WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Press Conference (1/18)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the Ravens Press Past podcast. It is Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>January eighteenth, and the Ravens held their final practice ahead

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<v Speaker 1>of the Divisional round matchup coming up on Saturday at

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<v Speaker 1>four point thirty pm against the Houston Texans at M

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<v Speaker 1>and T at Banks Stadium. After practice, we had a

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<v Speaker 1>chance to hear from head coach John Harball, who discussed

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<v Speaker 1>where the team stands going into this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, good to see everybody, appreciate you being here. Another

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<v Speaker 2>great day for football. Guys are in great spirits, joy

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<v Speaker 2>to be out there. Excited, big challenge, a very good opponent.

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<v Speaker 2>They're hot, been playing great and as playoffs, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so excited for our fans. Our fans can get a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to be in that stadium and support us. We

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<v Speaker 2>know that they're going to be amazing like they always are.

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<v Speaker 2>And then just one last thing, a shout out to

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<v Speaker 2>the grounds crew for this week getting us a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to get out there in practice. That was a yeomen's effort.

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<v Speaker 2>They did a great job. I was watching them pull

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<v Speaker 2>the tarp on and off to day after practice. There's

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<v Speaker 2>about five of them, you know, that whole big tarp

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<v Speaker 2>out there, so it's pretty impressive.

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<v Speaker 3>So we've got a strong grounds crew. What questions you have,

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<v Speaker 3>like out.

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<v Speaker 4>Of practice that you know this is a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>it's a couple of days away from you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>playing it.

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<v Speaker 2>In that playoff team, you can because there's sharp you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're sharp or on point, they're locked in.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they have the good.

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<v Speaker 2>Combination of of you know, stay loose, stay focused, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's how they've approached it.

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<v Speaker 3>Game time decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the guys that they be enacted it could

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<v Speaker 2>go there. Duvene looks good as I'd say he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>play for sure. Mark is still up in the air.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh Marlin, you know, it's a little dicey right now

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<v Speaker 2>with Marlon isn't practiced.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if he'll make it.

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<v Speaker 2>He's probably the person I'm least optimistic about right now.

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<v Speaker 4>Possible advantages you look at maybe the weather being as

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<v Speaker 4>much of an advantage as the crowd noise for for

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<v Speaker 4>your doing well.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think it's good for us to have a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to get out and practice, uh, you know, in

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<v Speaker 2>the in the temperature and stuff like that. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>a football game. Both teams are going to be ready

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<v Speaker 2>to play. I don't think it's going to be a determiner.

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<v Speaker 2>We just got to deal with it as we deal

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<v Speaker 2>with it and do what we do and try to

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<v Speaker 2>do it well.

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<v Speaker 4>An idea what this two weeks would be like and

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<v Speaker 4>preparing for knowing you to get that by Did you

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<v Speaker 4>get accomplished?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like the plan was what worked out the

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<v Speaker 3>way you wanted to do. I feel great about the guys.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the guys have done great.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they've worked hard, Pete, They've they've we had

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<v Speaker 2>four practices last week, we had our three practices this week,

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<v Speaker 2>or we'll walk through tomorrow. But they've been like they've

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<v Speaker 2>been all season. Hasn't really been different. They've you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's definitely playoff football. They're definitely excited about that, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's how they've approached their work all year.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you see the backfield and the opportunity for Calvin.

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<v Speaker 2>Could right, Yeah, Dalvin will be will be in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's gonna be a great opportunity for him

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<v Speaker 2>and for us. You know, be looking forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>how he does.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's new. We haven't seen him out there,

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<v Speaker 3>just like you guys haven't seen him. We haven't seen him.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen him in practice, he looks good and you

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<v Speaker 2>know he's gonna be out there like everybody else, try

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<v Speaker 2>to do whatever you can do to help us win

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<v Speaker 2>the game.

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<v Speaker 4>They didn't have one experience with the kind of mesh

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<v Speaker 4>points stuff, you know, coming back from that more CoA

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<v Speaker 4>style in the Minnesota, and was that kind of a

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<v Speaker 4>new challenge for him.

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<v Speaker 3>To take on.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he's been great with it. I think he's done

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<v Speaker 2>it before, so it hasn't been an issue at all.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we see your brothers starting to get some

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<v Speaker 4>head coach and interviews. If you thought about what it'll

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<v Speaker 4>be like to coach against him, and do you have

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<v Speaker 4>a preference him with conference?

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<v Speaker 2>He make go well, I mean he's he's I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what he's gonna do. You know, I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>what what what Jim's plans or I think whatever he does, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it'll be you know, what's best for him

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<v Speaker 2>and his family. I know, I know, you know, Michigan

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<v Speaker 2>has been a joy, you know, for him to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to his alma mater. His family loves it, theirs,

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<v Speaker 2>the players love him. He loves the players, coaches, the

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<v Speaker 2>fan base.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know exactly what direction is going to go.

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<v Speaker 2>I would think that the the president and the board

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<v Speaker 2>of trustees would be doing everything they can to try

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<v Speaker 2>to keep him, you know, and uh, that would be uh,

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<v Speaker 2>that'd be probably one of if I was them. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think at the end, he's gonna do whatever's best

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<v Speaker 2>for he and his family. And he's Michigan. Uh, but

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL. You know, he loves the NFL too, So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll just have to see all.

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<v Speaker 3>You and talking and you would you chop that up

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<v Speaker 3>with him?

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<v Speaker 2>And he's just kind of you I think if he

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<v Speaker 2>had something he hasn't. Really he knows what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows what he's doing. He's he's pretty uh, he's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty aware.

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<v Speaker 4>If he does make it to the NFL, would you

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<v Speaker 4>rather be or not be on the on your schedule?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, He'll well, eventually he'll be on the schedule, There's

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt. And uh, those are always challenging games because really,

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<v Speaker 2>be honest with he's such a great coach, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and his teams are always ready to roll.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, they always are.

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<v Speaker 2>They're always well coached, are always fundamentally sound, they always

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<v Speaker 2>play super hard, They're always connected, you know, emotionally, so

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<v Speaker 2>just one of he's one of I think he's the

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<v Speaker 2>best coach in football.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a great coach.

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<v Speaker 4>I think the genesis question. You know, you two have

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of conversations about everything, including football. If he's

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<v Speaker 4>in the same conference, is that change the conversations and

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<v Speaker 4>what you prefer he's not in the same conference.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a fair question. Yeah, it's like you play more often.

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<v Speaker 2>To your point, uh, that that might change the conversations

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<v Speaker 2>just a little bit if on the schedule soon.

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<v Speaker 3>John with with Mark.

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<v Speaker 2>Has he surprised you at all this week with the

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<v Speaker 2>level of participation he's had during Pricte, Well, it's been

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<v Speaker 2>it's been good to see I know that.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I don't know if surprise is the

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<v Speaker 3>right word.

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<v Speaker 2>I probably didn't have any expectation, you know, just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of waiting to see when he was out there. This

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<v Speaker 2>is his first week out there in that kind of way,

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<v Speaker 2>and and it was it was encouraging.

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<v Speaker 4>John with just being another shannonhan Tree offense and you

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<v Speaker 4>guys haven't faced so many down the stretch. Does does

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<v Speaker 4>it make the challenge or does it make the assignment

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<v Speaker 4>of preparing for this defense anymore? Management for you guys,

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<v Speaker 4>in your staff.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, uh, some you know, there's there are there's family

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<v Speaker 2>trees to your point, and you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of head coaches coordinators in this league,

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<v Speaker 2>head coaches in this league who are running that offense

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<v Speaker 2>and also the defense too.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, it's the same.

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<v Speaker 2>As kind of the Seattle kind of system that evolved

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<v Speaker 2>over the last ten or twelve years. So we just

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<v Speaker 2>get to know, you get to know those systems and

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<v Speaker 2>how they were. But every every different coaching staff puts

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<v Speaker 2>their spin on it. Every different group of players has

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<v Speaker 2>a different way of you know, they adopt a system

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<v Speaker 2>for the players differently. So you just gotta take every

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<v Speaker 2>team as they come and every team is unique and

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<v Speaker 2>how they do it.

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<v Speaker 1>That was head coach John Harball. You're listening to the

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