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Speaker 1: at Hi Toss with a great crowd here tonight for

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Speaker 1: the Ravens playoff Rallies presented by Miller Lighte. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be here. How's everyone feeling tonight? It's an exciting time

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Speaker 1: and Baltimore, as the Ravens are in the Division round

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Speaker 1: of the playoffs. Houston Texans are coming to town this

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Speaker 1: week and we are fired up about this game and

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Speaker 1: about the energy in the city. I'm Gary Downing. This

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Speaker 1: is Ryan Mank and thanks for joining us here tonight. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is a pleasure that trailer's got. Give me goosebump,

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Speaker 1: so I already got me going a little bit, I know. H. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be an epic night on Saturday night

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Speaker 1: at M and T Banks Stadium. The Ravens, this team

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Speaker 1: has all the makings I think, to go all the

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Speaker 1: way this year, and it starts right now. Gotta stay

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Speaker 1: locked in and get this one. But it starts right

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Speaker 1: now at M and T Bank Stadium Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: So we're really excited about it.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna preview the matchup and then we're gonna talk

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Speaker 3: to Ladarius web Webby and Danell Ellerby are gonna be

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Speaker 3: joined us tonight, so that'll be really fun and just

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Speaker 3: to kind of kick off this matchup against the Texans. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: this is a really good, hot, young Texans team that

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Speaker 3: knocked off the Cleveland Browns and Joe Flacco. Who out

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Speaker 3: there wanted to face Joe Placco raise your hands if

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Speaker 3: you wanted Flacco. We got a football, We've got a couple.

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Speaker 3: So the reunion didn't come true. But this is a

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Speaker 3: good young Texans team that's coming into MPT Banks Stadium

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Speaker 3: against a very good obviously, as you well know, Raven's

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Speaker 3: team that is hell bent on not having a repeat

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Speaker 3: of twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that you know this team in a

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Speaker 1: And one thing we want to try to do tonight

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Speaker 1: and on podcasts generally speaking, is bringing you inside a

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Speaker 1: little bit what we're seeing inside the Unarmed Performance Center

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Speaker 1: and try to give you kind of an indication of

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Speaker 1: what the energy is like in that building every single day.

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Speaker 1: We have the fortune and the privilege of being in

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Speaker 1: there and getting to talk to some of these players

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Speaker 1: and coaches, and I can just tell you I think

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Speaker 1: at this year's group and this year's team, the one

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Speaker 1: thing Lamar Jackson has said a million times anybody that's

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Speaker 1: watched one of his press conferences is I'm locked in,

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Speaker 1: I'm focused. Some version of that has been said by

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Speaker 1: And I really feel that, like I can see that

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, I've really liked the vibes this week at the

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Speaker 3: under Our Performance Center. I think John Harball's mantra all

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Speaker 3: week with the players has been stay loose, but stay focused,

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Speaker 3: And you really sense that. And I was just saying

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Speaker 2: Because that's tough.

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Speaker 3: Right, You're going into a big playoff game, all these

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Speaker 3: sky high expectations. You have a really good team that

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Speaker 3: I think that John Harball, even when I went going

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Speaker 2: And I saw that this week.

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Speaker 3: Well, when you're the number one seed and you have

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Speaker 1: Yeah, basically they're like, oh, welcome to the club.

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Speaker 1: We've just had that mindset that this is a team

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Speaker 1: the bravado and the brashness. You know, we had Patrick

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Speaker 1: I think that there's probably plenty of people here who

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Speaker 3: I mean on our podcast is the beginning of the year,

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Speaker 3: and said, we want all that smoke.

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Speaker 3: And and that's what he's been saying all year long.

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Speaker 3: I get that same sense going into this game against

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Speaker 4: You know, they had they had the second overall pick.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is a team that wasn't good last year,

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Speaker 1: and the Ravens felt like, actually, this is a pretty

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Speaker 3: That's eventially, the point is that, yeah, the Texans are

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Speaker 3: This year, it was not a runaway, and they really

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Speaker 3: to my point, are getting a very different Ravens scene

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Speaker 2: They haven't seen this version.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, two guys who know what it takes to

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Speaker 2: What up Web? Yeah? How's it goes? Yeah?

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Speaker 4: How are you gonna see it?

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Speaker 1: Man? Here you go, you guys sit here in the middle.

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Speaker 3: It's always fun seeing these guys. Man, it's been too long,

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Speaker 5: think that kind of helped. But the leadership, especially with

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Speaker 1: It's interesting you bring up twenty eleven because you know,

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Speaker 1: I get similar vibes in some regards to the way

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Speaker 6: I said we're gonna win.

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Speaker 6: I don't know if you psyched or what, but you.

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Speaker 2: Was right, Webb. What what does it take?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: What what are the special makings of a team? Like?

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Speaker 3: What is it that that builds kind of a champion

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Speaker 5: I think it's just that cammarderie inside that locker room.

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Speaker 5: Just that that twenty twelve, twenty eleven, also twenty eleven

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Speaker 2: That's still going on.

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Speaker 5: it's nothing that y'all will never see, but it we

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Garrett, I'll see you up for your your

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, what do you think?

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Speaker 1: Well, I think a turning point was similarly, this team

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Speaker 1: And while they were over there, they had to do

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Speaker 1: I know it saw the exact same. But how can

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Speaker 5: I mean, I see it totally different.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 4: Okay, all right, yeah, I'm back.

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Speaker 2: I'm looking at these games.

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Speaker 5: Those three games we was not supposed to lose. Those

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Speaker 5: for sure, the Chargers maybe the Charger game we didn't

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Speaker 2: The Colts game, all the Colts.

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Speaker 5: I think those losses happened just so we could we

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Speaker 5: I feel like it's a great ball club this year.

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Speaker 5: You know, the defense is playing well, the offenses playing well,

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Speaker 5: Those teams that beat us wasn't supposed to beat us,

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Speaker 5: and we were supposed to blow them out. Just saying

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Speaker 5: that happened, I felt that kind of it kept us.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and that what kept the guys kept fighting. I

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Speaker 5: love seeing them. I love watching them every Sunday whenever

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Speaker 5: that's that's important.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, what do you like was about watching this team?

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, I gotta believe you like the linebacker

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Speaker 6: To all pro linebackers. Man, that's the highlight for me.

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Speaker 6: But just to have the defense general, the defense bottling

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Speaker 2: What is it about?

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Speaker 3: You know, when you have two dominant inside linebackers like that,

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Speaker 3: now you got Patrick Queen and Roquan What does that

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Speaker 3: to change and people are like, all right, we're gonna

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Speaker 2: That makes sense. We too, We are right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but like now I feel like, you know, inside

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Speaker 2: You know, how do you see that changing the game?

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Speaker 6: If you got too all pros inside? I mean, you

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Speaker 2: You can leave them.

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Speaker 4: They can switch it up.

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Speaker 6: You don't got to show the same thing, like have

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Speaker 6: ro kwand here'll lead at Georgia.

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Speaker 2: Interchangeable.

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Speaker 6: They can do whatever, So it makes it kind of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so, Webby, what are just your thoughts when

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Speaker 3: When you watch this defense flying around, like, what's going

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Speaker 2: Massive?

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Speaker 5: Wish I could be out there and make a play

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Speaker 2: You're filling out this jersey a little bit, Webby, you know,

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Speaker 5: I got a college I gotta keep up with.

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Speaker 5: They working with, daddy, So I'm gonna get him there

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, So what do you see at this defense? Man?

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Speaker 5: They're having fun, Like I said, they're fun physical, like

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Speaker 5: You don't have those big name guys. But Hamilton has

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Speaker 2: But he didn't.

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Speaker 5: He's not getting that respect from the media like that.

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Speaker 3: Well, the Ravens secondary has been league Yes, they are

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Speaker 2: It was better. It was better.

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Speaker 3: But everybody always said that that's a good defense, man,

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Speaker 3: I mean number one on everything.

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Speaker 5: I'll say that defense and the two thousand defense. You

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Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty eleven defenses now, no, we had.

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Speaker 5: Good defenses now, but the numbers don't lie. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, okay, well it was during the like that

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Speaker 4: That was his final ride.

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Speaker 1: It's not to this level, you know, certainly, But you know,

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Speaker 1: When you see a guy like that fighting to get

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Speaker 1: back on the field, you.

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Speaker 6: Get a lot of respect from your teammates. And like

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Speaker 6: I said again, like when people are playing for stuff.

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Speaker 2: Bigger than theirself.

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Speaker 6: I mean you can get more out of people when

444
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Speaker 6: you have a bigger purpose and you can feel it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But I mean we got Likely and.

447
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Speaker 6: Likely showing up.

448
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Speaker 4: He's a baller too. That's the thing. It's like they

449
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Speaker 4: have the players like this a really good play.

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Speaker 6: I feel like we can get it done with do them.

451
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Speaker 6: But if he come back and they able to use

452
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Speaker 6: him and he if he's ready to go, I'd be

453
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Speaker 6: happy to say, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: We didn't need that.

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Speaker 5: See, the fans didn't need Mark Andrews to go down.

456
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Speaker 5: Likely needed that unlocked him. You know, like we knew

457
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Speaker 5: he was good. You could see his talent, but once

458
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Speaker 5: Mark Andrews was down and he became the main focus,

459
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Speaker 5: you can see like what he.

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Speaker 2: Really could be. Yeah, now you.

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Speaker 5: Got two of those two like Likely and Andrews. I

462
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Speaker 5: hate to say things happened for a reason. I hate

463
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Speaker 5: Mark went down, but man, we would have never known

464
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Speaker 5: Likely was that good.

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Speaker 2: We knew it was good, but not right right, It's

466
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Speaker 2: so true. It's so true.

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Speaker 3: While we're making comparisons here, one thing that strikes me

468
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Speaker 3: is the Ravens twenty twelve playoff runt started against a

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Speaker 3: rookie quarterback Andrew Luck and the Colts, right, who everybody

470
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Speaker 3: was talking about. Oh Luck's gonna be the next big thing,

471
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Speaker 3: and he was great. Now we got CJ. Stroud, Right?

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Speaker 3: Is there a mentality? What is the Ravens mentality when

473
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Speaker 3: it comes to facing a rookie quarterback on defense?

474
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Speaker 2: And uh, you know what do.

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Speaker 3: You expect from them to introduce to the rookie comes

476
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Speaker 3: sack see whereby smile on over here?

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Speaker 6: I say, a real playoff football, then the Ravens. I

478
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,359
Speaker 6: don't been played four teams. Nobody pays attention to detail

479
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Speaker 6: like the Ravens. So the rookie is going to be

480
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Speaker 6: it's gonna be a real playoff game for him. I

481
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Speaker 6: feel like the wild card is kind of like it's

482
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Speaker 6: kind of like playoff, but the Visional and alc THO

483
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Speaker 6: was a real playoff game. So it's definitely gonna be.

484
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Speaker 6: The pressure is gonna be on there to be playing

485
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Speaker 6: against that defense. I mean, he's gonna have his work

486
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Speaker 6: cut out for him.

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Speaker 5: You have something to say, Lamar just gotta sign him. Look,

488
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Speaker 5: he's coming to the year.

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Speaker 2: Who we probably look up.

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Speaker 5: We look up to Lamar Jackson, Lamar Shaw, who is.

491
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Speaker 2: Show the Bosses against the man?

492
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Speaker 5: You know what it is what you're talking about, Lamar Jackson,

493
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Speaker 5: the Ravens, Stow Houston, They're going against each other.

494
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Speaker 2: It matters, It matters, It matters.

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Speaker 4: I mean you guys, you watch every game.

496
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Speaker 6: Seems like I don't watch every game. I watched my

497
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Speaker 6: TV so highlights and.

498
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Speaker 5: Well, I'm out of the market, but I found.

499
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Speaker 4: I can exactly.

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Speaker 2: It's not at the market.

501
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Speaker 5: I can't get it.

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Speaker 1: But uh, I mean, everybody I think has respect for

503
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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. One thing that always stands out to me

504
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Speaker 1: is the way other players talk about him like, and

505
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Speaker 1: that's always been a sign.

506
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Speaker 4: Of great respect.

507
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Speaker 1: Is when your peers look at you and say, that

508
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Speaker 1: guy is a baller. And that's always been the case

509
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Speaker 1: with Lamar since he stepped into the league, even as

510
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Speaker 1: a young player. What do you guys think when you

511
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Speaker 1: watch him?

512
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Speaker 5: Man Like, I mean I used to do that in

513
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Speaker 5: high school. He was just like everything I would have

514
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Speaker 5: wanted to be. Yeah, if I was if I played

515
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Speaker 5: any position, had to choose a position, it would have

516
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Speaker 5: been I want to be quarterback and be like Lamar Jackson.

517
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 5: It was just that's what I wanted to do. But

518
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Speaker 5: I was so good at defense, I had to go

519
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Speaker 5: on that side.

520
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Speaker 4: Yeah, of course they say he's too good at corner.

521
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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's sitting down the earth when he's a bottle

522
00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 6: like that. So when you get when you run across somebody,

523
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Speaker 6: that's that's good and down to earth. I mean, it's

524
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Speaker 6: a good feeling, you know what I'm say, Because you

525
00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,680
Speaker 6: always expect like quarterbacks to have so much pressure, so

526
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Speaker 6: some of them be different in standoffs. But he really

527
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Speaker 6: down to earth, and the fans love him.

528
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Speaker 2: You could tell. I never heard a bad thing about

529
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Speaker 2: him totally.

530
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Speaker 1: Last question here for me, guys is what what's the

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Speaker 1: atmosphere like playoff football? When when you're at mty Bank

532
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Speaker 1: Stadium you know you've experienced it.

533
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Speaker 4: What is that atmosphere? How do you describe?

534
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Speaker 2: It?

535
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Speaker 5: Just gives me chills, and all I can think about

536
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Speaker 5: is Ravens Pittsburgh. You know, cold game coming at your mouth,

537
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Speaker 5: you know the fall, It's just it's very cold. That's

538
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Speaker 5: playoff football. But hardball gonna have no more is ready.

539
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 5: They're going to be locked in, They're going to be focused.

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Speaker 5: That's something you're going to know. I just can't wait

541
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Speaker 5: to see it.

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Speaker 4: Awesome.

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Speaker 3: I got one more for you, Well, actually I have

544
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Speaker 3: two more, all right. So one Joe Flackel, what did

545
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Speaker 3: you think of his run with the Browns and did

546
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Speaker 3: you want to see him come back to M and

547
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Speaker 3: T Bank City him?

548
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Speaker 5: I did not want him to come back because the NFL,

549
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 5: like I told people, the NFL is a glory game.

550
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 5: It's made for stories like that where he comes back

551
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Speaker 5: to Baltimore and play the same guy that took his position.

552
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Speaker 5: And now they want to make this big o. No,

553
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Speaker 5: don't make this story there.

554
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Speaker 2: Just kill that song. Kill that one right now. I

555
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:22,639
Speaker 2: rather the c J.

556
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Speaker 5: Brown lamar. Let them do what they do with. No Joe,

557
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Speaker 5: don't come back here with that.

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Speaker 6: I feel different. I don't care faceless game. It's a

559
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Speaker 6: home game for us, so it don't matter.

560
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Speaker 1: All right.

561
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Speaker 3: And last one for me to know, you have to

562
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Speaker 3: tell the story here of the final play, the goal

563
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Speaker 3: goal line.

564
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Speaker 2: I'm talking about the man he blitched up the middle

565
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Speaker 2: to get rid of that Paul.

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Speaker 6: He saw him coming.

567
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Speaker 2: I was just talking in.

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Speaker 5: Washington, dB, Jim Smith made the last place?

569
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Speaker 2: Who made the last place? Jim Smith.

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Speaker 6: I wonder we could put the highlight it was Jimmy.

571
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Speaker 2: Jimmy Snood. He said, y'all, ain't he touched?

572
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Speaker 4: He touched scratch.

573
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Speaker 5: Y'all ain't never thank him for winning the Super Bowl.

574
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Speaker 2: He put that man put a ring on my finger.

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Speaker 5: Trying to take his no talking about that.

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Speaker 1: He did.

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Speaker 2: He did, he did. He didn't pick me up.

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Speaker 6: I was a free run on the lips runner just

579
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Speaker 6: sprinkling your eyes must have been.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he didn't do nespect tackler. He was just open.

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Speaker 2: He just ran through the line. Nobody didn't even like

582
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Speaker 2: that ran. He had to play for it, right, I did.

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Speaker 3: Well, guys, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure.

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Speaker 3: Good catch up. Absolutely give it up, Robbie Lerb. It

585
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Speaker 3: never ends with temmates before as right, you gotta talk

586
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Speaker 3: that smack, gotta talk that talk your roommate.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I didn't know that. I didn't know that. Thank you, guys.

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Speaker 1: Well, really appreciate sitting down with those two guys. They

589
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Speaker 4: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: He's got his winner beanie on. He's ready for those

602
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Speaker 2: cold temperatures empty.

603
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Speaker 1: He's not scared of the He's not scared of the cold.

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Speaker 4: Cheerleaders are here as well.

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Speaker 1: So just an awesome atmosphere here right now and what

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Speaker 4: It was going to catch up with those guys. In

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Speaker 4: terms of this game.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's it is really interesting and

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Speaker 1: Webbe brought it up.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's it's c J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud and Lamar Jackson aren't gonna be out of the

613
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Speaker 1: field at the same time. But it's always a quarterback

614
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Speaker 1: game and it's always matchups are always built around quarterbacks.

615
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Speaker 4: That's just how it goes.

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Speaker 1: And so, you know, like he said, it's this is

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Speaker 1: Stroud versus Lamar in a lot of people's eyes for sure.

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Speaker 3: I mean, this is the and I'll say it right now,

619
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Speaker 3: it's the two time NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson going up

620
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Speaker 3: against the rookie quarterback. And look, CJ. Stroud is really good.

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Speaker 3: I've been impressed with the way he plays. I think

622
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Speaker 3: the way he movoeuvers in the pocket is really impressive,

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Speaker 3: especially for rookie. You know, he's got a special arm,

624
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Speaker 3: he's accurate. Even in the draft. You and I were

625
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Speaker 3: talking about, you know this, this guy's legit.

626
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Speaker 2: Right.

627
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Speaker 1: I'm an Highest State fans, so I've been watching him

628
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Speaker 1: talking about him at a highest stay.

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Speaker 2: Yeah exactly, you want stop.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but but Lamar Jackson is you know, the best,

631
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Speaker 3: if not one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

632
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Speaker 2: Yeah. You know, he's the two time MVP for a reason.

633
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Speaker 3: And I think that the way that Lamar's game has

634
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Speaker 3: matured sets him up for more success this time as

635
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Speaker 3: compared to the last time. So, I mean that's the

636
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 3: other big narrative, right, is is Lamar in the player

637
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 3: and he's got a one in three record, and he

638
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Speaker 3: knows that he confronts it.

639
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: You know.

640
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 2: He even said, I asked him this week.

641
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Speaker 3: I said, you know, what's it like being a rookie

642
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,680
Speaker 3: quarterback in the playoffs? You did it back in twenty eighteen,

643
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Speaker 3: you know, and what advice would you give? Not that

644
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 3: he wants to advise CJ. Stroud on what to do, Well,

645
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,679
Speaker 3: how do you speak to what that experience is like?

646
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 3: And he's like, well, you know, CJ. Stroud had a

647
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 3: better playoff debut than I did, like in twenty eighteen.

648
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 3: He was pretty funny about it. But I think that

649
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 3: A Lamar's playoff performances I think have been over scrutinized

650
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 3: and he's taken too much flack for the way he's

651
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 3: playing the playoffs. I think he's played better than people

652
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 3: give him credit for in the playoffs. I mean, he

653
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 3: threw for three hundred some yards against the Titans and

654
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 3: that loss, it wasn't on him.

655
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Speaker 2: The Bills the.

656
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Speaker 3: Following year, a Howling win changed the entire game for

657
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Speaker 3: everybody in all the offenses. Josh Allen barely cracked two

658
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,240
Speaker 3: hundred passing yards in that game. Because nobody could throw

659
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Speaker 3: the ball. It was so crazy. And then he got

660
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 3: knocked out of the game early. Right the week before that,

661
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 3: he beat the Titans on a long touchdown run. Yep,

662
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,439
Speaker 3: don't forget about that, yeah, right, And so you know

663
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 3: he's been waiting his chance. Now, he's been waiting his

664
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 3: chance to get redemption and to get back in this

665
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 3: this spotlight, to have a chance to atone for that

666
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 3: one in three record, and he's this is the guy.

667
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 2: That wanted to win a super Bowl his whole career.

668
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 3: He got drafted, the first thing he said was, Hey,

669
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,360
Speaker 3: you know, believe me, I'm going to bring a Super

670
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 3: Bowl to Baltimore. Yeah, and nobody wants it more than

671
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson. And now I think he's put in the work,

672
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 3: he's he's developed his game too, and he's taken the

673
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: steps to bring that Lombardi Trophy to Baltimore.

674
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 4: Yeah.

675
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: I think that that this team, as we were talking

676
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: about earlier, is so different in a lot of ways,

677
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: and I do think it starts with Lamar. I think

678
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: that when I look at his game, he's just a

679
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: much more complete player this year. I think then he

680
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: was at any point in his career even twenty nineteen

681
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,479
Speaker 1: when he won the MVP. I think that he was

682
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: he and that team were just young. He was in

683
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: the second year, his first time is a full time

684
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: first year as a full time starter.

685
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 3: They caught a lot of people by surprise that anything

686
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 3: that anybody had seen that year.

687
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, and so I think that like they they were

688
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: a young team that where they were a little bit naive,

689
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 1: which I think was good in a lot of ways,

690
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: but then in the playoffs maybe it wasn't so good.

691
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 1: You know, when they fell behind earlier, they really had

692
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: a clear recipie to success, which was basically, get out

693
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: in front, blow teams out, run the clock, control the

694
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, run, run, run, control the clock, and

695
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: and that was how they won games. So when they

696
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: fell behind earlier they couldn't really come out of that.

697
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: This year they've won in different ways and Lamar can

698
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: get it done through the air. If they do fall

699
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: behind early. Hopefully that's not the case.

700
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 2: They haven't done a lot of that this year, but if.

701
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: They do, I think they have the weapons and the

702
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: ability to come to come back. The other thing that

703
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: I really like about just seems.

704
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 3: I saw a next gen stat that said Lamar Jackson. Unfortunately,

705
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 3: he's only behind CJ. Stroud, but had the highest quarterback

706
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,719
Speaker 3: rating when playing from behind yeah this season, So if

707
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 3: he hasn't done a lot, but he's played well in

708
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 3: those circumstances.

709
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 4: The other thing I.

710
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: Really like about this team from a big picture standpoint

711
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: is that I think that there's a great understanding with

712
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: this group of the opportunity.

713
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 4: That they have. I just really feel that way.

714
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: I've been saying this for a little while now, and

715
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: I've talked to players about it. We talked to Michael

716
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: Pierce about it when he was on the podcast last week.

717
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 1: That's a veteran player. We've also talked to Patric Queen

718
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: about it yesterday when he was on the podcast. And basically,

719
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: this is a group that's got a ton of high

720
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: priced free agents who are going to hit the market

721
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: in the offseason. Just amout of Bik Patrick Queen. And

722
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: then you have guys veteran players who have come in

723
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: and had career years like Jadeveon Cloudy and Caravanoys a.

724
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 4: One year deal, Odell Beckham, Junior, Nelson Aguilars.

725
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: So you have a bunch of guys that you have

726
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: all the interests in the Ravens coaches, So who knows

727
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: what happens there as these other teams are interested in them.

728
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 4: Don't know where that will go.

729
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: But this team is going to be different next year,

730
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: and you hope that it's not too different. That you

731
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: hope that the Ravens can keep as many of those players,

732
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,239
Speaker 1: but the reality is that some of them are going

733
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: to be gone. And so this team really feels like,

734
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: all right, we have everything kind of coming into place

735
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: at the right time. You can't let this opportunity go

736
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: to waste. And Michael Pierce basically said that exactly. He's like,

737
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: oh no, you know, you know, I kind of said, well,

738
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: you know, the window could remain open. He's like, well,

739
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 1: we're looking at this is like our one shot, you know. Now,

740
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: that's a mentality that I think a lot of times

741
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: you have to take as a veteran player. But I

742
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: think that's the way that this team is looking at it,

743
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: and I think that they're doing everything they can from

744
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: a work standpoint to ensure that they maximize this opportunity.

745
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 2: Absolutely.

746
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 3: I think that the run that the Ravens went on

747
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 3: winning six straight games in the fashion that they did

748
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 3: against the opponents that they faced definitely told you this

749
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 3: is a special team. This isn't you know that We've

750
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 3: been spoiled around here in Baltimore because the Ravens go

751
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 3: to the playoffs almost every single year, you know, since

752
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 3: John Harball.

753
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: Has been the coach.

754
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 3: I mean literally, I mean it's kind of crazy you

755
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 3: take it for granted. But this Ravens team has been

756
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: good for a long time and they've had chances, but

757
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 3: not every chance is the same. Yeah, right, and especially

758
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 3: when you don't have Lamar Jackson going into the playoffs

759
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,239
Speaker 3: like last year. Yeah, so you knew it was you know,

760
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 3: you were praying that he was going to get back

761
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 3: and and you know it was going to be a

762
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 3: struggle until he did. Now, with Lamar playing the way

763
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 3: he is, with so many guys around him, having years,

764
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 3: you know, this is the time.

765
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 2: This is the time.

766
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 3: I think the window is gonna stay open as long

767
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 3: as Lamar Jackson is the quarterback of the Baltimore raven Yet.

768
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 3: So I think they're gonna be in the hunt. They're

769
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 3: gonna be you know, and it goes beyond Lamar. It's

770
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 3: just the way this organization is built, and they're gonna

771
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 3: be in the running. But when you look around the

772
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 3: rest of the AFC and even around the NFL, the

773
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 3: Ravens are.

774
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 2: The best team. They're the best team.

775
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 3: And when you're the best team, like let's go get it,

776
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 3: that's when you got to go make that run for

777
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 3: the ground.

778
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: Yeah. And I just think that the way all this

779
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: stuff has kind of come together again with the veteran

780
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: players who are here on one year deals, and I

781
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: think a lot of that speaks to the Ravens culture.

782
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: I think it speaks to the Ravens coaches, for you

783
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 1: have the ability to unlock a Jadevion Cloudy or Kyle

784
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 1: van Ney, two guys who talk about coming off the

785
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: couch and balling out this year. I think all that

786
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: is something that's that's the Ravens team, coaches, organization deserve

787
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: a lot of.

788
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 4: Credit for having that happen, you know.

789
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: And when I look at this postseason, ron, I think

790
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: that some of those guys who the Ravens have here

791
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: as veteran players, Odell Beckham Junior, I think that the best,

792
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: their best moments as a raven are still in front

793
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: of them.

794
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 4: Yeah.

795
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: I think I just think Odell O'Dell is here for

796
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: these games like this is a guy who play his

797
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: best in big moments, helped the Rams get to the

798
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, came up with big catches. I don't know

799
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: that he's going to put up over one hundred yards

800
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 1: every single game, but when it's third and eight in

801
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: these playoffs, maybe on Saturday and the Ravens need somebody

802
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: to move the chains and make a tough contest to catch,

803
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: I think Odell's going to be the guy who comes

804
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: up with those big moments.

805
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.

806
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 3: And another guy that you know we're hoping gets back

807
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 3: on the field, Mark Andrews. And we talked to you,

808
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 3: Danell and Webby about this, but that's the question Mark

809
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 3: right now. So just to give the update, Mark Andrews

810
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 3: had another full practice today, back to back days where

811
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 3: he practiced, was a full participate in practice, So he's

812
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 3: trending in the right direction. That's a really good sign.

813
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 3: He's officially questionable to play. On the final injury report,

814
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: John Harball said it's still up in the air, so

815
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 3: they don't know yet if if Mark is going to play,

816
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 3: he would have to be moved to the fifty three

817
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 3: man roster by four o'clock tomorrow.

818
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: That would be the deadline.

819
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 4: So and we talked to Mark yesterday.

820
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 3: We talked to Mark yesterday, and what Mark said is basically, look,

821
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 3: it comes down to how I feel. And then on

822
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 3: top of that, it's we have a lot of good

823
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 3: players on the team. We have a lot of good

824
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 3: tight ends. We talked about ASAA likely, we have a

825
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 3: lot of good weapons. Right, So he has confidence that

826
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,479
Speaker 3: those guys can win. But if he feels like, hey,

827
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 3: I can help the team, then I want to be

828
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 3: out there. If I feel like I'm going to hurt

829
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 3: the team and I'm a detriment considering and taking targets

830
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 3: away from guys that are healthier than me, then I

831
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 3: won't be out there.

832
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 2: Now.

833
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 3: I have a hard time imagining Mark Andrews saying, you know,

834
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 3: I don't think I can help the team that does.

835
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 3: Those are not words that would strike me to come

836
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 3: out of Mark Andrew's mouth. But sometimes you have to

837
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 3: make the prudent decision and say, all right, if you're

838
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 3: not quite there, do we save you for the next round.

839
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 2: Hopefully, assuming you have to be pretty darn common, you're

840
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 2: going to get there.

841
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 3: But if Mark the way, especially the way Isaiah is playing, right,

842
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,919
Speaker 3: you don't want to a I think put the team

843
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 3: in at a detriment by putting Mark out there instead

844
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 3: of Isaiah or whatnot, and when you could save Mark

845
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 3: for the next run.

846
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 4: But I think debate.

847
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: I think it just comes down to if Mark is

848
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: medically ready to play.

849
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 2: That.

850
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 4: I think that's honestly what it comes down to.

851
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: If he's medically ready to play, and and that will

852
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: be up to him and the doctors and how he

853
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: feels well.

854
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 2: I think there's always some gray in there. Right totally?

855
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 3: Are you are you? We always ask players what percentage

856
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,359
Speaker 3: are you at? And you can never actually say I'm

857
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 3: a ninety three percent? But is he fully fully back,

858
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 3: like there was no injury.

859
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 2: I don't know. That's up to Mark.

860
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 3: I don't know his body and how it's responding and

861
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 3: all that stuff. If he is, then I expected you

862
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 3: will play. Yeah, totally.

863
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: And I think the other thing too with Mark is

864
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,479
Speaker 1: you know, this is a guy who he cares so much,

865
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 1: so he's been doing everything he can.

866
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 4: You know.

867
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: The big the second biggest news from him was that

868
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 1: he's been using hyperbaric oxygen chambers.

869
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 2: That's what juice sleepin.

870
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I have it.

871
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: He has a hyperbaric oxygen chamber in his house that

872
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,280
Speaker 1: he is using to help his recovery process and speed

873
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,240
Speaker 1: it up to get back as quickly as possible.

874
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 2: So he is.

875
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 4: Literally doing everything he can.

876
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: Sounds like some Star Trek stuff, does I don't know,

877
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: a matrix or something like that. Yeah, he's doing everything

878
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: he can to get back if he can play, I

879
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: think he will. Just in watching him at practice, to

880
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: my eye, he looks great. He looks like really good.

881
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: I mean it's not like I don't look at him

882
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: and be like, ah, this guy's not moving well. He

883
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: looks like he's moving just as he always does. So

884
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: I think that that is a good sign and a

885
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 1: good indication. And we'll see if he doesn't play this week, obviously,

886
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: hopefully the Ravens win and then he can get back

887
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: later on down the line. So when I look at

888
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: this game, I want to go through some keys. We

889
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,240
Speaker 1: want to give you, guys, our five keys to winning

890
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: this game. I think let's start with one that I

891
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: think is important, and that's how the game opens. I

892
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: think the Ravens need to start fast. Yeah, I completely agree.

893
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially with all the narrative about twenty nineteen, you know,

894
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 3: there's no doubt that the Ravens who played in that

895
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 3: that's gonna be in the back back of their mind, right,

896
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 3: And I think that if you get off to a

897
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 3: fast start, then that just goes away. That storyline is

898
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 3: dead and you're off, off and rolling. The weird thing,

899
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 3: the weird stat is the Ravens haven't scored at any

900
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,280
Speaker 3: points in the first quarter during Lamar Jackson's four playoff starts.

901
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 3: That's kind of crazy, right, So you talk about some

902
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 3: of the disappointments of years past, getting off the slow

903
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 3: starts was part of that. And I think that if

904
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 3: the Ravens get off to a fast start on offense, especially,

905
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 3: all that stuff goes away and you're you just have

906
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 3: momentum rolling at that point.

907
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then it's then if you jump out to an.

908
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,360
Speaker 4: Early lead, then you let your pass rush go to

909
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 4: work on CJ.

910
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 2: I'm just saying that there was psychological.

911
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 4: Kind of in rocking.

912
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 1: I think that like it just squashes any of that

913
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 1: uneasiness on the field, and I think in the stadium,

914
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,240
Speaker 1: you know, it just basically everyone can kind of exhale.

915
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: All right, now the team's rolling, let's go, let's enjoy joyless,

916
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 1: let's be loud, let's just go play for you don't

917
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: want to hear we go again, feeling yeah, totally all right.

918
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: A second thing, I think in a lot of ways,

919
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: this is a game in the trenches. And maybe you

920
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: can say that every week, but you know, I think

921
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: that this Texans you think that the game in the

922
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: trenches is kind of on the offensive side. I think

923
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: it's on the defensive side. This Texans offensive line has

924
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 1: been really good. They got a great tackle and Larry Tunsel,

925
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: Jack Mason's a good guard, so they've got a good

926
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 1: group there with that Texans offensive front.

927
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 4: CJ. Stroud didn't get sacked at all last week.

928
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: He was able to stand back there, clean in the

929
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 1: pocket and just pick apart that Browns defense. Most quarterbacks,

930
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: when they have time, become really good. I think that

931
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: the good quarterbacks become great when they have time. Stroud

932
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: last week was great. He's incredibly accurate, and so if

933
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: he has time, then I think that that could be

934
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: a long day for this defense.

935
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 3: So I think that it's gonna be a different test.

936
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 3: The Browns are Miles Garrett. Really, I mean, Miles Garrett

937
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,760
Speaker 3: could be the defensive player of the year. And outside

938
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 3: of that, I don't think that the Browns have as

939
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,240
Speaker 3: many pass rush weapons as the Ravens right right, and CJ.

940
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 3: Stroud has shown that he's very good at e looting pressure,

941
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 3: moving within the pocket to a move that kind of

942
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 3: elude that one runner. And I think the Ravens are

943
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 3: just gonna have it collapsing in from all angles. I

944
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 3: don't think that he's gonna have as many different routes

945
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 3: to shift a little bit this way and get that

946
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 3: pass off.

947
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 2: It's going to close in on him.

948
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,240
Speaker 3: And especially when you have a guy like Justin Madibika

949
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 3: who leads.

950
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 4: It just collapses right off the side.

951
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 3: It's yeah, I mean that's where that interior pressure really

952
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 3: pays off.

953
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 2: Yeah.

954
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 3: It's one thing to come around the edge and the

955
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 3: quarterback can step up in the pocket and deliver the ball.

956
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 3: But when you have that interior pass rush, I think

957
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 3: that's been really the big difference for the Ravens defense

958
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 3: this year is you got a defensive lineman that led

959
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 3: all defensive tackles in the NFL in sacks.

960
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, And so I just.

961
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 3: I think that Stroud's gonna have it collapsing more down

962
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 3: upon him from different angles. Than it's going to make

963
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 3: it harder for him to maneuver in the.

964
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:34,959
Speaker 4: Bucket then on the flip side.

965
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 1: The third key here is the Ravens offensive line. The

966
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: tackle is really holding up. The Texas have good pass

967
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: rushers off the edge, and Ronnie Stanley has been an

968
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 1: up and down year for him, and but I think

969
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: that he is maybe at the top of the list,

970
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: one of the top three players in terms of this

971
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:53,439
Speaker 1: time off benefiting to get healthy because his issues, not ability,

972
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: his issue is health and that's been the problem for

973
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 1: him this year. But I think that he's had more

974
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: time to get healthy, and so you hope with that

975
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: that he could play at a high level.

976
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 2: Yeah.

977
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And Ronnie actually came on the lounge and was

978
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 3: really insightful about how he had to change his game

979
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 3: the way he's blocking just because of those injuries. So

980
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 3: I think that with him healthier, he'll be able to

981
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,919
Speaker 3: anchor a little bit better. But that is I think

982
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 3: the toughest matchup for the Ravens offense is those two

983
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 3: defensive ends for the Texans. It's Jonathan greenerd on one

984
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 3: side and the rookie third round third overall pick Will

985
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 3: Anderson Junior on the other side, and they caused the

986
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 3: Ravens problems in Week one, they put some pressure on

987
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson. He was perfect throwing the ball when he

988
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 3: was not under pressure. When he was under pressure, he

989
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 3: was four of nine and through an interception.

990
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, So allowing.

991
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,760
Speaker 3: Lamar the time to see down the field for roots

992
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 3: to materialize.

993
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 2: To me, that's the key for the offense.

994
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,399
Speaker 3: Ken those tackles hold up, because that's kind of been

995
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 3: this when the Ravens offense has struggled, that's been the

996
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 3: predominantly the issue has been protecting Lamar Jackson.

997
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:54,839
Speaker 2: Off the edges. Yeah.

998
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 1: The fourth key for me is say Flowers, this guy

999
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: had nine catches seventy eight yards in the Week one

1000
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: victory over over the Texans. He had ten targets. Hello

1001
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: to the NFL, Welcome to the NFL. Moment for him, well,

1002
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,879
Speaker 1: now he's stepping into his first playoff game. I don't

1003
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: think any moments too big for him. He just goes

1004
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 1: out there and plays, and so I think if the

1005
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: Raves can continue that success with him, it could be

1006
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:15,800
Speaker 1: a big thing for this offense.

1007
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 3: The sheer fact is the Texans don't have anybody that

1008
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 3: can keep up with save Flowers. Not many teams do,

1009
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 3: but we saw that in Week one he was putting

1010
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 3: defenders on skates left and right. Nothing has changed. The

1011
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 3: Houston secondary is actually even a little bit more banged up.

1012
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 3: Derek Singley is a good corner, he's emerged, but one

1013
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,280
Speaker 3: of their top safeties, their top three safeties, is DeAndre

1014
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 3: Houstinton Carter, Yeah, who, by the way, was with the

1015
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 3: Ravens in training camp. Yeah, and didn't make the fifty

1016
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 3: three men roster. He's gonna have a tough assignment against

1017
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 3: say Flowers.

1018
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:44,799
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1019
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: Now, I don't think they're gonna match him upgainst one.

1020
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 3: Allow, he's not gonna be one on one, but I

1021
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 3: can tell you Save Flowers is going to be taking

1022
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 3: him deep some.

1023
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, totally.

1024
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: And I and also that could be he could end

1025
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: up on Sehot Bateman Odell Backham. I think that, you know,

1026
00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: that is definitely a matchup to watch. And then the

1027
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: last key as we as we wrap up year is

1028
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: I think that the Ravens on the defensive side, Marlon

1029
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 1: Humphrey has been ruled out for this game, and so

1030
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 1: there's gonna be pressure on that secondary, and I expect

1031
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby is the guy that steps into that role.

1032
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: Darby has played well, but you know, things elevate in

1033
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: the postseason. Brandon Stevens has played great this year. He's

1034
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: been a breakout player for the Ravens. But again it's

1035
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Things are gonna get more challenging. So how

1036
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: does Brandon Stevens hold up? How does Ronald Darby hold up?

1037
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: And I think that's gonna be critical for this defense.

1038
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 3: Texans have a really good wide receiver in Nico Collins

1039
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 3: top twelve hundred receiving yards I think the eighth most

1040
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 3: in the NFL this year. Not a name, not a

1041
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 3: household name Thenco Collins, but he said a really good year.

1042
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 3: Big body dude can go down the field. So the Ravens,

1043
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 3: you know, the Texans want to hit big plays. That's

1044
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 3: what their offense is in the passing game, and the

1045
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 3: Ravens have done a really good job of limiting plays

1046
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 3: with twenty yards or more. They can keep a cap

1047
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:52,720
Speaker 3: on the Texans big plays, especially Nico Collins.

1048
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:53,959
Speaker 2: I think they'll be pretty well off.

1049
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, totally. So this has been a lot of fun.

1050
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 1: Before we wrap up here tonight, one thing I want

1051
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: to mention is actually we got word today that the

1052
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: Texans return some tickets. So there have been some tickets

1053
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: that have hit the market that have are now available.

1054
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: So if you're watching, if you're out here and you

1055
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: want to be at Mpty Bake Stadium on Saturday, which

1056
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,400
Speaker 1: I'm sure that you you will want to be.

1057
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, there have been.

1058
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: Some tickets that have hit the market, so they are

1059
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: going to go quickly, So check those out on seat

1060
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: geek because we want the bank to be packed. I

1061
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: know it will be, and so make sure you check

1062
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: out those tickets on seat geek to be there in

1063
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 1: the house at mty Bak Stadium on Saturday.

1064
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 4: It's gonna be an awesome atmosphere.

1065
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of fun tonight. Thank you to

1066
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: everyone at the High Tops for joining us here at

1067
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: the Playoff rallies presented by Millerlite. It's been a blast

1068
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: and as always, you can eat the lounge at Ravens

1069
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: NFL dot net.

1070
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Speaker 4: So thank you for watching, thank you for listening, thank

1071
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 4: you for being here. We'll be back with you again

1072
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Speaker 4: later this week.