1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. It is not 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: a Size him Up Monday. It's not even a Size 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: m Up Friday. This is the despair Lounge. This is 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: that sad lounge at the end of the night where 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: the music is just gone really flat. No, there's just 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: no juice left anymore. This is a sad, pathetic lounge. 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: There's like a dim light somewhere in the corner. It's 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: it's damp, exactly exactly. Yeah, this is this is the 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: this is the lounge that nobody wants to go. But 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: we hope you you hope you stick around and listen. Um. 11 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,639 Speaker 1: Following a twenty two to ten shocking loss in Miami 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: that drops the Ravens the six and three, I mean, 13 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: I'm stunned by this one, Garrett. I really I thought 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 1: that the Ravens were gonna win this game handily. And 15 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: I'll start with this. Okay, we'll put this out on top. Okay, 16 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: John Harball put the loss on his shoulders. He took 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: he fell on the sword for this one, right, which 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: is what a good leader does. You have a really 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: poor game across the board, the leader kind of goes 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: down with the ship, right, but it's not on him. 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: It's not on him. It's on me, Garrett. It's on me. 22 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: I put it on my I put it on my shoulders. 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: And you know why it all started before the game. 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: We got dropped off at hard Rock Stadium and we're 25 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: walking in. We're all walking in about the mile from 26 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: where the bus dropped us to the to the front 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: gate because we don't try you know, just pull back 28 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: current here. We don't travel with the team right now 29 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: because COVID restrictions. We're flying commercials. So we get dropped 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: off a mile from the stadium. We're walking in. Dolphins, 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: fans are out, they're starting tailgate setting up. We're walking 32 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: by a crew. They've got a beer pong table out. 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was you or somebody in 34 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: our group said, man, why don't you go take a 35 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: guest shot? So sure, let's go walk up, Walk up, Hey, 36 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: guest shot, guys, guest shot. Sure, give it to me, 37 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: line it up now. It's you know, we've already established 38 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: how old I am. It's been a while. Yeah, a 39 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: little rusty, little rusty over send that puppy down there, 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: a solid two feet long, not even close. And I 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: think that set the stage for what was gonna be 42 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: a rough evening. Yeah, that might be I put this 43 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: one on me. That might be the case. You did 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: set a bad tone walking into the stadium, So that's, uh, 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: that is on you. It was Yeah, I mean that 46 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: wasn't shocking now that the miss by you was expected. Um, 47 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: but but the game, the game was did not go. 48 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: I think obviously the way that anybody thought it would. 49 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Rays are big favorites going into it. You know, you 50 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: referenced John Harbor saying he put it on him. Basically, 51 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: he said he felt like the team wasn't ready to play, 52 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: and that's on them as coaches. They have to do 53 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: a better job of preparing the team. There's there's factors 54 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: that could have been at play. You know, short week 55 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: offense played a ton of snaps overtime game against the 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: Vikings the previous week. Did that have anything to do 57 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: with it? Probably somewhat. Maybe, Um, there's probably some percentage 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: of it. Yeah, I think there's some percentage of it. 59 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: I don't know how much, but I think that there's 60 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: probably an element of that. And I think that if 61 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: you're if you're wanting to feel optimistic, then I think 62 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: you can say, chalk it up to some of those factors. 63 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: Short week um, traveling on Thursday night football after playing 64 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: a ton you know, playing overtime game the week before. 65 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: That's I feel like, if you want to look at 66 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: it from that perspective, I get that, but I do 67 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: there's certainly things that have come up in this game 68 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: as themes that we've seen over the course of the season, 69 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: I think, especially on the defensive side. And we're gonna 70 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: talk to you all that and this therapeutic time here 71 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: on the launch. All right, so let's start with what 72 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: the heck happened to the offense? Because that was drab 73 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: and and I'll start here. This was a new strategy 74 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: against Lamar. We saw some of the same old problems 75 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: from the Ravens, but this is a new strategy. And 76 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: the strategy was blitz the snot out of him. That 77 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: is what Miami did. They they blitz their safeties. They 78 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: blitzed more than half of the time their safeties, blitz 79 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: more than any team has ever blitzed in the past 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: five years. That's crazy, right, So this is this is 81 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: a a I guess anomaly. I mean the historic kind 82 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: of strategy here, not it's so outside the norm that 83 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: you gotta go back six years to find anything like it. 84 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: Right now, Here's here's the thing. Lamar after the game, 85 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: his his quote that he repeat a few times a 86 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: few times was I was hot and it wasn't hot 87 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: like he was in Miami where he was on a heater. 88 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: What he meant was in two ways. He was hot. 89 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: In one way, he always had a free blitzer coming 90 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: at him, so he was saying, I was the hot 91 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: guy I was. And two he was angry, he was frustrated, 92 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: so he was hot in both the wrong ways. Yeah, 93 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: And and really, what it is here is the Ravens 94 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: never made the Dolphins pay for their cover zero blitzes blitzes, which, 95 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: to the layman out there, a cover zero blitz is 96 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: basically it's one on one cornerback, first wide receiver across 97 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: the board. There's no safety help over the top, right, 98 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: and and that is a risky blitz, Like you don't 99 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: see that blitz. I mean, the Ravens and Wing Martinal 100 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: blitz all the time, but it's not always a cover 101 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 1: zero blitz. Like that's the most aggressive of the blitzes, 102 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins did at all game, right, and we 103 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: were talking to us. It was like Madden, you know 104 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: where you get that that blitz on Madden, and you're like, 105 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna keep boom boom, hit it, hit it, 106 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: hit it. And then other teams just never can they 107 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: just are done. Yeah, and and and so why didn't 108 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: the Ravens make them make the Dolphins pay? Here's one thing. 109 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: The Dolphins already came into the game as I think 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: tied with the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick he 111 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: likes the blitz a little as the highest percentage of 112 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,559 Speaker 1: cover zero blitzzes in the league. Right, So this wasn't 113 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: This was a lot of blitzing. And it was like 114 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: his you know, historical and air quotes whatever. It hadn't 115 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: happened in several years. But it wasn't like the Dolphins 116 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: never brand cover zero, but they did it a lot. 117 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: So so the Ravens even after the game said yeah, 118 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: we knew they were gonna blitz us a lot. They 119 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: just did it more than the Ravens expected. But in 120 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: that case, then you would think, you know, obviously the 121 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: Ravens would have cover zero beaters in the game plan, right, 122 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: and you would think that they would have practiced. There's 123 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 1: a fair amount heading into the game that they would 124 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: they would see that a lot and need to be 125 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: able to be it. So what seems it seemed to 126 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: me like what their strategy on that front was and 127 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: obviously it didn't work, was to hit the quick stuff 128 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: to Hollywood out in the flat to try to beat that. 129 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: I mean that well my problem was that seemed to 130 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: be the only solution. Yeah, yeah, no, and it and 131 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: it obviously didn't work. Now a couple of reasons. What 132 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: Lamar had a couple of passes deflected, two or three 133 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: passes deflected, so that was part of it, um, but 134 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: that's only a handful. I mean even when the ball 135 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: was getting to Hollywood, it's like he was he was 136 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: turning up field for for big gains and so it 137 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: just seemed like they kept going in that direction and 138 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: it obviously wasn't working. So what I don't under like, 139 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: did the blitz beaters get just called at the wrong time, 140 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: like like just we were off balance, or did like 141 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 1: were the players not adjusting and executing the blitz beaters? 142 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: You know, like was Lamar not picking up you know, 143 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: you have opportunities when they go cover zero there's there's 144 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: a there's one on one opportunities across the board, like 145 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: where the receiver's not winning those one on one opportunities. 146 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: I mean, which would be concerning considering this was, as 147 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: I wrote going into the game, the best wide receiver 148 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: trio Lamar Jackson's ever had on the field in a 149 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: game in his career. Sam Watkins comes back, joins the 150 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: shot Bateman in Hollywood Brown like, or did Lamar just 151 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: not see those opportunities fast enough? Right? You know? In 152 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: Lamar was really good against the blitz. Now he had 153 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: a really great offensive line in front of him. You know, 154 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: Marcia Jana was still there, Orlando Ronnie obviously, So is 155 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: Lamar's comfort in the pocket kind of you know, if 156 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: he's not feeling comfortable, he's he's not reacting quick enough 157 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: to that blitz. He's looking at the pressure or feeling 158 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: that pressure and not really reacting quick enough well beat 159 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: that blitz. I don't I don't know. That's the thing. 160 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: Like this is an All twenty two game. You're gonna 161 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: have to go back in the film and see what 162 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: was there and what the Ravens missed or what you're 163 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: gonna have if nothing was that you're gonna have to 164 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: remember your NFL game path slog him because you haven't 165 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: logged in and looked at the tape. Well this is well, 166 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: you got the long weekend, this is all. Yeah, you 167 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: gotta remember that pass for first. Um. You know, I 168 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: think that there was probably a feeling and I thought 169 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: this at times when I was watching the game, like 170 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: why not press the ball down the field? And and 171 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: I will say that one of the challenges when they 172 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: are sending that that that many blitz is it's hard 173 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: to push the ball down the field because the pressure 174 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: just gets on you in a hurry. So they were 175 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: sending more blitz, more defensive lineman than we had blockers, right, 176 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: so you don't have time to basically scheme up a 177 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: seven step drop. It's too you know. Actually, one thing 178 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: that's kind of crazy. It's like one player that maybe 179 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: should have been made and it was like maybe the 180 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: only deep shot that was taken was the heave, just 181 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: the toss up to Sammy Watkins in the back on 182 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: that one play, just throw it up and then it 183 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: I don't know what happened on that play. I don't 184 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: know if Sammy lost it. I don't know if he 185 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: thought he was gonna hit the goal post. I don't 186 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: know what happened on that play. I would love to. 187 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 1: I love that ask him and see what happened, because 188 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: my guess as he lost it. I'm getting to go 189 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: off on a side tangent here because my guess is 190 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: that he just lost the ball and so he didn't't 191 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: see it until it landed right in front of him. 192 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: I think he lost where he was on the field. 193 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: I think he thought it was way out of bounds 194 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: and it wasn't. Maybe, yeah, that that could be that, 195 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: because he seems to be have the ball. He seemed 196 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: to be looking out at the ball. I just think 197 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: that he was like, oh, this is out of bounds, 198 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 1: and then like after it dropped a foot out of bounds, 199 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: he was like, I think it hit in bounds. I 200 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: had to go back. I mean, I don't think so. 201 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: I think it was just out of bounds, but definitely 202 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: certainly an extension and get your feet in um. But anyway, 203 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: that was like the the only one of the only 204 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: deep shots of the Ravens took all game, and they 205 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: probably should have connected on it and so, but it 206 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: is it is challenging to take the deep shots when 207 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: you have that much pressure pressure. But so I don't know, 208 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was on Lamar kind of 209 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: leaning on that, or if that's the play call leaning 210 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: on that out stuff to Hollywood. It worked against the 211 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: Vikings the previous week, you know, I think we were 212 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: all celebrating it that they were going in with the 213 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: short stuff and taking what they gave them. But this 214 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: was obviously a different defense. In that situation, the Vikings 215 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: were just playing back. The cornerbacks are just playing ten 216 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: yards off the ball, and then they were making them 217 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: pay on that or this. They kept trying to go 218 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 1: in that way, that route, and it never I mean, 219 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: Hollywood finished the game with six receptions for thirty seven yards. 220 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: That's like targets. Yeah, and that's that's like for him. 221 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: Thirty seven yards on thirteen targets is not the stat 222 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: line obviously that you want. Um, you know, I find 223 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: my that That's what I am still confused about. It's 224 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: like it just didn't seem like the Ravens made an adjustment, 225 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: you know, like it obviously wasn't going right and the 226 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: outside passing game wasn't working in the first half, and 227 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: we've seen the Ravens be a second half offense, and 228 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately they haven't really besides the Argers game, 229 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: maybe the Chiefs game put the other a complete game 230 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: on offense. But you know, you're you're down three going 231 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: into the half or maybe it was nine three, I 232 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: can't remember, and and you're like, well the Ravens will 233 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: you know, they'll turn on the second half. And then 234 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: it seemed like the adjustments weren't made, which that is 235 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: confusing to me. Yeah, I mean, the same this it 236 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 1: was the same place, I don't know, the same place, 237 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: but the same results and throwing it in the same 238 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: you know, the same way. I don't know how much 239 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: Lamar was checking out of place. You certainly saw some 240 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: of that. I don't know how much of that was 241 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: going on. Yeah, I mean it's all very confusing. Yeah, 242 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: I think that, like there's to be honest, we didn't 243 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: get really many answers post game. The one thing that 244 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: we did get, I guess is that the players said 245 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: that there was a lot of covers here and they 246 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: expected that, um, but they didn't. And then but but 247 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: in terms of like, yeah, what you're saying, is it 248 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: the play call? Is it a check out? Of a 249 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: play call, do you have options within that play and 250 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: you're only going in one one option and not? You know, 251 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: I found myself asking where's Mark Andrews. I mean it 252 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: felt like every time I threw to him it was 253 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: a good result. Um, and I would have liked to 254 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: see some more passes go in his direction. But I 255 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: don't really know how all that breaks down within a play. 256 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: That's the tough thing to kind of diagnose in my opinion. Um, well, 257 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: if the safeties are both coming, you presumably have the 258 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: middle of the field. And yet the Ravens kept attacking 259 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: the edges on the outside, which Lamar's strength of his 260 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: career has been attacking the middle. So you know that's 261 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: what we're like. I know, they were dropping some defensive lines. 262 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: Dumbfound you look dumb, and they were. I am, well, 263 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: I usually just look dumb. Now I'm dumbfounded. Um, you know, 264 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: and they were playing with three inside linebackers, so uh yeah, 265 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: I am. I am very confused as to why the 266 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: middle of the field wasn't attacked more or even like 267 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: some jump like just loves some up to Mark if 268 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,479 Speaker 1: there's nobody over the top, let him big boy like 269 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: like that one tight end, big boy, chuck right, let 270 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: mark big boy right. Well, I think I think, like 271 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: to your point, there's been so many games, especially this year, 272 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: where else sudden the Ravens turn it on. It happened 273 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: the week before against the Vikings, and he was like, Okay, 274 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: here we go. Things are getting figured out here, offensive 275 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: now clicked, slow starts out of the way, halftime adjustments, 276 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: whatever it is. And so you go into the locker room, 277 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: you're down three points and you're like, okay, alright, alright, alright, 278 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: reset it here started, slow, short week, all that stuff. 279 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: They're gonna figure it out, and and then it just 280 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: never happened. And you asked me last week on the 281 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: podcast whether I was concerned about the slow starts, and 282 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: I said, no, well it hurt on. We aren't concerned 283 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: about anything. What's that you aren't considered? I was concerned about. 284 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: I was concerned about the big players on defense. That's 285 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: what I said. I was concerned about the big plays 286 00:14:55,160 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: on defense, and were congratulations. That was justified concern, I feel. 287 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: Do you feel good about yourself? No, you're getingcerned about 288 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: everything that's your that's your problem. You never know what 289 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: what's a real problem because you worry about everything. Um 290 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: but um, I'm the slow starts. Slamar, you know, said 291 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: after the game, it's ridiculous. He doesn't have an answer 292 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: for it, but he said, it's ridiculous, Um that they're 293 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: starting slow. I concur so. I mean the thing is 294 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: like the slow starts. I mean, yeah, it is. The 295 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: two best drives of the game were the first two 296 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: were two of the Raven's best drives besides the late 297 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: touchdown drive, which was aided by two roughing the passer 298 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: calls and and I think defensive the defensive holding penalty, right, 299 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: So really the best drives were like to forty five 300 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: yard drives or whatever. At the start of the game, 301 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: the Ravens just keep, like the past three games, continually 302 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: get to like the thirty five five and keep stubbing 303 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: their toe, whether it's a penalty or a sack like 304 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: that area of the field has been bad. And and 305 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, Duvernet was getting the ball 306 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: at the beginning, and I was sitting there talking about 307 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: my my gravestone, you know, putting get the ball into Duvernet. 308 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: Good things happen on my tombstone. And then and then 309 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: I was dead because you didn't get it a whole 310 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: lot more. I mean, I don't know if it's like 311 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: a mental hurdle at this point, you know. I mean, 312 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: justin Tucker's miss obviously doesn't help. I don't know if 313 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: if there's just a lot of pressure now at the 314 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: start of games and then you don't get in the 315 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: end zone and it's it becomes like the self fulfilling 316 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: prophecy that then throws things off kilter a little bit, 317 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: because really it hasn't been like the first drive that's 318 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: been the worst the past few games. It's like the 319 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: second through six, right, Yeah, Like the opening drive they 320 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: typically had moved the ball and they just got into 321 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: the third yard line and either had to end up 322 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: settling for a field goal or or punting punting, Yeah, yeah, 323 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: I mean it was it was feel goal field goal miss, 324 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: and then I think it was seventh straight punts, yeah, 325 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: and the and the thing to the punts, it's like, 326 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 1: you know, as we know, uh, John Harbor was going 327 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: to be aggressive on fourth down situations, but they really 328 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: weren't even into situation where they had a chance to 329 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: try to attempt some of those like fourth down place 330 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 1: because they're sitting there looking at fourth and ten, fourth 331 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: and eight. You know, like it wasn't they weren't even 332 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: moving the ball on those downs to get in position 333 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: to really even try on some of those fourth down place. Um, 334 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: so that was just difficult. Yeah, it certainly was. All right, 335 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: let's take a break and then we'll come back and 336 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: talk about the defense. 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The Dolphins offense really was not particularly good. 365 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: Didn't scare you, um, Ravens shut him down for the game. 366 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: But it was two plays maybe three that kind of 367 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: decided the game. Uh and and that's what's been the 368 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: Achilles heel of this defense. The one being a long 369 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: went down the right sideline, which looked like Anthony Averett 370 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: thought that he had safety help over the top, kind 371 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: of dropped into his own coverage and let his man, 372 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: We'll go right by him for what turned out to 373 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: be a long game. Hold on, I'm trying to pull 374 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: up trying to pull up the specifics of this so 375 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: I can actually talk with some knowledge here Isaiah Ford. Yeah, 376 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford went from for the two on that one 377 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: set up a field goal, and then the backbreaker was 378 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter after the Ravens scored their touchdown, 379 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: and then Albert Wilson comes across the formation, sprints across 380 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: the formation, nobody follows him, and he just is left 381 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: all alone up the left sideline for a sixty four 382 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: yard game game. That's set up their touchdown that kind 383 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: of put things out of reach. Yeah, I mean that 384 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: that one, that one was a killer obviously, um, because 385 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,239 Speaker 1: the game if they get That's what I'm thinking. I mean, 386 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: I I said to you at that point that I 387 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: felt like the Ravens are gonna win the game. It 388 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: was kind of following the script. Slow start, it doesn't 389 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: look like you're gonna win, and then all of a 390 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: sudden you get a late touchdown and then the games 391 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: within reach and there's like four and a half minutes left. 392 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: Defense is coming out there, it's like, all right, get 393 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: the stop. Get and then even the first down they 394 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: get the they get stopped for nothing on first down 395 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: at second and ten. You're thinking, okay, you're gonna get 396 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: the ball back. You know, you're gonna probably burn some 397 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: time out, so you have a two minute warning, and 398 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: this is a chance to go and march down the 399 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: field and they get the win that looked out of 400 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 1: reach at a certain point. It was following the script. 401 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: It was it was the same thing as we've seen 402 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: against the Colts, and it was like, all right, once again, 403 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: here we go. And I felt like it was gonna happen. 404 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: I really did. And and then that that play just 405 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: didn't eliminate the opportunity. Honestly, they kind of I was 406 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: even starting to do the you know, the high end math. 407 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 1: They're thinking, okay, well they're gonna gick a field goal 408 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: and uh and then you can get the touchdown the 409 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: two point version. But then they give up a touchdown 410 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: down there close to the goal line. And that was 411 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: kind of the third backbreaker of those big plays. It 412 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: was like a nine yard gain on second down that 413 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: really put him up put him in position to sort 414 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: of touchdown to win the game. Yeah. Yeah, So I 415 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: mean here's here's the only thing. Here's everybody's trying to 416 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: figure out, why did the Ravens keep having these letdowns, 417 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: these defensive breakdowns that just spoil otherwise pretty strong performance. 418 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: And I think it's I think it's communication. I think 419 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,439 Speaker 1: that the communication on some of these plays. That's not 420 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: all of them, like some of them, you know, Marlin's 421 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,479 Speaker 1: just gotten beaten one on one coverage, you know, like 422 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: we talked to him last week about and he played 423 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: a good game, especially he was he was locking down 424 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 1: Gauseki like he I thought Marlin played a good game, 425 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: kind of a bounce back podcast bump kind of game 426 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: that was a definite podcast bump, oh for sure, back 427 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: on track. Yes, yeah, good game. But I think that 428 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: communication is a problem right now in the Ravens secondary. 429 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: And one thing that Marlon talked about on the pod 430 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: was how good of a communicator Marcus Peters is. And 431 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: that's kind of something that we haven't people haven't really 432 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: talked a lot about. You know, we talked about kind 433 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: of his swagger and the dog and the alpha male 434 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: you know, demeanor and all that stuff that he brings 435 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: and and the film study and obviously the playmaking. But 436 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: what people haven't really talked about is how good it 437 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: can municator. He is in kind of getting everybody on 438 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: the same page and making sure you know, he knows 439 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: who he has and you know who you have, right 440 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: And Marlon talks about that. So in Anthony Averett, you know, 441 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what how he well he communicates on 442 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: the field. I know he's a quieter guy, like he's 443 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: not a super outspun guy. I assume that changes on 444 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,719 Speaker 1: the field, but I think that that it might be 445 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: part of an issue. I think obviously you have Brandon Stevens, 446 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: a third round rookie who's still I'm sure he's obviously 447 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: still learning a lot in this game stepping in for 448 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: the Sean Elliott, a veteran at safety, and even Chuck 449 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 1: Clark last week when talking about Brandon Stephens said, you know, yeah, 450 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: we we gotta get him communicating more. You know, we're 451 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: we're working on that with him. So I think that 452 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: you have you have you have some breakdowns right now 453 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: in terms of that, And I don't know how well 454 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: the linebackers are communicating with the back end and all that. 455 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know who was supposed to follow 456 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: Albert Wilson in that flat. Albert Wilson in that flat. 457 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was Patrick Queen or Bowser. 458 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey started on him, but then stopped and kind 459 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: of released them to the other side of the formation. Um, 460 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: but Marlon ended up covering I think Kasecki like he 461 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: took somebody and then you're talking about Yeah, I don't 462 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: know if it was Brandon Stevens was high and then 463 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: dropped down into the box and then didn't didn't react. 464 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: I don't know who was supposed to follow him, but 465 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: obviously somebody was for sure. Here's my take on that. 466 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: And we've spent time talking about the Marcus Peters injury. 467 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: I've said over and over again, obviously it hurts. I 468 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: don't really know that. I mean, we're nine games into 469 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: the season now and he hasn't played any of them, 470 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: and so I don't know that the communication breakdowns, assuming 471 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: that that there are community communication breakdowns that are happening, 472 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 1: can be attributed to not having him. I also don't know, 473 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: like I think that the communication is really significant between 474 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 1: the safety to the corners, Like I don't know how much, 475 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: and maybe there was a lot, but like as Marcus 476 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: Peters really communicated with Marlon on the other side of 477 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: the ball, like, yeah, maybe, but I don't really think so. 478 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: And so I think a lot of the communication happens 479 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: between Chuck Clark to the guys in front of him. 480 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: Keep in mind, Chuck is the guy who wears the 481 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: green dot, keeps everybody aligned. Um, he's you know, one 482 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: of the smartest players on the field, and so I 483 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: think a lot of that has fallen on him. And 484 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: then Deshawan Elliot is another huge piece of that. I 485 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: would say that like if there were communication breakdowns in 486 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: this game, and and Marlon did allude to that after 487 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: the game. He basically said, going into it, they felt 488 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: like they were going to have really good communication and 489 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: then that was like the one thing he promised to make, yeah, 490 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,479 Speaker 1: and then didn't feel like that happened. And so that 491 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: was something that he said that he that he put 492 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: that on him and said that I need to be 493 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: better on the communication front as a leader of this group. 494 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: And so like when you are replacing a starting safety, 495 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: I think that's probably where the communication breakdowns happening and 496 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: you have young players stepping in. Brandon Stevens. Rookie Gina 497 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: Stone was on the other play on the on the 498 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: other long play up the right side line to afford. 499 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: You know, Gino dropped down into the box and then 500 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: there was nobody over top of Averit and avorite I 501 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: thought there was or whatnot, you know, thought there was 502 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: gonna So you know, we're not sitting here looking trying 503 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: to like make scapegoats out of anybody, but trying to 504 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: figure out we don't know what the breakdown is, you know, 505 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: and you kind of you kind of like to know, 506 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: so you know. And the other thing that hurt was 507 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: the loss of Tavon Young. You know, he went down 508 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,199 Speaker 1: with a foot injury in the second half and he 509 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: was playing well. Tavan was was was having a good game. 510 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,959 Speaker 1: And now we don't know how long Tavan is going 511 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: to be out, but that injury definitely stinks. Chris Chris 512 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: Westry stepped in and played more snaps than Jimmy did. 513 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: Ultimately by the end of the game. Chris Westry, by 514 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 1: the way, give him some credit because he hit that 515 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: offensive line on the goal line. Robert Hunt, who loyal 516 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: Lounge listeners remember, was our guy coming on the draft. 517 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: We were both on the Robert Hunt train obviously for 518 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: a good reason. The guy could be a tight end. Yeah, 519 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: we were thinking he might be a running back option 520 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: exactly exactly, hybrid option. Yeah, that that play, I will 521 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 1: say on what was a horrible night. I was laughing 522 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: out loud in the press box on that. Yeah, that 523 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: was a good one. That was That was a play 524 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: to remember. That was the best play of the game. 525 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: That was the most memorable. Yeah. But Westreet West really 526 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: the one on him he did. He did that is 527 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: a tall order too. When you see the rumbling down 528 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 1: the field, who that you know, Robert Hunt, he probably 529 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: knew that he wasn't actually allowed to catch that ball, 530 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: but he's like, you know what, I'm going for a baby, 531 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: I got the ball in my hands. I'm not letting 532 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: this moment pass me by. Well, he said he just 533 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: kind of blacked out. He said it was like it 534 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: was a big game, big play, and like the ball 535 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: just came to him and he was like, yeah, I'm 536 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: catching I'm catching it, and the baby. It was great, 537 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: just fantastic. Um. Anyway, I mean I think this defense 538 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: like I think they can they can figure it out. 539 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 1: It's just yeah, it's can you say that in a 540 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: row is the thing, Like, we've been saying the same thing. Now. 541 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: Look look, one reporter's question the post game was like, well, 542 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: you know, we've been saying the same thing about these 543 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: sporadic breakdowns. So you know, when are you guys gonna 544 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: address that? They're like, we're trying. Yeah, I mean, look, 545 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 1: I do. I do think that that the defense played 546 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: a pretty good game. Okay, Like keep in mind, one 547 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: of the touchdowns that was given up was by the offense. 548 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: It was a scooping score on a fumble by Sammy Watkins, 549 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: who had a really tough night in his return um. 550 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: And so I thought the defense overall played well and 551 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: I think that this was kind of I do think 552 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: it was a bit of a bit of a bounce 553 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: back game. But the issues that have been worried on 554 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: all season long did show up again. And so they 555 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: can't you can't allow sixty yard bombs you just on 556 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: a on a critical drive late in the fourth quarter, 557 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: You're gonna lose a lot actually to a team that 558 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: hadn't hit hardly any all season. I mean, the Dolphins 559 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 1: have not shown explosive this yeah, all year long. So um, 560 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: so I guess the question. Now, Ravens are six and three. 561 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: They have got a long weekend to think about this one, 562 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: and what where does the team go from here? Like, 563 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: what do you make of it? They've played three straight 564 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: games here where you don't feel great. Lost to the Dolphins, 565 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: lost to the Bengals. Vikings were really played a good 566 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: game since the Chargers game. I mean, the Colts game 567 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: was really ugly for the first half, bruncos they played 568 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: well defensively and had some big plays offensively. Lions game 569 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: was ugly for the majority and certainly could have lost 570 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: that game, probably should have lost that game. And the Chiefs, 571 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: you know, and the Raiders they played well but collapsed 572 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: at the end. Um. But yeah, I mean just not 573 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 1: playing consistent enough football. H Um. I think it's gonna 574 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: be so yeah. And here's here's here's the tough part. 575 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: The second half schedule And we all knew this when 576 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: it came out is no joke. You're gonna have these 577 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: division games right around the corner here, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 578 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: you got the Packers in the Rams and then another 579 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:23,479 Speaker 1: one with Cincinnati. And you're sitting here thinking that, you know, 580 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: everyone I think had the mindset Okay, go ahead and 581 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: stack two wins here against the Dolphins and the Bears. 582 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: Get yourself to eight and two, and then that gives 583 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: you a little bit of breathing room for that tough 584 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: second half stretch. Well, guess what, the margin for air 585 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: has been significantly reduced. This game against the Bears is 586 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: critical because if you lose to the Dolphins and the Bears, 587 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: then that's that's bad news when no one who's around 588 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: the corner. So I think that this is the case 589 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: just about every season, and I think based on what 590 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: we've seen over the past few weeks, it's gonna be 591 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: the case again this year. The vision is gonna be 592 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: a dog fight down to the end. I know you're 593 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: always gonna come down to the division games, it really is. 594 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: You know, you're always ready to rule out the Steelers. 595 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: They're gonna be right there in the thick of it. 596 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: Browns look like they're better off without Odell Beckham Jr. 597 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: They played probably their best game without him, and we 598 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: already saw what happened when the Ravens and Bengals played 599 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: earlier this year. So well after after the Bears game, 600 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: every game remaining on the schedule is against US a 601 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: team that's over five right now, a winning team. So 602 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: that is a Ravens. I would be hard pressed to 603 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: say they're going to run the table on that. And 604 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,960 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins. This back to back Dolphins Bears was really, 605 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: you know, honestly, a chance to pa to pad the lead. 606 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,479 Speaker 1: Give you give yourself a cushion, exactly, you give yourself 607 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: a cushion. And now you have to by losing to 608 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: the Dolphins team the Ravens should have beaten, you have 609 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: to beat a team that you maybe should have lost to, 610 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: you know, And so who that is, I don't know, 611 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: you know, I mean all these games are gonna be 612 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: really tight games. I think going up, you know, going forward. 613 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: So and and this Sunday against the Bears, uh, not 614 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: this Sunday, but the following Sunday is gonna be a 615 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: pivotal game for kind of I think it's a get right, 616 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: you need to get your confidence back a little bit 617 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: and kind of get a little bit into a groove. 618 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: I mean we saw that with the Dolphins, right, I 619 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: mean that defensive there's played really well. And in part 620 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: because they played really well the previous two weeks, they 621 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: were just coming off a win against the Texans in 622 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: which they played very well, and the week before that, 623 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: even though they lost, the defense was good. And I 624 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: think that defense had some confidence and some swagger going 625 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: into this game, and you saw it play out and 626 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: once they had success earlyer just kind of snowballed and um, 627 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: And I think the Ravens need that against the Bears. 628 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: They need a game to kind of get back and 629 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: get right. And I do think that, like we've said 630 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: it before, and I think it's true, there is an 631 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: element of any It can happen any week. And I 632 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: know for sure, like this is this is this is 633 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: the same podcast that the Bills rapping exactly, you know 634 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,120 Speaker 1: whatever five days ago after they lost to the Jacks exactly, 635 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: so they loosen to the Jackson and it's like, as 636 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: this team any good? And so now it's now it's 637 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: the Ravens turn, and and everyone's feeling it. Obviously a 638 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: disappointing loss in a game that everybody felt like the 639 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: Ravens who win. Also, it's always a bummer, you know. 640 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: We we traveled down there, and our flight to and 641 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: from packed with Ravens fans. A lot of purple. On 642 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: the flight, I was listening to the guy behind me 643 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: on the fight. I had to put on the noise 644 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 1: canceling headphones because he was just he was ripping everybody 645 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: on the web back, on the way back, he was 646 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: ripping everybody. So I had to put on the noise 647 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: canceling headphones to try to fall asleep. I was running 648 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: about on four hours of sleep. But you know he 649 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: was he was letting everybody have it. Uh it wasn't me. 650 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: For listeners out there, no, it wasn't you. It wasn't you. 651 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: It's a random guy. But he was letting everybody have it. 652 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: But um, it was a bummer. There was There was 653 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fans. I felt like I was. I mean, 654 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: probably isn't wasn't this far, but it felt like in 655 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: Miami just a ton of fans. It wasn't quite that much, 656 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: but there were a lot of Ravens fans. And I'll 657 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: say one other thing about this stretch coming up, and 658 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: we can we can talk about, you know, how grueling 659 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 1: it is and and those are all tough teams that 660 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: they are, right, but every team in the a f 661 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: C North at some point this season has looked like trash. 662 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 1: I mean seriously, I mean the Browns two weeks ago 663 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:35,400 Speaker 1: looked bad, banged up, it looked really bad. The Steelers 664 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: lost three straight games I think at the beginning of 665 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: the year, right, and people were sticking a fork in 666 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 1: them and saying they're done and and should have lost 667 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: to the Bears last week. And I mean haven't like 668 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: won a game convincingly, Like I haven't seen the Steelers 669 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,040 Speaker 1: play a great game, you know. And the Bengals now 670 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: have lost two in a row and have just got 671 00:34:56,080 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: smoked by the Browns. So like, I just I just 672 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,080 Speaker 1: think this year in the a f C, and and 673 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: it's this year across the NFL most years, but particularly 674 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 1: this year in the a f C, like, there is 675 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 1: no clear lead dog. It's there's a there's a six 676 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:18,280 Speaker 1: to seven good teams. The Ravens are one of those teams. 677 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll go to eight. Yeah. The problem is that 678 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: at four of those eight are in the a f 679 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: C North. That's the problem. Yeah, exactly, exactly, all right, 680 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: here you go here, here are the good teams, the Bills, 681 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 1: the Patriots, the entire NFC North, the Titans, the Colts 682 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: aren't bad, the charges of Raiders in Chiefs. How many 683 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:44,399 Speaker 1: teams you name? There? He said, teams eight I got 684 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: ten are borderline I got ten teams. The Patriots and 685 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,680 Speaker 1: the Colts are borderline ten teams. I think the Ravens 686 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: are one of the Ravens are one of the certainly 687 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: teams in the best teams. The very is, there're certainly 688 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: one of the seven best teams in the a f C. Right, 689 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: But how many teams make it seven? Right? Exactly? Well there, 690 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: I thought that was a rhetorical question. It's a size 691 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: them up Friday after all. No, it's gonna be it 692 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: is gonna be a dogfight all the way down to 693 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: the end. Uh. And this game was a reminder of that. 694 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: So disappointing. Disappointing for sure. Um, but take the weekend, 695 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, decompressed a little bit, and then we'll come 696 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: back rejuvenated on Monday, ready to you know, turn the 697 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: page quickly. Well, not with a podcast, not with a podcast, 698 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: but just mentally we will have a podcast next week 699 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: with a guest. We're not sure who yet, but we 700 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,439 Speaker 1: will have a podcast next week. But mentally we will 701 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: be refreshed and turned the page after that game. Yes, 702 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: and I will have I will have played some beer 703 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: palm and we will move past that anyway, thanks for listening. 704 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: As always, you can reach us at the lounge at 705 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. Will be back to me 706 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:04,320 Speaker 1: next week. M