Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Past Podcast. It is Friday,
Speaker 1: November third. The Ravens are getting ready to play the
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, and head coach John Harball discussed
Speaker 1: today that upcoming matchup against Seattle.
Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, good to see you guys. Great day, great practice.
Speaker 2: Excited to be playing a very tough opponent at home
Speaker 2: in front of our crowd. Can't wait, can't wait to
Speaker 2: get out there and do it. But we still have
Speaker 2: about forty eight hours to keep getting ready and we'll
Speaker 2: be we'll be taking advantage of that. So what question
Speaker 2: do you have, John? I know you've been busy with
Speaker 2: preparations this week, but the girls Play Football League wrapped
Speaker 2: up this past week. I know you guys have been
Speaker 2: involved in.
Speaker 3: So how gratifying has it been to see that come
Speaker 3: to fruition.
Speaker 2: It's been incredible. It's been incredible. Middletown in Urbana, right,
Speaker 2: Middletown win in overtime? Yeah, overtime, right, seven to six
Speaker 2: defensive struggle. That's awesome. I mean, this just really makes
Speaker 2: you proud, excited. I mean it's just very cool, you know,
Speaker 2: And congratulates to both those teams making it to the
Speaker 2: finals the Super Bowl, you know, and hopefully hopefully we
Speaker 2: can do as well, because has been the preparation for
Speaker 2: a top of point and they're leading their division and
Speaker 2: they're strong in both fronts. Well, that's exactly right. I mean,
Speaker 2: it just nails it right there. They're they're they're a
Speaker 2: top NFC team. They're they're they're heading up the NFC
Speaker 2: West at this time because they're playing really good football, uh,
Speaker 2: complimentary football. They they're built well by kind of how
Speaker 2: they always are. They're playing Seahawk football. I would say,
Speaker 2: it's what you come to expect when you when you
Speaker 2: play the Seahawks. So we understand that you talk about
Speaker 2: how because including gets Scott and what they're used.
Speaker 1: As you did you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. I guess I'd have to
Speaker 2: think hard about it, Mike, and it's almost like he's
Speaker 2: across the board gotten so much better. But I would say,
Speaker 2: if I was gonna pick the number one thing that
Speaker 2: he's really improved at, it's it's just understanding of the
Speaker 2: relationships in the back end deep its deep middle or
Speaker 2: deep half, uh, to the routes and having his vision
Speaker 2: opened up a little bit and seeing all the different
Speaker 2: different routes that come in that he's got to be
Speaker 2: responsible for. He's really done a good job with that,
Speaker 2: I think. I think the whole defense so far has
Speaker 2: done really good with the deep ball, you know. So
Speaker 2: we've got to keep keep doing that and keep building that.
Speaker 2: But he's he's a pretty versatile player. You know, he
Speaker 2: plays everywhere. He plays bowl safeties, he plays in the nickel,
Speaker 2: plays in the dime sometimes, you know, he blitzes, he covers,
Speaker 2: He's been on wide receivers, covering wide receivers as well.
Speaker 2: So yeah, we're pretty pretty happy with him. And he
Speaker 2: I think he knows more than anybody in the way
Speaker 2: he approaches is that he can get better, a lot
Speaker 2: better even than he is right now. John, we haven't
Speaker 2: hasn't practiced all week.
Speaker 3: Based on his experience, is there still a possibility that
Speaker 3: even though he hasn't practice that he could possibly still
Speaker 3: do out play.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he could play without practice, There's no
Speaker 2: doubt about it. Just have to see how it feels. Uh,
Speaker 2: he wanted to practice today, you know, and we we
Speaker 2: just nixed that, you know, for but that's the kind
Speaker 2: of guy Morgan is. He's old school, you know, he
Speaker 2: wants to get out there.
Speaker 3: No, hamstrings are tricky.
Speaker 2: How did Marcus Williams do this week? If he did well?
Speaker 2: He did well? Hamstrings are tricky. You know. We'll just
Speaker 2: have to see going you know, into the game kind
Speaker 2: of probably be right up to it. You know, we'll
Speaker 2: see and see where he's at.
Speaker 3: It seems like today was another of those mental sweat
Speaker 3: practices he did you've gone to in the last few weeks.
Speaker 3: What's the I guess, the working, I guess, But what's
Speaker 3: the thought you guess? I guess, Well, just what's what's
Speaker 3: the something doing? Managing the winning is what.
Speaker 2: They do say that wisdom is in the results, right,
Speaker 2: I mean, you know so, uh, it's easier to continue
Speaker 2: to do something when it's been successful, certainly, you know,
Speaker 2: so that's part of it. But also that I would
Speaker 2: say the fact that for me as a coach, you see,
Speaker 2: I like what I see when we're doing it. You know,
Speaker 2: we're doing it in a way where they're locked in
Speaker 2: and their attention to detail and they're communicating, et cetera,
Speaker 2: and and you feel good about it. If it wasn't that,
Speaker 2: then probably wouldn't be doing it. So so far, so good.
Speaker 2: But it'll change. I mean, there'll be days we'll be
Speaker 2: back in pad soon enough on Wednesday, will be We'll
Speaker 2: be going fast Fridays at some point. And I'm sure
Speaker 2: it's just kind of think. You go by where you're
Speaker 2: at in the season and how your guys are and
Speaker 2: kind of what you feel like you need that wee
Speaker 2: can I talk to the players? I mean I asked
Speaker 2: Lamar today what you thought, you know, because you know,
Speaker 2: as a quarterback, he might want to get those routes
Speaker 2: timed up, you know, because that's valuable too, and you
Speaker 2: do miss that on Friday if you don't do it
Speaker 2: that way. So all that comes into play.
Speaker 3: John, probably a question better, sir, for Eric, But would
Speaker 3: you like to see the trade downline push back to
Speaker 3: the later in the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, am I the right guy
Speaker 2: to ask? I don't know, because I'm sure there's some
Speaker 2: unintended consequences, but I would say yeah, I would say, yeah,
Speaker 2: why not, you know, make it be better for players,
Speaker 2: be better, and it is better for the players and
Speaker 2: the teams and for the fans. To me, is good
Speaker 2: for the game, you know, as long as it doesn't compromise,
Speaker 2: you know, the fairness and the integrity. But as far
Speaker 2: as I can tell, it would be be great. Oh
Speaker 2: it's another opportunity for him to say.
Speaker 3: That said nothing. You know, we've talked a lot about
Speaker 3: Brokwon and everyone talks about how good of a leader
Speaker 3: he has been. I won't said for you. I mean,
Speaker 3: you're you're one of the leaders as well. What do
Speaker 3: you think separates Roquon as just being being a great leader?
Speaker 2: So the deep question I get the deep question to
Speaker 2: get on Friday, Probably I would say that he is.
Speaker 2: He's he doesn't have any fear about how he's perceived.
Speaker 2: He's he understands, you know, what he thinks is important
Speaker 2: and what he believes in his way of doing it.
Speaker 2: And as a leader, he's not afraid to say, hey,
Speaker 2: this is what I expect from myself and and and
Speaker 2: by extension everybody else, you know, And that's that's kind
Speaker 2: of a big deal.
Speaker 1: That was head coach John Harbaugh. If you want more
Speaker 1: of a preview on this game against Seattle, head over
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Speaker 1: to sit down with Mark Andrews this week, and we
Speaker 1: also looked ahead to this game against Seattle. Make sure
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