming also after
the Thursday night game against the Bengals, sty'll face the Steelers.
But you look around the NFL and the AFC picture
right now, and there's separation. Right you have the playoff teams.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
And then none. Is what it's looking like. In Thursday night.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
It's going to be a chance to really put the
Bengals behind eight ball. They're sitting at four and five
right now. They go to four and six, it's gotta
pretty much went out from that point on, yeah, or
close to it. And so the Ravens have a great
chance here at M and T Bank Stadium. At home,
it's gonna be under the lights, the Purple Rising with
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the new helmets.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
That's gonna be very cool. It's a big opportunity to really.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Kind of take a step forward in the AFC North
Race and kick them down a little bit. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
So this from here on out, it's recovery, recovery, recovery, recovery.
Short week.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I was just gonna say, this is your opportunity, this
is this is tea, this is honey, this is water,
orange juice.
Speaker 4 (22:39):
I'm doing it all man.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I mean, I'm out of the ricordas I work through
a one fool bag.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Yeah, well you can work on all of that. We'll
get you some tea and honey before we wrap up here.
So as always, you can email us at the lounge
at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Thank you so much
for listening, and we'll be back with you this week.
Welcome into the Lounge presented by Draft Kings.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I am Garrett Downing here with Ryan Mink and the
Ravens took down the Denver Broncos forty one to ten,
a dominant victory at M and T Bay Stadium. This
was a kind of game that shows you exactly what
this Ravens team could be. Head coach Sean Harbaugh called
it the most complete game of the season for the team.
And we are feeling pretty good after this one. So
the only person not feeling too good is Ryan here,
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whose voice is strained. You were yelling so much in
the press box.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, that must have been a you know, professional, of course,
all the time screaming Now, Halloween.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Took me down.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know, too many ghosts, goblins scared me too much.
Screaming on Halloween just took my voice out.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
So you were yelling to the press box the entire
game and you're paying for it now. But this is
a big win for this team. I mean, I think
just from a big picture standpoint, this says to me
and shows me just what the Ravens can be. And
there was a lot of concern after the loss last
week for the Ravens to come back and answer with
a dominant victory where the offense was basically unstoppable for
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the entire game and the defense showed a lot bounced
back in a big way. For those things to happen
and for the Ravens put it all together against the
team that had won five of their last six games,
I think says a lot about this group.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, I mean, let's be honest, this was an offensive
shredding that they just had against a very good defense
that we talked about entering this game. Ranked number three
in the league. They were giving up fifteen points a game.
The Ravens had more than double that after their first
drive of the second half. Right yeah, so you know,
Lamar Jackson takes off for much of the game, seven
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straight scoring drives. I mean, this offense right now and
the way Lamar Jackson is playing, I agree with Ronnie
Stanley told you after the game that the only people
that can stop them are them, you know, and when
they're executing at this high level, they.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Can't be beat.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I mean, hey, they went out, it made a big
trade for Deontay Johnson, got it, didn't get a target,
you know. I mean, it was kind of the Big
Three Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry and his day Flowers just
dominated this game.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah, totally.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Lamar Jackson finishes with a perfect passer rating in this game.
That's a fourth time of his career that he's had
a perfect passer rating, which is now tied for the
most in NFL history, actually ties Ben Roethlisberger for the
most in NFL history.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
I have a feeling Lamar is going to pass him. Yeah,
Lamar's got a few more years ago he does, but
I mean, I think that your career, he does.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
And I think that just shows Obviously, it shows how
dynamic and great Lamar has been in his career. And
it shows like when he didn't practice for two days
this week, still comes out leads seven straight scoring drives
for this offense. Was so efficient, so effective just to
basically everything right in this game. And I think this
was another indication of sometimes when you watch Lamar like
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we do every single week, you kind of get used
to the greatness. But then when you see a stat
like that, like, oh, he's had more perfect passer ratings
than Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or any of the
other tremendous quarterbacks who have played this game, that is
he is in rare air. And I think that that
just was a reminder of me when I saw that
sat today.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Well, John Harball said it pretty frankly at the beginning
of the season, right the vision And so Lamarira Jackson
to be the best of all time, he's got to
win championships to do that. That's still on the horizon,
still has to happen. But yeah, when he's playing at
this level and you start getting stats like that, yeah,
you're among the elite. Yeah, among the best ever. And
you know, I thought that this was a day when
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John Harball mentioned it. He said that after the Ravens
second or third series, he said, into the headset, Lamar's
on fire today and there when Lamar Jackson is playing
at that high level, I just think the Ravens are
almost unbeatable, you know what I mean. Lamar is the
best player on the field every time he walks onto
the field. Yeah, you know, so like if Lamar the
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best player is playing his best, you're done.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
And the thing it's crazy about him, It's like, so
he finishes with two hundred and eighty passing yarchs and
three touchdowns.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
He threw as many touchdowns as he threw in complettions. Yeah,
that's always the incompletions. One was a drop that he
rate Bateman's hands, another one was a throwaway, and the
other one was like there's pressure and he just kind
of grounded it at Zay Flowers feet.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yeah, and so but he finishes sixteen to nineteen, so
it's not like they were even throwing the ball at time.
But he's been so efficient. Still throws for two hundred
and eighty yards three touchdowns in this game, and then
Derrick Henery okay take over in the second half of
the game. Twenty three carries, one hundred and six yards,
two touchdowns, and man Zay Flowers he has been on
a tear lately. He finishes with five receptions, one hundred
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and twenty seven receiving yards, and two touchdowns, including the
one right before halftime. That to me, like, I know
it didn't officially, it's not like the game was over
at that point, but that score right before halftime was
kind of a sign to me, Oh, the Ravens are
just running away with this thing.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, completely, I think they Broncos had driven into deepening
the Ravens territory. Ravens held him to a field goal
and then to go back with a little over a
minute left, Yeah, and score t You're thing, I'm thinking,
all right, they're trying to work down in the field
goal of course, trying to steal a field goal for
the end of the half, and then they get the
ball back, you know, first to start the second half. Nah,
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how about a fifty three yard in a day where
he just you know, escapes and lose those guys a
little juke me, have a little stiff arm, gets by
him and just he's gone. And that's the magic of
a Flowers right there.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Say Flowers is having the kind of season at this
point where you're the you start the conversation of kind
of where he ranks in the receivers around the NFL, Like,
that's how good that he's been over the past five
games in particular, where he's getting one hundred yards multiple weeks.
He's really efficient, He gets the ball in his hands,
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he makes things happen. You know, we'll see obviously there's
still a lot of football to be played today as
we're taping this, but he's probably gonna be top ten
and receiving yards in the NFL when this week is
all said and done, and it just seems to me
like he is he is ascending in a big way,
and I'm really excited to see where he can take
this thing. This year he's been awesome. It's been it's
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been really fun to see his growth and development.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah, I mean, Zave Flowers has i think top one
hundred receiving yards in four of his last five games. Yep,
that's wide receiver one.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
He came into the league twelfth in the league and
receiving yards.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
Right, So there's for a long time around Baltimore been
to the Ravens have a wide receiver one?
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Can they get one?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
All this stuff save Flowers whatever package he comes in, Right,
he's not aj green out there with the size and
all that stuff. But Zay Flowers, you look at the
production and the big playability, just everything he does that's
wide receiver one. That's why receiver one production. And so yeah,
you couple that with Derrick Henry and and and Lamar.
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You know, it's a it's a pick your poison offense.
And we've seen other guys high, you know, kind of
lead the way. We've seen Bateman have big games. You've
seen Justice Hill have really big games. You've seen the
tight Ends have really big games. Well your trio, the
top trio there when they when they're doing their thing. Yeah,
the Ravens are capable of thirty forty one points, you
know what I mean, Like.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Pick your poison.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I'll take the top that's the most poisonous of all
the poisons on the offense.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I'll take all three of those.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know, you get a dose of all three when
when those three are clicking like that, it's just yeah,
I'll say it again, it's unstoppable.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
It was interesting in talking to to Nelson Aguilore after
the game, who also had a big catch in this game,
and it was kind of interesting, like the Ravens make
the big trade for Deontay Johnson and the outside kind
of conversation was he's gonna cut into the snap certainly
for Nelson Agilore, and he's gonna kind of take his role. Well,
Aglar had a big game and really that one big
play in the first half where it was you know.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Big catch over the middle, kind of tight Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You know that was that was a big moment. And
he said two things that were interesting to me after
the game. One is, like that route kind of changed
based on the way that he was seeing Lamar play
that and that Lamar just basically the way he described
it is that Lamar can see receivers.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Open with his eyes.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
He can basically direct these receivers where to go and
have a feel for where where that guy's going to
be open and then create a big play simply with
his eyes and the way that he sees the game
and the vision that he has. So in addition to
all the miraculous stuff that he's doing get out of
the pocket and avoiding tackles and sacks and all that
stuff like he can he can then just give these
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receivers a look on interms of where to go.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And then that can lead to the big play.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
That is the level that Lamar's playing at, aside from
all the athletics stuff. Then you add in that vision
and that understanding of defenses in the game, that is
part of what's making him unstoppable.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Yeah, I completely agree.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
I mean when Lamar Lamar also is also dissecting their
blitz right the Broncos entered as the high blitz team
highst in the league. Brought that pressure today for him
to also see that stuff with his eyes.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
Yeah, and really be able to read that.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
I mean, he just looked comfortable all game long. Like
it just didn't And that's in part credit to the
offensive line, who they're not gonna win one hundred percent,
but they did played a good game today, I thought,
and just the way that Lamar manages all that he
looked very comfortable all day long. I mean he only
ran for four yards. It's the second fewis yards he's
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run for in a game he started in his career.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
Yeah, just didn't have to do it. You know.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
He escaped pressure one time to pick up a first down,
but that was it. Yeah, And so it kind of
shows you too, just to pick your poison of Lamar's
game that we've always seen. Of course, we know he's
a dual threat, but hey, all right, like I missed
a couple of days of practice because back.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
In me, you know, all right, I don't need to run.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
I'm just gonna throw it all over the yard, don't you.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah. I like that.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I mean I thought that that was certainly seemed like
that was part of the approach, game plan wise, scheme wise,
that they.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Weren't going to do a lot of called runs with Lamar.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
And I don't think there was a single one.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Yeah, for good reason. You know, he misses two days
of practice and it's a short week.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
It's a short week exactly like you want to keep.
You don't want him getting banged up in this game
if you.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Don't have to. For sure, he's get backed up in
any game.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
But right, you know, especially Bengals short week, you want
him coming out of this as sealthiest possible.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Right, So that was that was really good.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
And and then you will when you have Derrick Henry
rolling the way he was, it's just it's just a
beautiful thing. And Derrick Henry finishes with another game of
over one hundred yards on the ground twenty three carries.
He now has over one thousand yards on the season,
So two thousand yards Eric Dickerson's record, that's still in sight.
You know, that still is certainly a possibility for Derek
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Henry with the way that he's rolling this year. But
over a thousand yards this year, which is just remarkable.
Week nine thousand yards, that's that's silly, that's silly.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I mean, we've all seen Derek Henry has been awesome
all year. He's scored in every single game so far.
As a Raven uh And and now I think this
really illustrates just the other level that he takes this
offense to, right, Like, they just haven't had a running
back like this in a long time. The last Ravens
running back to rush for a thousand and the yards in
the season was mark ingram back in twenty nineteen. Before that,
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it was Justin Foor said in twenty fourteen.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
So it's been a while. It has not been.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Commonplace for a team that's run the ball as well
as the Ravens have over the years, record setting, you know,
rushing offenses leading the league almost every year. They haven't
had that difference maker at running back. And when they
went out and got Derek Henry, were.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Like, oh yeah, all right, it's Derrick Henry. Awesome. I
mean it's been better than awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It's been as good as you thought it could be.
It's been that and much much more.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
And I think just the difference maker he is in
the red zone screwing touchdowns, I mean he is a
hammer down there just running by people his feet, the
ability to run through over people's tipper, it's incredible.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Yeah, Like both of his touchdowns that he had, they
were not just like super easy plays where he was
running completely free, like he's making guys miss.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So he Tony Romo made this goal.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
To kind of stretch over the goal line.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah, Like Tony Romo made this point during the broadcast
that Derek can he leads all running backs in yards
before contact and yards after contact this year. That's an
indication of good scheme. So it's a while before you're
getting hit, and that's an indication of a great running
back who's making things happen.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
And I think in contact between first contact and second contact.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
He also leads there.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Pretty much every part of it, he's leading the way.
But I'm with you, like the red zone stuff. On
both of those touchdowns, he had a fight for the
end zone, and I just don't think there's when you
go back in past years, I don't think the Ravens
have had that player in those moments who could come
up at the running back position and get in the
end zone when they really needed it like Derek Henry
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did today.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
I just think that he's different. He's a difference maker.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
John Harbay even said as much after the game, like
this guy's different and he's added a dimension to this
offense that they didn't have before, and you can see it,
you can feel it, and man, is it fun to watch.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Absolutely, So let's take a break.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
When we come back, we'll dive into the defensive side
of the ball and also talk about where the Ravens
go from here on a show short week before Thursday
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I gotta believe that Ravens fans are feeling pretty good
about the way they bounce back in this game. It
was a tough outing against the Browns a week ago,
but the defense only gives up ten points in this game.
They came up with some critical stops. They get four
fourth down stops in this game, which was really kind
of the difference, especially in the first half for this defense,
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so they're able to come up with big stops and
critical moments. It was a bounce back game for this
defense and they were desperately in need of it, and
it's encouraging to see it happen.
Speaker 4 (13:51):
Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
I mean, and I think the way that they finished
the game was particularly strong. It's not like they let
the Broncos get a bunch of garbage yards. Yeah, garbage
points in particular. I think that's meaningful for this defense
to play kind of start to finish. I mean, le
Bronco has moved the ball at times, and there it
wasn't a perfect effort. I thought there was still some
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some guys open, you know, pretty wide open in the secondary.
But but I thought Boenicks played a pretty darn good game.
And when the only touchdown to give up in the
entire game is a trick play on fourth on fourth
down where the quarterback goes up makes a Moss like play,
like you'll take that?
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Yeah, No, I thought I thought it was.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
It just was encouraging to for the defense to get
back on track and like it started exactly the way
that you hoped it would for the defense. Which is
first drive of the game interception our Darius Washington makes
the play.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Well before that very first play the game, Marcus Williams runs.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Williams runs the alley and.
Speaker 3 (14:52):
Takes down the ball carrier for a one yard game.
You're like, all right, Marcus back in the starting lineup.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Let's go.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Yeah, and we should we should mention that Marcus Williams
was inserted back into the starting lineup. Did not play
last week. He'd obviously been a starter all up until
that point. Didn't play it all last week. It was
Eddie Jackson who played this week. They flipped it. Eddie
Jackson was actually a healthy scratching this game. Marcus Williams
back into the starting lineup. He went the duration, so
he made that play off the top, and then our
Darius like.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Set the tone a little bit, yeh know, especially for him,
for him and for the rest of the players out there.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
They they know what's going on with Marcus.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
They know, like that's a touchy subject, you know, Like
our starter gets sat for a game, and to see
him go and make that play to start the game,
you're like, all right, let's go, we're back.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah, and then our Darius to come up with the interception,
you know, right after that play.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, I thought that was it was just I.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Thought after they dropped the interceptions, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
I thought I thought it just was like a tone
setting drive. Now ironically, that's like the only time the
Ravens offense wasn't able to convert that into points. But
then from there they just they just rolled in.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yeah, exact too easy back it up for us. But
I thought that was I was tone setting.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
And you know I did ask Rokuan after the game
about he made the comments. Of course, Roquan is never
shy about his confidence, and you know, he he talked
a little bit about that and why he felt like
this was he there was confidence in this team, felt
like that was not shaken despite the struggles of this
defenses has had. And so he's described this as a
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group as a confident bunch. And there's a lot of
outside noise and conversation around this defense, but he said
that inside the walls of this defense, that confidence has
remained unchanged. And I think that today was a really
strong sign for this group.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Yeah. I thought it was a step in the right direction.
Did they still have more room to go?
Speaker 3 (16:39):
Yes, you know, I think they still need to The
pass rushing has improved, they need to get more pressure
on these quarterbacks, especially you.
Speaker 4 (16:46):
Know you're going against Joe Burrow next week.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
You know, they missed bo Nicks missed the open touchdown,
you know, Courtland Sutton or Troy Franklin. I think got
behind Arthur Mallett, had a step or two on him,
missed it right, And like.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
Hey, to some degree, it's the law of averages.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Yeah, Like quarterbacks and receivers have just been playing on
a different level, completing these low percentage throws against the
Ravens tight coverage throws at an exceptionally high level. So
like eventually some of that's gonna balance out, you know,
especially when you're going against.
Speaker 4 (17:16):
A rookie quarterback. See, you'll take it.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
But next week you're going against Joe Burrow and Jamar Chasen.
Who knows about t Higgins. He missed today's game, but
I think the Bengals put up forty one points today. Also, yea,
they routed the Raiders today, So yeah, we saw what
last game was against them.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
It was a track meet.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
And so like, this defense needs to keep improving. Obviously,
there's a trade deadline on Tuesday. There will be a
lot of chatter, I'm sure here around Baltimore about do
they go out and make a move to improve this defense.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Even if you do, you get the guy in here on.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
What Wednesday Thursday game might not be for this week,
so but I think it was. It was a step
in the right direction. It was good to see some
guys make some plays. Tavius Robinson two sacks in this game.
Not a guy that's known for necessarily his fast rush
for getting sacks. To see him step up and make
some plays as good. Like we said, Marcus oard Arius,
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you know some of these guys step up and makes
a place with.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
The good time.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
A couple other notes on the defense.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
Defensive line, Yeah, that's what I.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Was just gonna say.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
The defensive line was banged up in this game. You
have Michael Pierce who got added to injury reserve, so
he's out for a month at least, so he so
he was on the shelf. Brent Urban dealing with a concussion.
He's still in the protocol. He did not play in
this game. The Ravens call up two players from the
practice squad. They call up Chris Warmly and they call
up Josh Tupewo who they just signed this week and
so shorthanded on that defensive line. Travis Jones plays, but
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he was limited in practice throughout the week dealing with
an ankle injury.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I'm not sure what his snap kind of look like,
but I'd be surprised if he won a fool.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yeah, you know, had his full share of snaps, and even.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
If he had a regardless how I'm sure he was
feeling it out there. I do not think that he
was probably feeling one hundred percent in this game. But
the defensive front was still able to be effective.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
You know.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
I did talk to Broderick Washington after the game and
was like, hey, man, you know, defense bounces back, big game,
shorthanded on the defensive line, that's all good, right, And
he was like, yeah, it's okay, Like we gave up
too many yards on the ground. They give up over
one hundred yards on the ground, and he just felt
like that wasn't as good as they should have been.
And so he was not like he wasn't parading around
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the locker room talking about how great the Ravens defensive
line was in this game. Just felt like they give
up too many yards on the ground in his mind.
Speaker 4 (19:24):
I mean, they were pretty good.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
I thought they were good too, and obvious saying Javonte
Williams rush for forty two yards on twelve carries.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
Yeah, there was three and a half a carry, Yeah,
a long of seven. That's pretty that's pretty good.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
They gave him one hundred and twenty two yards team rushing.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Yeah, bo Nicks got out.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
On him a little bit too much. He beat him
a little bit too much with his legs.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I thought he was being a little harsh on himself too.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
Estimate or whatever.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Five carries for thirty five I mean yeah, Cheleo McLaughlin
who started the game for them. By the way, five
carries for ten yards.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
They did not get gashed on the ground. No, it
was not like they were running at will on them.
But but that I think that just speaks to that's
the level of expectation that this defense has.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
And I think that.
Speaker 2 (20:07):
That shows that like they despite the struggles, they still
think that there's a lot of room to grow. So
even after a game where they look pretty good, they're
not sitting here saying we've arrived, it's all, it's nothing
to worry about. Where the best pound other chests. They're saying, now,
we need to get better. And I think that that
is definitely the mentality of this team, especially on the
short week going into the Bengals game.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I thought it was important.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
You mentioned Tavius Robinson, another second year player. I thought
that had a good game with Trenton Simpson. Nine tackles,
He had a sack, big third down sack as the
Broncos were, you know, on the goal line.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
Practically late in the game. Big sack. There, two tackles
for lost in a pass deflection.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
So I thought it was maybe Trenton's best game yet,
which is a really good sign because you know, he's
a young player who's really getting his first taste of
NFL extensive action next to Brokwon Smith, and he hasn't
made a lot of plays up to this point of
the season. To see him pop a little bit here today,
I think that's another good step for a young player
that's critical for the defense.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
The Ravens also in the secondary, got back more than
Humphrey Nate Wiggans. Neither of them played last week. Important
to have them back in the lineup, and certainly hope
that you know they played, they played the whole game,
you know, kind of split snaps in this one, but
certainly hope that there. Don't think it would be anything
other than this, but one hundred percent ready to go
for Thursday night.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
On the short week.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
You know, you hope just coming off the short week
to the recovery time is there for them. So but
it was good to having them back in the live
I think they made a difference having them available.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
Yeah, I completely agree.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Look the way you look at it, the Ravens are
six and three. They're still in second place behind Steelers
who are six and two. That game's upcoming also after
the Thursday night game against the Bengals, sty'll face the Steelers.
But you look around the NFL and the AFC picture
right now, and there's separation. Right you have the playoff teams.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
And then none. Is what it's looking like. In Thursday night.
Speaker 3 (21:57):
It's going to be a chance to really put the
Bengals behind eight ball. They're sitting at four and five
right now. They go to four and six, it's gotta
pretty much went out from that point on, yeah, or
close to it. And so the Ravens have a great
chance here at M and T Bank Stadium. At home,
it's gonna be under the lights, the Purple Rising with
(22:17):
the new helmets.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
That's gonna be very cool. It's a big opportunity to really.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Kind of take a step forward in the AFC North
Race and kick them down a little bit. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
So this from here on out, it's recovery, recovery, recovery, recovery.
Short week.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I was just gonna say, this is your opportunity, this
is this is tea, this is honey, this is water,
orange juice.
Speaker 4 (22:39):
I'm doing it all man.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I mean, I'm out of the ricordas I work through
a one fool bag.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Yeah, well you can work on all of that. We'll
get you some tea and honey before we wrap up here.
So as always, you can email us at the lounge
at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Thank you so much
for listening, and we'll be back with you this week.
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