Speaker 1: Welcome to the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. The Ravens are
Speaker 1: gearing up for Sunday's game coming up against the Cincinnati Bengals. Today,
Speaker 1: we had a chance to hear from head coach John Harbaugh.
Speaker 2: Good to see everybody. Appreciate you guys being here. Good practice,
Speaker 2: a big game, looking forward to it. We're just trying
Speaker 2: to prepare. We've got about forty eight more hours to
Speaker 2: get ready, and we'll try to prepare right up till
Speaker 2: game time.
Speaker 3: What questions you have, John.
Speaker 4: Yesterday Todd was talking about how Lamar and his control
Speaker 4: of the offense even called the conductor of the offense.
Speaker 4: How you seen him over the years, especially in this year,
Speaker 4: take even more control of the offense.
Speaker 2: Definitely has been a conductor. Good analogy. I like like driver,
Speaker 2: like race car driver. To me, he's driving the car.
Speaker 2: I'm making those decisions in real time while the race
Speaker 2: is going on out there, and and also feeling how
Speaker 2: the car is handling, you know, and and letting, letting Todd,
Speaker 2: and you know that during the game, Hey this is good,
Speaker 2: let's try this. But he's making great decisions in real time,
Speaker 2: challenging thing to do. I mean, it's a it's a
Speaker 2: there's a lot going on out there for a quarterback.
Speaker 2: I just think he's been a plus for that.
Speaker 5: A good test for date way against going against the receivers.
Speaker 3: We remember the past a couple of weeks, how he's
Speaker 3: developing your quarterback, really really developing.
Speaker 2: Nate's really Uh. I think he's learning fast. You know,
Speaker 2: that's one of those positions where I don't think you
Speaker 2: really understand it to experience it. I mean, you're in
Speaker 2: your corner, you're on the island, you're out there that
Speaker 2: you're in a great athlete, great quarterback throwing to them
Speaker 2: and you've got one on one coverage so many times
Speaker 2: and just learning how it really works. You know, how
Speaker 2: fast are these guys, What do these routes really look like?
Speaker 2: How accurate are the quarterbacks in real time? How important
Speaker 2: is it for me to be in the right position?
Speaker 3: Uh? And he's a real quick, very quick learner that way.
Speaker 6: I'm talking about Nate.
Speaker 7: He was named the NFLPA Community m VP.
Speaker 6: That was announced today.
Speaker 5: What can you say about just the work that.
Speaker 6: He's done off.
Speaker 3: The field as well.
Speaker 6: He's been doing that going back to the Clinton date
Speaker 6: for his foundation.
Speaker 2: You know, I guess it doesn't surprise me. Uh, he
Speaker 2: he says, A good guy. I mean, Nate Wiggins is
Speaker 2: a really good dude. You know, he's a he's respectful,
Speaker 2: he cares about people. He treats people really well that
Speaker 2: I've seen, you know, people he's around, fans or even
Speaker 2: people in the building, whoever might be. He's just a
Speaker 2: good person. So to see or you're here now for
Speaker 2: the first time that he got that award, I guess it.
Speaker 3: Uh, it does.
Speaker 2: It just fits who he is perfectly, and i'd say congratulations, you.
Speaker 6: Know, I mean how physical these AFC North matchups can
Speaker 6: be at times. How excited are you to see Derrick
Speaker 6: Henry's probably the most physical back play in these.
Speaker 3: Types of game, right.
Speaker 2: Well, you know he's He's definitely played in uh in
Speaker 2: in all these stadiums against all these teams before.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: This will be the first time in an AFC North game,
Speaker 2: uh with an AFC North team, you know, So I
Speaker 2: think he's built for it. You know, I'm sure he's ready.
Speaker 2: And we just got to go in there as a
Speaker 2: team and be on point, play winning football across the board, uh,
Speaker 2: in every kind of in every phase, in every way,
Speaker 2: and give ourselves the best chance to come out victorious.
Speaker 5: So you started the week you were wearing that ready
Speaker 5: for October shirt and a few words maybe about the
Speaker 5: way things went for the Orioles and their their their
Speaker 5: playoff others.
Speaker 2: Maybe yeah, you know, yeah, I mean, I you know, hey, listen,
Speaker 2: it's I think they're a great team.
Speaker 3: I think there. I'm a fan, you know, I'm a fan.
Speaker 3: I'm a fan.
Speaker 2: Who has the privilege opportunity to talk to the skipper.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I think Brandon's a great, great coach and I just
Speaker 2: get a lot of a lot of respect for him,
Speaker 2: and I learned a lot talking to him, and you know,
Speaker 2: I learned I don't know much about baseball, really, my
Speaker 2: dad knows a lot about baseball.
Speaker 3: And uh so I'm a fan and I just admire
Speaker 3: those guys.
Speaker 2: I mean, I just think they're a great team and
Speaker 2: a great upcoming team and they got so much uh
Speaker 2: so much, so many, so much success in their future
Speaker 2: with these guys. I mean, they just compete and love
Speaker 2: to play, and that postseason success is coming. It's coming,
Speaker 2: there's no doubt about it. And uh I'm just I'm
Speaker 2: probably to be a fan of the team.
Speaker 3: Johnny Normallett just got back a couple of days ago.
Speaker 3: We haven't seen him the last two days. Did they
Speaker 3: have a setback or anything happened in practice?
Speaker 2: He Yeah, he had a soft tissue setback. So yeah,
Speaker 2: he'll be uh, he won't make it to this game
Speaker 2: this week, but we'll have to He'll be day to
Speaker 2: day probably going forward.
Speaker 3: Next week, we'll have to see John. You always talk
Speaker 3: about the head feather Robbert piece has.
Speaker 4: Come, so I know you're not gonna know anything about that,
Speaker 4: but have you seen enough from me.
Speaker 3: Dockway, that's if you needed him this week, you feel
Speaker 3: like he's.
Speaker 2: Ready to play, I would I would say that, Yeah.
Speaker 5: John, Derek Henry coming up on ten thousand career rushing yards. Obviously,
Speaker 5: the biggest weapon in his toolbox is that steph farm.
Speaker 5: I guess when when you see him kind of use that,
Speaker 5: whether it's in person, film and what sticks out to you? Now?
Speaker 3: What makes it so fack same thing?
Speaker 2: It sticks out to all you guys At that arm
Speaker 2: sticking out you know, in the in the in the
Speaker 2: dockler's face. As an old defensive back, I just visioned
Speaker 2: myself trying to knock that thing down, you know, you know,
Speaker 2: hanging out for dear life.
Speaker 3: You never got stive Farmers at Miami, all right, right,
Speaker 3: as far as anybody knows.
Speaker 1: We also heard from wide receiver Zay Flowers, was that
Speaker 1: going into this game against the Bengals, first ASC North
Speaker 1: matchup of the season, what's the thought process going into
Speaker 1: this one?
Speaker 7: Play our game, man, you know, play our game and
Speaker 7: go get this one. We need this one to improve
Speaker 7: our record to what we wanted to be in Just
Speaker 7: go play our game. That's really it.
Speaker 1: What stood out to you about the games you've had
Speaker 1: against the Bengals, you know, in last season and what
Speaker 1: makes this rivalry of you know such a strong one?
Speaker 7: Oh last year? Own, Like nothing really stood out. I
Speaker 7: felt more like the Pittsburgh game, like more that there
Speaker 7: was more of a rivalry in the Pittsburgh game. It
Speaker 7: wasn't like we like we got bad blood with the players,
Speaker 7: you know what I'm saying. It's like still this player
Speaker 7: came out and made it like kind of like that
Speaker 7: like bad blood. But I just feel like the Bengals
Speaker 7: is just it was just a normal game for me
Speaker 7: last year that I ain't really have nothing to worry about, honestly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And as you look at this game. You know,
Speaker 1: you guys been able to run the ball so effectively.
Speaker 1: Do you think that that could change how teams defend you?
Speaker 1: And then that could force you guys to have to
Speaker 1: change offensively and you potentially have to air it out more.
Speaker 1: As you look about how this is gonna kind of play.
Speaker 7: Out, I feel like we could play any way. We
Speaker 7: need to honestly to win the game. And you know,
Speaker 7: whatever's working, and that's what's working. So can't complain as
Speaker 7: long as we winning. It ain't no complaining the winning,
Speaker 7: So I'm good.
Speaker 1: What is when you're playing AFC North games, you know
Speaker 1: it's a division game, they always count for a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Is that something that is talked about at
Speaker 1: all during the week going into this matchup?
Speaker 7: Absolutely, because you know it count to the end of
Speaker 7: the season record like who're gonna come out out of
Speaker 7: this vision our division on top man? Who are gonna
Speaker 7: come out second and third? So we always look at
Speaker 7: it like that, we want to win all of them.
Speaker 1: Lamar talked this week about how look you guys are
Speaker 1: you're two and two right now, But you know the
Speaker 1: conversation two weeks ago, it was a different conversation, and
Speaker 1: that you're kind of keeping the same focused, same mindset,
Speaker 1: same energy. How do you go about riding the highs
Speaker 1: and lows of a season and not getting caught up
Speaker 1: in the roller coaster ride of it all.
Speaker 7: I feel like you just got to know who you is.
Speaker 7: You just got to know what type of team you
Speaker 7: got and if they got fired or not. And I
Speaker 7: feel like we're a team that's gonna fight every week
Speaker 7: and try to win the game, So I feel like
Speaker 7: we always going to be in a good situation.
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