1 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: And we welcome to you into another edition of the 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: best podcast available on Jason Gibbs. He's Nick Shook, He's 3 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: Andrew Gribble, and we are getting you ready for the 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Browns first divisional opponent in two thousand nineteen, as the 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: Brown and Orange gets set to head to Baltimore to 6 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: take on the Baltimore Ravens, who are in first place 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: currently in the a f C North at two and one, Gentleman, 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: A tough task again for the Cleveland Browns. We're in 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: the middle of a number of tough tasks, I feel like, 10 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: but this one being a division foe, there's a little 11 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: bit added incentive on this one. Yeah. I feel like 12 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: the hits don't stop coming. With the schedule, which we 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: knew going into the season. Um, we neither Rams are 14 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: gonna be a good team. Tennessee surprised us got the 15 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: win in New York and now you know we're gonna 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: go to to our first divisional game against the Baltimore 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: team that is better than the will expected so far. Uh, 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: we'll see where that lands by the end of the season. 19 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: But at this point right now, they're on the top 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: of the division. Lamar Jackson looks like he's taken the 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: next step. They took their first loss last week to 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: a very good Chiefs team, as we all know, and uh, 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: and they'll be coming home looking for maybe some redemption 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: against a familiar opponent that they took down late last year. 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: So this is a game that you know, you don't 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: want to name any game a must win at this point, 27 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: and we're not gonna name this one a must win, 28 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: but it would go a really long way for the 29 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: Browns and they could pull this one out. Yeah, the 30 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: Ravens have easily been the best team in the NFC 31 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 1: North so far, and that's because they've won the games 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: they're supposed to. I think at the beginning of the season, 33 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: if you would have looked at your schedule, you would 34 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: have predicted them to be two and one at this 35 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: point because they're going to Miami, they hosted Arizona, and 36 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: then they played the Chiefs in a tough game. So 37 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: I think the thing we learned most about this team 38 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: honestly might have been how they played Week three, because 39 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: I I take nothing out of Week one when they 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: did to the Dolphins, when I think a lot of 41 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: teams could do to the Dolphins, and and will do. 42 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: I think I think they scored more points than maybe 43 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: some of our teams, but I think other teams went 44 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: into those games no the plan to take the foot 45 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: off the gas a little bit more. Uh. And then 46 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: the Cardinals game, they want a game they're supposed to 47 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: and kind of it was a normal football game. They 48 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: got early lead, and they hung on at the end 49 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: and made the players they were supposed to. So I 50 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: thought them competing with the Chiefs, hanging with them. Ultimately 51 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: they fell but in a pretty big hole and then 52 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: had to climb out of it. Lamar Jackson did a 53 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: lot of things you like what you see, but then 54 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: he also struggled. At some point. He was I think 55 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: at one point in the game yards throwing the ball. 56 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: So to me, this is as much a reflection we'll 57 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: see what the Ravens really are after this game as 58 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: much as we'll see what the Browns are. When you 59 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: take a look at the Baltimore Ravens offensively and Lamar Jackson, 60 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: what do you see from him in terms of the 61 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: biggest improvement from year one to year two. I think 62 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: he's a more accurate pastor. He still has some inaccurate 63 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: throws that are just going to be part of the deal. 64 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: I think it's part of the deal with Josh Allen 65 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: and Buffalo. I mean, he's a better pastor, but there's 66 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: gonna be ones where just like, Okay, that was That's 67 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: just what he does sometimes. But I think that the 68 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: huge difference is ultimately they spent the entire offseason building 69 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: the offense around him, uh and surrounding him with skill 70 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: players and running backs that have not we've not seen 71 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: on the Ravens in a long time. I mean, this 72 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: was a franchise that struggled to get playmakers at wide 73 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: receiver and they've always had a thousand tight ends, but 74 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: they've got a couple of good ones that really help 75 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: out Lamar Jackson and a story on Ravens dot Com 76 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: this week or Baltimore Ravens dot com. Do not go 77 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: to Ravens dot com. It's like a link to an 78 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: Amazon page. But Baltimore Ravens dot Com they had the 79 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: headline that Lamar Jackson has Baker Mayfield's two biggest weapons 80 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: from college and that they've got Marquis Brown Mark Andrews, 81 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: and those are two big playmakers that have really changed 82 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: this offense and really cater his to his strengths, which is, 83 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, all the teams to sleep by running the 84 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: ball and then all of a sudden hit him over 85 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: the top. So that's what they're doing. And I think 86 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: they've they've really just they they've gone all in with 87 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and built the team around him. Whether or 88 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: not it's sustainable for a long time remains be scene. 89 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: But this is a very good constructed offense as it 90 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: is now. I think you credit as he knew him 91 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: for his final draft last year, in which he landed 92 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson and also took Mark Andrews, you know, he 93 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: took a couple of times to kaden Hurst. And then 94 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: you also give credit to Eric to Costa the new GM, 95 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: because he's done, you know, then taking the next step 96 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: and really said all right, well, if this is gonna 97 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: be our guy, we're gonna build our entire team around him, 98 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: like Gribble said. And I think that has created. What 99 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: I've noticed the most in Lamar Jackson this year from 100 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: year one to year two is comfort. He he looks 101 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: a lot more comfortable being on the field. Last year 102 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: it was the middle of the season. You're taking over 103 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: and you're just gonna figure it out on the fly, 104 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: and that's why you saw him, you know, running a 105 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: good amount. That's why you saw basically John Harbaugh changed 106 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: the entire offense in the middle of the season. Was 107 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: just like, all right, well this instead of doing what 108 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: we did with Flacco before, we're gonna kind of turn 109 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: into a little bit of a collegiate offn Yes, and 110 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: you know you saw them running speed option and different 111 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: read options and stuff like that. You could really take 112 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: advantage of Lamar's mobility and keep defenses honest. Now you've 113 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: had an entire off season to really build it around him. 114 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: You've added key pieces that would compliment him. And oh, 115 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: by the way, one of the better free agent additions 116 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: in the offseason that people didn't really pay attention to 117 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: at the time, mark Ingram who's having a really good 118 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: start to this to this season for this team as expected. 119 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: And I think it's just allowed Lamar to really step 120 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: into fully into his role as the franchise quarterback, can 121 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: get a lot more comfortable and it's gonna be a 122 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: big challenge to the Browns. All right, So here's my 123 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: question for you, what's been the bigger addition on offense 124 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: for them? Marquis Brown or mark Ingram. Well, it's gotta 125 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: be mark Ingram. And people are probably gonna disagree with 126 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: me on that because Marcus Brown is is the the 127 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: receiving end of the highlight play, the big play. But 128 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: over the course of the season, I'm always a big 129 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: proponent of making sure that you have a reliable running 130 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: game because you can just open up so much more, 131 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: and I think even more when you have a quarterback 132 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: like Lamar Jackson, because then you have two running threats 133 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: in the field at the same time every time they're 134 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: out there. Not to mention, you can have Mark's Brown 135 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: out there, but you can also have other receivers out 136 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: there who can do that job. Mark Andrews can kind 137 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: of go down the seam and take advantage of a 138 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: mismatch with a linebacker, but they're not gonna be uh. 139 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 1: They're not going to give you the opportunity need to 140 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: do that in the passing game if you don't have 141 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: a reliable running game. Gus Edwards did a lot last 142 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: year out of nowhere. He's still there. But mark Ingram 143 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: is on a different level, and I think he really 144 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: brings the needed balance to their offense to allow them 145 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: to get closer to their full potential. Gibbs, I know 146 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: you played guests the stats a lot on CBD. I 147 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: would like you to play guests the wide receivers on 148 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens after Marquise Brown. Yeah, yeah, will still there. 149 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: So they have this is this is just how different 150 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: this offense is set up than the Browns. I mean, 151 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: twenty five of their sixty nine completions have gone to 152 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: wide receivers. Fourteen of those twenty five have gone to 153 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: Marquise Brown. The rest have been spread around to Willie 154 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: Sneed has six receptions, Seth Roberts with three and Miles 155 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: Boycom with two. That's it. They're They're reliant on their 156 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,119 Speaker 1: tight ends, Nick Boyle and Mark Andrews, who have combined 157 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: twenty seven receptions. Mark Ingram has six catches. Hayden Hurst, 158 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: another tight end, has six catches. So they've I said, 159 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 1: the Ravens have always had a thousand tight ends, like 160 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: they always they're always almost the same. Yeah, they load 161 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: him up on the on the field. Mark Andrews has 162 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: clearly emerged as the big guy this year, but he 163 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: also hasn't practiced this week, so that's that's the biggest 164 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: injury on their side. Also with Jimmy Smith to keep 165 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 1: an eye on, because if they don't have Mark Andrews, 166 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: that's a huge weapon missing from that passing game. All right, 167 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: speaking of Jimmy Smith and that defense, we already know 168 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: they're already done one dB out for the year with 169 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 1: a neck injury. Jimmy Smith I think will not play. 170 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: There's a chance he could, but he hasn't practiced this 171 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: week either, and he's missed the last couple of games exactly, 172 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: and from what they were saying, it was a three 173 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: to four week injury. If you if you look at 174 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: what some of the Ravens beat reporters have been saying 175 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: that that secondary is a little vulnerable, uh defensively, you know, 176 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: I mean you don't have to worry about sugs across 177 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: the line from you, Uh Mosley no longer there. This 178 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: is a different defense. But the defense that still has 179 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: played fairly well through the first three games, although Kansas 180 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: City tourd them pretty good on Sundays. Yeah, it's still 181 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: has some punch, especially in the linebacking corps. I'm a 182 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: big fan of Patrick Owasso, who you know, it's kind 183 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: of an unknown guy who has risen the last couple 184 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: of years to be a key player on that defense. 185 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: And they still got some you know, some studs um 186 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: on the inside of their you know, the interior defensive line. 187 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: So I mean it's still it's not you know, they 188 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: lost Zadarius Smith and they lost C. J. Mosley, and 189 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: you know that they have the attrition sas goes to Arizona. 190 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: You lose those pieces, yeah, but you don't let those 191 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: guys walk unless you're confident in the guys that you 192 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: have or the moves that you're able to make to 193 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: replace them. And they just this is still basically the 194 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: same almost the same staff that's there. Uh. And you know, 195 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: this is an established franchise and this is not a 196 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: team that has gone undergone a ton of change in 197 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: the last year, even if some of the names are different, 198 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: but they are. I mean, there are some contributors who 199 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: are gone, so perhaps mixed in with the injuries, you 200 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: can take advantage of this and finally get that offense 201 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: on track. They gave up a bunch of yards the 202 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: Cardinals too, but they just tightened up on the goal 203 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: line and they were fortunate to see that. I think 204 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals settled for a lot of short field goals. 205 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: They didn't even try to go into the end zone 206 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: on some of these, so uh uh yeah. I mean 207 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: it's weird to talk about this Baltimore defense being one 208 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: that's maybe not the one of the toughest on your schedule, 209 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: but if you look at it so far, I think 210 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: this might be the one that is the most vulnerable 211 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: so far of these first four that the Browns are 212 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: gonna face. It is amazing what John Harball has continued 213 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: to do. And I feel like we went into that 214 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: game last year against them, uh and it was almost 215 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: a make or break game for them, like they needed 216 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: to get into the playoffs. Don't win to get into 217 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but it was almost like do they need 218 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: to win to save his job? He went on that 219 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: little run at the end of the year, but midway 220 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 1: through the year, we were saying, is he gonna be back? 221 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: What's going on? And he just continues to churn out wins. 222 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: And the reason why I think they're able to just 223 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: let those guys go on defenses because they have the 224 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: culture and they have the program in place, and it's 225 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: just plug and play, right. I mean, if we compare 226 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: the two games, that we played against him last year. 227 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: The first one was early in the season. They still 228 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: a flak of the quarterback. You went on on an 229 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: ugly field goal from Greg Joseph to get that. You know, 230 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: that home win, and the Ravens are you know, they're 231 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: they're foundering or whatever. You know, they're they're in some trouble. 232 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: Then you come back and they changed their quarterback and 233 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: they've gone on this run. And you know, even if 234 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: they had, even if if the Browns had won that 235 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: game last year, I still think that Harball would still 236 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: be in a good position because he'd done such a 237 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: good job in the middle of the season of turning 238 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: around his team with a different quarterback and just saying, 239 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: you know what, we're going after it with this guy, 240 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: and we're just gonna change who we are. That's the 241 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: difference between a coach who makes guys fit into his 242 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: system as opposed to coaches who will change their system 243 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: for the personnel that they have. And I think they've 244 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: taken that next step this year. And the other thing 245 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: is organizational stability. He probably didn't feel as if he 246 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: had the breathing room to be able to do that, 247 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: but I don't think he thought he had any other 248 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: choice than to do that, and it paid off for 249 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: him and he was allowed to show that you know, 250 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: this is this is the strength of my skills. This 251 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: is why I'm a head coach in the NFL. And 252 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: it looks like he's bought himself a lot of good 253 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: will since then. It's ideal timing to have an offensive 254 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: coordinator like the one they do with Gregman, and he 255 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: did this exact same offense with Ners and Kaepernick. I mean, 256 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: so it's all kind of worked out together. But like 257 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: like we said earlier, the investment that they've gone all 258 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: in with Lamar Jackson. I mean, you couldn't find two 259 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: more opposite quarterbacks. And Joe Flacco and Lamar Jackson, like 260 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: they're pretty different in terms of mobility, just everything. And 261 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: I think that he that offense last year with Flacco 262 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: is a mess. I mean, they outside they've kept sneaed, 263 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: but it was they had a bunch of wide receivers 264 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: that other teams didn't want with Michael Crabtree, John Brown, 265 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: uh and even Willie Sneak. I mean, they're all guys 266 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: that teams didn't want. Mark Andrews as a rookie and 267 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst is kind of underperformed as a first round pick, 268 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: so they just didn't have much going on. And who 269 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: is even there starting and then Alex Collins was there 270 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: running back at the Star season. He's not even on 271 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: the team anymore. So I mean that it was. It's 272 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: a completely different offense and even I would say a 273 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: very different offense than the one the Browns faced even 274 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: Week seventeen last year with Lamar Jackson running it. As 275 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: we wrap up our preview of the Ravens, UH special 276 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: teams always been a strength hardball. Being a former special 277 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: teams coach and coordinator, UH Jerry Rossberg's no longer they're 278 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: his top assistant. Is They've had a lot of success. 279 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: As Mike Preefer said today in his press conference, they 280 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: have the best kicker in the NFL and Justin Tucker. 281 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: UH special teams will play a factor in Sunday's game, 282 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,200 Speaker 1: as it hasn't passed Brown's Ravens games. You can count 283 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: on it. Yeah, And and having that best kicker in 284 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: the NFL as a weapon, whether people you know, whatever 285 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: you think about a kicker or now that's a weapon. 286 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: They also have a good punter, Sam Cook, so Uh, 287 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: either way you look at it, whether they're punting you 288 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: the football or they're trying to put points on the board, 289 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: they are dangerous against you. And this is a Browns 290 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: team that has completely turned around as special teams unit 291 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: thanks to Mike Preefer this season, and it's been really 292 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: one of their strengths. But they're gonna have a worthy 293 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: adversary on the other side of the field in Baltimore 294 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: and we'll see, you know, maybe a long kick Tucker 295 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: kick ends up being the difference, or maybe a punt 296 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: return or something like that ends up being the difference. 297 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: The Browns haven't had a lot of kicks returning them 298 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: this year. Hopefully they can continue that and take that 299 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: out of the game. You blocked this kick last year 300 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 1: and that's sent the game to overtime essentially, I mean 301 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: that that allowed you to go to overtime. I mean yeah, 302 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: I mean so, uh, that might be the only kick 303 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: he's ever missed against the Browns, it seems like, at 304 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: least so. I mean, it's one of those where you 305 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: have to just that just makes it makes your offense 306 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: that much more important, because you know, any time that 307 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: they get inside the thirty five They're probably gonna come 308 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: away with some points. So that's the way the Ravens 309 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: have done this the last few years. I mean, the 310 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: field goals weren't going to do it against the Chiefs, 311 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: but they'll be in a different mode against the Browns, 312 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 1: I think this week. All right, that's a look at 313 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens as we get you ready for Browns 314 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: and Ravens Sunday from M and T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, 315 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: week number four of the two NFL season. For more 316 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: on this Sunday's matchup, Nick Shook had a chance to 317 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: go one on one with defensive tackle Larry Ogan. Job 318 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: have a listen, Larry, you know when to start so far, 319 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: but you guys have played really well up front. What 320 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: are your takeaway so far? I feel like we have 321 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: all the pieces, but we just have to, you know, 322 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: commute to found ways to just get it done, you 323 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Like, I feel that we have 324 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: the on on the team, but we just have to 325 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: find a way to win. That's the biggest thing. I 326 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: feel like guys are playing at a high level on 327 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, and I feel like 328 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: we can really you know, we can, we can still 329 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: do more, you know what I'm saying. I feel like 330 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: the way we're coached, the way we you know, play 331 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: off each other, we always want to do more and 332 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: help more. So I feel like we'll find a way 333 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: to do that. How do you what are the first 334 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: steps to doing that? Um? Really just uh, I guess 335 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: limiting like you know, the mental areas, like kind of 336 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: going above and beyond. There's certain players that even though 337 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: the defense played really good on you know, just passing 338 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: the night, they still scored you know, twenty points and 339 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: if we had you know, stopped them, and I think 340 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: we went to the half with the league. I don't 341 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: know what the score was at the half, but I 342 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: mean if they didn't score any more ports, we would 343 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: win the game. So you look at things like that 344 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: and see the things that you can kind of correct 345 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: and fix, you know, because I think we came out 346 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: of halftime and they drove down the fielding score. But 347 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: eliminate things like that and then you know the game 348 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: is different. So just finding ways, you know, continue to 349 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: start fast, you know, even after halftime, start even faster 350 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: kind of you know, kind of finish out the game 351 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: the way we started I think we'll be fine. What 352 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: about how do you feel about your performance so far? 353 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: I mean you've got off to a pretty good start. Yeah. Um, 354 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: but I'm I'm the biggest critic. I don't really try 355 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: to get caught up in every anything too earlier. I 356 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: just want to continue to get better each and every week. 357 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm always looking at to find things in my game 358 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: that I can find two and work on. So I'm 359 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: just trying, like I said, just trying to get better 360 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: even you know, a week, what do you think you 361 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:24,359 Speaker 1: need to get better? Um? Just uh, I'd say finishing 362 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: the entire game, you know what I'm saying. Like, I'm 363 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: so hard on myself, even if it's like one or 364 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: two plays that I didn't feel like I didn't do well, 365 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: Like I want to make sure I get those one 366 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: or two plays, you know what I'm saying. I feel 367 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: like there's a scramble uh where job golf had rolled 368 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: out and I had dove and I feel like if 369 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: I had ran two more steps and dindo, I would 370 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: have got them. So it's just just a little my 371 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: new things like that, and just kind of continue to 372 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: find two my game, continue to work on pass rush 373 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: and all that kind of thing just tend to get better. 374 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: I mean that's part of the progression I think as 375 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: a as a player, as you move into your third 376 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: fourth year, that kind of thing is you start to 377 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: remember those things and don't make those mistakes. Do you 378 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: feel like this is a defensive line with a lot 379 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: of names and and do you feel like you're starting 380 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: to get some recognition a little bit? Does that matter 381 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: to you? I feel like it will come. I feel 382 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: like recognition and no riety and all those kind of 383 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: things come the way you play. So I feel like 384 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: as I continue to play well, continue to do what 385 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: I have to do, I feel like that thing will 386 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: kind of take care of yourself. So I'm not really 387 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: worried about it right now because I know that the 388 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: player I wanted to be the player I'm gonna be. 389 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: You know, it just takes time and I'm on the 390 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: right track. So you guys have done a really good 391 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: job of stopping the run so far. You stopped a 392 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: couple of really good running backs lavy On Bell, Todd Gurley, 393 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: you get a different challenge this week, and Marketing Room 394 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: guts that words and Lamar Jackson um without getting too 395 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: deep in into what you're doing for the game. You know, 396 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: how do you stop a guy like that? Um, you 397 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: just have to, uh really just stop him early. You 398 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying that those are guys. They want 399 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: to run the football. I mean that's the that's the 400 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: offense right now, running the ball really well. Um. I 401 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: think they lead the league in Russian yards and Russian attempts, 402 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: so they're trying to run the football. So I think 403 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: the biggest thing is, you know, playing to our keys, 404 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, not getting too caught up in like the 405 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: shifts and the motions other kind of thing because it 406 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: is usually like the same group of plays that people 407 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: trying to run. I mean there's a copycat league, so 408 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: a lot of times that's the things that you kind 409 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: of get. So biggest thing just playing through our keys, 410 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: you know, winning on one on one matchups and just 411 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: you know playing good football. You guys, you're talking about matchup. 412 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: You guys have kind of moved you're you're personnel around 413 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: a good amount. There were times at least last week 414 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: where you're shelting all the way out outside of tackle. 415 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: You know, he's basically a wide nine and miles over 416 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: a guard. That kind of thing. Um, what what do 417 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: you think? How do you guys benefit from something like that? Well, 418 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: it's just a versatility on the line. I feel like, guys, 419 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: you've got the experience and you've got the athleticism of 420 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: everybody across the board that has the ability to move 421 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: outside playing inside and kind of just gives offensive, you know, 422 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: a change up, because a lot of times, you know, 423 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: if you just have one guy always on the edge 424 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: and one guy always in the middle, like you can 425 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: kind of get a beat on guys when you switch 426 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: it up. He's like, oh, that's a little different blocking 427 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: you know, Miles on the inside and blocking shot on 428 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: the offside. Then you know, just us both being on 429 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 1: inside and both ends on outside. So it just change up. 430 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 1: I feel like it's good for us. Rams had a 431 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: little bit of confusion with the center and guard. That 432 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: opened a wide open gate for you to get the sack. 433 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: What's the first stop when you realize no one's blocking me? Um? 434 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: It was kind of he kept saying, less, so I 435 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: knew the sender. I knew they were sliding to my right, 436 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: So I instead of like just just going with the 437 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: wash and just cut the turn and the guard. I 438 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: guess he thought that since I was already on the 439 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: I would just follow the track. I was like, just 440 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: no reason not to split it, So I just got 441 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: to turn on it. When did you in your career, 442 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: when did you kind of pick up how to do 443 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: something like that? Um? I remember Gino had to acting. 444 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: We had talked about it one time because I saw 445 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: a play where he was playing the three lines slanted down. 446 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: He just crossed the turn and got the sack, and 447 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 1: I was like, what made you? He was like, there's 448 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: no point in me just running up and you know, 449 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: getting myself blocked. Like, I'm gonna find a way to 450 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. That's what I did. Did go 451 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,439 Speaker 1: against some like technique that you might have learned. You know, 452 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 1: basically you're going through the point of weakest resistance in 453 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: that situation. Yeah, But at the same time, with me 454 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: just being a smart football player, you see, you understand 455 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,239 Speaker 1: the protection. You know that they're sliding to you, so 456 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: usually you work against the slide. So I just what 457 00:18:57,359 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: I did and the guy just didn't slide. So what's 458 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: the one thing you guys need to do to win 459 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: this game? Sunday? Um? We stop eight? Is it? You know? 460 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: Really he's he's their offense. You know what I'm saying. 461 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: He runs the ball well, he can throw, his receivers 462 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: make catches for him, things of that nature. So you 463 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: really just gotta once you stop the run, you stop eight, 464 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: then you can really start kind of getting after him, 465 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: kind of taking him out of phase of what they 466 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: want to do. Special thanks to Larry for his time. 467 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: Nick job, well done. Let's turn our attention to the 468 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns and Sunday's matchup with the Browns and the Ravens, 469 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: a rare one o'clock game. Gentleman, on the schedule, Uh, 470 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: the argument being made off air or the debate I 471 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: guess is would we be on the ground before the sunset, 472 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: which would be a first, more likely when it's daylight 473 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: when we get back from Baltimore or when we get 474 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: back from San Francisco. San Francisco is a lock. We'll 475 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: be back at like seven am. Sun will definitely be up. 476 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: I am totally not buying our travel itinerary that says 477 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna be back at like at six am. There's 478 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: no way that we have not no, but we have 479 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: to load the plane. The plane is big because we 480 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 1: don't we don't truck everything across the country. There's no 481 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: way that is happening. So, I mean we're not going 482 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: to be on a fighter jet set, No exactly. Uh, 483 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: Brown's the first thing that comes to mind, health and 484 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: where we stand healthwise. Getting a couple of guys back 485 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: this week, although they're practicing on a limited basis um 486 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: although Damarius Randall I believe was full today, full of 487 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the last two days. Okay, so he's good to Hubbard 488 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: was limited, but he was back today. That that is 489 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: a great sign. If there's a couple of guys you 490 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: need to get back, it would be those two. And 491 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: you're hoping either Greedy or Denzel or both would be 492 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,479 Speaker 1: up and ready to go by Sunday. It will be 493 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: interesting to see if that indeed is the case. Yeah, 494 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: I'm not holding my breath on either of those guys 495 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: right now because they were both d nps for Thursday's practice. 496 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: And the one that's the most not troubling, but the 497 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: one that makes you not feel great, is that Richard Higgins, 498 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: who has been limited the last couple of weeks UH 499 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: in practice, has missed the last couple of games. He 500 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: went back to a d n P today, so that 501 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: that doesn't bode well for for Sunday's game. The Hubbard 502 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: one is that the best the best bit of progress. 503 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: So I think optimistically, you're you're looking at a team 504 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: that is the same as last week's minus with the 505 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: addition of Damarius Randall and potentially Chris Huppard. It's a 506 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: lot still a lot left on the sidelines. Yeah, but 507 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: you have to be pleased with how the defense played 508 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: last week all things considered consistent. I mean, you were 509 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: missing five starters on the defensive side of the football. Yeah, 510 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: I would be more concerned. And this is no knock 511 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: on the way Justin mcraie has played, which I think 512 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: he's played better than people would have expected him to. Obviously, 513 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: you're not gonna pay attention when he does his job. 514 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: You're only gonna pay attention when he gets beat. Everybody 515 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: gets beat. Todd mounkn kind of pointed that out today. 516 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: It is football, that is what it is. But I 517 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: would be more concerned about who is playing my offensive 518 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: line and maybe who's on the offensive side of the 519 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: ball in the defense, just because as they showed last 520 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: week that they're deeper than we might have realized. And 521 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: I think A lot of that has to do with 522 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: Steve Wilkes system in the way he implements the players 523 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: that he has, and also the health of the front four, 524 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: because if those guys are stopping the run, which they've 525 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: done all season long and applying consistent pressure, that it 526 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: makes the back end of the defense's job that much easier. 527 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: And I think that's what they did on Sunday night, 528 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: and that's what you could probably expect them to do 529 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,239 Speaker 1: again in Baltimore if they needed to. Yeah. The one 530 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 1: thing Steve will excite about the defense when you talk 531 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: to us today was that red zone defense needs to 532 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: get better. Yeah, but that's getting pressure on the quarterback 533 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: up front. Yeah, and that's also more. I think you 534 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: you really see the difference in talent once you shorten 535 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: the field because on both sides of the ball, because 536 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: you even the talent of the play callers because you 537 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: have less space to work with, so you have less 538 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: you know, you can be a little bit less creative 539 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 1: in those situations you're kind of boxed in, but your 540 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: defenders have to play better and tighter space, so you're 541 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to have your better cover corners or you're 542 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: better man and man guys, and if you're playing with 543 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: your fifth, six, seventh, and eighth defensive backs, then maybe those, uh, 544 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: those deficiencies or weaknesses start to show a little bit more, 545 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: especially when you come out in a situation where they 546 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: did against the Rams, which was you're in man coverage, 547 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: they come out a trips bunge set to the right 548 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: and they run a route combo where you create a 549 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: lot of traffic and you get left in the dust. 550 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: Because that's gonna happen almost anybody. I mean nine times 551 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: at a ten, that's gonna happen, especially when it's not 552 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: your premier players. So that's probably when it really gets magnified. 553 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: But I mean between the twenties and the in the 554 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: large portion of the field, they did a great job 555 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: and they probably could again if they needed to. It's 556 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: a big week for Mack Wilson because he's gonna be 557 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: in that spot for a while now. And this was 558 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: the area where the Browns last year were exposed, was 559 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: the linebacker position. In this game against the Ravens, they 560 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: ran all over you. Uh, if they feel like they 561 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: can run on you the same way, they're going to 562 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: do it. And so this is it's on Mac Wilson. 563 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: It's on the linebackers, it's on the front foor to 564 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: not let them get to that next level and get 565 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: into a rhythm where they can just run you into oblivion. 566 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: Uh milk the clock and can completely control of the game. 567 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: So this is for Mac. It's not only making your tackles, 568 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: it's showing discipline and knowing when Lamar Jackson has the 569 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: ball in his hands or when it's going in someone 570 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,239 Speaker 1: else's or when he's gonna thrown. I mean, this is 571 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: a big, big test for Mack Wilson, who, all things considered, 572 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: I thought played pretty well in his debut last week. Yeah, 573 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: and you know I think that this. You know, the 574 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 1: Browns has done well against two premier running backs in 575 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Right stopped Levian Bell stop Todd 576 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: Gurley combined held them to three point one five yards 577 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: per carry. That's a very good number for a defense. 578 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: But the reason that this is kind of the next 579 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: level is mark Ingram might not be in that tier, 580 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: but since you're facing Lamar Jackson, there's two threats to 581 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: run every time, so you have to be even more disciplined. 582 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 1: You can't just say, all right, well here's his own 583 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: run to the left and we're gonna float to play 584 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: and clogged the holes up and everything else. You have 585 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: to make sure who has the football first, which adds 586 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: another half beat to it, which could then result in 587 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: a crease in a big gain. So you have to 588 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: be even more disciplined and more on top of this 589 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: week than you've been in the past. I think that's 590 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: why this might be their greatest challenge against the run 591 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: that they've met this season. Yeah, I would totally agree 592 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: with that. And I also think going back to Mack 593 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: Wilson and now there's tape on him, so now we 594 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: see how he reacts and how teams react to how 595 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: he plays, because he had, as you said, I thought 596 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: he had a very good game, amazing athleticism at certain points, 597 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: I thought he was going to come up with one, 598 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: if not two interceptions in that for ball game. Uh. 599 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: And it will be interesting to see how he handles 600 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: things this weekend. From an offensive standpoint, you know, maybe 601 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: it's not as bad as you know people are making 602 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: it out to be all over the country and with 603 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: the fan base, But you know, the offense, while it 604 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: showed some things, still some work to do, and this 605 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: will be another big test for them to try to 606 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: get things going against this Baltimore defense. Yeah, I mean, 607 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: if again comparing the last year, you've gotta be able 608 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: to run the ball better. I mean, Nick Chubb in 609 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 1: that game had a thousand yards and then he did 610 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: and then he never got it again because you basically, 611 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: I don't think you ran the ball at all the 612 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: entire second half of that game. Uh And and Baker 613 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: Mayfield had a pretty good game, but there was also 614 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,719 Speaker 1: some moments where they took advantage of the fact that 615 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: they knew that the problems are throwing on pretty much 616 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: every play, and so, uh you have to have that 617 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: balance against this Ravens team, and you've got to be 618 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: able to take advantage of the big plays when they're there, 619 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 1: because that's been the one weakness of this Ravens defense. 620 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 1: They've given up some big plays and I think they 621 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: are really good at safety and they're banged up at corner. 622 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 1: So you gotta be able to take advantage of those 623 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: mismatches and maybe for the first time the season, get 624 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: big games out of both Jarvis and O'Dell uh and 625 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: and control it that way. Yeah, that's gonna be My 626 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 1: point is is if you're banged up at corner. That 627 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: sounds like an ideal matchup for either of your your receivers, 628 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: but especially Odell Beckham, who talked yesterday about how he 629 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: faces double teams all the time. Well, if you have, 630 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: you know, lesser guys out there, even if you know 631 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: we're still in the NFL, but even if they're lesser guys, 632 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,239 Speaker 1: then you've got more the potential for more opportunity to 633 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: make some big plays and and and maybe like you know, 634 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: like you said, this could be his first real breakout game, 635 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: which would go a long way I think toward unlocking 636 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: this offense. Two guys I think that need to stop 637 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: up Damien Ratley, who showed you a little bit in 638 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: the game against the Rams, didn't play terrible and made 639 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: some nice catches. Demetrius Harris who had a touchdown. Uh. 640 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: Those two I think need to be even bigger focal 641 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: points to take off some of the pressure that O'Dell 642 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: and Jarvis are facing a weekend and week out. I'd 643 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: keep an eye on Ricky Seals Jones this week, and 644 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: I think there was an increased a little bit in 645 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: playing time last week. He got his first catch at 646 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,680 Speaker 1: the Browns and he is right now your best pass 647 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 1: catcher at that position, which is what you lost in 648 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: David Nujoku. I mean, granted he's gotten better as a blocker, 649 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: he was on that field to help me catch passes. 650 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: And of those three tight ends you have, Ricky Steals 651 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 1: Jones is the best of catching passes and I think 652 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 1: that he uh has that ability and and I just 653 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: think the more longer he's here, the more he might play. 654 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: I still think Harris gets the majority of the snaps, 655 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: but maybe you can run some of those two tight 656 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: end sets a little more often, the more comfortable Ricky 657 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: Steals Jones gets, because having two tight ends really can 658 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: help this offense out, especially with Richard Higgins likely out again. Yeah, 659 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, even equipped to go three ten and if 660 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: you really wanted to. I mean, Pharrell Brown showed even 661 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: sometimes when it was illegal, that he can block down field, 662 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, on open lanes for big players. And I 663 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: think there might be situations or moments in this game 664 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: in which you're really gonna go heavy and just pound 665 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: the rock. I mean, I think it'll help your offense out. 666 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: I'll establish some balance, and you could do that if 667 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: you wanted to. But yeah, I think that you know, surprisingly, 668 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: this is one of the deeper position groups on this team, 669 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: and we haven't really seen them utilize a whole lot yet, 670 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: And I would imagine that we're going to see that 671 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 1: more in the weeks ahead, starting with this week. Alright, 672 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: time for our Keys to a Browns victory and getting 673 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: back to five hundred at two and two before we 674 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: go west. Gribble your thoughts your Keys to a Browns win. 675 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: So I know that the Ravens are trying to avoid 676 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: running Lamar Jackson, and I think that they've uh they've 677 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: done a pretty good job with that. He had to 678 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: run for about a hundred and twenty five yards against 679 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: the Cardinals in that game. I think in this situation, 680 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: I think if you limit him to under fifty yards rushing, 681 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: I think your defense is in good shape because I 682 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: think if there is a vulnerability at this Brown's defense 683 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: with a Mac Wilson playing at that lineback position, it 684 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: could be getting taken advantage of with these Lamar Jackson scrambles. 685 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: So I think if you can limit his ability as 686 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: a rusher and force him into throwing the majority of 687 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: the game, I think you're in okay shape and can 688 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: finally hopefully get that boost from your offense that you've 689 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: been waiting for. I think you established your offensive rhythm earlier. 690 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: I think you could come out of the game with 691 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: an up tempo drive immediately and try and move the 692 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: ball on the field quickly, get that early lead, and 693 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: then try to ride your defense and hope that they 694 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: can contain the Ravens offense. You know, we saw even 695 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: against Arizona that there are ways to stop this offense. 696 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: Is it's not an offense it's gonna put up fifty 697 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: points like it did in Week one, almost sixty points 698 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: in Week one. Uh, it's more of of an offense 699 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: that you can keep, you know, inside twenty five and 700 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: you just have to score more than them at that point. 701 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: And I think if you jump out to that early 702 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: lead and then let your defense established itself and get 703 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: some confidence in the offense, established that rhythm, a flow, 704 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: a little bit of comfort, and then build off of that, 705 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: you'd be in a much better position to win the game. 706 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: And what's gonna be a hostile environment because you know, 707 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: let's face it, we're talking about how important this game is, 708 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: even though it's really the season. Ravens fans know it too. 709 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: They can They've heard about the Browns all offseason, They've 710 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: listened and uh, and they're ready to give the Browns 711 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: their best shot. Much like every team that the Browns 712 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: have played so far. It's one of those things where 713 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: these first few weeks, we've I think been the victim 714 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: of teams really getting up for the Browns. I wonder if, finally, 715 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: after all this noise this week, do you have the 716 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: the proper amount of nobody believes in us going into 717 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: this Browns locker room, because now it seems like everyone's 718 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: just given the division to the Ravens, and can you 719 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: use that as motivation. I've never heard of coaching staff 720 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: be so complimentary of the other team as the Browns 721 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: have been this week about the Ravens. So there's clearly 722 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: a ton of respect. But I also wonder if there's 723 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of motivating factor in there about how 724 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: this goes through Baltimore, not just because their division chance, 725 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: because that they're playing well right now. I wonder if 726 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: this is the moment that you get the right minds. 727 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the locker rooms had the right mindset, 728 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: but can you get the dig deep kind of performance 729 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: from this group that you know is there. I think 730 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: it's interesting though. Baltimore has talked about it this week, 731 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: Girl Thomas talked about it, Tony Jefferson talked about it 732 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: in the off season after the Browns went out and 733 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: got Odell Beckham. Um, we're still the defending a f 734 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: C North champions and the road still runs through us, 735 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: and we're tired of hearing about the talk. And let's 736 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: see if they can back it up. I think you'll 737 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: get Baltimore's best effort on Sunday. And again that comes 738 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: from you know what if you if you talk, you 739 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: better be ready to back it up. This is gonna 740 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: what's gonna come your way on Sunday. Yeah. I mean, 741 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: let's face it, we have Tyler Boyd going on record 742 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: and Cincinnati last week is saying when we get a 743 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: j greenback, nobody's gonna be talking about Cleveland anymore. I mean, 744 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: everybody wants to be the team to take down, well, 745 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: to beat the Browns, I mean one and two. I 746 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: don't know if it's taking down at this point, but 747 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: to beat the Browns and to to you know, prove 748 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: everybody wrong about you know, all the off season chatter. 749 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: Nobody you know, nobody else in the NFL wants to 750 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: hear about this team. It's up to this team now 751 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: to go win the games to prove that they were 752 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,479 Speaker 1: worth spending all that time talking about in the offseas. 753 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: Can we make one thing clear though, that in the 754 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,959 Speaker 1: vast majority of occasions, it's not been these players. Are 755 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: these coaches with the all the quote talk that the 756 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 1: other teams and players are saying the Browns are talking about. 757 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,479 Speaker 1: I saw that tweet yesterday from Jeff Schwartz about if 758 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: Baker hadn't been talking all of us. He's like, he 759 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: didn't say anything like I know about about winning and things. 760 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: You know, It's just it's it's it's all about the noise. 761 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: You here on all these debate shows, and they think 762 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: that it's the players that are saying all that stuff, 763 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: when really this was not the players. This was not 764 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: the coaches that we're talking this big game. They did 765 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: a lot of interviews, but they didn't say anything that 766 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: was like Joe namath esk or anything like. They weren't 767 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: that that wasn't happening. So I that's where it gets 768 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: weird with me because it's the byproduct of the attention 769 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: that this team got, which was a lot and I 770 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: think it rubbed people the wrong way because it was 771 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,320 Speaker 1: not only that they were getting a lot of attention, 772 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: but it was the Browns that we're getting a lot 773 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: of attention. This is the media world we live in. 774 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: I think Jamie Gillen needs to have a big day. 775 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: Feel position is going to be huge for this team. 776 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: With the putter pick, I think that something that one 777 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 1: bad punt, Yeah, and he had a bad punt in 778 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: Week one, Like let's let's make sure that those are 779 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: out of the system comes Sunday. I think feel position 780 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: is going to be such a critical part of this game, 781 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: especially knowing their field, you know their kickers and how 782 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: good they are. Um it, it would not surprise me 783 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: if we had another very low scoring Brown's Ravens game. 784 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: It also wouldn't surprise me if we ended up with 785 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: what we ended up with last year in the final 786 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: game and the score in the twenties. It could be 787 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,959 Speaker 1: twelve to nine, though it could be a lot of 788 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: defense on Sunday. Yeah, I mean it's it's weird because 789 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: that the Ravens offense played pretty good last week aainst 790 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, but they didn't score a ton of points 791 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: against the Cardinals, who don't have a great defense, and 792 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: they really didn't score against the Chiefs until the end 793 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: of the game. Yeah, you know, I mean it was 794 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: a two It was a two score lead for the 795 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: Chiefs for most of that game. Yeah, So well, this 796 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: is again it it's it's the Ravens are favored. Very 797 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: few people are picking the Browns. But I think we're 798 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: gonna find out a lot about both of these teams 799 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: because I the Ravens start. I mean, it's it's it's weird. 800 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: I can't judge any of these teams that have played 801 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Yeah, like I know, it's like I've taken 802 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: one game out of the equation and judging that. All right, 803 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna wrap up our pregame edition of Brown's and 804 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: Ravens on the Best Podcast Available, and make sure you 805 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: subscribe to the Best Podcast Available wherever you get your podcast, 806 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 1: or you can get this or any of our prior 807 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: episodes at Cleveland Browns dot com. 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