1 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Our backs are to each other as we're speaking to 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: each other right now, I won't be able to look 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: at Garrett's reaction at all. Your thanks timming is gonna suck. 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: That was an embarrassing showing, even by Mink standards. Welcome 5 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: into the lounge. I am Ryan Mink and I'm Gary Downing. 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: We're actually doing this in the real lounge today. It's 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: kind of a treat. You know. We haven't necessarily we've 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: called the studio the lounge, but today we're actually in 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: our office, in the real, actual lounge. Well, what's great 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: is that we have a couple of microphones on our desk, 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: but our desks they are opposite sides of the office, 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: so our backs are to each other as we're speaking 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: to each other right now. I won't be able to 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: look at Garrett's reaction at all. It's gonna be like 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: doing this conversation over the phone. I will actually be 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: in the same room, in the same room, but you 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't know it. It's great. It's a low budget around 18 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: your post. We need a sponsor. Can we get a 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: sponsor on this? Bad boy? Jeez? Luise? All right, so 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: Garrett I got I got a review on iTunes to 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: read for everybody. And this one comes from John dayah 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: h h D it's from Jonathan. Jonathan says, I love 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: this podcast. Ryan and Mink are hilarious. Yeah, that's right, 24 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: double double the compliment right there. It is great. No 25 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: one even knows who you are, Jonathan, doesn't even know 26 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: your name. That's what I was just gonna ask. So 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: do I get any credit for being part of this 28 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: or not? How does that work? Don't just double me up? 29 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Ryan and make are hilarious and the Ravens are such 30 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: a great team to talk about if they show if 31 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: you guys read this on the lounge, it's the truth. 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: You guys are great, Jonathan. So there you go. Jonathan. Thanks. 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: You know what, you give me two compliments in one sentence. 34 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: I'll read it every single time. I appreciate that. And 35 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: you know, I actually don't appreciate Jonathan's comments. I would 36 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: much refer him to say, Garrett and Downing are great, 37 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: but you gotta say what you get. So Garrett coming 38 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: back off a tough loss seven to seventeen against the 39 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, and uh, what are you taking away from 40 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: this one? Garrett? Yeah, this one it's kind of weird 41 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: to me. I came out of there, you know, feeling 42 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: not that bad. There's definitely been games this year that 43 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: the Ravens have lost that I've come away from feeling 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: like Jets Jet justin Giants were death was a low point. 45 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: You know. The feeling of the locker room after that 46 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Jets game, going into the by losing four straight for 47 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: the first time under hardball was just a really bad atmosphere. 48 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: It wasn't a fun place to be and there was 49 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: frustration yesterday in the locker room after the game, but 50 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: it wasn't anywhere close to the level that you felt 51 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: after that game against the Jets. I came away feeling 52 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: a couple of things. One, the Ravens need to figure 53 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: out the problems and clean up the mistakes that they've 54 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: been making all season long that have cost them games. 55 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: It's a familiar ripped. It's it's penalties at certain times. 56 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: It's the offense kind of getting away from the run 57 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: game for whatever reason. It's the offense not being able 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: to sustain drives consistently. And then it's when Jimmy Smith 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: doesn't play, the defense looks like a completely different unit. 60 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: Those are the problems that have cost them in games 61 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: throughout the season. It was a familiar script, so you 62 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: need to be able to clean up those issues if 63 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,839 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up having success down the stretch run. 64 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I came away from that 65 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: game feeling like the Cowboys are probably the best team 66 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL, and the Ravens really hung with him, 67 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: particularly early in that game, really in the first half, 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: and I think that they can play with them. I 69 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: thought they can play with them going into it. I 70 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: thought the Ravens were gonna win the game. I was 71 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: obviously wrong in that, but I feel like you can 72 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: feel take some confidence away from it. Yeah, my takeaway 73 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: from this is that the House Cowboys are really really good. 74 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: They are legit and uh, I think that. Yeah, the 75 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: Ravens played with them, particularly for one half. The second 76 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: half was pretty darn lopsided, and I think you saw 77 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: a separation there between what a really really good Super 78 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: Bowl contending team looks like and what the Ravens look 79 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: like right now, which is not that uh. And you know, yeah, 80 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: I agree, the same problems came up as they have before, 81 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: penalties on offense, heard them and whatnot. But I think 82 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: John Harball said it best afterwards. The good, the really 83 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: good teams don't do that stuff. So like, to beat 84 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, the Ravens had to play a pretty much 85 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: perfect game, plus make more plays like yeah, sure, penalties 86 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: by Jeremy's Utah killed two offensive drives right that otherwise 87 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: would have been around the fifty yard line. The offense 88 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: would have been what's to say that they would have 89 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: scored on this? I mean, what comments have you seen 90 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: in the offense. What have you seen the offense that says, well, 91 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: you know what, if those zoo top penalties didn't happen, 92 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: hold different ball game, Ravens probably win. Offense puts up 93 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: four team more points. I think that's a stretch. I 94 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: don't think it's a guarant to that they score, but 95 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: I think that you're definitely in a better position. I mean, well, 96 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: for sure, you're always better having the ball than punt it. Yeah, 97 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: and then after those drives you end up being in 98 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,239 Speaker 1: bad down in distant situations where it's almost a guaranteed punt. However, 99 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: unless you're the Cowboys, where you get a first and 100 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: thirties somehow. That's exactly what I'm talking about, is that 101 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,119 Speaker 1: the Ravens are never going to play a clean game. 102 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: I don't think that this team is going to do that. Like, 103 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: I just don't think they're good enough this year to 104 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: to not have any turnovers, not have any penalties, make 105 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: all the big plays when they present themselves, you know, 106 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: not leave any out there on the field. I just 107 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna do that. And so when when 108 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: that's the case, uh, you can't sit there and say 109 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. You just can't say that the Ravens 110 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: were about ready to beat the Cowboys, but they have 111 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: these mistakes. Well that's that speaks to the kind of 112 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: team that the Ravens are right now. Well, I don't 113 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: seem that's gonna make mistakes. Yeah, it's not like you 114 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: were in a situation where you had the ball at 115 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,559 Speaker 1: the and of the game and you miss a field 116 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: goal and you're like, we should have won that game, right, 117 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: I don't think it's obviously to that extent. When when 118 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: the Cowboys had first and thirty, let me just cut 119 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: you off real quick. When they had that first and 120 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: thirty situation, Ravens are up seven and nothing. The Ravens 121 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: had a sixty one five percent chance of winning. According 122 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: to the ESPN. That is not like you had a 123 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: chance of winning and you gave it away. I mean 124 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: you had chance. Well yeah, but it was still anybody's game. 125 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: Well absolutely, But at the same time, you still are 126 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: in a really good situation there and they just didn't 127 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: they didn't capitalize. I mean, that's a situation where you 128 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: have to capitalize. You pin them back, you forced the point, 129 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: and then you have good field position coming back the 130 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: other way. Good teams were able to turn that into 131 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: a three points or seven points, uh for the other 132 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: going the other way, and then you all a sudden 133 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: you have a two score leader or two touchdown lead. 134 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: I mean the Ravens, like I said, they still have 135 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: their things that they need to clean up, but I 136 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: feel like they absolutely can play with the Dallas Cowboys. 137 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: I don't have any question about that. And I think 138 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: that big maybe the biggest thing. We haven't even mentioned 139 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: it this mentioned this yet, but was the absence of 140 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: Jimmy Smith. To me, the game changed in the second 141 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: quarter when the Dallas Cowboys realized that Jimmy Smith wasn't 142 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: on the field, and then they went to work with 143 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: Dez Bryant working on the outside against Sariz Right and 144 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: Tavon Young. That's where the Jas Cowboys knew that Jimmy 145 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Smith wasn't on the field before the second They weren't. 146 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: They were working. They weren't working the ball to dead 147 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: in the first quarter at all, and they weren't moving 148 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: the ball as a result of that. So once they 149 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: started working the ball to him and they started throwing 150 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: the ball consistently, they came out early in that game 151 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: trying to run the ball. They were trying to run 152 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: just like they always do, and the Ravens stopped it. 153 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: I mean, Zeke Elliott was going nowhere in the first quarter. 154 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: He was going nowhere in the whole first half. He 155 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: had twenty six yards in the first half. So then 156 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: they opened it up and they started throwing the ball, 157 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: and that's where things changed. I mean, he got close 158 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: to a hundred yards. And you could say it was 159 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: an overall dominating offensive performance by the Cowboys, but to me, 160 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: it's pretty simple. They started throwing the ball, they kept 161 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: them on the field, they were always converting on third downs, 162 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: and they just could absolutely dominated the time of possession 163 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: in the second half, and as a result, the rushing 164 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: yards bumped up there. But make no mistake about it, 165 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: they won the game because they went with the aerial attack, 166 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: not getting it done in the ground. Oh, they won 167 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: because of both. They absolutely won't because of it. I mean, 168 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: you don't have three long drives like they did. Zeke 169 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: on one of their drives. I think the drive that 170 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: they took the lead put up like forty five total 171 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: yards himself, and more than half of that was on 172 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: the ground. I mean they they went to the pass 173 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: and then the Ravens dropped off the drop back and 174 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: tried to cover them deeve a little bit more. They 175 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: hit the underneath stuff. Uh, and Zeke continued to find 176 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: room the whole game. I mean, like, did he have 177 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: a blow up, bust out performance. No, but he wasn't 178 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: shut down by any means. He was shut down in 179 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: the first half when they weren't throwing the ball much. 180 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 1: And once they once they realized that they could throw 181 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: the ball, they used the pass to set up the 182 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: run and then that opened up everything and then he 183 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: was able to have success in the second half because 184 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: they had such long drives. But they and they used 185 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: the pass to set up the on And the reason 186 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: they could do that is because in part, I believe 187 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: in large part because Jimmy Smith wasn't on the field. 188 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: I think, obviously Jimmy not being on the field makes 189 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: a big difference. As the guy who also credited the 190 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: New York Giants loss for that, you, however, have stuck 191 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: to that didn't make any difference in the loss of 192 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: times it says you, Yeah, now you're changing your two 193 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: a different game, totally different game, different opponent, And I 194 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: think it would not have surprise me at all if 195 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: they had Jimmy Smith shattered as Bryant, which they weren't 196 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: doing in that Giants game. So well, you know what, 197 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna flip the script on this, all right, 198 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: So you said that Jimmy's absence in the Giants game 199 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: hardly made any impact. I think Jimmy's absence in that 200 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: game had more to do with the final result than 201 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: it did in the Dallas game. And it's not like 202 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: in the Giants game you had night and day difference. 203 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: He was on the field for the first half, shutting 204 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: down their past game, wasn't on the field for the 205 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: second half. They went bonkers. Okay, two big long touchdowns 206 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys game, they marched down the field on three 207 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: separate drives, back to back to back drives in the 208 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: second half. And it wasn't like they hit one play 209 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: versus one guy or anything like that. They were exposing 210 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: every level of the Ravens defense for on those three drives. 211 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: It wasn't just Jimmy Smith. They were hitting him underneath, 212 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: they were hitting him over top, they were pass interference calls, 213 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: they were third down passes. The cold Beasley underneath, I mean, 214 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott was finding more I agree he didn't go off, 215 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: but he was finding more room in the second half. 216 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: I mean, so does Jimmy Smith not being on the 217 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: field maker and have a different an impact. Absolutely, But 218 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: I don't think that was the end all be all 219 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: for this defense. I think it made the world of 220 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 1: difference not having him on the field, and I think 221 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: it made a bigger difference than it even did against 222 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: the Giants in Week six. And the reason it affects 223 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: every level. It affected everything that they did. You know, 224 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: then they start Eric Weddle said it. You know when 225 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: that changes things, then you start rolling over more help 226 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: to des Ryant's side. Oh well, now all of a 227 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: sudden you have cold Bezi there right in the middle 228 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: of the field. You have Jason went over the middle 229 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: of the field because there's not a safety there because 230 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: they're over there helping out on Dez's side. Then all 231 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: of a sudden, Zeke Elliott has more room up the 232 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: middle because you can't stack the box because you have 233 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: to watch out for what they're going to be able 234 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: to do over the top with Dez. So I mean 235 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: that I think and I had never said it didn't 236 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: have an impact against the Giants. I just think that 237 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: it had less of an impact against the Giants. Uh So, I, 238 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: like I said, I think that the Ravens win that 239 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: game if Jimmy Smith plays, I really do. I'm gonna 240 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: have to disagree with you on that one. I just 241 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: I think that I think that it changed every aspect 242 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: of their defense. And I think that the first quarter 243 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: they were they were doing exactly what they wanted. And 244 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: then once the Cowboys said, you know what, they don't 245 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: have their best cornerback out there, let's pick on that. 246 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 1: Let's let's attack that area. Maybe then things change. Here's 247 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: a question for you, is Jimmy Smith the most important 248 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: player on the Ravens. I wrote a story yesterday in 249 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: the lead to. It was uh after the game that 250 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: Jimmy Smith made a case on Sunday to be the 251 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: team's most valuable player. That was my first sentence, and 252 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: he made a strong case. Just standing there on the sidelines, 253 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: you saw the difference. Um, I'd always take the quarterback 254 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: out of the equation because I don't think that any team, 255 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: for the most part, if you lose your starting quarterback, 256 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: you're going to be any good. But if you take 257 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: the quarterback out of the equation, I think that Jimmy 258 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: Smith is the one player that the Ravens cannot afford 259 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: to lose. Mayberel Suggs made a pretty good case last year, Yeah, 260 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: Terrell Suggs certainly. You know c J. Mosley this year 261 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: when he went down, made a pretty darn good case. Yeah. 262 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: I mean you can make good cases for those guys. 263 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: But all I can what I can do is I 264 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: point to and I think Bryan Stanley too, you can 265 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: point I'm not I'm not saying Jimmy Smith. Yeah, I'm 266 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: not trying to take anything away from Jimmy. He is 267 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: a you know, he's a major part of it. And uh, 268 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: I think this does speak to the Ravens have some depth, 269 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: some quarterback depth, which is not a new story. Uh, 270 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: they have some quarterback depth issues. I should say, it's 271 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: not new story around here. Uh. You know they've been 272 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: searching for that number two corner for how many years now, 273 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: and it looked like finally they kind of had it 274 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: in Tavan, But now when Jimmy goes down, that mixes 275 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: things up. So, uh, they might have the number two corner, 276 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: but when you're now you don't have number one, you 277 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: don't have your number one, and your number two is 278 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: playing number one. That complicates matters. Did Flacco get the 279 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: podcast bump and cut time out before you answer that question? 280 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: Because I gotta give a shout out to a friend 281 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: of mine, Peter Shand, who I had friends giving with 282 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: this weekend, and he said he's a little salty because 283 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: I haven't get given him credit for coining the phrase 284 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: slash hashtag of podcast ball started the phrase you did not. 285 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: I absolutely started the phrase absolutely did not. So if 286 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna go back and if one's gonna go back 287 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: and coin it, it's gonna be easy. It's definitely gonna 288 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: be absolutely not. Uh, I'm gonna pull up that tape. 289 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: So Flacco did he get a podcast bomp. I think 290 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: he got a minor bomb. Was it a huge bump? 291 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: Two sixty nine yards, one touchdown, no pick, ninety eight 292 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: point four quarterback rating, it's one of his I think 293 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: that was the highest quarterback rating of the season, one 294 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: of his better games. So I think he got he 295 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 1: got a minor bump, a minor bump. And I think 296 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: that the big bump here's here's gonna be the real 297 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: test as we look at how he performs over the 298 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: final seven games of the season, and look how he 299 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: does pre podcast and post podcasts, and I think that 300 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: the overall stats will end up telling the story. Did 301 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: he look up to you at the press Fox after 302 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: the touchdown passes C Smith? That's a good question. I 303 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: wasn't looking, Oh dude, I was already I was furiously 304 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: writing my own story, and so I didn't look. I 305 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: had to touch bases with him on that and ask 306 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: if he gave me a shout out. It's true, So 307 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: he had the second best as the second highest quarterback rading. 308 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: That's one nice thing about being in our office. We 309 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: can actually jump from laptop and check our facts for once. Um. 310 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: But yeah, and and no, mannequin. I didn't see him 311 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: do the back foot the back foot throw freeze thing. Yeah. Well, 312 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: I think when you're down to touchdowns on the road, 313 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: that's probably not the appropriate time to break out the 314 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: Bannic a challenge. Maybe not alright, So, as as you 315 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: all know out there, Thanksgiving is right around the corner Thursday. 316 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: I cannot wait, thanks to you having Seriously, my favorite 317 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: holiday is a good one. Is it your favorite holiday 318 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: the year? Yes? Better than Halloween. Halloween's not even top three. Really, 319 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: Halloween is not. No who has Halloween is your favorite 320 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: holiday of the year? I would my top three. Absolutely. 321 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: I'll take Thanksgiving. I'll take Christmas Chas Day, Memorial Day 322 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: over Halloween. Easy. You are lost your marvel, sir, I'll 323 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: take all of those over Halloween, Memorial Day over Halloween. Sure, 324 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: that's great. You have lost your marble, nice weather because 325 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: you have no imagination. You know, you can't like make 326 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: believe and dress up and have a good time. You 327 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: have no imagination. Halloweens for dreamers. Why are we talking 328 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: about Halloween? We're moving on to Thanksgiving alright. So we 329 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: came up with a little game here, and what we're 330 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: gonna do is Darren and I like to hold drafts 331 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: amongst each other. Obviously, we do the draft every year 332 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: around the NFL Draft. We're not going to get into 333 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: that any deeper. Um. We also do a draft for 334 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: which road trips we each go on. That we start 335 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: planning out about five years in advance. Uh, this time, 336 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna do a draft of Thanksgiving dishes, which is 337 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: a fun, fun game. So Garrett, I've got ten Thanksgiving 338 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: dishes here, and we're going to draft them because we like, 339 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: First of all, we like to do the important stuff 340 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: around here. Yes, we talk about food, beer, you know, alright, 341 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: turkey stuffing, mashed tatos with gravy, sweep, potato, cast role salad, 342 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, dinner rolls, green beans, and wine 343 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: slash beer. So that's just an alcohol option. Okay, And 344 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna hold this draft. First pick, we're playing rock 345 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: paper scissors, just best of one, all right, ready, rock 346 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: paper scissor shoot, Rock paper scissor shoot? Yes, yes, scissors, 347 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: you got first pick, big boy. I think I've undefeated 348 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: in rock paper sciss all right, first pick, I am 349 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: taking stuffing favorite dish. Oh god, that's such a bad 350 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: favorite dish Thanksgiving sausage in it. Uh, you can do 351 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: it a little mixture. Sure, you gotta have sausage, and 352 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: I'm taking wine slash beer. I'm sorry, but this is 353 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: not going to be a dry Thanksgiving for beeping boy, 354 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: pumpkin beer. Here we goes. You're having water all meal, 355 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: a little water. That's stuffing. Just all right. I will 356 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: take turkey. Enjoy your Thanksgiving with no stuffing and no turkey. 357 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: Have fun. That's a tough one, all right. I'm going 358 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: sweep potato cast role best side dish that there is 359 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: a Thanksgiving you are. Your Thanksgiving is gonna suck. It's 360 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: just gonna be a bunch of here's the water the 361 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: whole time. Here's what your Thanksgiving is gonna be. It's 362 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: gonna be a bunch of drunk sitting around eating terrible 363 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: food because you have no good options. Done. I'm not done. 364 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: Keep going. Be sure. I'll take mashed potatoes and gravy 365 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: so I have the quintessential Thanksgiving. Yeah, that's not bad, 366 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: all right. Since I have no main course, I have 367 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: to I might have to bump you know what, I'm 368 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: just going straight dinner rolls, just supertate a cast role 369 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:15,239 Speaker 1: on my nice warm dinner roll. Okay, well, then I 370 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: will enjoy, in addition to the great main course that 371 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna have, I'm gonna also enjoy a pumpkin pie 372 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: for my guests. Okay, that's not bad. Um, So my 373 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: choices are now down to salad, cranberry sauce. You suck 374 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: at this game. I'm taking green beans, sweet meal, green beans, 375 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: enjoy being sober, buddy, And I'm gonna take I've already 376 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 1: got kind of a sweet with a pumpkin pie, so 377 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: we'll do a salad. I've got the perfect thing. I 378 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 1: thought I was gonna be able to just pull off 379 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: the veggie option on the last on the last, well, 380 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: you still have a veggie option. Cranberry sauces. Cranberry sauces 381 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: their main course. All right, Just let me just recap 382 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: what Make and his horrible drafting strategy ended up with. 383 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: The meal at the Make household is sweet potato cast role, 384 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and green beans and and well 385 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: then you got my top pick. You can have wine 386 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: or beer. Yeah, yeah, but it's a terrible meal. D 387 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: green beans and sweet potato cast role is your main course. 388 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: I've got turkey, turkey stuffing, mashed potato salad, and a pumpkin. 389 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: I seriously don't need anything other than the sweet potato 390 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: cast role man that I can't believe that was the 391 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: steal of a pick and number four. Here's what we 392 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: want you guys to do. Go ahead and email email 393 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: us at the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. 394 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: Let us know who you think got the better of 395 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: the draft. Thanksgiving draft had top picks, and let us 396 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: know what you think, because this should be pretty easy. 397 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: That was an embarrassing showing, even by main standards, for 398 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: somebody who loves pumpking beer as much as I thought 399 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: you did. The fact that you're not gonna have any 400 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: pumpkin beers for thanks to meal is shameful. You should 401 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: be You should be ashamed of years. I have pumpkin 402 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: beer plenty of times around this the most important day, 403 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: so I'll be okay. Alright, So the Bengals game. Here 404 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: we go, Garrett, Let's talk football? Uh? You scared of 405 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: the Bengals? What we get back to the original question, 406 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: what are you taking away from Sunday? My biggest takeaway 407 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: might be the A J. Green's probably sadeline for the 408 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: rest of the year. That might be the biggest news 409 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: of the day. It is, and I my other big 410 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: takeaway and I didn't say it at the top, is 411 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:26,719 Speaker 1: what a lot of the players are saying, which is 412 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: the Ravens. Obviously we've heard this before, but I really 413 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: think it means something. Is the Ravens still have all 414 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: their goals in front of them. They control their own 415 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: destiny and so they don't need help from anybody else. 416 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,719 Speaker 1: They still have three games left within the division. Obviously 417 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: that starts on Sunday, and I think they're still in 418 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: pretty good position with Bengals Dolphins coming up at home. 419 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: Bengals probably no age and Geo Bernard done for the 420 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: season with a torn a c L for the Bengals, 421 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: so they're out with their two of their top playmakers 422 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: are out for this game and likely the rest of 423 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: the season. So do they still air me? Not as 424 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: much on offense, because I don't think they have the 425 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,360 Speaker 1: weapons against the Ravens defense. But the Bengals defense still 426 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: kind of scares me. They still have perfect and they 427 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: always tend to give Joe Flacco problems. I think Marvin 428 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: Lewis is kind of he has Flacco's number a little bit. 429 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: He's a defensive guy and he always seems to have 430 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: his defense is ready to go against the Ravens. So yes, 431 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: they still kind of make me a little nervous. I 432 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: don't think this game is gonna be a cake walk 433 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: by any means. Oh, I don't think it's gonna be 434 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: a cake walk. But they don't make me nervous. The 435 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: Bengals are not the same Bengals team that they've been 436 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,640 Speaker 1: the last few years. A J. Green was the difference 437 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: maker for them and especially versus the Ravens. The fact 438 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: that he's out is huge. I mean, the Bengals just 439 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: really aren't a very good team this year. They beat 440 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: the Browns and the Dolphins, and the Browns, Dolphins and 441 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: Jets are their only wins. I mean now their losses 442 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: have come against mostly pretty good teams Patriots, Cowboys, Steelers, Broncos, Giants, Bills. 443 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: Now the Bills. Is they're not a great team, but uh, 444 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: they don't. They don't scare me. I think that they are. 445 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: They're probably playing they're probably out of the playoffs right now, 446 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: I mean not mathematically, but this game will be if 447 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: they lose this game, I think they're out. And uh, 448 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: and I think they will lose this game. I think 449 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: this is the Ravens winning. Yeah. I think this is 450 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: a game where the Ravens kind of have them down 451 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: on the mat and you can't let them get back up. 452 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: And that's what's what needs to happen. The Bengals. Their season, 453 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 1: what's left of it is hanging by a thread. It's 454 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: gonna snip it. Just snip it, call it, call it 455 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: a season, uh, and take care of business at home 456 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: and snap that five game losing streak. I mean, the 457 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: Bengals have beaten the Ravens five straight times. We sat 458 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: on this podcast at the start of the season multiple 459 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: times that if they're going to make the playoffs and 460 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: win the division this year, they're gonna have to find 461 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: a way to beat the Bengals. Well, the Bengals are 462 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: a team right now that, entering the twelfth week of 463 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: the season, has three wins and just lost two of 464 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: their best players. So you have to be able to 465 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: beat them. And Uh, I mean, I'm with you that 466 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: I think that the Ravens can still do it. But 467 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: I did. I just I'm telling you I do not 468 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: think by any stretch. Uh, Well, the ways you're gonna 469 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: want to run away with this, Well, the way the 470 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 1: offense is playing this year, I mean, I don't think 471 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: the run away with any games. I mean, the Browns 472 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: were one thing, but they were the Browns. Uh So, No, 473 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think they're going to run 474 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: away with anything but the defense. The defense should be 475 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: able to handle the Bengals offense right now. They gotta 476 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: cover Tyler Eifert. That's gonna be priority number one. But 477 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: as we like to play every every week, Garrett, Uh, 478 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: how do the Ravens make the playoffs? Because that's always 479 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: the mission here, right, So we're looking at the schedule. 480 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: When gotta beat the Bengals, gotta be the Dolphins, Patriots, 481 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: that's a rough one, Okay. Then I think you gotta 482 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 1: beat the Eagles at home. The Eagles are reeling a 483 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: little bit right now after a hot start to these things. 484 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: That gets you to eight and six. If you're chalking 485 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: up to the Patriots eight and six and nine and seven, 486 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: if you beat the Steelers twice to get to nine 487 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: and seven, then I think the division is the Ravens, right, 488 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: And then if and then and then that Week seventeen 489 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: game might not even matter. It might not end. That 490 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: Week seventeen game, particularly for the Bengals, will mean nothing 491 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: because they will you know, assume if if we're playing 492 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: the scenario out, they will. The Ravens will beat them 493 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday, and then by the time Week seventeen comes around, 494 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: they're not gonna be playing for anything. So that you think, 495 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: then that's again that you should go so right now, 496 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: I think if if the Ravens take care of business 497 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: and games they should win, which includes this week next 498 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: week at home and the Eagles at home. If they 499 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: take take care of the business in those games, it 500 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: sets up for a huge, huge Week sixteen games with 501 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: see Week sixteen game in Pittsburgh. Yeah, and it does 502 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. And we said nine and seven probably 503 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: gets it done. Based on that scenario that you just 504 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: laid out, you still could have a loss somewhere. You know, 505 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: you could go win, win, and then to the Bengals 506 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins and then lost loss to the Patriots. 507 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: Eagles potential still beat the Steelers and then come back 508 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: to win in Week seventeen. Yes, it's that possibility exists. Yeah, 509 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to that Steelers game Week sixteen, folks, 510 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: which is no surprise considering it's a two team race 511 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: for for the most part, and you know you still 512 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: got one game left. It's the second to last game 513 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: of the season. It's not in the shock that it's 514 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: going to come down to that game. Definitely. Well, that 515 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: doesn't for us in this week's episode, Thank you so 516 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: much for listening. Make sure you email us once again, 517 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: and we're taking those audio questions, so keep sending this in. 518 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: We really like those. 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