1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Welcome in to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Friday, 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: December twenty second, and the Ravens are getting ready to 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: play the San Francisco forty nine Ers coming up on Monday, 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: which is Christmas Night. They're Friday up about this game 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: and we talk with head coach John Harbaugh today to 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: get his take on this matchup. 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: Okay, great to see everybody. Appreciate you all being here, 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 2: especially in the holiday season, and I know make a 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: lot of sacrifices to come out and do your jobs, 10 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: and we sure appreciate the job you do for us 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 2: and for the fans and to keep the fans connected 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 2: to the team and to the league and everything else. 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: So thank you for that and to everybody out there, 14 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas. Well question, Jeah. 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 3: Coach, you see Christian McCaffrey lea NFL Russia. 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 4: Have you seen how they get me a long passing 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 4: game and was able to do that? 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: Well, that's that's probably the thing for sure, Todd im 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: and they kind of find a way to get every 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: guy at the ball, all other players the ball, you know. 21 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey obviously is a is a big part of that. 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: But Deebo is a big part of that. They got 23 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,639 Speaker 2: guys everywhere that they interchange, they put in different spots, 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: they kind of play all the positions together. It's just 25 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: still a really good job. And that's kind of how 26 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: they do it. 27 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 4: When you first saw the schedule, saw all right, Christmas 28 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 4: night in San Francisco. I'm sure it's probably not what 29 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 4: you would have selected for yourself. But then did you 30 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 4: start thinking, oh, here's the plan. Here's that we're going 31 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 4: to make this good for our team, good for the families, 32 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 4: and try to make sure everyone's like, look, this is 33 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 4: a great opportunity and not it would be easy maybe 34 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 4: to kind of get down about that. 35 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, there's a lot of moving parts to it, 36 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: for sure. You know, we've got to think, not the 37 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: least of which is coming back. You know, we've obviously 38 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: got a big game the next week on a short week, 39 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: coming back with that long trip art, we'll get back 40 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: about seven in the morning, probably something like that. Coming back, 41 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: turning around and trying to get ready for the Dolphins. 42 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: So all that goes into it, but also Christmas. You 43 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: know that Christmas goes to your point, and we tried 44 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: to set up a little bit of a different week 45 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 2: where we get started earlier in the week. Now as 46 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: we break, the guys are going to get some time 47 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: with their families for Christmas because they're going to be 48 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: leaving and are not going to be here Christmas Eve, 49 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: Christmas Day, Christmas night. Then they'll be back, you know, 50 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: twenty six basically. So so we try to give them 51 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: some time, some family time to have a Christmas with 52 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: their families tonight and then tomorrow during the day and 53 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: then they'll report for the plane when we leave tomorrow 54 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 2: after late afternoon. 55 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 4: It was also just kind of like mentally and pep 56 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 4: talk for anyone and just not not just the schematics 57 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 4: or the logistics of it, but the dealing with is playing, 58 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 4: trying to make sure everyone is fight you know, just 59 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: not doubt about that, have anything. 60 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: No, we didn't have any problems with that. I mean, 61 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: the guys kind of know what's coming there prosy and 62 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: they understand this is a big part of how it works. 63 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: Are excited to go play in a game like this. 64 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: I mean the other side of that is you get 65 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: an opportunity to play in a real big game on 66 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: a big stage with a lot of people watching. One 67 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: of those games that you're gonna remember, you know, as 68 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 2: part of your career for the rest of your life, 69 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 2: so they understand that part of it too. Did you 70 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: have any preference on the timing of the Dolphins game 71 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: or you find with it saying at once I'm good 72 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: with data one. Yeah, that's great at one o'clock. 73 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: It is. 74 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: The thing that stood after you when you were looking 75 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 4: at playing back Jenny Funk. 76 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, the Maryland guy, you know. Matter of fact, 77 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: you know, Steve is a practice yesterday and he's a 78 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: big Maryland guy too, so he knew all about Jake 79 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 2: and they had they a little conversation, you know about terps. 80 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: But no, it's good to have him here. We played 81 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 2: against him. A very good football player, very good guy, 82 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 2: hard workers, so we're pleased to have him. 83 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 5: Do you have to make a decision on Malie Cam imminently? 84 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 5: It's weird when I think the twenty one day window 85 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 5: falls on a Sunday or right around there. Is that 86 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: something you guys have been discussing and how much does 87 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 5: your roster flexibility kind of come into play there? 88 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 2: Right, that's a conversation I think Eric and I are 89 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: going to probably have today tomorrow and see where we're 90 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: at with at. 91 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 3: How important is a guy like when Pleye Carrison, you 92 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 3: know we've be see him in the lineup, could come 93 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 3: on the field when you guys are I guess you 94 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: kind of base personal against there's twenty two twenty one 95 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 3: says what was his development of having him healthy for 96 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: being like. 97 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: I suppose for you guys, well, it does give you 98 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: versatility and it is part of the package. I mean, 99 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: you're going to obviously be in base against this team 100 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: some percentage of the time. And you know, Malik has 101 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 2: done a great job him. He's a starter out there 102 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: in base He plays the sambacker position. That's in the 103 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: history of Raven football. You can look at those guys 104 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: and who's played that spot. That's it's a pretty glorious 105 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: position to play here, and he's playing it at a 106 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 2: really high level. So h yeah, he's gonna be a 107 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: big part of the game plan. He's been playing really well. 108 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: Really proud of him. 109 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,119 Speaker 3: Ken Wa didn't I didn't see Arthur Mulette out there today, 110 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: and I. 111 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 5: Know he's on the injury report. That's Thay, Is there 112 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 5: any any concern there? 113 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 2: I guess in terms of yeah, I kind of went 114 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 2: to day to day mode with him, so a little 115 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: flare up there, so we'll see where we're at come 116 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: game time. 117 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: That was head coach John Harball and the Ravens are 118 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: gonna be heading out west. They're leaving on Saturday and 119 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: then we'll play the game on Monday night. So we 120 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: wish all Ravens fans are very merry Christmas. Also, hit 121 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: that subscribe button and leave a rating and a review. 122 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: Enjoy the weekend. We'll see you back here on on Monday.