WEBVTT - Orr, Monken & Horton: Ravens Press Conferences 12/18/24 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:06.519 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Wednesday, 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:10.000 December eighteenth, and the Ravens are preparing for a weekend 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:14.480 matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday afternoon, four thirty pm 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:17.119 at M and T Banks Stadium. As they get ready 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:18.400 for that game, we had a chest to hear from 0:00:18.400 --> 0:00:21.400 the coordinators today, so let's kick it off with offensive 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:22.800 the coordinator, Todd Mulkin. 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:29.320 So we saw at the beginning of practice if you 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.520 wanted to emphasize a little ball security. 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:33.680 I guess that's one of the big focuses that you 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:35.239 feel like going against Steelers. 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.480 It's every week. But I've been here for three games 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.960 and we've turned it over eight times. We've funneled it 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.400 seven times. That doesn't tell you that's not a priority. 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:45.120 I don't know what is. 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:50.080 Last time. 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.080 You guys got out to slow start in the opening possessions, 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.800 and penalties were a part of that against the Steelers. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.680 But you know what do you kind of see. 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:02.520 Out of opening possessions this season, and you know, especially 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.000 when you get to the last few performances, how that's improved. 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:08.199 Start off really well. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.120 First five games we scored every time we had it 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:14.280 and since then, it's been a number of things turnovers, penalties, 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.839 missed opportunities that have stopped us from starting off fast. 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:24.360 You mentioned obviously the turnovers, getting behind schedule with things 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.880 like that obviously impractice of those skalers games. 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.120 Aside from that, what. 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.679 Challenges do they present step highs and thinks that they. 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:37.160 Throw at your offense. Well, they got good players and 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:41.959 starts up front, their physical inside, their edge guys are 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:49.040 difficult run end pass, linebackers are downhill, very aggressive secondary, 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:50.840 they got good cover guys. I mean, they got good players. 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.360 They do a great job with their scheme. They obviously 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:57.800 know us very well, and we got a player best. 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:00.680 Tez gets in the end zone on Sunday. 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.120 It just kind of what have you seen from tes 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.240 I guess from the start of kand to getting an 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:05.960 opportunity and they get the most. 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:06.520 Of it on Sunday. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:12.800 Well, you know, he got hurt, you know, early on, 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.720 and that's going to stun any player's growth. And then 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:18.520 you know, you get banged up a little bit, you 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.400 lose time, and then you get into the season and 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.799 you're playing games. I mean, it's onto the next game. 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:25.640 On the next game, who's playing who's dressing. How do 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.400 we get him involved, you know, and then so that 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:32.040 that's been that's an issue for every player, not just him, 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.080 But he is competed every day when he hasn't been 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:37.919 running reps for us, but against the defense, and you 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:38.720 could see him coming on. 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:40.040 You could see his confidence building. 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.960 I think some guys like him as well that when 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.320 they play on special teams gives him a chance to 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.520 get some confidence right they're playing in the game. That 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.400 wasn't his first play in a game, per se. It 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:53.080 was his first catch, first target, but he played so 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.120 in the moment wasn't too big for him. But he's 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.280 done a great job of continuing to grow, like all 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:01.360 of our players are consistent, constantly growing, and again that's 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.920 that's what you hope for with your young players. 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.720 Are there any points of emphasis offensively that you guys 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.160 had going into the first game that you may not 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.360 have been able to kind of check that box in 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.440 that one that you're hoping to do this time around. 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.000 Well, not turn it over. I think that's a big thing. 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.960 But you know, last game we had penalties and turnovers. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:22.720 You're not gonna win when you do that. I don't 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.320 care who you're playing, So we got to be a 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.960 lot better, a lot cleaner, you know than that. That 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:28.760 doesn't matter who you're playing, let alone a really good 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.200 football team like this, really good defense, So we got 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:31.840 to play cleaner. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.680 How do you handle the situation when obviously Gully t J. 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:37.480 Watten is as good as he is, you know, is 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.320 deal with injury. You're not exactly sure what. 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.520 A status Goanna did doesn't really change for us. We 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.760 assume he's gonna play. It's much easier if he doesn't, 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.440 so you you react when he doesn't as opposed to 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:49.400 assuming he won't. 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.680 So we'll expect him to play, and I'm sure he will. 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.560 Obviously. Like one of the best things about Lamar is 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.000 that opportunity to have the second play as you talked about, 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.440 but with this kind of pass preussure. Where do you 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.760 kind of see you know the value of quick game 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:05.400 and taking some of this thing out of those guys 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:06.800 who are rushing up field. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.600 I think that all plays into it. Screen game, quick game, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.320 ability to check the ball down, get through your progressions 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.720 are a huge part of it. We got to continue 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:21.440 that's that's every week of continuing to incorporate all of 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.520 those aspects into our passing game that we're not big 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:27.360 little right, either big player or hey, we're second and 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:29.120 tent right, how do we get to where? 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.520 And we've been good at that for most of the year. 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:32.920 We just got to continue to do it this week. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.520 I know all your focuses on Pittsburgh, but with the 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.680 short turnaround next week for another Tome opponent against Houston, 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.040 how much of the game plan for this weekend is 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.480 sort of layered over for next week so you can 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:47.719 make that none around easy. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:49.520 I haven't even thought about Houston. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.640 Is there any prep that you've done during the bye week. 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.479 To share get ahead of it. 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:57.800 Yeah, we did some prep in the bye week. We 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.599 did some prep for Obviously on their anything, we would 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.440 be up against it, but we were up against it 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.400 against the Bengals. You know, we played Houston twice last year. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.680 Not that they may not have changed or you know, 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.880 a few little tweaks here or there, but our focus 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:10.680 is on the Steelers. 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.080 Todd Lamar has struggled in his career against the Steelers. 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:15.160 When you look back at the film. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:18.360 Is there anything specific the Steelers do that give them problems? 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.279 Oh? I don't, I don't know. I mean. 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:25.280 I don't know how many games he's played against him 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.080 a man a sample size, and how many at home. 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:28.800 You know, you play them on the road. That's a 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.440 tough environment. We all can coach better, play better, and 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.240 play better around him. That's what you do. That's what 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.320 you do as a team. I mean, you just gotta 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:40.720 again starts with us. Gotta design it better, Gotta be 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:42.200 able to run the ball, Gotta be able to stay 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.320 ahead of the chains. Guy's got to play well around him. 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:47.600 Can't turn it over, can't have penalties that put you 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.400 behind the sticks against good teams, or you're gonna struggle. 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.240 So I couldn't see Justice Hill out there today. I 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.120 know that's the developing situation throughout the week. But can 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.240 you just speak to how how important he has been 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.520 to this often to this point this year. 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.000 Well, he's been a weapon for us. 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.120 You know all he does come in the building and 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.920 work hard and smile a lot and embrace his role. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.680 You know, he didn't blink last year when Keaton came on, 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.320 didn't blink. You know, Keaton was getting you know, a 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:18.760 bunch of opportunities. And I think about the Miami game 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.800 last year, we had a kickoff return really to start 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.480 the second half to kind of really then we scored 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:24.600 the kind of sealed the game. 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.359 He had a huge early in that game. 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.480 Of screen that got us like fifteen yards on third 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.400 and thirteen, caught a rail route for I think our 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.800 first touchdown. That was after Keaton. That tells you exactly 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:37.719 who he is. After Keaton was already getting a number 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.120 of the reps. He'd kind of probably fallen too in 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.520 terms of running the football. Maybe the third guy, you know, 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.240 maybe I then Keaton was out. Maybe I got to reverse. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.400 Keaton got hurt, so screw that. He was two by then, 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.400 but he was embracing it up until that point. I 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.200 all fired up, but I left out when he got hurt. 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.120 But he's been great, he really has been. He played 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:58.960 special teams. He does everything we ask him to do. 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.800 And that's why I signed an extension. You know, during 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.440 the year, he's a valuable asset for us and running 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.320 the ball, you know, catching the ball on the backfield. 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:11.840 He's become such a reliable part of the offense. I mean, 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.720 who who would be the third down and back likely 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.080 if if you didn't have. 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.520 Him per game, well, we'd end up using both of 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.800 the guys, we would use whoever's up is the third back, 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:22.560 and then it'd. 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:27.520 Be Derek got I think they'd blitz pretty often. Plitt, 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.480 you guys pretty often on early downs, I guess without 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.040 kind of giving away your your game plan, Like, is 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.560 there an easy answer for a team that brings pressure, 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.640 especially when maybe it's you know, blitz to kind of 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:39.160 stuff the run as well as get after Lamar. 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.400 We've seen that from a number of teams, Uh not recently, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.840 you know, we saw it kind of middle of the year, 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:48.920 a number of teams that pressured. You know, they're gonna 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.840 bring pressure, They're going to force the issue. They've done 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.679 that before, and when we've best executed, we've been fine. 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.960 So obviously it's protecting being able to run the ball, 0:07:58.040 --> 0:07:59.600 get our IDs right and then be able to get 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:00.440 the ball off on time. 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.360 Next up is defensive coordinator Zach Warren. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.640 Zach, you guys kind of mixed a match at that 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:16.520 safety spot, you know, until he settled on Kyle and 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.440 our Darius. You know, four games, and why do you 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:24.360 think this group has worked in ways that in previous 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:25.560 you know, iterations, it did not. 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.280 I think that part of it is Kevin Khan back there. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.120 You know, he stabilizes that unit, stabilizes defense in the 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.840 back end, like those those guys look for him for answers, 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:37.720 and he's a real smart player, so he get everybody 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.280 lined up quickly. And then I just think the emergence 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.840 of ar Darius Washington. I mean, he was our start 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:44.480 nickel last year. He was having a heck of a 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:47.160 start of season. Then he had the unfortunate injury and 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.240 he just picked up where he left off at throughout 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.199 camp and I think when we finally gave him his opportunity, 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:53.480 he went out there and made the most of it. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:54.160 And I think he's. 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:58.200 Really becoming a real good NFL starting caliber of safety. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.040 So I think the combination of those two things, those 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:05.040 two guys work well together. They both can cover man coverage, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.480 play zone, and tackle really well. So I think the 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.600 combination of that is really what you've seen, Zach. 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.000 When you think back to when you were a player 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:14.360 and then now as a coach, I mean, when you 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.080 have a game like this that has obvious high stakes, 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:19.360 do you like to play that up during the week 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.320 or do you like to not have that be a 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:23.280 big part of the message. 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.080 I think that you you you speak about it and 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.000 you understand it because you can't hide from it. You 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.040 know everybody's gonna talk about it, and it's what you 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.559 work for. It's moments that you work for. Any competitive 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.679 want to play in these these type of games, especially 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:37.520 this late in the season. 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:38.040 But you don't. 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:39.640 At the end of the day, you understand what's gonna 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.600 take to win that game, and it's gonna take, you know, 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.520 us doing our job playing discipline football forever long it takes. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.760 So you definitely are aware of the states the stakes, but. 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.760 You know, we expect to be in these games, especially 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.440 here in Baltimore, and our players do that. So, uh, yeah, 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.880 it's a big game, but it's nothing that we're not 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:56.640 accustomed to. 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.880 We didn't see Trent Simpson until late game Sunday on 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.400 defense at least, what would you hope he learns as 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.880 he watches and maybe I mean John Harball kind of 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.600 called it a breather. How do you look at it 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:11.959 and what do you hope he learns from maybe not playing. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.360 The snaps He was, Yeah, I look at it just 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.960 as you know, opportunity for for some other guys getting 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.559 there and give us something that you know, we kind 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.320 of been missing kind of helps stabilize position, and Trent 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:23.040 still part of that. 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.120 I think he's had a good year. 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.360 He has ups and downs, but I think he just 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.719 got to learn, you know, just just watch and just 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.080 understand everything. I think he improve on everything just like 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.880 anybody else. So I don't think it's a big a 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.640 big deal in the sense of what he has. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.320 To learn going forward. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.120 I just think that he just got continued like everybody 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.319 else to get better. And I told him, like, we're 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:45.600 gonna need you, you know, before the year over, probably 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:46.680 gonna maybe need him this game. 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.800 So he's definitely not out of the picture. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.200 I think it's just a move that we made to 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.360 feel like that's that's best for the team right now. 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.880 And you know, we still got the most confidence in 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.120 him in that whole room. 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.120 What's what's impressed you the most about Mollie Carris and 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:00.600 Chris Bard. 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.760 He's the last a couple of weeks going from barely 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.960 playing at all to playing real roles, and how they've 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:05.400 handled that. 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.839 I just appreciate them being ready. I appreciate them being ready. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:10.439 I've been with those guys for a long time, been 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.640 with Chris since you know, twenty eighteen. I know we 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.800 both left for a year, and he left for a 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.079 couple of years, but we always had the utmost confidence 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.559 in him. And then Malie Harrison, he started games for 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.240 us before. He's played a lot of good football for 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.640 us before. So I'm just proud of those guys. How 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.600 you know, they stuck with it, they stay prepared, they've 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.400 been professionals, and I think those guys are perfect examples 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:31.800 of everybody man. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.640 Just like I'm doing what's best for the team, and. 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.320 Then when my numbers called and I get my opportunity 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.360 to go play more, to go out there and play 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.000 good football. And both of those guys are playing good 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.880 football for us. We're happy with them. But it's not 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:45.079 nothing that we're surprised by by any means. 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:45.960 I remember a. 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:49.280 Young linebacker in this league, right, Yeah, And how valuable 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.439 is experienced that position with understanding what's going on in 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.280 front of you and there's a lot of moving parts. 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:54.760 And all that stuff. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.280 Yeah, how valuable is that experience from the league, Chris? 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.960 And yeah, it's real valuable. It's real valuable. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.040 I mean, shoot, my rookie year, I knew I wasn't 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:04.920 playing on defense. They were gonna move people around before 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:06.480 I got in there at linebacker. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:06.640 Which was fine. 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.880 I honestly, I wasn't ready, you know, I wasn't ready. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.200 And you know, linebacker is a real tough position. I 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.960 think that's underrated. That doesn't get talked about enough. I 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.520 think people just think guys go out there and run 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.600 and hit. But at the linebacker position, you're asked to 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.480 do every single thing. First, you're the communicator on defense. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.640 You gotta get the front lined up, you got to 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.480 know what's going on in the back end. You have 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.760 to be able to take on blocks like a D line, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.560 and you have to be able to cover like a dB, 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:31.280 and then you have to be able to read run 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.400 schemes and everything like a linebacker. So it's a lot 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.600 that goes into it, especially in our scheme and especially 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:40.040 with what the offense are giving us nowadays and in 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:41.160 the NFL today. 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.240 So I think it's gonna be real valuable. The more 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:44.480 you can just sit and watch. 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.160 And you you learn from the things that people do well, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.840 learn from things that they might have struggled with, and 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.120 then just when you get a chance to go back 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:55.640 out there, you know, get it right exactly. 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.560 In a game like this, a lot of emphasis on 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:03.400 you know, mistakes and self imposed issues. I mean, after 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.200 after all the penalties last week him there was one drive, 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.800 where was that forty one yards? Giving up the penalties, 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.320 what's the discussion like, and especially if this late in 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.520 the season, do you hope to turn that around? 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:15.760 Yeah, it's frustrated. I mean we should. 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:17.960 We showed, We show the penalties and we talk about it, 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:21.439 and it's nothing that we're gonna hide from because obviously, 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.320 you know, if we want to play winning football, that's 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.760 not winning football when you have self inflicted wounds. Like 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.920 we had eight penalties on defense, that's eight too many, 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:33.080 and a lot of them are things that we definitely control, 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:34.880 Like we can't be grabbing guys in the back end. 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.160 When we're hitting quarterbacks, we can't land on them. 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:38.320 We have to hit them to the we have to 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.800 roll to the side, and something that we've always made 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.719 emphasis and awareness of. But we we just have to 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:46.600 keep hammering at home until we get til we get 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.240 it right because when we get these these uh, these 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:51.440 games like we were having Sunday, we can't we can't 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.920 go out there and have eight penalties on defense and 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.120 expect us to go out there and play well. So 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.400 it's something that we we we had a real good 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:59.760 meeting about. I think the players are taking ownership about it. 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.240 Nobody's malicious about doing what they're doing, but we just 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.080 got to practice and play better, play with better fundamentals 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.200 and technique. So you know, you just continue to show 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.800 show the example, show the good example, show the bad examples, 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.719 and just continue to put emphasis on it, like we're 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:16.920 not gonna be able to win football games by having 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:17.680 all these penalties. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:18.600 Exactly. 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:19.880 We look at the stakes of this game. 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:22.480 You can argue it's the biggest Raven Steelers game since 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.960 the Christmas Day game back in the sixteen. 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.520 Which I believe was your last game. 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.360 Do you use that at all as motivation with your players, 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:32.360 just you know, to leave it all out there, knowing, yeah, 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.840 the season's not over, but in terms of your division hopes, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:35.680 it is that important on. 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.280 Something Noah Man. 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.280 I mean, if I felt like I needed to, I 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.400 might have. But right after the game in the locker room, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:43.600 after the Giants, guys were already talking about the Steelers. 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.400 They're like, Okay, we handled the business here. Now it's 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.360 on back home and get ready for Pittsburgh. So I 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.000 like it our guys are gonna be ready to roll. 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.560 They're ready. They came locked in. We've had two great 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.200 days of practices, have great meetings, and great walkthrough. So 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.680 I'm excited when the ball kicks off Saturday to see 0:14:58.680 --> 0:14:59.640 what our guys gonna go out there. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:01.560 And do because they're ready day to day. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.200 They ain't been too many you know, there's been some 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.120 serious talks. It ain't been too many pep talks. Like, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:07.960 our guys are locked in and ready to roll. We 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:09.840 know what's at stake, we know what we gotta do, 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.760 and we said come out the bye week that regardless 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.640 of who we're playing, what the stakes are, where we're 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:16.600 playing at we got business. 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:17.800 We got to take care of Zach. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.600 Just just with your decade of experience in this organization, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.080 I mean that number eight of nine Steelers of one 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.760 over for this team, how does that hit you? 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:27.960 I mean, how does that make you feel? 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:28.080 It? 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.200 Yeah, it's it's frustrating. It's definitely frustrating. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.640 It's something it's something that honestly don't think about in 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.640 the sense of now and the offseason. 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:38.280 Is really kind of when it buys me when I 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.200 kind of sit back and look at it. But right now. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:41.320 You can't worry about that. 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:43.600 It just gotta worry about the next game, because no game, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.160 no previous game, has effect on the next game. So 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.520 if you if you're worried about all the games, I 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.200 mean eight of nine nine nine games, that's like three four. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.040 You know, years ago, a lot of these guys weren't 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.360 even here. So you can't really focus on that because 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.520 at the end of the day, what's happened has happened. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.720 All we can focus on is what's coming up on Saturday. 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.360 So it hasn't been much talk about that from from 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.720 our side, and we know it doesn't matter. All that 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.640 matters is the one is all. The only game that 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.760 matters the next one, and that's that's Saturday. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.920 Emotions from your playing days going against the Steelers to 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.320 any of those bubble up this week when it's Ravens Steelers. 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:20.080 Even shoot, man, my emotions always bubble up. I'm a 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.720 shoot they like I you know, it's not just because 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.920 it's the Steelers. It's just a competitor man. 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:26.360 So and I love it. 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.640 I'm around a lot of competitive guys, competitive coaches and 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:32.360 competitive players, so it's hard for me to be in 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.360 this organization specifically and not have my competitive uses flowing, 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.040 because it's always competitive in this building. 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:37.720 Trust me. 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.080 I think a lot of fans, you know, see what 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.440 the defense does in the secondary and kind of wonder 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:48.560 why you guys don't have cornerbacks travel with receivers. Just 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.320 I guess there's kind of a lema's explanation of why 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.160 you guys do what you do with the left cornerback, 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.560 right cornerback. Instead of maybe being a little bit less 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:56.880