1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan mink 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing, and the Ravens have new life. 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: After the Browns upset the Steelers thirteen to six on Sunday, 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: the Ravens now have a Week eighteen win and get 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: in elimination Game seven. However you want to put it, Garrett, 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: this is for all the marbles in the AFC North 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, and you wouldn't want to 8 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: have it any other way. 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that we've been saying for about six 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: weeks now that it feels like the Ravens are in 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: playoff mode, but this truly is playoff mode. 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: The rest of the way. 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: The Ravens are win or else, and they know that 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: it's essentially a playoff game to get into the official postseason. 15 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 2: But for all intents and purposes, the Ravens have made 16 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: the playoffs and they start Sunday in Pittsburgh in Week eighteen, 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: and if they lose, they go home the rest of 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: the way. And to be honest, like, given the way 19 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: that the season started for the Ravens when they opened 20 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 2: the year one and five, if you had told a 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: Ravens fan us, anybody the team, the coaches, Hey, despite 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: this start, you're gonna be in a win and get 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 2: in situation week eighteen to close out the regular season. 24 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: Are you signing up for that? I think everybody would 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: sign on the dotted line. And now the Ravens are 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 2: in that situation. 27 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: Yep. Absolutely, And it was a fun day yesterday as 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: Ravens fans settled into the couch and to watch and 29 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: root for the Browns against the Steelers, and a dominant 30 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: defensive performance for the Browns holding the Steelers out of 31 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: the end zone. The whole game came down to the wire, 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: multiple shots at the end zone at the end of 33 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: the game, and that was that was a unique experience. 34 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: I'll say I was. I was in the car driving 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: to my folks place for like a belated Christmas dinner, 36 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: and I just had the ESPN app up and we're 37 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: just updating my wife. I'm like, what happened, what happened? 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: Update? 39 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: Update. She's like, it's it's fourth or whatever, you know, 40 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: and it's just like a big celebration in the car 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: with the whole fam and pretty cool moment. 42 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, to be honest, you said it was 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: a fun day. I wouldn't describe it as a fun 44 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: day until the clock hit zero. 45 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: Is more of an anxiety ring day. 46 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: Like Charlie Colar tweeted after the game that he's never 47 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: been more nervous, even for a game that he's played 48 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: in throughout his life. It just was and I agree 49 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 2: with that, Like even for Ravens games, it felt like 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: kind of a hopeless feeling, and it just had the 51 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: feeling of a game that was to be honest, like 52 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 2: we've seen Steelers games over the years, this is what 53 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: they do. They keep it close to it at the end, 54 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: they tend to win it. And I've seen Browns games 55 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: over the years and intends to go the other direction 56 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: a lot of times for them. And so it felt 57 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: like everything was kind of moving in the direction of 58 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: a late game heartbreak that the Steelers end up pulling off, 59 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: and obviously that that's not the case, and the Ravens 60 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: they let him in the door with the Browns pulling 61 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: off that upset and you could tell, just like in 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 2: the social media responses Kyle van Noy with the Undertaker 63 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 2: gift of him rising from the dead, like there's a 64 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 2: lot of that sense that the Ravens have new life, 65 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: as the way you put it, and I agree with 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: that feeling, and it's exciting, like you and I have 67 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: been saying for really the past month plus, just get 68 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 2: us to a week eighteen game like that, that's what 69 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 2: we want. We want a chance to get into the 70 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: dance and you want it to matter. And with how 71 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: good the Ravens looked Saturday night in Green Bay, I 72 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 2: think the feeling coming out of that was like, certainly excitement, 73 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: but also a little bit of like a sense of 74 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: loss because you're like, man, you found it just a 75 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: little too late. It felt that way to an extent, 76 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: and now it's not too late. The Ravens get a 77 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 2: chance to prove that they can build off what they 78 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: did against the Packers. 79 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: And now the Ravens are the team with momentum, is 80 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: what it feels like, where they really haven't had that 81 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: all season long. I mean even when they went on 82 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: a five game run mid season, you know, to kind 83 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: of crawl back over five hundred. Sure you had some 84 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: momentum at that point, but like they hadn't played their 85 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: best ball during that stretch, and they didn't play their 86 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: best ball in Green Bay either. I mean I think 87 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: the offense looked great, but it was a kind of 88 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: weird performance by the defense, giving up too many big plays. 89 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: It wasn't great on that side of the ball. So 90 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: like they still have yet to put it all together 91 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: at the same time, but like coming out of that win, 92 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: a huge win in Lambeau with your backup quarterback Tyler Huntley, 93 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: who's not playing like a backup quarterback. But like all 94 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: things considered that that was just a huge momentum building win. 95 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: The way that they won, the physicality, the running, running 96 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: the ball, like it felt like, man, this is Ravens, 97 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: the Ravens identity. They found it. This is what Ravens 98 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: football is. Right. And now on the flip side, the 99 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: Steelers lose a huge game, get upset, you know, to 100 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: a team that had three wins entering the game when 101 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: they had a shot to it was a hats and 102 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: t shirts game for them. They had a shot to 103 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: win the division. Like that is the wind out of 104 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: your sales. So really a lot of the momentum coming 105 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: into this game is on the Ravens side. And by 106 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: the way, the Ravens have played better on the road 107 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: all year than they have at home, So going to Pittsburgh. Okay, yeah, 108 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: sign you up, right. So that's kind of the feeling. 109 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 1: It almost it Honestly, there's a little bit of a 110 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: team of destiny feeling for me. You know, like, man, 111 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: all the hardship the Ravens have gone through this season, 112 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: one in five, the fumbles and critical situations, the just 113 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: the heartbreaking losses and mistakes the Ravens have made, but like, man, 114 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: they've survived at all. And like, now watch out because 115 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: this team kind of found itself in Green Bay. And honestly, 116 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: like you look around the AFC field. I mean, obviously 117 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: you have to beat the Seas, but like, look I 118 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 1: look beyond that even and it's like, man, can this team, 119 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: this key team could do some damage perhaps, you know 120 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like it feels a little bit team 121 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: of destiny to me. 122 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, there's definitely the AFC is wide open. It's 123 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: up for grabs, like it's between the between New England 124 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: and the Broncos for the number one seed New England, 125 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: who the Ravens took to the wire. Everyone coming out 126 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: of that game was saying, man, the Ravens should have 127 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: won that, and then the and then the Patriots just 128 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: put a whooping on the Jets on Sunday, and it's 129 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: gonna be between them and the Broncos for the number 130 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: one seed. But my point is just that the thing's 131 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 2: wide open. No Mahomes this year in the playoffs. 132 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: Obviously that's been a hurdle for the Ravens has been 133 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: Kansas City. They're not in the playoffs. 134 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: The Bills are going into the playoffs hobbled and not 135 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 2: looking their best. So like it's just wide open, Like 136 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna nothing's gonna be handed to the Ravens. 137 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 2: But I think that the old cliche, could they be 138 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 2: the team that nobody wants to see, I think that 139 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: there's some truth to that. I think that no one's 140 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: gonna be if the Ravens win on Sunday and beat 141 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: the Steelers. I don't think anybody's gonna be excited about 142 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 2: drawing them in the playoffs. And so I think that 143 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: there's merit to what you're saying. And from an identity standpoint, 144 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: like I don't know that Derek Henry is gonna get 145 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: thirty six carries for two hundred plus and four touchdowns 146 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: every week. 147 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: But I think he might get thirty seven in Pittsburgh. 148 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think that, like I do think that 149 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: you saw a recipe there, and like I go back 150 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 2: to the end of last season where the Ravens played 151 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 2: the Steelers in an elimination game. That one wasn't the 152 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: playoffs in Baltimore, And what was the recipe in that game? Well, 153 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: it was Derreck Henry in the ground game, and the 154 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: Ravens leaned on that in a huge way for that 155 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: wildcard win against the Steelers. And now you're in a 156 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: similar situation here. I think that the recipe is the 157 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,119 Speaker 2: same and they try to build off what they did 158 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: against the Packers, and certainly Henry looks like he's he's 159 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 2: ready for this opportunity and looking to make the most 160 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 2: of it. 161 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. What's crazy is that this is the first time 162 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: in Raven Steeler's history that it'll come down to the 163 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: final game in the regular season to decide the division 164 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: between those two rivals. So that's pretty cool. It's a unique, 165 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: unique circumstance for these two teams. 166 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the other one, the other one that 167 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: kind of felt that way was the Christmas Day game, Yes, 168 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 2: and that was that was a painful memory. That was 169 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: the Antonio Brown outstretched arms over the goal line in Pittsburgh, 170 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: and that was actually the that was the second to 171 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 2: last week of the season. But then the last week 172 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: didn't end up meeting anything, so that one, it wasn't 173 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 2: the final week of the season, but it was a 174 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 2: play in game for the division, so similar circumstances. Obviously, 175 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: hope for a different outcome this time, but yeah, it 176 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: is it is crazy that like you and and even 177 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 2: Mike Tarico during the Sunday Night Football broadcast joked about 178 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 2: the script the NFL script writers and dialing up a 179 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: great game on Sunday night between the forty nine ers, 180 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: uh and the Bears. Well, of course everybody was excited 181 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: to see the Brown get that win on Sunday and 182 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 2: have a great, you know, winning it in game from 183 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 2: the AFC North for just kind of an epic finale 184 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 2: in the age. 185 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the best Week eighteen game on the schedule, 186 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: which is why it was scheduled for Sunday Night football. Yeah, 187 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: and this is this is the premiere game. And uh, yeah, 188 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: to your point at the beginning, I mean, it's it's 189 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: gonna feel like a playoff game. It's gonna have that 190 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: kind of atmosphere and the Ravens are looking to avenge 191 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: a twenty seven to twenty two loss to the Steelers from 192 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: earlier this season. Heck, go back to that Christmas Day 193 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 1: game that you were talking about. They got some unfinished 194 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: business from that game in Pittsburgh and so a lot 195 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: on the line obviously for the Ravens injury wise. You know, 196 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: you wonder Ken Lamar Jackson get back for this game, Hey, 197 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: haven't it at the end of the day Sunday. Give 198 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: him as much time as humanly possible to get that back. Intusion, right, 199 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: you know that that'll be obviously closely monitored this week. 200 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: Lamar did make the trip to Green Bay. 201 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, Lamar made the trip to Green Bay. And I 202 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: always think you got to be careful about comparing too 203 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 2: much of how a guy looks on the sidelines and 204 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: how he's moving, Like, I think people get carried away with. 205 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: That type of stuff. 206 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 2: However, when you look at the way just demeanor and 207 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: movements of Lamar from that game on Saturday against the 208 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 2: Packers compared to where he was a week prior, right 209 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 2: after the game against the Patriots, I mean it was 210 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: night and day. He couldn't take three steps without wincing 211 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 2: in the locker room after the loss of the Patriots. 212 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 2: He talked to the reporters, but it was painful even 213 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 2: just to do that media scrum for him. You could 214 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: see the anguish in his face and he was in 215 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 2: a lot of pain and talked about doing everything he 216 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 2: could to try to get back in that game but 217 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 2: wasn't able to play. And then you look at how 218 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 2: it was against the Packers and on the sidelines at 219 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 2: the end of that game, he's putting the cheese grater 220 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 2: hat on snoop and laughing with the rest of the 221 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 2: guys and had energy and all that. So it's good 222 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 2: to see the progress that he's made in a week. 223 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 2: It's always difficult to forecast how anybody, especially with a 224 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: back injury, is gonna recover the course of a week. 225 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 2: Mike Florio on Sunday Night Football made the point that 226 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 2: it's about a fifty to fifty shot. I don't know 227 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 2: if that's the case or not, but obviously La marsh 228 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 2: practice status is going to be something that bears watching 229 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 2: for sure, and again if it ends up being Tyler Huntley, 230 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 2: he started two games this year and the Ravens are 231 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 2: two to zero and they have an offensive identity with him, 232 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 2: and they were able to move the ball on the ground. 233 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 2: And he's played really well. So if it ends up 234 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: being him, he is up to the challenge as he 235 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 2: showed against the Bears, and he showed as he showed 236 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 2: against the Packers, and I think he would continue to 237 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 2: play well this week against against the Steelers. And the 238 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: Steelers are banged up too, Like, let's not forget about that. 239 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's yeah, flip it over to the Steelers and 240 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 1: A they're playing without DK Metcalf, who is going to 241 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: serve the second game of a two game suspension, so 242 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: he'll be he'll be out against the Ravens and he 243 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: went off in the team's first meeting. He had seven 244 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: catches for a buck forty eight. I believe it was, 245 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: so I mean that that was That's a huge difference 246 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: for them in their passing attack when the Steelers they 247 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: wanted to just take shot deep shots to DK Metcalf 248 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: throughout the game. So he's not on the field. Calvin Austen, 249 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: they're number two wide receivers dealing with a hamstring injury, 250 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: and then they're big blocking slash receiving tight end Darnell 251 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: Washington suffered a broken arm in Cleveland, so they're really 252 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: banged up on really on both sides of the ball. 253 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: But their offense took some shots and so this is 254 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: a healthier Ravens team coming into this game certainly than 255 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: the Steelers are. 256 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 2: And so the other one, the the other piece too 257 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 2: is just Likejy, he did, he didn't play exactly, and 258 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 2: he's coming back from a lung medical procedure, kind of 259 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: a fluke situation. And during the broadcast on Sunday the 260 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 2: Browns Steelers broadcast, they indicated that Mike Tomlin told them 261 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 2: that he would need to log a full week of 262 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 2: full practices in order to return. That this isn't just 263 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 2: an injury you're coming back from, but it's a medical 264 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 2: incident that he's returning from with his long so you 265 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 2: can't mess around with that obviously. So the Steelers want 266 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: to make sure that he's able to just operate at 267 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 2: a healthy level in order to play, and we'll his 268 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 2: practice status is definitely gonna be something that's a focal 269 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 2: point for this week well. 270 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: And the previous reports to that on I think Friday, 271 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: was that TJ. Watts expected to play in their next 272 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: game that has meaning that would certainly be this week. 273 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: And uh, but but it seemed to indicate that they 274 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: were hopeful that they could get another week for him 275 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: beyond that to let his his lung kind of recuperate. 276 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: But come on, who we can here, Garrett, we both 277 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen here, right, Yeah, I mean you 278 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: talk about the undertaker gift. 279 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 2: T J. 280 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: Watt personifies that it seems like any time that he's 281 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 1: a question mark coming into a Raven Steelers game, the 282 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: guy plays. So I'm gonna I'm gonna guess that he's 283 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: on the field. 284 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, that could be the case. I'm not gonna rule 285 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: that out. And obviously you know he's gonna want to play, 286 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: But I don't know. I just think that that's such 287 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 2: a that's such a fluke situation. And you're talking about 288 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 2: along but it's not really a matter of like toughen 289 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 2: it out. It's a matter of like are you medically 290 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 2: cleared and able to play? And that's that's hard to forecast. 291 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, let's take a break. We're gonna come 292 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: back and give our closing thoughts on this huge win 293 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: and get in gain in Week eighteen. 294 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 2: You're listening to the lagch podcast. We're coming to you 295 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: from the sea geek stuio. We also want to mention 296 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 2: our partners with Draft Kings Sportsbook. They are an official 297 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 2: sports betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draftking Sportsbook. The 298 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 2: crowd is yours. Also, autostream Carcare has been part of 299 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 2: the community for over twenty six years, with nearly five 300 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: thousand online reviews and a four point eight rating. 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Like all of 311 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 2: those things have applied to both teams to a certain extent. 312 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: So to have them meet in a winner take all game, 313 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 2: I just think is the is the perfect end to 314 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: the season. Of course, it's more perfect if the Ravens 315 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: end up winning it, but I just think that, like, 316 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: this is the matchup that you want, Like you want 317 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: this opportunity, and as a football fan, you certainly want it. 318 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 2: But I think even for the Ravens like that, you 319 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 2: want to be in this type of of an You 320 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: want to have the chance to play your way into 321 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 2: the dance. And that's where the Ravens are, despite all 322 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: the struggles they've had this year, and now they have 323 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: to go out there and do it. 324 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, to me, the Ravens are in a great situation 325 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: right now because it's like the weight has been lifted 326 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: off their shoulders for the first time all season. I mean, 327 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: they came into the year, half the pundits out there 328 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: had them as their Super Bowl pick. Pretty much everybody's saying, 329 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: best best roster in the nf fell maybe the best 330 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: roster you know in Raven's history, perhaps you know. And 331 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: and that came with a ton of expectations and the 332 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: weight of that, and then you start the way they 333 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: had the season and it's just like it feels like 334 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: it's this crushing kind of weight on you. The week 335 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: one loss in Buffalo, all that stuff, and now you know, 336 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: when when you think that you're on the brink of 337 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: elimination and probably probably out, you know, after that loss 338 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: in New England, considering what needed to happen, that I 339 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: saw a team playing more free in lambeau Field and 340 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: it was just like, all right, you know what, the 341 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: weight is off, we're we're probably out. Let's just go 342 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: out there and play and let's have fun. And Derek 343 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: Henry talked about it in his pregame prayer with the team, 344 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: and you know, let's go out there and just have fun, 345 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: play free, have each other's back, play for each other. 346 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: You know, this is just like what football is supposed 347 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: to be, and all those expectations like forget all that, 348 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: that's gone right, we're probably out. Let's just go let's go. 349 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: Let it rip. And to me, that's that's the mode 350 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: that the Ravens are now still in. It's like we 351 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: were they had us left for dead. We thought we 352 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: were probably done right, so now it's just like everything's gravy. 353 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: Let's just go right. There's nothing to lose at this point. 354 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: Because he thought you'd already lost at all and so 355 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: I think like the Ravens have a different mentality and 356 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: a different vibe kind of coming into this game, which 357 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: I really like. 358 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 2: I just think and we're gonna talk about extras and 359 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 2: o's over the course of the week, for sure, but 360 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 2: I think identity wise, the Ravens have it. It's what 361 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 2: they were able to do against the Packers. It's it's 362 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 2: Derek Hennery in that ground game and then sprinkle in 363 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: some play action and deep shots and get some your 364 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 2: playmakers involved. But it's it's led by twenty two on 365 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 2: the ground and when if Lamarv's back this week, that 366 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 2: has obviously a whole nother dynamic. But I think that 367 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: the Ravens offense has been herky jerky at times this year, 368 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: and I think that if they're able to replicate what 369 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 2: they were against the Packers and also again, like I 370 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 2: said earlier, go back to what they didlast year in 371 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 2: the playoffs against the Steelers, I think they're gonna have 372 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 2: a lot of success in this game. So it's what 373 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 2: you want. It's gonna be exciting. We can't wait for it. 374 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: We're gonna be breaking it down all over the course 375 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 2: of this week. So you can send in your emails 376 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 2: to the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. Thank 377 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 2: you so much for listening. We'll be back with you 378 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 2: again later this week.