WEBVTT - Coordinators: Ravens Practice 10/5 Press Conferences 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:06.560 Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast is Thursday, October fifth, 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:10.120 the Ravens preparing for this week's matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers. 0:00:10.480 --> 0:00:12.200 And today we had a chance to hear from offensive 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:13.520 coordinator Todd Munkett. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:17.680 In last week, you know, halfway through last week, I'm like, 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:19.280 you know where the chunk plays are? Where are they? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:21.320 And I assume they said Andrews breaks thirty five yard 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:23.759 then there were a few more throughout it. But does 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.319 it feel like I mean, obviously want chunk plays to 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.680 be Everyone wants a chunk plays to be a part 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:32.640 of your offense, but it's designed a bit more. Weren't 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:34.800 your contented? Just like we're gonna take exactly what they 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:36.320 give us a march down the field. We feel the 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:38.680 execution wise, that'll that'll be successful for us. 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.360 Not really, I mean, I don't think that's sustainable. 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:50.320 I mean the number in order turnovers, explosive plays, touchdowns 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.840 on the red zone, lost charge plays, third down conversions. 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.400 That's how you win both sides of the ball. So 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.360 don't turn it over. Be explosive. If you're not explosive, 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:00.320 you better be damn good on third downs. You got 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.240 to keep drives or fourth downs, conversion downs, and we've 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.200 been explosive in the run game, where we've got to 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.679 get more explosives in the past game, we've got to 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.319 find ways to create. Some of that's been a by 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.680 product of the defense, some of it's been a byproduct 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:17.080 of play calling. Some of it's been a byproduct that 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:19.880 we've been ahead in the fourth quarter. We really haven't. 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:21.840 You know, we've tried to take it a little bit, 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.840 you know, take the air out of the game, sometimes successfully, 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:25.440 sometimes not. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:26.759 But we know. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.520 You get thirty two teams across the league, everyone's going 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:31.679 to say, we got to find a way to be 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:32.399 more explosive. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:34.959 I think the air yards per attempt they're down. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.680 Knowing why, it's just teams that are having trouble throwing 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:38.160 the ball deep. 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.560 On defensive, have you seen defenses kind of evolve to 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.039 take away the big play more or why do you think. 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:44.280 That might be? 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:45.800 I think there's more of that. 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.640 I think schematically you're seeing more and more teams play 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.280 in a certain style than there was a few years ago. Probably, 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.080 But at the end of the day, it's still within 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.000 a given game, maybe not statistically over a year, but 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.080 within a given game against the opponent you're playing. 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:07.320 Does that make sense? 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.160 So, whether your goal is to get x amount of 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.520 explosives within that given game, you're trying to not turn 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:15.200 over and be more explosive than your opponent. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.080 I think in years past, you know, the offense would 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.840 talk about how sometimes defensive coordinators with throw the game 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:26.000 clients that they sprightly didn't expect based on Tennessee and stuff. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:27.799 Have you seen any of that this year? And I 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.400 guess what do you think the kind of long term 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.840 managers that are basic events where maybe they do things. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:37.519 With their crew both at this event, you know, some 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.040 of that might be true, but not really yet. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:42.320 Have not seen that. 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.360 Some of the teams that we've played, I mean we've 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.840 played three of the four teams have been structured similarly 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:53.360 and they're married to really what they do. Some other 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.320 teams are a little bit different in terms of how 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:59.480 they schematically go up against Lamar And some of that 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.280 has to do with formationalin who's on the field that 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.120 does have something structurally, I think a lot of that 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:09.280 comes from not covered structure. But how big do you 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.080 get in terms of your personnel, like how many tight ends, 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.200 how many big people that's where a team has to 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:20.160 get a little bit creative in terms of fitting gaps, Tod. 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.120 We ask players this all the time, but is there 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.760 some extra excitement being involved in a Ravens Steelers game 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:26.799 knowing for sure this rival country? 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.000 Oh, I think a divisional game. 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.000 I mean it felt like that the week before, you know, 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.240 it felt like that going to Cincinnati. 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:40.000 I would think any anyone. I won't to speak for coach. 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.360 But I mean when your number one goes to win 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.200 your division, I mean that's what you set out to do, 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.240 is win your division, then obviously it's huge. It's an 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:52.320 AFC game, it's a divisional game, it's a rivalry game. Obviously, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.960 the two head coaches have been in place for you know, 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.280 a long long time in terms of number of games. 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.120 So we're excited. We're excited to continue to grow as 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:04.480 an offense, continue to execute each week at a higher level. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:05.520 And that's that's our goal. 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:06.320 Coach. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.840 I want to spend specifically working for you guys in 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.120 the red zone. We've seen you go way more to 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:12.400 Lamar Jackson there. 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.360 Than to rely on Justin Tuber like we've seen in 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:14.960 past years. 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.720 Well, it's players, I mean, it's I shouldn't say. I mean, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.680 obviously it's it's all collectively. It's I think we've done 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.800 a good job as a staff scheming it. We've had 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.159 players make plays, you know, you think of all the 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.640 different you know, we had a couple of third down 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.640 conversion touchdowns against Cincinnati that were huge in terms of 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.800 a three point win. You know, obviously Lamar adds a 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:43.680 different element. Other teams at times down there, to give 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.000 themselves a chance to run the ball will go wildcat. 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.880 Well we don't have to go wildcat. That doesn't mean 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:51.159 we want to do that all the time. But he 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:54.400 adds a different element that allows for a defense to 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.520 have to play for and you're seeing that in terms 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:58.600 of coverage structure. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.159 But coaches have done a good job. 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.720 Scheming it, the staff has, the players have done a 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:04.920 great job executing it. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.960 And can always assume both teams getting up for this game. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.080 But the fact that the last six times the Steelers 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.400 have been blown out, they've come back and one the 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.520 next week you've got it again with Mike tom on 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.520 one of his skillsho's having his team ready and not 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.479 you know, going through his long term droughts. So I 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.880 just kind of like, crap, did that really happen last 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:25.480 week against Houston for them? And now we got to 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:27.000 deal with a little extra from them. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.680 Yeah, I mean it's it's a credit to them, but 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.160 I mean that's gotten nothing to do with this year. 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:34.920 I mean, we'll see, we'll be ready to go, and 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:36.200 I'm sure they'll be ready to go. 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.719 About four weeks, do feel like you start to have 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.520 enough information on your opponents, just their tendencies and stuff. 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.840 And with that, the do you feel that they. 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.960 Have a nine next mission you to start to scout 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.200 to deal with and how do you incorporate like tendency 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.400 breakers or things that you've condn't been doure so you 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.479 aren't solved necessarily. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:06:02.360 Well, it's a good balance. I think every team has tendencies. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:07.039 I think it's knowing what those tendencies are. How do 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.840 you play off that because you're gonna have strengths and 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.440 you've got to play to those strengths, be it personnel 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.960 wise or schematically, because you can't be recreating the wheel 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:20.239 each week. The key is is what do we do well? 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.440 What do they do well? How can we attack them? 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.840 And they're thinking the same things and we've got to 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.080 do a good job of masking that but still staying 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.880 within the confines of what we want to be and 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.200 we will want to continue to be moving forward. 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.320 I'm having this week. Does it help that you had 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.160 two really good pass rushers last week? 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.719 Are they structured similarly and you feel like that helps 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:44.880 your offensive line this gear? 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.760 Well, first off, I'd prefer nobody has great pass rushers. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.160 It's a lot more fun that way. When you talk 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.680 about scheming stuff up. That's that's a lot more fun 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.160 than when you're trying to figure out chip help and 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.119 you know those kind of things. 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.120 I mean, so, I mean. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:02.800 Yeah, I mean Miles Garrett's a handful and the other 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.359 guys they've got and these guys are really good players. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:09.360 I mean, so we'll ever work cut out for us. 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.360 We got to do a great job of staying ahut 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.040 in the chains and you know, getting the ball out. 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.120 Do you kind of have a game overall philosophy on 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:21.160 how this offense benefits or maybe in some ways doesn't 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.800 benefit from motion. I know you've you guys, you've done 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:25.160 a lot of different kinds of things, so it's not 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.880 just one particular brand of it. But I thinks, how 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.520 do you kind of fallow and when it helps and when. 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:35.280 It hurts change. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.040 Some of it's kind of the price of doing business, 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.720 you know. I think when you face defenses too that 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.240 are like really get off the ball on a snap count, 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:48.040 they would say false starts or illegal procedures is kind 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.360 of the price of doing business. I think there's part 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:54.240 of that. When you motion and shift, there's always give 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:58.720 and take. The defense is moving run game protections where 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:03.440 your IDs are. So there's a cost benefit analysis right 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:05.600 in terms of getting them to move, rotate those kind 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.080 of things where it benefits you without too often times 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:12.080 and at times it has hurt us. You know, early 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.080 on in the first game that was we hadn't really 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.240 all played together, and you know, and some of the 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:19.720 motions and sifts are different than when you're in practice 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:22.160 and what you see and when bullets are flying. And 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.600 so it's still a work in progress to eliminate, right 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.080 the drag at times in terms of IDs where they're at. 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.120 But it certainly is, you know, in terms of a benefit, 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.040 it can be, it can be. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:34.800 I'll just say. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:39.520 That you guys have had explosive plays runner. Can you 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.679 tell about you know, what you see that's working well 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.040 and how much do you think it's benefited that this 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.120 team is a team that is used to run a football. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.640 Well, well, I think that's a great point. 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.840 I think that you know, I still don't believe you 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:56.280 can control a game if you can't effectively run the football. 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.960 It's hard to control the game. I mean, it's it 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:00.920 is what it is. I mean, it's hard to stay 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:05.200 ahead of the chains. And we wanted to when we 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:11.600 came in trying to blend in terms of the physicality, Uh, 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.520 some assemblances of the same run game that you could 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.560 carry over and still be able to kind of do 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.920 some things schematically to help that. And I think our 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.120 staff has done a great job of that, and I 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.320 think there's a comfort level with the players in terms 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:28.480 of some of the things that we're doing. 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.520 That was Todd Munkin. We also talked with the defensive 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:37.120 coordinator Mike McDonald. His unit had a great performance last 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.480 week against the Cleveland Brown's really dominant game, and he 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:45.320 discussed building off of that game this week in Pittsburgh. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.080 Again, it seems like every week you're they're a quarterback 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.640 situation when the other team there, you know, someone's injured, 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.559 and how much does that affect the game plan when 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.000 there is some uncertainty. 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:58.400 At the quarterback ptation. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.360 Uh, probably not as much as you'd expect. Uh, it's 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.080 hard with path dependence, you know, offensive systems probably taking 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:10.240 a you know, a ninety degree writer left turn. I'd 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.040 say the timing of how news comes out does affect 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:14.880 how you game planned. Like last week was a little 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.839 bit of a unique situation, this one's a little same, 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.360 you know, same idea kind of but a little bit different. 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:24.000 So we're definitely expecting Kenny, and you know, we'll be 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.280 ready for for for Mitchell if if he happens to 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:26.960 be out there as well. 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:28.440 So through the. 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.840 Season, with all the injuries in the secondary, you've seen 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.079 a lot of guys come in and out pretty seamlessly, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:34.920 in your own words, and a lot of them have 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.439 attributed to actual coaching. What have you seen from your 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.640 defensive acts of coaches and the way they tag team, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.200 the way that they present information, whether if be in 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.560 game or in practice to their players. 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.240 I'm r I'm really glad you asked that. I think 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:55.319 both Chris Hewitt, Dennar Wilson, Brendan Clark, all those guys 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.360 in that room just they done an amazing job, you know, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.920 the little bit different styles of how they go about it. 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:06.440 Both you know, definite big personality, strong personalities, both great 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.679 football coaches in their own right. And and I think 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:13.360 they just have a great connection with our guys. And 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:14.960 and then the players a lot deserve a lot of 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.720 credit too. I mean guys, I'm thinking of guys like 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.640 Kevon Seymour coming in and playing Nickel and Graydon really 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.280 highly over the course of the game and didn't didn't 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.520 be Deny, you know when when he went in there. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.480 So a lot of credit goes goes should be going 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.920 all around all those people. But yeah, definitely shout out 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:30.559 to them. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:32.720 Throughout the off season. I imagine you spent a lot 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.720 of time things how do I best use these two 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:39.160 incredibly skilled inside linebackers that you know, because they can 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.480 do things most inside linebackers can't do in terms of 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.199 their speed and physicality. We're seeing that and lots of 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.360 different pressures and also encourages it is it like, yeah, 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:48.679 this is what I thought we might be able to 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:49.320 do with those two. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.440 It's didn't think if we were being to do this much. Honestly, 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.400 we're putting a lot on their plate. On a on 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.480 a per game basis. But I was Zach and I 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.440 were joking, you know, this week, and he goes, you know, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.480 they love it, you know they want they're asking for it, 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.240 and and I think it shows our trust in them 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:12.120 and what we what we can trust them to do 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.559 on a per week basis. So uh, definitely a lot 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.400 of credit to Zach and the and row and PQ 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.199 to you know, take on you know, the weekly game 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.000 plan what we want him asking to do and execute 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.000 at a high level like you guys are seeing, you know, 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.680 on Sundays, and and the way they way that happens 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.240 is just an everyday approach that they knock out out 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:29.760 on the practice field. And sad it makes you feel 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.120 good about calling things when those situations come up in a. 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.680 Game, especially given the number of injuries you've had to 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.960 kind of overcome elsewhere. Right, is that more like all right, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:41.920 we're gonna need more maybe out of YouTube because because 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:42.960 that situation. 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.960 Yeah, you might be able to say that. I don't 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.240 think I've thought that specifically, but I think that's a 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:47.880 fair assessment. 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:51.840 His rod quads proved his pass coverage. 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.080 I mean he's covering really well, as has that opened 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:58.160 up more possibilities for you. I think he's always been 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.600 a really good cover guy, you know, he see I 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:04.120 think I think what how he wants to play the 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.319 routes and how he's done it versus how he's done 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.200 in the past has been a little bit of an 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:13.320 evolution and that's definitely probably crystallized over time now. But 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.000 I don't I don't I wouldn't say it's improved. I'd 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.080 say its steadily been really really good. 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.920 What hoping to the kind of instance guys. 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.880 Like Tadevian and Pyle or when particularly. 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.239 When we lose, you know, without a couple of guys 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:31.120 on the outside and being able to sort of lean 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:32.160 on that in their. 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:37.560 Experience and so sort of well, obviously it's a big 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:39.360 impact on us because you know, we kind of run 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.199 out of guys, so they're able to come in there 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.520 and and you know, obviously do a great job. But 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.360 you know, I just think it's a credit to UH 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.320 Eric and the personnel folks to get them in the 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:51.840 building and then our coaches getting them ready to go. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:53.959 I mean, it's not easy to come in and and 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.720 UH play twenty some odd plays we did with Josh 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.560 Bines in twenty nineteen, and trust me, that was a 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.439 a j Ford. It was the same week again, it 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.960 was against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. You know, so I 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:06.920 can I understand what that feels like. And it's not 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.480 an easy test. So you know, just credit to everybody 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.240 around getting ready to go and uh obviously you know 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:13.600 being productive on game day. 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.839 What most strikes you about this rivalry when you think 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.920 of Pittsburgh? What are you especially going there? 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.240 What do you think of? Man? 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:23.440 A lot of thoughts. 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:30.520 This this this organization, This game is defined by how 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:32.400 you are as a raven is defined in this game. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:37.760 You know, leave it at that. 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.200 That was Mike McDonald. We also talked with special teams 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:41.560 coordinator Chris Horton. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.480 It's Pittsburgh week and that's the thing we're trying to 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:48.160 just convey to our players, just like, hey man, this one, 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.920 this one here speaks for itself. So we're just out here, 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.440 we're working hard, getting ready to go. Really just try 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:55.480 to play again, try to play, put another sound game 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.640 together and try to play our best football up in Pittsburgh. Questions, 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.200 it looked like he can gimber at the point he 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.720 put the duke paint where he caught. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.400 The ball might have been some room there. It was 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.760 at something that you guys just went it words. It's 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.000 something that you talked on baby. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:15.400 Where. 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.280 You know there was a there was I know those 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.520 two incidents that you're talking about the first one. Let's 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:22.320 go back to the first one where that that ball 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.040 was punted and it came down and should have been 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.040 going to our right, but it kind of faded back 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:27.680 to the cut back to the middle of the field. 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:28.160 Uh. 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.120 I think in his mind he was thinking, you know what, 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:31.720 this is one I could return. But at the last 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:33.920 second he saw the gunner, so he call he called 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.600 a fair catch. On the next one he got similar, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.480 He got the similar ball and it happened right away. 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.960 So he he just assumed, Hey, that gunner's right there again, 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.640 I better fair catch this ball. So he's in that instance, 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.080 he's got to make the decision right cause we're not 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.200 out there. And I think, uh we saw the frustration 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.320 from him, like literally on the field. He was like, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.400 that was my opportunity. I could have had that one, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.360 but you know what, our number one priorities get the 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:57.880 ball back and give it back to our offense, and 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.720 then everything after that is a positive force. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:03.520 Do you think that was Jordan's best game start to finish? 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:08.360 I thought that was Jordan's best game by far. Uh obviously, Uh, consistency, right, 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.000 one of those things that we talk about. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:10.320 Uh. 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.280 Those first he had seven punts in the game. Those 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.760 first two you know, obviously he he would have wanted 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:16.360 to have back. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.800 But after that, those next five, I mean they were 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:19.520 they were spot on. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.200 And with Jordan, that's where we're trying to That's where 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.720 we're trying to get him to consistently, uh with with 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.360 Randy's out there and Sam out there working on every day. Man, 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.840 let's just find that consistency uh in those punts and 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:32.760 and we see when he does that, and this guy 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:34.600 can he can flip the field, and that's why he's here. 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.200 We talked you loved a couple of weeks split some 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:40.600 of the challenge due during right now, was there too 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.840 many manic games of tough after first altogether? 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.480 Did you a couple of guys go down and not 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.200 everybody knew exactly they were supposed to be on the field. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:50.000 Uh, Jeff not. 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.200 You know, not to make any excuses, man, because that's 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.400 our that's our job as uh as coaches. Right to 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:56.760 make sure we handle the substitutions. But that but that 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.160 was that was kind of part of part of it, right, Uh, 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.520 we thought we thought we made a sub with a guy, 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.640 one guy stayed on the field, and then we're trying 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:05.399 to get guys off off and on the field. But 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.600 you know those are those are easy fixes if we 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.159 just communicate throughout the course of the game. So I 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:11.720 don't think we should be we should be having that 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:12.600 happening again. 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:17.600 That was a special teams coordinator Chris Horton. You're listening 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.240 to the Ravens Press Pass podcast, make sure you leave 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:23.040 a rating and a review and hit that subscribe button 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:24.760 if you haven't done so already.