WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Press Conference (10/6)

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>October sixth, and the Ravens are getting ready to go

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<v Speaker 1>on the road to face the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be their third AFC North matchup on the road

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<v Speaker 1>in the early part of the season. Of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>Ravens have won the previous two games in Cincinnati and

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<v Speaker 1>then last week in Cleveland, and they're hoping to make

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<v Speaker 1>it three and zero on Sunday. As they got ready

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<v Speaker 1>for that matchup, we had a chance to talk with

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<v Speaker 1>head coach John Harball after today's practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, good seeing everybody, appreciate you being here. Good practice.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll all pointing all eyes earlier, begining to be pointing

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<v Speaker 2>completely towards Sunday at one o'clock. That's what we're working for.

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<v Speaker 2>We're looking forward to it. What questions you have coaching up?

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<v Speaker 1>Anyone's actually asked you this week to talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>rivalry a little bit. But is there a particular Gamer

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<v Speaker 1>series that stands out a year that stands out in

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<v Speaker 1>your memory?

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot, you know, there's so many. I think

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything, Yeah, I remember all of them. I

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<v Speaker 2>think probably couldn't tell you which year the wins were

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<v Speaker 2>a lot better than the losses. I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>that I probably remember the losses sometimes more than the wins.

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<v Speaker 2>But right now, really I'm not thinking too much about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody really is. We're focused on the

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<v Speaker 2>task at hand. Try to go in there and really

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<v Speaker 2>play our best football game and be ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>How have you seen the rivalry evolve over these last.

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<v Speaker 3>Few years, of particular since ye so many players retire

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<v Speaker 3>and just then changes ahole rosters.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I mean, you know brat Kisa was playing

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<v Speaker 2>four technique. You know when I first started to give

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<v Speaker 2>you an idea as a heck of a defensive line.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember it. Well, you couldn't get him cut off

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<v Speaker 2>on the backside. So that's part and parcel of the

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<v Speaker 2>evolutionary nature of the National Football League and life. I

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<v Speaker 2>would say so. But right now the president is at hand,

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<v Speaker 2>and the president is Sunday at one o'clock.

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<v Speaker 3>John Aaron Rodgers mentioned that he had kind of your

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<v Speaker 3>achille surgery that Aaron scoop and that would be able

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<v Speaker 3>to play at the end of the season. Have you,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, is it sole believe that Jk's gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>done for you or is there still a possibility that

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<v Speaker 3>make it late in the year.

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<v Speaker 2>As you could Well, I mean, I don't know. That's

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<v Speaker 2>something that's between JK and the trainers and the doctors.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it's not something I've been focusing on this time.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. It's kind of more week to week for

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<v Speaker 2>us in terms of the challenge at hand. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if a Killy, if he can get back, that'd be awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>that'd be all for it. But I really don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the answer to that is.

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<v Speaker 1>That it.

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<v Speaker 3>Is keeping three quarterbacks a week or week thing? Is

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<v Speaker 3>it something that you about is depends on you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I know Tyler had the hamstring for a while, Like

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<v Speaker 3>how do you evaluate that when you're getting guys back

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<v Speaker 3>and roster space becomes a bigger deal you does that

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<v Speaker 3>make it more challenging that three quarterbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Around that it does? We kind of made a decision

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<v Speaker 2>that we were going to try to go that route

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<v Speaker 2>this year already, as you know, So that's obvious, and

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<v Speaker 2>so we want to do that, you know, because the

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to have three quarterbacks available in a given game

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<v Speaker 2>is something that we feel good about and we and

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<v Speaker 2>we like all three guys. We've got three three quarterbacks there,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, to two backups that are you know that

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<v Speaker 2>could start in the National Football League and have so

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<v Speaker 2>we feel we feel very strong about that. So we

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<v Speaker 2>want to take advantage of that situation as much as

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<v Speaker 2>we can.

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<v Speaker 3>Availability. But I mean, this is a guy that has

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<v Speaker 3>always pilate himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Won't be available. What do you kind of able?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, I mean he's starting right tackle. I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's playing. Morgan's been playing the best football here. He

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<v Speaker 2>might tell you this of his whole career. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's really played really well, and uh, he's a force

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<v Speaker 2>out there. He's a force in nature, especially on the

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<v Speaker 2>polls and things like that. So, uh, he's doing everything

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<v Speaker 2>he can to get back for Sunday, and we'll see

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<v Speaker 2>what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know there are any players who willing to

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<v Speaker 1>rule out in his times to have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>science to be made.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I don't think anybody's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be ruled out, but that will be coming out

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<v Speaker 2>very soon. You'll see the elev phrases very quickly. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Di Well, I'm I'm like probably everybody here, all especially everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>That's our my you know, in our in our realm

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<v Speaker 2>our age group. Yeah, yeah, yeah, clarify that. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we grew up watching Dick Butkus uh videos because it

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<v Speaker 2>was it was just after his career basically, and you

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't talk about a linebacker in the National Football League

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about Dick Butkus. Dick Butkers like that is

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<v Speaker 2>the same as saying linebacker. Right, you said Dick Buckets,

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<v Speaker 2>It meant linebacker next to the definition of linebacker with

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<v Speaker 2>Dick Buckets. And then there was Ray Nichke right in

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<v Speaker 2>there and Chuck bed Nerik was right in there with

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<v Speaker 2>that group, you know. So uh, that was that was

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<v Speaker 2>an era that h that we grew up looking at

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<v Speaker 2>black and white NFL films about, you know, and and

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<v Speaker 2>with with with a voiceover, so rest in peace. Dick

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<v Speaker 2>Buckers is a legendary, legendary player who without without players

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<v Speaker 2>like Dick Buckets, and without Dick Buckets, the league would

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<v Speaker 2>not be what it is today. It's no us about that.

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<v Speaker 2>We should all be very grateful, those of us who

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<v Speaker 2>love football.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, great.

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<v Speaker 2>Real quick, I know you've been talking about Rowan and

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<v Speaker 2>what he's added to the team, but particularly lately he's

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<v Speaker 2>been drawing comparison, that's the regular word. Do you see

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<v Speaker 2>any similarity between them? Yeah, I mean they're both great linebackers,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and we're talking about linebackers. It's linebacker day obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's this era, right Ray Lewis and and now

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<v Speaker 2>the next generation is Rokwan Smith and I do. I

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<v Speaker 2>do see a lot of similarities. They both play for

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<v Speaker 2>the Ravens. I think that's a real big one that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really appreciative of. I'm glad they both played, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>for the Ravens. Ray did and and Roe does. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think the leadership, the ability to to make everybody

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<v Speaker 2>around them better, the style of play certainly is in

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<v Speaker 2>the same kind of kind of world. But they're their

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<v Speaker 2>own individual player. You know, They're not the same. No

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<v Speaker 2>two players ever are. And that's what's really important, I

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<v Speaker 2>think as a coach to understand is like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not searching for the same player. You know, the

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<v Speaker 2>replacement is not the same player. No two players, no

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<v Speaker 2>two human beings, are ever alike. But you do look

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<v Speaker 2>for the same qualities. You know, and Row certainly has

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<v Speaker 2>the qualities you know in that in that in that

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<v Speaker 2>in that world. But you know, he's got a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of football in front of him and have an opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to write his own, you know, the book on his career.

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<v Speaker 1>That was head coach John Harbaugh. Now, the matchup on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday kicks off at one pm. You can watch it

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<v Speaker 1>on CBS. Also, make sure you check out the Lounge Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We did an interview with Gus Edwards that dropped yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>So here what Gus had to say about this matchup

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<v Speaker 1>and his performance so far this season. You can check

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<v Speaker 1>out the Lounge Podcast wherever you find your podcast. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>you can watch the episode on YouTube. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>have a great weekend. We'll be back with you on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday after the game in Pittsburgh.