WEBVTT - John Harbaugh: Press Conference (12/22)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in to the Ravens Press Pass podcast. It is Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>December twenty second, and the Ravens are getting ready to

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<v Speaker 1>play the San Francisco forty nine Ers coming up on Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>which is Christmas Night. They're Friday up about this game

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<v Speaker 1>and we talk with head coach John Harbaugh today to

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<v Speaker 1>get his take on this matchup.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, great to see everybody. Appreciate you all being here,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in the holiday season, and I know make a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of sacrifices to come out and do your jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>and we sure appreciate the job you do for us

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<v Speaker 2>and for the fans and to keep the fans connected

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<v Speaker 2>to the team and to the league and everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you for that and to everybody out there,

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas. Well question, Jeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Coach, you see Christian McCaffrey lea NFL Russia.

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<v Speaker 4>Have you seen how they get me a long passing

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<v Speaker 4>game and was able to do that?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's that's probably the thing for sure, Todd im

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<v Speaker 2>and they kind of find a way to get every

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<v Speaker 2>guy at the ball, all other players the ball, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Christian McCaffrey obviously is a is a big part of that.

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<v Speaker 2>But Deebo is a big part of that. They got

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<v Speaker 2>guys everywhere that they interchange, they put in different spots,

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<v Speaker 2>they kind of play all the positions together. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>still a really good job. And that's kind of how

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<v Speaker 2>they do it.

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<v Speaker 4>When you first saw the schedule, saw all right, Christmas

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<v Speaker 4>night in San Francisco. I'm sure it's probably not what

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<v Speaker 4>you would have selected for yourself. But then did you

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<v Speaker 4>start thinking, oh, here's the plan. Here's that we're going

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<v Speaker 4>to make this good for our team, good for the families,

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<v Speaker 4>and try to make sure everyone's like, look, this is

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<v Speaker 4>a great opportunity and not it would be easy maybe

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<v Speaker 4>to kind of get down about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, there's a lot of moving parts to it,

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<v Speaker 2>for sure. You know, we've got to think, not the

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<v Speaker 2>least of which is coming back. You know, we've obviously

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<v Speaker 2>got a big game the next week on a short week,

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<v Speaker 2>coming back with that long trip art, we'll get back

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<v Speaker 2>about seven in the morning, probably something like that. Coming back,

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<v Speaker 2>turning around and trying to get ready for the Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 2>So all that goes into it, but also Christmas. You

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<v Speaker 2>know that Christmas goes to your point, and we tried

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<v Speaker 2>to set up a little bit of a different week

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<v Speaker 2>where we get started earlier in the week. Now as

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<v Speaker 2>we break, the guys are going to get some time

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<v Speaker 2>with their families for Christmas because they're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>leaving and are not going to be here Christmas Eve,

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas Day, Christmas night. Then they'll be back, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six basically. So so we try to give them

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<v Speaker 2>some time, some family time to have a Christmas with

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<v Speaker 2>their families tonight and then tomorrow during the day and

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<v Speaker 2>then they'll report for the plane when we leave tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>after late afternoon.

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<v Speaker 4>It was also just kind of like mentally and pep

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<v Speaker 4>talk for anyone and just not not just the schematics

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<v Speaker 4>or the logistics of it, but the dealing with is playing,

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<v Speaker 4>trying to make sure everyone is fight you know, just

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<v Speaker 4>not doubt about that, have anything.

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<v Speaker 2>No, we didn't have any problems with that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the guys kind of know what's coming there prosy and

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<v Speaker 2>they understand this is a big part of how it works.

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<v Speaker 2>Are excited to go play in a game like this.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the other side of that is you get

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to play in a real big game on

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<v Speaker 2>a big stage with a lot of people watching. One

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<v Speaker 2>of those games that you're gonna remember, you know, as

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<v Speaker 2>part of your career for the rest of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>so they understand that part of it too. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>have any preference on the timing of the Dolphins game

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<v Speaker 2>or you find with it saying at once I'm good

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<v Speaker 2>with data one. Yeah, that's great at one o'clock.

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<v Speaker 3>It is.

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<v Speaker 4>The thing that stood after you when you were looking

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<v Speaker 4>at playing back Jenny Funk.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, the Maryland guy, you know. Matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Steve is a practice yesterday and he's a

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<v Speaker 2>big Maryland guy too, so he knew all about Jake

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<v Speaker 2>and they had they a little conversation, you know about terps.

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<v Speaker 2>But no, it's good to have him here. We played

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<v Speaker 2>against him. A very good football player, very good guy,

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<v Speaker 2>hard workers, so we're pleased to have him.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you have to make a decision on Malie Cam imminently?

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<v Speaker 5>It's weird when I think the twenty one day window

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<v Speaker 5>falls on a Sunday or right around there. Is that

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<v Speaker 5>something you guys have been discussing and how much does

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<v Speaker 5>your roster flexibility kind of come into play there?

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<v Speaker 2>Right, that's a conversation I think Eric and I are

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<v Speaker 2>going to probably have today tomorrow and see where we're

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<v Speaker 2>at with at.

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<v Speaker 3>How important is a guy like when Pleye Carrison, you

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<v Speaker 3>know we've be see him in the lineup, could come

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<v Speaker 3>on the field when you guys are I guess you

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<v Speaker 3>kind of base personal against there's twenty two twenty one

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<v Speaker 3>says what was his development of having him healthy for

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<v Speaker 3>being like.

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose for you guys, well, it does give you

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<v Speaker 2>versatility and it is part of the package. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to obviously be in base against this team

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<v Speaker 2>some percentage of the time. And you know, Malik has

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<v Speaker 2>done a great job him. He's a starter out there

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<v Speaker 2>in base He plays the sambacker position. That's in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of Raven football. You can look at those guys

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<v Speaker 2>and who's played that spot. That's it's a pretty glorious

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<v Speaker 2>position to play here, and he's playing it at a

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<v Speaker 2>really high level. So h yeah, he's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>big part of the game plan. He's been playing really well.

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<v Speaker 2>Really proud of him.

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<v Speaker 3>Ken Wa didn't I didn't see Arthur Mulette out there today,

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<v Speaker 3>and I.

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<v Speaker 5>Know he's on the injury report. That's Thay, Is there

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<v Speaker 5>any any concern there?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess in terms of yeah, I kind of went

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<v Speaker 2>to day to day mode with him, so a little

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<v Speaker 2>flare up there, so we'll see where we're at come

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<v Speaker 2>game time.

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<v Speaker 1>That was head coach John Harball and the Ravens are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be heading out west. They're leaving on Saturday and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll play the game on Monday night. So we

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<v Speaker 1>wish all Ravens fans are very merry Christmas. Also, hit

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