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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink

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Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing, and we are going to take

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Speaker 1: a game by game look at the Ravens twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: five schedule and give you our thoughts on each of

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Speaker 1: those matchups, maybe some predictions along the way. And Garrett,

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Speaker 1: it's an exciting schedule. It's a tough schedule, but that hey,

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Speaker 1: that's the exciting part. It's challenging, and certainly the challenges

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Speaker 1: begin week one, going up to Buffalo for a rematch, yeah,

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Speaker 1: of the divisional playoff loss.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think when you look at this

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Speaker 2: and we're going to go game by game here. As

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Speaker 2: you mentioned, we gave our snap judgments last week when

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Speaker 2: the schedule first dropped and looking at a big picture,

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Speaker 2: but we want to dive into it just in a

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Speaker 2: little bit more detail. And you start with a game

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Speaker 2: in Buffalo. It's going to be tabbed all week as

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Speaker 2: a revenge game, and we're all.

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Speaker 1: Smith ditting back down from that, you know. And it

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Speaker 1: went on with Rich Eisen on the NFL Network immediately

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Speaker 1: after the schedule came out and said, yeah, yeah, we're

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Speaker 1: looking for some revenge in this game. And so it

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Speaker 1: started early.

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Speaker 2: Rokwand does not back down for much.

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Speaker 1: No, No, he does not. You know, it's always one

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Speaker 1: of those things like, oh, can you can you get

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Speaker 1: revenge in a regular season game? Right? Like this doesn't

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Speaker 1: change the playoff game. Uh right, but it's certainly that

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Speaker 1: bad taste that's lingered in your mouth all off season.

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Speaker 1: It helps, it helps kind of clear that it's.

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Speaker 2: It's always interesting like some I honestly think player to player,

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Speaker 2: it varies greatly in terms of how they like use

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Speaker 2: that as motivation or internalize it, and it just is

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Speaker 2: different for each guy. Like some guys say like this

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Speaker 2: is last year, last years, last year. I don't care.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll hear a lot of that. In the

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Speaker 1: week leading up to that Bill's game. We'll hear a

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Speaker 1: lot of like that's that's ancient history. Not thinking about that.

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Speaker 1: I haven't thought about that in months. You know, this

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Speaker 1: isn't revenge. It's the regular season game. It's a new season, fresh, late,

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Speaker 1: clean slate, gotta gotta start off, want to know. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And then other guys like Rokwan will be like, no,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know again, and I think it depends on

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Speaker 2: that like I do think there's it serves as a

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Speaker 2: know that it really like scratches the itch of revenge

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Speaker 2: revenge angle of it, which is going to be massive. Honestly,

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Speaker 2: it's it's just as very similar to what we saw

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Speaker 2: last year where the Ravens opened the season against the

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Speaker 2: team who ended their season in the playoffs in a

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Speaker 2: heartbreaking playoff loss, and so we can run a lot

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Speaker 2: of those stories back. And it's also going to be

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Speaker 2: big because like, even though it's the first game of

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Speaker 2: the season, you got a long way to go. This

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Speaker 2: season and saying, well, look, these two teams faced off

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Speaker 2: they are the They have the better seed in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: that's the reason this team has the home field advantage

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Speaker 2: of the playoffs. Like, I think that both of these

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Speaker 2: potentially alter the scales in the in the A see

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Speaker 2: so starting that way is as big.

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Speaker 1: I think that. I like that this game is in

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Speaker 1: And so I like that this game is in September.

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Speaker 1: I kind of like starting its September in Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: And so like just get out of the way, just

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Speaker 1: The Ravens are traditionally played very well in their season

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Speaker 1: openers under John Harbaugh. They have you know, it was

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Speaker 1: Ravens have been a pretty darn good Week one team.

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Speaker 1: They're just generally speaking, a very good team when with

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Speaker 1: extra rest. Yeah, coming off buys, they're really good. And

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Speaker 1: so this is the longest buy. Yeah, you know, first

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Speaker 2: good job of basically building towards that that Week one game,

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Speaker 1: An extra time the game, all those things.

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Speaker 2: All that is part of it. So then Week two,

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Speaker 2: it's the Cleveland Browns coming to town, and and I

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Speaker 2: to be the Joe Flacker comes back to Baltimore game,

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Speaker 2: so this would be the Flacco Flacco revenge game, if

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Speaker 1: Is their revenge?

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Speaker 1: I mean, the lot of Ravens fans still have a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and so this will be Joe's first time back

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Speaker 1: Did Joe have any sizzling soundbites the week leading out

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Speaker 2: And also like a lot it's not it's this is

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Speaker 2: in terms of like, like it's been so long since

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Speaker 2: Joe played here. Now, I think that like this place

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Speaker 2: always holds a special place in his heart when Super

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Speaker 2: and look, when he was on the Browns, guy.

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Speaker 1: Like his name will probably be up there. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: When when Joe was the quarterback of the Browns two

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, the other big talking point will be dependent

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Speaker 1: can't let a repeat of last year happened. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: the Browns are still you know, I think most people

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Speaker 1: consider in rebuilding mode. You know, if Joe's the starting quarterback,

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Speaker 1: certainly that's not your long term quarterback in the future.

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Speaker 1: But the Browns are always a tough out, that is

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Speaker 1: always a physical Last year, Yeah, completely.

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Speaker 1: Exactly lost in Cleveland, get them at home, but it's

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Speaker 1: just never it's just never a cakewalk, no matter who's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with all of that. Next game, Monday

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Speaker 2: So the Ravens have played plenty of Monday night football

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Speaker 2: games in the John Harball era, right, they played twenty

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Speaker 2: three Monday night football games in the John Harriball era.

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Speaker 2: This will only be the fit's played at M ANDT

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Speaker 2: it was that unforgettable game against the Colts back in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one, the comeback game. The two point conversions

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Speaker 2: late in that game, like that was an insane comeback.

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Speaker 2: It's one of Lamar's best late game comebacks when you

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Speaker 2: look at it in totality. And so anyway, you get

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Speaker 2: the Monday night football game against the Lions, they're gonna

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Speaker 2: be Look, they were one of the best teams in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, M ANDT Bank Stadium is going to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no point blank, there's no doubt that the

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Speaker 1: And then you it often comes down to tie breakers

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Speaker 1: But even that, as a veteran, really great veteran quarterback.

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Speaker 2: The Crown is yours. So in Week eight, the Ravens

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Speaker 1: made a number of offseason additions. You know, they certainly

435
00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,280
Speaker 1: improved their offensive line, which was their weakness last year.

436
00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,440
Speaker 1: Got traded for Joe Toney of the Chiefs, and also

437
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 1: Drew Doloman the center, you know, picked up Grady Jared

438
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,679
Speaker 1: defense tackle. Like they've added They've been one of the

439
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,720
Speaker 1: more active teams this offseason, and so yeah, I mean,

440
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Speaker 1: could could they be? You know, there's been these games

441
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Speaker 1: over the years for the Ravens where they are facing

442
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Speaker 1: like an undefeated like the Lions from two years ago,

443
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,119
Speaker 1: where the Lions came to Mt. Bank Stadium kind of

444
00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,080
Speaker 1: at this point in October undefeated, and you're saying, whoa, Okay,

445
00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,679
Speaker 1: this is a big game, right, Could the Bears be

446
00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,680
Speaker 1: in that position? Possible?

447
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's I think it's possible. Like they're

448
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,080
Speaker 2: one of the biggest, hard, hard to predict teams in

449
00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,919
Speaker 2: my mind when I look at around the NFL, and

450
00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,359
Speaker 2: so that's what makes it tough to know what this

451
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,320
Speaker 2: game is going to hold. But I think it has

452
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Speaker 2: all the makings potentially of a really exciting game.

453
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Speaker 1: And you know, again, I like the Ravens coming off

454
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Speaker 1: of bye Yeah. Yeah, I think that that certainly plays

455
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Speaker 1: in their favor to have the extra rest that week.

456
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Speaker 2: So then the Ravens after it's coming off a week

457
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Speaker 2: of extra rest and they're our short rest Thursday night,

458
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Speaker 2: they're going down to Miami playing the Dolphins. Dolphins are

459
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Speaker 2: another team that's kind of a question mark in my mind,

460
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Speaker 2: Like when they're when they've got everybody healthy and playing.

461
00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:52,600
Speaker 2: That offense is really good. Tough to stop Tua when

462
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Speaker 2: he's out there on the field, and Tyreek Hill and

463
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,119
Speaker 2: Jalen Waddle like they've got speed that that really nobody

464
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Speaker 2: in the NFL can match. And so.

465
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Speaker 1: They're running backs.

466
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Speaker 2: The running back is really good. Their offense can be great,

467
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Speaker 2: but they've also had a lot of injuries and they

468
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,280
Speaker 2: struggled last year. So like, what is that team gonna

469
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Speaker 2: be this year? I think that is hard to say.

470
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Speaker 2: I think that like, short week on the road is

471
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Speaker 2: always tough. That's just generally speaking, You're getting on a

472
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Speaker 2: plane three days after you just played a game. I

473
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Speaker 2: think that's tough. I'm sure there's gonna be playing Lamar

474
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Speaker 2: Jackson fans in that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that anytime Lamar goes to Miami,

476
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Speaker 1: I always like our chances, you know, just warm weather back,

477
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Speaker 1: you know, in his home state. I think that I

478
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Speaker 1: generally like that. Of course it hasn't always worked out. Well.

479
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Speaker 2: That's an errony on that Thursday night game a few

480
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 2: years ago exactly. It's a Thursday revisit. The highlights of

481
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Speaker 2: that are the low lights for the Ravens.

482
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Speaker 1: Yeah, will be replayed on that because it was a

483
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Speaker 1: rough Thursday night in Miami that that night where the

484
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Speaker 1: Dolphins won twenty two to ten. I was back in

485
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. But I think Lamar Jackson is a

486
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Speaker 1: better quarterback than he was that just you know, the

487
00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,199
Speaker 1: storyline of that game was the Dolphins just blitz the

488
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,200
Speaker 1: living snot out of the Ravens, just time and time

489
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,919
Speaker 1: again with cover zero blitzes. The Ravens have spent a

490
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Speaker 1: lot of time since then on cover zero blitzes, and

491
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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson had a historically good season against the blitz

492
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Speaker 1: last season. I think I saw stat that he was

493
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Speaker 1: like the only quarterback ever, like he had the highest

494
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Speaker 1: like he was in plus territory, Like he was better

495
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Speaker 1: against the blitz and cover zero than he was when

496
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Speaker 1: he wasn't under pressure. And so I think I like

497
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Speaker 1: the Ravens chances, all.

498
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Speaker 2: Right, So then the Ravens go Week ten. They're going

499
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Speaker 2: to Minnesota, not a team they see very often. And

500
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Speaker 2: similarly as I just talked about like the team gonna be,

501
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Speaker 2: they were really really good last.

502
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Speaker 1: Year fourteen and three.

503
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Speaker 2: Last year early playoff exit, which was disappointing for them

504
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Speaker 2: the way they ended the season after how well they played.

505
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Speaker 2: Big change of quarterbacks. Sam Darnold was a quarterback last year.

506
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Speaker 2: He's now in Seattle. In comes JJ McCarthy, who the

507
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 2: Vikings took as a top ten pick but then missed

508
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Speaker 2: his entire rookie season with a kne injury. What is

509
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Speaker 2: he yep, nobody knows.

510
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Speaker 1: He's essentially he'll be essentially a rookie with whatever half

511
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Speaker 1: a season of games experienced under his belt. We know

512
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Speaker 1: the Ravens history against rookie quarterbacks is very good.

513
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Speaker 2: Yeh.

514
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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy is in the air quotes a rookie, So

515
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Speaker 1: you know, for that reason, I like the Ravens chances there.

516
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,399
Speaker 1: But US Bank Stadium is also one of the loudest

517
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Speaker 1: stadiums in the league. That place can get cranked up,

518
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: and that the Vikings are just a good they're just

519
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Speaker 1: a good team. Talk about another coach like just solid team,

520
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Speaker 1: like just winners.

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Speaker 2: It's the Vikings and they've got premier weapons and Justin

522
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 2: Jefferson and Jordan Addison, so like they've got premier offensive weapons.

523
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Speaker 2: And then Kevin O'Connell I think is I think he's

524
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Speaker 2: one of the best coaches in the league, and so

525
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Speaker 2: like playing there in. I think a lot of that

526
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,679
Speaker 2: comes down to the quarterback, like what what does what

527
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Speaker 2: does that offense look like with JJ McCarthy, And we'll

528
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,359
Speaker 2: get a sense of that over the course of the

529
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Speaker 2: first nine weeks of the season, but that's kind of

530
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Speaker 2: the main question there. I think that that's a game

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Speaker 2: that the Ravens a paper, probably should win, but it's

532
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Speaker 2: hard to know what the Vikings are going to be

533
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Speaker 2: that similar to what we talked about with the Bears,

534
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Speaker 2: like could this be a team? Could this be a

535
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Speaker 2: game where you got like a seven and two team

536
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Speaker 2: versus you know, two seven to two teams coming again

537
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Speaker 2: play each other. I think that's possible.

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Speaker 1: Who wears purple? That's the question?

539
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Speaker 2: Oh, just all purple. Everyone's interesting, everybody's everyone's in purple.

540
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Speaker 2: That's gonna get we go we go with the color,

541
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Speaker 2: we go with purple helmets, game, the color the purple rising,

542
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 2: just all purple, all right? Then Week eleven, yep, Ravens

543
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Speaker 2: are going on the road to Cleveland four twenty five game. Look,

544
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Speaker 2: last year the Ravens were as we talked, we talked

545
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Speaker 2: about the Browns earlier. But like last year, the Ravens

546
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 2: were much better team than the Browns. But they went

547
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Speaker 2: and talked about the tough out Browns beat them in

548
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Speaker 2: Cleveland last year Ravens had That was a game of

549
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 2: dropped interceptions and it just was a painful game, one

550
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 2: that the Ravens should have won, but they didn't win.

551
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Speaker 2: And so it'll be I'll be curious, like at this point,

552
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Speaker 2: is still Joe Who's the starting quarterback? Of course they

553
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: have two rookies Dylan Gabriel from Oregon, and they should

554
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 2: or Sanders who is the quarterback? We'll see, yep. But

555
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Speaker 2: like I think that this is a game if if

556
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Speaker 2: if the Ravens are going to be the kind of

557
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Speaker 2: team that you and I both think that they're going

558
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Speaker 2: to be, which is one of the best teams in

559
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Speaker 2: the league, then this is probably a game that the

560
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:36,479
Speaker 2: Ravens should win.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you're looking at the two games stretch

562
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Speaker 1: on the season, Uh, this is probably the easiest in

563
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Speaker 1: air quotes. I always have prefasit in No game in

564
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Speaker 1: the NFL is easy. But these are gonna the Ravens

565
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Speaker 1: are gonna be the biggest favorites in those two back

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Speaker 1: to back weeks at Browns back home versus Jets. Right,

567
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Speaker 1: that should be two and zero, and which sets you

568
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Speaker 1: up gets you in good position for what we'll at

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Speaker 1: that point be of a tough five, six game finish. Yeah, right,

570
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Speaker 1: So like you, I think you gotta as tough as this.

571
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Speaker 1: It's always tough to win in Cleveland. Like, that's a

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Speaker 1: game that the Ravens should win.

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Speaker 2: And also you're looking at that week nine, ten, eleven,

574
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Speaker 2: those are three straight road games at Dolphins, at Vikings,

575
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Speaker 2: at Browns.

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Speaker 1: All right, so now you'll have some sore bodies. It's

577
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Speaker 1: a three game road stretch, and so guys will be

578
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Speaker 1: eager to be home. They'll be tired of traveling at

579
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Speaker 1: this point. But I think that those are all three

580
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Speaker 1: games that are certainly winnable games for the Ravens, and

581
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Speaker 1: the Ravens have never won three straight road games in

582
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Speaker 1: franchise history. Now, it's also not super coming. They don't

583
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Speaker 1: have a ton of them go on three game road trips.

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Speaker 1: But uh, I think this could be the year.

585
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Speaker 2: All right, there you go. So you mentioned the Jets

586
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Speaker 2: in week twelve, and I agree with you, like you

587
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 2: should look at those two games against the Browns and

588
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 2: the Jets and feel good about your chances to win

589
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Speaker 2: those two. And then a week thirteen it's against the

590
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Speaker 2: Bengals Thanksgiving Night. This is also right past the Jets.

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00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: Oh you kind of covered it, Jet just to call

592
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 2: real fast? Do you have more than you want to

593
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 2: say about that game?

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Speaker 1: Oh? I mean just you know Justin Fields, right, he's

595
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,920
Speaker 1: their new quarterback, Like there's another quarterback that hey could

596
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: if it really clicks for Justin Fields. That game has

597
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: a little bit of a different temperature, right, new head

598
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: coach there and Aaron Klynn. You know, how how quickly

599
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: does it come together as they're obviously kind of in

600
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 1: rebuild mode there?

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And then so then it's Thanksgiving against the Bengals,

602
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Speaker 2: and this is like you mentioned the Lions and the

603
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 2: excitement around that game for Monday night football. To me,

604
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 2: the Thanksgiving Night game against the Bengals. Is that's the

605
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 2: one that catches my attention probably the most on the

606
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,920
Speaker 2: entire schedule, even more so for Lills for like list excitement,

607
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: just excitement, like what's my favorite game on the schedule?

608
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Speaker 2: Thanks Heeming Thanksgiving night at Mt BAK Stadium. We've seen

609
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 2: this twice before. Ravens won both of those games forty

610
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Speaker 2: nine Ers and twenty eleven the Steelers. In twenty thirteen,

611
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: they get it at home and it's against the Bengals.

612
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 2: Like Ravens have played some more quee games against the

613
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 2: Bengals at night in recent years, and that atmosphere is

614
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 2: going to be awesome. And this is our first time

615
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 2: seeing the Bengals. This is where the division, like we

616
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 2: talked about setting the table in the conference, well now

617
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: the division comes into focus here in week thirteen because

618
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,199
Speaker 2: that's a lot of division opponents to me.

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Speaker 1: The division race starts on Thanksgiving, yep, that is when

620
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Speaker 1: it starts.

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Speaker 2: And so the Bengals are I mentioned off the top,

622
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Speaker 2: like the Bills, the Ravens and the Chiefs are probably

623
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Speaker 2: the top three teams in the division on paper, on

624
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 2: the conference on paper, the Bengals are right there as well, and.

625
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Speaker 1: They were a team that was very hot at the

626
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Speaker 1: end of last season that a lot of people were saying,

627
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: don't let the Bengals into the playoffs because they're playing

628
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: pretty darn good ball. Joe Burrow obviously in that offense,

629
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Speaker 1: and that was their off season priority. Keep this high

630
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: octane offense together. Yep. Resign both Jamar Chase and t Higgins.

631
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Speaker 1: And when you have that trio of Burrow, Higgins and Chase,

632
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: they're gonna put up some points.

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00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the most games. And their defenses and

634
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 2: there's questions about their defense, largely because of the Trey

635
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 2: Hendrickson situation.

636
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: Was not a particularly good defense.

637
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 2: It was it was the defense was not good last year.

638
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 2: But now the best player on the defense, who had

639
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 2: the most sacks in the league is saying, I'm not playing.

640
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 2: Let's like a new contract. Now. Look, we see these

641
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 2: contract things like we see these contract things every even

642
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 2: he even said it last week when he talked to

643
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 2: the media. Basically the question was is this relationship reparable?

644
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 2: And he's like, yeah, look what happened with Miles Garrett.

645
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 2: Miles Garrett was saying he wanted out of Cleveland and

646
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 2: trade me, and then a few weeks later, he's happy

647
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 2: and how can everybody at the press conference like these things.

648
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: Are saying I never wanted to be anything but in

649
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: Cleveland exactly.

650
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Speaker 2: It's like a lot of things happened, these contract negotiations,

651
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Speaker 2: so like I think that that probably gets worked out

652
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 2: between now and then, but like, yeah, this is the

653
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 2: Bengals are going to be right there. And when you

654
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 2: look at their recent history, they have been a team

655
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 2: it's actually struggled earlier in seasons and then they've come

656
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 2: down the stretch red hot. So the Ravens are getting

657
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 2: them twice in the last five weeks six weeks of

658
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 2: the season, which is which is difficult if they follow

659
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 2: their pass trajectory, it's not when you want to see him.

660
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 2: And I think that that had that game has Like

661
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 2: I just think it's going to be awesome. I think

662
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 2: the atmosphere is going to be awesome, and it's two

663
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 2: of the best quarterbacks in football. I'm pumped for that one.

664
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: Well, two games last year were absolute spectacles. Ravens won

665
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: forty one to thirty eight in overtime in the first

666
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: game in Cincinnati and Lamar Jackson, you know, stiff arm

667
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 1: on Sam Hover leaping touchdown pass. And then the second

668
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: game at Empty Bank Stadium and the Ravens won thirty

669
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: five to thirty four, and the Bengals attempted a two

670
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: point conversion to try to win the game at the

671
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: very end and it was stopped. So talk about high drama.

672
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: I mean, goodness, gracious, it doesn't get any better than

673
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: Ravens Bengals when.

674
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 2: These two teams play each other, and like when they've

675
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 2: played each other in recent years, like it's been exciting.

676
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 2: There's been a lot of drama, and there's been a

677
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 2: lot on the line, and it's particularly binscwed offense heavy,

678
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 2: like these shootouts they've been, they've been shootouts. Now you

679
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 2: don't like, I think the Ravens defense is going to

680
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 2: be better than it was in those games in particular

681
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: where they that was kind of the tipping point for

682
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 2: this defense last year to say, like, okay, we need

683
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 2: to adjust some things because you can't be giving up

684
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 2: two hundred yards and three touchdowns to Jamar Chase like

685
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 2: that just can't happen. So that was kind of the

686
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,680
Speaker 2: tipping point last year. So I don't expect to see that.

687
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,959
Speaker 2: But the Bengals have been a team that's put up

688
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: some points against the Ravens.

689
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Bengals are part of the reason why Malachi

690
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: starks this year. Yeah, quite frankly, right, Like, let's go

691
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 1: get a ball hawk that can go over the top

692
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: and try to stop some of these bombs to Jamar Chase.

693
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 2: Yeah.

694
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: And so you know, he's one guy that pops into

695
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: my head when I think about these matchups and how

696
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: big a difference does he make interception game for the rookie.

697
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,959
Speaker 1: Certainly possible. Certainly possible. So it should be a good get.

698
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: And honestly, like there's a stretch there where it felt

699
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: like Bengals Ravens was the rivalry in the AFC North

700
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: more than Ravens Steelers that way. Still, I think it's

701
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: on level footing. Yeah, Now, I mean I think certainly

702
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: the Steelers is heated up the past year two kind

703
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: of you know, you got PQ on that side now

704
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: played the playoffs, you're playing in the playoffs last year.

705
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: I mean last year it was it was hot. But

706
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: like Bengals Ravens has felt they have been at each

707
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: other's throats the past number of years.

708
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that, like you have from a rivalry standpoint,

709
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 2: you need to play important games against each other in

710
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 2: order to have a great rivalry, and so you had

711
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 2: that last year with both teams. And but I just

712
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 2: think that like this this thing with the Bengals, like

713
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 2: those games I get. I mean, I guess you could

714
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 2: say the same thing about the Steelers, where both the

715
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 2: games always come down to the wire and there's you know,

716
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 2: some animosity there. But I just feel like there's there's

717
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: this like the circle the calendar thing when it comes

718
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 2: to the Ravens and the Bengals. They don't like each

719
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 2: other and they've had some like kind of knock them knockout,

720
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 2: drag up. What's the phrase there, knockout, drag out games between.

721
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 1: The two teams. Asking about fraz Yeah, you'll.

722
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 2: Screw it up.

723
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: I'm the worst guy.

724
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 2: Knocked down, drag out, whatever it is. But yeah, like

725
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 2: I just think I Bengals Ravens has become elevated in

726
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 2: my mind, and I if I were ranking on right now,

727
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: I might put Bengals Ravens ahead of it. I know

728
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 2: that that sounds blasphemous to a lot of Ravens fans,

729
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 2: but I think that it might be a little bit

730
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 2: ahead right now.

731
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: Yep. Now they're knock on your door, punch out game.

732
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: I think that's what I was looking for. Yeah, that's it,

733
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: that's it. That's definitely it.

734
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 2: So then you got the next one, which is the

735
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 2: next day, we're talking about rivalry game Steelers. Okay, so

736
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 2: first welcome to the season, Raven Steelers here Week fourteen

737
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 2: is the first time they praised each other. And this

738
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 2: one's in Baltimore one o'clock game. And I think that,

739
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 2: like there's questions about I mean, as it stands right now,

740
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 2: we don't know who the quarterback is for Steelers. A

741
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: lot of people think it's gonna be Aaron Rodgers. That

742
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 2: could be the case. Don't know yet. But to be

743
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 2: to be honest, like the Steelers are gonna be, I

744
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 2: just think the Steelers is gonna be a team.

745
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna be the Steelers.

746
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 2: They're gonna be right around. It's gonna be what we've

747
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: seen for the last fifteen years.

748
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: Like Steelers.

749
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 2: They're gonna be a team that's right around ten wins,

750
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 2: gonna be really well coached, They're gonna be hard to beat.

751
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 2: They're gonna have a good defense, they're gonna be able

752
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 2: to run the ball like that's that's their identity, that's

753
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 2: who they are, and so they'll be a tough and

754
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 2: that'll probably be a twenty to seventeen game.

755
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: Right, you want to talk about more physical football, that's

756
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: what I mean. Mike Tomlin went on NFL Network during

757
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,800
Speaker 1: the draft and said, yeah, we got all these big,

758
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: physical guys. That's everybody who we drafted, all because the

759
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: Ravens ran us over in the playoffs last year and

760
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: down the stretch and just bully balled us. Basically, Derek

761
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: Henry ran all over us. Yeah, so we got all

762
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,359
Speaker 1: these big guys. That's gonna be a slug fest at

763
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: M and T Banks Stadium on December seventh and Steelers,

764
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: And quite honestly, you have back to back home games

765
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: against your two AFC biggest AFC North rivals. Let's go. Yeah,

766
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,800
Speaker 1: that's that's when it's at you. You got to defend

767
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: that these are home turf games. Defend the home turf

768
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: because you're coming off the three game road streak, and

769
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,280
Speaker 1: then you have three at home and two against your rivals.

770
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 2: Yep. But and then it's and then it's the Bengals again. Right, Hey, Hey,

771
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 2: didn't we just see these guys old dayshaw VOUI here,

772
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 2: can we just play back the segment that I talked

773
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: about the rivalry between these two teams, Like, I think, honestly,

774
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: between you play the Bengals in Week thirteen, the Thanksgiving

775
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 2: night game, then you go on the road to play

776
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 2: them in Week fifteen one o'clock game of Cincinnati, you're

777
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 2: probably looking most likely at a split there. Of course,

778
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 2: you want to win both of them, but I think

779
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 2: if you split those games, that's not a terrible outcome. Sure, yeah,

780
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 2: I went to Okay, of course you wanted that. You

781
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 2: want you want to win every single game. But as

782
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 2: you look at you, don't you remember the seventeen I

783
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 2: know he did the Doves game. He says seventeen to zero,

784
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 2: and that would be great. But I think that like,

785
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 2: as you look that, I mean, if you came out

786
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,839
Speaker 2: of that stretch of Bengal Steelers bangles and you're two

787
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 2: and one, I think that you're feeling pretty good about.

788
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: Pretty good result against two other good teams.

789
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 2: Yep. Then it's Week sixteen and it's the Patriots coming

790
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 2: to town. This is the final regular season home game

791
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 2: for the Ravens one o'clock against the Patriots. Look, they

792
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 2: were a team that struggled last year, had a high

793
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 2: draft pick, and they certainty with them. They got a

794
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 2: new coach like Rabel. I think that, like we saw

795
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 2: it in Tennessee, we know the identity of a Mike

796
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: Rabel coached team. They're tough, they're physical. It's kind of

797
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 2: the same stuff we just talked about with the Steelers.

798
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 2: Like those teams remind me of each other. Now. Rabel

799
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 2: always had Dereck Henry in the backfield, which was nice.

800
00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: They could turn in hand the ball to the big game.

801
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: We figured out that makes a week difference.

802
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's pretty good to have it having your back

803
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:47,879
Speaker 2: pocket there.

804
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: But when Drake May, I think this game, I think

805
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: about Drake May. Okay, you know I thought he played

806
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: pretty well as a rookie yes year. Yeah, and came

807
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: on and finished the season pretty pretty strong. What's he

808
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: look like now? Essentially, he'll have almost two seasons under

809
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: his belt because it's so late in the season, and

810
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: so how good is he? And I think that the

811
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots will be a better team than

812
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,360
Speaker 1: they were last year when they were one of the

813
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: NFL's worst teams. I mean, they went four and thirteen

814
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: last year, and so they obviously upgraded their offensive line,

815
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: went out and got the top Well Campbell exactly top

816
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: ls left tackle in the draft. And so and they

817
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: got Stefan Diggs, and they've made some other pretty shrewd moves.

818
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,560
Speaker 1: They went and got the Eagles defensive lineman who was

819
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: a big problem last year, Milton Williams. And so I

820
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: think that they're a team that's gonna be better. How

821
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 1: much better, I don't know. I think that a lot

822
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: of the narrative probably coming off of Bengals Steelers Bengals

823
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,440
Speaker 1: will be like, all right, you can't have a letdown

824
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: at home against the Patriots. That can't happen late in

825
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: the season. I mean, goodness, gracious, the Ravens are going

826
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: to be breaking the thick of every game in December

827
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: has huge stakes probably for you know, is that a

828
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: game where you can lock up a playoff spot could

829
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: be possible? Now are you're battling for the number one

830
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,359
Speaker 1: seed in the conference. You know, there, I'm not too

831
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: worried about that. They're gonna have plenty to play for,

832
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: plenty at stake in that game.

833
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's and it's one that like, as we're sitting

834
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 2: here in May breaking this thing down. You'd expect the

835
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 2: Ravens to be heavily favored in that game. And so

836
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 2: those games late in the season is where you need

837
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 2: to take care of business. Yeah, Week seventeen is against

838
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 2: the Green Bay Packers. Don't know the day or time yet,

839
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 2: but it's going to be in Green Bay in late December,

840
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 2: meaning it's going to be cold and there could potentially

841
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 2: be snow. That's always a possibility. I'll be there, you will,

842
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 2: and you just have to you if you're going though,

843
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 2: you have to agree that you're standing outside.

844
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: And No, that's the other thing with that draft pick

845
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,879
Speaker 1: that maybe people don't really realize. And if you don't

846
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about, go back and listen to

847
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: the last episode where we had our travel draft, which

848
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: the emails are pouring in my favor.

849
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,800
Speaker 2: Actually not, they're.

850
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: Not pouring in. We put it. We put it out

851
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,359
Speaker 1: to a poll within our department. I got absolutely trounced. Look,

852
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: you had a pretty good showing. I'll give it to you.

853
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: You want rock feite scissors and that was a big

854
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: one for you. But what people don't realize is, like

855
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: we send the press box I'm gonna have hot cocoa, right, Like, yeah,

856
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: if I'm part of our broadcasting kind of crew and

857
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: I have to have a camera on my shoulder and

858
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: be outside the entire game, different calculation.

859
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. I love I love how you always talk about like, oh,

860
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 2: I'm a football guy, blah blah blah, and now you're like,

861
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be sitting in the press box with my

862
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 2: hot coco.

863
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 1: I mean, guy, Like, I want the best games now.

864
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Speaker 1: I also picked a preseason game before I picked that Penguins,

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Speaker 1: so you know, mistakes were made. Mistakes were made, okay,

866
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Speaker 1: but this one was not a mistake picking lambeau Field

867
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: Green Bay. Like, that's gonna be That's gonna be a

868
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Speaker 1: cool game.

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Speaker 2: It is gonna be a cool game. And like I

870
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 2: think most football fans, again we don't know the day

871
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 2: or time yet, but I it's gonna part of the

872
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 2: reason there's the NFL wants to have flexibility in terms

873
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,439
Speaker 2: of when they schedule that thing. Bait to put it.

874
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Speaker 2: If you think that both those teams are going to

875
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 2: be as good as they could be, you're gonna want

876
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: that game in like a premier time.

877
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: Slide Hackers who are eleven and six last year, certainly

878
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,959
Speaker 1: one of the hottest teams in the league.

879
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 2: Like, if both these teams are fighting for like one

880
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: of the top spots in their conference, this is going

881
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 2: to be a big time national TV game. And then

882
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 2: they'll get the snow machine out there and make sure

883
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 2: that like the visuals are awesome for it. So I

884
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 2: think that this game is going to be really cool.

885
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 2: It's gonna be tough out for the Ravens. That's that's

886
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 2: a really hard assignment to go there in that environment

887
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 2: and win.

888
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 1: Now, this has Derrick Henry game written all over it.

889
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: To me, this is I think that it's kind of

890
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: poetic that the Ravens signed Derrick Henry to a contract

891
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: extension on the same day that a schedule comes out

892
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: that has you going to all these cold weather environments

893
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: on the road at Sincy, at Lambeau, at Pittsburgh, Yeah,

894
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: down the stretch, and we're like, I just signed here

895
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: for two more years too. Like, it's kind of poetic.

896
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: And I think that Derrick Henry finished last season on

897
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: an absolute rampage down the stretch four hundred plus rushing

898
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: yards in the last three regular season games. I think

899
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: that to me, hand the ball off Derrick Henry well

900
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: against the NFC opponent's.

901
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, if King Henry's rolling in week seventeen, just

902
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 2: just keep them rolling downhill in week eighteen when the

903
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 2: Ravens go on the road against the Steelers. Obviously, he

904
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 2: played great in that playoff game against the Steelers, as

905
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: we already talked about. Uh well, just I think that

906
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 2: sounds good. Four hundred rushing yards from him in the

907
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 2: last three regular season games. Just do that again and

908
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 2: keep it rolling against the Steelers in week eighteen.

909
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: I thought you're gonna say, last two games, that'd be

910
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: pretty sweet.

911
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, sure, last two Yeah, four hundreds a game,

912
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 2: that's not bad either. But I think keep it going

913
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,240
Speaker 2: against the Steelers and trying to control that one.

914
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: I mean that game could have everything on the line,

915
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: or it could have nothing on the right, like it's

916
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: always that way. It's in week eighteen when you're the

917
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 1: team is that's as good as the Ravens and so yeah,

918
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 1: that could be an absolute epic game, potentially in Pittsburgh

919
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: with Heinz. Well, it's not acture now, yeah, act sure,

920
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,280
Speaker 1: just absolutely rocking and you know the towels are waving

921
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,280
Speaker 1: and then for the division for a playoff spot exactly.

922
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 1: They're playing the song and all that stuff like could

923
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: be could be epic, Yeah, it.

924
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 2: Could be that. Or it could be a game where

925
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 2: you have it all locked up, you have it all

926
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 2: locked up, you just onto that, or you're playing for

927
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:35,800
Speaker 2: top seed.

928
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: Certainly you know you could have the division. Heck, the

929
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 1: Ravens could be back to back to back champions AFC

930
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 1: North champions by that point, who knows, or you're battling

931
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: for that. No team, as a reminder, has ever won

932
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: three straight AFC North crowns. The Ravens are vying for that,

933
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: and it's gonna happen from Thanksgiving through as we're talking

934
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: about week eighteen. That's what it's going to be decided.

935
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 2: Yep. So I can't wait. Man, this is I like

936
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 2: the schedule. I do as I've thought about it, Like,

937
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 2: I I think that like I think there's a lot

938
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 2: to like there's some marquee games in here, there's some

939
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 2: weird stuff with three home, three row, three home, but like, overall,

940
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 2: I think that this is a I think it's a

941
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 2: fair schedule. I think that it's one that like the

942
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 2: Ravens have a lot of primetime action, Like I know,

943
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 2: not maybe as much at first blush, but I could

944
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 2: easily see both that Packers and if the Steelers game

945
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 2: has a lot of line being a marquee game. I

946
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 2: just think that I like the schedule and it's not easy.

947
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 2: It's a hard schedule, but it's gonna be fun.

948
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: So I think when you and I sat down and

949
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,959
Speaker 1: did our actual dubs game, I know I did dubbed

950
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 1: game in the seventeen and zero, and hey, maybe maybe

951
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: that comes to fruition, but I think you're looking kind

952
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: of worst case scenario, not worst case, but eleven and

953
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: six is kind of like when we went through and

954
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,760
Speaker 1: we're like, all right's call that a split between Bengals,

955
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: like we were talking about before, you know, call that

956
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 1: a split maybe with the Steeler or whatever, Right, Like

957
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: do you beat both the Bills and the Chiefs? Right?

958
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: Maybe split those games? Some of those things like eleven

959
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: and six seems to be kind of the number, But

960
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 1: I think like there's very good reason to believe that

961
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: it could be much better than that. Yeah, you know,

962
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 1: I think that thirteen and four is certainly you know,

963
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: can you get up into the fourteen and three territory?

964
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: Like you're if you're in the fourteen and three territory

965
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: with this difficult of a schedule, unless the three both

966
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: three of your losses include Bills and Chiefs, you're probably

967
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: the number one seed. Yeah, right, yes, and so like

968
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: I kind of look in that fourteen to in three

969
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: to eleven and six territory.

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00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's probably when you consider the fact

971
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 2: that the Ravens have been a team that's been in

972
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 2: the playoffs consistently, They've been one of the best teams

973
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 2: in the league, you think that eleven is kind of

974
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 2: eleven almost the floor. It feels that way.

975
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Speaker 1: If Lamar Jackson is healthy all season long, I can't

976
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Speaker 1: see the Ravens winning fewer than eleven games. Yeah, on

977
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:57,720
Speaker 1: the schedule.

978
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: They're that quid of a team, and I think that they're.

979
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,360
Speaker 1: Got best player in the league. Right when you're Lamar

980
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 1: Jackson's under center, I feel really good about what you have.

981
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,319
Speaker 1: You have number one offense from last year, Todd Monk

982
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: in year three, probably only going to get better. Got

983
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: Derek Henry just resigned them. Have the outside weapons you

984
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: got Mark, you got your tight ends coming back, have

985
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: a better offensive line. Offensively, you're stacked you have stars

986
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: all over this defense from front to back. It's gotten better,

987
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: Zach or year two, you got this coaching staff as

988
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: spectacular and the continuity that you have there. Look, the

989
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 1: Ravens are loaded. They're a really good team. So I

990
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,280
Speaker 1: think we're gonna have a lot of fun this season.

991
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm on board with that. So as always, you

992
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 2: can email us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL

993
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: dot net. Thank you so much for listening and we

994
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Speaker 2: will be back with you again soon