Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. The Ravens are
Speaker 1: gearing up for a matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on
Speaker 1: Sunday in Pittsburgh. This is a big AFC North showdown
Speaker 1: between the top two teams in the division. The Steelers
Speaker 1: are currently leading the way in the division, sitting at
Speaker 1: seven and two and the Ravens are seven and three
Speaker 1: on the year. Kickoff on Sunday is at one o'clock
Speaker 1: and as the Ravens prepare for that matchup, today, we
Speaker 1: had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh.
Speaker 2: Good seeing everybody, appreciate everybody being here. What questions you
Speaker 2: have John?
Speaker 3: With Kyles Wednesday practice companies great film, pretty optimistic about Kyle.
Speaker 3: I am John Worth let after practice yesterday was seen
Speaker 3: as walking boo.
Speaker 4: He rowsn't out here practice today just for company.
Speaker 5: Give any information regarding that?
Speaker 2: Uh No, I don't have any information on that. We
Speaker 2: just got to see where we go with that, Great.
Speaker 5: John.
Speaker 3: One thing that Pittsburgh defense has done particularly well this
Speaker 3: year has been a really limited scrambled I saw a
Speaker 3: stat that they've only given up I take three scrambles
Speaker 3: for twelve yards. You guys have done very well in
Speaker 3: that department, going up against the mobile quarterbacks as well.
Speaker 3: What's the key to when you're going up against the
Speaker 3: quarterback who can move around getting pressure but not letting
Speaker 3: them get it?
Speaker 2: You got it? Just do a good job or getting
Speaker 2: the guy, you know, And there's techniques involved in terms
Speaker 2: that we use for different guys, and there's different games
Speaker 2: and things you can use. I mean, Pittsburgh's good at it.
Speaker 2: They've got really good pass rushures. I think those guys,
Speaker 2: you know, between Watt and her Big this week, you know,
Speaker 2: he does a great job. And they brought in Presston Smith.
Speaker 2: You know, it's a good addition. I think their tackles
Speaker 2: do a good job inside, you know, pressing the pocket
Speaker 2: and they shed blocks well. I mean, you know, Heyward's
Speaker 2: still a force in there. So like I think they
Speaker 2: do a good job with that.
Speaker 4: So now that you've had a.
Speaker 2: Week of practice with them, what have you learned about
Speaker 2: your maybe as late good football player, a great guy.
Speaker 2: I've learned that you know, he picks things up quickly,
Speaker 2: So very happy with him.
Speaker 1: In the locker room today, we also heard from safety
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton. He went down with an ankle injury. In
Speaker 1: the game against the Bengals last week, but he returned
Speaker 1: to practice on Thursday and practice again on Friday. He
Speaker 1: talked reporters about his status and how he's feeling going
Speaker 1: into this game.
Speaker 6: Did the guy clipped the back of your fleet and
Speaker 6: it was hard to tell whether he actually clipped you out?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I saw the video. I think he
Speaker 4: clipped me. I just felt pain, and I was initially
Speaker 4: scared because, like I've heard everybody talk about, like how
Speaker 4: when you're do an achilles it feels like you get
Speaker 4: stepped on or something like that, and so I felt
Speaker 4: I think he stepping on his foot, But luckily it
Speaker 4: wasn't anything like that.
Speaker 6: I think a lot of people marvel it just how
Speaker 6: quickly you're able to get back out there. You know,
Speaker 6: a lot of the layman twists and ankle now a month.
Speaker 6: What is it for you? How are you able to
Speaker 6: do this? And is it a mentality thing? Is it
Speaker 6: a physical thing? What is it?
Speaker 4: I think it's a little bit both. I think, you know,
Speaker 4: if I'm able to play, I'm gonna play and playing
Speaker 4: through pain or whatever, not saying that I am right now,
Speaker 4: but I think it's important. You know, we only get
Speaker 4: a handful of these games. It's not like we're in
Speaker 4: the MLB or NBA. Every single one of these counts,
Speaker 4: especially this one a division opponent on the road, So
Speaker 4: I wanna be available as much as possible for my team.
Speaker 4: And I think I was just raised to you know,
Speaker 4: if you're if you can go, go, so do that.
Speaker 3: At what point did you kind of comfortable, uh turning
Speaker 3: point whether or whatever?
Speaker 5: Or you?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think over the the long weekend, which helped
Speaker 4: a ton, I think for this healing process. You know,
Speaker 4: I was just playing a waiting games, just doing what
Speaker 4: I need to do coming in here, and you know,
Speaker 4: it got better every day and you know, making little
Speaker 4: strides and can't get frustrated with it. I know it
Speaker 4: was kind of a quick turnaround for the injury, but
Speaker 4: you know, no, I think I was just trusting the process,
Speaker 4: trusting the trainers, and they got me.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 4: Kyle, here, do you expect for you up there? It's
Speaker 4: too early to know expect there. Now I'm gonna be
Speaker 4: out there.
Speaker 5: Wow, Pittsburgh's kind of had your guys number a little
Speaker 5: bit more than usual the last few years. A lot
Speaker 5: of nuance that explains that meaningless games, you know, lamar
Speaker 5: resting some games as well. But that said, how much
Speaker 5: motivation is there just knowing how important this game is
Speaker 5: in terms of the standings, but also because they are
Speaker 5: one of your biggest rivals.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think we we approached this week a little
Speaker 4: different just because of you know, the history that's there,
Speaker 4: and I think both sides respect both sides and it
Speaker 4: makes for a good game every time. So, you know,
Speaker 4: I think we're excited to go out there and with
Speaker 4: the standings how they are right now, obviously it's a
Speaker 4: big game, but if both teams are oh intended its,
Speaker 4: it'll be a big game. So I think it's it's
Speaker 4: fun to play in, fun to be part of and uh,
Speaker 4: scot out there and try to good w I it
Speaker 4: sounded like.
Speaker 6: There was a pretty spirited film review.
Speaker 3: Meeting on Tuesday.
Speaker 6: How is it different from just the usual game the year?
Speaker 4: Are you talking about this past week?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know, it was nothing crazy or
Speaker 4: anything like that. I think you know, everybody's holding each
Speaker 4: other accountable. When guys are taking that well, taking the
Speaker 4: criticism which is positive back and you know, what can
Speaker 4: I do to improve our defense and improve myself which
Speaker 4: will then in turn improve the defense, and everybody's got
Speaker 4: to look in the mirror address everything. At this point,
Speaker 4: we still have seven games guaranteed left, so and after that,
Speaker 4: you know, we're trying to make a Super Bowl run,
Speaker 4: so so a bunch of time left to get everything
Speaker 4: straightened out. But you know, I think everybody's excited and
Speaker 4: it's not the opportunity to go on Sunday and just
Speaker 4: improve ourselves.
Speaker 1: Right, you're listening to the Ravens Press Pass podcast again.
Speaker 1: Kickoff Sunday is at one o'clock on CBS. Thanks so
Speaker 1: much for listening. We'll be back with you again this weekend.