1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Friday, 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: September eighth, and the Ravens twenty twenty three season kicks 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: off on Sunday afternoon, one o'clock at the Bank against 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. There's a lot of buzz and excitement 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: in this building and around town as Ravens get set 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: to open this season and head coach John Harball I 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: met with the media after practice today and looked ahead 8 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: to Sunday's game. 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: All right, okay, we're ready to go. Time you go 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: play football. What question do you have Ransas Island? 11 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: You're sixteen years ago for you? 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 4: Do you remember that that first time you wor sure? 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 3: Remember? 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 2: Well the Bengals Joe Flacco, we have like a double pass, 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 2: did Joe? And you caught it? Guy's down scoring range. 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: We won a one score game, right yeah? 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 3: Uh yeah. 18 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: Demiko Ryans is obviously done it all in this league. 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: You know, he's he's a great player, he's a great 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 2: defensive coordinator. Now gets his opportunity as a head coach. 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: I have no doubt that he'll do very well. I 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 2: think he's got all the attributes and everything you see, 23 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: you know, is very impressive, got a good staff, very 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: good staff, So it's gonna be a big challenge for us. 25 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: We're trying to focus on us and what we do, 26 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: how we play, and that'll be our focus a little bit. 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 4: And how much of this, you know, week one were 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 4: obviously a lot of the star has been talked to, 29 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 4: are really excited, anticipated to get out there. 30 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: How much of this is about them? 31 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: But about like yourself, that's supposed to be a part. Yeah, 32 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 2: I mean you try to define that, and it's it's 33 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 2: about the opponent the sense that that's our opponent. You know, 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: we need to know him inside out the best way 35 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 2: we can in every area in order to defend them, 36 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: you know, to play against them, to attack and all 37 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: those kind of things you want to do in a 38 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: football game strategically and every other way. So we try 39 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: to know him as much as we can. But it's 40 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: about our execution, you know, It's about how we play, 41 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: and that's what we try to focus on. We can't 42 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: concern ourselves with them in terms of how they're gonna play. 43 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: We concern ourselves, you know, how we're gonna play. Try 44 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: to focus on that cold gas the first year to 45 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: push what do you remember about fifteen years ago when 46 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: you first Yeah, I mean I just like I said, 47 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: I remember, I remember the uh for the first time 48 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: you go out there and you kind of you've been 49 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: in a few preseason games, you have a sense of it, uh, 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 2: and I think you find out pretty quickly. 51 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 3: You know, it's it's it's all fine, you know, and 52 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 3: you you. 53 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 2: Learn, you start to learn what you need to concern 54 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: yourself with, think about, uh, where you need to be. 55 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 3: It's it's every game is different. 56 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: Really, to be honest, and you just kind of you 57 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 2: kind of just learned how to deal with those that 58 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: that that role. 59 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: You know, which is a little bit of a new 60 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: role when you're a first time coach. Marketing account Andrews. 61 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 4: Has been limited with the quad. Uh. 62 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: Do you feel like he'll be ready for the game? 63 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? Like I think the time now is you know 64 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: as we as you well know, and the answer that 65 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: you expect to get is that we'll be uh, you know, 66 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: referring all that to the injury report, and that's where 67 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: we're at. 68 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 3: How do you go about balance? 69 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: So you go and you know, obviously he wants to 70 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: be out there and you'd like to still out there 71 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: working balance saying he's want. 72 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 3: Think what we need to be out there versus playing 73 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 3: the dolls game. 74 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 4: Take the area. 75 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: I think that's one of many considerations that go into it, certainly, 76 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 2: and every every week is different in terms of what's 77 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: at stake, et cetera and all that. But like I said, 78 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: you know, the injury report kind of tells the story. 79 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: Guys want to play and if they're capable of playing, 80 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: they'll be out there playing. 81 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 4: There's been so much attention with the changes with the offense, 82 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 4: but the offensive line, you have four or five starters returning. 83 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 4: It seems like you decided on Simpson, you know, to 84 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 4: give some time for that group to jel. How good 85 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 4: are you feeling about the offensive line as it kind 86 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: of with the big picture of the offensive general? 87 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: Oh of course, yeah, I'm feeling very confident, Luke. 88 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: I'm I feel great about those guys and they I know, 89 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: nobody's worked harder than that group of guys right there. 90 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: So they're ready to go and they want to go 91 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: play a game and see where they stand. 92 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 3: John got a little bit of a late start to 93 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: get on the field. 94 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 4: How comfortable are you with where he is in the 95 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 4: offense right now? Are you expecting him to kind of 96 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 4: just play normal in terms of his snapshit. 97 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we're gonna just play the game strategically 98 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: the way we play it without regard. You know, we 99 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: don't have any concerns about you know, how many snaps 100 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: JK has had going into this point. I mean he 101 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: said he's had enough and he's ready to. 102 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 3: Go next year. 103 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 4: I think increased your interceptions by like by for the way, 104 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: what do you feel like the key for interceptions and 105 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 4: was it just an you think it was kind of 106 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 4: empsus last year. 107 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 2: No, I mean I think there's a lot of factors, 108 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: but just play good defense. Uh, you know there are 109 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,919 Speaker 2: different reasons maybe, you know, in terms of what coverages 110 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 2: you play sometimes, but everything like that is just a 111 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: byproduct of the way the games go and how well 112 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: you play. We definitely want interceptions, we want turnovers, we 113 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 2: want recovered fumbles, we want TFLs, we want sacks. You know, 114 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: those are all things that we're chasing. Would say that 115 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 2: William Josh Johnson are still competing as they were for 116 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: much of the summer for playing Timmer. Is that quarterback 117 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 2: hierarchy kind of looked down in Yeah, I think that's 118 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: just the hierarchy. Those guys gonna help us win. I 119 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: think you go week to week based on the circumstances 120 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: right now in terms of where we're at and what 121 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: our needs are in a particular week. Of course, you've 122 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: got the hell factor and all that, so we'll just 123 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 2: figured it out as we go. We're just very I think 124 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 2: blessed to have have three really good quarterbacks and I 125 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: have two guys that are very capable of doing the job. 126 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 4: But significant injury in the holicins would the past a 127 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 4: couple of years. 128 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 3: But I'll look out there and see how these guys 129 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: are good to go week ones. 130 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 4: Just you know, what do you kind of feel about 131 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 4: what what that means for this team? 132 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: Yeah? 133 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 3: Man, it means a lot. I feel great about it. 134 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: You know. Also, how hard they've worked, I feel great 135 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: about that. I feel great about the tension of detail, 136 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: you know, and all those things. So really it's just 137 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: a matter of getting out there now with the team 138 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 2: we have right now and putting our best foot forward. 139 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: We're playing as hard and well as we can, and 140 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 2: let's see what happens on one of those guys. A 141 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 2: job obviously, and want to talk after you about how 142 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: nice to see them smile us, they say, last few 143 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 2: weeks and curious, you know in a few parts you know. 144 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: Seas right just figure physical standpod. It's interesting. 145 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, he looks he looks full speed right to go. 146 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: H Rashad definitely me. It means so much to him, 147 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 2: you know, and he was he was very frustrated, you know, 148 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: with the fact that the thing kind of just kept 149 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 2: lingering and lingering and he was not able to kind 150 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: of put it behind him. But I think he kind 151 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: of put his foot down, you like that one, right, 152 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: and uh and just uh and really when you know, 153 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 2: really just kind of made a determination that he was 154 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: gonna beat it. And uh and he did a great job, 155 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: you know, he really he did. And I'm kind of 156 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: proud of him. And I'm excited about him too. I 157 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: want to see how he does. And you know, I mean, 158 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 2: guys aren't gonna beat a thousand out there, but they're 159 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: gonna they're gonna go out there and play and it's 160 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 2: gonna be interesting and fun to watch. 161 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: Good. 162 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 3: Great, Thanks appreciate. 163 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: That was head coach John Harball. You're listening to the 164 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: Ravens Press Pass podcast and if you want more to 165 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: get you ready for that game. 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