1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. It's misery Monday, Garrett. 2 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: It's not a size of up Monday. Definitely not a 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: size up Monday. After a twenty to nineteen loss in Pittsburgh, 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: a loss that drops the Ravens out of first place 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: in the a f C. As if it mattered, Ravens 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: was now sitting at eight and four, still the top 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: of the division because the Bengals also lost. Um, but 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: obviously that one's things a little bit. Yeah, lost an 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to kind of put the Steelers. I mean, Tony 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: Romo mentioned fifteen times during the game that if the 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: Steelers lost that game that they probably were done in 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: terms of playoff hopes. So you missed an opportunity to 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: kind of knock them out of the race. You also 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: missed an obvious opportunity to just extend your lead and 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: give yourself a cushion going into the final five games, 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: which are not easy by any stretch. Two game lead 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: with five to go, it would have been nice, really nice. Um. 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: So you know, we talked about it last week. I 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: felt like if the Ravens won that game that they 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: would not cruise to it to division title, but but 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: that they would win the division title. If they didn't, 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: it was gonna be a slaw going through the rest 23 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: of the way. Everything's up for grabs. Now. The Ravens 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: still have the edge, they still have the advantage, um, 25 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: but it's not gonna be easy when you look at 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: their schedule by any stretch. And we'll talk through all that. 27 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: And then obviously the injuries are mounting. We we both 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: watched this game from home, neither of us were in Pittsburgh. 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: I ended the evening on the carpet face down. You 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: know me, I'm a little bit of an emotional guy. Game. 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: I don't know if you know this by now, twelve 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: years ago together. Uh, but that was seeing that ball 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: tip off of Mark Andrew's fingertips, I just let out. 34 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: They just collapse the floor. My children probably thought something 35 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: was very wrong. Um. But then you pick yourself up 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: and you say, all right, you know, the Ravens are 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: all as we said in the thick of things, It's 38 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: just it's just gonna be a fight. Here's the thing. 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: The Ravens are a dominant team. I think we've known 40 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: that for a little while now, right by virtue, I 41 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: think in large part because of the injuries that they've suffered. 42 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: So they're they're just one. They're one of the very 43 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: the good teams in the n f C. That's they're 44 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: one of them, right. The thing is, there's no dominant 45 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: team this year, so they're one of as we've mentioned before, 46 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: seven eight teams that are all in the thick of it, right, 47 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: And like it's just who can win the most games, 48 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: who can scrap them out and win And when you 49 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: have such when you're not a dominant team, when then 50 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: your margin for air really shrinks. And the Ravens don't 51 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 1: have much of one right now, as we can see 52 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: by all these close games, and you're just not gonna 53 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: win them all. It's a law of averages. The Ravens, 54 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: you know, went for two, went for the jugular, and 55 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 1: it just struck me as like, this is a magical season. 56 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: Let's see if we can keep it rolling, you know, 57 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: And there's a lot more strategic thinking behind that, but like, 58 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: I mean, can you imagine it if we had got that? 59 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: If you get it, well, I like that was you know, 60 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: let's jump into the two point conversation because the game 61 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: there is there that is the talk of the game 62 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and read an email here that's coming 63 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: from Patrick coon Long. Email won't read all of it. 64 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: You can emails at the lounge at Raven's NFL dot net. 65 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: He said, gents, I mean, if it worked, great, but 66 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: it didn't. So he says he wanted us to play 67 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: for overtime, and which is kind of the expectation that 68 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: you would think that you would get when it doesn't work. Well, 69 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: we can read a little bit, he said, sure, Yeah, 70 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: good grief for on the road, play for ot for 71 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: crying out loud. We can't leave it up to one 72 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: play when we are down tied. I can see it, 73 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: but not when we are down. I love Coach Harps, 74 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: but this was the wrong call. There's there's more to 75 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: it than that. But yeah, so that and I understand 76 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: again that perspective when it doesn't work. My feeling on 77 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: it is, I think that you make a good point 78 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: that it was. Um, if it works, you know, then 79 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: you're kind of talk in the magical season point And 80 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: Josh Binds made that. I thought he spoke pretty well 81 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: in his postgame press conference um and said, you know, 82 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: the discussion around the game obviously hinges on that one 83 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: play and it's just a very different conversation. If the 84 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: Ravens convert on that and it's probably three inches you know, 85 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: to the left, and Mark Andrews makes that catch and 86 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: so and so, then it's like, now the Ravens, you know, 87 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: knocked Steelers out and they have the division in hand, 88 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: blah blah blah, all that stuff. Yeah, but my feeling 89 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: on it is like the Ravens defense had had really 90 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: struggled in the fourth quarter. I mean, the Steelers had 91 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: had kind of marched up and down on the field 92 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: on them in the fourth quarter. Marlon Humphrey was done 93 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: for the game, and so John Harbor was sitting there saying, 94 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: all right, do I like my chances on a two 95 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: point call that you know, we like the two point play? 96 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: You know, we like the two point play a lot. 97 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: Do you like your chance to get two yards more 98 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: than you like your ability to stop the Steelers offensically 99 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: or or marched down for a touchdown, which which I 100 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: know that the Ravens did that in two minute drill, 101 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: But come on, now, two minute drill is a much 102 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: different scenario than it is in overtime. It just is yeah, right, 103 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 1: I mean two minute drill the Steelers are trying not 104 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,359 Speaker 1: to give up big plays. They're playing soft the raven 105 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: Like it's a much different defense than you're looking at. 106 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: The Ravens offense for the most part, was shut down 107 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: for the vast majority of the game. Yeah, it is 108 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: tough because you did have that driver you march, But yeah, 109 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 1: I get it. Um, So that's also a four down territory. 110 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: You have an extra down there. Not that the Ravens 111 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: converted on fourth on that drive, I believe, but no, 112 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: the offense was getting outplayed, the defense was getting outplayed. 113 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: That's what it boils down to, right. The Ravens are 114 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: hanging on at that point, and they had Marlon Humphrey injury, 115 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: and you're on the road, Like, I think it's a 116 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: little bit different at home. You know, you feel like 117 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: you're trying to steal one on email. You know, he 118 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: mentioned you're on the road, play for overtime, but generally speaking, 119 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 1: you're on the road, you play for the wind exactly 120 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: because it's because underdog. You're the underdog. Even though the 121 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: Rains weren't the underdog. They were they were favored in 122 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: this game. But but in that circumstance, at that point 123 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: of the game. I think the Ravens were the underdog, 124 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: and and then you have the emotion of the crowd 125 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: and all that stuff kind of works against you as 126 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: a road team. So generally speaking, you play for the 127 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: win on the which is what the Ravens did. That's correct, 128 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: And you know, here's here's my thing about it. I mean, 129 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: I think that it was a good play call. Obviously 130 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: Mark was open. Let's also not pretend that like there 131 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: was nobody between Lamar and Mark. I mean they left 132 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: t J. Watt, the best defensive player in the league unblocked. 133 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: That was the play, right, and Lamar had to make 134 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: him miss or fit that throw around him or over 135 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: him or what it was, whatever it was. But let's 136 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: not I like the play calls still, but I'm just saying, 137 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: let's not pretend like this was like a pitch and 138 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: catch for me to you right now three ft away, right, 139 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: It wasn't a gimme. You have the best defensive player 140 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: that you have to get that fit that ball around, 141 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: and Lamar just didn't. Yeah he didn't. You know, could 142 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: he have lobbed it over him? Could he have whatever 143 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 1: taken a uh you know, he stepped kind of up 144 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: and into the pressure. What made a good play. He 145 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: didn't over pressure it whatever. You know, he made a 146 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: good play. It wasn't an easy two point conversion to make, 147 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: but it's one the Ravens should have made. The play 148 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: call was good enough, I think, and to get the 149 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: two point conversion, they just didn't execute. Lamar didn't needed 150 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: to make a better throw. Yeah, and you know it 151 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: hit Mark's hands. Mark after the game, you know, kind 152 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: of took no blame. But I'm not he I think 153 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: he's just he's being a good teammate. Yeah, and he's 154 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: he's an incredibly competitive guy who who has high expectations 155 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: of himself. I'm sure he's thinking, hit my hand, I 156 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: gotta kind of bat that to myself or make a 157 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: great catch, and he's made those types of great catches before. 158 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: But I think if you've just put a little there 159 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: wasn't much touch on the ball by nature of t 160 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: J walk coming in their hands, flying everywhere, and so 161 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: it was kind of a bit of a laser, a 162 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: bit of a laser for a short pass um. And 163 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: if you have a little bit more touch on it, 164 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: he floats that thing a little bit. And maybe now, 165 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: now look the defender was barn down, the safety was 166 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: the safety or linebacker was coming down? No, no, no, no no, 167 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: so towards Mark. Um. And so if at one point 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: if you floated, how floaty is the floater? If if 169 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: you just just you know, toss up a lob there, 170 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,679 Speaker 1: you don't have a ton of time. That guy's getting 171 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: there in a hurry because then Mark has to catch 172 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: it in turn and just get two yards. But that 173 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: guy's coming down needed the jump pass on that the 174 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: jumps that would have gotten the job done. Maybe, uh yeah. 175 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: So I don't hate the decision at all. Um, I 176 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: hate the result, but I just I just think that, like, 177 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: when you're in that scenario, what are the odds for 178 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: the Ravens are gonna get a two point conversion play? Like, well, 179 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: you also have Lamar Jackson, who is a dynamic threat 180 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: from there because you don't know if he's gonna run whatever. Like, 181 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: let's also factor that into the equation. Yeah, Like, what 182 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: what is it like, I don't know, say seventy that 183 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: the Ravens are gonna get that two point play? It's 184 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: a sixty it according to the next gen All right, 185 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: so there you go. So it's a coin flip. So 186 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: now that's not factoring in you know, their offense, all 187 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: that stuff, like their success. I mean, they've been really 188 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: good in these situations. They hit to two point conversions 189 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: to come back against the Colts. Well that's what I'm saying, Like, 190 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: you're that number. I don't know what that based. I'm 191 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: not sure what that's based on exactly, Like, but that's 192 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: what they put it at. Yeah, I think. I mean, 193 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: i'd have to go back and look at all the 194 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: two point or you know, inside the two plays that 195 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: the Ravens have run. They've run They've had a ton 196 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: of success with that over the years. So I'm surprised 197 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: it's only a coin flip. I would have thought it 198 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: would have been higher than that. I don't know if 199 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: that's like lee average or that's circumstances doesn't matter, or 200 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: game circumstances. I don't know. Yeah, so I feel like 201 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: in my mathematics here, I'm not putting it that. In 202 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: my advanced analytics, I'm going higher. This is your is 203 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: your crrack math again, Yeah, I'm going higher than But 204 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: and then what are the odds that the Ravens basically 205 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: either march down the field for a touchdown or stop 206 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers not so it's probably mathematically speaking a higher 207 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: chance that you get the two point. I agree with that. 208 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: And and let's also speak the fact that this is 209 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: just what the Ravens DNA has become. Right, Like John 210 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: Harball has evolved into this kind of coach and he, uh, 211 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: he's gonna go for it. He's gonna go for the 212 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: jugular and be aggressive and show his faith in his 213 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: players and all that, you know, and like they put 214 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: their faith in Lamar Jackson making t J. Watt getting 215 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: that ball around t J. Watt or making a miss 216 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: and running it or whatever. They put their faith in 217 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: Lamar and unfortunately he didn't get the job done. And 218 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: and Lamar had a tough night there is there was 219 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: a sugarcoamt and um, so you're gonna win, somebody loose 220 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: them and uh, the Ravens lost that one. But they're 221 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: they're gonna be aggressive with John Harball. They're not gonna 222 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,559 Speaker 1: apologize for doing that, for being so I there because 223 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: most of the time it's worked out. You know how 224 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: many times we celebrated this, you know, Kansas City being 225 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: aggressive at the end of that game. Obviously Seattle, you know, 226 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: let's go for it, you know all the I mean 227 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: they've been aggressive and it's worked out. What was what 228 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: are you putting your percentages on? Well? I what was 229 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: the game? Was that the Vikings game where they're like 230 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: going for you know, down deep in the rown, like 231 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: on the first drive in the second half. There's a 232 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: lot of instances of that over the years, and more 233 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: times than not it has worked out. So you mentioned 234 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Lamar having a tough night. It's now kind of a 235 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: stretch here. Um. Yeah, this is the worst stretch of 236 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: his career. Yeah, over the last few games. Started with 237 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: Miami UM, and obviously didn't play against Chicago. UM. But 238 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: but he struggled over the past month. What do you 239 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: think the reason is. I don't think Lamar is handling 240 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: the bits blitz very well at all. I don't think 241 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: he's reading it, diagnosing it, and making right decision fast enough, 242 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: which is surprising because he's played quarterback for a long time. 243 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: He's handled the blitz well previously in his career as 244 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: a Raven. As a Raven, I'm I'm struggling to understand 245 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: why he's having trouble with that, UM, because he seems 246 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: to just be playing this fade, fade, fade, fade, fade, fade, 247 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 1: and try to make a play. It's it's almost like 248 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: the touchdown throw to Mark Andrews against the Browns, you know, 249 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 1: where he faded fifteen yards words and hit was like 250 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: a curse, you know, like made him believe that he 251 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: could continue to do this and get away with it. 252 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: That was the anomaly. Like, Lamar is a playmaker and 253 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna make plays, and he made plays in this game, 254 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: but he also lost in the game. I think I 255 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: think pretty confidently I can say he lost in the game. 256 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: I mean, the interception on the first drive was bad. 257 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: That was a fuel goal that just went down the 258 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: toilet in a close game, that would have made a 259 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: huge difference. And and quite frankly, I don't I don't 260 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: put seven sacks, even mostly on the offensive line. I 261 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: don't put it on Greg Reman scheme. This one's gotta 262 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: go on Lamar and and I love the guy. He's 263 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: gonna bounce back. He's he's a great player, but he's 264 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: having a tough stretch. And like, I think we got 265 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: to call a spade of spade here, right, I don't 266 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: know that I would say that it's squarely on the maar. 267 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think I think he shoulders the majority 268 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: of that. What do you put in the percentages at 269 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: that's the number? Yeah, yeah, like I think, Look, I 270 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: think I think that there were plays that I think 271 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: that the interception was just a really really bad decision 272 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: and he just it was a bad throw and a 273 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: worst decision. Um. So to me, that was that's just 274 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: not something that can happen at that point of the game, 275 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: on the first drive, when you're in field goal range 276 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: and you have a chance to take an early lead. Um. 277 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: I think that. I still think that he does. He 278 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 1: made plays on the ground. I mean, who is he 279 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: the leading rusher in this game? Um? And then he 280 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: did mars him down the field with a clutch drive 281 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: at the end of the game to put them in 282 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: position to win it or tie it. Yes, um, but 283 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: he did miss some throws. I do think that the 284 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: offensive line. I mean, yes, I agreed that seven sacks. 285 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: I don't just put that all in the offensive lined. 286 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: At times, she's holding the ball too long, trying to 287 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: make play number of times and then that leads to sacks. 288 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: So that's something that he needs to stop. The Ravens 289 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: have allowed the most sex in the NFL now, and 290 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: a lot of that, I mean, obviously it's a joint 291 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: effort here, right, Like some of that is obviously on 292 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: the offensive line, which has had a lot of injuries 293 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: and had another one now with Patrick McCarry going down 294 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: with the hand injury. Didn't come back after halftime. You 295 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: got Tyree Phillips out there at right tackle, which that's 296 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: not Tyree's best position. It's just not. And and obviously 297 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: Ronnie Villanueva. Anyway, the offensive line has struggled at times, 298 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: but Lamar. The reason why the Ravens lead the league 299 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: also is because Lamar's run himself into a number of 300 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: sacks and not gotten rid of the ball. And I 301 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: just don't I don't understand, Like is it Does it 302 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: look the same in practice? Like clearly the Ravens have 303 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: to be throwing some blitzes at him and practicing in 304 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: practice and forcing him to make these quick decisions and 305 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: hit the right read Is he not? Is he doing 306 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: the same stuff and practice? Is it? I don't know, 307 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: but I think he's in his head. I think Lamar's 308 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: in his head right now. I think the blitz has 309 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: kind of rattled him a little bit, and he's just 310 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: not handling it well and teams know. And here's the 311 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: other problem is the Ravens are facing twenty third and eights, 312 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: third and tents, and what they're doing is they're just 313 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: putting the cornerbacks and the safeties at the sticks and 314 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: they're saying, everything's gonna have to be underneath. If you 315 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: get rid of the ball, it's we're just gonna rally 316 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: and tackle. You're not gonna get over top of us 317 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: because we have a ten eight yard cushion here, right, 318 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: and you don't have time to get over top of us. 319 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: So you have to throw it quick and short, and 320 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: then we're just gonna make the tackle. And so, like 321 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: I converted a bunch of them yesterday, they did, I mean, 322 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: devons a Freeman, Like, yeah, I mean it was kind 323 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: of wild. I mean there were in some third and 324 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: long situations that you're like, no, it's not gonna happen, 325 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: and all of sudden, dump Boston Freeman goes for fifteen exactly, Okay, exactly. Um, 326 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: But like, for the most part, I think opponents are fine. 327 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: Was saying, you know, Lamar is gonna make some plays 328 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: in this scenarios, but we're gonna come after him. We're 329 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: gonna make him fade and make him run around and 330 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: have to pull some magic out of his hat. Like 331 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna live with that because most of the time 332 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: that rabbit ain't coming out of the hat. You know, 333 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna exact him or he's gonna throw a pick 334 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: or whatever it is, and so they're just blitzing the 335 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: snot out of him. And like the Ravens offense operates, 336 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: and this goes for every offense, but I think in particular, 337 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens with Lamar Jackson operates a whole lot better 338 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: than second and five, third and five course, and they 339 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: just haven't had a lot of those scenarios via penalties, 340 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: pre stot penalties. You know. The running game obviously with 341 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: the running backs hasn't been dynamic. It was fine. I mean, 342 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: Freeman fourteen for fifty two yesterday wasn't bad. He had 343 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: a good game, but they still found themselves in a 344 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: lot of third and long situations and that's just not 345 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: gonna consistently turn out well for the Ravens. Yeah, Freeman 346 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: did have a good game, and that was one of 347 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: the things that was I think kind of disappointing with 348 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: this is you had a game where like the running 349 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: attack kind of started to a little something. You still 350 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: have negative plays and yeah, but it felt like the 351 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: running game provided a spark was the best that we've 352 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: seen it in recent I mean, how many rushing yards 353 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 1: that the Ravens finished with on the day that Freeman had, 354 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: right and so but Freeman did have he you know, 355 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: he's kind of sees that number one role and he 356 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: he had some nice runs in that game. And so 357 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: I liked what we saw early. Obviously there's the ninety 358 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,239 Speaker 1: nine yard drive. The other part of it too, like 359 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: it is a blessing and a curse. With the time 360 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: of possession. You hold the ball, you completely dominate the 361 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: time of possession, and that's great if you're getting touchdowns 362 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: out of it. If you're getting an interception and you're 363 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: not scoring touchdowns, then then it's just shortens the game 364 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: and it keeps the Steelers in the game. You know, 365 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: you all that dominant time of possession and then the 366 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: Ravens go into half and you're like, man, the Ravens 367 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: have completely controlled this game. It should have been out 368 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: three scores and you know, and they just weren't because 369 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: of the basically stalling around the forties or throwing a 370 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: pick once they got down inside of the red zone. Yeah, 371 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I think obviously my biggest, uh, the biggest takeaway. 372 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,479 Speaker 1: All the talk is gonna be about the two way 373 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: conversion decision. That's gonna be the focus. But I think 374 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: the biggest takeaway is Lamar's play, his recent stretch of play. 375 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: He quite, he just has to play better. He just 376 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: has to play better, Like this team needs him to 377 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: be at an m v P level, you know, that 378 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: caliber with all the injuries. Like if this team is 379 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs, make a run or whatever, he 380 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: needs to play like he did in the first six games, 381 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: you know, like he was carrying the offense and like 382 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: I think we said it then, you know, like this 383 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: is what it's gotta be at this point, you know, 384 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: and so and that's a high bar, like that is 385 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: that is tough for to say, Lamar, you gotta carry 386 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: the offense weekend and wake week out, can't make many 387 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: mistakes all that stuff, And like, I don't know how 388 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: much of his struggles are because of the feeling that 389 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: he has that he's got to make every play happen. 390 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: He's got to make everything happen, you know what I mean, 391 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: It seems a little bit like that. Yeah, that's hard. 392 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: It's hard to you know, he talks about playing lamar ball. 393 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: You know, I gotta play lamar ball, you know, like 394 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: part of that lamar ball like make make a play happen, 395 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: makes something happen, And instead he's trying too hard to 396 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: make something something happened when he should be he needs 397 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: to get rid of the ball. Yeah, that's always like 398 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: to be. That's probably one of the challenges that the like, uh, 399 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: James Urban feels as you know, how much do you 400 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: try to coach him out of trying to make all 401 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: these plays? But he's he makes a lot of plays. 402 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: Like you know, we could talk about the interception and 403 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: it was bad. It was a bad decision and a 404 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: bad throw, but very similar situation. Last week he ends 405 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: up making that play the Mark Andrews And so it's 406 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: like last week we were celebrating that the off schedule, 407 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: that improvising and and how crazy that was, and wow, man, 408 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: the guy never quits and he just keeps plays alive 409 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: and then makes something happen. And then this week we're 410 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: like man, bad decision, never want to throw that ball, 411 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: And so I think that that's probably, like, I think 412 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: that's probably a challenge for the coaches to try to 413 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: kind of figure out how much you you want him 414 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: kind of playing in a box versus the creativity that 415 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: he brings. Um that's been kind of his calling card 416 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: because he's made so many big plays. I also don't 417 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: know how much is just not feeling comfortable behind this 418 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: offensive line. I mean early in the season, he was 419 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: making throws standing in the pocket, making throws with like defenders, 420 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: I mean his own lineman stepping on him, you know, 421 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: I mean bodies around him. And he doesn't seem to 422 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: want to make throws with bodies around him right now. Yeah, 423 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: I mean he he has he has more pressure in 424 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: his face just around him all around, but that he 425 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: has at any point in his career. Yes, they offense, 426 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, you go back throughout his career nineteen. The 427 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: offensive line was was stellar last year. Took a hit 428 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: with Ronnie going down, but he had Ronnie for half 429 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: the season. But that's by partly because of his own 430 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: play against the Blitz. I mean, he's got so much 431 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: pressure aroun him, part because the offensive line, and in 432 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: part because he's not beating the pressure. So if you 433 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: don't beat the pressure, you're gonna kee getting the pressure. Well, yeah, 434 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 1: so the offensive line. But my point, if you compare 435 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: this offense line night and day, it's night and day 436 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: and so like that is the best book end tackles 437 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,719 Speaker 1: in the league. Yeah, so you take you go from 438 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: that um and now the Ravens are not blocking that 439 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: same way. I mean, he's not getting the same type 440 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: of protection as he did and there's not the whole 441 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: same holes in the running game that that to me, 442 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: I think is part of part of the deal here 443 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: is that the running game, which they were able to 444 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: lean on previously much more significant than they are right now, 445 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: has led to that second and five and there's there's 446 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: that second and ten and third and eight situations because 447 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: you aren't getting six yards on first down like they 448 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: did I felt like every single first down, and so 449 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: so then they can they have the freedom defense is 450 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: due to blitz more and they're also not holding up. 451 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: The offensive line isn't holding up as well against a 452 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: the blitz or just against four man pressure because it's 453 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: just not as good as an offasive line as previously so, 454 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: and then there's like that ripple effect where Lamar looks 455 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: less comfortable back there, and he probably is trying to 456 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: like make plays because he feels like the pressure is 457 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: gonna be there any second, whether it is or whether 458 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: it's not. But that's just kind of how it's been 459 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: this year. I also think he's, you know, in terms 460 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: of making that quick decision, quick read, get rid of 461 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: the ball to the right place. I think he's also 462 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 1: just concerned to pull. I think he's a little gun 463 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: shy right now because of the interceptions. I think he 464 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: does not want to make that wrong read, you know. 465 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: I mean that was the four interceptions in Cleveland. A 466 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: lot of them were kind of quicker decisions, trying to 467 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: get a slant the market and trying to fit something 468 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: in the mark. And you see on a few replays 469 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: here against the Steelers like marks one on one, like 470 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: you know, he can make it. He can beat the 471 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: defender like get rid of the ball, throw up the 472 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: mark over the middle. Well that's what got him picked, 473 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: you know. And I don't know how much of that 474 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: is in his head now, Like I can't make that mistake. 475 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: I just need to see the guy open and make 476 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: sure he's open, and I need to make this defender 477 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: miss in order to buy that time to make sure 478 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 1: that he's open. Like, yeah, the anticipation does doesn't seem 479 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: seem to be there. And there was a few times 480 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: in this game and the previous week where it was like, wait, 481 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: it seems like this guy's coming open, and then you 482 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: wait a half second too long, and all of a a 483 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: sudden he's covered, and all of a sudden you have 484 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: a man on your back, and then you're running, especially 485 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: that now it's now, it's back our football exactly right. 486 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: Sunday is right around the corner. 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Browns. 496 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: The Browns have had a week to think about the 497 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 1: loss here in Baltimore to get healthier. Uh, and now 498 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna be kind of gearing up to deliver a 499 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: pretty significant blow to the Ravens. And then on the 500 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: opposite side of the ball, now you've got the injuries 501 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: mounting even more than they already were. Well, I think 502 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: the worst part of last of yesterday's game was not 503 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: the loss. It was the loss of Marlin Humphrey. It 504 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: honestly felt like, Yeah. Before the game, John Harball said 505 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 1: that these games kind of count two. This one get 506 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: I felt like a counted for three. I mean, you got, 507 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: you lost the game, Steelers win, and then you lose 508 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: Marlin Humphrey reportedly for the season right with a shoulder injury, 509 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: according to Ian Rapp report here from John Harball later today. 510 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: Um but if that's if that's the case, obviously a 511 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: significant blow. I mean, how much salary cap money do 512 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: we have on I R this is this situation. I mean, 513 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: it's unreal how many significant injuries to significant players that 514 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: the Ravens have given contract extensions to. Yeah, Ronie, Nick Boyle, 515 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: Marlon Humphrey, Gus Edwards, Derek Wolf, goodness, gracious, Yeah, there's 516 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: a lot of salary cap money that's not playing right now. 517 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: And Mark Markus Peters don't know if you mentioned him, 518 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: but like some of your best players beyond just a 519 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: salary cap piece, which is which is significant, Like best 520 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: players are now spending the rest of the season on 521 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: I are And we spent time talking about the offensive line. 522 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: Friandie Stanley's back there. It's a different story the secondary. 523 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: I mean, we came into the season film like it 524 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: was made the best secondary in the league, definitely the 525 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: top two cornerback duo. And now they're both on the shelf, 526 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: and you've been dealing with your other starting safety in 527 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: the Sean Elliott, who was a pretty big piece. Yeah, 528 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: and then and then beyond that, I mean, you know, 529 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: John Harball said, and we probably should have mentioned this, 530 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 1: I guess we mentioned it briefly, but you know, he said, 531 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: part of the reason they went for two is because 532 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: they were so banged up at cornerback. So Marlon's out, 533 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: Tavon Young had not practice all week because of an 534 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: illness um and Jimmy Smith has been dealing with Andre 535 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: too and Anthony Avert Westreet didn't play in the game. 536 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: Was inactive. So Ravens are hurting at corner. They're hurting 537 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: at corner, and so even the guys who were playing 538 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: our dealing with injuries and trying to play through them. So, 539 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: I mean, that is gonna be especially when you look 540 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: at the passing teams that the Ravens have coming up 541 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,239 Speaker 1: on the docket here after the Browns l A. I mean, 542 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: those are teams that can sling the ball around Cincinnati. 543 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: Cincinnati can sling the ball around. That happened the last 544 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: time they were when they were here, So that is 545 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: a that's that's gonna be a challenge for the defense 546 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: now and will say since so we don't have all 547 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: dooming gloom on this podcast. Having Anthony Averett will still 548 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: be one of the starting cornerbacks and I've seen a 549 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: lot of He and Marlon got their wires crossed. Obviously 550 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: on the touchdown on the Steeler's first touchdown, but I 551 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: didn't think like Anthon aver made some place. I didn't 552 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: think that Anthony Avert had a horrible game. I mean, 553 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: and they're second touchdown, Marlon just got kind of shook 554 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: on that rap. I mean it was a great route 555 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: by Deonte Johnson that shook Marlin. That wasn't Anthony on 556 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: their final touchdown. That was a huge um And that's 557 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: the play that Marlon unfortunately got injured on too. But 558 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: I didn't think Anthony Ever had a crazy bad game. 559 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: But anyway, I'm just seeing way too much criticism of 560 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: that guy. Yeah, I think that Ever has been pretty 561 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 1: solid this year. I mean, he had he had penalty, 562 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 1: at least that one penalty that wiped off the interception, 563 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: which I do think was the right call. He grabbed, 564 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: he grabbed them, He grabbed them. Now you hope that 565 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: in the circumstances all that, Like, there's a lot of 566 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: that stuff that goes on. He made a good play 567 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: on the ball. Yeah, he made a good play to 568 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: deflect the pass well, but he was close because he 569 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: grabbed before that, he had his hands all over so um, 570 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: you just wish that one went the Ravens wid that 571 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: would have been amazing. Um. But anyway, my point being, 572 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: like I think that there's teams in worse situations right 573 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: now than having Anthony Averett, Jimmy Smith a longtime experienced starter, 574 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: and Tavon Young still is your three top cornerbacks and 575 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: Chris West, Like I think he's played pretty well, Like 576 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: you know, he practiced some last week. I would expect 577 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: that he has a chance to get back on the 578 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: field against the Browns this this sun upcoming Sunday. So 579 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: I don't I don't want to. Like, the Ravens are 580 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: kind of in a bad way at corner, and and 581 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: some of those guys are dealing with corn with injuries 582 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: and injuries. But I also don't think it's emergency you're 583 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 1: completely done, Yeah, corner, I think that's a good point. 584 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: I think the Ravens can still win with this defense, 585 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: which for the large part played a pretty darn good game. Like, yeah, 586 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: you have twenty points right exactly. I think they played 587 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: pretty well. That should that should be enough to win. Um, 588 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: So you know, the Ravens are gonna move on now 589 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: and and it's it's gonna be a slog As we mentioned, 590 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: all these games are going to be really close. You 591 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: just can't let this kind of unravel down stretch here 592 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: because you're in good position. You still have really a 593 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: two game lead in the in the wild card and Chase, 594 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: I would say, but those other teams are are pretty 595 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: strong too. You know why the Ravens watched yesterday it 596 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: is because it's because of people like you here. It's 597 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: because of you. And you've been saying now for three 598 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: years at the Steelers steak, You've been talking for years 599 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: about how the Ravens are gonna run through them and 600 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: they shouldn't be scared them and they and so you 601 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: and I say, and I say all the time, you 602 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: can't count them out. You can't count the Steelers out. 603 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: You count them out from Week three. You've been saying 604 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: that and so and and it's your fault. It is 605 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: you don't take up seriously. You personally do not take 606 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: them seriously, and all and all the stuff that you 607 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: mentioned as to being their super Bowl. They that's part 608 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: of the reason I always feel the way I do. 609 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: They're gonna pull out all the stops. Mike Tomas, he's 610 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: a great motivator. And Ryan Clark and all that stuff. 611 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: Was that orchestrated? I have no idea. I think he 612 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: was trying to fire them. Maybe it was. Maybe it 613 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: was all these fans on Twitter and saying Ryan Clark, 614 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: that serves a game ball for that when he was 615 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: yucking it up. He and Romo. Romo just wanted the story, 616 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: the good story of the Steelers rallying when their their 617 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: backs against the wall. But they did, and they did 618 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: because Romo is throwing Romo for you not taking them seriously. 619 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot. I hope to take the Browns more 620 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: seriously this week, because you know I always I'm always 621 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: taking the Browns serious. You think the Browns. Who who's 622 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: got a better track record? Me? Are you? I think? No? 623 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: Not even close, not even close. Um. All right, so 624 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: it is gonna be a big week. We're gonna have 625 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: a guest later this week, um, and then we're gonna 626 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: dive into more conversation about that Browns game. So it's 627 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: a disappointing Monday, but keep in mind mystery Monday. But 628 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: Ravens are still in first place in division, and so 629 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: this season, despite the way Twitter feels this morning, it's 630 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: not over. The season is far from from far from over, um, 631 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: And the Ravens are still in good position, not as 632 00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: quite not quite as good as they could have been, 633 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: but they're still all in good position heading down the stretch. 634 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: I will say this. I know you're wrapping it up there, 635 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: but going into this Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, I think going 636 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: into that, if you said the Ravens win two out 637 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: of three. You feel pretty good about it, and they 638 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: very much have a chance to do that. Yes, so 639 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 1: here we go, here we go, now' there we go 640 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: all right, So we'll be back with you later this week. 641 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.