1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome into the Lounge presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan Mink 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: here with Garrett Downing and it's a size them up 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: Saturday after the Ravens twenty eight to fourteen win over 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild Card playoffs here at 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: M and T Banks Stadium, and man, that was a 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: fun game. That's the Ravens just put the pedal down 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: on the Steelers, just punished them on the ground for 8 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: a dominant, dominant win. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, this was an awesome game. 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 3: I mean, this was exactly if you're drawing up what 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 3: you hope the game plays out, like, this is what 12 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 3: it looks like over. 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: Three hundred yards on the ground. You get up to 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: an early. 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: Lead, well two ninety nine on the ground, but we're 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: gonna just say it was three hundred because the final 17 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: kneel down put it under three hundred, which is kind 18 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: of blowney. Yeah, yeah, I want to say. 19 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: Three hundred, three hundred, three hundred my book there. But yeah, 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: so they you. 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 3: Completely control the line of scrimmage, you dominate on the ground, 22 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: you get out to an early lead, and it's really 23 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 3: you win this thing from start to finish. And it 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 3: just was like a kind of a party atmosphere. 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: It was domination. 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 3: The Steelers made a little bit of a comeback in 27 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: the second half, but this game was really one that 28 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: the Ravens had in hand from early in the first half, 29 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 3: and then they just did exactly what they needed to do, 30 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 3: which is run the ball, control the line of scrimmage, 31 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 3: and basically dominate this game. 32 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: Look all the talk coming in, you know, mid season 33 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: after the Ravens loss in Pittsburgh was all the Steelers 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: owned the Ravens. I think we saw here tonight who 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: owns who? Okay, this was a statement. This was a 36 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: statement against your art tribal coming into your house after 37 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: you came from behind and beat them to win the 38 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: AFC North and you forced them to come into your 39 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: stadium and then you say, you know what, We're going 40 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: to just ground and pound you two. That was I 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: don't even care what the regular season record is at 42 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: this point, because guess what got him in the playoffs? 43 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: That was a statement. 44 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: Well, last two times these teams are facing the playoffs 45 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: has only been twice now in the last decade, but 46 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 3: the Ravens won both of them. 47 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: They wanted back in twenty fourteen in Pittsburgh and now 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 2: they were I. 49 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Say all that the regular season talks, all that stuff. 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to hear that about that anymore. I 51 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: don't care. 52 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 3: The Ravens won went it mattered most importantly, and this 53 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 3: was This was we talked all week coming into it 54 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 3: about you know, Steelers were kind of in a tail spin, 55 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 3: had lost four straight. The Ravens were a team that 56 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 3: were hot. They had one four straight, and it looked 57 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 3: that way. It looked that way in this game. The 58 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 3: Ravens looked like the better, hotter, more complete team, and 59 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 3: they played that way throughout. 60 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: These four quarters. 61 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 3: And this is as you look at this Ravens team 62 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: and you think about how far they could go. This 63 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 3: is the kind of game that shows you, once again, 64 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 3: as we've said many times after games this year, that 65 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: the Ravens have all the tools, the pieces, the players, 66 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 3: the scheme, they have all of it to be one 67 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 3: of the best teams in the league. 68 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: And they showed evidence of that again tonight. 69 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: Well, so I was in a different spot in the 70 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 1: press box. I had a different seat tonight, and I 71 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: was sitting right next to the advanced scouts of the 72 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: teams that the Ravens could face coming up in the playoffs. 73 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: So this is the Chiefs, Bills, guys, the Chargers. Their 74 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: seats ended up being empty. Yeah, and you know they're 75 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: chatting all that before the game. They were watching twenty 76 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: one points in that first half, and they watched that 77 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: first half. I didn't hear a peep. I did not 78 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: hear a peep out of them. They're thinking, Hmmm, this 79 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: is what we this is what we might have to face. Sure, 80 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: they're leaving to the stadium tonight and they're going to 81 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: write up the those reports and bring them back to 82 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: Casey in Kansas City. They say, we got problems, and 83 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: I'll put numbers next to them, eight and twenty two problems. 84 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 85 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 3: I mean, Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson were both awesome 86 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 3: in this game. And when you if you go back 87 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: to when the Ravens signed Derrick Henry and you think, 88 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 3: what do you want it to look like? 89 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: What's the best case scenario that was? That was today. 90 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 3: That was a game where you don't have your best 91 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: wide receiver and you still dominate the game. Derek Henry 92 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 3: scores a pair of touchdowns and you can completely control 93 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: the game with the way that you're able to run 94 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: the ball. 95 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: Derek Henry ran the ball twenty six times for one 96 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six yards and two touchdowns. The Ravens 97 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: as a team ran the ball fifty times. I mean 98 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson came out run he had eleven in the 99 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: first half. Yeah, finished with fifteen for eighty one. I 100 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: mean the Ravens just like I said, they smacked him 101 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: in the mouth. This was Ravens Steelers football, and the 102 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: Ravens showed you know it was gonna be their game 103 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: from start to finish and make no bones about it. 104 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: Deshaun Elliott, former raven turned Steelers safety, his quote, half 105 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: of the game having three hundred passing or having three 106 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing on you is worse than having three 107 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: hundred yards passing. They definitely put the belt to butt today. Yeah. 108 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: I think even during the broadcast, al Mike has made 109 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 3: a joke about this is like what he hayes calling 110 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 3: the game as an old school kind of But it 111 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: wasn't three yards in the cloud of dust. It was 112 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 3: like fifteen yards. 113 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: In a cloud of dust. I mean Carball said this 114 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: is a Jack Harball kind of game. Yes, and yeah, 115 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: I mean this was this was just kind of old 116 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: school football, and it's like, all right, Zay Flowers is out, 117 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: all right, cool, cool, cool, We're just gonna dominate you 118 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: upfront and run the ball. And that's what the Ravens 119 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: did all day. I mean, it was just the Lamar 120 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: you know, Initially it was Lamar keeper, Lamar keeper, Lamar keeper. 121 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: And then okay, now the Steelers adjust to Lamar keeping 122 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: the ball, and they now, okay, we're gonna hand He's 123 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: gonna hand it off to Derrick Henry, you know, and 124 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: they those Steelers at the beginning of the game were crashing, 125 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: crashing on Derrick Henry off the edges, and Lamar said, 126 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: all right, if you're gonna leave that open, I'll take it. 127 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: And the Ravens, you know, pivoted when when the Steelers 128 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: changed and they just had no answer for the Ravens 129 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: rushing attack today. And this is something that I think 130 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: they can duplicate, you know, like if you can run 131 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: the ball on a team like that's especially as physical 132 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: and you know, I'm sitting here saying, the Ravens dominate him. 133 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: This is a physical Steelers defense. Like, let's not make 134 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: any bones about this, Cam Hayward, you know t J. 135 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: Watt all these guys, Like that's a physical front that 136 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: the Ravens just pushed around. Yeah, and if you can 137 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: do it against that front, you can continue this in 138 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: the divisional round and hopefully beyond. 139 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 3: I thought Lamar Jackson running the ball kind of set 140 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 3: the tone earlier in this game, and part of it 141 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 3: was that it forced the Steelers to adjust, like you're 142 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: talking about, Okay, we're we're crashing down on Derrick Henry 143 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 3: and Lamar will go out there and get eight. But 144 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 3: I thought that more than just the schematic element of it, 145 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: in terms of where they're putting their eyes and the attention, 146 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 3: I thought it was it was something that said, oh, okay, 147 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: Lamar's not messing around, Like the training wheels are off. 148 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: He's willing to run his playoff time. There's nothing holding 149 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 3: him back. 150 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: It was Lamar Jackson unplugged. 151 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, like he had no issue taking off and running 152 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: the ball. 153 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: And I think the Ravens kind of say have saved 154 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: at at times this year, Like Lamar had a great 155 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 3: rushing season, there's no question about that, but you want 156 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: to be protective of that, particularly in the regular season, 157 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: like you don't want him and write every regular season 158 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: game running like he did tonight. He took some shots 159 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: and you can banged up at a point you're like, 160 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 3: so like you got to protect against that a little 161 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: bit in the regular season, but it's not a regular 162 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 3: season anymore the playoffs. 163 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know that it's so much protection. I mean, 164 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: I think this is in part just I don't know 165 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: that it's like the Ravens protecting him. They've never handled 166 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson with kid gloves like they've never been scared. 167 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 2: You don't, you don't. 168 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: They don't call as many called quarterback runs in the 169 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 3: regular season as they did tonight. 170 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: I think that I don't know how many of those 171 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: were specific called versus RPOs and Lamar there was a 172 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: lot of RPOs where he has There wasn't a lot 173 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: of just straight snap and run, I think, And so 174 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: I think I think most of this was Lamar, And 175 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: I think it bears mentioning that the Ravens have not 176 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: lost the game since Lamar Jackson's mom cussed him out. 177 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: And I mean, I joke in part, but I kind 178 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: of don't like I when Lamar's mom said you can 179 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: run more like he listens to his mom now. He 180 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: did not pick up her phone call, or he did 181 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: not want to talk before this game, he said. He 182 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: said afterwards, as she called, he was so downed and 183 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: so excited, so amped up for this game that he was, Mom, 184 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: I love you, no disrespect, but I just can't. I 185 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: just don't want to talk right now. I've been there 186 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: with my own parents. Sometimes you just don't feel like it, 187 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: you know. And but I think it's more that Lamar. 188 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, I'm just not gonna be stopped, 189 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: Like you're not gonna stop me in this playoffs. That's 190 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: how driven he is. And when he sees a crease, 191 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: he's in that mode like I'm gonna take it, you 192 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And and and of course you 193 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: have to be smart with that, right and I think 194 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: he he and the Ravens were, And when they handed 195 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: the ball off to Dereck Henry. He loves watching Dereck 196 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: Henry's run too, Like he has the utmost faith in 197 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: himself to pick up first downs and make big plays 198 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: with his legs and all that to make the play. 199 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: He has a lot of faith in twenty two also, 200 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: and like's watching him run. Yeah. 201 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 3: Lamar finished with fifteen carries today. The only game this 202 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: year that he had more carries than that was sixteen, 203 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: and that was the season open against the Chiefs, where 204 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 3: you could tell in that game pretty similar mindset. Came out, 205 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: really wanted to win that game and was doing everything 206 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 3: that he could. 207 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 2: And I think that, like, I think it's both. 208 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 3: I think that from a called standpoint from Todd Mounkin, 209 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 3: you're more willing to put the ball in Lamar's hands 210 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 3: from a running standpoint in these playoff games when you 211 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 3: know it's it's winner, go home. And Lamar has the 212 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 3: same mindset where he'll be willing to take over a 213 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 3: game and if you're going to crash down on Dereck Henry, okay, fine, 214 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 3: Like I'll go out there and get some tough yards. 215 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: And I think that that is a mentality thing that 216 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: really was a statement for this team early in the game, 217 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 3: when you have a drive, a ninety five yard touchdown 218 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 3: drive and you run thirteen. 219 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: Times to put the eighty five eighty five thirteen, I 220 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: think there's two There are two statement moments in this 221 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: game for me. The first this was the wildcat run 222 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: by Derrick Henry, the long wildcat run where he ragged 223 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: all Menga Fitzpatrick at the end of it with a 224 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: stiff Yeah. That was a statement play which went into 225 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: the game plan late in the week. I think it 226 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: was a Thursday add on that Tyler Lindarbaum talked about 227 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: and I think shows you in that when you play 228 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: your rival in the playoffs, is your third time playing them, 229 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: You got to throw them some wrinkles. And I thought 230 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: that that was a really good one by Toddmunkin you 231 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson basically in motion coming across that play. Derrick 232 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: Henry takes it and rips the Steelers up the middle 233 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: and then throws Miga Fitzpatricks to the ground. That was 234 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: a statement. And then I thought that drive, the second 235 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: touchdown drive of the game, eighty five yards, thirteen plays, 236 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: all of them runs. That was a statement. 237 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 238 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 3: That's the kind of drive that just takes the life 239 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 3: out of a defense and a team. When you're able 240 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 3: to march down the field and take a two score lead, 241 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 3: two touchdown lead, and you don't even put the ball 242 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 3: in the air. I guess the team that prides itself 243 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 3: on winning the line of scrimmage now and part of 244 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 3: that is just Lamar Jackson and Mike Tomin even at halftime, 245 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 3: you know, said that, like, how do you get the 246 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 3: defense to have more success at stopping the run? He's like, basically, like, 247 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: what am I supposed to do with Lamar Jackson? 248 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: Like, I don't know, you got any ideas. 249 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: I mean, he's basically like, that's the more making plays 250 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: that are basically impossible to stop. And he attracts so 251 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 3: much attention and even when he would roll out the throw, 252 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 3: he's looking for opportunities if they're there to move the 253 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: ball on the ground. And I mean, well, we're talking 254 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 3: about statements. I won't leave out the drive right before 255 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 3: half either. I thought that was oh gosh, so like that. 256 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: Was that was that was That wasn't as much to 257 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: me a statement, but that would I mean, yeah, that 258 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: blew the game wide open. I mean, here the Ravens, 259 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: it looks like the Steelers are trying to steal a possession, 260 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: an extra possession before the end of the half. Mike 261 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: Tomlin calls a time out facing third down deep in 262 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: Ravens territory, hoping that they get a stop on I 263 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: think it was third and three and that they can 264 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: get the ball back and past past past that was. 265 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: That was all. Lamar Jackson through the air right, hits 266 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: Nelly for the long one, hits Mark Andrews for a 267 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: long one. Boom, You're down the field, and then just 268 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: a donculous play by Lamar to hit Justice Hill for 269 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: that touchdown. I mean, I was looking at the clock. 270 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: I was like John Harball. John Harball said, he was like, 271 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: when are you going to throw this thing away, Lamar? 272 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: And it ain't there, throw it away and let's kick 273 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: the field goal. I literally didn't see him throw the 274 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: ball to Justice Hill because I was looking at the 275 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: clock being like, you better. 276 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 2: Get you better throw this ball. 277 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: And for Lamar to make that play and by time 278 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: and find him wide open, yeah, that blew the game 279 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: wide open well, and it. 280 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: Was I think most Ravenstans will taking another that time. Okay, 281 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: I'll take fourteen to nothing at halftime. That's fine, Like 282 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 3: I'll just go into the seventeen. But when they're pinned 283 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: back there and they're looking in the shadow of their 284 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 3: own goalpost there with ninety seconds left in the half, 285 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 3: you're thinking like, okay, go into half up fourteen. You 286 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 3: feel pretty good about that. So then when Tom calls 287 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 3: that time out and then the fence gets jump started. 288 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: Was Rashat Bateman with a third down catch that jumpstarted 289 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: the thing. Then it's Nelly, then it's Mark, then it's 290 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 3: likely and now they're moving. The crazy thing about it too, 291 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 3: in talking to Justice Hill after the game, he was 292 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: not supposed to go out for a pass on that play. 293 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 3: That was not a pass play to him. He was 294 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 3: not an option. He was a blocker on that play, 295 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 3: and basically he was blocking for so long and there 296 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:24,839 Speaker 3: was so much going on, He's like, all right, I 297 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 3: guess I'll leak out here and see if anything happens. 298 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 3: So he leaks out, looks back, and then has a 299 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 3: walking touchdown once Lamar gives him the ball. So that 300 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 3: was total improv from him and then of course from 301 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 3: Lamar to be able to find him. And like when 302 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 3: you talk about Lamar ball and doing things that nobody 303 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 3: else in the league can. 304 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: Do, that's it. 305 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 3: That's it right there, Like he has this ridiculous play 306 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,719 Speaker 3: where he's running around and buying time and then he 307 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 3: throws it to a running back who's not even a 308 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 3: receiver on the play and it's a walk in touchdown. 309 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: Like that's what makes Lamar Jackson so special for. 310 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: The first half of that game and scoring that touchdown 311 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: and go up twenty one to nothing with two seconds 312 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: left in the half. That was maybe the most fun 313 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: that I've ever had in this stadium. I'm not even 314 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: I'm not joking. 315 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, this you know a. 316 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: Lot of when you go back in Raven's history, and 317 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: we've done this like at anniversaries and you talk about 318 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 1: the top twenty games in Raven's history, so many signature 319 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: games have been on the road. Yeah, even when you 320 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: look at the two the Super Bowl wins, you know, 321 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: the my miracle, uh you know, the of course, uh, 322 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: champions against the Patriots, Championship against the Patriots. You go to 323 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: two thousand, the win in Tennessee. You go way back 324 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: right in Oakland and all that, like the what was it? 325 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: The snow game was the number one game that we 326 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: voted in Raven's history, Empty Bank history. 327 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 2: This one, this one right here, it's gonna be up there. 328 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,479 Speaker 1: It's good. It might take the cake. I mean postseason 329 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: against your rivals against the Steelers playoffs, and that first 330 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: half especially was so fun. 331 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, you dominate the game, and this is the first 332 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 3: time the Ravens and Steelers had ever played a playoff 333 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: game in Baltimore. 334 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: This might be at the top of the list. 335 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you make a good case, by the way, 336 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 3: little side note, So that's that's the stage going into halftime. 337 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 3: I think that the secret key here might be that 338 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: we need our guys all Time Low to play halftime 339 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 3: of every game. They did it for the Dolphins game 340 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 3: last year, which won the AFC North, and that was 341 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 3: a blowout game, and now they do it today and 342 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 3: it's a blowout game. So I think those guys are 343 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 3: good luck. I think we need them on the hook 344 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 3: for basically any halftime performance. 345 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: I like it. 346 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: I like it all right, that's speaking a half time. 347 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 3: This could take a quick break here and then we 348 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 3: come back. We'll dive into some other elements of this game. 349 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 3: You're listening to the Lounge podcast and we're coming to 350 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 3: you from the Sea Geek Studio. We also want to 351 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 3: mention our partners at Drafticking Sportsbook. They're an official sports 352 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 3: betting partner of the Baltimore Ravens DraftKings Sportsbook. The Crown 353 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: is yours. So as we're looking at this game, a 354 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 3: couple other points to round out on the offense, we 355 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 3: mentioned briefly, the absence of say Flowers. Of course you 356 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 3: want them out there, but the Ravens to have the 357 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 3: success that they did, they didn't miss him today. And 358 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 3: part of it was the running game. That was probably 359 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 3: the biggest part of it. But then the other guys 360 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 3: stepped up in the passing game as well, and you're 361 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 3: getting guys who are making plays that have not really 362 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 3: had much of a role at all, like Anthony Miller 363 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 3: coming up from the practice squad, and even Steve simmsse like. 364 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: Miller caught three balls. 365 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, Like I did not have that one on the 366 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 3: bingo card coming into this game. 367 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 368 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 3: And then of course reliable targets of Mark Andrews and 369 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 3: Isaiah likely and then RuSHA Bateman also gets in the 370 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 3: end zone, so. 371 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: Isaia likely made some very big clutch plays. Podcast Bump, 372 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: Podcast Bump. Another guy who had a vicious stiff arm 373 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: on Cam Sutton not to mention the I mean, the 374 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: best part of Derrick Henry's forty four yard touchdown run 375 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: was that he ran right past Patrick Queen and gave 376 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: him a little stiff arm yeah to boot. Yeah, that 377 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: play is epic. That will go down in Ravens history. 378 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: Also but yeah, I thought Isaiah likely played a darn 379 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: good game. Mark Andrews made a couple of big catches, 380 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: but it was spread. I mean, they didn't throw the ball. 381 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: Mar Jackson attempted twenty one passes, he was efficient, completed 382 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: sixteen to twenty one for a bucks seventy five and 383 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. I mean that's you know, quarterback rating of 384 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: one thirty two. You know, just another day ho home, 385 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: just another day for Laar. But like, yeah, when you're 386 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: running the ball like that and then you're so efficient 387 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: in the passing game as well, that is a backbreaker 388 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: for the defense. 389 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: Or Shaw Bateman I think is a guy to point out, 390 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 3: and he just has like the thing with him this year. 391 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 3: Of course, it's been health and he's taken advantage of opportunities. 392 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 3: He's not been a guy that like puts up a 393 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 3: ton of volume in terms of targets or receptions, but man, 394 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 3: he comes up with big catches. 395 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 1: He scored nine touchdowns this season. 396 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: Scored nine touchdowns. 397 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: Make it done another one now? 398 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 3: And that touchdown that was third and twelve. They're at 399 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 3: the twelve yard line. Yeah, and it's the opening drive 400 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 3: and you're thinking, like ah, man, opening drive, you're probably 401 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 3: gonna have to settle for three here, and he just 402 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 3: dusted the cornerback on that. I mean, he ran a 403 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 3: great route, got separation, and then made the catch of 404 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 3: the end zone. And those are the types of plays 405 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 3: that he's made. I mentioned earlier that he also came 406 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 3: up with a big third down catch on that on 407 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 3: that drive right before have to jump start the offense 408 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 3: and get that first down for them. So he comes 409 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 3: up with these huge catches and big moments, and it 410 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 3: was good to see him again take advantage of the 411 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 3: opportunity and just continue basically doing what he's done all year. 412 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: Yep. And it's just talking about clutch catches Tyler Wallace, right, 413 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: I mean, third quarter, the Ravens are backed up, Lamar 414 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: Jackson takes a sack, they're facing second and twenty. Here's 415 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: Tyler Wallace catching a twenty one yard pass. Yeah, you know, 416 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: and so like that was that was a big play 417 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: to get. That was the drive that ended with the 418 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: long Dereck Henry touchdown rup and right when the Steelers 419 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: had kind of started to show some signs of life 420 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: there in the third quarter. So I thought that was 421 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: another another critical play. 422 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 3: And that's like to pick your poison thing where it's like, man, okay, 423 00:18:58,119 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 3: Lamar and Dereck Henry. Of course, you know that's going 424 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 3: to be if you know, Mark Andrews is gonna be 425 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: tough eight flowers and stuff when he's out there. But 426 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 3: now you got now you got tailand making plays. Bateman's 427 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,479 Speaker 3: making plays like he has all year. Likely Anthony Miller's 428 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 3: making catches to It's like, it's like, okay, how are 429 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 3: we going to stop this thing? When there's so many 430 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 3: different options? And Todd Munkin called a great game, but 431 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 3: there's just so many different options. It's like nearly impossible 432 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 3: for defenses to slow down this group when they're playing 433 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 3: at this level. 434 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: This is what the number one offense in the league 435 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: looks like. Yeah, it played like it. Yeah tonight against 436 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 1: the Steelers defense. Uh, let's talk about the Ravens defense 437 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: and that third quarter. I was just mentioning, you know, 438 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 1: we're partying a halftime. Well, I'm watching all time, Little 439 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm doing my thing in the press box. I'm meaning 440 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: some chicken fingers. It was all great. Third Core started 441 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: to get a little dicey, started to get a little dicey, 442 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: and you're like, all right, this is where you can't 443 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: count the Steelers out. You're like, they can't come. 444 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: Back for this, right, they can't. 445 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: They can't do that, right. And you know the Ravens defense, 446 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: which a look, give them credit. It pitched a first 447 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: half shutout, the first first half shutout for the Ravens 448 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: in playoff histories since two thousand. Is that defense any good? 449 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: That defense pretty good and so quite an accomplishment, even 450 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: just in the first half. I love how the Steelers 451 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: won the coin toss and said, yeah, we want the 452 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: ball because we're gonna try to get up lead. Nope. 453 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, that surprised me. 454 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, uh, And so kudos that. But then the 455 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: third quarter, you know, the big plays, and that's really 456 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: been the thing that this defense has done so well 457 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 1: since Week eleven. You know, it's been the number one 458 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: defense in the league since then. A big part of 459 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: that has not been giving up big plays. I think 460 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: part of it is Russell Wilson and the moon ball 461 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: he throws such a beautiful deep pass. George Pickens made 462 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: some ridiculous long touchdown catch now before that, yet Van 463 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: Jefferson and Mike Williams making long catches back to back 464 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: on Tredevius White and Brandon Stevens. You know, Stevens, I 465 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: think is gonna be a big talking point this week, 466 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: given that the Browns picked on him in the regular 467 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: season finale to a degree, and he kind of got 468 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: picked on some here tonight. John Harriwell after the game said, 469 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: you know, those are some good throws, good plays. I agree, 470 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: tight coverage. I agree, pretty tight coverage on all of them, 471 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: But that's kind of been the story of Brandon stephens 472 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: season so far. Right. 473 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 3: The other point on that one, though, too, is before 474 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 3: the snap, Kyle Hamilton was calling out a bunch of 475 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 3: stuff and it seemed like he basically kind of got 476 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 3: caught in no man's land. 477 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 2: So I'm not. 478 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 3: Totally sure exactly what the play call was and where 479 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 3: everybody was supposed to be, but he was calling out 480 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 3: a lot of stuff right at that snap, and then 481 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 3: obviously the play went over the top and Steven's got 482 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 3: beat on that. But it looked like maybe Hamilton was 483 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 3: supposed to be back deep on that play and he 484 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 3: was kind of in the middle there, and. 485 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: So I'm not sure we were talking at the end 486 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: of the play. Jacobson ran a pretty slick rout. It 487 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: was pretty nice little double move. I'll give him credit. 488 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 3: It was It's tough to know exactly what every assignment is. 489 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 3: During the broadcast, Kirkurvestreet called that out and felt like 490 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 3: Hamilton basically got stuck in no man's land there as 491 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 3: he was calling everything that Hamilton got stuck in and 492 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 3: so like, not necessarily not necessarily on Stevens, but of 493 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 3: course he was the one who was also uncoverage too. 494 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,959 Speaker 3: So I think that like there's there's been plays that 495 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 3: Stevens has given up this year. My hunch and my 496 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 3: feeling is that he's going to continue to basically the 497 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 3: Ravens were rolling with his defense, and he's going to 498 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 3: continue to play as the starting outside corner getting the 499 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 3: majority of mean STAPs. 500 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: The only other option is that Tredevius White takes more 501 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: snaps off his plate, which the Ravens had done that 502 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: some to a degree earlier this season. Then they kind 503 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: of went back to to Brandon getting the vast majority. 504 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: I mean, Chardevious gave up the long catch to Mike 505 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: Williams that set up the long touchdown to Van Jefferson. 506 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: Uh So, I don't know, you know, I think that 507 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: the Ravens they need to they need to cut down 508 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: on those big opponents are certainly going to circle that one. 509 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: And but you have to also tip your cat to 510 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: the Steelers. A Russell Wilson throws a prety darn good 511 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: deep ball, you know, and what throws did Brandon Stevens 512 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: take away or shreedevious white take away that led to 513 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. We saw him many times over the night 514 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: pull it down and try to have to scramble and 515 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: the rave you know, justin Mattabee gay take or nom 516 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: the Amtta b Ka takes him down for a sack 517 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: and whatnot or throw away. We saw that a lot. 518 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 1: Those don't get attention for the cornerback because you don't 519 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: really you can't see it on TV, right, you can't 520 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: see that tight covers that made Russell Wilson pull it down. So, look, 521 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: do you want to give up those big plays? Absolutely not. 522 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: You want to cut it down on those. Are they 523 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: gonna make some sometimes? Yeah? 524 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that the big thing, the quick strike 525 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 3: nature of that is what like semi got the Steelers 526 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 3: back in the game. And that's what that's what you 527 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 3: want to avoid is the defense because basically like this 528 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 3: defense the Stephens was good. It wasn't great, but it 529 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 3: was it was good outside of those two drives. 530 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: And and then they gave up both those drives. Happened 531 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: in an instant and that's what happens when you give 532 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 2: up big plays. And so overall, like, I come out 533 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 2: of this game, actually. 534 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: Okay, if they're if they are going to score, I'd rather. 535 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 3: That's that's a that's a that's an interesting debate because 536 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 3: you're like, you know, it goes score fast and then 537 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 3: get more and more possessions. 538 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 2: Cool, Yeah, that's that's fair. But when they were trying 539 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: to come back from a three touchdown deficit, I'm like, 540 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 2: not want to see that exactly. 541 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 3: And so uh again, I come out of this feeling 542 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 3: like pretty good about the defense tonight. 543 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 2: Doesn't necessarily change my opinion on it. 544 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 3: And but the corners and Stevens are going to have 545 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 3: to hold up against those deep shots. They're going to 546 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 3: take shots, whether it's the Bills next week or whether 547 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 3: it's the Texans coming in here, They're going to take 548 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,640 Speaker 3: shots down the field, and Stevens in this secondary needs 549 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 3: to prepare for that. 550 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: Yep. Definitely. Uh So a great night here at M 551 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: and T Banks Stadium. As you mentioned, the Ravens will 552 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: face either the Buffalo Bills or the Houston Texans, who 553 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: won earlier in the day they beat the Los Angeles 554 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: Chargers in Houston. If the Denver Broncos beat the Bills, 555 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: and that game is tomorrow, then the Ravens will be 556 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: facing the Texans. If the Bills win, the Ravens travel 557 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: to Buffalo. 558 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 2: Yep. So that's the situation here. 559 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 3: And I'll say this was the case last week when 560 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 3: the Ravens beat the Browns, a little bit of a 561 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 3: muted locker room celebration, like there's there's not a party 562 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 3: in there, Like it's pretty business like. It does not 563 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 3: feel like you're talking about like this is the best 564 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 3: home win in franchise history, like you go in the 565 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 3: locker room. I mean it was, it was happy, but 566 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 3: it didn't feel like the best win that's ever happened 567 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 3: in this building. And I think this team is just 568 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 3: very much next opponent got to gotta stay focused, dialed in, 569 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 3: locked in all that stuff. 570 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: And you could feel that when you walk on that locker. 571 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 1: Mr. Jackson said it on podium afterwards. You know, first 572 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: question was how's it feel to beat the Steelers, your rivals? 573 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: And he said, I don't care if the Steelers, I 574 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: don't care who it was. We gotta win tonight, don't 575 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: care who the opponent was. 576 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 2: Yep, that's the way this team is thinking. 577 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 3: And I think they were in a really good headspace 578 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 3: and I think that will serve them well for this 579 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 3: postseason run. So, as always, you can email us at 580 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 3: the lounge at Ravens dot NFL dot net. We appreciate 581 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 3: hearing from you. I'm sure we'll get some very happy 582 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 3: emails after a game like this. Thank you so much 583 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 3: for listening, and we will talk with you again this week.