1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: You know what I love about Monday before we get 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: into it is a good old fashioned victory Monday. And 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: you come in and I see Harves get this coffee 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: in the morning. I'm like, good wind. You've got twenty 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: eight different predictions sitting out there. They all contradict with 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: each other, and then one of them happens. You go 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: see see like how smart I am. Welcome into the Lounge. 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: Episode ten get We've got double digits. I'm impressed. It's 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: a good thing. It's only the second week of the season. 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: We're already double digits. Did you think that we were 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: going to get to double I never had any with 12 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: the plug be pooled by this time. I never had 13 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: any doubt in my mind. I was always confident. I 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: like it. I like it. Once again, we are here 15 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: to provide you unique ribbons insight, have a little one 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: while we do it, and bring you player interviews. Today 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about mostly the Bills game and then 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: roll it forward to the Browns a little bit. It's 19 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: just Garrett and I and then later this week we 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: are going to have can I say who it is? Sure? 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: Why not? Sure? Why not? We're gonna have Dennis pit 22 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: up on the podcast. That should be a real fune. 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: As long as you get like dry, sarcastic humor, you 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: should really love the desfited interview. I can't tell you this. 25 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: There was nobody more enthused than Dennis Pitto when I 26 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: asked him if he would do the podcast take a 27 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: little preview of the sarcase exactly. I got a warm 28 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: up for Dennis later this week. So, as we always do, 29 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna read a little fan feedback. You can always 30 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: email us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: We've got so many good emails. This one's from Nicholas 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: Stuck Scrin. I definitely did not pronounce that correctly, and 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: it's a hello from Sweden. I love the international fan base. Seriously, 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: do we have any fans in the US or they 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: all international so they don't speak English. That's why they're 36 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: big fans. Uh. So this email says I've been following 37 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: the podcast since the first episode. I love everything about it. 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: Started getting into the NFL four to five years ago, 39 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: and right off the bat I knew I was a 40 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: Ravens fan. Anyway, great job with the pod, guys, keep 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: it up. We will keep it up. Thank you very much, Nicholas. 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: I really appreciate it and get the main thing we 43 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: like to do with these fan emails is we only 44 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: read the positive ones. We don't read all the lines 45 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: with why are we still reading these? Because I'm just like, 46 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: I love the podcast. It's just a nice pat on 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: the back to ourselves. It's a good confidence. So it's like, 48 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: you know, the defense against Bills, got the three and 49 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: out to start in the game. You get kind of 50 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: the momentum roll and that's what it does for us. 51 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: You know what I love about Monday before we get 52 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: into it is a good old fashioned victory Monday. And 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: you come in and I see Harves getting this coffee 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: in the morning, I'm like, good wind, see Dean giving 55 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: a little pat on the back. You know, Dean probably 56 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: riding his motorcycle doing Wheelie's coming into the silly today. 57 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: And usually we talked about the breaking news with the 58 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: soft server last week. You usually a big three Monday, 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,399 Speaker 1: you get some cakes. The ban is lifted temporarily where 60 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: is but there weren't players here today. The players are 61 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: off day, so so I think they might have cake tomorrow. 62 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 1: All right, Thank god, I was getting a little concerned. Yeah, 63 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: we'll find out what reports you guys when we have 64 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: paid it on the podcast and ask him about that 65 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: as well. Good idea. All right, so let's let's talk 66 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: a little bit about this Bills game. Garrett. You know 67 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: you didn't blow them out seven win here, but a 68 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: win is a win. After that victory, does it make 69 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: you more confident or more concerned about this team heading 70 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: into week one? Then you were heading into Week ones? Yeah. 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: It's so funny because I was talking to some people 72 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: after the game, and first of all, I think that 73 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: one thing I've learned in covering the NFL and watching 74 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: games is it doesn't matter how you win. I just 75 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: really don't think that it does, because if you look 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: through the NFL week to week, all that matters is 77 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: that you get a win, because by the time you 78 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: play the next week's game, it just doesn't matter. Really, 79 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: I don't think it does. But you talk to people. 80 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: When I was talking to people after the game, some 81 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: people say, man, Ravens didn't look good. I was like, yeah, 82 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: but they won. Yeah. But I can understand that sentiment though, 83 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: because performance is an indication of how you might perform 84 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: in the future, right, So like if if, now, if 85 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: you can keep winning, let's say you're the two thousand 86 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: Ravens and your defense just carrious you in your offense 87 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: can't score your touchdowns, then all right, It's it's fine 88 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: that the offense is doing well. But when you see 89 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 1: thirteen points put up, you know that I can see 90 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,679 Speaker 1: how a fan or anybody would be a little bit concerned. 91 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: And I think that if you if the offense struggles, 92 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 1: so go back to your original question, more confident or less? Yeah, 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: I would say for me, it is more confident. And 94 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,799 Speaker 1: because the defense was still it was just a question 95 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: mark to me, I wasn't exactly sure. There has been 96 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: so much talk this offseason about the addition of Eric 97 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: Weddle at the new Looks secondary, Ladarius Web moving back 98 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: and playing safety, and how this defense is going to 99 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: be much improved this year compared to last season. And 100 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I think that I saw that, and I think that 101 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: this defense is legit. And I know we're going to 102 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: talk more about the defense, but that to me is 103 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: something to be excited about. And then when I look 104 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: on the offensive side, that's really where you would be 105 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: concerned about, is that the offense didn't they couldn't really 106 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: score points. You know, they moved the ball, they had 107 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: some success moving the ball, but they didn't score many points. 108 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: But I just think this offense is only going to 109 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: get better. And that's why I'm more confident. I think 110 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: this offense, it's a young offensive line. I think that 111 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: group will improve. Joe Flacco this is his first real action. 112 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: He hardly even played in the preseason. Steveson didn't play 113 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: at all in the preseason, so these guys haven't had 114 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: much time to work with. I think that that kind 115 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: of connection is only going to continue to grow and improve, 116 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: and so that's why I feel pretty good. I think 117 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: you looked at it on paper, this team was really 118 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 1: really good, is really really good. I think on paper, 119 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: they're better than last year's roster heading into the year, 120 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: and that roster was picked to win the Super Bowl 121 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people. I mean, they were kind of 122 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,679 Speaker 1: like the sexy yeah, exactly. So on paper, the Ravens 123 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: looked really good heading into this first game, but there 124 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: were so many questions about those players on paper, and 125 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: key players, you know, Suggs, Steve Smith, Perriman, all Flacco, 126 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: all those guys, and I think that I feel more 127 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: confident about this team that I did last week because 128 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: we got some good answers to those questions. What was 129 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: your biggest question that you into the game thinking, I 130 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: really want to see what happens with to me? I 131 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: think it was Suggs and Steve because I think I 132 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: said it on this podcast. This is you know, this 133 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: is what you like to do. This is the classic 134 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: make move. You'll go on the podcast and you'll say 135 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: one thing, then you go on mail bag and you'll 136 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: kind of head your back. Then you're going on scripted 137 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: and you'll say something completely different. So so then at 138 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you've got twenty eight different 139 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: predictions sitting out there. They all contradict with each other, 140 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: and then one of them happens. You go see, see 141 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: like how smart I am. Yeah, that's a good that's 142 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: a that's a secret to any kind of anything that 143 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: makes sense. So with that said, what what were you 144 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: trying to try to make things? I said that the 145 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: two best players and most important players still on this 146 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: team are Steve Smith, he's your best offensive player, he's 147 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: your biggest playmaker, and Torel sugs he's your biggest player, 148 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: best playmaker on defense and so that was the biggest 149 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: question to me heading in UH, and that answer, I think, 150 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: you know, I haven't got a fool answer on that 151 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: one because he saw Steve and he led the team 152 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: in receptions but had right So I'm not concerned about Steve, 153 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: but uh, you know, coming back from an achilles, every 154 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: little bit of burst matters. And he did not break 155 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: away from anybody that said he was catching balls in 156 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: heavy traffic. It wasn't like he was one on one 157 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: against the receiver trying to take away uh thro all 158 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: sugs took a lot of plays off. Did you ask 159 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: him about that after the game. So the thing is 160 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: what he said though, is he's like it's definitely still 161 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: coming in terms of physically, like he still feels like 162 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: he's knocking the rust off and getting back to being 163 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: a I think the kind of player that he has 164 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: been and be an every down player. I mean he 165 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: wasn't and every he's been an every down player throughout 166 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: his entire career, but he wasn't an every down player 167 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: this week. But is that phase of his career over? 168 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: Is he no longer ever going to be an every 169 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: dawn player? I think that would I mean, we want 170 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: to talk about over reaction Monday. I think that could 171 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: be the takeaway there that Terrell Saux is no longer 172 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: an everyday player. I mean, I'm not going to go 173 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: there yet. I think that his it was his first 174 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: game in a year, regardless of whether he had regardless 175 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: of whether he was coming back from a torn achilles, 176 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: I still think that he's had a full year off 177 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 1: and they might not have thrown him out there every 178 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: single play. When you add in the fact that he's 179 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: coming back from the torn achilles and he played like 180 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: ten snaps the entire preseason, It's I personally did not 181 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: expect him to go out there and play seventy snaps. 182 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: I was kind of I kind of got what I expected. Yeah, 183 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: I would agree with that. I don't think it's entirely shock. 184 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: I would say he took off more plays than I 185 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: would have anticipated. I mean it was almost there for 186 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: a stretch like every other Yeah, the other person on 187 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: the other side of the ball. This was another big 188 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 1: question coming into the game, and I feel like this 189 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: I got the answer on this one. There's not a 190 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: this isn't one of those I kind of got the answer. 191 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: I feel like we got the answer and that's Prashot Perriman. 192 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: You know, I said, if final drive on Friday, you're 193 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: gonna go strong on the Perryman. Yes, one catch. He 194 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: had one catch, great catch, just to say, fantastic catch. 195 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: And he only played twenty snaps one other past games. 196 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: Way didn't make that catch. But I really liked what 197 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: I saw from Perriman on that play, and I'd like 198 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: to see a little bit more from him. Every time 199 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: he lined up and it was one on one single 200 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: high safety, I have my eyes on which way that 201 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: safety was going, and if I saw him take one 202 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: step in the opposite direction to Perriman, I was like 203 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: it up. I mean that one, I know is one catch. 204 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: But we haven't seen that kind of catch made around 205 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: here lately. You know, like who's the guy that can 206 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 1: make Steve can make that kind of contested catch, of course, 207 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: but he's not the big guy. You know, Steve obviously 208 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 1: isn't a big receiver like prescot it so he can 209 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: go off and make the catch, right He's he's Steve's 210 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: plays and out leaping people. Yeah, Like, like who can 211 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: make that kind of catch? Aren't a lot of guys 212 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: in the league that can do that? And there haven't 213 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: been a lot of guys on this team that can 214 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: do that. So what I saw there is something that 215 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: I haven't seen in a while, and I you know, 216 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of like, all right, this is what 217 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: the Ravens drafted Proscope Perriman. You do. I want to 218 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 1: see a little bit more of him going over the 219 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: middle of the field deep because I feel like if Perryman, 220 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: let's say he runs that same round as that Mike 221 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: Wallace took sixty six yards for a touchdown, Perryman might 222 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: be might have been another two yards three yards away 223 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: from the defender. He might not have had to stiff 224 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: arm him to get in. Let's turn that guy loose 225 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: over the middle of the field. And I think that 226 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: with Perryman, they're going to continue adding to his plate. 227 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 1: He's another guy, like I did not expect him to 228 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: come out there and play sixty snaps because they have 229 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: so many wide receivers that's the biggest thing. And also 230 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: he's coming back from the injury and he hasn't played 231 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: football in almost two years, so that that wasn't a 232 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: surprise that he had a limited sample size. But I 233 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: think as we go on, they're gonna keep adding more 234 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: and more to his plate and look out for what 235 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: he can do on offense. What about datas fit? We 236 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: got an answer there, I do. I liked what I 237 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: saw from that. I wish I wish Joe didn't make 238 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: him go to the ground every single time you had 239 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,599 Speaker 1: to catch a pass. About that later the week, he 240 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: was a little low. What's up with your point? Just 241 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: making you go to the turf land on that hip 242 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: every time? I was nervous. I mean, I feel like 243 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: probably everybody in the stadiums there watching Pita, even including 244 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: the press box. Yeah, every time that he went to 245 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: the ground, you're like, you're kind of holding your breath. 246 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: I like, I just feel like, dude, he went down 247 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: and he got back up and he kind of like 248 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: patted his hip, and you're like, oh oh, and so 249 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,719 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? When I saw him get 250 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: back up and not look it, But when he first 251 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: went when he was going down to the turf, it 252 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: was like, is he gonna get up hurt? When he 253 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: got up and he kind of looked like he might 254 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: have been hurt, then I was concerned, But I'm not. 255 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm not nervous about pit anymore. And I'm more upset 256 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: that I didn't draft him in fantasy football. I don't 257 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: know what he was a target, and I just totally 258 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: forgot about it because he is the He is the 259 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: Ravens starting tight end, gonna be the number one guy. 260 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 1: I don't think it's even gonna really be that close 261 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: to did uh Crocket get targeted for the past? I 262 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: don't think believe that. The other thing, too, was pitt up. 263 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: Like I said that, I wasn't surprised that Perryman and 264 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: Sugs had their snaps kind of they were limited a 265 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: little bit with airs. They didn't limit pit really at all. 266 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: He played all but eleven snaps on offenses. So he, guys, 267 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: said Garrett on one of these things. Yeah, there we go. 268 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: Like I said, the pit of hand issue wasn't a problem. 269 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: You're all worried about it. He couldn't catch the wolf 270 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: if you got a broken hand. Look just fine of me, 271 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: big boy. Yeah, Hey, he's gonna get the reps and 272 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: he's gonna be a starter. I absolutely agree the secondary. 273 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: Were you on the bandwagging about being concerned about the 274 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: second the first team defense from the preseason? You were 275 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: on that one too, weren't you know what I said 276 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: there was you would like to see the in the preseason, 277 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 1: And I said, I mean, given the two options, you'd 278 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: like to see the defense play a little bit better. 279 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: But I was not. I was not going out there 280 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: and sounding the alarm on the defense. Um. I mean, 281 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: I'd be lying if I said I expected Sharis right 282 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: to come out there and have eleven tackles and be 283 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: absolutely locked down. You know, that was really impressive. How 284 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: much how much do you think was the corners and 285 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: how much is the new safeties at the top in 286 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: Wettal and Webb's communication. That's a tough one. I think 287 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: you if anybody that you talked to, whether it's a 288 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: coach or another player in that secondary, there's a common theme, 289 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: which is that Wettal has transformed that group, that he's 290 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: a quarterback of that group, and that everything kind of 291 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: rolling runs through him and he makes a huge difference. 292 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: That it creates a ripple effect that touches every single 293 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: player in the secondary. And then off of that, Ladarius 294 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: he's always been an active guy that likes to communicate 295 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: on the back end of the defense, and now he's 296 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: in that role and doing more of it as a safety, 297 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: So I think as wet all and then I think 298 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: it's probably the safeties. Now that I'm talking through, I 299 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: think I would say it's the safety is more than 300 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: the corners because the corners were there last season in 301 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: the same corners well and the but the There's corners 302 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: were pretty lockdown second half of the year. I mean, 303 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens had one of the best secondaries in the NFL. Yeah, 304 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: they had the best secondary in the NFL in terms 305 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: of yards allowed taken half the season with Sarissa Jimmy. 306 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: So maybe it's tersa Jimmy. I thought the corner play 307 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: was pretty pretty good, pretty darn good. But uh, to 308 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: your point, the Bills didn't even I don't know if 309 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: this is just the Tyrod thing, and this is I've 310 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: got the sense from listening to the postgame press conferences 311 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: from the Bills that the issue with Tyrod there is 312 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: he doesn't attempt much downfield, doesn't stand in there and deliver. 313 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: But they didn't. They hardly attempted. Did they attend one 314 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: pass ever? Well, they did, but that was the broken play. 315 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: Were album mccle Tyrod Taylor in the pocket and then yeah, 316 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: I don't even know if that past traveled over that. 317 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: But anyway, it was the biggest player they did and 318 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: it was a broken play that should have been exactly 319 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: but to that point, the fact that they weren't even 320 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: attempting that stuff means it was covered up and right 321 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: right and last year, last year the problem was it 322 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: was bombs away. I mean, well, you know what, it'll 323 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: be a good test when a j Green comes to town. 324 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: They still going bombs away or what it will be 325 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: the test. But I mean the defense obviously had a 326 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: amazing game and postgame they're multiple players. Timmy Jordan again 327 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: was one that I talked to, said, the swag is back, 328 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: Like we feel like that Ravens defense again. We're having fun. 329 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: The Swaggers back, the old Ravens defense. That was the 330 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: big story of the game, the old Ravens events dust 331 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: at all. It's back. Is it back? You buying in? 332 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: I think that I I said it off the top. 333 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: I feel really good about the defense. I think that 334 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: this defense is gonna be really good, and I think 335 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: that the secondary is going to be the strength of 336 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: the team for the reasons that we just talked about. 337 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: The safeties in the corners. I think as long as 338 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: they're healthy. So yeah, I think that this defense is 339 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: gonna I don't think that the Bills are bad team 340 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: at all. I think that, uh, you know, like they 341 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: made Tyrod Taylor, he didn't hurt him with his legs 342 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: really at all. Um. The biggest question for me still 343 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: on the defense is the pass rush. You know, Doom 344 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: Revels not playing yet, so how is he gonna look 345 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: when he gets back there? Sucks have one sack, but 346 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: it's not he was living in the backfield all game long. 347 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: Like Tyrod. They weren't like in his face the entire afternoon, 348 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: and that could have been a scheme thing or I 349 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: don't know exactly. But the pass rush to me is 350 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: still the biggest question on the defense. But I think 351 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: that this defense is gonna be really good. I mean, 352 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: I'm not going out there and saying this is the 353 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: two thousand Ravens defense here, but I think, I mean, 354 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: there's no reason that this can't be a top five defense. Yeah, 355 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: I would agree with you. I think if everybody's healthy, 356 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: the run defense is really good. You have Brandon Williams, 357 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: who maybe possibly for his last year, you have them 358 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: at his peak right now. Uh, And so the run 359 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: defense is good, Mosley is good. Zach Or. I really 360 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: like you definitely see the improved speed on this defense 361 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: from a year ago. And I think Zachary Or really 362 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: kind of exemplifies that. You replaced Darryl Smith, who was 363 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: a good player who a lot of fans really liked. 364 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: Here was Zachary Or, an unproven, undrafted guy, and I 365 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: think a lot of people were scratching their head and 366 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 1: zach Or was flying all over the field making plays. 367 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: So you have improved speed there. You have improved speed 368 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: at safety for sure, with Webb and Wettll as supposed 369 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: to Kendrick Lewis and will Will Will Hill. So I 370 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: think that makes a defense a difference for sure. And 371 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: you have the young pass rushers. You have Judean coming 372 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: off that edge, who's fast. I mean that was a 373 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: focus getting faster and getting younger, more athletic. There's a 374 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: focus of the officer, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, 375 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna jump on board. We're gonna jump on board 376 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: and say they're really good. And one thing that you 377 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: think back to was last year came out Week one 378 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: in Denver against Peyton Manning in the defense just absolutely 379 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: dominated that game. Pick six by Jimmy Smith, and everybody's saying, 380 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: here comes the Ravens defense. Week two in Oakland was 381 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: a different story. So you have to be careful. I 382 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: do not think that's gonna happen this time around with 383 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. So before we switch, you've got some 384 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: good stories about Rex Ryan because we like to, you know, 385 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: before we go look forward to the Browns. Here you 386 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: gotta talk about Rex. Rex is awesome. Yeah, you know 387 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: a lot of fans in Baltimore love Rex and on 388 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: one of them. Uh, And so I unfortunately came to 389 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens. My first year was in two thousand nine, 390 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: so Rex had just gotten hired as the head coach 391 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: of New York Jets, and so I did not work 392 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: with Rex. But I did on one afternoon when every 393 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: year there is a softball tournament amongst NFL East Coast teams, 394 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: it's us, the Skins, Steelers, NFL League Office, Jets, Giants, 395 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: I'm probably missing a couple and we all get together 396 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: and play some slow pitch softball. We we almost always 397 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: make the championship game and lose the League Office. Um, 398 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: but we we were hosting in that year in two 399 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: thousand nine, and Rex comes down with the Jets. He's 400 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: playing on their slow pitch softball team, which I first 401 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: thought was just absolutely awesome. And with all the other 402 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: staff members. I mean, these aren't like players and coaches 403 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 1: playing on the field. It's like Slappy's like me, you know, 404 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: going out there and playing slow pitch. And so he 405 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: comes down and uh, and he's wearing this jersey and 406 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: it's number one and then name on the back of 407 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: the jersey's defense, number one defense. And he's just like 408 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: rubbing it, like just talking smack in our own backyard 409 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: about how they're gonna have the best defense, and uh, 410 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: it was just ridiculous. This is classic Rex. He's like 411 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: talking smack on the field, talking to a bunch of 412 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:03,959 Speaker 1: He could hit the ball. He's like one of those classics, 413 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: you know, the slow pitch softball guys who are like 414 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: they come out there three hundred pounds and they just 415 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: absolutely mash. They're like fifty five years old mash. They're 416 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: not wheeling around the basis too faster, right, they hit 417 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: bombs every time. That was him, and and I mean 418 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: I talked to them a little bit. He came around 419 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: and like talked to every single old, you know, staffer 420 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: that he used to work with here at the Ravens, 421 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: from the lowest guy to the highest. And even on 422 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: Fridays when he used to work here, on Fridays, he 423 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: would come down to Cube World. We called cube World 424 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: where we have just a whole bunch of cubicles together, 425 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: and he would talk to people in Cube World and 426 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: ask him about the weekend, what plans they had, all 427 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: that stuff. You know, it was just awesome. He's just 428 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: a cool dude. And I think that you saw that 429 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: once again after this game, you know. And right, he's 430 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: a defensive guy, and he says the Ravens defense, I'll 431 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: tell you what, they're really good. And I'm one of 432 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: the few coaches that always to give praise. John Harball 433 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: does too. Yeah. Um, but he was pretty effusive and 434 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: I thought that was pretty cool. Yeah, there's definitely respect there. 435 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: I mean, John said the same thing about Rex. That's 436 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: a well coached team and they're gonna win a lot 437 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: of games over there. So um, hey, so I'm on 438 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: Rex's I'm on board with Rex. When he says the 439 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: Rabys defense is really good, I also say there very good. 440 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: I agree Garrett, We're moving on to Cleveland now playing 441 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: in Cleveland. You news, breaking news for listeners out there, Garrets. 442 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: It just a straight up Ohio boy grew up as 443 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: a Brownie fan. You probably have a Brown's tattoo, don't you, 444 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: And I don't have Brown's tattoo. No tattoos. You know, 445 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: I have no tattoos. Yeah, I'm not afraid to admit it. 446 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: I grew up in Columbus, I was born in Cleveland, 447 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: lived in Cleveland before I moved here, So I, uh, 448 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: there's some there's some Cleveland blood running through my body. 449 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: Absolutely relish to Calves winning the championship this year, I 450 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: was all about it. That's this is grossing me out. Yeah, 451 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: this is grossing me out. So so would you call 452 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: yourself at this point a Browns fan. I'm not a 453 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: Browns fan, you know. You know people always ask you 454 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: that I I did like the Browns, but I was 455 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: always more of a Highest State guy growing up. I 456 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: grew up in Columbus. That was always my team. And 457 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: also the Browns when I was like a kid, they 458 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: weren't there for three of the years, and then when 459 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,719 Speaker 1: they came back, they struggled every year. So It's not 460 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,239 Speaker 1: like I like was always this die hard Browns fan, 461 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: have some amazing Brown's memories. It was always more a 462 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: highest state thing for me. Do you have a Brown's jersey? Never? Did? You? 463 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: Never had a Brown's jersey? I don't think so. One 464 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: year I was when I was like a couple of 465 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: years old, maybe two or three, I went on Halloween 466 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: as a Browns player, But I don't think it was 467 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: an actual maybe Bernie Kozar but but Bernie, but I 468 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: didn't have But I didn't have a jersey, just like 469 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: I went as like a football player. It was Brown's 470 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: Brown's helmet. So do you think that the Browns are 471 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: gonna posit much of a test this week? Look, every 472 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: year people go through and they said this is going 473 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: to be a win for the Ravens. Last year they 474 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: split it and they lost to the Browns at home. 475 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: And so, I mean, I'm not sure what the spread is. 476 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: I think obviously the Ravens are gonna be favorite going 477 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: to this game. The Browns also are going through another 478 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: quarterback change for another year. One game man r G 479 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: three gets hurt. The Ravens should win this game. I 480 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 1: think they know that. Um absolutely, But it's probably gonna 481 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: be close going into the fourth quarter. It just always 482 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: ends up being that way. I got some scores here 483 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: for you, Gerett. Okay, so last year seven Ravens win. 484 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: The last time we played the Browns kick six Will Hill, 485 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: Well he was thrilling them that day. I'll tell you that. 486 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: Much before that thirty three thirty overtime Ravens lost. Before that, 487 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: they're close. I mean these games are close, even like 488 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl year. I think of the Kerry Williams 489 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: play where he had that interception then he turns it 490 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: for pick six late in that game to steal it. 491 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you could go through and there's so many games, 492 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 1: and so I think there's no reason to think it's 493 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: not going to be that case. Um, it's their home opener, 494 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: so they're gonna be fired up about that, even if 495 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: they are going through a quarterback change. So yeah, I 496 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: think it's probably going to be a game that up 497 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: until the fourth quarter, there's gonna be you know, you're 498 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: gonna be a little uneasy. Um. But I think that 499 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: one thing that I saw from the Ravens on Sunday 500 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: is that like they that we didn't see last year 501 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,679 Speaker 1: and John Harbaugh kind of alluded to it is they 502 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: found a way to win, and they there is something 503 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: to be said for knowing how to win games. Well, 504 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: that's what he's been preaching all preseason. It's playing winning football. 505 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: I've heard winning football times this preseason, and uh, that's 506 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: the most important thing for sure. You gotta you got. 507 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: I think we said we had to come out of 508 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: the Bills game with a win. You can get some momentum. 509 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: That was kind of getting over the hump to me. 510 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: If you can beat the Browns in week two, keep 511 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: that rolling. Now now you have some momentum rolling into 512 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: a tough road game against the Jacks. Yeah. I mean 513 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: these are the games Bills at home and then going 514 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: to the Browns. These are the games that you have 515 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: to win if you want to be a team that's 516 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: going to the playoffs and and those kinds of things, 517 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: which is obviously what the Ravens want to do and 518 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: what they want to accomplish this year. So they're probably close, 519 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: but I would expect the Ravens to come out on top. 520 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: Well less than a pit of about that. That podcast 521 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: is coming on Thursday. We've run out of time here today, 522 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,479 Speaker 1: but we thank you so much once again for listening. 523 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: Please make sure you share this, share it with your friends, 524 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: rate review, and email us at the lounge at Ravens 525 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: dot NFL dot net. Once again, tune back in Thursday 526 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: as we will be talking with tight End Dennis Pitta.