WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Ravens Press Conference 10/7/24 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens are 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:09.520 coming off a thrilling victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:12.040 Sunday to improve to three and two. It was an 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.600 instant classic of a game, probably the best in the 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.239 NFL this year, and it moves the Ravens to the 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.200 top spot in the AFC North. The Ravens have now 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:23.440 won three straight games and they are leading the way 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:25.920 in the division. Today, we had a chance to hear 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.760 from head coach John Harball, who talked with the media 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:31.280 during his weekly Monday press conference. 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.839 Appreciate you all being here, hard at work, putting this 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.199 game in perspective and trying to learn everything we can 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.640 from it. We have so much to learn from it 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:49.280 to get better. It's good to win and improve. That's 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:50.680 a real big part of it. You learn a lot 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:52.760 about yourself in situations like that. I feel like we 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.600 learned a lot of things that we suspected about our 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:01.000 team in terms of a character and our competitiveness, toughness, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:03.240 uh and also things that we just have to get 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.640 better at, just flat out things that we're not doing 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.520 nearly well enough. But that's an opportunity, right, that's an 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.080 opportunity to really improve. So there's a lot of room 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:13.920 for growth on this football team and that excites me 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:15.760 as well. So we'll get to the work of that 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.400 this week and get ready for a very very good 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.119 Washington Commander's team that is playing at a very high level, 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.840 maybe the highest level in the league right now. So 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.440 what question do you have, John? 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.800 On the Lamar play with to York past to likely 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.440 where he drops the snaps that's arms of the guy 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:36.280 for the you know, where does that play kind of 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:36.760 rank for you? 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.040 I mean everyone's pretty vase by it, But for you, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:40.679 I mean where, where's the kind of rank for you. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.520 On the on the on the rankings of extended scramble? 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:45.160 Uh? 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.800 Plays? I I don't know. Like my dad always says, 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.440 you've never had a better win. There's probably never been 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.680 a better play today. You know, it's it's an amazing play. 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.440 And uh, you know Lamar, the thing I preached about 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.520 Lamar's he's not even happy with it. He's mad about it, 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.160 you know, because it's because it's not the way. It's 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.280 definitely not in the playbook that way. But that goes 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.080 back to what we kind of talked about a lot 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:09.519 of times, you got to find ways to win, you know, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.240 and you have to overcome sometimes you have to overcome 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.320 your own things, and certainly the opponent throws so many 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.760 things at you that are challenging. I just thought it 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.600 was an incredible, fabulous play that will go down in history. 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.639 I mean, we'll be watching that play for years to 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:23.760 come on NFL films. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.200 The adjustments Lamar made, the way they were striking the box, 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.160 they were out, they're going to beat them, the way 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.000 you started to throw the ball, they went to cover zero. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.720 They threw everything at him. Here's making plays now. The 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.799 adjustments team made the deal with that defense, Todd. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.040 I mean, it's one of the great points of the 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.639 game right there. You know, they attacked us how we 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.200 expect them to. They they've used those same defenses in 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.800 the past against us to great effect. They're an aggressive 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.440 team U lous a heck of a defensive coordinator, uh 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.160 and they're they're they're come and get you type of 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.440 a mindset. And they that's what they went to and 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:56.440 and we handle it for the most part. You know, 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:59.679 the zero blitzes, the zero shows and bluff outs and 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.280 play over three, we handled those for the most part. 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.799 And they got us and we got them, And I 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.280 was really proud of the way Lamar handled it. Certainly 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.360 he got us into plays, got us into protections, made throws, 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.880 made throws under duress, on target, on point, Guys made catches, 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:19.440 guys got open you know, both Z's, Mark Andrews, Rashad Bateman, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:23.640 Tylan Wallace. I mean, guys made plays like crazy, uh 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.440 in those situations. And that's what you have to do. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.320 You have to come up and make those plays and 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.239 get into a play that you know is effective against 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.959 that stuff. So that's a tremendous point. You're making. 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:40.120 The ass between Tyler and Morris and all the Isaiah 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.360 like the touchdown and didn't send over, didn't get those 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:47.000 snack being lads, And obviously all over time was that 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.520 you trucked it up to crowd noise. You trucked it 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.200 up to some other communication issues between Tyler and Marbon. 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:53.480 What do you want to see that? 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.920 Yeah, all the Bob. I mean, that's that's like one 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.160 of the open ended opportunities I think to really improve. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.600 And that's the challenge, Like your face and the defense 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.240 is going to give you a lot of different things 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.400 that are that are going to be aggressive, and so 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.120 you can't go to the line with just one option 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.040 because you can be wrong probably the higher percentage of 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.000 the time. So you go to the line with multiple options. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.320 Our ability to get in those get in the right 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.000 option and execute it so you can hurt them as 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.440 what you're trying to do. Crowd noise absolutely part of it. 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.040 Communication because of the even in the huddle is part 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.400 of it. Getting it right, making sure everybody's on the 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.440 same page as that iding it and seeing it. You know, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.400 what you have to do to move the you know, 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.320 motion or shift wise to actually uncover it is part 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.040 of the challenge. And then to say it under time 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:37.480 and then you get that play clock running down on you. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.840 So you've got us a couple of times. I think 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.680 that's something that we're going to continue to work on 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.000 and practice. But also in our you know, our verbiage 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.760 or terminology, just try to continue to get to the 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.440 point where we can make things a little cleaner, tighter. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.839 But that means that you have to use less words 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.240 in the huddle, which means guys have to memorize more 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.520 as they learn, you know, have a better understanding of 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:59.360 the offense. So that's the best way I can describe 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.760 it is a lot to it. But it's certainly something 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:02.680 that you work on every. 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:08.040 Day, recognizing how talented that Bettel's receiving group is. When 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:12.640 you watch this game again, why why were they able 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:13.360 to do what they did? 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.640 Like what didn't quite work for your secondary? 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:17.560 Yeah? Well, first of all, I mean I think they 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.800 had just an A plus game in terms of their execution, 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.160 you know, I mean he had pressure in his face 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:25.960 numerous times, the pocket was getting pushed, guys were coming 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.279 at him. He stood in and made some really great throws. 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.440 I mean, like on the money throws off his back foot. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.680 He had receivers that were tightly covered. I had, I 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:37.360 call him, you know, tightly contested catches. You know, we 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:40.760 had numerous tightly tight, tight coverage where they made the catches. 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.160 You know, So in that case, that kind of a 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.880 throw under pressure, that kind of a catch, that's football. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:48.640 You know, you have to understand that. But I also 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:54.360 believe that we compounded the yardage because we didn't play 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.960 things as well as we need to play them. You know, 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.040 there's so many, so much opportunity in there to play 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.720 certain things better. Probably five or six plays in the 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.680 passing game from a coverage standpoint, that that we're just 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.720 way better than that. You know, we're way better than 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:07.800 to play some of those things the way we played them. 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:09.600 Our guys are gonna watch them on tape. I'm sure 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:10.880 they already have, and they're going to say the same 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.120 thing he got. You know, that's something we got to 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.920 do better. So that's that we're still striving for consistency. 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.640 You know, we're still fighting for consistency. And you're going 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:23.479 against a really efficient, talented offense. But it's still up 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.120 to us to play our defense consistently the way we 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.159 want to play it on those lines. 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:30.880 Is it the consistency aspect? 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:31.200 Is it? 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.360 You want to see more communication, you want to see 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:38.200 more plays on the ball, you know, guys not being 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.080 open an occasion, I don't know his handful play with 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.480 what specifically, or you're moving from. 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.039 It's really all those things, Brian, I mean, it's actually 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.640 all those things. You know, that's where consistency comes in. 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.320 You know, it's never one thing. It's it's all those 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:52.760 things that you have to do all the time. Like 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.159 we had tight coverage, we were in the right spots, 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.040 we were matching routes, so many times so well, but 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.480 you know, four or five times, I guess a quarterback 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:01.760 that can really see the field and get the ball 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.560 where it needs too late when it pops open, that's 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.520 where you get exposed, you know. So to win our 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.760 to win our conference, to go, you know, to win 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:14.080 our division, to win a game against the teams we're 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.800 gonna play, We're gonna play quarterbacks that are capable of that. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:18.560 You know, We've got another one coming up this week. 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:22.800 Different style, but same kind of you know, in different ways, 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:26.880 creates the same level of problems. And so we've just 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:28.800 got to be on point every single play with what 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:29.200 we're doing. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.440 I guess ranked level of concerned one we can. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:35.360 I don't do that. You know, I don't do that. 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:40.520 It's never never done that. There's no rankings, John. 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:42.760 We know the as you'd like to call them, the 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:47.480 pundits that times have claimed that you guys, when you're 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:51.120 down by double ditchits like you were yesterday, you tend 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:55.040 to quote unquote pantic, but obviously wasn't the case yesterday. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:55.800 You come back and win. 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:57.880 What does win in a game like that do for you? 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.239 If you're put in that situation again late in the season. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.480 Yeah, I mean, I don't know about the pundits saying that, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.480 I really haven't seen that. I'm seeing his stats on that. 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:07.760 I mean, I don't know how many times we've been 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.520 down by double digits in the fourth quarter. It's probably 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:12.280 I should probably have our an lens people look it up, 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.320 you know, to make sure that that, I know, huh, 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.880 not too often. So I'm not sure where like a 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.560 storyline where that would come from, but I that haven't 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.000 been said. I mean, I'd rather be I'd rather be 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.400 up by double digits and hold the lead, you know. 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:27.880 But it's good to know you can do it, you know. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.560 I think back to the Indianapolis game. This is really 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.839 the last one I remember, and that we came back 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.199 and got that done and really driven by Lamar, you know, honestly, 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.320 and all the guys around him. I thought the protection 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.360 was so good and tough. You know, they were bringing blitzer, 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.000 his heavy blitzers, and there were times where he had 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:46.880 to he had to get away. He got away a 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:48.880 couple of times, crazy, he moved in the pocket a 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.960 couple of times, and may throw sometimes he was untouched. 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.160 Guys getting open. Just all the things that go into 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.080 the type of game you're in when you're down by 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:00.200 double digits three different times, right, I think we were 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.280 down by ten three different times in the fourth quarter, 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:07.600 So you know that's that's good. You know, I don't 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.160 want to be the guy that dwells on the negative 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.920 and just says, oh, but you know, we weren't good here, 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:12.599 we weren't good there. We're going to dwell on that 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.160 because we're coaches and you know we need to. It's us. 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:17.679 We look at ourselves and where can we get better? 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.280 What's our opportunity. But at the same time, you know, 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.080 maybe we should get credit for coming back three different times, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.319 you know, on the on the number of times we 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.960 came back from double digit deficits sort of. 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.080 A microcosm of the way things have gone this season. 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.480 Where you start out on to ninety one three straight, 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:35.280 you're right there in the first place. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.320 I mean, a sense of where the team's at after 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:37.840 the rough. 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.599 Beginning, Well, I mean I like where we're at. I 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.640 think it's just it's part of it kind of goes together. 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:46.600 You know, we we were, we were in a good place, 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.520 and we're in better place now because we're continuing to improve. 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.079 But we have a lot of improvement to do and 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.880 a lot of opportunity to get better. So I'm excited 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:56.840 about that opportunity. 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.680 And a lot of people in this rand talked about 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:04.599 Derrick Henry professionalism and you know, not a lot of 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.719 touches in the fourth quarter because. 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:07.280 Of the game situation. 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.760 Then you know, over time through. 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:14.600 A workforce where what goes into Derek's ability to kind 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.240 of stay ready to break off they played even if 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.280 he's not seen a lot of game actions. 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.920 Were Ty said, Yeah, that's a great, great question. I mean, 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:23.719 I'd say the first thing Derek would tell you is 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.240 really good blocking. I mean, you had that play happen, 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:28.960 and the play before that too on the right side 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.480 before the fumble was a really well blocked, cracked toss play. 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.959 This was a zone crack play to the left that man. 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:40.560 I mean, just the fact that it was a point 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.319 in time in the game where fatigue was a big 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.840 part of everything that was going on. And to see 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.840 our guys pull around the way they did, Tylan Wallace block, 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:52.920 pat Riccard's block, Ronnie's block, I mean, those guys had 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.640 some great blocks. And then you have, like you said, 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.800 Derek his time on that it was over twenty one miles. 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.280 I think it was twenty one point four maybe, which 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:07.400 matches the fastest time that he's ever had, uh that 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.800 I'm aware of that according to our people, in a 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.559 game in overtime on a hot day like that, towards 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.040 the end of the game, you know, and after he's 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.120 been tackled numbers number of times. You know, it kind 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:19.400 of the kind of speaks for himself. 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.719 I'm hunt the rolled out of the two yard line 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:25.800 in the second quarter, How do you coach off that? 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:27.240 What should have happened on that play? 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:28.920 Yeah, I mean that's gotta be caught. You know, he 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.800 knows that he's he's gonna he's gonna want that one, 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.120 you know, caught, you know, And that's that's definitely you 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:36.599 just gotta get over there. You gotta get over and 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.160 get squared up on it. Fair catch it if you 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:41.600 have to, just catch it. But what I what I'm 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.959 impressed with talking about Thailand is how he bounces back 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.040 two huge catches in the fourth quarter that we don't 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.280 win the game without, and the block to spring the 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:56.000 game winning run. Right. So sometimes you have a bad play, 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:57.880 he knows that it put it put us in a 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.480 bad spot. He's on our offense. You know, he stands that. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.000 But he didn't get he didn't get down about it. 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.280 He didn't sit on the bench and so, you know, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.360 pout about it at all. He just just he looks 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.520 you're right in the eye and says, Okay, you know 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.400 I'm still here. You know, I'm gonna find a way 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.360 to make it up, you know. And and he did. 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.520 He talked about when we talk about Justin talker, we 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.600 don't often talk about lack of confidence or his confidence 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:26.319 meter for Justin Tucker with his confidence right there. But 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.000 how big do you think hitting that fifty six order 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:30.959 in that situation was for him? 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:31.240 Yeah? 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:32.719 I mean it was big for our team, you know. 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:34.439 And that's what he'll tell you too. It's like, you know, 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.640 our team needed it, you know. And and he did 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.679 come over afterwards after he made that kick, which was 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:43.040 a very difficult kick. He came over afterwards after making 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:44.679 that kick, and he was he was pumped up, and 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:46.760 he was actually after the kickoff, I think he kicked 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.600 the touchback comes the sideline, he gets right in my face, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.599 you know, just a little uncomfortably close. You know. He 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.840 broke he broke into my personal space, and he said, 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:55.360 he goes. 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:56.560 Let's go win the game. 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:02.040 Let's win the game. You know, I'm for it. I'm 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.000 for that. I am for winning the game. I am 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:05.960 on board with that. And I think he I think 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.520 for him to get the opportunity then to finish it 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.440 with a game winner, that's what you know, it means 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:09.679 a lot. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.320 We saw, you know in preseason, looks like Marcus Leaves 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.880 is back to his old you know starr And so 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:20.719 what do you guys have to do? What does he 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.719 have to do to get him back for that way 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.040 he can eat more of an entact player. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.280 Yeah, Marcus is is working hard. He's doing a good job. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.200 He's he's making a lot of good tackles, a lot 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.760 of a lot of physical play in there. And uh, 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:33.319 you know, I think he's I think he's on the 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.200 verge of really breaking out. Some balls are gonna come 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.319 his way. You know, he's he's moving really well. I 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.360 fully expect him to come up with some big plays 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:41.560 for us very soon. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:43.240 Just an adjustment. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.120 I mean, obviously you're not doing things necessarily exactly the 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.080 same as you did cover twice with McDonald's going exact words. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.959 Some of that just playing with new players, trying to 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:53.760 everyone getting comfortable playing together. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.200 Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, it could be anyway, 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:57.959 any or all of those things. It's just there's no 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.199 way to know for sure. I just I feel like 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.240 it's just like every season is kind of different. Every 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.320 season stands on its own. Nothing it's not nothing's really 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.280 there's some there's some continuity for sure, but there's also 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.199 a lot of things that just stand on their own. 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:12.720 And and like you know, for instance, in this league, 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.800 I mean it's it's we say it's a one week 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.280 it's one it's it's it's it's it's a one week league, 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.000 and it's a it's a one and oh league, it's 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.600 a one game in a time league. It's one play 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.520 at a time league. And you just got to take 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.520 every play, every game every week and stand on its 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.640 own and do your best in that game, and then 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.480 you assess kind of where you're at and what you 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:30.400 need to work on after that. 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.800 About the contesting catches that the Bengals receivers made, Your 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.000 receivers made a number of them in this game too, 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:38.760 especially after two games. 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:39.840 That were really run heavy. 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:41.960 For them to come up and make those plays for 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.560 Lamar for this offense. Just what's that meaning for these 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:45.600 these pass catchers. 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:47.960 That's a great point. I mean, those guys, you know, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.080 and hey, you run the ball for a bunch of 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.600 yards in your head and all that, and then it's like, well, 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.880 you know, well guys aren't making plays. You guys are't 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:56.760 getting a chance and all that. And then but they 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.440 they didn't. I mean, they want to make plays, you know, 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.480 they got their chances game, you know, and they made them. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.440 I mean in the fourth quarter, all through the game, 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:06.920 but the fourth quarter. These catches that were made by 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:08.840 these guys and these throws that were made by Lamar, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.240 we were just at the highest possible level and they 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.560 and every one of them was required for us to 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.520 have a chance to win the game the way the 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.080 game went. So I'm just proud of those guys for that. 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.720 Leaking back to training camp when Ronnie and Stanley was saying, 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.160 he feels the best he has since his probole season. Now, 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:30.800 I guess, do you see that in him and besides 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.520 Jessica's health, what is he doing differently this year? 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:39.080 Justin yourself. Yeah, it's a good question. I mean, I 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.120 think Ronnie, it helps the main thing you know, he 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:42.960 he had he had a really bad you know, the 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:44.400 whole thing. You know, he guys know the story on 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.280 Ronnie and and and he's tough. He fought through it. 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.880 But he I think he had an off season where 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.240 he could train, and he went to work and train 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.160 because he was healthy enough to do it, and got strong, 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.120 got his strength back. He's always been a good athlete, 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.120 but to get that power, that strength and anchor back 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:00.640 was really important. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:01.200 Uh. 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.840 He's been able to practice every day, you know, right 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.400 on through He's practiced every day through training camp. He's 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:10.240 been out there, and that's it's a practice sport, you know, 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.400 for anybody. So for him regaining his form, I'd say 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.440 those are the two things that made the difference. 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:17.080 You guys get pretty healthy. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:21.480 Any major issues, Uh yeah, I think we're good. We'll see, 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:22.680 but I think we're I think we're okay. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.000 John, you mentioned how good the past protection was yesterday. 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.360 I mean this, this configuration of the offensive line has 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:29.440 played two really good games. 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:30.280 Now, I mean will it be? 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.480 I mean, is is the tendency to want to sort 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.000 of go with this line will that's playing so well, 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.480 even though Voris probably will be ready to play him too. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.360 Yeah, I'm asking a question. You know, Andrew will come back, 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.000 you know, maybe this week, you know, three weeks with 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.400 the high ankles about right, and he's a he guys, 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.120 I mean, you can't believe that hard he's working at it, 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.080 you know, just it's amazing how tough he is. So 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:53.760 it's good. It'll be good to have him back. But 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:58.200 you know, an object in motion tends to stay in motion, right, 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.320 So if we're doing well, we're probably going to try 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.920 to keep that momentum going. With the addition and the 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:06.040 opportunity to put guys in you know, when where when 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:07.639 where we might be able to and we're probably a 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.760 little more open to that than a lot of teams 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.640 even still, but I think the offensive line is doing 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:15.840 a good job. We'll just have to see where we're 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:16.600 at through the week. 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.239 I think God didn't played a whole lot, But how 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:20.240 did you think he looked it? 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.240 And how did he fit as appertained? 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.159