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Speaker 1: I'm capable of doing, So get out the way. Um,

427
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Speaker 1: if you don't want to be go on the ride

428
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,040
Speaker 1: with me. That's fine. I'll see later. I'm going on

429
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 1: my journey. And so that's what I would tell any

430
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Speaker 1: male or any female. Look, it was really exciting. Um

431
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: my kid, my son is a baseball player, and years

432
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 1: ago in little league, he had the one umpire we

433
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,479
Speaker 1: always loved having was this woman and she'd show up man.

434
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Speaker 1: She had her own equipment, and it's we're talking little

435
00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,680
Speaker 1: league in a tiny town in Minnesota, Okay, And she'd

436
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,400
Speaker 1: showed up and she had her gear, and she called

437
00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,479
Speaker 1: the best game and she cared and it mattered to her.

438
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 1: And the next thing we knew, she was umping games

439
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,480
Speaker 1: down in springtain league in the majors and we're like

440
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,159
Speaker 1: in triple and all that stuff, and we're like, this

441
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: is awesome. But we knew it wasn't just because she

442
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,119
Speaker 1: was a woman. It was because she was good and

443
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,680
Speaker 1: it mattered to her and she worked hard. Now, traditionally, yeah,

444
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 1: have men had an advantage, maybe so, But you can't

445
00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: think like that. You gotta think like, I'm competing with you,

446
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 1: no matter if you're a male or female, or you

447
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: know your purple, I don't care, or I'm a journalist.

448
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,479
Speaker 1: I'm going in this and I'm doing it because it's

449
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 1: what I love and I really believe I'm gonna be

450
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 1: good at it. And that's what you do with your life.

451
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 1: And anyone who thinks themselves weak needs to maybe read

452
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 1: the Obstacles the way by Ryan Holiday and get that

453
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: out of their minds, or just take a really good,

454
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,120
Speaker 1: hard look at themselves and say Why do I think

455
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 1: I'm weak? Who told me that? And why am I

456
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: allowing that person to define me instead of defining myself. Look,

457
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,439
Speaker 1: we got one life. You gotta take agency in your

458
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: own life and make of it what you want. No one,

459
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: not you know, a professor, the government, another, anyone in

460
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 1: your life, your family. They shouldn't be the ones to

461
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: stand in your way. And if they are, you better

462
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,120
Speaker 1: take a good hard look in the mirror and say,

463
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Speaker 1: why am I letting someone else decide what I'm doing

464
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Speaker 1: with my life or how I'm going to proceed. Don't.

465
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 1: And that's that's as simple as I can put it.

466
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Speaker 1: M more question on that front from me is is

467
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Speaker 1: you expect to see more women And you know, if

468
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Speaker 1: we're looking at this and we're having this conversation in

469
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Speaker 1: fifteen twenty years, more women in coaching positions, in front

470
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: office positions for NFL teams, Yeah, definitely. I mean, look,

471
00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: Charlotte Jones, Anderson has Charlotte Jones. Now, I'm sorry, she's

472
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 1: she's uh, Charlotte Jones. Now down with the Jerry Jones

473
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 1: daughter does a great job in Dallas, does just a

474
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: great job, and she's involved in a lot of different things,

475
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: and she's been out there and doing that. Now people

476
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Speaker 1: will say, oh, well she's Jerry's daughter. Well I know Charlotte,

477
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 1: and she's not just Jerry's daughter. She as smart as

478
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Speaker 1: a whip. She works her tail off. Um. You know,

479
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: you see other people in the league offices, in front offices.

480
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Speaker 1: I think you're going to see more of that. You're

481
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,160
Speaker 1: you're getting spotlights on these stories now because it's it's

482
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Speaker 1: kind of different. It's you geek when you see a

483
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Speaker 1: female on a coaching staff, that is great. What I've

484
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 1: I've talked to a lot of them, by the way,

485
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Speaker 1: a lot of these women who are on the coaching staffs,

486
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Speaker 1: and the one thing that I found and the ones

487
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Speaker 1: who are really successful, is they don't really care that

488
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Speaker 1: they're the first. They just don't want to be the last.

489
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Speaker 1: And they also they're not doing it for that reason

490
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Speaker 1: to break the barrier. They're doing it because they love

491
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Speaker 1: the game and it's what they want to do. And

492
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Speaker 1: fortunately there have been some coaches and general managers out

493
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Speaker 1: there and they've brought them in and I think that

494
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 1: that's that's all that needs to happen. This is this

495
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 1: is evolving organically as it should and you know, yes,

496
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: it takes some courage. There's no doubt it takes a

497
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Speaker 1: little bit of courage when you're one of the very

498
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Speaker 1: very very very few. But I think you're just gonna

499
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Speaker 1: see it grow and grow and grow for sure. For sure. Well,

500
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Speaker 1: we certainly hope that's a case. In Michelle, we really

501
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: appreciate your time, really good insight on that and also

502
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Speaker 1: the game on Saturday. Listeners you can catch Michelle and

503
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Speaker 1: the NBC crew Saturday night a fifteen Bravens bills. We

504
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 1: can't wait for that game. Bundle of Michelle. It's gonna

505
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 1: be cold. I don't know how much now we're gonna get,

506
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be chilli out there for sure. Trust me.

507
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: I might need two suitcases for this one. It's uh, well,

508
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Speaker 1: thank you, Michelle. All right, let's jump into the mail bag.

509
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Speaker 1: Great stuff, fro Michelle. Let's jump into not the mail bag?

510
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Speaker 1: What do we call this? Confuse it? I don't want

511
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Speaker 1: to confuse it with like Ravens mail Bag, which we

512
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Speaker 1: also do, and you should all check out the written

513
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,120
Speaker 1: version of Ravens mail Bag. That's a little plug. Yes,

514
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: this is kind of different anyway, into our mailbox box

515
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes people do send questions to the mail

516
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: bag through the Lounge email, which you can email us

517
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,600
Speaker 1: at the Lounge at Ravens on NFL dot net. If

518
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: you are wondering how you can get your question right

519
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: on the show, go ahead and do that. This question

520
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 1: is from Levi. There's there's about seven questions in here,

521
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,400
Speaker 1: so I'll pick a few of them. Um, because Levi

522
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: says that he's just become a Ravens fan in the

523
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Speaker 1: middle of this season, so I think that's a pretty

524
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Speaker 1: good time. I don't know exactly when he became a

525
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Speaker 1: Ravens fan, because if you started midway through the season,

526
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 1: it was a little dicey there, kind of a it's

527
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: just a good you know. I really liked when they

528
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 1: all got COVID, you know, jumped on board. Interesting, interesting

529
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Speaker 1: time to pick. But maybe it was that, maybe it

530
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 1: was the Browns game, you know, became a Ravens fan

531
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Speaker 1: after Jackson came out of locker room. So so some

532
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Speaker 1: of the questions, what do you think the chances are

533
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Speaker 1: of the Ravens winning the Super Bowl? At this point?

534
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: We'll start there. Mhm uh, I mean I can't say

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00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: that they're fifty fifty at this point really the hesitation

536
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: that I have, and I think the Ravens are certainly

537
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: talented enough to do it, but they're probably gonna have

538
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Speaker 1: to go through the Kansas City Chiefs, who they've lost

539
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Speaker 1: to three straight times with Lamar Jackson. Uh so that's

540
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 1: a tall older. Can they beat the Chiefs? And you know,

541
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Speaker 1: we talked about this. I think I think all fair

542
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 1: before we went on last time. Like, you know, you

543
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 1: you get into that game and anything can happen, you know.

544
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 1: I mean, like, who thought the Ravens are gonna beat

545
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos back in two thousand and twelve in

546
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,640
Speaker 1: the divisional game. Not me. The Broncos smacked the Ravens

547
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 1: up during the regular season, just like the Chiefs smacked

548
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Speaker 1: the Ravens up this season. And but just to say

549
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: on that really really quick, I mean that game, I

550
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: forget what week fourteen, I mean it was late in

551
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, it was like three weeks earlier or something, right, Um, So, like,

552
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 1: you know, I don't feel great about the Ravens chances

553
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: of beating the Chiefs. I'm not gonna sit here and

554
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: say like, oh yeah, definite dubs, you know. Um, But

555
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: like in a one game scenario, anything can happen. The

556
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: Ravens are certainly good enough to beat the Chiefs. I

557
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: don't think the Chiefs are invincible. They haven't looked that way,

558
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 1: you know, certainly down the stretch this season. Um, so yeah,

559
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 1: I think the Ravens absolutely can win the Super Bowl.

560
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: And I think if they get to the Super Bowl,

561
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: Ravens don't lose in the Super Bowl. We just don't

562
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: do that. Plus, the a f C, the A s

563
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 1: C versus the NFC this year is it's a joke.

564
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: It is. The a f C has run rough shot

565
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: like it is so much better than the NFC this year. Now,

566
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Speaker 1: of course the Packers are great team, say it's a

567
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: great team, but I think the Ravens will be way

568
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: more battle tested than any of those teams. Sure, um,

569
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Speaker 1: you know, certainly understand the focusing on the Chiefs and

570
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: how it's gonna be difficult to get past them. But

571
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 1: I really this game this week. I know you're not

572
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: saying this is a shoe in victory. I know that's

573
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: at that point, but this one does. There's a lot

574
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Speaker 1: that makes you nervous about this game. Um, oh, you're

575
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: the nervous one. This week. Huh. I might be the

576
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: more nervous Nelly this week compared to you. What your

577
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: nervous level is. I don't like the I don't like

578
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: the night game in Buffalo in January. Ah, the we

579
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: it's the weather that's got you scared. That's part of it.

580
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 1: It makes feel I mean, I love the final drive

581
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Speaker 1: yesterday on whether it's gonna be a snow game, and

582
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Speaker 1: I just think that's fun to talk about and it's

583
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Speaker 1: fun as a fan to watch snow games where it's

584
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Speaker 1: not likely going to be a snow game. Well yeah,

585
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: game is like I feel like in quotes like we're

586
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Speaker 1: not talking like there's a five inches of snow on

587
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Speaker 1: the ground right now. It's like they're calling for a

588
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Speaker 1: fifty chance of a dusting that puts like maybe one

589
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: inch one to two inches of accumulation. But I think

590
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: on a field like that, you probably won't even have

591
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: accumulation on the field. Being honest. Now, I will say though,

592
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Speaker 1: it is kind of interesting because when I first checked it,

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Speaker 1: like on Sunday after the game, it was it was cold,

594
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Speaker 1: but there was at that point there was no projection

595
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Speaker 1: of snow. Then it became up to an inch then

596
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: have I've seen one to three inches, So it's that Wednesday.

597
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: What's it gonna be when we get to Saturday. We

598
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 1: can be talking one of two feet increases a little

599
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: bit each day as we get along. And then also

600
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a foot of snow on the ground.

601
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: It could be like that in Buffalo. It can be unpredictable. So, um,

602
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: I don't know who the snow hurts. Slash benefits more,

603
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: to be honest, like you generally think of snow helps

604
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: a better run team, like you can run the ball

605
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: in the snow, you know, so that would favor the

606
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 1: ravens um But also like I feel like Josh Allen

607
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: with his arm and you know, just he's more accustomed

608
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Speaker 1: to it than Lamar. Like I don't know, I feel

609
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Speaker 1: like Josh Allen babe be able to throw in the

610
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: snow better certainly than Lamar. So I don't know who

611
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 1: it hurts or helps. I don't know. Yeah, I mean

612
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: I generally tend to think that it probably favors the

613
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: Bills considering the thing you're you're talking about with Alan

614
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: being able to play in bad weather and throwing snow

615
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: and they've done it before, you know, they played in

616
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: those games. So where Lamar talked this week that he's

617
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: never played in the Snow games, so I think that

618
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: experience has some benefit. UM. Speaking at Josh Allen, another

619
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: question here from Levi all part of the same email

620
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: um is that he is nervous about going up against

621
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Speaker 1: past heavy teams in general, So someone like Josh Allen,

622
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: will that be a problem for the Ravens. I mean,

623
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Speaker 1: I think that I I always like historically speaking, and

624
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: this year is no different. I do like the Ravens

625
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: going up against the team like the Titans, where their

626
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: bread and butter is established a big time running back.

627
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: I know, I know it didn't work out the last

628
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: two times they played the Titans, but I generally speaking,

629
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: I like the Ravens ability to stop the run limit,

630
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: eliminate that um and then force a run heavy team

631
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,479
Speaker 1: to have to pass, which is what they did against

632
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Speaker 1: the Titans. Well, I think, generally speaking, yes, because you know,

633
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: teams are just more explosive throwing the ball right. When

634
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: you throw the ball really well, you can score more

635
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: points generally is how it works. But I'll say this, Look,

636
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: the Ravens have been building up this secondary over the

637
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: past three four years to be in games like this,

638
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Speaker 1: to win games like this, Like the Ravens have spent

639
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: the second most money on their cornerbacks in the league, right,

640
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: I mean, they have invested heavily in this secondary and

641
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: and it's going to only go up from here because

642
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: of Marlon Humphreys contract, right, and so like this, this

643
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: is what the Ravens have been building for. This is

644
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: also why they signed they traded for Yunique Inakway right

645
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: to to face a passing offense like this, like this

646
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: past offseason when they got Clays Campbell and Derek Wolfields

647
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: to stop Terrick Henry. But the past four years it's

648
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: been to stop Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs. That's what

649
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: they've been working towards. And so sure, any team with

650
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: a dangerous passing attack is scary, But if any team

651
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: is gonna be able to limit that, it's the Ravens

652
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: who have not only top end talent with guys like

653
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters and Jimmy Smith, but death

654
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: too with Jimmy Smith with the favorite you know, all

655
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: those guys. So sure, yeah, I think it's a concern,

656
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: but I think the Ravens can handle it. I tweeted this.

657
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: I tweeted this, and Bill's fits got all salty with

658
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: me on Twitter on Twitter about this. The last time

659
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens went up against the receiver who ended the

660
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: year leading the league in receiving yards, Okay, against Julio

661
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: Jones and the Atlanta Falcons. You know what Julio Jones

662
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: did that day against the Ravens. Two catches for eighteen yards.

663
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: That was Jimmy Smith logged down. Yeah, I mean, I

664
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Speaker 1: think I think that they wink and these quarterbacks, like

665
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: if you have to lock down one guy and the

666
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: Bills have more than one guy, they called easily. They

667
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,239
Speaker 1: they have some depth there. But the Falcons also did.

668
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: They also had Calvin Ridley on the field and Mohamed

669
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: Sanu on the field, so it's like they had it

670
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 1: was a one man show. But I just think that

671
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: the Ravens, if they have to say, all right, this guy,

672
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: this wide receiver is obviously a game changer a lot

673
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,279
Speaker 1: of times, they can do a very good job in

674
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 1: that matchup. A j Green aside, Yeah, yeah, you know.

675
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,359
Speaker 1: I answer answered a question on mail Bag this week

676
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 1: about if the Ravens stops Stefan dagss is to win,

677
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: and I don't think it's as clear cut as that.

678
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: I like, Diggs led the NFL in receptions and receiving

679
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 1: yards on receiving yards a hundred and twenty six catches,

680
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,359
Speaker 1: so he's obviously a study. You want to slow him down,

681
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: But I do think that it's not that simple because

682
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: they have Beasley, Alan makes place with his legs. Um,

683
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: John Brown has been hurt, didn't put up huge numbers

684
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: this year, but I mean, Ravens fans know that he can.

685
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,360
Speaker 1: He can hit a big play, no question about it.

686
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 1: So I don't think it's My point is just they

687
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: can spread that around. And I don't think that their

688
00:34:55,880 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: offense necessarily just runs through Diggs. I think that he's

689
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: a he's a heck of a player, and I wonder,

690
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 1: you know, I wonder if Marlin is just going to

691
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: spend most of the time staple to him. Um, yeah,

692
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: that's probably the best matchup. I mean, Marlon has the

693
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: speed to cover room, Marlon has everything. I mean, that's

694
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: what you look. I mean that that's what you want

695
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: to playof football. This is a Pro Bowl cornerback who's

696
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: who's one of the best in the game, going up

697
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: against the Pro Bowl receiver who's one of the best

698
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: in the game. This is the type of matchup that

699
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: you want to see in the playoffs, and we'll see

700
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: who gets the better of it all. I kind of

701
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: think Cole Beasley might be the tougher matchup, Like who

702
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: covers Cole Beasley in the spot? I wish we had

703
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: Tavon Young. If he had Tavon Young against Cole, I

704
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 1: like that, But I don't Jimmy Smith, it's not a

705
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: great matchup. You know. Cold Beast is like this, like

706
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 1: just can cut on a dime kind of shift the

707
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: guy underne He's like, you know you're Julian Edelman. Yeah,

708
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: And I don't know who that matchup goes. Is that

709
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Averitt? Anthony's yeah, that's not It's not a bad call,

710
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 1: you know. Anthony Averitt is actually, and I don't think

711
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 1: a lot of people know this, he's one of the

712
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: fastest guys on the team. If you were to go

713
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: straight line speed, he might be the fastest guy on

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00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: the team. Maybe it would be he Marlon and uh

715
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: Lamar obviously Hollywood well in Hollywood, right, yes, But but

716
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: favorite I forget exactly what his four time was, but

717
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: it was one of the best of anybody on the

718
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 1: team at the combine. So anyway, my my point is

719
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Speaker 1: just Eavorite's got some real speed, so he's kind of

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Speaker 1: a I don't know, I could see him spending some

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00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,720
Speaker 1: time on Beasley because I agree with you, Jimmy Smith

722
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: is better suited to try to defend, you know, a

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00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,240
Speaker 1: big time a big physical receiver like a Corey Davis

724
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: or an A J. Brown versus the small, shifty guy.

725
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 1: So Avorite's name to watch. All right, Let's get to

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Speaker 1: one more of the questions here from Levi Um. His

727
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: question here is I don't really agree with this one.

728
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: He says, Justin Tucker's the best kick of all time,

729
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: but why do you think his performance was lacking late

730
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: this season? Will he rebound? I mean he missed what

731
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: fifty two yard? Or come on, Levi, what are you

732
00:36:54,160 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: talking about? Jeez, LEVI, come on, man? Lacking? I was

733
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: shocked when Tucker missed it, especially in a playoff game.

734
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: But I'll take Justin Tucker over any other kicker in

735
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: the world ever, in a clutch kick in a big

736
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: time situation. The rest of the way, I don't think

737
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 1: he's gonna miss and he came back later that game

738
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: it hit one from fifty. Yeah. Yeah, So Tucker's fine.

739
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: Least of the Ravens concerns, no question about it. So

740
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: thank you for the questions. Levi. You can email us

741
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. I

742
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: think Levin needs to take a Crown Royal water break

743
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: after complaining about Justin. Yes, that was that was well done.

744
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: You guys had a little too much Crown Royal with

745
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 1: that question. You need to take a Crown Royal water break.

746
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 1: Crown Royal wants to remind you to stay hydrated, Stay Royal,

747
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: Crown Royal Canadian whiskey. Alright, one more break and we'll

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Speaker 1: give you our final thoughts on the game coming up

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Speaker 1: so Garrett, you're nervous. You're nervous, Nelly. I think we're

760
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: gonna lose. Think the Ravens are gonna get crushed by

761
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,800
Speaker 1: the Bills. We know you're always scared. You know the

762
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: Steelers are out right, you don't have to just you

763
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 1: can come out of your bunker. Okay, the Steelers have

764
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: been eliminated. Garrett's Oh thank god that the Ravens got

765
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: past the Bengals. I know you couldn't sleep for weeks

766
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: leading into that week seventeen game against the but to

767
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: win Bengals. I know you're really nervous about that two

768
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: and fourteen team. All right, Look, I feel pretty good

769
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: about this game. I don't feel quite as good as

770
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: I did like going into Titans. You know, for the

771
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: most part, I was like, yeah, this is this is

772
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: a win. I don't feel as good about this, but

773
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: I still feel actually really good. I still feel more

774
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: confident about this game than I did the Bengel's game

775
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: is with you. I just feel like I think the

776
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: pass rush is gonna get after Josh Allen a little bit.

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00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,919
Speaker 1: Like Josh Allen, you know, I could I could see

778
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: I called a sack strip. I think on Monday, I'm

779
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: still calling for that. I'm calling for at least one pick.

780
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: I think Josh Allen, he's he's had an incredible year,

781
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 1: but I think the Ravens could fluster him a little bit.

782
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: They did a good job in Buffalo last time, and

783
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: the wind played a factor in that, but the wind

784
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: could be a factor again this time. Like, I just

785
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: think the Ravens defense is playing really well right now,

786
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: and I think that they're going to get to him

787
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 1: a little bit. Multiple turnovers for Baltimore's defense and a

788
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: heavy heavy dose of the ground game running at them.

789
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: The heavy dose of the ground game is is especially

790
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: if if weather is a factor at all, it is

791
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: going to be key. That was one thing that was

792
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: kind of under the radar, the ground game show going

793
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: against Tennessee. You know, they did a good job against it.

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Speaker 1: They did. They did a good job. They really kind

795
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 1: of shut down j K and Gus and the numbers

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00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: end up, you know, they look they end up looking

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Speaker 1: okay when you have a fifty yard run by Lamar

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Speaker 1: and another thirty yard run by Lamar. Oh here you go.

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Speaker 1: Well if you take out the forty eight yard touchdown,

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00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,840
Speaker 1: you know, but you know what j K end up

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00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 1: with in that game, right, But that that was that

802
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 1: was a scramble. That wasn't a design run. I mean

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00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: he dropped back to throw and he ran. So yes,

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00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: in terms of the Ravens design handoffs, like you know,

805
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 1: late in the game, they got some and some scripted

806
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: runs by Lamar. The one with Gus Edwards out in

807
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: front block that was pretty that was pretty the right,

808
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: the one in the late you know, in the Ravens

809
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: last drive to kind of seal the game was a

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00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,320
Speaker 1: big time run. But yeah, the running backs didn't have

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Speaker 1: like a dynamic game. Um So I think that I

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00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: think that this is the rebound game, if you want

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Speaker 1: to call it. For the Ravens running backs, it's the

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00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: j K Gus show. And I do think that, uh,

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Speaker 1: this could be an interesting case of with the coordinators

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00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: adjusting end game. I thought Greg Roman did a really

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00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: nice job of when they went into the locker room,

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00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,479
Speaker 1: they come out and they say, all right, an area

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00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: where the where the Titans are susceptible. Let's get him

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Speaker 1: out in the flat. They're doing such a good job

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Speaker 1: kind of bottling things up in the middle. Let's just

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00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: pitch it out there to pat Rickard and allow him

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Speaker 1: to go pick up a couple of first downs and

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00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: barrel people over. I thought that was a nice in

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00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: game adjustment. I think those types of things. They kind

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Speaker 1: of used the pass to set up the run in

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Speaker 1: the second half of that game when they marched down

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Speaker 1: the field, particularly Ricard. I think that those types of

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Speaker 1: in game adjustments are going to be key. I know

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Speaker 1: you talked earlier this week on the podcast about how

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Speaker 1: you think Wink Martindale will be fired up and going

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Speaker 1: up against Brian Dable, who's one of these hot head

833
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: coaching candidates. I also think that Greg Roman will It's

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Speaker 1: just gonna say that he was in Buffalo with Rex

835
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Speaker 1: Ryan Um and the Bills fired him after the Ravens game,

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Speaker 1: I believe. I think it was like after week one

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Speaker 1: or after week two or something. It was I think

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00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: week two, really early in the season. Um they fired him,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure that Roman has not forgotten that and

840
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be looking to put on a bit

841
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:17,479
Speaker 1: of a display, especially going up against the Bills team

842
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 1: who has the MVP candidate quarterback and their coordinator at

843
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: this is one of the hot offensive coordinators. I just

844
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: think that Roman is going to be looking to put

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00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: on a bit of a show. And uh yeah, especially

846
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: because last year, I mean last year was his first

847
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: time against the Bills after getting fired, so that was

848
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,720
Speaker 1: a big narrative going into that game. And the Ravens

849
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: did not exactly have a good offensive game last year

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Speaker 1: that Greg's gonna want to rectify that this time. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So there'll be some nervous energy going into the game.

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not as nervous as you were going

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Speaker 1: to the Bengals game. I still think it's a win.

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Speaker 1: I still think it's a win, but I just think

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Speaker 1: it's to be You're not gonna be sitting there relaxed.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be much relaxation over the

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Speaker 1: of the day and of course of the night. Um,

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Speaker 1: but I do think the Ravens pull it out. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Justin Tucker gets a late field goal for our guy Levi. Ah,

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Speaker 1: there you go. Well, thanks for listening. As always, you

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Speaker 1: can read us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL

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Speaker 1: dot net. Thanks to Michelle Tafoya for joining us today.

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Speaker 1: We're all really looking forward to that broadcast on NBC

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Speaker 1: at eight fifteen Saturday night. Don't get confused, Okay, don't

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Speaker 1: pull a Garrett like you said earlier. Saturday Night at

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Speaker 1: eight fifteen on NBC. Make sure you tune in. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening, and get ready for the that's me shivering too,

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