1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome into Raven's Press Past podcast. The date is Friday, 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: September fifth, and before the team heads to Buffalo tomorrow 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: to take on the Bills on Sunday Night Football, we 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: heard from head coach John Harbaugh and cornerback Jay Year Alexander. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: First up is Coach Harbaugh. 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: Okay, great to see everybody here. We appreciate you being here. 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: Beautiful day, very good practice. We're excited to go see 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: where we're at, play the football game, put our best 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 2: foot forward, to our best of our ability. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 3: We've worked hard for this opportunity. 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 2: You're in the right to be in games like this 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: and playing games like this, and our guys are ready, 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: So let's go see what happens. 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 3: What questions you have, John, as far as injuries, you know, 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 3: we haven't seen it was all. 16 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: Isaiah and you're walking on sidefield and inbcard not out there. 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 3: Looks like this, Len, we're booking. 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 4: And not playing. 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, like I said, I'm just going to kind of 20 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: leave that alone for now. You might give me a 21 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 2: tell you something next Friday or Friday after or you 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: might not, So we'll just kind of we'll see how 23 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 2: it plays out. But I'm just gonna leave all those 24 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 2: alone right now going into the opener. Well, I guess 25 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 2: that's all you got there. 26 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: Huh, John, you alluded to it, but obviously you've been 27 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 3: at this. 28 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: I saw so many sad faces, so many sad media 29 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: faces right there. 30 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: Oh, I got nothing with tweet right now? But what 31 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 3: is that ever? Hell, you guys back something you can 32 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 3: put out. John, you alluded to this, But how much 33 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 3: excitement is there to get to the first game? I mean, 34 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: you guys have been putting work, and Rtia is going back. 35 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: To May and now you have something to you know, kind. 36 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: Of gauge that off of them. 37 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you evaluate and practice, but it is 38 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: a little bit different when you're going up against another. 39 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 3: Team, right right. It's it's just it's it's it's what 40 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 3: you do it for. You know, all that work. 41 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: There's a lot of work. There's a lot of work 42 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: that goes in. You would say for the first game, 43 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: it's really not just for the first game. It's for 44 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: the whole season because you build your you build your 45 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: football team through all of that. You build the foundation 46 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: of your team that's going to carry you forward for 47 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: the whole season. And once you get through the first game. 48 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: You realize as soon as you're in the locker room 49 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: after the first game, you realize, oh, we got the Browns. 50 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 2: The Browns are up next, and it's going to come fast. 51 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: So this one's hard to get to. It takes forever 52 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: to get to. And then you're finally out there and 53 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: you just want the guys to take a deep breath 54 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 2: and play ball, and then you realize the next one's 55 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: going to come fast. 56 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: That's kind of how it works. 57 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: So it's it's well learned and we're ready and we 58 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: know that it's the beginning of a long season. 59 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: John, when the reps were out here during the summer 60 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: and we met with something about the correckdown of sportsmanlike. 61 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 4: Conduct and then trying to get that out. 62 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: When you see I don't know if you saw parts 63 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: of the game last night, but how. 64 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 5: Much do you show players clips of. 65 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 4: That as a reminders, Look, they're looking for this stuff 66 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: this year. 67 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: Well, we have a segment of our week where we 68 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 3: show everything. 69 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: You know, we show all kinds of plays, situational plays, 70 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: penalty plays, all kinds of plays that come up the 71 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: are important to just learning from. It's not putting a 72 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: learning opportunity. So We'll show a lot of plays like 73 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 2: that today. 74 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 6: Times that he wants to be clean football from the 75 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 6: offer that, how much did that line up to the 76 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 6: standard you want. 77 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,119 Speaker 2: To see from the phases? 78 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: Absolutely? I mean that's that's definitely true for all three phases. 79 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: And we want our team to play winning football, you know, 80 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 2: and winning football is definitely synonymous with what Todd's talking 81 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 2: about with clean football. 82 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: You know, we want to we want to operate, we 83 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: want to we want. 84 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: To get our plays in, we want to communicate our 85 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: place to one another, all three phases. We want to 86 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: get our subs on and off the field cleanly. We 87 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: wanna we want to we want to be clean with 88 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 2: our snaps and all the different things we do, our assignments, 89 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: our alignments. We want to play clean technique as much 90 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 2: as you can. And with that, we want to play 91 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: really hard. We want we want to set standards for 92 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: how hard we play. We want to bring a physicality 93 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: to the way we play, because those are those are 94 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: those are all things that are fundamental and winning football. 95 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: So I would say, yes, it applies to all three phases. 96 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 5: We heard the defense of guys talk a lot this 97 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 5: summer just about wanting to force more turnovers and uh, 98 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 5: we've got a glimpse of that throughout camp this summer. 99 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 5: Youth with the stef that you feel like they have 100 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 5: taken to achieve that goal. And do you feel like 101 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 5: how confident you that it will carry over? 102 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you know you believe it will. 103 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: You know, we've we've we've come up to a lot 104 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: of those plays in practice and also in the preseason games. 105 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 3: I think that the intentionality has been very good. 106 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 4: Uh. 107 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 2: You know, we're one of the leading turnover teams two 108 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 2: years ago and historically we've always been pretty high, pretty 109 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 2: high takeaway team generally, but last year was not good, 110 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: you know. And uh and we still overcame in and 111 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: won a bunch of games, but we need to be 112 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: we need to be a top And I would say, 113 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: you know, our goal every year and this is just honestly, 114 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: this has been true for all these years. Our goal 115 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 2: is always to be the top takeaway team. I mean, 116 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: that's our goal and uh, and that'll be our goal 117 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: again this year. And if we achieve that goal, we're 118 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: gonna be playing some really great defense. 119 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 5: Coach something he's been very successful with those the years, 120 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 5: and especially last year and early in this season. Is 121 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 5: it something maybe even more you can take advantage of 122 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 5: because of the change and game speed, I mean really early. 123 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know you might be able to. It's definitely 124 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:03,679 Speaker 3: a thought. 125 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: And there's a lot of things that go with the 126 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: early season football, you know, tackling special teams, things like 127 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 2: pump protection, all those things that you know come up 128 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: early season a lot of times that can be not 129 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 2: quite ready. 130 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 3: And you got to you gotta be careful of your 131 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: own team with that. 132 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: You gotta make sure that you're looking for those those 133 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 2: opportunities as well on both sides. 134 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 3: John, Obviously, you guys didn't reach your own standard. 135 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: You're very high stand off special teams last year. Beyond 136 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: just the kind of personal changes, do you think it's 137 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: just kind of small topees or ors that they change 138 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: to get you guys back to where you are, you know, 139 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: usually at the top of league. 140 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a continuation of of the idea 141 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 2: that we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna attempt to play 142 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 2: the game harder and more physically and a better technique 143 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: and a better understanding of the different of the nature 144 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: of special teams. Special teams is a little different than 145 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: offense and defense. It's more of a free. 146 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 3: Flowing type of a play. You know, there's more. 147 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: It's a little more like basketball or hockey. You know, 148 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: you've got to understand the flow of the play, the timing, 149 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: the angles. And we've been really working hard on all 150 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: those things. So our young guys. We're young, and last 151 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 2: year we weren't there, you know, as far as that 152 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: standard you're talking about, and this year expects us to 153 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 2: be further along. Johnson, for you, when you talk. 154 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: To the team, you know, leading up to that game, 155 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: how do you keep the message differently new or do 156 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: you go back and go I'll see what. 157 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 3: I said this year. 158 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 2: Oh no, it's always a new message. Yeah, it's always new. 159 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: It's always different. That that's easy to me. I mean 160 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: that the idea basically is that you just you meet 161 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: people where they're at, You meet their team, you meet 162 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 2: your team where it's at, You meet circumstances where they're at. Uh, 163 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: things come up that are things that we reference or whatever. 164 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: You know, it's conversations. It's never the same, it never 165 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 2: gets all, it never gets old. Jamison, This is the 166 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 2: greatest This is the greatest thing. I mean, this is 167 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: the greatest, most fun thing ever. Here we are, we're 168 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: in sports. All of us in this circle right here, 169 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 2: get to do this for a living, right, I mean, 170 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 2: I know, I know how greatful you guys are as 171 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 2: well that we get to do this for a living 172 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 2: and we're talking about things that people really enjoy, uh following, 173 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: you know, and we get out. 174 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: There in the field. Yeah, it's gonna be tough. It's 175 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 3: gonna be a tense you know. 176 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: I'm sure we're gonna feel victimizing wrong by by some 177 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: call at some point in. 178 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 3: Time, you know, and and all that. 179 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, it's it's Uh, 180 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: it's the greatest thing in the world to get to 181 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: be a part of sports and be a part of 182 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: the National Football League, being a game, be the the 183 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: Ravens versus the Bills on Sunday Night football open the season. 184 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 4: Uh. 185 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 2: I just couldn't be more grateful or excited. And no, 186 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 2: it never ever gets home. 187 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 4: So what actually the message and is in any different 188 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 4: when you play a team that ever your season last year. 189 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 3: Uh, there's a message. 190 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: There's a really good message and that one day you 191 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 2: probably you know, it'll be in the Uh, it'll be 192 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 2: in the history books. You have a chance to listen 193 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 2: to it, but uh, I don't think it's gonna be anything. 194 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: There's no message that you wouldn't expect, Brian, you know. 195 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: It's it's uh, it's it's you know, the idea that, uh, 196 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: we're gonna go out there, were gonna play our best football, 197 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: our way, you know, and you try to you try 198 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: to do that in a way that you can kind 199 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: of dictate the game the way you wanted to go, 200 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 2: you know. And that's the same thing they're gonna be 201 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: trying to do. But we'll talk about all those things 202 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: that go with that, and uh, we should be a 203 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: confident team, you know, and I expect us to play 204 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: really well. You played on Sunday nights football many times before, 205 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 2: but the opening weekend you've got to sit through last 206 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: night tonight, of course your brother's playing, and then all 207 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: the game Sunday. 208 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 4: Hey, you can your time on Sunday. 209 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: Well my time, and I didn't really I didn't watch 210 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: that much of the last yesterday's game, but I'll probably 211 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 2: watched most of I'll probably watch all this. 212 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 3: Game, you know, and we'll be rooting for the Chargers. 213 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: Anybody's wondering, Yeah, you know, sorry, Andy, you know, bloodsticker 214 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 2: than water and. 215 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: Sunday Sunday. I could even tell you Sunday's hard day. 216 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 3: It's tough. 217 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: It's not easy, you know, to uh to play a 218 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 2: night game because everybody's ready to go. You gotta you 219 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: gotta set your clock. I tell the guys all the time. 220 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: Set your clock, you know, make sure you're peeking, you know, 221 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 2: emotionally and spiritually at the right time. 222 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: This year, I think it was one and oh. 223 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 2: Last year, Yeah, we got a couple of themes. Yeah, 224 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: we got a few themes. Something that we could repeat, 225 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 2: something we couldn't you know. Yeah, one of the themes 226 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: has gradually then suddenly you know, that's something that is 227 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: worth talking about at some point in time. 228 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: And then uh you know, uh raised raised the four or. 229 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 2: Something that we talked about and Steve kind of brought 230 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: that to us recently, Steve Bushatti, which I thought was fantastic. 231 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 3: So, but themes, it's more it's more to me, it's 232 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: more about. 233 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 2: The relationships in day to day, you know, just growing together, 234 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: I'd say that, and the intentionality about what we're doing. 235 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 2: Probably you've heard that so many times from me. Probably 236 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: that's probably the main thing all set? 237 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 3: Great? Thanks? Okay. 238 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: That was John Harbaugh addressing the media one final time 239 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: before the Ravens face the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. 240 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: Next up on raven Press Past podcast, you'll hear from 241 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: cornerback Ja Yere Alexander. 242 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: Do you feel physically after being out there on the 243 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 4: practice field all week? It feels good. 244 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 6: It's always a blessing to be on the field and 245 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 6: that's you know, that's my happy place, and you know, 246 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 6: it was good getting back acclimated. 247 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: With the guys. Is there avery much of challenges getting 248 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 4: acclimated again or do you feel like it's pretty smooth 249 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 4: once in the background. Know, that's pretty smooth. You know, 250 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 4: it's like riding a bike. You know, it takes some time. 251 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 4: Didn't want you to keep going, you know you'll get 252 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 4: the floggin. 253 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 3: How do you feel your balance, defense, comfort. 254 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 5: Up with the guys back in the secondary all that 255 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 5: kind of stuff. 256 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know what I mean, it's early in this season, 257 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 6: you know, so we're still working through things. But you know, 258 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 6: ultimately we've hung out outside of here, so I mean 259 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 6: that builds more chemistry in closeness there. Vincent's last November 260 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 6: he played in the game, Like, what do you expect 261 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 6: the nerves to kind of be like nah, nah, noah, 262 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 6: no nerves, man, just just excitement and uh, just you know, 263 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,119 Speaker 6: extreme gratitude. 264 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 4: You know, how do you go down to your area. 265 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 3: You'll be out there Sunday? 266 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 4: Huh uh. I mean I don't have a doubt. Obviously 267 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 4: you weren't in that game in Buffalo. 268 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: Just being in those d groups, have you sets the 269 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 2: the want and the the motivation of going back to Buffalo. 270 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 4: And getting a win there. 271 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, no, I feel it, man, It's the urgency 272 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 6: is there. You know, I didn't play in the game 273 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 6: last year, like you said, but I feel like I 274 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 6: did play the game after seeing so much film of it, 275 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 6: So you know it, the urgency is there. 276 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 4: You practice and said, well, have a great training kIPS. 277 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 4: Was it tough at all? Haven't you kind of missed 278 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: some time there at the other camp? 279 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 5: Uh? 280 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 6: You know, not really tough, but you know I would 281 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 6: love to be out there, you know, I understand. So 282 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,239 Speaker 6: it's not tough cause you know, life always throws you curveballs, 283 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 6: you know, So it's about how you respond to its urgency. 284 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 6: What's like, what's the mindset of the secondary going into 285 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 6: the game as the dad. Uh, well, you know, the 286 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 6: mindset would be for every game, and that should be 287 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 6: the best second year in the league, you know, and 288 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 6: and just set the tone. 289 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 4: Set the tone really is uh is it a seatbelt 290 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 4: or a sword? Ah, it's a sword man. That's a 291 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: sort definitely sort yeah. Yeah, can you tell us. 292 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 3: The orgin of that for you? 293 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 4: The origin? Not right now? At some point. 294 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 6: Yeah, all right. 295 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: That was Jair Alexander answering questions before his first game 296 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: as a Raven. 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