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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 to give you our takeaways from

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Speaker 1: the Ravens twenty four to nineteen loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens fall to eight and five. The Eagles have

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Speaker 1: now won eight straight games and are ten and two. Garrett,

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Speaker 1: this was a tough loss for the in a game

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Speaker 1: that you know, it didn't mean a ton standings wise,

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Speaker 1: but it was definitely a measuring stick game. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: this was These are two of the best teams in

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Speaker 1: their respective conferences. Some people were calling this the game

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Speaker 1: of the year, a potential Super Bowl preview. Well, if

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Speaker 1: that was the case, Ravens fans aren't gonna be happy

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Speaker 1: in February because I thought the Eagles just kind of

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Speaker 1: flat out beat the Ravens in this one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that from a big picture standpoint, You're right,

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Speaker 2: NFC team Ravens are still in pretty good position, especially

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Speaker 2: for a wild card spot, and the division's not gone either.

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Speaker 2: But this is a game that you want to see,

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Speaker 2: how did the Ravens sack up against one of the

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Speaker 2: best in the league. They're red hot, They're coming out

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Speaker 2: this game they were winners of seven straight and they

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Speaker 2: it was a frustrating game, and I think that you

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Speaker 2: could really sense the frustration from the team afterwards and

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Speaker 2: talking to players, especially Lamar Jackson, like there was a

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Speaker 2: frustration because I think that the Ravens. The Ravens felt

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Speaker 2: like it was not the exact same of other games,

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Speaker 2: were like you feel like Maine, you had that one

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Speaker 2: right in your fingertips. But there were so many things

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Speaker 2: that there were things that happened. We're going to talk

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Speaker 2: through all of them that the Ravens are not used

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Speaker 2: to doing, relatively uncharacteristic, and they hurt them in this game.

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Speaker 2: And I think that the starting point is probably the

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Speaker 2: kicking game with Justin Tucker.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's certainly the biggest storyline coming out

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Speaker 1: of this game. Two field goal misses from Tuck from

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Speaker 1: forty seven and fifty three, and he also missed an

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Speaker 1: extra point. You know, you end up losing by five

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Speaker 1: points and he left seven on the board, right, And

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Speaker 1: so he said after the game he felt.

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Speaker 3: Like this loss was on him.

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Speaker 1: John Harball said after the game that basically asked the

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Speaker 1: question for the reporter, Yeah, and said, if you're asking

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Speaker 1: me if we're going to move on from Justin Tucker. No,

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Speaker 1: I don't plan on doing that, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: it would be wise that he still believes that Justin

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Speaker 1: Tucker can make every kick. So the Ravens are at

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Speaker 1: this point. You know, he's missed ten field goals this season.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't gotten over him yet, and there's not a

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Speaker 1: whole lot of time left in the season. The Ravens

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Speaker 1: have been steadfast behind him in their confidence, but there's

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Speaker 1: there's really not a lot that.

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Speaker 3: You can do. You know, what do you do?

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Speaker 1: What does bringing in a kicker for a tryout do

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Speaker 1: for you? You don't have to send a message to

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Speaker 1: Justin Tucker. There's no message, no message.

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Speaker 3: He feels it.

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Speaker 1: Nobody feels worse about the missus than him, And I'd

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Speaker 1: be hard pressed to think that there's a kicker just

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Speaker 1: sitting out there on his couch right now that's a

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Speaker 1: better kicker than Justin Tucker.

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Speaker 3: Clearly there's something.

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Speaker 1: Going on in his head. I think that is causing

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Speaker 1: these problems. I don't know what the answer is. Nobody does,

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Speaker 1: or they would have fixed it by now, But there's

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Speaker 1: not a simple solution. Maybe the buye, maybe just some

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Speaker 1: time off. Sometimes it just kind of catch your breath

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Speaker 1: and I don't know, maybe that helps.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know what the answer is, Like, I

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Speaker 2: don't know enough about kicking mechanics to fully be able

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Speaker 2: to diagnose what's all been going on. He missed two

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Speaker 2: more wide left today and then miss one wide right.

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Speaker 2: All of the misses up until that wide right one

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Speaker 2: had been wide left in this game and or in

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Speaker 2: this in this season for Tucker. And I'm sure that

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Speaker 2: there's a mental component here. You feel that pressure and

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Speaker 2: you can just see it as he goes out there

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Speaker 2: to kick and you miss him, and there's like this

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Speaker 2: face of agony for a guy that's we're used to

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Speaker 2: see and do celebrations after his kicks, and like there's

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Speaker 3: We should we.

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Speaker 1: Should note that he also made two field goals, made

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Speaker 1: a fifty yard field goal and on the Ravens opening

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Speaker 1: drive made a field goal then too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah he did, so it's not like everything is bad,

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Speaker 2: and that's part of the challenge, I hear.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he missed three kicks for Justin Tucker. It's the

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Speaker 1: first time in his career he's ever missed three kicks

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Speaker 1: in a game. Including extra points, So like I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying that to pretend like, hey, it's not that bad, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he missed three kicks.

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Speaker 3: He missed three kicks. That's not that's not cool.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's not like an acceptable level for him

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Speaker 2: or for the Ravens. And I don't. I don't, as

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Speaker 2: I was saying, like, I don't know the mechanics of

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Speaker 2: kicking to be able to diagnose exactly what is going

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Speaker 2: wrong with his swing with the operation. I do think

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Speaker 2: when I watch it, it seems far less natural just

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Speaker 2: watching it to me than it seems and watching him

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Speaker 2: for the last decade, it just looks different to me.

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Speaker 2: It almost looked like he was trying to punch the

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Speaker 2: ball today. It just looked different to me. And that's

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Speaker 2: like to the naked eye, what am I seeing? I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I have no idea why that is. If

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Speaker 2: that's part of him trying to adjust the swing because

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Speaker 2: he's not kicking as well, if he's not getting as

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Speaker 2: much on it, if he's pulling it to the left

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Speaker 2: because he's trying to overkick it at times, like I don't,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. But to me, when I watch him kick,

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Speaker 2: it does not look as natural as it has throughout

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Speaker 2: his entire career.

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Speaker 1: I'll say two things, one being that earlier this year,

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Speaker 1: you know, when he kept missing left, he said, hey, hey,

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Speaker 1: I just started aiming fur the right right. That was

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Speaker 1: like the in game solution that he made, and he

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Speaker 1: made that unilaterally. Yeah, he said, I'm just gonna aim

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Speaker 1: right because the ball keeps hooking left. That's not that's

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Speaker 1: the band aid. That's not what you want right. That's

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Speaker 1: like me golfing and I can't hit it down the

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Speaker 1: fairway and I say, I'm gonna aim at that house

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Speaker 1: over there, and I hope that it lands in the fairway.

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Speaker 1: It's not a good solution, right. You want to be

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Speaker 1: kicking the ball straight, and that's what the Ravens have said,

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Speaker 1: like you want to keep the ball straight.

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 1: Was he aiming further right on the one that he

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Speaker 1: missed right and then it actually just went straight. It

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Speaker 1: didn't curve left like he's been playing it. I don't know, right,

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Speaker 1: but you know that that's one component I think is

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Speaker 1: like it keeps moving left and he doesn't know why,

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Speaker 1: and he's trying to compensate for that. Secondly, I think

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Speaker 1: that what's going on is for the first time in

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Speaker 1: his career, Justin doesn't know where the ball is going

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Speaker 1: when it leaves his foot right, like for his entire career,

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Speaker 1: he's known when I kick this ball, it's going straight.

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Speaker 1: I like the guy aims for one light bulb on

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Speaker 1: the at one light bulb on the scoreboard, like his

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Speaker 1: aiming points are minute, yeah, right, And and he often

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Speaker 3: And I see a kicker that doesn't know anymore.

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Speaker 1: And that is a difficult thing I would think to

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Speaker 1: deal with mentally and for your.

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Speaker 3: Confidence when you just don't know.

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Speaker 1: Even on the fifty yard field goal that he made,

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Speaker 1: when I looked at his face after that, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's eyes wide and he's wondering where's this ball going?

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Speaker 3: Like is this going in or not?

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Speaker 1: And I've seen Justin Tucker hit fifty yard field goals

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Speaker 1: that are three quarters the way up the uprights with

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Speaker 1: no problem he has.

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Speaker 3: He knows he's making that kick. Yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't know that he's making the kick, and he

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Speaker 1: doesn't know how the ball is gonna play off his

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Speaker 2: Well, the point that you just made, I think is

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Speaker 2: true as well. Today was a cold day during the game.

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Speaker 2: The temperatures they were in the high twenty so it

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Speaker 2: was a cold day. So you're not probably getting as

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Speaker 2: much on the football as you would for a game

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Speaker 2: in August, right, But I'm not seeing him. I'm used

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Speaker 2: to seeing him drill like fifty yard field goals deep

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Speaker 2: good from seventy And that's like the joke. The field

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Speaker 2: goals left or right, they just didn't have as much

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Speaker 2: on them as I'm used to seeing from him. I

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Speaker 2: don't know if that's part of the weather and it's

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Speaker 2: later in the season the ball doesn't travel far as

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Speaker 2: in December, but still it just is not getting as

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Speaker 3: The yard looked like it might be short.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I used to see him fifty yard, you know,

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Speaker 1: for a guy who set has the record for the

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Speaker 3: Six sixty.

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Speaker 2: I used to honestly both on the fifty yard field goals,

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Speaker 2: I was like, is that gonna make it? Is that

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Speaker 2: gonna make it? Okay? And so that's just a total change.

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Speaker 2: And I go back to what I said where it

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Speaker 2: looks like he's almost punching the ball and it's not

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Speaker 2: coming off his foot the way that I'm used to

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Speaker 2: seeing throughout his career. So it's it definitely costs the

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Speaker 2: Ravens in this game. And as you mentioned, John Harball

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Speaker 2: made the point afterwards, we're not looking to replace Justin Tucker,

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Speaker 2: the planning to stick with him. Also, multiple players in

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Speaker 2: the locker room, especially Lamar Jackson, so stood up for

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Speaker 2: Tucker said. Lamar said, I still think he's a goat

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Speaker 2: and I have. When he was asked, you still have calm,

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Speaker 2: he can get back to the level of kicking the

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Speaker 2: used to seeing, he said, hell yeah, I absolutely have

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Speaker 2: that confidence. So I do think in the locker room

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Speaker 2: there's still his confidence in Tucker, and it sounds like

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Speaker 2: he's gonna be the guys continued, continue to be the

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Speaker 2: guy moving forward. That's what John Harbaugh said.

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Speaker 3: I don't think.

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Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's gonna say otherwise. Also, right, like

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Speaker 1: who's gonna be like, nah, I've lost confidence. Nobody's gonna

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Speaker 1: say that, Yeah, right, And but like the fact of

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Speaker 1: the matter is, like you have a pit in your

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Speaker 1: stomach now, you know, you go out there and you're

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Speaker 1: at the thirty thirty thirty five and you're like, ah,

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Speaker 1: do you go for it here?

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Speaker 3: Do you go for it on fourth down? Do you not?

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Speaker 3: You kicking this? You know? Now?

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Speaker 1: Like also they know he's a professional, and and like

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Speaker 1: I do think that that confidence is rooted in something real.

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Speaker 3: Yeah right, but like, yeah, they're gonna.

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Speaker 1: Always have their guys back, like nobody's gonna you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. So, but the fact that that doesn't

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Speaker 1: change the fact of the matter that the Ravens legitimately they.

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Speaker 3: Have a problem. They have a problem on their hands.

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Speaker 3: Is the problem, and don't I don't know.

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Speaker 1: There's just not an easy solution to the problem other

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Speaker 1: than Justin working his way out of it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that I see. I mean, do you I think

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Speaker 3: that's when you see another solution.

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Speaker 2: Now. Also today, the offense kind of a weird game

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Speaker 1: Like it was like, all right, it's time to run

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and the in the second quarter was just not good.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's their first time scoring on their opening

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Speaker 1: Part part of it, obviously for the offense. They would

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Speaker 3: The game for not running enough.

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Speaker 2: That makes no sense. And so they didn't they in

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Speaker 1: I mean, you got like even the plays, a number

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Speaker 1: We got stuff to take care of here, Like we

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Speaker 1: North aside, all that stuff, Like even if we make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, we're gonna have to win beat teams like this. Yeah,

440
00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,280
Speaker 1: you got have to win games like this. And like,

441
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Speaker 1: you know, you already lost the Steelers. That's another good team.

442
00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,679
Speaker 1: You beat the Chargers last week. So let's like not

443
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Speaker 1: get carried away and say the Ravens haven't had a

444
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Speaker 1: good win. They've had a number of them, beat the

445
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Speaker 1: Bills early in the year, all that stuff. But like,

446
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Speaker 1: this was a sobering game when you think about, all right,

447
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Speaker 1: is this team destined for a super Bowl?

448
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Speaker 3: This was kind of a sobering one.

449
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think that with this team, just based on

450
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Speaker 2: where they've been. Part of the part of the every

451
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Speaker 2: game goes through the the prism of can you get

452
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Speaker 2: it done in January and February. That's just based on

453
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Speaker 2: where this team has been, and so when you lose

454
00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:06,679
Speaker 2: a game, especially against a good team, the narrative becomes

455
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,199
Speaker 2: maybe you can't get it done in those situations. I

456
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Speaker 2: don't necessarily think that what happens today is going to

457
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Speaker 2: be an indication of what happens in January, but I

458
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Speaker 2: think that there are issues that the team has to

459
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Speaker 2: clean up in all three phases if they're going to

460
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Speaker 2: be a team that makes a deep playoff.

461
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Speaker 3: Fine, yeah, I agree.

462
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Speaker 1: You know me, I'm gonna get in the dance guy, Well,

463
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Speaker 1: of course I'm gonna get in the dance to see

464
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Speaker 1: what happens kind of guy. Right, But I think the

465
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Speaker 1: conversation is all fair, right, and I think it's definitely

466
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Speaker 1: fair to say that Ravens have to get better if

467
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be teams like this, they have to. And

468
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Speaker 1: the sad part is like, the defense is getting better. Yeah,

469
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Speaker 1: I think the defense is getting better, and they just.

470
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Speaker 3: Haven't put it together.

471
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Speaker 1: Really early in the game. The first two drives they

472
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Speaker 1: put it together.

473
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Speaker 3: Both were playing well. At the same time.

474
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Speaker 2: We were like all right, here we go.

475
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Speaker 3: But they like have not.

476
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Speaker 1: Consistently been able to put it together on both sides

477
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Speaker 1: of the ball. So we're gonna take a break and

478
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Speaker 1: when we come back, Hey, let's talk about that defense.

479
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Speaker 1: I'm starting to get hot a little bit.

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Speaker 2: All right, Yeah, you're listening to the Lage podcast. We

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Speaker 2: are coming chief in the Sekiek studio. We also want

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Speaker 2: to mention our partners with Draft Kings Sportsbook. They are

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Speaker 2: Kings Sportsbook. The Crown is yours. So the defense, I

485
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Speaker 2: do think that they have turned a corner. You go

486
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Speaker 2: back the last three games, it has been a much

487
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Speaker 2: different story compared to what we saw in the first

488
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Speaker 2: half of the season, and that's that is encouraging. And

489
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Speaker 2: I thought that today's test was really the best of

490
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Speaker 2: the bunch because this offense, led by Saquon Barkley, was

491
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Speaker 2: the best offense of the last three games Steelers Chargers

492
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Speaker 2: and now this offense, and so I think it was

493
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Speaker 2: kind of a question mark, are we gonna is what

494
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Speaker 2: we saw in the last two games a mirage or

495
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Speaker 2: is that here to stay? And I think that the

496
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Speaker 2: defense did show some really good strides. Marlon Humphrey talked

497
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Speaker 2: about this after the game. He said he really pointed

498
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Speaker 2: to the mindset aspect and basically said the players and

499
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Speaker 2: the coaches had to take a tough look in the

500
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Speaker 2: mirror and basically look at how they were playing. Then

501
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Speaker 2: said that they had and if you weren't playing up

502
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Speaker 2: to snuff and you weren't playing with the right mindset,

503
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Speaker 2: you were gonna be standing on the sidelines, so Marlon said,

504
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Speaker 2: And the Ravens have made some changes, particularly in the

505
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Speaker 2: secondary from a playing time standpoint, and I think that

506
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Speaker 2: that is help the Sea. And they cut Eddie Jackson,

507
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Speaker 2: so they've made some significant changes and I think it's

508
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Speaker 2: working out well. And that's the thing. Like the Chargers

509
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Speaker 2: in this the Chargers the Eagles in this game, they

510
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Speaker 2: aren't doing much of anything. In the first quarter. They

511
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Speaker 2: got they didn't even get a third a first down

512
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Speaker 2: in the third quarter, and you're like, the and Saquon

513
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Speaker 2: Barkley really had not much room to work.

514
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Speaker 1: Eagles punned on their first four offensive possession.

515
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Speaker 2: Yeah, first four punts and the place three plays, three plays,

516
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Speaker 2: four place and you're like, you're feeling really good about

517
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Speaker 2: it in this game.

518
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Speaker 3: This game is built.

519
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Speaker 2: It's like the running back resurgence game. And the Ravens

520
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,280
Speaker 2: and Henry had a relatively quiet game too, But the

521
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Speaker 2: Ravens held Saquon Barkley and Check up until that fourth

522
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Speaker 2: quarter where we ripped off a twenty five yard run

523
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Speaker 2: and that was one, Yeah, twenty five yard touchdown run

524
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Speaker 2: that really put the game, made it a two score game,

525
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Speaker 2: and based on the way the offense is played, it

526
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Speaker 2: felt like that was kind of the nail on the

527
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Speaker 2: coffin a little bit.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it did.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's a shame because I agree with you.

530
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Speaker 1: I do think the defense played better. You know, there's

531
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Speaker 1: spurts where AJ Brown kind of got loose and they

532
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Speaker 1: really had.

533
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Speaker 3: A tough time stopping him.

534
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Speaker 1: He caught five balls for sixty six yards on six targets.

535
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Speaker 1: But like, all right, if I'm going in this game,

536
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Speaker 1: you say a J. Brown gets five for sixty six

537
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Speaker 1: and no touchdowns, Yeah, sign young, I'll take that right.

538
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Speaker 2: Honestly, the yard you look at him like Jalen hurts

539
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 2: one hundred eight eteen right exactly. And honestly, when you

540
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Speaker 2: told me Saquon runs for one oh seven, I'm like

541
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Speaker 2: all right, Like, yeah, I'm kind of okay with that, right,

542
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Speaker 2: Like Saquon Barkley, I agree that the twenty five yard

543
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Speaker 2: touchdown was nail on the coffin, but he didn't kill

544
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Speaker 2: the Ravens. No, Like, you know, Empty Bank Stadium there,

545
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Speaker 2: the MVP chances were for.

546
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Speaker 3: Saquon in this stadium, you know.

547
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Speaker 1: And and I think he was the best offensive player

548
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Speaker 1: probably on the field tonight. You know, he outshined Lamar

549
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Speaker 1: and the outshine Derrick Henry.

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Speaker 3: You know.

551
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Speaker 1: So, but I do think that the Ravens defense, for

552
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Speaker 1: the most part, did a pretty darn good job against them.

553
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's part of the thing that's so frustrating

554
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 2: when you go through those stats and you're like, I

555
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Speaker 2: take that. I take that. The Ravens out gained the

556
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Speaker 2: Eagles three hundred and seventy two yards to two hundred

557
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Speaker 2: and fifty two yards. They had seventy one plays compared

558
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Speaker 2: to them, like they.

559
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Speaker 1: Were turning the ball over. They didn't have a huge

560
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Speaker 1: penalty problem.

561
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Speaker 3: So you're like, where what happened?

562
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Speaker 2: How did you lose this game? You outgained them by

563
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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty yards and you had twenty more

564
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Speaker 2: snaps than them like what happened here, right, And basically it.

565
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Speaker 1: Was the ball and then the team had a turnover.

566
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Speaker 1: It was and the Eagles had four more penalties.

567
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it basically was the miss field gals and

568
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Speaker 2: not being able to punch it in. They settled for

569
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Speaker 2: fieldals and then you didn't make them. Yeah, that's that's

570
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 2: what it really came down to for the Ravens and

571
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Speaker 2: this loss.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, definitely, and that it is frustrating when when

573
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Speaker 1: you move the ball into scoring range and you just

574
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Speaker 1: you know, the Raves have been their best red zone

575
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Speaker 1: team in the league.

576
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Speaker 3: It wasn't really a red their own problem the first drive.

577
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Speaker 1: They settled for a field goal instead of touchdown once

578
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Speaker 1: they got down there. But mostly it was you kind

579
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Speaker 1: of sputter between the fifty and the twenty.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like the mid that mid that mid

581
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Speaker 2: twenty to forty range.

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Speaker 1: It just didn't go well, which when you have a

583
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Speaker 1: kicker that's kind of struggling, is a recipe for disaster.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and that's what hurt the Ravens in this game.

585
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Speaker 2: But I do just moving forward, I think that this

586
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Speaker 2: I'm encouraged by what this defense, the way this defense

587
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Speaker 2: is playing and we were saying earlier this year the

588
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Speaker 2: defense which was like the third which was the thirty

589
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Speaker 2: second best defense against the pass, if you could just

590
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Speaker 2: be a middle of the road defense. The Ravens have

591
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Speaker 2: the offense that they could they could win the whole thing.

592
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Speaker 2: And I still feel that way, evenail the offense didn't

593
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Speaker 2: have the best days today, So I am encouraged by

594
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Speaker 2: what we're seeing from the defensive side of the ball.

595
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Speaker 2: A couple other notes here. One is Rashad Bateman. He

596
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Speaker 2: left the game with a knee injury, and John Harbaugh

597
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Speaker 2: did not have anything more to say on that timeline. Sure,

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Speaker 2: he said his knee was sore, but did not have

599
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Speaker 2: any specifics on what the injury is or timeline or

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Speaker 2: anything like that. Yep, if it's a really major injury,

601
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Speaker 2: typically that gets now after a game. But who knows.

602
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Speaker 2: I'm not sure what the status of that is.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he.

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Speaker 1: Didn't play, wasn't stopped for an injury, you know where

605
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Speaker 1: trainers came out. I think he limped off the field

606
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Speaker 1: in the third quarter was ruled out soon thereafter. So

607
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Speaker 1: usually you don't have a guy limp off the field

608
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Speaker 1: if it's a major, major knee injury. Right, but that's

609
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Speaker 1: right all conjecture exactly. We don't know what the nature

610
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Speaker 1: of that is.

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Speaker 2: And then the other interesting note of the receiver position,

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Speaker 2: So Bateman Lee is but Deontay Johnson did not play

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Speaker 2: in this game. He was suited up, but he never

614
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Speaker 2: took any snaps in this game. And John Harball was

615
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Speaker 2: asked about that after the game and said that I'm

616
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Speaker 2: gonna have more of a comment on that later on.

617
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Speaker 2: I need to get more information. So it did not

618
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Speaker 2: really provide specifics as to what was going on there,

619
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Speaker 2: but sounded like there could be more on that front

620
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Speaker 2: on the horizon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Lamar Jackson said, you know, we need Deontay,

622
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Speaker 1: so we don't know. That's another one that's a question

623
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Speaker 1: mark coming out of this game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and just big picture wise, I said it off

625
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Speaker 2: the top. I know it's disappointing. You don't want to

626
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Speaker 2: lose this game, and this isn't just glass half full.

627
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Speaker 2: I still think the Ravens are in good position when

628
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Speaker 2: it comes to the playoff picture.

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Speaker 1: They have their their their playoff chances did not decrease

630
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Speaker 1: really much at all. Yeah, by virtue of this loss,

631
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Speaker 1: they're still.

632
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Speaker 3: I think in the mid nineties.

633
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're they're They're a really good position from a

634
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 2: wildcard standpoint. Look, the Steelers look pretty darn good today.

635
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 2: They put up a ton of points. They had their

636
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Speaker 2: best offensive game of the season. So they're looking up

637
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Speaker 2: at the The Ravens are looking up at the Steelers

638
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Speaker 2: right now. Of course, still have that game here a

639
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 2: few weeks a few weeks from now, but they've got

640
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 2: to work. As as Lamar Jackson said, they need to

641
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 2: worry about themselves. And I do think talking about THEE,

642
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Speaker 2: I do think that the bye week it's been when

643
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Speaker 2: you have a buy this late in the season, which

644
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 2: is such a late buy, I think this team just

645
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 2: needs it. I think they need it.

646
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Speaker 1: Of course it felt like that late in this game.

647
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Speaker 1: It felt like the Ravens they need to buy.

648
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 3: They need to buy. And you know.

649
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 2: Everyone always says the buye comes at a perfect time,

650
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Speaker 2: whether it's week one or week seventeen.

651
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Speaker 1: I think it was all so. I think it was

652
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: also difficult. You're coming West Coast Monday night game, coming

653
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 1: back flying from LA and you haven't had your buy yet.

654
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: Like this is a team that's already pretty physically exhausted

655
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Speaker 1: and you're coming back from that trip now at the

656
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Speaker 1: end of the day, Like, that's not really an excuse

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Speaker 1: that's gonna hold much water, Like is it real?

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Speaker 3: Sure?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a that's a factor. Is that the factor

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Speaker 1: that beat them tonight?

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Speaker 2: No Eagles did the same thing that a day in advance,

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Speaker 2: but they made the same trip on Sunday night and they.

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Speaker 3: Were on one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had one extra day, but they came back

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Speaker 1: Sunday night right from.

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Speaker 2: From the same place, the same stadium, same place. So

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Speaker 2: I think I do again. I think that the seam

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Speaker 2: is in good position. The buye I think is really needed, mentally, physically,

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Speaker 2: all those things just you need to buy. I think

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Speaker 2: this team needs to take a week away reset and

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Speaker 2: then get ready for the stretcher perfect Everyone says it.

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Speaker 2: Everyone says it every year, no matter when it is.

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Speaker 2: But this this team felt like they need a bye week,

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Speaker 2: and I think that's going to be good for this team.

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Speaker 2: So we're going to continue to bring you the content

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Speaker 2: over the course of this week, so stay tuned for

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Speaker 2: more to come over the next few days. Thank you

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Speaker 2: so much for listening. You can email us at the

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Speaker 2: lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net and we will

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Speaker 2: bate back with you again soon