1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge, presented by DraftKings. It's a size 2 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 1: them Up Tuesday, big one. I got the ring on. 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: This was an obvious ring one, obvious rings, size them 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: up game for the Ravens twenty seven to thirteen victory 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: over the New Orleans Saints. Really, I think the Ravens 6 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: most dominant victory since Week one over the Jets, especially 7 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: when you consider all the pieces that we're missing, no 8 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, no Gus the bus or Shy Bateman done 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: for the season now, and the Ravens still put it 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: together really on both sides of the ball. You know, 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: some missed opportunities on offense, but all in all, a 12 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: pretty complete effort and a very very feel good win 13 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: over the New Orleans scenes. Oh, this is a definite 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: size about Monday for Oh, for sure, a lot of 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: reason its size about Tuesday, Size up Tuesday. But yeah, 16 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: and the emails to the Lounge of Ravens on NFL 17 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: dot Net are definitely agreeing with us. Clearly, there's a 18 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: lot of size about folks that people are booking the 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: hotel rooms this week in Arizona. That's how people are 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: spending their bye weekend. They're getting the hotel rooms books 21 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: in Arizona. Non cancelation doesn't matter, Just go ahead and 22 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: book it. Oh yeah, strict of cancelation probably doesn't matter. Yeah, 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. Yeah, one hundred percent, you gotta be 24 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: one hundred percent down, never get that money back. Doesn't matter. 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: But so the Ravens, I mean dominant win controlled the 26 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: game really from start to finish. Defense looked looked really good, 27 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: offense looked good and could have put up even more points, 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: and all this despite being shorthanded. You also know reinforcements 29 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: are on the way with David I Jabbo and Tis 30 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: fous are continuing to get back into his form, and 31 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: Gus Edwards playing more and JK. Dobbins come back, Marcus 32 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: Williams at some point, Marcus Williams at some point. So 33 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: you know, you've got some some more pieces, really critical 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: pieces that you're going to continue adding to the mix. 35 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: Charlie Hole, Charlie, on top of that, on top of that. 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: Part of the reason it's a size them Up Tuesday 37 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: is you know, Ravens fans spend the weekend watching games. 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: You know, let's let's take a look around the NFL 39 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: and see see how these these teams are looking Okay, 40 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: the Bills lose to the Jets, who the Ravens dominated 41 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: in Week one. Okay, the Bills look like, you know, 42 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: people were saying they weren't gonna lose another game. Bills, 43 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: by the way, that the Ravens had on the ropes, 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: ye yep uh. And then the Chiefs need a good 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: overtime against Tennessee and they look beatable. All of a sudden, 46 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: it's like, wait, okay, so those are the top two 47 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: teams in the AFC Uh, why can't the Ravens be 48 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: right there? I think there was kind of a feeling 49 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: that like, all right, you know, the Ravens have been 50 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: pretty good, but it was the Bills, the Chiefs and 51 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: everybody else that there is a pretty big gap there. 52 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure about that. Hold your horses a 53 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: little bit. This Ravens team, I do think that, you know, 54 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: and like I've said many times, it's it's tough to 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: extrapolate too much from one game, but the Ravens are 56 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: trending up, I think, steadily in the right direction. Right 57 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: It's been three straight. It's a three game winning streak 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: right now, and you just have seen them get better 59 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: specifically on defense. Yeah, consistently, right, And and to me, 60 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: that's a trend. When you see a trend, you can 61 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: start to extrapolate. And and I just see the Ravens 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: really kind of putting things together. Uh, for I mean 63 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: it reminds last night's win reminded me of the twenty 64 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: nineteen Ravens. Yeah, it really did, right, I mean, run 65 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: the ball down their throat, pound them into submission in 66 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: the second half, you know, spread the ball around offensively, 67 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: not a big passing day, uh, and a pretty strong defense. Um. 68 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: It just it had shades of that for me. Yeah, 69 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, I think that there's there's a lot 70 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: of truth today. And I just let's just start with 71 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: the defense. I feel like typically we start with the offense, 72 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: and it's it's easy to start with the offense. Let's 73 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: put the script. Yeah, so let's flip a script a 74 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: little bit, because man, this defense like it dominated. They 75 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: gave up those points, you know, the one the touchdown 76 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: that I mean, I'm still not convinced that he was 77 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: in bounds, but it was close, but Marcus Peters thought 78 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: he was out and then Chuck pretty In bounced him. Um, 79 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: and then I mean it was right on the line. 80 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know, I'm not convinced that he 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: was in bounds. Like Marcus Peters had a pretty good 82 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: look at it. Um he was adamant. And then I 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: do agree, you know, John Joe Clark just lets him 84 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: run by. And John Harmon made the point after the 85 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: game like he thought he was out and then if 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: you hit him there he hit a fifteen yard or 87 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: then everyone say what are you doing? Come on? He 88 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: was clear. Yeah, I don't know why we're talking about 89 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: this play at the start of you know, that's one 90 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: last point on that hold on, one last point in 91 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: that there's a difference between just blasting the guy when 92 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,239 Speaker 1: he's tiptoeing that line and pushing him out a bounce. 93 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: So like you know, it doesn't have give him a 94 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: little tap to give hi a little tap to just 95 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: to push him out of bounds. Yeah, you gotta just 96 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: got you gotta make sure an usher. But but like 97 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: what do you what do you say after that? What 98 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: do you say? Like that's two veterans, like they know 99 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: you can't do that. I mean, it's like it to me, whatever, 100 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: it ended up not hurting the Ravens, thank god, and 101 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: you just move on. And that's a play that nobody 102 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: on the team forgets. Yeah and so and so I 103 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: only bring up that that play just say that's that's 104 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: the blemish. That's that's the that's the main blemish on 105 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: the defense. Other than that, pretty darn good. Yeah. Um, 106 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: you know they had the two minute drive right before 107 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: half and they get a field goal out of it, 108 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: but the defense just as a whole, they brought pressure. 109 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: I mean, Justine Houston, this guy has stepped into a 110 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: time machine. And you know he's playing like a defensive 111 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: Player of the Year candidate. Two and a half sacks, 112 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: an interception. He's been absolutely lights out over the last 113 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: three games. First player in Ravens history to have two sacks, 114 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: at least two sacks and three straight games. He has 115 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: brought so much juice to this defense. Um, I'm just 116 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm on I'm on ESPN dot com looking at the 117 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: stat leaders right and and uh, Justin Houston's tied for 118 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: the second most saxon the league was Zadarius Smith and 119 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: Nick Bozza with eight and a half, behind Matthew Judo 120 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: and Goodness Gurgious with eleven and a half. They still 121 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: have Justin Houston's biopicks him wearing a Colts uniform on guys, 122 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: I mean he's I guess he's playing like you know, 123 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: three years ago or whatever it was. Um, here's here's 124 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: my here's my um analogy on Justin Houston. Okay, have 125 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: have you ever run out of gas? Now? Because you 126 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: probably have. You probably do a couple of times a year. 127 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: Oh oh, of course. Of course. I like to live 128 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: on the edge. I like to sometimes test the limits 129 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: of things, and so yeah, I've run out of gas 130 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: in my life. Right. And when you're about to run 131 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: out of gas, when you're close, the car kind of 132 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: kind of sputters and and you think you're gonna die. 133 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: I get a little burst a little you're like, okay, 134 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: all right, and it'll kind of do that for a 135 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: little bit before just complete. And that's what it should 136 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: be for thirty three year old pass rushers, right, they're 137 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: kind of slowing down. You get little bursts here and there, 138 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: they get a sack every once in a while. You know, 139 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: guys like Justin Houston who have had these these great careers, 140 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: but then ultimately you roll to a stop. This is 141 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: a case of you're you're on e and you're just 142 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: still pedal to the metal. You're just like, screw it, 143 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: You're You're just I don't care. I'm going pedal the 144 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: metal till this thing runs out. That's justin Houston, man. 145 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: He's like, I came back for one year and I'm 146 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: pouring everything into it and just hammering it down. I mean, 147 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: it's it's unbelievable. Yeah, he's been, he's been. He's been 148 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: excellent and has really just made a huge difference as 149 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: a whole for this defense. The other thing with this well, 150 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: the big thing, the big thing is that the four 151 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: man pressure that's been a big change from previous years 152 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: under Wink is that Mike McDonald is using a lot 153 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: more four man pressures and not blitzing nearly as much. 154 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: They did not blitz the Saints heavily at all, which 155 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: is making it you know, that works twofold, right, you 156 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: have to get you have to win one on one's upfront, 157 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: which the Ravens are doing a lot of. You know, 158 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: Houston is winning a lot. Other guys were winning as 159 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: well on the interior and on the edges, and and 160 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: now the quarterback has to hold the ball a little bit, 161 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: you know, a fraction of a second longer and that's 162 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: helping the pass rush as well. So to get that 163 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: foreman pressure is a big deal for this defense. And 164 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: part of the reason that the Ravens are able to 165 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: get that foreman pressure is because the secondary is playing 166 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: so well. Right now, Yep, Marlon Humphrey had a great game, 167 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: got a sack, um seven tackles. I mean he's had 168 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: had another pass breakup in the end zone, held them 169 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: to a key field goal. Yep, yep, that was big. 170 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, I know we talked about that that, you know, 171 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: the touchdown, but I thought he had a really good game, 172 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: making plays both in the run game. Didn't really have much, 173 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: you know, he had he gave up a pass play 174 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: to a lobby I think, um, well they could have 175 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: had a touchdown on him. Yeah, yeah, that one that 176 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: he gets the wrong way on that. But I think 177 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters is playing well and he's making plays, you know, 178 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: like in the in the run game, he's affecting the 179 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: game in a variety of ways. So you got a 180 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: secondary it's playing well, you have well, Kyle Hamilton's playing well. 181 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: That's always gonna say, Kyla Hamilton. You want to talk 182 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: about SETI progress. We've seen that from him over the 183 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: last several weeks now, just a little bit better each week, 184 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: a little bit better each week. And I know that 185 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: some people were soundingly alarmed on him early in the season, 186 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: but man, he has made progress the last few weeks. 187 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: Feel bad for him met that touchdown that he got 188 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: taken away. Yeah, sorry, the interception got taken away. To 189 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: use the words of Peyton Manning, that's a horrible call, 190 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: a horrible call. So I feel bad that he had 191 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: his first career pick taken off the board. That's rough. 192 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: But I didn't know that Peyton called it that. Oh yeah, yeah. 193 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: On the on the Manning cast, he was ripping that call, which, 194 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: by the way, let's just pause right now, and you 195 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: were watching the game at home me in New Orleans. 196 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: Huge mistake by you. Huge You never, golly day. You've 197 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: been doing this long enough, Garrett to know that you 198 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: never ever pass up a trip to Nola. It's I'm 199 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: just surprised. It's a Ravens fan pilgrimage. I'm just surprised 200 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: that you made it back. You're not still passed out 201 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: on Bourbon Street. It was it was close call, um, 202 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,599 Speaker 1: but but yeah, so so Peyton ripped that one, and 203 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: I do feel back with Carl Hamilton that they could 204 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: lost out on that. Yeah, he played. He played seventy 205 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: five percent of the snaps. Yeah, which was a pretty 206 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: big spike from previously he was he was the Raven's 207 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: choice kind of in slot in the slot and uh yeah, 208 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: strong game for him, which is like your to your 209 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: overall point, I think the secondary is playing very well 210 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: right now. Yes, and you know, let's let's throw out 211 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: all the disclaimers, right this is Andy Dalton, their their 212 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: wide receiver corps banged up there, Michael Thomas there, Jarvis Landry, 213 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and and that's fair. I think you 214 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: have to throw that stuff out there. But it's not 215 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: the it's not the chiefs for the Bills offense stuff exactly. 216 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: But but they're playing well. I mean, and even when 217 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: you look back at the Bills game, you know, Josh 218 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: Allen didn't light up the scoreboard that game and Stefan Diggs, 219 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, like the secondary is playing really well. 220 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: I want to specifically shout out Marlon Humphrey, which is 221 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: which is weird because you know he's all pro Marlow, right, 222 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: He's one of the highest paid cornerbacks in the game, 223 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: and yet somehow he's having this like quiet Pro Bowl 224 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: season that nobody's really talking about. Yeah. I mean he's 225 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: been one of the best one on one corners, if 226 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: not the best in the league this year. Yeah. And 227 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: one thing that you know, I think we talked to 228 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: Marlin about this last season on the pod, it's like, 229 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: you know, he had some struggles last year, like it 230 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: wasn't it just wasn't his best year before the injury, 231 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: Like he got beat deep on a few plays and 232 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: stuff like that, and and he's cleaned that up. He's 233 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: playing a lot better. I just think he's having a 234 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: really bounce back is probably a strong word, because it 235 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: wasn't like it was a bad season last year by 236 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: any stretched imagination, was just like to his standards, it 237 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: wasn't up to snuff for his very high standards. And 238 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: this year he's like playing at that all pro marlow level. Yeah. 239 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: I feel like bouncebacks, you know, the wrong word to use. 240 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: I think that's probably I mean, he got he wasn't 241 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: playing great, and he had some tough moments in big games, 242 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: which he's you know, been open about talked about, and 243 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: then you get hurt. So it's like season not going great, 244 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: then you get hurt, and then you just end it 245 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: on the shelf. And so it was just like a 246 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: two punch. And you know when he talked this offseason 247 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: about expectations and he'd seen some of the top corner 248 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: lists and he's not on them, and you know, you 249 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: pay attention to to some of that stuff, and you 250 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: get humbled by Good Morning Football in the cafeteria when 251 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,839 Speaker 1: the defense isn't playing well, Like he pays attention to 252 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and he's got high expectations and he has. 253 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: He's been playing really well this year. I mean, and 254 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 1: you're right, I don't know why it's not getting talked 255 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: about more like maybe that's that's what we need to 256 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: do on these podcasts. But he hasn't. There's not much 257 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: like buzz around him and his season. Um, but he 258 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: has been Him and Justin Houston have been probably the 259 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: best defensive players on this team. Um. I mean, Clay 260 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: Scambe's playing, Ray plays is playing great. You know, there's 261 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: there's a few guys choose a lot of guys. There's 262 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: a lot of guys who were playing at that But 263 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: but I do I think I think Marlins playing at 264 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: a pro bowl level. Um, and he deserves some serious 265 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: props for that. Yeah, doo Stone, I mean, have you 266 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: have you noticed like a big drop off you know, 267 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: at no point so far since Marcus Williams went down. 268 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: Are you saying, oh, man, Gino like dang Gino, Gosh, 269 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: we need Marcus back on the field, you know, like 270 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: you want Marcus back on the field. He's a playmaker. 271 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: But Geno Stones held it down. Um. And well that's 272 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: that's let's go, you say, Or are we are we 273 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: burying the lead here again? That's what we do? Rockaby Yeah, 274 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: ok one, dude's a monster, a monster. Yeah. Yeah. It 275 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: did not take him long to get assimilated. Man, he 276 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: fit right in on this defense. Now, he didn't play 277 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: a one hundred percent of the snaps. He played seventy 278 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: six percent of the snaps thirty nine snaps. Um. I 279 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: think probably next week he plays one hundred percent of 280 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: the snaps. I think it's probably gonna be okay, seventy 281 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: five percent. Boom, all right, you're in there for every play. 282 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: I guess probably how it's gonna go for him. But 283 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: in the and in those seventy five percent. He is 284 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: a difference maker on that third down stop that he 285 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: just completely plugged up that hole. You see, Like, Okay, 286 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: that's that's what you want from your middle linebacker right there. 287 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was more than plugging a hole. He 288 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: put a wallet on Alvin Kamara. I mean, goodness, gracious. 289 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: I mean you see the sideline and sideline speed. Alvin 290 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: Kamara is one of the toughest guys in the NFL 291 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: to mark right, and you see Roquan run around the 292 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: field with him. It's impressive, you know, I mean, just 293 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: kind of lassoing him. Even as a receiver. A Kmara 294 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: was held to sixty two total yards and no touchdowns 295 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: after scoring three touchdowns last week. I'll take that right. 296 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: And so you see the backside pursuit from Roquon. I mean, dude, 297 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: he's been really a great fit. I know it's early 298 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: and it's whatever, but we live in the era of 299 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: quick snap judgments and you get graded immediately, and in 300 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: that world, I'm handing out the A plus plus plus plus. Yes, 301 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: this is the opposite of your report card. Okay, this 302 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: is a lot of pluses. So just I think it 303 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: really to me, it reminds me of the Marcus Peters 304 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: stray back in twenty nineteen. I mean, Eric Costa makes 305 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: that trade, dude comes out pick six in his first game. 306 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: Roquan didn't quite get that much. Wasn't that quite a 307 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: big of an impact. But you see immediately saw, oh wow, 308 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: Marcus Peters takes this defense to another level, and I 309 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: think that Roquan Smith does the same. Yeah, totally. Let's 310 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: also also I just on the roque On topic, Let's 311 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: just talk for a minute about how well he's assimilated 312 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: into the building and like teammates after the game were 313 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: just glowing about him about what his preparation this week 314 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: and how quickly he got the defense down and and 315 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: just the professional that he was all week I think 316 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: was impressive for everybody to see. And then when you 317 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: see it translate to the field also and him making 318 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: those plays, like Clais Campbell was talking about how you know, 319 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,359 Speaker 1: he gives everybody in the in the defensive huddle more confidence, 320 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: Like and the guy's playing in this first game and 321 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: he's already having that kind of impact on everybody else 322 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: around him, like raising everybody else's game. That's pretty awesome. 323 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: Patrick Queen said, you know, he kind of frees him 324 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: up to even play a little a little more like 325 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: the missile that Patrick Queen can play. Like, you know, 326 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: I mean that that kind of ripple effect also is 327 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: I think why the Ravens were willing to give up 328 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: you know, what they did to bring him in. Yeah, 329 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: I think that, Like I think with Roquan Smith, players 330 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: somewhat similar to fans, Like he's a guy that you know, 331 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: he plays in the NFC, first round pick, top ten pick, 332 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: puts hup a ton of tackles, and you're like, man, 333 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: this guy's a really good linebacker. Like, yeah, good linebacker. 334 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: I'm excited, But like you don't necessarily know a ton 335 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: about who he is and how he conducts himself and 336 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: how he carries himself, and like it's short of unknown. 337 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: He just is a guy that good linebacker plays, was 338 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: a high draft pick, gets a lot of tackles, like exactly, 339 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: you don't really watch him, and so then like he 340 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: shows up and his preparation is off the charts. He's 341 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: making sure that every teammate that he gets to know, 342 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: every teammate walking around, introducing himself in the locker room. 343 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: He even introduced himself to the common he did he 344 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: did inducing himself to media members, and you kind of 345 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: just get to feel like, oh man, this guy, this 346 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: guy is the total package. And players feel that way. 347 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: I think coaches feel that way. So yeah, first impression 348 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: off the charts, both on the field and off the 349 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: field for Roquein, this defense should be a top a 350 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: top I don't know whatever, five unit. The rest of 351 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: the way, like, why not, dude, I was telling you, 352 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: I was telling you you were part of the alarmists. 353 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 1: You were among the oh after the Miami game, you 354 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: were the alarmists. You know. Oh, it is this secondary 355 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: not all that it's cracked up to know, blah blah blah. 356 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 1: And I was like, look, man, they have too much 357 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: talent on this defense to be ranked last in the league, 358 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: and and they're gonna chip away at it and they're 359 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: gonna show that there are a very good defense and 360 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: especially as they get players back on the field. You know, 361 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: Tis Bowser also made his debut yesterday. Early on the 362 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: Think on their first series, gets a pressure unblocked and 363 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: just kind of gets up on Andy Dalton real fast, 364 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: makes me throw it away for a punt. Um. Yeah, 365 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: as more pieces come back, they add another piece in 366 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: Roquan and then with the talent they have. Like, yes, 367 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: I think all of our preseason predictions that we made 368 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: when we were talking, you know, in our Predictions podcast, 369 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: like this is gonna be a top five defense and 370 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: all that stuff, like, I don't know, I don't know 371 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: if they'll end up there, you know, after the way 372 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: they started last in the league. But I don't care 373 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: because they're playing really, really well right now, and I 374 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: think that they're gonna keep roll, keep on a roll. Yeah. Yeah, 375 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: I'm I'm trying to see where they are. They're they're 376 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: not in a nineteen yeah, nineteen in terms of total 377 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: yards per game right now. It's it's gonna it's hard 378 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: to get you know, when they were a thirty second 379 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: by a wide margin after that Dolphin. Yeah, yeah, so 380 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: it's hard to chip. Well, well, there's still a lot 381 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: of football whatever, there's still a lot of football left. Um. 382 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: But I do I think that this defense is is 383 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: really good. Um and and we're we're seeing that so um. 384 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: It's it's it's kind of interesting just looking at the 385 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: snap count. Jason Pierre Paul only seven. He was banging that. 386 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: He kind of came off the field limping at one point. Um, 387 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: And so I don't know if that's something that's gonna 388 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: be you know, uh, the lingering thing, or if it's 389 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: just he got danged up a little bit and now 390 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: he's got to buy it. He's gonna be fine. I 391 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: don't know. Um. So all right, here's an email from Kyle. 392 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: You can email us at the line that raves at 393 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: NFL dot net. Just as we're talking about Rokuan Smith, 394 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: he says, Hey, guys, a complete, complete game first to 395 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, absolutely solid. Roquan Smith played a bigger role 396 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: than it probably seemed. His ability to tackle is unreal, 397 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: and he had Kamara's number all night. Houston's looking like 398 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: he's twenty five years old, sending Dalton straight to the 399 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: ice bath. And how refreshing it feels to see Chunkyarders 400 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: plays from the run game. Last year we were starving 401 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: for big run plays and Kenyan Drake is playing out 402 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 1: of his mind right now. And I can't wait to 403 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: see the bus back in action later this year. So look, 404 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: this is a size him up Tuesday, Kyle says, So 405 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: it hits a few different points there. Appreciate the email. 406 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: I think this is probably a good time to flip 407 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: it over to the offensive side of the ball. But 408 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: before we do that, we want to take a quick 409 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: break and say hello to our friends at Draft Kings. 410 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: As our listeners know, the sports landscape is always changing, 411 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: this week is no different. 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The code is flock at DraftKings. 421 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: I got another email here that'll that'll roll well into 422 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: our offensive discussion. This one comes from Jonas. He says, hey, guys, 423 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: he says. The subject line is you know it's a 424 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: victory win. He says, you know it's a victory when 425 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: Marylin Humphrey he goes live, he says. Jonas says, I 426 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: live in Belgium, so I'm not able to check out 427 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: late night games. I get up up around six in 428 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: the morning and try not to look at the score. 429 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: But every time we win, I get a message that 430 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: Marlin Humphrey is live on Instagram. So at that moment 431 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: I know the Ravens won. That's good, he says. I 432 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: love the videos, especially when Tucker cracks his jokes. Tucker is, yeah, 433 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: he's the start of the show, and Marlon knows it. 434 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,479 Speaker 1: So Jonah says, really happy with the win. But our 435 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: passing game is a little bit concerning, even though we 436 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 1: didn't need it. What do you guys think will our 437 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: passing game have to improve when we face other teams? Yeah? Good, 438 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: good email, So just it's good. Through the stats, real 439 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 1: quick on it. Lamar Jackson was twelve twenty two, one 440 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty three passing yards, one touchdown, no interceptions. 441 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: The leading receiver was Isaiah Likely with twenty four yards, 442 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: and that all came on one catch. Ten different guys, 443 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: ten different players caught passes. Yep, the running backs to 444 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 1: full back, the tight ends, the receivers. So not exactly 445 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: a and the Ravens only attempted six passes in the 446 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: second half. I think the number is so it was 447 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: a ground and pound game, especially when they got to 448 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: the second half. Kenny Drake carried the ball twenty four 449 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: times from ninety three yards. They really rode him, and 450 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: Lamar Eleven carries eighty two yards. So look, this is 451 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: not like a standout day from the passing game. But 452 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: it's the first game with that Rashod Bateman. Well it's 453 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: not the first game, but his first game since he's 454 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: done for the year, so obviously a huge loss. And 455 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: then Mark Andrews, who's been the Ravens best receiver for 456 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: you know, three years now, doesn't play either. And this 457 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: was a game where the Ravens wanted to run the ball. 458 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: They did that effectively, and they spread the ball around 459 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: and they said, you know what, rather than just say 460 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: all right, Isaiah likely you're stepping in from Mark Andrews, 461 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: we're throwing you, throwing you the ball twelve times, you're 462 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: gonna have a huge day. They went into this game 463 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: and they said we're gonna spread the ball around and 464 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 1: get everybody involved in the action. That was part of 465 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: the plan going into this game. Yep. Yeah, I mean, look, 466 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: I don't think that I don't think that the Ravens 467 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: have to have a passing attack that lights up the scoreboard. Like, 468 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: that's just not who they are. That's not who what 469 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: this offense is. It's not how they're built. It's and 470 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: with Bateman out for the rest of the season, I 471 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: don't think it's really what we should expect moving forward. 472 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: I just don't think that we're gonna expect three hundred 473 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: and fifty passing yards you know, routinely from Lamar Jackson. 474 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: And in fact, if the Ravens were throwing the ball 475 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: that much, I guarantee that Ravens Twitter will be screaming, 476 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: why aren't we running the ball? Well, yeah, and you're 477 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: probably losing exactly, and so, like like I said, kind 478 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: of at the outset, this reminds me a little bit 479 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: of the twenty nineteen Ravens, Like get out, get out 480 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: in front of people, and then grind them out and 481 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: just wear them out with the run game in the 482 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: second half. That's what they've done the past two weeks. 483 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: And so they don't have to have a dynamic passing attack. 484 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: It has to be efficient enough and it has to 485 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: be clutch. You have to hit in in key situations. 486 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: And I thought the Ravens did that and Lamar Jackson 487 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: did that you know, for much of the game, he 488 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: kind of just took what the Saints were given them, 489 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: some escape pressure a number of times, found check downs 490 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: on a few occasions, and then convert on third down. 491 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: The Ravens are nine of fifteen on third down. That's 492 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: pretty darn good. You know, you eat up the clock 493 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: that way. The Ravens had thirty seven, almost thirty eight 494 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: minutes of possession compared to twenty two for the Saints. 495 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: I mean, that is a wide discrepancy. Like, if you 496 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: play that way, even even though you're not putting up 497 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: big passing yards, you're gonna win a lot of games 498 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: with that formula, as twenty nineteen showed. Now to the 499 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 1: question can that beat the best teams? Right, that's that's 500 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: what you're gonna You're gonna hear a lot of that. 501 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 1: Can that beat the Bills? Can that beat the Chiefs? 502 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: You know, do you have to be able to get 503 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 1: in a shootout with those teams? I am a believer. 504 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: I just am that, like if that formula works in 505 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: the regular season against really good teams, and like you know, 506 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: the Ravens went toe to toe and could have beaten 507 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: the Bills in the regular season. I don't remember exactly 508 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: how that game script played out, but it was a 509 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: rainy day. I want to say the Ravens ran the ball. 510 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: It was a pretty low scoring affair for much of it. 511 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: Defense kind of held them in check. Like I don't 512 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: think that you have to have a running gun, big 513 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: time passing attack to win the playoffs. I don't think 514 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,959 Speaker 1: there's one way to win the playoffs. I think if 515 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: you're good, that translates to the playoffs. I just do. 516 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: And so you know, if the Ravens can play this 517 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: way defensively and lock up teams that it's gonna be 518 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: hard to lock up the Chiefs and the Bills. But 519 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: if they can keep them in check, run the ball 520 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: really well, keep the other Mahomes and Josh Allen off 521 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: the field. I mean, we're looking down the line here now, 522 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: But I think I still think that this is a 523 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: formula that can win in the playoffs. And I know 524 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: people will disagree with that, but that's how I think. 525 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, if you 526 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: don't go to the Super Bowl or win the Super Bowl, 527 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: everybody's like, oh, you can't win with that formula. Well, 528 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: only one team does that. From the AFC. Right, the 529 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: chances are you're probably gonna lose in the postseason. That's 530 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: just the odds, right, Only one team goes that far, 531 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: and if you're not that team, doesn't mean that you 532 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: have a broken formula. Yeah, I mean, look, I think 533 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: I think to the passing game, UM will make improvements 534 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: when Mark Andrews is back on the field, So that's one. 535 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 1: I also think that it could have looked a lot better. Yesterday. 536 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: Lamar had a couple of layups that he missed, and 537 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: he was talking after the game how he was bothered 538 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: about the fact that he missed to Marcus Robinson, you know, 539 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: had had you know, a couple of plays to him 540 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: that he could have had a touchdown that he could 541 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: have gotten. He had a key third down conversion that 542 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: he missed in the goods and so if he could 543 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: if he throws that touchdown to the Marcus Robinson, then 544 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: you're looking at the passing statute again, not to you know, 545 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. You know, it's not a huge day, but 546 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: you know, two hundred yards and two touchdowns, you know, 547 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: and then you control the game and then and then 548 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: the score gets even more you know, lopsided. So like 549 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: I think that there's there's there's there's obviously room for 550 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: improvement in the passing game. I don't know how much 551 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: the Ravens have to I agree. I don't think we're 552 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: gonna see too many three hundred plus yard passing games 553 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: the rest of the way. I don't think there's a 554 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: whole lot of those on the schedule. But can the 555 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: can the offense be good enough? And actually not just 556 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: good enough? Can the offense be really good with a 557 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: dominant running game, one of the best offensive lines in 558 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: the league, a quarterback that runs the ball better than 559 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: anybody else in the league, and spreading the ball around 560 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 1: and the best tight end of the game. And then 561 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,360 Speaker 1: you spread the ball around to you kind of get 562 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, a couple of plays here from Duvene, a 563 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 1: couple of plays here from likely Mark gets his eight catches, 564 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: just sprinkling a few plays with the running backs. Like, 565 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: is that a recipe to win? And I think it is. 566 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: I think that, like to what you're kind of getting 567 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: at is like basically the question of do the Ravens need, 568 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: Like can the Ravens win without a dominant a dominant 569 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: passing attack led by a stud receiver and you look 570 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: at the teams that have been in the championship games 571 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: and the Super Bowl over the past several years, they've 572 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: all had that guy. Well that's because that's because the 573 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: Ravens are the NFL's anomaly. Like they're the only team 574 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: that is like this, right, So, so whatever team goes 575 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: to the championship and yes, generally teams with like big 576 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: time quarterbacks and all that stuff, like they're pretty good. 577 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: Like the best teams of the best quarterbacks usually win, right, 578 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: But like just the NFL, like, I think that people 579 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: have to stop trying to take the Ravens offense and 580 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: make it look like everybody else's to to say that 581 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: that's what that's what it has to be to be successful. 582 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: The Ravens are not gonna be like everybody else's offense 583 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: because they have a quarterback that is not like anybody 584 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: else's quarterback. Yeah. Yes, um, I mean you've seen teams 585 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: kind of changed, like like the Bills are a pretty 586 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: good example. Like Josh Allen is probably the second best 587 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: running quarterback in the league behind Lamar. He runs the 588 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: ball incredibly well, and he'll run it even more in 589 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: situations where they need him to. In the playoffs, um, 590 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,719 Speaker 1: you know, and then they added Stefon Diggs and their 591 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: passing game went to another level. They weren't the passing 592 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: attack that they were before having Stefon Diggs on their team. 593 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: So I think that like it's I think it's it's 594 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: an easy thing to say, yeah, that's just not the 595 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: Ravens offense and it's not. Um, and we'll see if 596 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: that's good enough. I mean, well, well, time will tell 597 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: if that is good enough. And I think that the Ravens, 598 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,479 Speaker 1: like I look at the schedule, and the Ravens are 599 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: not The Ravens are gonna be favored in every game 600 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,320 Speaker 1: the rest of the way. If you know, if they're 601 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: putting out score, you know it putting out odds for 602 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: every game the rest of the way, they're gonna be favored. 603 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: And so then you're looking at a fourteen and three 604 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: season if it all goes according to plan based on 605 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: whose favored going into every game. Now, there's a lot 606 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: of football left, so you know, we'll see how that 607 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: goes over these over these next eight games. But there's 608 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 1: no doubt that this team is legit and it has 609 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: the pieces on both offense and defense to be the 610 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: best or second best team in the AFC going into 611 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Yeah, I mean right now, I think and 612 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: this goes to the age old debate when it comes 613 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: to the Ravens offense of whether they should spend a 614 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: lot of resources, whether it be draft picks or trade 615 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: or free agency, to get a big time wide receiver 616 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: and try to go that route with Lamar. The Ravens 617 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: have not gone that route. Well, they have invested. I 618 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: mean they've I mean they they've used two first round picks. Right, 619 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: they haven't like traded and spent. What they haven't done 620 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: to spend a lot of money, That's correct, That's what 621 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 1: they haven't done. And they tried at times. I mean 622 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: they reported they try to get ju Ju for a 623 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: big contract. Was that one year one year? Ten? Yeah, 624 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: I think it was more than that. But yeah, I 625 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: mean they they've tried. I'm guys him being an example. Anyway, 626 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: what they've mostly done and what they did this past 627 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: offseason is invest in the offensive line. They signed Morgan Moses, 628 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: they use the first round pick the draft. Tyler Lindenbaum, 629 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: I would say that investment is paying dividends. Tyler Lindenbaum 630 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: has been great. Morgan Moses has been great. The Ravens 631 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: have Maybe I don't know, I don't watch everybody else's 632 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: offensive line play around the league, but I have to 633 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: think that it's probably one of the best offensive lines 634 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: in the NFL right now, and that can win games. 635 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: I mean, right now, I think it's the Ravens offensive 636 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: line and Lamar Jackson are the strength of this offense. Yep, 637 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And and we've seen it 638 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: in back to back games. Now where and did you 639 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,239 Speaker 1: read the Saints quotes after this game? Yes, I mean 640 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: they basically just admitted, yeah, they were too physical for us. Yeah, yeah, 641 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: they ground they ground us down. And you know what, 642 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: if that's who the Ravens are, I'm fine with the 643 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: Ravens being that version of themselves. Oh. I mean, that's 644 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: why I think the best version of this team. I 645 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: think that what we saw last night is the best 646 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: version just from the game. From a game script, playing out, 647 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: you know, you're up big, you lean on the running game. 648 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: Of course, there's some places that you can hit there, 649 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: but defense controls the game, like take out a couple 650 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: plays that you would like to have back that would 651 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: make the score even more lopsided. But it's a it's 652 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: a two score victory that you're in control of the 653 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: entire game, You dominate the time of session, you have 654 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: success on the ground, you get a bunch of different 655 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: guys involved, Like that, is this team what you want 656 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: identity wise this team to be? And that's the question 657 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: will be when you get to the playoffs, of course 658 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: can you play that type of football? And so far 659 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: the Ravens have. You know, it's always funny. I think 660 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,959 Speaker 1: it's sometimes a cliche, like just on the running game 661 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: of wearing teams down and the point they're from the Saints, 662 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: Like sometimes I think that's a cliche answer, like oh yeah, 663 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: we just warmed down and then and the running game 664 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: just popped in the second half there and and that's 665 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: how the game went. But like the last two games, 666 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens have done that against the Bucks and the Saints. 667 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 1: They have warned that his defenses down and then their will. 668 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: Kane Drake said after the game, the human spirit can 669 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,479 Speaker 1: only take so much the human will. Human will can 670 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: only take so much and it just gets worn down. 671 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: And I think that's what happened last night. The Saints 672 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: basically said that the same thing with the Bucks and 673 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: if you can. If you can do that the rest 674 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: of the way, then you're gonna be looking at a 675 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: whole bunch of victories. I mean, people are getting a 676 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: big old dose of pat Ricard. And when you got 677 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 1: a whatever three hundred and thirty pound whatever he weighs, 678 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,280 Speaker 1: three like, when you got that four hundred, five hundred 679 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: and seventy five pounds and muscle, when you got when 680 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: you got pat Ricard pulling on forty six offensive plays, 681 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: sixty eight percent of action, just thumping you time and 682 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: time again at you know, on the move. When he's 683 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: pulling coming at you, it just eventually sucks and you're 684 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: just like, I don't like this anymore, please stop, sir. 685 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: And and so that's what the Ravens are doing. They're 686 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: just pulling guys. I mean that's always been kind of 687 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 1: great Roman scheme, but gosh, it feels like there's even 688 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: more of that where he's constantly guys are pulling because 689 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: Morgan Moses pulled so well, Ronnie Stanley's moving really well, 690 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: the guards are doing a good job, and Ricard and 691 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,760 Speaker 1: it's just like constantly you have these guys coming downhill 692 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: and thumping you, and teams they know Lakey. Yeah, yeah, totally, totally. 693 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: Um And imagine when they get Gus When when when 694 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: the Ravens get Gus back. I mean, there's your physical 695 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: downhill thumper too, there's your hammer in the run game 696 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: in terms of the running back, and and so that's 697 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: gonna make them even more of a physical team. Yep. 698 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,319 Speaker 1: One other guy that I just randomly want to mention 699 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,839 Speaker 1: who I think is like, I don't know that we've 700 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: ever mentioned him on the podcast, but he's playing Benjamin Victor. No, 701 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: you got You're kind of on the right track on 702 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: name Ben Powers. You know, Ben Powers was a guy 703 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: coming into this season who I don't think I think 704 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people probably put him third on the 705 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,360 Speaker 1: list coming into training camp of who's gonna win that 706 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: guard spot. You're like, it's gonna be Ben Cleveland, or 707 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Tyree Phillips. You know, they're bigger guys, 708 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: and Ben Powers just throughout the entire offseason and training camp, 709 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,439 Speaker 1: he just won the job. And it's like there wasn't 710 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,839 Speaker 1: a ton of I guess excitement about that. But he's 711 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: playing really well and he's able to get out in 712 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: space and make some plays as a pulling guard. He's 713 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: got good grades from PF over the course of the season. 714 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 1: So I just want to give a little shout out. 715 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 1: When you're talking about the success of the running game, 716 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: the offensive line is the reason for that, a large 717 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: reason for that, and Ben Powers is somebody who's playing 718 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 1: really well on that group. Yeah, totally agree. I also 719 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: want to give some props to Ravens Nation. It was 720 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: impressive down there. The showing in New Orleans. I mean, 721 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go as far as to say 722 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: it was like the Super Bowl when Ravens fans just 723 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: took over that entire town, but it gave some similar 724 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: vibes and it was really cool. Like like I said 725 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: at the beginning, man New Orleans has become a pilgrimage 726 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 1: for Ravens fans with the history that they have there. 727 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: They've won a lot of games down there, including the 728 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: Big one, and it was just fun to see, you know, 729 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 1: fans walking around everywhere. I got to meet a few fans, 730 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: listened to the lounge and that was really neat. And 731 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: then inside the stadium, I mean that place gets crazy loud. 732 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: I mean early in the game when Saints fans were 733 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 1: turned up, I was like, oh, this is gonna be 734 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,800 Speaker 1: tough for the offense to handle, and they looked a 735 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: little bit more jittery on their first series of the game. 736 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: The offense did but then I thought they did a 737 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 1: good job. You know the touchdown drive, I think it 738 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 1: was on the second drive of the game. Well, it's 739 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: huge and weathering the storm and kind of fighting off 740 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: that early excitement from Saints fans that had that place rocking. 741 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,320 Speaker 1: If the Saints had gotten out to a lead or 742 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: they just stuffed the Ravens offense a few times to 743 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 1: start the game, it would have been tough to really 744 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 1: kind of get turned that around, I think, because it 745 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: was electric in there. Yeah. Well, before we go, we 746 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 1: also want Ravens fans to know that we have our 747 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: Kickoff Kid contest running from Wahwah. So, do you know 748 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: a kid who would love to score game take us 749 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: and a chance to take the field with the Ravens. 750 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: Enter them for a chance to be recognized as the 751 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 1: Wawa kickoff Kid at an upcoming home game. You can 752 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: do this by visiting Baltimore Ravens dot com slash Kickoff 753 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: Kid to enter today. So before we wrap here, I 754 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: want listeners to know Obviously it's the bye week, so 755 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 1: this is this is time to relax. You know this, 756 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,080 Speaker 1: This is how you want to go into the bye week. 757 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: Big win, first place in the division, control your own destiny. 758 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 1: You get to sit there and root for every other 759 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,239 Speaker 1: AFC team to lose this weekend. Put your feet up 760 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 1: on the couch. It's gonna be great. You don't have 761 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 1: to think about There's nothing worse than losing going into 762 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: buy you gotta think about it for two weeks. So 763 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,879 Speaker 1: this is a great feeling. Yea, um, Well, we're gonna 764 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: do We're gonna have a podcast that comes out later 765 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,319 Speaker 1: this week, kind of a big picture look at where 766 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,800 Speaker 1: this team stands um at at kind of the midway 767 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: point of the season. So that'll come out later this week. 768 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: And also as part of that, we're gonna do another draft. 769 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: We are gonna do an oh yeah, so we have 770 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: This is redemption. This is redemption. Yeah. It's getting cold, 771 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,399 Speaker 1: kind of chill day, well, chilly morning. It's it's getting 772 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: a soup season. Soup see us in the soup draft. 773 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 1: We're gonna do a soup draft. We're gonna pick our 774 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,879 Speaker 1: favorite Campbell's soups and draft them up so that's gonna 775 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 1: be coming in then X podcast as well. All right, well, 776 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: thanks for listening. We'll be back to you later this week.