WEBVTT - Ravens-Cardinals Week 8 Postgame Press Conference 10/29 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:05.840 You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:08.320 are coming off a thirty one to twenty four win 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.840 over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The Ravens are now 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:15.280 six and two on the season, which is good enough 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:20.520 for first place, tied with three other teams in the AFC. Now, 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:22.439 this was a game where the Ravens really relied on 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:27.400 the running game. Gus Edwards had three touchdowns in this victory, 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.160 and the Ravens talked after the game about the significance 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:32.200 of this win and where they sit after the first 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.760 eight games of the season. Here's what head coach Sean 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:35.560 Harbor had to say. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:39.800 I just felt like it was a tough game. I mean, 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.240 Cardinals are a good football team, and they're physical, the 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:46.680 tough you understand what you're building. Their coaches coaches doing 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.120 a great job with them. But our guys, you know, 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.520 coming across country and all the things we've been dealing 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.640 with as far as that not playing, you know, we 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:56.800 we weren't great. 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:57.800 We weren't really. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.880 As chrisp and sharp as we wanted to be by 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.800 any stretch. And yep, we kept grinding, we kept fighting 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:05.880 and found a way to get the things that get 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:06.640 the job done. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.440 What questions you have, I gotta get like a diea 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:10.480 home or something. 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:17.080 Talking about Uh, Michael Pierce game he played, seeing image 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:18.720 plays up front was really dominated. 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:24.480 Mike was dominant, Like you had four or five tackles 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:29.880 for laws, he had bull stops on the fourth down. Uh, 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:31.640 and he had a sack. I mean, he he just 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:32.800 took over the game inside. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:35.399 How much does that kind of. 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:36.360 Helped set the tone? 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.920 You know, you guys obviously move quickly down the field 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.039 first drive and things kind of slowed from there. 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.200 For how much did that help to set the tone 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:45.319 when you, Yeah. 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.559 When you're struggling a little bit, you know, really not hitting, 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.120 and they had some good schemes and they were they 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.160 were running some good plays, and someone's got to step up. 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:53.880 You know, someone's gotta make place in this league. You 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.200 have to make plays. I mean, somebody's gotta make place. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.280 You know, market's key. First down, first drive. You know, 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.440 somebody's got to do something to make the plays and 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.040 keep you going. I just felt like Michael was definitely 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:09.320 that guy for us. 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.480 John, how much are you encouraged that you could not 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.000 play your best, not play great? You can still find 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.120 a way to win the football game and the build 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:19.480 on that. 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:21.640 I think that's a really good point because in this 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:22.960 league you have to be able to do that. You're 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.240 just not going to be hitting on every cylinder every 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.919 single week, you know, and you have to find a 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:29.600 way to win those games. I think the best teams 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.440 over time prove that they'll win games even when they're 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.119 not their best. I'll find a way to win games late. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:35.520 They'll find a way to win a game when they 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:36.880 can't run it, when they can't throw it, or when 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:38.919 they can't stop something, They'll still find a way to 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.280 win the game. And really that's players, that's character, that's 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.400 also talent ability, confident guys who can make plays, you know, 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.520 and I felt like our guys did a good job 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:48.040 of that today. 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.480 John, What do you think just the accumulative impact of 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.320 Gus down that down the stretch was to wear down 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:54.800 that defense. 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:55.440 It was big. 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:56.919 I mean, you know, the second half, we got the 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.359 run game going. We were throwing the ball quite a 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.440 bit in the first half, you know, and and we 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:02.480 had some success doing it. 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.160 But but to. 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:05.680 Get the run game going the second half and then 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.839 the fourth quarter to be able to take the ball 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:09.680 down there, take up all that time and score. 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:11.720 That was a huge drive right there to two of them. 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:13.480 Really you mentioned it. 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.000 I think you guys are over seventy percent pass right 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.600 on early downs in that first half. I guess was 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:20.760 that just the game band along? Was that Lamar having 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:22.400 control to pick and choose? 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.040 No, I mean, I just felt like that's the way 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:25.960 the game is called, you know, And we'll definitely look 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.440 at it, you know. I mean we're going to be 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.480 our own worst critics. Nobody's is their own worst critic 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.280 more than our play call. I promise that, huh, Mark, 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.960 I mean, he criticized himself pretty hard, and he'll look 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:35.320 at all that. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.640 But you know, there's a reason for doing that, you know. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.800 I think we were attacking some things and we're trying 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.200 to go right at him and attack them in certain 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.600 ways with their coverage and stuff, and and we had 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.040 some success doing it. But you know, to get the 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.080 run game going to the second half was big. I mean, 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.920 Gus had eighty yards three touchdowns. It's a pretty big deal. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:52.320 You mentioned the run game. 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.520 How confident were you guys, and you're running buds today? 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:55.960 You know confident? 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:59.240 I mean We're confident in Gus, We're confident injustice, you know, 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:02.240 and obviously we want to get you know, get our 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.360 guy back keeling, you know, and get healthy with that. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.880 And Melvin Gordon, I mean, he's sitting there on a 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.880 practice squad and we think the world of him too, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.680 so we're gonna try to find a way to get 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:11.320 him involved. 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.480 So, yeah, we like our running backs a lot. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.720 John West carried in the right tackle for a lot 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.440 of couple of drives. Is that injury. 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:18.800 Related or not? 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:21.559 It was kind of just kind of give give Morgan 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.799 a little a little chance to not have so many reps. 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:26.920 You know, you got Pat, I mean, why not put 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:28.640 him out there. He's a starting caliber player. 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.120 John at six and two? Now, does it mean anything 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.680 that right now you're tied with the best record in 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:38.160 the AFC with the Chiefs, the Jags and the Dolphins. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.279 Does that mean anything to you guys? 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:42.280 You know, my mom always says get the lead, keep 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.120 the lead. So you know, we're tied for the lead. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:44.599 I guess. 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.480 But it's a long season. As we say, nobody's crowned 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.160 after eight games. There's a lot of football to be played. 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.400 The season is long for a reason, you know, and 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.200 it does weed out the best. And if we want 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:56.840 to be the best or considered the best, we're gonna 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:57.880 have to do it over the long haul. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:04:59.440 Very confident in our guys. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.080 I think our guys have what it takes character, toughness, resilience. 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.360 I really love our guys. I'm proud of our guys. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.039 I think that they fight, man, they fight. And we 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.200 have really good players who are really talented. We have 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.240 really good coaches. So one week at a time, we 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:14.240 got a very good team coming in Seattle. I think 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.599 they won, right, they beat Cleveland, you know, so you know, 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.160 we were already thinking about that. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.520 Quarterback Lamar Jackson threw a touchdown pass in the victory. Now, 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.719 the offense was kind of up and down. The running 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:30.400 game really is what drove the offense today. And here's 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:32.920 what quarterback Lamar Jackson had to say. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:39.480 Obviously, third straight win, but just how the game went, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.520 how do you kind of take away, you know, is 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.400 it still win a win or how do you feel 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.599 the overall performance for the team. 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:49.040 A win is a win, but I feel like we 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.960 need to put more points on the board. We was 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:53.600 punning the ball a lot in this game. You know 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.400 we didn't do it last week, but the NFL sometimes 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:01.080 they're not gonna things might not go our way. 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:03.960 What was it giving you a problem mark the first 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:05.000 half offensively? 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.159 Well, what is it more you guys holding yourself back 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:08.359 or was it something that were doing that. 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:09.960 Was uh making a difficult they up? 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:13.080 I believe the defense, the type of defense they were playing. 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.280 Uh some of the cars look well some of the 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.600 players we we had, you know, we shouldn't be holding 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.320 the ball along. You know, they was able to get 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.800 after us a little, rocked the backfield a little. That's 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.120 all but hash hongs of they defense cause they fought. 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:28.159 They fought well. 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.920 Mar Uh, everyzon doesn't blits a whole lot, and don't 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.160 I don't think they they blitz the ton today. I 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.279 could be wrong, but what is I it's just the 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.320 strategy on like a you know, first down, second down 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:39.000 to kind of attack. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.240 The way that they dropped back of the coverage. 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:42.640 Uh f W I G. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.000 When they were dropped back in coverage, we that we 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:49.680 had longer development routes, and the uh defensive line was 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.240 you know, cause of habit. 0:06:51.760 --> 0:06:54.600 And it's all My big discuss is uh running the 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:56.320 second half kind of loosing things up and get you 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:57.320 guys well offensively. 0:06:58.440 --> 0:06:59.800 I believe it's rung as it was huge. You know, 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:03.400 he he made great, great cuts, great runs. Also, line 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:04.080 did a great job. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.360 Yeah, we need more more of the phone, Lamara. 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:09.560 Uh Odell didn't. 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.160 I don't know if he's ever had a line with this. 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.520 He didn't have any catches to undrew. Three penalties, two 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.000 of which were were big. It's for the pass affairs 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:20.000 these games. You need to talk about the significance of 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.040 with that. They obviously s you know, set you guys 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:22.800 up pretty well. 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.480 Yeah, it's great, but trying to get him a touchdown, 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:27.720 you know, Uh, it'll be great if it'd have been 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.440 touched down instead of prs. But uh, we appreciate the call. 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.280 But yeah, we just gotta keep getting after it cause 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:34.160 we need him to score. 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:36.160 He deserves it, Lamar. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.240 How do you draw that line with being encouraged that 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.239 you could win different styles of football games yet striving 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.000 for that consistency. 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.240 Weekend and the weekend since that one more time? 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.080 How do you draw the line of you know, being 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.920 encouraged that you can win a different styles of football game, 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.280 whether you play good or bad or whatever. But also 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.280 searching for that consistent performance. 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.880 I draw the line was just go out there and 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.120 play hot tails off, you know, but try to get 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.400 a win at the end of the day, but try 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.840 to be consistent at the same time, try to balance it. 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.600 If anything, one feth quarter, when you got in your 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:06.920 last h last touchdown, drive was a ninth play drive, 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.880 eight runs, one pass. Did you start that drive committed 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:12.400 to the run or was it just something that you 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:12.880 guys saw. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:13.840 Uh. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.120 I believe that was coach coach's decision, coach monk uh. 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.320 But I I believe we got away from the runs. 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.920 We was passing the ball a lot early in the game, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.760 and I believe we should have been running a little bit, 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.880 just balance our offense out because last week when we 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.200 was balancing our offense, we we showed strides of being 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.520 great off all calibers across the board. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.360 Well, Mart, this is a stretch. You had played five games. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.520 Four of 'em on the road, two the AFS or 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.120 one in London, one of another one out west. 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:43.040 You take any solace of how you guys got through 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.040 that stretch with uh, you know, four wins and and 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:47.520 work put you for the second half. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:48.800 Uh sh uh. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.200 We got We got tough guys, you know, guys who 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:52.240 was willing to win and. 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.480 Adapt into s adversity. 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:54.840 Uh. 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:58.920 Different type of weather, long flights, uh s. I it's 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.000 just crazy, But I believe our team, the Scott's a 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:03.480 limit for us, you know, we just got to find 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.080 a way to fight within all of that chaos. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.040 This game was very special for tight end Mark Andrews. 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.440 He's a native of Scottsdale, Arizona, so this was a 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:18.719 homecoming for him. He talked about playing back in Arizona 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:25.040 and what the win meant for this team. 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:25.559 The kind of looking part of you out here of 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:26.680 just how many people Ron. 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:27.240 Hamper for you. 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:31.320 Yeah, you know, just being back in Arizona. You know, 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.959 for me it was awesome. First time playing back here 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.640 since you know, high school, so that was cool. But 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.400 really just having my family in there and having them 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.120 all be there was was special. And I'm happy the 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.400 way the guys played, how they fought. You know. I 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.360 thought that, you know, we could have you know, taken 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.640 control of this game and blown this, blown the game out, 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.360 but and I think we did. At the end of 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:56.000 the day, they held on. But yeah, I think for 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.000 us it was a good game and a pivotal game 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.120 and we're gonna work on this and get better. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:06.280 Like good. So you talked about what those two interceptions 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.559 did for you guys offensively, and they did, so you 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:09.200 kind of give. 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.360 You a spark to set up those short fields huge. 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.520 They were huge, you know. I think all year, you know, 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.880 the defense you know that's been you know, getting timely 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.120 turnovers and for us to be able to capitalize on 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.800 that and get points off those as big. 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:29.200 Mark, were there any looks defensively that they were doing 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.679 early in the game that kind of prevented you from getting. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.959 A rhythm, you know, I think that you know, you 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:36.520 look at the first drive, it was good, and then 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.640 we started to find our groove. But there was too 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:40.480 many drives where we weren't in a groove, you know, 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.960 And you know that's the part where I still feel 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.640 like we controlled the game. Obviously we have a great 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.600 defense like that, you can control the game and and 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.200 and have some stalls. But for us, if we're able 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.880 to capitalize and score and drive the ball, and too 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.920 many threw it outs. So we got to work on that. 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.760 Mark. I think you might heard when I told John that, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:05.559 you know, the Chiefs losses right now, you know, the Ravens, Jags, Dolphins, 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.040 and Chiefs all art six and two, best record in 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:08.600 the AFC. 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.240 Do you feel like you guys have have at least 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:13.840 at this point, proven that you should be considered among 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:14.200 the best. 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.080 Do I think that, you know, we have incredible players? Yeah, 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.199 I do. I think that this team is special. And 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.800 you know, I think it's it's anybody that watches our games, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:24.280 I can see that, you know, the type of the 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:27.120 caliber players from at every position that we have is 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:30.080 special and and and that includes the coaching staff. So 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:32.920 you know, we're not We're never satisfied. This is just 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:33.480 the beginning. 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:33.800 You know. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:35.480 I think the last three weeks we could have been, 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.600 you know, turning that leaf over and getting better and better. 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:42.120 So for us, just continue to work, focus on ourself, 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.600 you know, tone, you know tone, All the outside noise 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.600 that's noise out, that doesn't matter to us. We're just working, 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.199 worried about ourselves and getting better. 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.839 Not being in a groove, but still got grinding through 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.239 and getting away. How might that develop this team's mental toughness? 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.760 That was good, you know, and they hung on for 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.640 for a long time. You know, it really could have 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.640 been over faster, but that's the way sometimes, you know, 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.760 games go. This is the NFL any given Sunday, and 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:08.520 for us, we're going, We're thankful to come out of 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.040 this with a win and proud of the way we. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.240 Thought touchdowns significant to. 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:12.640 You at all? 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:18.240 Forty Yeah, it is one away for Todd heaves record. 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:21.160 Let's go, man, we're close. I had to get my 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:22.160 guy here to throw the ball. 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.680 Someone who had a really strong game was defensive tackle 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.760 Michael Pierce. He had a sack and was really just 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:34.600 a force on this defense that he talked about this win. 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.400 So you hear about a lot of offensive players being 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:44.360 in the zone sometimes, and do you feel sometimes defensive 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.160 players can we go out there? 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:47.839 Do you sometimes can feel like you're in the zone 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:48.240 a little bit? 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.480 Yeah, so those going maybe it may look a little 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.640 different today. It was a good day for me obviously, 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.160 But no, man, you definitely be in the zone. Like 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.480 I said, it could be a lot less eye popping 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.560 or you know, highlight worthy plays, but definitely you definitely can. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.520 Like I know, you didn't have a sack until today, 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:10.680 but you know all the metrics that you were having 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:12.800 just a great, great season in terms of beating the guy, 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:14.400 maybe just some bad luck. 0:13:14.240 --> 0:13:15.679 In terms of not finishing those plays off. 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.640 I mean, how'd you feel kind of coming in today 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.520 and what was the relief to actually get a sack 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:20.360 and they get stripsack? 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:21.360 Big, big relief. 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.640 You always want to do your part, Like I said, 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.680 I've like you said, I've been getting to the quarterback, 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.120 just hadn't getting them down. I happened to get a 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.760 fine from tackling them and not getting them down. So no, man, 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.200 it's it's been an interesting year, but our defense has 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.640 been doing great. We let a lot of stuff slide today, 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:42.119 but it's good to be on the board and hopefully 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:43.200 a lot more to come. 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.160 Michael, how personal were you taking when they were running 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.000 the ball? Just your defense as a whole when they 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.000 were running the ball? Little bit on you guys early. 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:56.800 Very very much so personally outside of the Colts. That 0:13:56.920 --> 0:14:01.360 was probably our worst performance. So anytime we pride ourselves, 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.520 we haven't. I mean, we gave up a long run 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.120 in Cleveland too. They pushed them like right over a hundred. 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.160 But like I said, we pride ourselves on stopping to run. Uh, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:10.640 we got a lot of stuff to clean up in 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:14.240 that area, especially the first half tape. So before Seattle comes, 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.520 we have got some work to do. But uh, I'm 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:18.920 glad we made some strides in the second half for sure. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:21.760 What kind of ut what does that do for your 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:23.120 team in general? 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.120 And you know, the offense and maybe Sharut Pitsball's game 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.760 we are out there, but yeah, the defense is. 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:33.320 Better in particulars to kind of keep that going. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.280 That's a momentum jump man, you know, as a defender, 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.080 you know, especially for me, I never see those kind 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.440 of players come my way, but uh, it's just a 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.000 momentum jump for everybody. So two fourth down stops no 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.440 matter who makes him. We've seen a lot of guys 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.960 met A Beaks and playing out of his mind. Rose 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.840 had amazing games. Uh, when you have a lot of 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.720 defenders who are really good, it's a long season, so 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.200 you need guys like myself, like Brody's gonna have a 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.680 big game. I'm sure Irv's gonna have a lot different plays. 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:05.240 So anytime any defender can lift up our team and uh, 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:09.200 you know, make some big time plays, especially consecutively, its 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.080 big no matter who it is, Like. 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.960 What's the poling for an opposing defense or defenders. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.880 To see a guy like Gus Edwards just kind of 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:18.880 getting the ball time after time, especially late that. 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:20.040 Game, that's awesome. 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:23.560 Man, that's a momentum killer. So especially when you can 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.720 bleed the talk, bleed the clock. Excuse me, that's big time. 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:28.760 So we love to see those drives go as long 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.320 as they want to go. So now, man, like I said, 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.400 for us getting those fourth down stops, just how we 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.040 see our offense running the guys over and having Gus 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.120 run for three touchdowns and run for eighty yards is huge, man. 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:41.960 So that's a momentum, momentum booster for sure. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.160 You guys have done some traveling, I mean London to 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.360 the desert. Now though at your final nine games you 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:48.600 play six of them at home. 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.400 How big of a you know thing could that be 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.360 for you guys? Grateful, grateful for that. Just to be 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.800 back on Eastern tombs zone to be great. So I 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.400 woke up at four in the morning this morning. It 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.360 was it was rough, man, but uh, I had a 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.880 long way to go before the bus left. But no, man, 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:05.880 it's it's good to be back on the Eastern time zone. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.720 Like I said, being at home, being comfortable, just getting 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.440 in that routine. Again, I feel like we always played 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.560 great or a whole lot better at home, So that's 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:15.960 a that's a plus big time. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:20.600 In the locker room, we had a chance to talk 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:24.400 with Gus the bus and he discussed his three touchdown day. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:28.120 So it was a good feeling. 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.400 I man, I felt like I was definitely the goal 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.640 is always to help my team win and definitely play 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:33.440 a big part today. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:35.920 Do you feel like you guys were wearing them down, 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.200 running in that part of why you were able to 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.200 be effected more effectively the second average? 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.120