1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by Jefkins. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing following the Ravens thrilling twenty three 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: to sixteen win in Cleveland, a grind it out win. 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: The Ravens have now won four straight and have pulled 5 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: to five and five, still one game behind the Steelers 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: and Garrett, I think everybody predicted a grind it out, physical, 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: gritty game against the Cleveland Browns in their place, and 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: that is exactly what we got. 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 2: How many times have we seen this? 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 3: I mean, these two teams have played, they play each 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 3: other every year, and it feels like after every game 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 3: that they play each other, whether it's home or on 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: the road, but especially here in Cleveland, we're saying, man, 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 3: that was a tough, grinded out game with a really 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 3: good defense that the Ravens had to find a way 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 3: to win. And that's exactly what today was. It was, 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 3: it was cold, it was windy, The Browns defense came 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: to play, they played hard, they made life really hard 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 3: on the Ravens offense. But at the end of the day, 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 3: the Ravens were able to make make the plays that 21 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: they needed to critical situations to come up with the win. 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 3: Defense played incredible and the truth is, like it doesn't 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: matter how tough of a grinded out kind of game 24 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 3: it is. At the end of the day, you just. 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: Need to win. 26 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 3: And I think that the Ravens continue to show that 27 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 3: they're up for challenging situations, they're battle tested, and they 28 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 3: played like that today. 29 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 4: Absolutely agree. 30 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: The Ravens have won all three games during their road 31 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: streak here in Miami, in Minnesota, in Cleveland. Now we'll 32 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: return home for a three game homestand and like you said, 33 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: I think that was John Harwall's takeaways. Is this team 34 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: the grit and determination that they continue to show when 35 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: circumstances are not looking good. You know this early in 36 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: this ball game, it was almost the playbook for how 37 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: the Browns win the game, right, Ravens are turning ball over, 38 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett's wrecking the Ravens offense, and they're settling for 39 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: field goals. Like this was the playbook for a Browns 40 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: win early on. 41 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, but totally agree. 42 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: And like I mean, when you look at the first half, 43 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: the Ravens really gave away ten, if not thirteen points. 44 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 3: There was a pick six that went off keat Mitchell's 45 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 3: hands and the Browns returned it for a touchdown. There 46 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 3: was a muff punt that the Browns recovered at the 47 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 3: six yard line. Credit to the Ravens defense for keeping 48 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 3: that a field goal not seven points. And then there 49 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 3: was the special teams MISSQ on the on the off 50 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 3: side that extended the Browns possession. Now they then turned 51 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 3: that into points, but that was a situation where the 52 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 3: defense was off the field. They had to go back 53 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: out there, and so that's thirteen points right there that 54 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 3: the Ravens kind of gifted to the Browns. But even 55 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: with that, they were able, especially in the second half, 56 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: just to kind of stop that dead in its tracks 57 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: and turn things around. 58 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: When this was a defensive performance by the Ravens, I mean, 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: totally held the Browns in check during the second half, 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: just just really locked down the rookie Shder Sanders in 61 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: his first NFL game action. 62 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 4: But we we're gonna talk about that, but first we 63 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 4: got to talk about Hurricane. 64 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 65 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 4: That is the. 66 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews thirty five yard touchdown run on fourth and 67 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: one that basically won the game at the end in 68 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: the final three minutes, and Mark Andrews takes the direct snap, 69 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: whirls around and goes thirty five yards untouched for the touchdown. 70 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: And as I said, that name was called or that 71 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: play was called Hurricane, and so props to Mark, props 72 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: to Todd Munkin for dialond that one up. 73 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 4: And that was that. 74 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 1: Was an epic moment that won't be forgotten anytime soon. 75 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, that really was like that. Mark Andrews has had 76 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: a lot of great moments in his career. That one 77 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 3: might take the cake. And it happens on a night 78 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: where he sets the franchise record for receiving yards. He 79 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: broke that record. He now has receiving yards, receiving touchdowns 80 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 3: and receptions. Is probably gonna be next week I'll have 81 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: the triple crown. But that was that was an iconic 82 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: play and iconic moment and you kind of get lost 83 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 3: in the excitement of it all and you and you 84 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: think about it. It's a fourth down play and the 85 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: Ravens had a decision there do you what do you do? 86 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: Do you try to kick a long field goal with 87 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: Tyler Loop who has a big leg, but this is 88 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 3: a tough place to kick and he's a rookie and 89 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 3: a really that'd be a tough situation. Do you do 90 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 3: you go for it? Do you if you go for it? 91 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 3: What's the play call? And obviously that worked out as 92 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 3: perfectly as you could imagine. But I'm not gonna sit 93 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 3: here and act like that was an easy decision. 94 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: Uh. If the Browns burst into the backfield and hit 95 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews for a three yard loss when he's doing 96 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: a loop de loop in the back right right, it's 97 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: not gonna look good. But oh my gosh, I mean 98 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: it worked to perfection. Patrick pat Rick Hard with a 99 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: kickout block just opened a huge hole on the right 100 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: side of the Ravens offensive line and Mark Andrews hit 101 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: the Jets. I don't think Mark's that We're gonna have 102 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: to check to the next gen on that. But I 103 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: don't know if Mark's ever run that fast in his career, 104 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: he put he said, he keeps getting faster. 105 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: I know, Priority number one for me is to go 106 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 3: back to the next gen stats and look through his 107 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: entire career see if he's ever hit that speed. Because 108 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 3: the other the other one that you know, his first 109 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: that touchdown that they had against his and his rookie 110 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: season against the Chargers out in LA. Remember that one 111 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 3: that was one where he turned the jets on. I 112 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 3: wonder if it's gonna be between those two plays for him. 113 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that was so long ago. Wasn't even 114 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: in La Wasn't it like that? Was that San Diego? 115 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 4: A good question even sure? 116 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean talk about a place, a place 117 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: where the Ravens have had a lot of epic plays. 118 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: I mean, add this one to the list. And and 119 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: you feel so good for Mark. Like you said, he 120 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: sets the career you know, the record for receiving yards, 121 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: franchise record, and I think Lamar Jackson summed it up 122 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: best to your question after the game. You know, when 123 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: you need Mark, he's always there. And the Ravens, uh, 124 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: you know, are in this big spot tie ball game 125 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: in it just a slug fest of the Browns and 126 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: who comes up with a big play, but Mark Andrews. 127 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I felt really good for Mark. 128 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 3: And this is a guy that he's going to be 129 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: in the Ravens Ring of honor. He's one of the 130 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: best players in franchise history. He's done so many things 131 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 3: right over the course of his career, and and for 132 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 3: him to have set the record for the receiving record, 133 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: but then also come up with an iconic play, and like, look, 134 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: we talked about in the offseason and people were talking 135 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 3: about do you get trade him and all this stuff, 136 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 3: and the Ravens were consistent in saying, now we want 137 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 3: great players on this team. Lamar Jackson was one of 138 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: the leaders and saying, we can stop that talk right now. 139 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 3: This is a guy who's a key piece of our team. 140 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 3: And you know we were you and I were saying 141 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 3: the same thing when all that was was going on. 142 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 3: And for for Mark to have fought through the adversity 143 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: of all of that and and be a great player 144 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: again this year and come up with big plays in 145 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: big moments, I just think it shows the type of player, 146 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 3: the type of person he is. And on a personal level, 147 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: I feel really good for him. And and it's it's 148 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: that was a play that's like one for the memory 149 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 3: books for him, and. 150 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: It's it's just cool to have, yeah, to see him 151 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: get a night like this, Yes, yes, it's cool. 152 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 4: After the night that he had in Buffalo. 153 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: You know, he's been having a good season, you know, 154 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: but to have a night like this, you just feel 155 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: great for the guy. 156 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 2: Totally agree. 157 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: And and someone another, uh, you know, someone else had 158 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 3: a great night. 159 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: Was the ray of his defense. 160 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, and well before we turn the sorry, before 161 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: we turn the page on the toushbush, can I just 162 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: say one thing, which was after the failed tush pushes 163 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: against the Rams, you know, and everybody was like, I 164 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: don't want to see another Toush push again, the three 165 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: straight on the goal line or whatever it was, you 166 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: know against the Rams in that loss. And credit Todd 167 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: Monkin and credit this coaching staff, and credit the players. 168 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: They stuck with it, but they added some wrinkles to it. 169 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: And now back to back weeks. We saw it last 170 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: week in Minnesota with the you know, Mark Andrews snap 171 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: with the pitch to Lamar Jackson for a key play 172 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: in that game. Now we see the Hurricane play. Like, 173 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: credit to them for I mean, they've also just continued 174 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 1: to do the tush push and had success just running 175 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: it traditionally, but also to develop these wrinkles off it 176 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: pretty darn cool. 177 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I totally agree. 178 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 3: What one thing that Todd Munkins talked about before is 179 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 3: having plays off of plays, and we're seeing that like 180 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: two pretty cool wrinkles of the tush push play with 181 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 3: the pitch and then the Lamar or the hurricane, their 182 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 3: variety of it today and so that's just a great 183 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: example of plays off a place. 184 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: When they try to ban it this offseason. I'm a 185 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: no vote. Now, I'm a no vote. 186 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: Now you're You're the biggest proponent possibly you you and Philly. 187 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 3: So yeah, back just going back to the defense, as 188 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 3: I mentioned, like this unit was awesome today. 189 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 2: They shut down the Browns. 190 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: I already talked about how the Ravens kind of gave 191 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 3: away thirteen points in this game and the brown score 192 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 3: sixteen total. I mean, they get the Ravens gave up 193 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty seven total yards of defense, and 194 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 3: it was a lights out performance from this group that 195 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 3: got takeaways, they brought pressure, and I'll just tell you 196 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: the big moment of the game was at the start 197 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 3: of the second half, should Or Sanders comes into the game. 198 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 3: And since the moment he's been drafted he was drafted, 199 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 3: there's been this interested excitement about seeing him take the field, 200 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 3: and here in Cleveland, when he ran out to the field, 201 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 3: it was the loudest moment of the entire game when 202 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 3: he took the field and he was basically hyping up 203 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: the crowd to the point, to the point as the 204 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 3: Browns got into the huddle, a bunch of players had 205 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 3: to start quieting down the crowd because they couldn't hear 206 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 3: it was so loud. And so that was the scene 207 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: when he took the field to start the third quarter. 208 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: And that can be a spark. It clearly was a 209 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 3: spark in the stadium. It could be a spark for 210 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: the team. And so I give the Ravens defense a 211 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 3: lot of credit for it almost felt like a spark 212 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 3: for the Ravens defense, like they seemed to ramp up 213 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 3: their intensity, and Kyle Hamilton gets the sack on that 214 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: opening drive with should wear in the game, and then 215 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 3: he's doing the watch celebration and like it just fell 216 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 3: like the defense rallity even to an even greater level 217 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 3: when they had that moment he came into the game 218 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 3: and they completely shut down that Brown's offense. With Sanders 219 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 3: at quarterback. 220 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: Right sure went four of sixteen for forty seven yards. 221 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,439 Speaker 1: They picked him off once on his second drive of 222 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: the game, and sacked him twice and just pressured him routinely. 223 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: I mean another intentional grounding penalty, and so I mean 224 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: to attempt sixteen passes and throw for forty seven yards. 225 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 4: That's unfathomable. 226 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: And so I thought John Harbaugh said it best the 227 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: Ravens didn't give them a chance to breathe, and that 228 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: was the case. I mean, the pressure, the coverage, cheeabay 229 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: Ouzie continues to play his butt off that I mean, 230 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: massive pass breakup on third down on the Browns final 231 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: drive of the game, they took a shot for the 232 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: end zone on third and five and said let's go 233 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: for the juggular and he pops that ball out at 234 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: the last second. And on top of that, just a 235 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: great game for Geeto and then Rokwan Smith snuffs them 236 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: out on fourth down and with Draymont Jones, the Cleveland 237 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: native applying pressure on the fourth down play, just the 238 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: defense top to bottom was awesome. And and I know 239 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: it was the Cleveland Browns and people are gonna say, oh, 240 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: it's the Browns, And it was sure Sanders and his 241 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: first action and all this stuff, But like we have 242 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: a big enough sample size here of this Ravens defense 243 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: that it is legit. 244 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: I agree they've they've turned things around in a huge way. 245 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 3: I go back to the Rams game before they lost 246 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 3: that game, but the defense played really well, and Matthew 247 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 3: Stafford is the leading guy in the conversation for MVP 248 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 3: right now. And they had a tough time moving the 249 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 3: ball on this Ravens defense. Then you flash forward and 250 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 3: they and they really slowed down the Bears offense. Bears 251 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 3: are a playoff team. Like you can go through the 252 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,079 Speaker 3: list here and look at what the Ravens. 253 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 4: Becammis playing, Miami's playing well. 254 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 3: Now, Miami's playing well, like you can look through the 255 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 3: last month, month and a half and this defense, I 256 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: think we've got a long enough there's been enough of 257 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: a track record here that we can safely say this 258 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 3: defense has turned a corner and they're strength of this team. 259 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: They the defense was the strength of this team today 260 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 3: on a night where the offense struggled and the Browns 261 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 3: have a top notch defense, or the Browns have a 262 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 3: top notch defense and they bring a lot of pressure 263 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 3: and they're aggressive. They made life really hard. 264 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 2: On the Ravens. 265 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 3: Well, in those types of moments, you need to be 266 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: able to lean on your defense, and that's what the 267 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 3: Ravens were able to do today. And Kyle Hamilton is 268 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 3: another one like tonight just ho home nine tackles, one sack, 269 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 3: three tackles for loss. He continues to play like one 270 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 3: of the best defensive players in football all over the field. 271 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 3: Made life really hard on that offense, especially once Door 272 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 3: Sanders came in. 273 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 2: And so it's across the board. This defense is playing 274 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 2: excellent football. 275 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 4: Kyle Hamilton was an absolute monster tonight. 276 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: His only mistake was he dropped a pick and then 277 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: kicked the ball refrustration because because as he said after 278 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: the game, he just can't seem to hold onto the 279 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: ball in Cleveland. He had was it last year, two 280 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: years ago, he had a couple of dropped interceptions and 281 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: uh and so, but he he was unstoppable tonight. Nate 282 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: Wiggins got his third interception of the season. Three of 283 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: his four career picks now have come against the Browns. 284 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: So if we could combine Nate Wiggins and Kyle Hamilton, 285 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: they'd have no answer for the Ravens defense to Cleveland. 286 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 3: That's a that's a ninety nine overall created player in 287 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 3: Madden right there versus the Browns. 288 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: Yes, specifically exactly, and. 289 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: So credit to Nate for for handing Schdara Sanders his 290 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: first career reception. You know, I thought the defense early 291 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: on some tackling issues out of the out of the gate. 292 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: You know, quinchn Jenkins is a good running back. But 293 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: to see them turn around, turn that around and really 294 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: do a good job against the run after that first 295 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: drive was was good to see. And uh, and the 296 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: pass coverage, I mean the second it's they we say 297 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: it all the time, cover meets pass rush. Those two 298 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: things are intertwined. And now that you're seeing the Ravens 299 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: get more pass rush, the secondary is playing a lot 300 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: more aggressively and getting their hands on a lot more 301 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: balls too. 302 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, the pass rush I thought was was really strong today. 303 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 3: And like Kyle van Noy, I mean, he delivered and 304 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 3: he had a sack, delivered another big hit on Shador 305 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 3: and he was I thought he had a really good game. 306 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 3: You mentioned Draymont Jones, the Cleveland native, in his second 307 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 3: game as a Raven brought the pressure. I think he's 308 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: been a really nice addition. Like I think that's been 309 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 3: an excellent trade for the Ravens. He's brought something to 310 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 3: that defensive front and been in a really added important 311 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: piece for that unit. So I'm excited about him. And 312 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 3: you look, when you have guys in the back end 313 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 3: who are covering as well as Chidabaya Woozier, Nate Wiggins, 314 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 3: Malachi Sarks, and Kyle Hamilton are playing great football. Like 315 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 3: when you have that group to pair along with this 316 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 3: pass rush that seems to be kind of coming into 317 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: its own, Like that's all an example of why this 318 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 3: defense is playing great football. And also like the scheme, 319 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 3: like I give Zach Gorran, these defensive coaches a lot 320 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 3: of credit for using Kyle Hamilton in the perfect way 321 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 3: right now, and that's part of the reason they're able 322 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 3: to provide so much pressure up front because he is 323 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,720 Speaker 3: he's been deployed at the line of scrimmage and he's 324 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 3: a menace up there, and it's just such a hard thing. 325 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: Like Shundro Sanders in his first game, that's a tough 326 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 3: assignment looking across the line of scrimmage and you see 327 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 3: Kyle Hamilton over there, who can do so many different things. 328 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 3: He and I think that he attracted a lot of 329 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 3: attention and he made life hard on the Browns rookie 330 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 3: quarterback and that's what he's doing to basically every quarterback 331 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 3: right now. 332 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: Yep, all right, let's take a break. 333 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk about the Ravens offense, 334 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: as well as other notes from the Ravens win in Cleveland. 335 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 3: You're listening to the Lounge podcast. We're coming to you 336 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 3: from the Sea Geek Stuio. We want to mention our 337 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 3: partners with DraftKings Sportsbook. They are an official sports betting 338 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 3: partner of the Baltimore Ravens Draft Kings Sportsbook. The Crown 339 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 3: is yours. So the Ravens offense struggled here today. It 340 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 3: was Miles Garret, it had had a huge day, had 341 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 3: four sacks, and it was not a picture perfect game 342 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 3: for the Ravens offense. They struggled inside the rezone, had 343 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: to settle for short field goals. So what do you 344 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 3: make of that? You know, it's just kind of a 345 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: kind of a tough day gets really good defense. What's 346 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 3: your assessment of what we saw from the offense. 347 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: Well, I think that the offense has been you know, 348 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it's been gangbusters for much of the season, 349 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: you know, I mean they've kind of thrived on big plays. 350 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: There's been a lack of consistency, I would say, generally 351 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: speaking for the offense. And then when you come up 352 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: against a really tough defense on the road, it's even harder. 353 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: And you know, but I will say that, Hey, you 354 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: can't take away the big plays. Those were big, Those 355 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: were big plays in winning this game. And I thought 356 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: that Lamar Jackson in this offense made some clutch plays 357 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter to help, you know, seal this 358 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: comeback win. 359 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you want to The main thing for me, 360 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 3: I think you want what that you'd want to see 361 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 3: moving forward is more success inside the zone. That's just 362 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: been something that's been that like when you get down there, 363 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 3: you need to be able to punch it in and 364 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 3: because that's where games can be won and lost and 365 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 3: ultimately didn't hurt the Ravens today. And and yeah, to 366 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 3: your point, like the big play was their friend, the 367 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 3: big play to say Flowers or forty five yard completion, 368 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 3: fifty plus yard run by Derek Henry, which I'll give 369 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 3: you credit for. Listeners will remember you you predicted this 370 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 3: coming into this game that Henry was going to have 371 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 3: a fifty plus yarder and I joked coming out of 372 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 3: that that clearly is gonna have a fifty year fifty 373 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 3: plus yard touchdown. You said, well, just a fifty plus yarder. 374 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 3: I was trying to manifest a touchdown. But I give 375 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 3: you credit. So you called that one. You called a 376 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 3: fifty yard run for Derrick Henry. 377 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: Chris Chris Wells. 378 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: Chris Wells emailed us at the lounge at Ravens NFL 379 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: dot net. 380 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 4: He said, I called it. He gave me my product. 381 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 2: Yet I give him to you. I'm giving them to you. 382 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna now, I'm just gonna becoming predictions. 383 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, what else you got? Can you predict a Super Bowl? 384 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 3: I want you to predict that. 385 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 4: Look for the next game. I'll have it all right, 386 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 4: I'll have my prediction. Don't worry. 387 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 3: But yeah, like that was huge and also by way, 388 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,479 Speaker 3: a kind of an underrated piece. When Henry scored his 389 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 3: first touchdown. I want to give him some credit to 390 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: say Flowers at the goal line for helping pull and 391 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 3: push Henry across the line there. Like Zay Flowers not 392 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 3: the biggest guy out there, but he helped. 393 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 2: He helped Henry finish. 394 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 3: The job at the goal line. And obviously that was 395 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 3: a huge moment. So credit to Zay for helping finish 396 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 3: the job there. 397 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 4: Yep, it was. 398 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: It was a tough day overall for Lamar Jackson. The 399 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: passing game really didn't get going. Lamar was fourteen to 400 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: twenty five for one hundred and ninety three yards and 401 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: two interceptions. His quarterback rating of forty seven point six 402 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: is actually his lowest since twenty twenty one, in a 403 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: game also against the Browns. So this is the defense 404 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: that can give you troubles, and you know, it's a 405 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: feast for famine defense and there you're sometimes gonna crack 406 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: him for big plays like the Ravens did, and sometimes 407 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough sledding. And I credit to Lamar 408 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: hit d Hot for that eleven yard or rate before 409 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: the hurricane touchdown. 410 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 4: That was a huge play. 411 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: Just to get it to a manageable situation. And uh, 412 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: and then some big throws to Zay Flowers in the 413 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: drive before that. The Ravens scored on three straight offensive 414 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: drives in the fourth quarter, two field goals in a touchdown. 415 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 4: That was big time. 416 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 2: And that was a game. 417 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 4: So they got it done when it mattered. That was 418 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 4: the game. 419 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 3: And I asked them are basically after the game, like 420 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: what what is this? What does this win show about 421 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 3: this team and what you're able to do? And he said, 422 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 3: we knew what kind of game this was gonna be. 423 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 3: And I think there is something to be said for 424 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 3: knowing how to win tough games and win ugly when 425 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 3: you need it. And like I said off the top, 426 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 3: the end of the day, like you want to play 427 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 3: your best, you want it to look pretty, but what's 428 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 3: most important is that you're winning. 429 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 4: And the Ravens, you know, it's never gonna look pretty. 430 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 4: Inclean Cleveland ain't a pretty spot. Whoa, whoa, it ain't for. 431 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: It's the weather's ugly and the football offen matches it. 432 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 4: And so you just go, you go there and you 433 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 4: get a win. 434 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 2: And that's what the Ravens were able to do today. 435 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 2: So huge win. 436 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 3: The Ravens are five and five, they've won four straight games, 437 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 3: and the New York Jets are coming to town next week, 438 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 3: so huge moment for the Ravens to win the fourth 439 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 3: straight game, third straight on the road. And this team 440 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,640 Speaker 3: is back to even. As John Harbaugh said, their heads 441 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 3: out of the water and they're going to try to 442 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 3: keep working on that turnaround moving forward. So as always, 443 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 3: you can email us at the lounge at Ravens dot 444 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 3: NFL dot net. Thank you so much for listening, and 445 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 3: we will be back with you again later this week.