1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Wednesday, 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: January eighth. The Ravens are gearing up for a wildcard 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,159 Speaker 1: matchup at M ANDT Banks Stadium on Saturday against the 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers with an eight pm kickoff. As a gear 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: up for that game, today we had a chance to 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: hear from the coordinators. Let's kick it off with OC 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: Todd Munket. 8 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: With say, dealing with the injury. 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 3: If you know he is unavailable, how much. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: Does that change the guys how you go about. 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 3: Your game planning and how you go out just offensively operating. 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 4: Well, he's been a big part of what we do. 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 4: You know, he's a tremendous player. But we've got a 14 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 4: lot of really good players, so it'll be divided up, 15 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 4: you know, if he's not able to go. Hopefully he's 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 4: able to go, but I look forward to, you know, 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 4: seeing the other guys play if that's not the case. 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 5: Todd, Jacksonville officially announced that they've put in request to 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 5: interview you for or their head coaching job. How how 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 5: does how does any of that play into your you know, 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 5: your frame of mind right now? 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 6: None. I mean, everything's about the Steelers. 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,919 Speaker 4: I mean, first of all, when anybody puts in a request, 24 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 4: it's really a compliment to the organization, our staff, and 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 4: our players. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 6: And that's really what it is. 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 4: You can't do it, you know, without really good players, 28 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 4: really good staff, and a great organization and unbelievable head coach. 29 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 4: So but there's nothing about that that factors in right 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 4: now other than being the Steelers. 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 7: That's not How much are you looking forward to get 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 7: Justice Hill back in terms. 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: Of what to pick up? 34 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 7: And also you know some of what he can give 35 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 7: you on the perimitter that you may or may not 36 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 7: have goold say. 37 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 6: You know, you would be great. 38 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 4: We thought we were going to get him last week 39 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 4: and you know, he got sick and then that kind 40 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 4: of you know, stop disability to make it through concussion protocols. 41 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 6: So it'd be great to m back. 42 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 8: You see a game ball after the team about harb 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 8: on theory plays? 44 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 7: How many of those have you received in your career 45 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 7: with the first. 46 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 3: And don't kind of stand out for you? 47 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 4: Oh, I don't know, game ball wise, I mean, I 48 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 4: I don't know. It's I don't know when it's ever 49 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 4: been about the individual person. 50 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 6: I really don't know. I really don't. 51 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 4: It's always about the staff, the coaches and the players. 52 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: That's really what it's about. It doesn't matter. I shouldn't 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 4: say that doesn't matter. I mean, you know, I appreciate 54 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 4: that that that's not what I mean. I just mean 55 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 4: that I don't really even think about it. I really 56 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 4: couldn't even tell you some of the times where the 57 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 4: game balls are in my eyes, I really don't know. 58 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 4: It's really about the players, the people, the relationships that 59 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 4: you have, and it's on to the next one. 60 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 6: Really, you know, what do we do this week? That's 61 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 6: really what matters. 62 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 4: Can't carry over carry can't carry over points or yards, 63 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 4: So we got to do it this week. 64 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 6: I mean, that's fact. 65 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 9: Lamar said yesterday when he was asked about what he's 66 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 9: learned about the playoffs, that he has got to look 67 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 9: antsy in the past, a little excitable. Is that something 68 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,279 Speaker 9: as a play caller that you have to be cognizant 69 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 9: of how amped up he is, especially early in the game. 70 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 6: I don't know. 71 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 4: I haven't seen that, so it's very difficult for me 72 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 4: to to comment on that. I haven't seen that, you know, 73 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 4: in the playoff games last year, I thought he started 74 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 4: off fine. You know, I thought we started off fine 75 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: in some ways. So we're gonna do everything we can 76 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 4: for all of us to get comfortable and start fast. 77 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 6: I mean, that's the key to any game. 78 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 4: So whatever we can do from a from a player's standpoint, 79 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: from a coaching standpoint to get us start fast as 80 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 4: the ultimate goal. 81 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 5: I much had been said about in the before the 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 5: last Steelers came about Lamar Jackson's previous struggles against the Steelers, 83 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 5: and then that was by far his best performance against 84 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 5: the Steelers specifically, what what did you see from him 85 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 5: that he did well in that game? 86 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 4: Well, first off, I think it's unfair to pin it 87 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 4: all on him. I think that's and I'm not saying you, 88 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 4: I'm just saying in general, I've been here two years 89 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 4: and he's played three of them. And there were things 90 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 4: I didn't do well in the first game a year 91 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: ago and we had a bunch of drops, and then 92 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 4: the first game we had this year, we had turnovers 93 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 4: in a bunch of penalties. And that's a team issue. 94 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: That's not a Lamar issue, that's a team issue. And 95 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 4: so and he played really well this last time we 96 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 4: played him, and we played well as a team, and 97 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 4: that's what it's going to take Saturday. 98 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 7: Do you keep a playoff week just like a normal week? 99 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 7: That is that how you look at it? Or do 100 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 7: you He sort of addressed the magnitude of things at all. 101 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 6: I mean, how do you really? 102 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 4: I mean, we've been ascending. I mean this isn't a 103 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 4: new season, this isn't starting over. 104 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 6: This is building. 105 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 4: I mean where we've come and where we start and 106 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 4: where we've come. I mean, we're ascending. That's what you 107 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 4: talk about, is we're gonna point. We're playing our best 108 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 4: football and both sides of the ball, and that's where 109 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 4: you want to be. That's where're at right now. Now 110 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 4: we got to carry that over to Saturday. 111 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 10: How important is it to get the run game going? 112 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 10: Kind of right at the start of the last time 113 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 10: you guys played Pittsburgh, the run game obviously a big day. 114 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 11: On the ground. 115 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 10: How important is it to hit the ground running from 116 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 10: the start for sure? 117 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 6: I mean it's I think we talked about it last time. 118 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 4: Is there's nothing like being able to turn around comfortably 119 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 4: hand the ball off. I mean, that's that's the start 120 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 4: of everything you do. It's hard to control the game 121 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 4: if you can't run the football. Let's just say that 122 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 4: you control the game with physicality. You control the game 123 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: with being able to run the football, especially in weather conditions. 124 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 4: I mean it sets everything else up that you do. 125 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 4: So I mean that's critical. That's not just us, that's everybody. 126 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 4: But so looking forward to Saturday. 127 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 3: You talk about ascending. 128 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 12: Do you feel like this year compared to last year, 129 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 12: that you're more able if an opponent comes in and 130 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 12: says I want to take away X part of their 131 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 12: game plan, that you're in a better position to be 132 00:05:58,800 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 12: able to pivot off of that. 133 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 4: I think we're in a better place as a team 134 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 4: and a staff in your second year, more than last year. 135 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 4: We ran the ball well, and we threw the ball well. 136 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 4: I wouldn't say we were as efficient as a staff, 137 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 4: as a team, comfort level with each other, how we 138 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 4: do things, how we prepare. I would say we're better 139 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: there than we were last year and more consistent. We 140 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 4: were certainly able to do that last year, maybe not 141 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 4: as proficient and maybe not as efficient. 142 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 7: I know your focus is you know, one of the 143 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 7: fields obviously this week, but you have big visualais for 144 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 7: your career. 145 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 3: I mean, how interested would you be? I know you 146 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 3: had that little sting with the Bucks at that point. 147 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 2: But to have another chance to be, you know, a 148 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: head coach in the NFL. 149 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 4: Now, well it's flattering, but again, like I said, it's 150 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: a it's a compliment to the other coaches that are 151 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 4: a big part of how we gained plan as a 152 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 4: collaboration to the Organization's why I wanted to be a 153 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,679 Speaker 4: Baltimore Raven. I mean, from top to bottom, first class, 154 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 4: you know, head coaching in the NFL. You know, we 155 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 4: got tremendous players and tremendous haff that. That's that's what 156 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 4: it says. It doesn't say anything about me. It says 157 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 4: about who we have, who we haven't signed, the building, 158 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 4: and what matters most is Saturday. 159 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 6: I promise you that. 160 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: Next is defensive coordinator Zach K. 161 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 3: Todd. 162 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 13: Mulkin just mentioned that he feels like the team is ascending. 163 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 13: Obviously on the defensive side. You guys are playing your 164 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 13: best side of the football, best football of the season. 165 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 13: Clinch always goes the team that gets the hottest of 166 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 13: the playoffs usually is the one that wins. 167 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 3: How how how does that boost your confidence going in? 168 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 14: I think it's I think it boosts the confidence a lot, 169 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 14: but it all goes into the preparation and I think that, 170 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 14: like we said, coming from the bye week after we 171 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 14: lost to Philly, the players, man, they came in, locked in, 172 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 14: ready to roll, and they took their preparation to the 173 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 14: to the next level. And I think we just got 174 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 14: to continue that and that's what that's what we'll continue 175 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 14: the success that we've been having. So you know, I'm 176 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 14: confident it because I know how our guys prepared, great 177 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 14: weeks of practice, great meetings so far this week, and 178 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 14: we got to continue with these next couple of days 179 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 14: leading in a Saturday. 180 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 7: I mean, when you think back over the season, is 181 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 7: can you pinpoint when you felt like the worm kind 182 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 7: of turned and you started to see real progress reached 183 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 7: after with the defense. I mean, we talked about the 184 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 7: meeting after Cincinnati, but there is there something that you 185 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 7: think of. 186 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 14: Yeah, I could really just think of just the week 187 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 14: leading into the leading to the Pittsburgh game that was 188 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 14: our next game, and just the level of focus, intensity 189 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 14: and then seeing that carry over to the game. Even 190 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 14: though we lost, it was the best we felt like 191 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 14: we've played and it was the style of play that 192 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 14: we wanted to play. Man, physical, max effort to gather 193 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 14: this guys, you know, not looking to point the finger 194 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 14: or anything like that. 195 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 2: So you know, I think that's when it really started to. 196 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 14: Turn and we realized that we can build on that 197 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 14: and continue to keep it going if we stay locked 198 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 14: in with the preparation and stay focused. 199 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: Are expecting to see both quarterbacks in this game. 200 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 14: I'm definitely expecting it, just because you know, I think 201 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 14: they got two starting quarterbacks to two starting caliber quarterbacks 202 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 14: on their squad. They both they won games with both 203 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 14: of them, and you know, Justin fields is weapons, so 204 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 14: you got to be prepared for You see it in 205 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 14: the first game, even though he didn't start against us, 206 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 14: he came in and made some critical plays that ultimate 207 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 14: in our eyes, cost us the game. So we have 208 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 14: to be prepared to see both of them, not just 209 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 14: not even just Justin as a runner, but him as 210 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 14: a thrower as well, because he is a quarterback. So 211 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 14: you know, we prepare for both, and the game plan 212 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 14: really doesn't change much from either one. We gotta do 213 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 14: what we gotta do, play sound discipline football, and we 214 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 14: like our chances. 215 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 10: Back from your perspective, what are some of the pros 216 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 10: and cons of playing the same team three times. 217 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 14: Honestly, it was funny we were talking about this. We 218 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 14: had a chance, you know, I had a chance to 219 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 14: play in this type of situation, and a couple of 220 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 14: years ago coaching this type of situation when we played 221 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 14: Cincinnati three times. And I think every game it's it's 222 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 14: its own story. So you can't get get too much, 223 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 14: can't get caught up too much and what happened in 224 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 14: the previous games, because each game is different, and I 225 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 14: think just the pros, you just kind of understand how 226 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 14: how certain guys play. But I don't think it's it's 227 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 14: that big of a deal. Honestly, I think every game 228 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 14: is his own game. 229 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 11: Zach Good, Brandon Stevens, this guy, he's obviously taking some 230 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 11: blumps when you guys worked do as well early in 231 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 11: the year, and in that first game against Pittsburgh, they 232 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 11: used the pick ends and probably moved to kind of 233 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 11: match up with size against him. When it comes to 234 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 11: Brandon and how he's performed as the defense has gotten 235 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 11: better in these last few leaks, where do you kind 236 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 11: of see his mentality and how prepared is he can 237 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 11: kind of. 238 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: Go against them? 239 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 14: Yeah, be Steve prepared, man. He prepares hard just as 240 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 14: just as anybody on our team. And the thing I 241 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 14: love about be Steve is he has mentality that you 242 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 14: want to have as just a professional athlete, and especially. 243 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: As a dB in this league. I mean, he's a he's. 244 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 14: A one play, next play. Whatever happened is a good 245 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 14: play or bad play, moving on. So we were happy 246 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 14: with be Steve. We love that, you know, teams are 247 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 14: trying to challenge him, and we know he's up for 248 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 14: the challenge and he's been prepared, he's been locked in. 249 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 14: It was funny me and Ko Tarbar was just talking 250 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 14: earlier during practice about how locked in and how good 251 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 14: he's looked. So we confident, we excited. I'm ready to 252 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 14: go see him all out Saturday. 253 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 15: You say how good he's looked, do you mean you 254 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 15: practice this week? 255 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? And practice this week yeah. And he's been looking 256 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 2: good for us honestly the whole year in my opinion. 257 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 8: Similarly, about Brandon Stevens, do you anticipate in him having 258 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 8: the same amount of role and involvement in the defense 259 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 8: or is that position more fluid with the Davius White, 260 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 8: Nate Wiggins and rotating those players in. 261 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 3: On that site as well. 262 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 14: Yeah, I think all those guys are are very key. 263 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 14: You see, we play them all together at times. You see, 264 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 14: we can interchange those guys depending on matchups. So I 265 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 14: think everything's up in the air. We feel like Marlin, Nate, 266 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 14: b Steve and Trey, we feel like those guys are 267 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 14: all starters in the secondary man, So you know, we'll 268 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 14: use those guys depending on the game, depending on the 269 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 14: game plan. 270 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 7: Accordingly, zach Cue, you alluded to the fact that you 271 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 7: you played in that game when you guys beat the 272 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 7: Steelers in the playoffs back in twenty fourteen. We know 273 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 7: every player gave his life and death, but I mean, 274 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 7: is it was there an extra layer of satisfaction in 275 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 7: beating your rival to take that next step? 276 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think it was. 277 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 14: You know, when you look back at it, like after 278 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 14: the season, at the at the time, you know, just 279 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 14: you know, my personal mentality and I think the mentality 280 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 14: organization has, which why I love it so much, is it. 281 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 2: Doesn't really matter who the opponent is. 282 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 14: It's like, we gotta line up, we got a game 283 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 14: to win on Saturday, and we gotta go do what 284 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 14: we gotta do to win that game. So yeah, when 285 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 14: you when you're in the off season and you look 286 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 14: back at it, Yeah, it makes it a little bit sweeter. 287 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 14: But at the end of the day, we're gonna be 288 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 14: happy to get a win because we get to advance 289 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 14: of the decks round, regardless of what was playing. 290 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 8: Whoever, Zach, how happy were you to see oh Way 291 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 8: hit double digit sacks in the finale? 292 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 11: And where have you seen him grow the most over 293 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 11: the last year? 294 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 8: Now? 295 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 2: I was happy, man. 296 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 14: Just anytime anybody reaches a milestone, we're gonna celebrate, just 297 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 14: because you understand the work that you have to put in, 298 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 14: you know, silencing the doubters and all that stuff. So 299 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 14: I can't imagine, you know, the pressure that he has 300 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 14: on him as a first round pick. 301 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: I don't you know. 302 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 14: I would know a lot of people don't know that. 303 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 14: But I've seen him really just grow and just his 304 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 14: his preparation. 305 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 2: Man. 306 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 14: From a standpoint, he always worked hard physically, studied mentally, 307 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 14: But I think the game is slowing down for him 308 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 14: and he's really taking the next step in his film study. 309 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 14: And I see that how he's attacking offensive lineman, how 310 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 14: he's understanding protection schemes, and how that fits in with 311 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 14: his God given abilities and how it fits in with 312 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 14: our scheme. And I think him just messing that together. 313 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 14: You know, Matt, Chuck and Dennis do a great job 314 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 14: with him. I think just a combination all that is 315 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 14: really where you see in his game rise. 316 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 15: NFLPA released their choices for Helpro and Kyle and Rocom 317 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 15: made it from your defense? Do you kinda how do 318 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 15: you view sort of how the players vote on that 319 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 15: stuff and what does that mean. 320 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 3: To you and the guys on the defense. 321 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it means a lot. 322 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 3: Man. 323 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 14: Like I said, anybody, anytime anybody gets to accolade, we 324 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 14: celebrated or milestone because we understand, yes, it's an individual war, 325 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 14: but we are all the guys will tell you that 326 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 14: they couldn't do without their teammates, and so we celebrated. 327 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: Means a lot. 328 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 14: It means a lot to me, means a lot to 329 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 14: the players, uh, a lot to everybody in the organization. 330 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: And then I think the I think it's great that. 331 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 14: The players do all Pro team just because shoot, just 332 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 14: be real, it's different. The guys they know because they're guys. 333 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 14: They're the guys that's lining up across from you out 334 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 14: there on their field. So I think that holds a 335 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 14: lot of weight and making the Pro and making the 336 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 14: All Pro team, that's voted on by your peers. 337 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 5: Who gets credit for designing a play to Michael Pierce 338 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 5: dropped the coverage. 339 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 14: I don't know, man, that play been around a long time. 340 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 14: I just I just carried it over. But man, Mike, 341 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 14: Mike p that was That's That's one. 342 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 2: I'm still shocked by that play. That was crazy. 343 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: Man. 344 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 14: That's one of the best plays that I think I'll 345 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 14: probably ever witness. I don't think it's gonna get too 346 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 14: much better than that. And then just the whole deal 347 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 14: of him sliding and going down like that. I was like, man, 348 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 14: but uh, it was athletic, man, it was a great uh. 349 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 14: And it's a play that we it's a play that 350 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 14: we've run him before. I mean, you know, my friend 351 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 14: was joking with me. 352 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: He saw it. 353 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 14: We did it against the Chiefs, and you know, it 354 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 14: didn't work out too well, and he was like, what 355 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 14: are you doing dropping his big gun courage. 356 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 2: Like, bro, it's just the play, don't worry about it. 357 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 2: And then. 358 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 14: And then you know, he ended up getting an interception 359 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 14: this time, and he texted me back and I was like Okay, 360 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 14: I see, I see the play work this time. So 361 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 14: that's a heck of a play by Mike p We 362 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 14: tell those guys all the time. 363 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: You just keep doing your job. 364 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 14: You do your job, and you never know when the 365 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 14: ball might come your way and you gotta make the 366 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 14: most of it. And it just happened that he did 367 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 14: to close it out, and uh, that's that's great for him, 368 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 14: great for us. 369 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 11: Were you happy he went down? 370 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 3: Oh? 371 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: Yes, I was happy he was getting down. Happy. 372 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 14: I was like, please, let's get down, Let's get out 373 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 14: of here, nice, safe and sound. So I think it 374 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 14: was a real good, smart decision and we're gonna need 375 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 14: him fully rested like he is now for for Pittsburgh 376 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 14: on Saturday. 377 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: Technique that was Puri instice. 378 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 14: We gotta work on the technique though that technique was 379 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 14: it was a little shaky right there. 380 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: I gotta be honest. 381 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 16: In the middle of the season when things weren't going well, 382 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 16: And how did make you feel when so many guys 383 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 16: were saying, it's not it's not exact thing, it's it's 384 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 16: fars if we need to fix it, and then they 385 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 16: basically had your back. 386 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 14: Yeah, man, I appreciate that. Man Like honestly, you know, 387 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 14: they didn't have to, they didn't have to do that publicly. 388 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 14: Just for guys doing that, it just made me want 389 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 14: to go harder for them. 390 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 2: And I think that just kind of shows. 391 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 14: The unity and the bond and the family type atmosphere 392 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 14: that we have here because we say it's a family, 393 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 14: but a lot of times when things start going bad, 394 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 14: you get tested, guys start turning their back on each other, 395 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 14: and we never did that. So that's what honestly gave 396 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 14: me the confidence that we will be able to get 397 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 14: this thing going in the right direction, is because we 398 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 14: we did stick together and we did have each other's back. 399 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 14: But those guys doing that, I can't thank them enough, man, 400 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 14: because you know, I'm human too, so you know hearing 401 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 14: that I need a boost as well at times and 402 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 14: that that definitely gave me a boost. 403 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: X up A Special teams coordator Chris. 404 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 2: Horton, Good to see you, guys. 405 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 17: I think as we as we approach this week, for us, 406 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 17: you know, our main focus has been, uh, let's just 407 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 17: get ourselves, continue to get ourselves ready to go play 408 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 17: our best football game. Here it is we were playing 409 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 17: these guys for the third time, so the thing we've 410 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 17: really just been trying to dial in on and focus 411 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 17: on is our fundamentals and kind of really just preparing 412 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 17: for how we want to go out there and execute questions. 413 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 15: Christy kind of cycle through returners with health and other 414 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 15: various things throughout the season. 415 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 3: We had guys getting healthy again, finally got the year. 416 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: Turn out this week. 417 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 17: You know, I think for us is it's kind of 418 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,640 Speaker 17: like it's kind of like you said, right, We've had 419 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 17: a variety of different guys back there, a number of 420 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 17: different guys, and every guy we've put back there we 421 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 17: felt like have done a really good job for us. 422 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 17: And I think for us is we're going to continue 423 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 17: to work work through that. And Sims has done a 424 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 17: great job, and if you know, if he's back there, 425 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 17: we're going to count him to continue to do the 426 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 17: things in which we asked him to do. We put 427 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 17: Tiel in back there. He's done a good job for us. 428 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 17: So we do have options for guys that could go 429 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 17: be part returners. And if you guys have seen us 430 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 17: roll through the kick returners back there, right, We've we've 431 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 17: had Keaton back there, We've had a lead back there, 432 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 17: We've had Justice back there. You know, we've had Dad's 433 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 17: back there, so there's there's options for us. And and 434 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 17: I've said this before, I believe that if we take 435 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 17: care of our business up front in our blocking game, we'll. 436 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: Get the yards that we're supposed to get. 437 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 7: Well, it was last christ we saw Deantrek party back 438 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 7: out there yesterday. I mean, how did he look just 439 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 7: physically after being away for so long? 440 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 17: You know, I think for him it was just good, 441 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 17: just good to get back out there and and get 442 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 17: himself going again. It's it's it's another guy that that 443 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 17: in the return game has done a lot of good 444 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 17: things and it was good. 445 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 2: It's good to really just see him back out there. 446 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 5: We've seen justin Tucker after those struggles, seems to be. 447 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: Back in rhythm. 448 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 5: You might say, have you has there been anything substantive 449 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 5: to it or just a matter of he's gonna make 450 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 5: the kicks just a hiccup he went through. 451 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 17: I think it's just something that he went through. I mean, 452 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 17: I think you'd have to ask him. I think what 453 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 17: we want to see from him, we're seeing and I 454 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 17: think we've we've been seeing and U for us, we're 455 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 17: just not worried about it. 456 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 2: We put him out there. H he knows his job is. 457 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 17: He wants to go out there, and he wants to 458 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 17: make kicks, and I think he's in he's in a 459 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 17: good place right now. 460 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 3: Jordan Stout taking kickoffs in the second half of games. 461 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 8: There's a least you would disicipate that to continue in 462 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 8: the playoffs. 463 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 17: I do anticipate that those things to continue to happen. 464 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 17: We've said this again around here, right with the weather 465 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 17: change in and you know, and in the win, we're 466 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 17: just we're just trying to get the ball as deep 467 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 17: as far as we can, and you know, and sometimes 468 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 17: those those those wing condition changes and h you know, 469 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 17: the kid's got a strong leg like and we've put 470 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 17: him out there and he's done a great job for us. 471 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: In the locker room today, we've heard from a handful 472 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 1: of players, including safety Kyle Hamilton. 473 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 11: Kyle Zach spoke to us earlier just saying about how 474 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 11: this defense is going to come together and you talk 475 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 11: about it being a family and how when things work 476 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 11: going well, nobody kind of turned their back. 477 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 4: Do you have any comments or go off of that 478 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,120 Speaker 4: and the confidence it gave you. 479 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 3: As a unit. 480 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 12: Yeah, I think it's it's something that we all knew 481 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 12: we could do, and we're proud of we finished season strong. 482 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 12: But at the same time, we're about to go in 483 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 12: the playoffs now, and what it really cares about that anymore. 484 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 12: It's one week life that we're living right now, so 485 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 12: it's focused on doing against stealers this week. 486 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 7: You were in the under court industry. Is that something 487 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 7: you've been dealing with this or anything that wouldn't give 488 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 7: it you. 489 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 3: At all the time? Nah, I'll be all good. 490 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 7: When you're going against Steelers, you know, I'm guessing there's 491 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 7: a possibility they might use justin guild little more. 492 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 2: How much do you prepare for two quarterbacks heading into 493 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 2: this game? Where do you just focusing on Russell? 494 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: Yeah? 495 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 12: I think our coach has done good jobs this week, 496 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 12: just kind of sprinkling in different personnel and. 497 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 3: Having the right people for those looks. 498 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 12: Scouting has been doing a great jobs giving us what 499 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 12: we need, whatever that may be. They've been done a 500 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 12: good job all year at preparing us and no different 501 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 12: this week. It's obviously something that you got a game 502 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 12: plan for because you know Justin is a threat when 503 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 12: he comes in the game with its legs and UH 504 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 12: also can throw the ball to soil the quarterback at 505 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 12: the end of the day, So I think, yeah, like 506 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 12: you said, practicing that a little bit will help us 507 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 12: if it does happen in the game. 508 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 13: Did you think your team as the hottest team going 509 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 13: into the playoffs? 510 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 12: Uh? 511 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 3: I don't know. 512 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 12: I feel like that's more so for the outsiders to 513 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,239 Speaker 12: kind of judge on. I. I really don't care what 514 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 12: we did in the regular season at this point. You know, 515 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 12: it's the playoffs now. Everybody else it's zero zero record, 516 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 12: So you know, whatever you did in the playoffs or 517 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 12: whatever you did in the regular season doesn't matter anymore. 518 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 3: We're all in the dancing kind of like March Madis, how. 519 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 7: Do you feel about playing your team, you know, in 520 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 7: the playoffs? 521 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,239 Speaker 3: Reason? Is there any roll upside or downside to him? 522 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: I think it's us upside. 523 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 12: I think it's it's cool to go against the rival, 524 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,239 Speaker 12: arbably one of the better rivalries in the league, and 525 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 12: on the biggest stage right now, you know, the playoffs 526 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 12: when or go home, and just raising the stakes that 527 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 12: much more. I'm sure both sides will be playing their 528 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 12: hearts out, and both sides give me super sore after 529 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 12: the game to make sure of the game. But you know, 530 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 12: it's a blessing to go out there and be able 531 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 12: to play in front of our fans against the Steelers. 532 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 3: Gonna really draw it up any better or though, I mean, 533 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 3: do you think the rival really can be pretty Yeah? 534 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 12: I think Nate is super super talented, one more talented 535 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 12: people that I think I've seen on a football field. 536 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 12: Got good size, good hands, He super fast obviously, I 537 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 12: think just mentally he's grown a lot this year, not 538 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 12: even just football wise, just coming in. 539 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 3: Communications and stuff like that. 540 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 12: It's it's it's cool to see him kind of grow up, 541 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 12: and I think his career is just on the right 542 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 12: or for directory right now. I want to be surprised 543 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 12: if pieces top cornerback in the league, So for the 544 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 12: next few years. 545 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 3: I really think it's that talented Brown. 546 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 2: You mentioned about how this really hardably one of the 547 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 2: best ride works. 548 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: I mean, do you think the intensity the hitting could 549 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 3: even be ratcheted up more because. 550 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 6: It's a playoff game. 551 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 3: Maybe? I don't know. 552 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 12: I mean, I feel like those games are pretty physical 553 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 12: as it is. Maybe a few guys out there with 554 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 12: bumps and bruises who might have not played in the 555 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 12: regular season. 556 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 3: You kind of just gotta rub some dirt on it. 557 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 12: At this point, you know, it's just wanna go home 558 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 12: and definitely don't want to be on the back end 559 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 12: of that statement. So everybody's gonna go out there and 560 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,239 Speaker 12: do what they need to do and it's gonna be fun, 561 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 12: fun getting. 562 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 6: To watch in the playoffs plenty. 563 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 2: Does this feel any different. 564 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 10: Going into this postseason? Right said sort you've been in 565 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 10: the obviously, you've been in the playoffs multiple times. Now 566 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 10: does this feel any different going into starting this playoff run? 567 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 3: Yeah? 568 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 12: I mean last year we had to buy that was 569 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 12: kind of nice. But obviously we gotta come out and 570 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 12: win this first game and the game after that game 571 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 12: after that. But we're not really worried about the next week. 572 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 12: We're worried about Saturday right now. And to answer your question, no, 573 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 12: not really. Uh, playoffs is the playoffs you kind of 574 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 12: getting that mode once once this season comes around, and 575 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 12: you know, it's not a surprise to us. It's where 576 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 12: we see ourselves starting ota. So we're blessed enough to 577 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 12: be at the point now where we get the opportunit 578 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 12: going to Super Bowl. 579 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: And we also heard from tight end Isaiah. 580 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 15: Likely the Junk that this offense has taken, like do 581 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 15: you see it under him in the development of year. 582 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 3: Two with his offense? For sure. 583 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 18: I mean that's just everybody buying into the product. I mean, 584 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 18: is everybody, you know, getting with each other, you know, 585 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 18: trying to really just understand everybody where everybody's trying to 586 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 18: come from a point of view and the offense and 587 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 18: really just trying to play everybody's talent. 588 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 3: Shoan. Thank you. Yeah. How you feeling though, I say, 589 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 3: about playing to Take for the third time this season, 590 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 3: I feel good. 591 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 18: I mean, you know, in the visional arrival, you always 592 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 18: want to go in, you know, understand what you're good at, 593 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 18: what they're good at, and at that moment. 594 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 3: You just let your talents to a lot of people 595 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 3: are expecting for the Bank to be rockets this weekend. Yeah, sure, 596 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 3: the fans up there for sure. 597 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 18: I mean, you know, I love playing the Bank because 598 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 18: I mean I felt like that's a stame like no other. 599 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 18: I mean, and when you get the crowd into it, 600 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 18: I mean I charged up the sideline and then when 601 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 18: they charge the poison field, I mean, it's got the 602 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 18: woman you. 603 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 12: Believe him momentum, you know, leave the playoffs, you know, 604 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 12: obviously riding the four game winning street. 605 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 3: They're on the four game in losing street. How much 606 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 3: does this momentum matter, do you think? 607 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 18: I mean, that's the reason you wanna win as much 608 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 18: game as possible, to play at your home field. And 609 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 18: I feel like when you have a home field at 610 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 18: the Bank, you know, when you get momentum at the Bank, 611 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 18: when you have everybody charged up, I mean, I feel 612 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 18: like we're scared teen to be all times of that. 613 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson spoke. 614 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 9: Yesterday about how like going into the playoffs, you kind 615 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 9: of have to control your car breating sometimes you got 616 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 9: a little bit too excited. 617 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: What's the prep like for that? 618 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 3: Uh? Really just breathing. 619 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 18: I mean good play, bad player playing like just you know, 620 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 18: no mem momentum play. You just gotta breed take it 621 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 18: in cause you know you'll never win the game one 622 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 18: like that. 623 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 3: One snap. 624 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 18: I mean every snap matters, but you'll never win to 625 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 18: play in the first quarter off the first night you take, 626 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 18: so just breathing, whether it's a good play, bad play, 627 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 18: and just knowing that it's gonna take a full sixteen minutes. 628 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 8: Do they feel bigger in the game each play, whether 629 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 8: it's good or bad or does it go away when 630 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 8: you start feeling it? 631 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: Uh? 632 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 18: I say, you know, at least from you know me 633 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 18: playing like as a young guy in the playoffs at first, 634 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 18: it was like every play I felt like was big, 635 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 18: every moment, you know, having you know, vets like lamar, 636 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 18: like mark in my ear top mom, man, just breathe, 637 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 18: Just stay in the moment, stay in gaze hearing that. 638 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 18: I mean, just let you know, like, okay, as long 639 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 18: as I take it one play at a time, one 640 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 18: play at time, I mean, we're gonna be a scary 641 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 18: team to be and not just really just drolling on 642 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 18: the fact whether it's a good play a bad play, 643 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 18: and just playing your game. 644 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: Isaiah was actually a guest on the Lounge podcast this week, 645 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: so make sure you head over to the Lounge feed 646 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: and check that out. Subscribe to that feed and this 647 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: one here in the Ravens Press Pass podcast feed. Thanks 648 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: for listening. We'll see you again tomorrow.